Welcome to my blog! MY primary objective is to alert my constituents and others in King Township about issues being reviewed at the upcoming Council meetings. I do this as I believe the quality of Council decisions is enhanced when the public is engaged. I hope that residents will make deputations and/or send emails to Council to express their opinion and/or to ask important questions. Also, I include notice of meetings and events which I think are particularly important. I welcome your comments, whether you agree or not with me, and only edit to eliminate inappropriate language.
Recent Posts
Accessibility Plan 2026-2030
On December 8 Council agenda there is a staff report about the Township’s Accessibility Plan. Specifically the report presents the 2024 Accessibility Status Report and the 2026 --2030 Multi-Year Accessibility Plan. By Council endorsing the latter the Township will meet the requirements of the legislation but more importantly there is a plan for not just meeting the requirements of the...
Development Charges
On December 8 there is a Public Meeting prior to the Council meeting about the new Development Charges Bylaw. The latter was an agenda item on the November 11th Council meeting with a report and a presentation; To be honest I don't understand why it is on the agenda for December 8, particularly as the latter is very robust already, but I assume there is a reason. The Watson report included in...
Recycle Bins: 360 litre or apply for smaller
As announced earlier starting December 31, 2025, King Township will no longer manage recycling as mandated by the Province of Ontario. Ahead of this transition, households received a 360-litre recycling cart from Circular Materials (CM). If this size doesn’t suit your needs, you can now request a smaller 240-litre cart by submitting a Recycling Cart Exchange Request Form online. Residents...
Transportation Master Plan
On December 8 Council agenda there is a staff report on the Transportation Master Plan. It is comprehensive including Active Transportation, road improvements including networks, public transit and gravel road conversions.. For each there are capital cost estimate and recommended timing through 2051. Overall I am ready to endorse the TMP but do have questions about the proposal to extend...
323 units are being proposed. The Zancor development on 15th was approved about 10 years ago. Lovely…but huge, costly homes.…
323 units are being proposed. The Zancor development on 15th was approved about 10 years ago. Lovely…but huge, costly homes.…
Thanks for mentioning this. I was thinking that the developer was ignoring the seasonal pond near the 15th Sideroad, so…
Excellent idea to carry forward. I remember Susan Swail, former councillor, mentioning that she was hoping to get this idea…
Wonderful idea. How can our amazing community groups help get this done?