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
Corporate Strategic Plan 2023-2026
A final draft of the Corporate Strategic Plan for 2023-2026 is on the June 15 agenda for approval. Given feedback from Council in the previous meeting some small modifications have been made. Below are our priorities; to understand the Objectives for each and how we are going to achieve it see here. If you wish to make a deputation and/or provide your comments in an email you need to...
Budget 2024
On June 15 council agenda there is a report about the process for establishing the 2024 budget i.e. the timeline for reviewing and approving. In addition the report indicates that staff is estimating that the tax levy increase will be between 4% to 5% for 2024. I do have some questions about the identified budget pressures. In another report on the agenda Council is requested to approve the...
Voluntary Contributions
On June 15 Council agenda there are two reports, each reviewing proposed Municipal Capital Facility Agreements. One with ORCA (the developer building Mansions of King) whose voluntary contribution of $6.3 million will be directed to the Township Wide Recreation Centre. The other is with Tribute for a voluntary contribution of $1.3 million which will be directed to community revitalization...
cleaning out culvert and channels
On June 15 Council agenda there is a report regarding the clean out of culverts and channels (one in Kingscross and one in Nobleton). The report is seeking approval to single source without a RFP with TRCA. As reviewed there is good reason for this procurement decision. I can't speak for the issue in Nobleton but I do know that the one in Kingscross is long overdue. As we have just agreed to...
I have to respond to your comments. First, glad you are participating Thursday. I agree the GO train station is…
King City much like many rural communities may not have been trendy, up and coming, the next Rosedale but it…
Hi Sheila, I really hope that you are going to participate in the Thursday sessions about the initiative to create…
It should not come as any surprise to anyone in King City that everything appears to be a DONE deal.…
Thank you for explaining the process involved in reviewing and providing feedback regarding the KCCAP Debbie.