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
Ontario Building Code
At 5pm Oct. 28 there is a Working Council Session. Public is invited to observe as Council learns and asks questions. At this session the Chief Building Officer will review changes to the Ontario Building Code and its impact on King. Its been a great frustration that to date we are unable to enforce changes in our homes to ensure that they are being built to achieve greater sustainability,...
Presentations of Interest at October 15 Council Agenda
At the beginning of the Oct. 15 council agenda there are two presentations which I think will be of interest. First one is about the King Township Food Bank by Geoff Simpson, President of the KTFB Second one York Region 2025 Transit initiatives by Tamas Hertel, Manager, Service Planning Transit, Operations and Services, Public Works, York Region Transit
Winter Maintenance For Our Roads
On Council Oct. 15 agenda there is a staff report recommending the solution for implementing the previously approved plan to modify the winter maintenance strategy for our roads. The latter will eliminate use of rock salt on our roads and the use of Thawrox treated salt and sand in various proportions depending on the kind of road. To implement this strategy there is need to store materials a...
Motion on Clean Electricity Regulations
At the October 9 Council agenda my motion about Canada's Clean Energy Regulations will be considered. It was seconded by Councillor Avia Eek. I decided to put forth this motion once I understood the principles of the Regulations: reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enable affordable electricity for Canadians and businesses, enable reliable electrical grids. A clean reliable electricity grid is...
Merry Christmas & a happy New Year to you & Dan. Thank you for all your hard work for the…
All the best to you and your family Debbie this season and throughout the year. Thank you for all your…
Love and Light to you and yours, Debbie. Thank you for all you do for the community, and for the…
We need to keep up with the times. Internet voting makes sense. We bank and pay bills on the internet…
Debbie - excellent review of a long complex TP doc. We are still concerned that no progress seems to be…