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
Work Process Change in Public Works
On November 7 Council agenda there is a staff report recommending modifications as to how municipal services are assumed by the municipality. I consider the changes are the kind of streamlining we need to do; quality of outcome is not being jeopardized. As reviewed, the checks and measurements done by Engineering are not being reduced or eliminated. What is being eliminated is a formal staff...
Toronto Wildlife Centre
On November 7 council agenda there is a staff report recommending renewal of the contractual arrangement with Toronto Wildlife Centre. Specifically it's recommended to enter into a 5 year agreement with an additional 2 year option extension. For $13,500/yr As reviewed King receives a lot of value from TWC including being a resource for citizens for both information and for services to deal with...
Keele West
At November 7th Committee of Whole there is report recommending approval of a zoning bylaw amendment to enable construction of an apartment block with of 234 units varying in size to include 1, 2, 3 bedroom units and 3 bedroom units. In response to feedback received at the April 2022 public meeting there have been some changes made which have been reviewed which are reviewed in the staff report....
New subdivision east side of Hwy 27
November 7th Council agenda includes a statutory public meeting for an application to create a subdivision on the east side of Hwy 27 south of King Rd on the lands currently referred to as Boynton. As reviewed in the report the application includes build 429 single detached homes of varying sizes which will account for 38.5 % of the site; the remaining area includes a small employment block...
Hello Stephen, heat pumps "run" on electricity. As the Ontario grid is mainly supplied by water power and nuclear switching…
Sounds interesting! What do heat pumps require to heat a home? Does it take any natural gas or strictly electrical?
No I can't. I have asked about it other years and have been told and didn't retain the answer. Need…
Thank you nancy. Deputations or emails expressing support would be great.
I do know that there is a process for making concrete which produces less GHG...I looked into it several years…