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
Using AMPS for Site Alteration Penalties
On the agenda for the February 26 council meeting there is a staff report recommending that penalties for Site Alteration be administered through the Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS). As reviewed in the report AMPS was initially launched in King in 2023 to manage penalties for parking infractions. Along with expanding the type of penalties it is recommended that early payment of...
Capital Projects and Spending the OCIF Grant
On the agenda for the February 26 council meeting there is a staff report including the quarterly review of capital projects: both those which are recommended to be closed and those which are not completed. In addition the report includes a recommendation for the 2024 allocation of the Ontario community infrastructure fund of $1,240,000 which was announced recently by the Province. As identified...
ThinKING Sustainable Development Program
On the agenda for the February 26 council meeting there is a report presenting the final draft of the new green building standards for King Township called ThinKING Green: Sustainable Development Program. Although there continues to be limitation on our ability to enforce I am very enthused about this as it sets out very clearly what standards we want and I do believe that overtime we will...
Hwy 11 Corridor Study
On Council Feb. 12 agenda the draft discussion paper for the Corridor study is included. I have not yet had time to review but am making a post of it to give my readers maximum notice of its inclusion in the agenda. This agenda item will begin with a presentation. If you haven'tn engaged in this yet you can catch up by reviewing the project page on speaking@king.ca.
Hello John, good question. I cannot answer at this point; you can be sure I’m going to be finding out.
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