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
Budget Open House on January 18
Draft 2023 Operating and Capital Budgets will be available for review in-person January 17 6-8 PM at an Open House at the Municipal Centre. Have your chance to review the budget, have your say, and ask questions of Township staff. Here is link to the budget documents. The budget will be on a couple Council meetings coming up. See here for details.
By-law Investigation Map
The Township of King has posted a new feature at king.ca/by-law that allows visitors to King’s website to check on the status of a bylaw complaint. As I often hear frustration that making a complaint to Bylaw is like making a complaint to a black box as its not evident that anything is being done OR that it is necessary to call Bylaw to get a status report. Here is the press release providing...
Gates at Marylake Monastery
On Council agenda for January 9 there is a report on the subject of the Entrance gates at Marylake Monastery (15th SDRD/Keele.) These Entrance Gates are designated on the Heritage Register. As reviewed in the report the need for maintenance was identified as there was visible deterioration; but, rather than following the required process for a Heritage Permit, as required by the Ontario...
Presentations for Jan. 9 Council
As I have posted earlier there are a couple agenda items about municipal water and sewers. At the 5 pm working council meeting on January 9 there is a presentation about the quality management systems for the water; the presentation is now included on the agenda. And in the later Council meeting there is a staff report recommending the 2023 rates; there will be presentation by the Director of...
Hello Bert, I agree totally with your point that there is the legislative means to ensure that designated properties are…
Under the Ontario Heritage Act Building standards by-law 35.3 (1) If a by-law passed under section 15.1 of the Building…
My thoughts: buildings with significant historical and architectural value deserve protection from loopholes in law. Lack of funds or will…
I agree with you that Council needs to address this demolition by neglect so that it cannot happen. This should…
I'll be there! And some of my friends too. Enjoy! Last year was an experience of a different kind, and…