Middlesex Centre Council Preview: July 25, 2018
On Wednesday we have a relatively short Council meeting coming up. It was added to the schedule in order to handle some reports and by-laws that needed to be handled as soon as possible. Here’s a quick preview of what’s coming up on Wednesday: The June building permit report, where things look healthy! We have hired, and will be appointing, a new by-law enforcement officer/risk management inspector. He has good credentials, and was hired in his role instead of replacing our recently retired By-Law Enforcement/Building assistant. We are applying for some grants from the Provincial government to help cover the
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Middlesex Centre Council Recap: Jan 2018 – April 2018
Hello there! First, let me please apologize for not posting these updates as often as I wanted to. To be frank, not a whole lot happened during the last half of 2017 except for a few key issues: The OMB hearing over the Tridon/Don Black lands (formerly the Gabriel farm on Glendon Dr) was dealt with, and decisions were issued. Site works are now under way. The OMB hearing over the South Winds lands was dealt with, and site works are now under way. The 2018 budget was passed with only a slight increase in the tax rate. As previously
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2018 Water and Wastewater Rates
I’ve been engaging with Middlesex Centre residents in a Facebook group where the current state of water and wastewater rates are discussed. As promised to them, I provided an update on the current trajectory for 2018 as a result of the ongoing budget process. As you may recall, I made a motion at Council earlier this year to have the ramifications of a 2.5%, 5%, and 10% reduction of the minimum water and wastewater rates studied. BMA Consulting did this work on behalf of the municipality, along with looking at a number of other issues, and the results are being
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Middlesex Centre Council Recap: May – Jun 2017
May 2017 Middlesex Centre received full scope accreditation for their management of municipal water and wastewater systems! šŸ˜€ Quite coincidentally, after much teeth gnashing over an alleged “raise” for the Director of Public Works & Engineering appearing on 2016’s Sunshine List, staff brought forth a new Compensation Management policy designed to curb costs and still ensure municipal staff receive the benefits their due. The new policy prevents staff from being provided both time in lieu and overtime. Time in lieu is offered to employees, and especially department heads, because they attend Council meetings in addition to working a full day,
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Middlesex Centre Council Recap: Feb – Apr 2017
February 2017 In late February, my motion to join the group of municipalities asking the TVDSB to install automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in all schools across the board was passed. The TVDSB just included the funds to make this happen in their 2018 budget. March 2017 After careful deliberation and consideration of the consequences of the maintaining the status quo or a change, Council voted to continue to allow municipal staff to serve as volunteer firefighters, as long as their supervisor determines it won’t interfere with their normal responsibilities. We often get a big response on calls, so I’m confident
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A Response to ItStinks.ca
Alright, let’s start this off with some quick points: The information photographed at itstinks.ca was provided to all parties on May 17. There is no backroom deal. In fact, there’s no deal at all yet. The paragraph photographed is a proposal by Tridon, which is being submitted to the OMB Thursday (along with proposals from any other parties). We have approval from the Ministry of Natural Resources to build the force main between the months of October and March. Now that we got what is, likely, the most important issues out of the way, let’s dive a bit deeper. The
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Recent Key Decisions & Events: Feb. 19, 2017
Hello Ward 4! I just wanted to bring everyone up to speed on some recent decisions made, and what the impact is to the community, if any. The Off-Leash Dog Park pilot project that ran last summer, and into the fall/winter due to the weather, was recently reviewed by Middlesex Centre staff and Council. The pilot program was hugely successful in many ways, but there were many negative impacts at the Kilworth River Flats. A child was bitten by one of the dogs using the area. Dogs wereĀ routinely getting into area residents’ backyards, necessitating a lot of trespassing by area
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Springer Ponds Development
On January 25, 2017 a public meeting was held to speak about an application from Springer Ponds Development Inc. where they sought to receive approval for a draft subdivision plan, along with a zoning by-law amendment. Here are the: Notice of Application & Meeting Planning Justification Report, and the Geotechnical Report That evening, though some will tell you otherwise, nothing was approved. During the public meeting we heard from the property owner/applicant, many concerned residents in the area, municipal staff, and Councillors on topics such as: The applicant’s financial capacity to complete any site works and related road works The
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Comprehensive Look at Glendon Drive Shopping Plaza
If you’re already familiar with the information below, you can fill out this second survey now. The reason for this evening’s zoning by-law amendment variance request is that the developer is asking Council to reduce the minimum requirement that 65% of the lot frontage of the property include building faƧades, from 65% to 32%. We got down to 65% after previously approving a reduction from 75%. So, Maverick is essentially asking Council to approve a reduction from 75% building faƧades, down to 32% building faƧades fronting Glendon Drive. They also want to increase the maximum front yard setback from 1.5m
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Latest Information on Pumping Station and Kilworth Wastewater Treatment Facility
ThisĀ is the current lay of the land. Middlesex Centre (MXC) staff and Council all want to see the Kilworth WWTF decommissioned as quickly as my neighbours who live even closer to it than I do, and are affected by it more than me. I can walk there in three minutes. I sympathize. If you have follow-up questions after reading recent information from the Kilworth-Komoka Ratepayers Association and this post, or something you saw on Facebook, I would be happy to do my best to clear anything up for you. My contact information can be found on MXC’s website. Some Background
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