The King Record

Council Meeting

April 27, 2026

Who was there

Present (6): Jennifer Anstey, Mary Asselstine, David Boyd, Avia Eek, Steve Pellegrini, Debbie Schaefer

Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.

What was decided (10 motions)

10 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That the agenda for the April 27, 2026, Council Meeting as presented, be approved.
Moved by Councillor Eek, seconded by Councillor Schaefer
Carried
That the April 13, 2026, Council Meeting Minutes be adopted.
Moved by Councillor Cescolini, seconded by Councillor Boyd
Carried
That Council receive Report OCAO-ST-2026-002 for information.
Moved by Councillor Anstey, seconded by Councillor Boyd
Carried
That Council receive Report GMS-PL-2026-013 for information. That the Draft Plan Approval for Plan of Subdivision 19T-20K02 (Jane King Holdings Inc. & Jane King Holdings South Inc.) be extended to May 19, 2031. That the conditions of Draft Plan Approval for Plan of Subdivision 19T-20K02 (Jane King Holdings Inc. & Jane King Holdings South Inc.) be revised as outlined in Attachment 3 .
Moved by Councillor Schaefer, seconded by Councillor Cescolini
Carried
That Council receive Report PW-CAP-2026-005 for information. That the Township, as the expropriating authority, apply to the approval authority (Council), to commence an expropriation of land. That Council, as approving authority under the Ontario Expropriations Act , R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26 (the “ Expropriations Act”) , approve the initiation of the expropriation process for the acquisition of the lands and/or interests in lands required to support the development of the Township’s future Joint Operations Centre (JOC), as generally described in this report. That Council authorize staff to prepare and submit an Application for Approval to Expropriate Land and to serve and publish the required Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate Land in accordance with the Expropriations Act . That Council direct staff to continue negotiations with affected property owners concurrently with the expropriation process and to report back to Council at subsequent stages of the expropriation process, as required. That Council direct staff to respond to and represent the Township at a Hearing of Necessity if one is requested.
Moved by Councillor Boyd, seconded by Councillor Cescolini
Carried
That Council receive Report COR-CLK-2026-001 for information. That Council authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute a service agreement between the Township of King and the City of Vaughan for the provision of Animal Services, effective May 1, 2026, for a period of five (5) years.
Moved by Councillor Boyd, seconded by Councillor Asselstine
Carried
That Council receive Report FIN-2026-003 for information.
Moved by Councillor Schaefer, seconded by Councillor Eek
Carried
under the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA), the Province of Ontario provides municipalities the authority to identify and conserve properties of cultural heritage value and interest; and Whereas the Township of King undertakes the conservation of properties determined under the OHA to be of cultural heritage value and interest; and Whereas some Township of King owners of properties of cultural heritage value and interest are resistant to their properties being identified under the OHA due to concerns over access to, or increased cost of, property insurance; and Whereas some property insurance providers refuse to provide, withdraw existing, or increase premiums for insurance for properties determined to be of cultural heritage value and interest based on a perceived increased financial and/or administrative risk, although these are not substantiated by the statutory requirements of the OHA; and Whereas for many decades, the Province of Ontario, including the Ontario Heritage Trust, the Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, and the Insurance Bureau of Canada, have endeavoured to mitigate property owners’ and the property insurance industry’s concerns over insurance coverage and replacement costs of properties recognized under the OHA, without substantive effect; and Whereas the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario, an agency of the Government of Ontario, regulates property and casualty and general insurance; Now therefore be it resolved that : Council requests t
Moved by Councillor Asselstine, seconded by Mayor Pellegrini Whereas
Carried
That Council read a first, second, and third time, and enact By-law 2026-034.
Moved by Councillor Cescolini, seconded by Councillor Boyd
Carried
That Council read a first, second, and third time, and enact By-law 2026-033.
Moved by Councillor Cescolini, seconded by Councillor Boyd
Carried

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