No critical questions were raised by Council, even has dozens of bus trips each week are not operated due to a growing staff shortage.
Posted inEditors Note, Opinion
Council Miscalculation: How the Ward Boundary Settlement Sets Council’s Defeat at the OMB
Council thinks their settlement means maintenance of the status-quo; instead their self-dealing has created the conditions for their defeat at the OMB.
Posted inEditors Note
Morning Coffee Notes
A quiet day is expected at City Hall with only two advisory committee meetings. I attended the Business Improvement Area Advisory Committee meeting this morning; it was housekeeping. I’m hoping to get a lot of writing done in my office today; and on that note, I close this note early to focus on that writing.
Posted inCity Hall, Hamilton Committee of Adjustment
It's Above Board: Ward 10 Councillor Maria Pearson Assisting as Agent on Minor Variance Application
I looked into the matter of Ward 10 City Councillor Maria Pearson serving as an Agent on a minor variance application in her ward. The variance will be heard on October 19.
I reviewed the application file, and spoke with multiple members of staff.
Posted inEditors Note, Opinion
Mayor Fred Eisenberger Surprises Amazon … With An Amateur Pitch Video
Starting from its poor dreary image of Hamilton with green text proclaiming “A warm hello from the City of Hamilton” to it’s final screen with two different font colours with two different font faces, the video makes our great city look like the kind of place a fiction sit-com would be written in.
Posted inCouncil Standing Committees, Videos
Hamilton City Council Planning Committee for October 3, 2017
Full Video of Council’s October 3, 2017 Planning Committee meeting.
Posted inCity Hall, Ontario Land Tribunal
Council Proposes New Ward Boundaries in OMB Settlement Offer
The new proposal is a modification of existing boundaries, maintaining 15 wards similar to the existing boundaries with the old City / suburb boundary remaining in place as a defining feature.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal
Council Agrees to Minutes of Settlement with Mark Richardson on Ward Boundaries OMB
City Council voted during their Wednesday Council meeting to approve “minutes of settlement” with one of the party’s appealing against Council’s gerrymandering of ward boundaries.
The settlement is not yet public, pending “final execution”.
Posted inCommunity Events
Hamiltonians Remember Dave Hanley and Share Their Memories [Audio Clips]
Saturday night, Hamiltonians gathered at Sam Lawrence Park to remember and share memories of Dave Hanley.