I’m at the Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas Town Hall on Electoral Reform hosted by Liberal M.P. Filomena Tassi. The event started at 6:30pm at the Innovation Park in West Hamilton. I’m using a liveblogging format to cover this meeting. Follow along for updates and observations.
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Special Hamilton City Council GIC: Government Infrastructure Funding Lobbying Priorities [August 23, 2016]
City Council will debate a staff proposal to prioritize lobbying the Justin Trudeau federal Liberal government infrastructure, transit/transportation and affordable housing.
Live video starts at 9:30am
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Whitehead's Schtick Fail: Calls for Pedestrian Crosswalks at Upper James and Fennell, Mohawk, Stone Church
Ward 8 Councillor Terry Whitehead is concerned that Upper James is not getting pedestrian crosswalks and that the City is not following “empirical” data installing the crosswalks downtown.
Except that only two of the first five crosswalks is in the Lower City, and the locations he proposes for Upper James are already full signalized intersections.
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Crawford, Wilson, McGreal, and Graefe Talk Engagement on the Graham Crawford Show Podcast
Graham Crawford’s podcast The Graham Crawford Show discusses public engagement in Hamilton during this week’s “Civic Panel” episode with regular panels Maureen Wilson, Ryan McGreal, and Peter Greafe.
They share their experiences with various types of Hamilton City Hall engagement reaching from 30 years ago to today, meaningful to engagement theatre.
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Hamilton City Council for August 2016
Hamilton City Council meets to ratify their committee work from the past week.
Live video starts at 9:30am
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Hamilton City Council Public Works Committee for August 2016
Full video of City Council’s August Public Works Committee meeting:
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Hamilton City Council Emergency and Community Services Committee for August 2016
Council’s EC&S Committee will look at changes to the “Municipal Housing Facilities By-law” to better reflect changes to CityHousing Hamilton financial sources and management and other legislative changes in the past decade – planning for more capital funding for CityHousing in 2017, continuing to operate the Snow Angel Program in-house, and more.
Live video starts at 9:30am
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Councillor Brenda Johnson Wants Better Process for Choosing Election Compliance Audit Committee
ECAC is accountability theatre, and at least one Councillor wants to fix the process of Council appointing its own election overseers.
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City of Hamilton Gives Replaced Fire Gear to Firefighters Without Borders
A good news story out of City Hall. Hamilton’s Fire Department is giving used firefighting gear – which is scheduled for disposal in according with National Fire Protection Association standards – to Firefighters Without Borders.
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Hamilton City Council Audit, Finance, and Administration Committee for August 2016
Council’s Audit, Finance, and Administration Committee will debate a $1-million loan request from CityHousing Hamilton to fund water saving initiatives and a request from the owner of 52 Cannon Street West for an exemption from development charges.
Live video starts at 9:30am