City Council meets to approve their work of the past two weeks with a light agenda. Items of discussion include a letter from the Prime Minister of Canada regarding Canada Post community mailboxes, and a letter announcing substantial completion of the new stadium.
Full Replay Available.
RRCA Gives Council Power to Order Move of West Harbour CN Yard
As cities across Canada engage in urban redevelopment and moving disruptive railways, a dormant piece of powerful legislation is returning to the spotlight – legislation which gives Hamilton City Council the power to finally move the Stuart Street marshalling yard along Hamilton’s West Harbour waterfront.
Free Parking for Veterans, The Debate Returns to City Hall
Hamilton should discuss how the municipality can best honour and assist veterans to determine if free parking is the means of achieving this goal.
Replay: General Issues Committee for May 6, 2015
Council meets as GIC today to receive City Manager Chris Murray’s annual performance review. They will also receive the minutes of the PanAm Stadium Committee. Following this, they will go into closed session to discuss the arbitrator’s ruling requiring the City to rehire fired Public Works roads crew employees.
Replay: Planning Committee for May 5, 2015
Parking tickets, a new subdivision in Waterdown, farmers’ market amendments to allow farmers to sell produce grown by other farmers, and Hamilton General Hospital seeks a parking lot expansion.
Live Video starts shortly after 9:30am.
Election Compliance Audit Committee to Consider Appeal of Conley Financial Disclosure
Hamilton’s Election Compliance Audit Committee (ECAC) meets Monday to consider if Ward 9 Councillor Doug Conley’s election return violated the Municipal Elections Act by not including information about how he funded his campaign. Conley failed to list sources of income for this campaign with both the donor and self contribution information blank. (see images of […]
Recap: Public Works Committee for May 4, 2015
The Public Works Committee will try to make quorum to complete their April business at their first meeting of May.
Live Video starts shortly after 9:30am. (The Public Record is not allowed to set up prior to meetings by order of the City Clerk.)
James Baptist Condo – The Connolly – Gains Conditional Site Plan Approval
Stanton Renaissance – developers of the Council approved condominium at 98 James Street South – have gained conditional site plan approval. The final step in the City’s formal planning process, conditional site plan approval means the developer can apply for building permits and start construction. Conditional site plan approvals are very common, granting the developer […]
Response to Mayor's Claim of Misleading Reporting
Mayor Fred Eisenberger was concerned that I tweet about his absence at the Physician Recruitment Sub-Committee was misleading – inferring that I’m like “Fox News”.
I respond to his concerns in depth here. I fully stand by the reporting as accurate and proper.
City Will Issue Warnings, Focus on Education Before Fines for Smoking on Patios
While the City exempts restaurant patios from it’s park smoking ban. With changes to provincial law, smoking on patios is banned anyway.