Comprehensive Coverage of Hamilton's Civic Affairs
Ward 1 Councillor Maureen Wilson was acclaimed as Chair. Wilson was Vice-Chair during the previous year.
Ward 13 Councillor Arlene Vanderbeek is the new Vice-Chair.
Ferguson has not yet declared if he is seeking re-election. Read what you will into his interest in the 2023 council meeting calendar.
The planning department now consists of four sections: Development Planning, Heritage and Urban Design, Sustainable Communities [Community & Policy Planning], Zoning and Committee of Adjustment.
The City of Hamilton’s Planning and Economic Development department just released its preliminary analysis of the 2021 federal census population data. General Manager of PED Jason Thorne writes the population increased in every ward except Ward 13 where “there was a minor population decline.” “City’s fastest growing communities are Glanbrook and Stoney Creek,” Thorne’s update […]
During a nine-hour meeting, councillors voted 4-2 for more encampment enforcement, passed new zoning and transportation plans for Waterdown, a heritage designation process for the Grace Lutheran Church at 1107 Main West, voted to increase taxi fares, approved rapid housing at 221 Charlton East, responding to expected Planning Act changes, and more.
The Business Improvement Area Advisory Committee, Committee Against Racism, Arts Advisory Committee, and Women and Gender Equity Committee all met this week.
It’s the busiest day of election news yet, with Bratina declaring, Partridge retiring, the public school board changing its wards, and the first details on mail ballots. All of this in today’s roundup.
City Hall says Hamiltonians will be able to request mail ballots using an online form between September 1st and 22nd using an online form on the City website.
This is the first significant revamp of school board trustee ward allotments since the Hamilton-Wentworth District School was created as Ontario District School Board 21 on January 1, 1998.
Resignations follow a Council vote to hire a fourth consultant with a stated intention of privatizing the Market prior to this October’s municipal election.
