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.
Posted in2022 Hamilton Municipal Election
Former Mayor Bob Bratina Running for Mayor in the 2022 Municipal Election
Bratina says he can lead a new Council with “experience that will amplify and benefit, youthful approaches and new ideas.”
Posted in2022 Hamilton Municipal Election, City Hall News
Partridge Not Seeking Re-election: Lame Duck Council Potential and Impacts at City Hall
Partridge’s announcement makes a Lame-Duck Council period more likely, meaning staff have to prioritize work to prevent developers taking advantage of this.
Posted inCity Hall
Council Planning Committee Unanimously Approves New Waterdown Zoning and Traffic Plans
The plans will work together to guide the transition of Waterdown’s residential core to a pedestrian-friendly form while enabling conversion of suburban commercial plazas to mixed-use while retaining the pre-confederation neighbourhood character of the original Euro-Canadian settlement area centred on Dundas Street around the Grindstone Creek.
Posted inCity Hall, Hamilton City Council
Council’s Planning Committee Votes 4-2 for Quicker Encampment Evictions
City staff say the new policy is unlikely to change operational realities.
Posted inAdvisory and Sub-Committees, City Hall
Hamilton Business Improvement Area Advisory Committee Roundup for March 2022
The City says administering Christmas free parking metres is burdensome, asking BIAs to take it over. Instead, the BIAs and City will meet to find a new way of administering the program.
Posted inCouncil Standing Committees, Hamilton City Council
Hamilton Public Works Committee for March 21, 2022 – Roundup
Councillors discussed road maintenance, in the middle of the ongoing pothole season, received the 2021 Annual Drinking Water Report, approved new procedures regarding incorporating land widenings into city roadways, addressed sewage capacity issues on along Dewitt Road, voted to implement natural burials at the Mount Hamilton Cemetery, voted for a new playground at Eleanor Park in the Templemead neighbour in honour of 11-year-old Jude Strickland, a new pedestrian crossing and sidewalk for the Ancaster performing arts centre, adding more wheelchair-accessible swings to parks, and a series of local park improvements.
Posted inCity Hall, Planning and Development
Council Votes to Expand Sewer Capacity on Dewitt Road Following 2019 Study Showing It’s Maxxed Out
An August 2019 engineering report found portions of the existing sewers are already overcapacity. The 375 mm portion of pipe which runs from Highway 8 to just north of Juniper Drive is already over capacity, with new developments already being built.
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Hamilton Board of Health for March 21, 2022 – Roundup
Council was updated on the public health division’s projections for COVID this spring, asked public health to reverse their plan to remove beach water condition signs from Hamilton’s seven public beaches, and listened to a salient delegation from a young woman whose father died during the early months of the COVID pandemic. Hamilton Grad Student […]
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City Hall Adds Privacy Glass in Council Chambers, Blocking Front Row of Public Gallery
The City of Hamilton continues to spend undisclosed amounts on physical changes to City Hall in response to “safety” and “privacy” concerns.