For reasons they are not permitted to reveal, three members of City Council voted against a “Lease Extension and Amending Agreement” for the City’s main Ontario Works office at 250 Main Street East.
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Council to Debate HSR ‘Fare Assist” on October 15
The implementation of the Fare Assist program coincided with the end of a “Voluntary Pay Program” that permitted anyone with a mobility device to board HSR buses for free.
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BRIEF: City of Hamilton Says Its Corrected Payroll Issues, Six Months after Cybersecurity Failure
“Our policy, calls for 20 percent of their pay, and we’ve actually, reduced that to 5 percent of their pay until they, they’re able to repay the the full amount. I think in the majority of cases, they’ll be repaid by the end of this year,” stated Lora Fontana.
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NOTED: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Asked About Safety Concerns in Hamilton Centre
Singh responded people have a right to be safe in their communities, operate businesses, before pivoting to border security.
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Club 33 Plans to Open Tonight, Despite Closure Injunction
“We’re still in business. We’re actually opening today, 100 percent,” says business, despite a court injunction ordering it remain closed.
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Joey’s Notepad: Ontario Councillors Can Use Videoconference Group Chats without Consequence
The Municipal Act needs to be amended to explicitly state electronic meetings must be as transparent as the in-person meetings they replace – that includes banning private debate in group chats.
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Hamilton Councillors Rush 56 New Speed Humps
Before a new policy arrives in 2025, councillors vote to spend $267,000, all from ward councillor discretionary budgets.
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Staff Refuse to Answer Councillor’s Question on Cybersecurity Failure
Ward 11 Clr Mark Tadeson asked for confirmation that DARTS not being part of the City’s network enabled it to keep operating despite the City’s cybersecurity failure
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Justice of the Peace Tosses City of Hamilton Building Permit Case
City Hall failed to follow-up on a building permit violation, and by the time the City prosecuted it was too late, rules Justice of the Peace.
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Joey’s Notepad: Hamilton City Hall is the latest Broken Window
A note on broken windows in the Downtown, a now-common visible symptom of the challenging times in the Core.