A lesson in the old saying, be careful what you ask for.
Posted inEditors Note, Opinion
HSR Assigning Operators to Pull Articulated Buses from Service in Middle of Transit Crisis
Once again, HSR upper management have shown themselves to be focused on hiding problems instead of actually solving them.
Posted inAdvisory and Sub-Committees
Committee Says Yes to Selling City Lands to Fund Affordable Housing, Council to Decide on List in January
Funds from the sales will be placed in a reserve fund that is earmarked for affordable housing.
Posted inCity Hall News
Province Gives City Council January 24, 2018 Deadline to Decide on LRT Operations
Province says HSR can run LRT, but strongly warns Council against HSR taking over the project.
Special Council meeting on Friday to debate.
Posted inCommunity Events, Videos
Hamilton Town Hall on Income Security Reform Working Group
The Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction held a town hall at Hamilton City Hall on Thursday, November 23, 2017 to discuss and plan steps towards getting the recently released Income Security Reform Working Group report implemented.
Posted inHamilton City Council, Videos
Hamilton City Council for November 22, 2017
Full video of the Hamilton City Council meeting for Wednesday November 22, 2017.
Posted inCity Hall
HSR Extending Driver Shifts, Putting Articulated Buses on 1-King at Night Starting December 31
The HSR, struggling with a operator shortage caused by Council cuts is extending shifts for its drivers starting December 31 to increase its “spareboard” and cut cancellations.
Posted inAdvisory and Sub-Committees, Videos
Hamilton City Council Governance Committee for November 21, 2017
Council’s Governance Committee heard from two residents suggesting improvements to Council’s Procedural Bylaw to improve meetings, and decided to recommend that Councillors pay for their own civic rings.
Posted inAdvisory and Sub-Committees, Videos
Hamilton City Council Greater Bay Area Committee for November 21, 2017
The Greater Bay Area Committee failed to make quorum, while the Councillors and Mayor listened to presentation and discussed issues of mutual concern between Burlington and Hamilton, no decisions could be made.
Posted inPlanning and Development
Hamilton Design Review Panel Says Brad Lamb's Television City Not Appropriate for Site
No member of the panel agreed with the proposed height, with some suggesting that even 30 stories may not be appropriate for the site.
The proponent has a full development and rezoning application submitted to the City. A date for the proposal to be debated by City Council’s Planning Committee has not been set.