The citizen-majority Council Rental Housing Committee meet on January 30th and it will a lively meeting as the committee debated creating a voluntary rental housing registry.
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Hamilton City Council for January 27, 2017: 2017 HSR Budget Debate
City Council debated the 2017 HSR budget. The budget proposal was based upon the Council approved 10-year transit strategy, and the year three budget calls for Council to invest in transit after two years of incremental improvements funded primarily by fare increases.
Council voted to ask the HSR’s Director to return with budget proposals of a 3% or 1.8% budget increase.
Full Video Replay
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Hamilton City Council for January 26, 2017: Library and Police Budgets
Hamilton City Council received and debated the 2017 Hamilton Public Library and Police Board Budgets.
The Library budget received extra attention – in the form of praise – from City Councillors following comments the week prior by Councillor Donna Skelly questioning the relevance of libraries in the Internet Age.
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Hamilton City Council for January 25, 2017
Full video of Hamilton City Council’s ratification meeting on January 25, 2017.
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Hamilton City Council Ratifies Decision to Grant Demo Permits for Gore Buildings Project
City Council voted to ratify their decision of last week to allow the demolition of the Gore buildings for a new development.
Councillors Matthew Green, Aidan Johnson, and Brenda Johnson voted against the decision.
Full video of the Council ratification debate:
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Hamilton City Council Budget Debate for January 24, 2016
Council debated the budget requests of Boards and Agencies:
– Conservation Halton
– Grand River Conservation Authority
– Hamilton Beach Rescue Unit
– Royal Botanical Gardens
– Hamilton Region Conservation Authority
– Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
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Citizen Seeks Public Police Spending Ledgers, FOI Request Denied. His Letter to Council:
The following letter was submitted by Hamilton resident, and retired public sector accountant, Shekar Chandrashekar, to City Council. Chandrashekar has been tireless in his efforts to bring transparency to civic finances in all departments, and has recently been trying to get the public police account ledgers. The information is legally public, held by the City, […]
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Hamilton City Council Audit, Finance, and Administration Committee for January 23, 2017
Council’s Audit, Finance, and Administration Committee heard a delegation from Shekar Chandrashekar asking for Council to make public police financial information available to the public – Council voted to ask staff to report on the request. At the end of the meeting – after a closed session debate – Councillors on the committee voted 3-3 against moving the City’s Transgender Policy proposal to the General Issues Committee. The policy will return to AF&A at a future date.
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The Hamilton City Council Week That Was for January 16 to January 22, 2017
Council came back from their month long vacation, and if you were expecting them to resolve to improve their actions in 2017, you were sorely disappointed. Before we get to that, let’s summarize the business of the week. Three high profile items this week: Update on the Claremont Access (Monday’s Council Public Works Cmte) Demolition […]
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Heritage Committee Commits to Working with Developer of Former Kresge Site, Declines to Designate
Hamilton’s Heritage Committee is going to work with the development group planning of LIUNA and Hi-Rise Group to look into incorporating parts of the front facade of the former Kresge site at 43-51 King Street East in Downtown Hamilton.