Council was divided on a motion by Matthew Green to put the savings from the program into the affordable housing budget.
Posted inCouncil Standing Committees
Councillor Green Asks for Cooling-Off Period for Lobbying By Former Councillors
Council votes 12-1 to look at rules to prevent Councillors from using their insider knowledge to lobby immediately after leaving office.
Posted inCouncil Standing Committees
Art Gallery's Main Street Facing Expansion Plan Cancelled
AGH asks Council to help them on their new strategic plan and future direction.
Posted inCouncil Standing Committees
Father of Jasmin Hanif Speaks to City Council, Calls for Vision Zero and Safer Streets
Councillors divided on Vision Zero, as Ferguson declares he will not support any changes in Lower City during Monday’s Public Works Committee meeting.
Posted inAdvisory and Sub-Committees
Jason Farr Says Enough Public Washrooms at Pier 8, Wants to Remove Plan for Washrooms as Part of New Pier 8 Park
In a motion at the West Harbour Development Committee on June 5, Farr calls for the removal of the washroom from the plan. He does not state in his motion where the budget will be relocated.
Posted inAdvisory and Sub-Committees
Hamilton Naval League Cadets to Move to Public Works Building at Barton West and Caroline
A motion on the June 5, 2017 West Harbour Development Sub-Committee moves for approval of a $800,000 retrofit of a portion of the Public Works facility on Barton Street West between Bay and Caroline to house the Cadet program beginning in 2019.
Posted inCity Hall, Editors Note
How McMaster Students Growing Engagement in Civic Affairs Can Affect Change City-Wide
This generation of MSU student leaders are engaging in civic affairs, if they can mobilize their peers to vote in 2018, they can change the City.
Posted inCity Council Meetings, Videos
Hamilton City Council Ratification Meeting for May 10, 2017
Hamilton City Council is meeting to ratify their standing committee work of the past two weeks, and to deal with motions including a request for staff to look at radial separation of marijuana dispensaries if and when legalized.
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Chris McLaughlin, Delegation to Hamilton City Council, April 17, 2017
Chris McLaughlin, Executive Director of the Bay Area Restoration Council, presented to City Council – sitting as Board of Health – on the Bayfront Park beach, the quality of water outside of the artificial beach, and how the City can succeed at its goal of people swimming in the West Harbour.
Posted inCouncil Standing Committees
Hamilton City Council Audit, Finance, and Administration Committee for May 8, 2017
Councillors said no to a development charge credit extension for Valery Homes, recentralized some internal City support services, and heard from their auditor on proposed changes to reserve fund accounting.