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City Council is holding a special meeting to accept the 2015 financial statements of CityHousing Corporation.
Live video at 1:30pm
Supreme Court rules municipality cannot use powers to frustrate and block the installation of a cellphone tower in case very similar to Canada Post v. Hamilton.
An order to comply issued to company owning 1 St. James Place will not be enforceable until at least mid-September as the Property Standards Committee adjourned a hearing on the order until September 12.
The Veterans’ Committee – which I participate in as a resource (I served three years) – held its June meeting on Tuesday the 21st.
This was the first meeting with new members for the 2014 – 2018 Council term.
Hamilton Council’s Open for Business Committee meets to discuss business licensing, and planning application processes.
Live video at 1:30pm
An interesting read from Metroland’s Mississauga operation on Mayor Bonnie Crombie’s reaction to banning corporate and union donations to municipal political candidates.
The short, Crombie want’s the province to provide assistance to municipal candidates to ‘recoup income lost’.
City Council meets to ratify their committee work of the past two weeks. Live video starts at 5:00pm
The Ontario Liberal government is increasing the application fee for filing to the Ontario Municipal Board to $300 from its present $125 level.
The proposal is in the form of a new Ontario Regulation released last week.
The new fee takes effect on July 1, 2016.
Committee of Adjustment will hear 24 applications during their June 23 meeting. Here are a couple which drew the attention of The Public Record. Full Agenda on the City website. 100 Wilson Street, Hamilton The City of Hamilton, acting as the developer of the proposed Police Investigative Services Building, is hoping to use the Committee […]
The Municipal Act does not provide for much that a council can do, outside of imposing penalties following an integrity commissioner report, in response to the misbehaviour of a member of council.
The true consequence for both Brown and Cassidy is the lose of respect and standing resulting from this affair, and the very high likelihood they’ll be removed from office for failing to live up to their campaign promise of bringing integrity back to City Hall.
