2,500 more new jobs a year created by local businesses is achievable, and as a bonus, not only will the growth of small business result in more tax revenue, small business won’t be asking for a new round of corporate welfare in 20 years, in fact, they won’t demand corporate welfare in the first place.
Posted inCitizen-Majority Boards and Agencies, Editors Note, Hamilton Committee of Adjustment
Journalistic Word Choice, Committee of Adjustment, and Tall Buildings as Minor Variances
Developers and big corporate landlords in Ward 2 are increasingly using “minor variances” to bypass Planning Committee – challenging the concept of what is minor in planning.
Posted inHamilton City Hall, Ontario Land Tribunal
REPLAY – LiveBlog: Ontario Municipal Board Second Pre-hearing Hamilton Ward Boundaries
Today’s pre-hearing will finalize the “issues list” and witnesses that each party will be able to call to testify during the hearing.
I’ll be liveblogging from the hearing starting at 10am.
Posted inEditors Note
A Quick Note on Why I'm Didn't Cover the Cst. Pfeifer Police Services Act Hearing
The reason I write this note, and post it publicly, is because I want to share with you the weighting I did. I share some with some of you a frustration that there wasn’t much analysis of the matter, the story focused on what was said and by whom, and I want to know more myself.
Posted inHamilton City Council, Videos
Hamilton City Council for September 13, 2017
Hamilton City Council held their Council ratification meeting on September 13, 2017. Among the decisions, Council voted to not proceed with studying a 2030 Commonwealth Games bid.
Full Video Replay
Posted inHamilton City Hall
More on Waterfront Trust $95,000 Contract to Execute Tall Ships for City's Culture and Tourism Department
An unexpected leave by a senior staff member at the City resulted in the sole-source paperwork not getting completed in time to process a purchase order (cheque) to the HWT. Thus, the payment was processed under a separate procurement policy (known at Policy 19) and thus came to be included in the non-compliance report.
Posted inHamilton City Hall
Tourism and Culture Hires Waterfront Trust for $95,000, and Purchase Order Makes Non-Compliance with PO Policy List
The Tourism & Culture division gave the Waterfront Trust $95,000 without any purchase order documentation, in violation of the City’s procurement policy.
Posted inHamilton City Council, Videos
Hamilton City Council General Issues Committee for September 6, 2017
Full Video of Council’s General Issues Committee meeting for September 6, 2017
Posted inCommunity Events, Videos
Flamborough Chamber of Commerce Holds Town Hall on Minimum Wage, Employment Standards with MP Ted McMeekin, Candidate Judi Partridge [Full Video Replay]
Flamborough’s business community had plenty of questions, and frustrations, about the Ontario Liberal government’s changes to the Employment Standards Act.
Posted inPlanning and Development
Developer Seeks Two Four-Storey Buildings with 90 Units at 3100 – 3140 Regional Road 56 in Binbrook
City staff are recommending approval, Ward 11 City Councillor Brenda Johnson is publicly opposed to the development, stating she opposes any height greater than three storeys in Binbrook.
“More than 3 storey is risky for air safety” – Johnson