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Council will debate the 2015 Public Works Budget and a 10-year Transit Improvement Plan.
Live video starts at 9:30am.
Hamilton City Council will debate the proposed Pier 15 Waste-From-Energy Plant, Canada Post community postal boxes, Public Art Master Plan, and a request from the McMaster Students Union to speak on Friday to the HSR enhancement plans which are being hidden from the public until Friday. Replay Videos
Join us Thursday 7:30pm at Mill’s Hardware for a free discussion event of how to make the HSR better with panelists Nicholas Kevlahan, Sara Mayo, Jason Nason, and Terri Wallis. (Will try for live video as well)
Planning Committee holds four public hearings, one public delegation, and revises the lottery licensing by-law. Live video starts at 9:30am.
City Council meets to consider the budget requests of the Hamilton Police Service and the Hamilton Public Library. Live at 9:30am.
Last week, headlines roared about a $106,000 ruling against the County of Lambton (County seat is Sarnia) for damages caused by road salt to the lands of a county farmer.
Would this, as the Ontario Good Roads Association – a lobby group representing municipalities – set a precedent for mass liability of municipalities across Ontario?
Council’s Steel Committee agenda is now public for the February 5, 2015 meeting. The agenda includes a 51 page staff Economic Impact Study and a presentation by the City’s Director of Economic Development.
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Premier Kathleen Wynne held a regularly scheduled media presser Monday afternoon, after here meeting with Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger.
Full video of the presser is available on the Premier’s Livestream.com page. (Hamilton questions and answers start at 9:52)
I’ve transcribed, to the best of my ability, the answers of Premier Wynne.
The owner of 290 Barton Street West, who recently caused interest by moving a sales trailer onto the site in December, is starting the formal planning process with the City.
The developer requested a ‘formal consultation’ with city staff for a proposal to construct “34 stacked townhouses on the west side of the subject lands and a commercial/retail building on the east side of the subject lands”.
Mayor Eisenberger went to Toronto today, met with Premier Kathleen Wynne, and that’s the only fact we know for sure at this time. Eisenberger says he has a commitment for 100% LRT funding, Wynne says different. The Public Record will look to set the record straight with live video from City Hall at 4:30pm.
