Councillors will debate $757,950 in one-time municipal funding for programs which address and prevent homelessness. This will give Council an opportunity to call on the Provincial and Federal governments to better fund and create a strategy for helping municipalities to deal with poverty. Replay.
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Hamilton Audit, Finance, and Administration Committee for January 19, 2015
It’s a thick agenda of routine reports, but other than a discussion about having an external audit of the Hamilton Police Service budget, all of the reports are routine and should pass with consent. Replay
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Hamilton City Council GIC for January 14, 2015
Council spent the day debating the bus lane with four different motions voted down. In short, they didn’t make any decision and lost six hours in the process. Replay
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Hamilton Planning Committee for January 13, 2015
Council’s Planning Committee meets to vote on a 30-storey condo building on the site of the former James Baptist Church. Live video at 9:30am
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TPR Notepad for January 12, 2015
I’m at Public Works Cmte for 9:30am with the alleyway at 14 James North being a story I’m watching. Board of Health meets at 1:30pm, with the focus there being an overview of the Board’s role. I’ll be finishing my preview of tomorrow’s Planning Committee meeting, reading Wednesday’s GIC agenda package, and hopefully get to […]
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Hamilton Public Works Committee for Monday, January 12, 2014
Two business items, two consent items, and one public delegation – that’s the agenda for this cycle’s PW meeting. Live video starts at 9:30am
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EDITORIAL: City Hall Needs "Compensation" for Making Downtown Street Vibrant? The Latest in Red Tape
City Hall can’t see beyond its own internal cubicle walls, resulting in red tape and absurd fees that frustrate, delay, and block new businesses, developments, and get in the way of Hamilton’s revival.
Absurd rules mean even the simplest of good ideas must deal with archaic rules and regulations with costly unexpected fees to “compensate” City Hall for creating economic vitality in Hamilton.
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A TPR "Offline" Notice
I’m going to be offline for most of Saturday and Sunday, and don’t expect to update the website until Sunday afternoon.
I’ll be returning gear used for Friday’s event, working on the front end of the patron monthly support system, and reading the couple thousand pages of City Hall agendas for the coming week.
Last night was a lot of fun, thank you to everyone who made it happen!
If you see me in a coffee shop reading agendas, please say hi!
Enjoy your weekend everyone.
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TPR Notepad for January 8, 2015
Welcome to the TPR Notepad, where Joey Coleman writes what he is covering in the day, posts draft notes, and uploads full audio interviews that will form the base for the next morning’s daily podcast. Today: Following the Bus Lane story interviewing Terry Whitehead and Chad Collins. Getting ready for tomorrow night’s conversation event with […]
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City Staff Wish to Keep Downtown Bus Lane, Strongly Urge Until At Least End of 2015 PanAm Games
Unedited Audio Interviews Mayor Fred Eisenberger: City Staff have released their report into the Downtown Dedication Bus Lane. The report says staff support maintaining the bus lane until at least after the 2015 PanAm Games citing that athletes will be travelling on dedicated shuttle buses between the Stadium and McMaster University where they will […]