Two committee of the wholes this month?! You know you want it! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for May 15, 2024”
We’ve already scheduled one Committee of the Whole meeting, but what about a second Committee of the Whole meeting? This unusual move is coming to you from the financial office and Strong Mayor Powers as committee will sit to review the City’s 2023 financials, and to review Mayor Cam Guthrie’s request to have staff look at the creation of a temporary structured encampment. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 15, 2024 Meeting?”
Compared to last week, council business this week was light and breezy, but still really on the serious side. This week, it was all about what you, the people, think about the proposed 2024-2027 multiyear budget, and boy were there a wide variety of thoughts. From concerns about cuts to concerns about cost to requests for some changes, there was a lot of new information to cover for the members of council. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Budget Feedback”
At this meeting, we will learn what you think about the budget! You can click here for the amended agendas from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 15, 2023”
It was a very busy 30 hours at council this week with three meetings. First up, there was Committee of the Whole with one item main item about governance. Next, a special meeting of council that determined the fate of one development, it was a big development but it was still just about the one. And then, speaking of big items, we dug into the 2024-2027 multiyear budget and it’s big tax levy increase. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Mad Money, Madder Residents”
It’s budget presentation day! You can click here for the amended agendas from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 7, 2023”
By now, you’ve seen the 2024-2027 multiyear budget documents. Well, maybe you’ve seen that they’re now available. You will probably get around to reading it, and that point you will probably have some thoughts, and maybe you might like to sharing those thoughts with city council. You may be interested to know that there’s a special meeting of council that will be specifically dedicated to your point of view about the budget. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on November 15?”
It’s everybody’s favourite day of the year, City budget release day! Get your calculators and pencils warmed up because the 2024-2027 multiyear budget has finally been released and it’s ready to be parsed by everyone whether you have a specific project you’re concerned about, or are just more generally concerned about the City’s bottom line. Get ready to see what money matters matter the most for the next four years! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on November 7?”
It was a busy May at city council as the horseshoe handled several complex files. Money matters were big as the completed books for the 2021 fiscal year came back for council’s information. How did staff turn a deficit into surplus? Find out! And speaking of new discoveries, the final version of the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan came to council for approval, and approve it they did. Let’s recap the fifth month of the year at City Hall! Continue reading “This Month at Council: Budget Deficit Turned Surplus and Clair-Maltby Complete”
There’s some unfinished council business to talk about at the end of the month. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for May 30, 2022”
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