It was a laidback meeting this week at city council as they tucked in around the horseshoe for a workshop meeting. The topic was operations facilities, and the need to lay the infrastructure that will enable the continued electrification of transit. The present bus barn is horribly out of date; not enough space, and not enough capacity to charge more than a couple of buses at a time, but there is a plan! Let’s check out the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Transit, It’s Electric!”
Get ready to workshop again! 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 during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for June 17, 2025”
The third Tuesday of June is reserved for a special meeting of council, a workshop. The topic this time is one that’s near and dear to some of our hearts: Transit. For years there’s been a project in the works that involves the electrification of the transit fleet, and it’s been a moving target that’s changed a lot over the last five years. Buckle up because we’re going to try again on operations facilities! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 17, 2025 Meeting?”
In a special third Monday meeting, that also happened to take place on Election Day, city council decided about taking the next steps to building a combined operations campus on Dunlop Road. It’s okay, it’s only a $200 million decision! You can read the Politico preview for this meeting here, see the amended agenda here, and you can read the complete recap below. Continue reading “POST-VIEW: What Happened at the City Council Meeting on October 21?”
In an odd third Monday meeting that also takes place on the night of the Federal Election, council will talk about the state or our real estate. Are we getting the most bang for our real estate buck? That’s one big question, but another one will be posed: should the City pursue a new project that will combine many resources in the same physical location? Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 21 Meeting?”
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