If there’s a city council meeting in August, then you know that it has to be a pretty big deal. Picking up almost literally where we left off at the last meeting of council a few weeks ago, councillors and senior staff took a few minutes out of their summer vacation to approve the funding for the Kindle Communities supportive housing project on Shelldale. In other words, process wins! Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week in Council: A Kindle Plan”
It’s an August meeting! 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 August 16, 2023”
A council meeting in August? It doesn’t usually happen, but if you are a dedicated reader in this space, you have been expecting the announcement. If you’re familiar with the events at the regular council meeting at the end of July, then you will remember that there was one rather big new item on a tight deadline that needs an answer, and in this special August meeting of council, we will get that answer. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on August 16?”
It was supposed to be the last council meeting before the usual August break, but the events of this week’s regular meeting of council did something unusual: It ended with a cliffhanger. The door was opened to a potential August meeting for a matter involving supportive housing and the raising the money to cover it. It terms of the business settled at the meeting itself, but there were also a few complications there too. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Housing Request Opens Door to August Meeting”
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