Tag: Operations Facility

This Week at Council: Campus Redux, Elliott Expansion, and The Pledge!

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It was a very busy agenda to end February at city council. Along with the potential construction of the operations campus, the likely construction of new space at the Elliott, and the annual (albeit thin) report from the Integrity Commissioner, the big item of the night was The Pledge. Council had to endorse the Government of Ontario’s goal of building 18,000 homes by the year 2031, but they had some serious caveats. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Campus Redux, Elliott Expansion, and The Pledge!” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for February 28, 2023

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Last day of the month, last meeting of the month. A busy one too. 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 February 28, 2023” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 28 Meeting?

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You might almost consider them some last minute decisions for this February, the last meeting on the last night of the month. Naturally, this means that there are some big moves to make along with the ratification of this month’s committee agenda, which itself had some pretty big decisions. Long-term care, housing, the integrity commissioner and more are all on this agenda to close out the second month of 2023! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 28 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: CAO Plan, Campus Update, and LTC Workshop

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February for city council began with a stacked agenda at Committee of the Whole and loads of new information about the Chief Administrative Officer’s 2023 plan, the future of Our Food Future, and the newest iteration of the Operations campus. We also kicked off “Workshop Wednesdays” with a meeting to look at the City’s relationship with long-term care. Continue reading “This Week at Council: CAO Plan, Campus Update, and LTC Workshop” →

LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for February 7, 2023

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There’s a lot of literal and figurative group to cover at this month’s committee meeting. 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 February 7, 2023” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 7 Meeting?

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February is the shortest month, but it may not mean the shortest committee agenda. After a typically slow January, this next Committee of the Whole meeting comes front loaded with big reports and big decisions in regard to several ongoing projects, from a new program to help get us to net-zero and the latest iteration of the City’s new operations facility. Plus, the administrative head of the City will look to the future…! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 7 Meeting?” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for May 31, 2021

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Let’s recap the stuff from Committee of the Whole! 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 31, 2021” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 31 Meeting?

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It’s the end of the month, and that means it’s time for the regular council meeting. Unless someone pulls an item from the consent agenda, it looks like most of the action from the meeting will be in closed session, and it’s technically not even council business. Here’s the agenda for the surprisingly brief last council meeting on the last day of the month. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 31 Meeting?” →

LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for May 3, 2021

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It’s time for another Committee of the Whole meeting! 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 3, 2021” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 3 Meeting?

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May’s Committee of the Whole will be a very busy affair indeed. There’s going to be money matters with the left over financial statements from last year, and the investment of that Safe Restart funding. In development matters, there’s some Official Plan stuff, and the business case for that other huge project that City staff is looking to get approval of. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 3 Meeting?” →