It’s the start of the 2014 Capital Budget process today. Councillors will be given an overview of all the tax-supported capital projects during presentations from staff.They’ll also complete Tuesday’s agenda with presentations on Tax Assessment and Appeals. Live video starts at 9:30 a.m.…
(Note: to get video in HD, you must select HD in your YouTube settings. By default, YouTube chooses the best setting for your connection speed)City council gathers today at 5 p.m. to ratify the committee work of the past two weeks. Council will take the opportunity of live…
As Council votes on a proposed increase [http://www.joeycoleman.ca/2013/11/15/hsr-looks-to-cut-three-front-line-positions-add-two-new-managers/] to the size of HSR’s upper management, funded by cutting three front-line positions, the question must be asked what has been done in light of the arbitrators ruling that found a qualified female candidate…
The 2014 City Budget deliberations enters it’s biggest phase today as the General Managers for the six departments present their introductory overviews to Council. While no decisions are being made today, the tone of the coming months will be set. There will be a presentation on how tax appeals…
Councillors vote to continue supporting Hamilton’s most vulnerable citizens by funding programs cut by the province in 2012, but a bigger crisis looms – City social service reserves being used run out in 2014 and there’s no plan for 2015. Also, Councillors vote to very slightly increase Domiciliary Hostel…
Elections are serious business, and my coverage of the 2014 Hamilton Municipal Election will be the most thorough coverage of any local media outlet. This site will focus on giving you, the voter, in-depth informative information-based, without any preferred candidates or agenda, to enable you to decide what candidates and…
Basement flooding, it’s almost as Hamilton as steel. [](http://www.joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/MRAT.jpg)A sample MRAT mapA new tool launched by the City this week, and funded by the Insurance…
Over 30,000 people work in Hamilton but do not earn enough to live above the poverty line. The Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction wants to change this, and is hosting a panel discussion about the topic and how we can act to make a difference. It’s December 3rd,…