Bike Lanes:The big drama at Council was the Mayor’s motion to “temporarily pause” all of HRM’s bike projects. When the news broke on Friday I fired off a quick note to help raise the alarm that you can read here. Council received a ton of feedback, mostly strongly against the …
On Tuesday, Mayor Andy Fillmore will put forward a motion that could kill or drastically reduce the Regional Centre Bike Network and potentially throw away over $8 million in remaining federal and provincial funding. Rather than a city that, although imperfectly, is working towards a more sustainable future, the Mayor …
News 2025 Participatory BudgetingParticipatory budgeting is returning to District 5! The evening of June 17th, at the Findlay Community Centre, you will have the opportunity to have a direct say in how $50,000 of our district’s capital funds are spent. Each Council district in HRM has a $94,000 a year …
This week started off what is always one of the most important debates on the City Hall calendar: the budget adjustment list. During HRM’s budget process, each department presents their plan for the year to Council. As we review all the information from the various departments, Councillors can move potential …
News Fluoride UpdateOn March 6, HRM’s Environment Standing Committee received a presentation from Halifax Water on fluoride. Halifax Water has been under a great deal of scrutiny ever since the Utility revealed long-standing problems with the fluoride systems at both Pockwock (Halifax’s water supply) and Lake Major (Dartmouth’s supply). Since …
February is always the busiest month on the City Hall calendar as Council gets deep into budget deliberations. During HRM’s budget process, each department presents their plan for the year to Council. As we review all the information from the various departments, Councillors have the opportunity to move potential changes …
Regional Council agenda, February 11 One-HRM Parks and Rec MembershipAn information report I asked for on a single HRM-wide membership for Parks and Rec facilities was back before Council. The idea is to break down the barriers between facilities. At a fundamental level, there is no difference between Sportsplex, Canada …
News Green Power DealIf you read HRM’s regular community updates on the municipal climate change plan, HalifACT, you might have caught the news already that HRM has entered into a deal with Renewall Energy Inc to acquire electricity from their Mersey River Wind Farm in Milton, Nova Scotia. This is …
Agenda, January 28 Windsor Street ExchangeThe major item on Council’s agenda yesterday was the Windsor Street Exchange project. The Windsor Street Exchange project started in 2019 with significant support from other orders of government. Inflation has taken a significant toll on the budget since 2019 and the project scope has …
Agenda, January 14 Park Lighting Strategy:Some work that I initiated a few years ago has come to fruition: the Parks Lighting Strategy was approved by Council at our Tuesday meeting. The issue around lighting in our parks is that HRM really hasn’t had any sort of formal plan or program. …
