Council Updates

Agenda, October 28 Museum StrategyThe Regional Museum Strategy was before Council last week. HRM has been considering two different approaches towards the museum question, (1) create a new Regional Museum that would be the central […]

Agenda, October 7 Dartmouth CoveSeveral years worth of public debate and concern culminated in a public hearing on Tuesday. The stakes? Whether or not HRM should implement a bylaw restricting infill in Dartmouth Cove. Council […]

Agenda, September 9 Dartmouth Cove:By far the biggest item on the agenda for District 5 was the staff response to my motion on adopting a bylaw restricting infilling in Dartmouth Cove. The staff recommendation? Defer […]

Agenda, August 19 Slayter Street Local BikewayThe major item for District 5 on Council’s agenda was the Slayter Street Local Bikeway. Slayter Street was identified in the Integrated Mobility Plan as part of the Regional […]

Agenda, August 5 Morris StreetThe Morris Street bike lane circus was back before Council. Council’s approved direction for Morris Street was to convert it to a one-way street in order to accommodate a two-direction bike […]

Agenda, July 10 Strong Mayor PowersCouncil’s marathon meeting spilled into Thursday! The item drawing the most attention was my motion on Strong Mayor Powers. I proposed that HRM write the Province to request that they […]

Agenda July 8 (intermission!)Agenda June 24 Council’s July 8th meeting was so jam-packed that it has spilled over two days. We ran out of time last night so will be resuming tomorrow, Thursday July 10. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]