
Council Update: Budget and Morris Street
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
My first blog entry for the new Council! We’ve had two meetings so far, both of which were pretty light in terms of materials, which wasn’t unexpected given that we have so many new councillors […]
Agenda, August 20 Watershed PlanningSome really good news on Council’s agenda for Dartmouth’s Lakes: HRM is launching a watershed planning program, and Dartmouth’s Lakes are part of the initial pilot. The idea is to have […]
Dartmouth Cove InfillingCouncil approved a major step to potentially protect the waters in Dartmouth Cove from further infilling. Council approved initiating the planning process that could result in bylaw changes that prevent infilling from happening […]
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