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Council Update: Halifax Water, Ferry Naming, Non-Profit Tax Relief and Electric Buses

March 29, 2017 Sam Austin 4

Halifax Water Presentation: A large portion of Council’s time this week (agenda here) was spent on a presentation from Halifax Water. Halifax Water is a private utility, but its sole shareholder is HRM. Once a […]

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Council Update: Willow Tree, 50 metre Pool, Queens Marque, Council Pay

March 22, 2017 Sam Austin 2

Willow Tree It was a busy afternoon at Council (agenda here). The main item on the agenda was the 29 storey proposed tower at Quinpool and Robie (aka the Willow Tree). This one has a […]

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Council Update: Budget, Campaign Finance, Museum Funding and Appeals Committee

March 13, 2017 Sam Austin Comments Off on Council Update: Budget, Campaign Finance, Museum Funding and Appeals Committee

March 7, 2017 – So here’s what happened of note on Tuesday. Budget: Having decided what to include in the budget after various department’s presented to Council over the last several weeks, we had to […]

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Harbour East Update: Research Drive Rezoning

March 2, 2017 Sam Austin 2

March 2, 2017 – Last night Harbour East Community Council met. The two main items on the agenda was a proposal from Innova Corp and Clearwater Seafoods to rezone their properties, 1 Research Drive and 101 […]

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Council Update: Stormwater Right of Way

February 22, 2017 Sam Austin 2

February 22, 2017 – Today’s meeting was remarkably short. We resumed our debate of the ever popular $42 Stormwater Right of Way (ROW) tax. The stormwater ROW tax originated from a 2013 URB decision that […]

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Council Update: Budget Deliberations

February 17, 2017 Sam Austin 1

February 15, 2017 – Today we continued budget deliberations at Committee of the Whole. The way the budgeting process has worked this year is a base budget was prepared by staff and council was given […]

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Council Update: Public Wifi, Canal Greenway, Low-Income Transit Pass

February 7, 2017 Sam Austin Comments Off on Council Update: Public Wifi, Canal Greenway, Low-Income Transit Pass

February 7, 2017 Wifi: Council passed public wifi 9-8. I voted against the proposal. My main reason is that the geographic coverage was originally much larger and the areas it was reduced down to already […]

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Council Update: Budget Deliberations (Alderney Ferry)

January 25, 2017 Sam Austin Comments Off on Council Update: Budget Deliberations (Alderney Ferry)

January 25, 2017 – This morning’s Committee of the Whole on budget saw several departments present to council, including transit. Lots of great comments and questions from my colleagues. The budget is very tight so I’m […]

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