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Council Update: Council Pay, Accessible Ramps, Electronic Voting

May 26, 2017 Sam Austin 1

Council Pay: It was a relatively light agenda at Regional Council this week since the hearing into the Willow Tree proposal at Quinpool and Robie was cancelled. The main item in terms public interest was […]

Council Update: Crosswalk Flags, Back to Our Roots Farm, Heritage Grants & Paving Politics

May 10, 2017 Sam Austin 6

Crosswalk Flags: The main item on the agenda on Tuesday was the proposed crosswalk flags administrative order. Crosswalk flags are not a municipal program and are provided at the request of residents by the Crosswalk Flag […]

Council Update: Sportsplex, Heritage Houses, Cornwallis, Organics, Provincial Election

April 28, 2017 Sam Austin 2

Sportsplex: Tuesday was a very busy session at Regional Council (agenda here). The most important item for many in District 5 is Council approved the award of the Sportsplex tender at $23,273,000. The Sportsplex will […]

Council Update: Budget, 40 km/hr Speed Limits, Kindness Meters, Cornwallis

April 12, 2017 Sam Austin 5

The Budget: The big news from Council is we passed the 2017/2018 budget. HRM has recently started a process of detailed multi-year budgeting for several years out. For District 5, here are some highlights that are in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

March 13, 2017 Sam Austin Comments Off

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]