Coming Up: January 25
Coming Up: January 25

Council meets on Monday. The agenda includes:

  • Mandatory Mask Bylaw

  • Downtown Rehabilitation Borrowing

  • Hockey on Outdoor Rinks

  • Delegations and Letters

Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

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Coming Up: December 14
Coming Up: December 14

Council meets on Monday. On the agenda:

  • Mask Bylaw Petition

  • Emergency Funding for the Curling Club

  • Brochu Industrial Park

  • Supportive Housing Re-zoning

Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

If you would like to watch the meeting or read any of its supporting material for yourself, you can do so by clicking here. The City will post the highlights of Council’s decisions here.

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Coming Up: November 30
Coming Up: November 30

Council meets on Monday. On the agenda:

  • Delegations and Letters

  • South Peace Regional Archives

  • Downtown Supports through Downtown Rehabilitation

  • Secondary Suites

Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

As always, any mistakes or opinions belong to me and me alone, not to Council or City staff.

While I express my current views below, I work hard to go into meetings ready to listen and with an open mind. I learn new information and participate in debate. This always informs, and sometimes changes, how I vote on issues.

If you would like to watch the meeting or read any of its supporting material for yourself, you can do so by clicking here. The City will post the highlights of Council’s decisions here.

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Coming Up: November 2
Coming Up: November 2

Council meets on Monday. On the agenda:

  • Delegations and Letters

  • South Peace Regional Archives

  • Downtown Supports through Downtown Rehabilitation

  • Secondary Suites

Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

As always, any mistakes or opinions belong to me and me alone, not to Council or City staff.

While I express my current views below, I work hard to go into meetings ready to listen and with an open mind. I learn new information and participate in debate. This always informs, and sometimes changes, how I vote on issues.

If you would like to watch the meeting or read any of its supporting material for yourself, you can do so by clicking here. The City will post the highlights of Council’s decisions here.

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Coming Up: Transportation Master Plan
Coming Up: Transportation Master Plan

On Tuesday, the Infrastructure & Protective Services Committee will be discussing a new Transportation Master Plan. It is recommended that Committee send this to Council for approval on August 24th.

This Master Plan is an incredibly important document. Once approved, it will guide our capital spending on roads. It also has impacts on land use planning and other City programs.

This Master Plan has been in the works for several years. Traffic data, public engagement, and the expertise of many City departments have gone into forming it Which all makes for a lengthy document, weighing in at 305 pages.

You can read it for yourself here.

The Plan makes recommendations for what type of upgrades the City should make to our road network before several different population milestones: 70 000 people (about where we are right now), 90 000 people, and 120 000 people.

I’ll be sharing my takes on the Master Plan after I’ve had a chance to ask some questions at Committee.

But as this conversation approaches, I thought I’d share some of the most significant graphics within it. These are presented in the order they appear in the Master Plan.

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Update: Mandatory Masks (Aug 10th meeting)
Update: Mandatory Masks (Aug 10th meeting)

On Monday, Council had received a letter requesting the mandating of masks in indoor public places. It also received a delegation cautioning it on limitations and risks associated with masks.

In response, Council had its first conversation about face coverings in response to COVID-19.

It passed two motions….

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Coming Up: July 13 & 15
Coming Up: July 13 & 15

Council meets on Tuesday. There is also a Council Committee of the Whole meeting on Wednesday.

We’ll be meeting over video conference. The agendas include:

  • Bandaged Paws

  • Local doctors concerned about provincial changes

  • Council remuneration

  • Mental health and policing

  • Safe school openings

  • Revolution Place Renovations

Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

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Coming Up: June 29
Coming Up: June 29

Council meets on Tuesday. We’ll be meeting over video conference. On the agenda:

  • Mothers Against Drunk Driving

  • Hospital Foundation Road Naming

  • Economic Recovery Fund

  • Community Group funding

  • Mental Health & Policing

Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

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Coming Up: May 19
Coming Up: May 19

Council meets on Tuesday. We’ll be meeting over video conference. On the agenda:

  • Photo Enforcement: the contract with Global Traffic Group is expiring

  • Opioid Crises Class Action Lawsuit: we’ve been asked to be the representative Plaintiff

  • Property Tax Rates: a recommendation for a below-inflation increase of 1.25%

  • Property Tax Rebates: a potential rebate to allow properties to pay what they paid in 2019

  • New Capital Projects

  • Re-zoning Request in Kensington

Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

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Coming Up: May 3
Coming Up: May 3

Council meets on Monday. We’ll be meeting over video conference. On the agenda:

  • Delegations including Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Veterans Memorial Gardens, and Nitehawk

  • 2019 Financial Statements

  • COVID-19 and Provincial Advocacy

Additionally, Council Committee of the Whole meets on Monday morning to discuss Photo Radar.

Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

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Coming Up: April 6
Coming Up: April 6

  • Council meets on Monday. We’ll be meeting over video conference. The agenda includes:

    • Downtown business taxes

    • Large Scale Tourism Event Grants

    • Borrowing for a property tax deferral

    • Inter-Municipal Collaboration Frameworks

    • Social housing definitions

    • School sites

    Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

  • Election Advocacy to the Province

Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

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Update: COVID-19 Response
Update: COVID-19 Response

Council met today. And the world has changed a lot in the two weeks since our last meeting!

Today’s meeting was virtual. The Mayor was the only member of Council in Chambers- everyone else called in…

Today was Council’s first opportunity to discuss how to respond to COVID-19 and its impact on our community and economy. There were three major topics of conversation:

  • An Operational Update from our City Manager

  • Property tax deferral

  • Support for renters

Below is a summary of what was discussed and decided…

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Coming Up: March 9
Coming Up: March 9

Council meets on Monday. The most interesting agenda items:

  • Downtown Business Improvement Area Budget

  • Skateboarding Master Plan

  • D Company Armourie Expansion

  • Riverstone Land Use Planning

Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

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Coming Up: Feb 10
Coming Up: Feb 10

Council meets on Monday. The agenda includes:

  • Delegations: Regarding a Vehicle for Hire Bylaw and a 102 St Pedestrian Crossing

  • Community Group Funding: A recommendation to reduce it by $250,000

  • Municipal Elections: a new Bylaw and very concerning provincial changes

  • Pedestrians Trail Along 132 Ave

  • Municipal Census: a recommendation to postpone it

  • Training for Property Assessors

  • Public Notification Bylaw

Following is more information and my take on agenda items.

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