Hamilton Citizens’ Forum on Cultural Heritage Conservation [replay]
After watching numerous non-designated heritage buildings demolished in Hamilton the past decade, the Municipal Heritage Committee is rising up and holding a forum to discuss how to save Hamilton’s character buildings. The event is open to the public and I’ll be livestreaming it here.…
Hamilton City Council – General Issues Committee [replay]
Hamilton City Council is meeting in GIC this morning as they receive an update on the Waterfront initiatives at Piers 7 and 8, an update on the HECFI transition, and begin the process of relaunching the civic engagement initiative following the Dialogue Partners fiasco. They’ll also receive a…
Hamilton City Council GIC for April 3, 2013
Police Budget Discussion Begins at 1:29:00…
Hamilton Police Services Board for April 15, 2013 [replay]
The Hamilton Police Services Board is meeting to make their final budget decision today and there is a new twist to the ongoing budget debate – Chief Glenn DeCaire is recommending the Police Services Board accept City Council’s 3.52% increase, with one big difference. [Agenda here] Chief DeCaire…
Audit, Finance & Administration for April 15, 2013 [replay]
City Council’s Audit, Finance & Administration committee meets this morning at 9:30 a.m. The key item today will be a presentation from the City’s director of human resources of a new succession management and leadership development program to replace an earlier proposed rejected by Council. The committee will…
Hamilton City Council Meeting April 10, 2013 [replay]
Hamilton City Council meets at 5pm today to ratify the 2013 City budget and vote on a new transit fare parity policy. Livestream at 5pm 2013 Budget The 2013 Budget is coming in with a 1.9 percent property tax increase, approximately $60 per household in the city. The…
HWDSB open house update on new Education Centre Project
Live at 7pm The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustees are receiving an information update about the new Education Centre Project at 7pm Monday night. The Board is moving its headquarters out of downtown to a site just west of Limeridge Mall on the Mountain – the former Crestwood…
Public Works Committee for April 8, 2013
It should be a short Public Works committee this morning. On the agenda: Conservation Halton’s Watershed Report Card, Plastic Shopping Bag Reduction and Recycling ,Delegation by Dave Barnett of the Abuse Prevention and Awareness Campaign respecting the prevention of assaults on bus drivers, Pest Management, Hamilton West Harbour…
Must-Attend for Comms Pros – IABC social media panel Thursday
The Golden Horseshoe Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is holding a social media panel on Thursday featuring Hamilton’s own “Tweeting Cop” Sgt. Jay Turner who has spearheaded the Hamilton Police twitter strategy by tweeting from the beat, without the typical “sterile” approach of traditional…