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Councillor Anderson and I submitted a formal Administrative Inquiry this morning on the issues affecting the future of the pool as well as the proper process for dealing with a decision of this nature. We should receive it back to Council’s Community Services Committee in a few weeks. The text is as follows: Inquiry: Future… Read More
Council debated some significant revisions to the 2009 budget yesterday, which we needed to deal with before we establish the tax mill rates later this month. City revenues are down about $30 million because of slower building activity (resulting in lower permit fee revenue) and low interest rates on the cash we have in the bank.
Today City Council will take another kick at the single councillor ward question. As has been the case every other time Council has considered this, the maps have provoked a flurry of speculation (and a bit of posturing) about who might run where. Word down the council hallway (and my own take) is that these… Read More
On February 4 council approved amendments to the zoning bylaw allowing widespread secondary suites in a 9-to-2 decision. I was among the 9. There was considerable debate about whether to require owner occupancy of a property as a condition of receiving a secondary suite development permit. A vote on requiring this initially passed 6 to… Read More
I’ve been meaning, since the previous post from November of 2007, to start blogging again. Now, with some changes to the website to better accommodate this, I’m back — just in time to celebrate the halfway point of the three-year term. For the moment the updates will be occasional, but I intend to use this… Read More