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Municipalities are creatures of the Province, must obey the Municipal Act, and must hold their public meetings within the municipality.
A decision in 2009 to make transit free for large numbers of people, and provincial disability anti-discrimination laws requiring fare parity for DARTS.
Hamilton’s embattled transit division is facing another multi-million dollar shortfall this year, but despite successful advertising agencies, including Pattison and Corus Entertainment, seeking to offer the City more money for bus advertising, Council approved putting off competitive bids and failed to hold HSR managers to a 2015 deadline for the bids.
This generation of MSU student leaders are engaging in civic affairs, if they can mobilize their peers to vote in 2018, they can change the City.
Hamilton City Council is meeting to ratify their standing committee work of the past two weeks, and to deal with motions including a request for staff to look at radial separation of marijuana dispensaries if and when legalized.
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A staff presentation on employee absences among City of Hamilton employees reveals that as staff approach retirement, they take more sick days. This was especially prevalent among firefighters.
The Hamilton and District Labour Council held the annual National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured in the Workplace ceremony at City Hall on Friday evening.
Hamilton City Council meets for their full Council meeting to ratify Standing Committee reports from the past two weeks, and vote (maybe) to submit the updated Environmental Assessment for the Light Rail Project to Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment.
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Councillors received a report on their “Whistleblower Protection” policy, accounts payable procedures, the annual occupational health and safety report, and an update on employee absences.
Hamilton City Council meets to, once again maybe, decide on the amended Environmental Assessment for the Hamilton B-Line LRT project.
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