All Posts Tagged With: "Mark Gerretsen"
Council Approves 2012 Budgets
City Council has approved the 2012 operating and capital budgets. The 2012 municipal operating budget, amounting to just under $301 million, represents a tax increase of 3.5 per cent, accounting for inflation estimated at 2.0 per cent, incremental capital investment of one per cent and service changes of 0.5 per cent. The municipal capital budget, [...]
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Best of 2011: For The Birds
Late last March we came across a group of local citizens who were encouraging Kingstonian’s to sign a petition to permit backyard chicken coups. Surprisingly, this issue was well received by City Council who passed a bylaw a few months later to make way for a pilot project. Although we haven’t jumped on the backyard [...]
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Budget Discussions End Early
Budget discussions closed last night, one day earlier than expected and the resulting 2012 Municipal Operating and Capital budgets will go before City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 20. “The Kingston Strategic Plan, which sets out Council’s priorities for its term, and the parameters provided by Council for tax increase limits, has been critical in providing [...]
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Progress In A Graffiti-Removal Pilot Project Noted
Correctional Service of Canada and the City of Kingston have been working together on a pilot project for graffiti removal that involves offenders from Pittsburgh Institution participating in a work release program. Through the 2011 summer season, two offenders have been assigned part time to attend to locations on public property to remove graffiti tags [...]
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The Works
Nearly one year ago, I wrote about an epic battle that was shaping up in downtown Kingston, whereby a handful of new burger and poutine joints had emerged to tantalize your taste buds. While Harper’s, Smoke’s and Five Guys have succeeded thus far, casualties of the burger/poutine war include The Poutine Place as well as [...]
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Happy Canada Day
Happy Canada Day! Today we’re keeping things short and to the point with a selection of scenes from the Canada Day festivities in downtown Kingston. Just in case you missed out, we’ve got footage from the ever-growing Red and White Parade, as well as speeches from elected officials: Ted Hsu, John Gerretsen, and Mark Gerretsen. [...]
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Canada Day Festivities and Closures
Kingston’s Canada Day celebrations are scheduled for Confederation Park and Grass Creek Park. A list of holiday and road closures follows below. Here’s what is going on: Red & White People Parade: Anyone wearing Canadian red and white is welcome to join this parade which departs from the Metro parking lot (at Barrie and Princess [...]
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Mayors Ask Canada, U.S. To Help Protect Great Lakes
Today, mayors of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative called on the American and Canadian Federal Governments to build on the U.S. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and local investments by making a bi-national sustainable commitment to the region, supported by long term funding. “Protecting and restoring the world’s largest freshwater resource and source [...]
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Ad-hoc Seniors Advisory Committee Proposed By Mayor
Noting a commitment made to the community in his inaugural address of December 2010, Mayor Mark Gerretsen today announced his proposal to City Council for the creation of an ad-hoc Seniors Advisory Committee. “Kingston is known to have one of the largest seniors populations in the country, per capita,” said Mayor Gerretsen. “That demographic in [...]
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Hall Monitor: Going Live
Considering all of the extended, high-energy, high-impact council sessions we’ve seen lately, Tuesday night’s get-together was far more subdued and routine – but a lot got done in the hour and a half or so that council was in open session. First, as we reported yesterday, the by-laws to allow for the 18-month backyard hen [...]
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