Hall Monitor: Virtual Emergency

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments City Council, COVID-19, hall monitor, Home Base Housing, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Kingston Transit, kingston youth services hub, Lanie Hurdle, Princess Street United Church (PSUC), transitiona; housing, tree planting, trees, virtual meetings, Wildflowers, ygkc

Kingston City Council broke new ground last night as they sat for both Special Meeting of Council 12-2020 (agenda), as

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City of Kingston announces plans for parking changes at City Park

March 9, 2020March 11, 2020 Tori Stafford 3 Comments accessible parking, Bagot Street, Barrie Street, City Council, City of Kingston, City Park, Court Street, King Street East, Kingston, Maitland Street, metered parking, parking, public input, ring road

The City of Kingston is planning changes to parking around City Park, some of which the public is being asked

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Hall Monitor: Reconsideration resolve

February 18, 2020February 19, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments City Council, city councillors, Councillor Peter Stroud, hall monitor, Integrity Commissioner, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario Nurses Association (ONA), recycling, Sustainable Kingston, Tourism Kingston, Utilities Kingston, ygkc

Editorial note: An earlier version of this article mistakenly stated that Council had voted to change recycling collection to allow

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How easy is it to find an Airbnb address?

February 18, 2020February 19, 2020 Tommy Vallier 8 Comments Administrative Policy Committee, AirBnB, apartment rentals, bylaw, City Council, City of Kingston, data, doxing, Host Compliance, housing crisis, housing shortage, Kingston, Kingston Accommodation Partners, licensing, online data, privacy, short-term rental licensing, short-term rentals, tourism, Tourism Kingston

With the upcoming by-law to license short-term stays, there’s been a lot of chatter about the topic online. Recently, the

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Have your say – Yay or nay: Open budget process

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment 2021 budget, budget process, City Council, City of Kingston, Council in Action, Councillor Bridget Doherty, Councillor Rob Hutchison, Gary Bennett, Kingston, new motion, open budget process, opinion, participatory budget, poll, public input, transparency, YourTV

At their meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, Kingston City Council discussed the concept of an ‘open budget process,’ which

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Hall Monitor: Transit Trees

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments budget, City Council, Davis Tannery, downtown Kingston, hall monitor, Jay Patry Enterprises, kingston city budget, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Kingston Transit, Kingston Transit routes, St. Lawrence College, ygkc

On Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, Kingston City Council sat for meeting number 2020-03 (agenda) and their last meeting of the

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City now permanently offers health benefits for low-income residents

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Tori Stafford 1 Comment City Council, City of Kingston, dental care, dental coverage, health benefits, Kingston, low-income families, low-income residents, Municipal Fee Assistance Program, My Kingston, prescription coverage, prescription medications, vision care, vision care coverage

Following the approval of Kingston City Council for the permanent continuation of the program, low-income residents can continue to apply

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Lanie Hurdle announced as City’s new CAO

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Chief Adminstrative Officer (CAO), City Council, City of Kingston, Commissioner of Community Services, Gerard Hunt, Kingston, Lanie Hurdle

At their meeting held on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, Kingston City Council announced Lanie Hurdle as the newly-appointed Chief Administrative

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City seeks input from businesses on Open Door Air-Conditioning Bylaw

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Tori Stafford 1 Comment air conditioning, business input wanted, City Council, City of Kingston, climate emergency, drop-in sessions, Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce, Kingston, local businesses, online survey, Open Door Air-Conditioning Bylaw, Sustainable Kingston

In August, Kingston City Council directed the City to develop an open door air-conditioning bylaw, and now the City is

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Hall Monitor: Green Partnerships

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments Amherstview Community Centre, City Council, City of Kingston, City Park, climate change, Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area (BIA), green fund, Homestead development, Kingston, Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), Loyalist Township, Memorial Centre, parking, pewter ornaments, portable housing benefit program, Principal Patrick Deane, Queen's University, Reddendale flood management, Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

Kingston City Council held meeting number 27-2019 (Agenda) on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2019. During the meeting, they endorsed a new

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Have your say: Yay or nay — Camping at Lake Ontario Park

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Tori Stafford 16 Comments active transportation, camping, City Council, City of Kingston, Councillor Jim Neill, cycling events, cyclist groups, cyclists, Kingston, Lake Ontario Park, motion, poll

Years ago, it wasn’t uncommon to see tents, tent trailers, motor homes and RVs set up in the grassy area

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The value of local representation

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Robert Kiley 1 Comment activism, City Council, city councillors, City Staff, electoral reform, federal election, first past the post, inter-governmental relations, Kingston, Kingston City Hall, living within your district, local representation, municipal government, proportional representation, Robert Kiley

Vol. 1: To live or not to live in your district? “He doesn’t live in the district, you know?” That

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