City Council meets for second night of budget deliberations

Kingston police chief responds to calls to ‘defund’ at City Council Meeting

City of Kingston launches polls as part of open budget engagement

Webinar aims to help business owners navigate government programs

Kingston City Council sets four-year strategic priorities

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 1 Comment Chief Antje McNeely, City Council, City Council meeting, City of Kingston, Councillor Lisa Osanic, Councillor Rob Hutchison, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic cost, Desiree Kennedy, Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area (BIA), Get Involved Kingston, Kingston Access Services, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL), Kingston Police, municipal budget, open budget process, pandemic

The City of Kingston’s Treasurer and CFO Desiree Kennedy said she was disappointed by the lack of uptake in the municipal public budget engagement process that took place last fall. Overall, 397 people participated in an online survey that ran from October 19 to November 9, 2020. Approximately 60 people

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January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Black Lives Matter, defund the police, Desiree Kennedy, Jim Neill, Kingston City Council, Kingston Police, police budget, Police Chief Antje McNeely, Robert Kiley

Kingston Police Chief Antje McNeely spoke to City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, invited, she said, to explain how the force uses their capital and operating budget. Specifically, McNeely said she was asked to talk about “how the police budget has been constructed to deal with the concerns raised

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September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments City Council, City of Kingston, Desiree Kennedy, Get Involved Kingston, Kingston, open budget process, survey, virtual open houses, weekly polls

As a means to build a better understanding of which budget topics are of most interest to residents, the City of Kingston is launching weekly polls for residents to participate in. “As a member of the community, it’s important that you feel informed about the City’s budget, and that you

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May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments City of Kingston, coronavirus, COVID-19, Desiree Kennedy, economic recovery, government funding, government programs, government subsidies, Jonathan Warren, Kingston, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), KPMG LLP, local businesses, Lori Huber, medium businesses, pandemic, small businesses, webinar

The City of Kingston, in partnership with the Kingston Economic Development Corporation and KPMG LLP, will be conducting a webinar to help small and medium sized businesses navigate government programs related to COVID-19. The pandemic has forced many of Kingston’s small businesses to take immediate action to protect their staff

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May 8, 2019May 8, 2019 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments affordable housing, Byron Parking Lot, climate change, Committee of the Whole, corporate and emergency services, deep water dock, deferral of projects, Desiree Kennedy, downtown campus, food security, Gary Dyke, housing, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Economic Development, Lanie Hurdle, Peter Huigenbos, public works, rural business park, Shelia Kidd, St. Lawrence College, startegic planning, tax rate targets, transportation, waterfront projects

On Tuesday, May 7, 2019 Kingston City Council met in Committee of the Whole and approved their five strategic priorities through 2022. These priorities and projects, which were first established over a series of three meetings in March and prioritized using the help of public consultation and an external facilitator,