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Hall Monitor: The cost of COVID

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments $4 million deficit, Belle Park, budget deliberations, COVID-19, COVID-19 response, deep water dock, downtown St. Lawrence campus, economic impact of COVID-19, electric buses, frozen wages, hall monitor, Kingston City Council, Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation, Lanie Hurdle, parking at City Park, projects delayed, shortage of work, staff wage freeze, strategic plan, strategic priorities, Town Homes Kingston, tree purchasing, wildflower verges, ygkc

It was a busier than usual week for Kingston City Council, as they sat for four meetings this week. On

Hall Monitor: Response Reservations

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments budget, Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA), community gardens, Conservation Areas, County of Frontenac, COVID-19, Dr. Kieran Moore, Frontenac Paramedic Services, hall monitor, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, kingston city budget, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, operating budget, pandemic response, Public Health, relaxing restrictions, ygkc

Kingston City Council held meeting 14-2020 (agenda) on Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2020, hosting its third meeting in its virtual format.

Hall Monitor: Economic Enforcement

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments bylaw enforcement, bylaw enforement, Councillor Jeff McLaren, Councillor Peter Stroud, Councillor Simon Chapelle, COVID-19, emergency response, hall monitor, Kingston, Kingston Accommodation Partners, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Kingston Economic Development, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Tourism Kingston, ygkc

Kingston City Council sat for another virtual meeting, holding meeting 13-2020 (agenda) on Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2020. Council kept a

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

Hall Monitor: Cells, Sites and Shelter

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments camping, hall monitor, housing, housing and homelessness, housing crisis, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston Penitentiary tours, Lake Ontario Park, Mayor's Task Force on Housing, Tourism Kingston

Kingston City Council sat for meeting number 10-2020 (Agenda) on Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2020. During the meeting, council discussed Lake

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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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Hall Monitor: Meeting Momentum

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments Collins Creek, Councillor Jeff McLaren, hall monitor, Highway 2, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Lanie Hurdle, Local Authority Services, Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), north block, Ontario Street, paige agnew, Peter Huigenbos, petition, Queen Street, redevelopment of City Hall MarketWing, turtle protection, ygkc

Kingston City Council sat for meeting number 05-2020 (Agenda) on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. The 41-minute meeting, which Mayor Bryan

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