Major change to capital budget

Tonight, Council received a presentation on the proposed 2010-2014 capital budget.  Compared to the estimates provided in the 2009 capital budget for this period, approximately $273M of capital projects have been pushed beyond 2014 leaving a little over $200M in capital spending remaining.  Stating the obvious, these are tough decisions.
In the past, the current year’s capital budget met affordability [...]

Future voters visit City Hall

Today I welcomed the first group of elementary students who are visiting City Hall as part of Local Government Week. The students, a group of grade 5’s from Holy Trinity school, had a lot of great questions about how local government works.
Over the next week and a half, I’ll have the chance to talk to [...]