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Why the heck did I remove staff expenses from public reporting?
Skewer me if you want, but at least be informed when doing it. Some members of the public seem to be very angry over a motion I recently moved and have made the assumption that I have removed very important public reporting – removing quarterly council expense reporting – this is not true so let…
Provincial Budget 2025
Today I attended the Provincial Budget announcement. Of nore for local governments is increased funding for HEART/HEARTH to support communities experiencing homelessness, as well as funding for: addiction, treatment and recovery, the healthcare shortage, community safety, repeat violent offenders, and more. Read my blog for the full details.
Why do elected officials go to conferences?
Why do elected officials go to conferences? This week I’m at the UBCM conference and I wrote this blog to share with you the work and advocacy being done by local governments across the province on the issues most important to you. Read the blog for full details.
Here’s the Tea about the AAP…
What is the AAP? Why are we borrowing money for preventative maintenance on the pool? You’ve got question and I’ve done my best to answer them.
Let’s Talk about Short Term Rentals
Wondering my position on short term rentals and wanting to better understand my decision making on this? Read my blog for an overview of how I came to this decision.
The *NEW* Downtown Strategy!
My thoughts on the new Downtown Strategy plus the #bedowntown trailer.
Budget 2024: How we got to 6.78%
I wanted to write a blog on budget last week but then I had the Regional District budget and regular meetings so unfortunately it’s a little delayed but hopefully you find the information helpful. I’ll start by saying that there is a lot of work that goes into the city budget and the process for…
Conferences – A year in review
Learn about the conferences I attended in 2023 and all I learned on leadership.
My (lack of a) public comment on Mayor’s spending
There was an article published today in the CBC by Kate Patridge and you can view it here regarding the Mayor spending over his allowable expense limit. Yesterday, I was sent the full extent of the FOI package and asked if I wanted to provide comment on its contents. I didn’t feel it was appropriate…
Let’s talk about codes of conduct
I said I’d blog more, so here I am, with another blog, this time on the code of conduct. There’s been a spattering of interest regarding the vote outcome on the council code of conduct (from here referred to as the code) from the Dec 4, 2023 council meeting at agenda item E.2 here that…
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