Following statements, Council will go into Closed Session for a "Verbal Update on a Cyber Security Incident" #yhmcc
Ward 1 Clr Maureen Wilson is using her Member Statement to speak to the Stoney Creek parking lot issue. #yhmcc #HamOnt Watch live: youtube.com/watch?v=j4kdz4…
Ward 1 Clr Maureen Wilson says she will support Mayor @AndreaHorwath if "[The Mayor] feels it necessary to act on this Council's failure" This means if Mayor Horwath exercises a 'Strong Mayor' veto on the Stoney Creek parking lots issue. #yhmcc
Ward 9 Clr Brad Clark uses his statement to say he "fears and laments" where this Council is going because they are not treating each other with respect. #yhmcc
Clark says it is false to suggest the residents are NIMBY, regrets the attacks being made on social media, ad hominem attacks. Clark speaks about why there is free parking in Stoney Creek. #yhmcc
Clark says that Clr Matt Francis treated people respectfully, that others did not treat Francis respectfully. #yhmcc
Clark says Council has a tradition of allowing ward councillors to decide upon matters in their wards -- he is critical of other councillors for "interfering" in another ward with their motions regarding the Stoney Creek parking lots. #yhmcc
Clr Clark says he fears that if Councillors continue to involve themselves in other wards matters, the Council will become deadlocked for the rest of this term. #yhmcc
Clr Clark says he "wasn't going to speak to this publicly" that he hoped to discuss it "in private" #yhmcc
Clr Nrinder Nan and Clr Alex Wilson make their statements regarding the Stoney Creek parking lot issue. #yhmcc
Throwback to 2015, @TheSpec's Graeme MacKay on "The Fiefdoms of Hamilton" #yhmcc mackaycartoons.net/2015/02/02/tue…
@TheSpec He entitled the cartoon "Wardhealermetropolis" "Ward healing is very much alive and well in Hamilton in 2015. Recent debates among councillors indicate a growing tendency to side with what best benefits the voters of one’s ward than for the greater good of the city."