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So Moved, St. John’s: March Municipal Megapost

We're rolling coverage from the March 10th Committee of the Whole meeting, and the last two Council meetings, into one grand piece to keep you caught up.

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So Moved, St. John’s: 8 March 2021

If you are a fan of poetry, affordable housing initiatives, and/or municipal capital allocations, then you are absolutely in for a treat.

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So Moved, St. John’s: 1 March 2021

An overview of the KPMG Mile One report, and breaking down an application for personal care home apartments in the East End.

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So Moved, St. John’s: 9 February 2021

A decision on Voting By Mail, a sketchy attempt to knight Doc O’Keefe onto the Transportation Commission, and movement on the Parish Lane Development.

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So Moved, St. John’s: 22 February 2021

Take a moment to lean in and listen to what’s happening around the council table. The little bit of normalcy, routine, and poking fun might cheer you up.

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So Moved, NL: Municipalities in a Fiscally Foreboding Time

“We can’t pretend that the municipal sector, with its property tax, is going to be able to afford a billion dollars over the next 10 years."

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So Moved, St. John’s: 25 January 2020

St. John's City Council met for approximately 17 minutes this week—so we drilled down into some of the regulatory issues around heritage designation. Whee!

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So Moved, St. John’s: 18 January 2021

This week’s meeting was startlingly fast and painless, so we’ll switch gears to unpacking the new Citizen Satisfaction Survey 2020 results.

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So Moved, St. John’s: 11 January 2021

Council is back for the new year, and they're starting by taking out the trash. Also, bringing in the bakeries.

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So Moved, St. John’s: the Big Bad Budget & the End of 2020

It was clear that Council did not take budget decisions lightly. What was less clear were the rationales behind some of those tough decisions.