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Capital projects mostly on time and on budget, council hears
Most of the projects in the City of Edmonton's 2023-2026 capital budget are on budget and on time, but a handful are beyond the city's tolerance for how much they are costing or how long they are taking.
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Noted: Surplus money, surplus speed, and private chats
As Edmonton's new city council sits to discuss the fall budget adjustment, with administration suggesting a 6.4% increase to property taxes, the co-hosts of Episode 334 of Speaking Municipally looked at some surprising developments within what was an otherwise routine week for our municipal government.
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Noted: New council tone, trees, Kendal traffic
Edmonton's newly-elected city council used some of its first public meetings to set a new tone as compared to its predecessor, the co-hosts of Episode 333 of Speaking Municipally discussed.
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Noted: New park, bike lanes, Pavlek hangs up the mic
The new O-day'min Park in downtown Edmonton, new temporary bike lanes that link to downtown, and the future role of a co-creator of the podcast were on the minds of the three co-hosts of Episode 332 of Speaking Municipally. Here's a snapshot.
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Noted: A vision for council, new districts for the province
All has changed, but little is new at city hall, the co-hosts of Episode 330 of Speaking Municipally found as they ventured to the building to watch the new mayor and council be sworn in on Oct. 29, holding the mic as they went.
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Noted: Financial disclosures, Sohi keeps it safe
Interim disclosures from candidates running in the Oct. 20 municipal election and the departing thoughts from outgoing Mayor Amarjeet Sohi were discussed on Episode 327 of Speaking Municipally. Here's a quick snapshot.
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Noted: Strikes plural, candidates speak, downtown's epicentre
The potential ramifications of two concurrent strikes on the Oct. 20 municipal election, quotes by candidates at a recent event, and how downtown's epicentre might shift westward were just some of the things on the minds of the co-hosts of Episode 326 of Speaking Municipally.
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Noted: Council re-runs, west-end blues, alleged procedural unfairness
And then the meetings came to to an end. A historic election in 2021, which included the most women ever elected to Edmonton's council, a mayor of colour, and a progressive wave of councillors that, collectively, seemed to push back against provincial political winds that were blowing ever rightward, has now held its last meeting before the Oct. 20 election for the next council. But as the hosts of Episode 324 of Speaking Municipally noted, a council that created great expectations has not necessarily delivered.
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Noted: Former commissioner taunts councillors, 76 Avenue keeps drivers, Janz seeks loud car fix
The co-hosts of Episode 319 of Speaking Municipally explored the insulting remarks a former Edmonton Police Commission chair reportedly made to city councillors, the unlikely ban for cars on 76 Avenue at the Mill Creek Ravine, and an ongoing push to hush vehicles.
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