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Municipal Politics

MacLac said:
The police dept. drives me nuts with their OT. $300/hr per officer X 4 officers to watch pedestrians on Candy Can Lane over the Holidays.....wtf??!!!! How about less OT and more feet on the street in the DT. Nope, we have to make sure pedestrians aren't getting run over whilst they go a "Carol'ing on Candy Can Lane........
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i'm not sure where your OT $300/hr per officer rate comes from but according to the eps website, extra duty detail fees are:
Constable $134
Sergeant $161
Staff Sergeant $177
Inspector $208
Car $30/hour - minimum 3 hours

the provision of those services is also pretty well documented in a comprehensive policy document for the department, the officers and the event providers ( https://www.edmontonpolice.ca/-/med...yDetail/ExtraDutyDetailBusinessRules2022.ashx ) so all parties know what is expected of themselves and each other.
 
Neighbour said he was getting that amount - not sure for how many hours though...sounded as if it was a "short" shift of only a few....
 
TAS said:
City getting lots of publicity on this on social media, too

www.theglobeandmail.com

Edmonton is the latest ‘15-minute city’ to be caught in a global conspiracy theory

Whyte Avenue protest stemmed from a growing, and entirely unfounded, conspiracy theory that the local government had secret plans to illegally restrict how people move around the city
www.theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com
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Edmonton was part of the topic of conversation on this short segment on the 15 minute city and conspiracy theories - a national radio broadcast in Australia with guest speaker Brent Toderian, a well-known urban planner.

www.abc.net.au

'We're afraid of walkable distances now?' — conspiracies and the '15-minute city' - ABC Radio National

The polite world of urban planning has become the latest target of conspiracy theorists. In recent weeks, the 15-minute city concept — where neighbourhoods provide life's essentials in 15 minutes by foot or bike — has become a harbinger of big brother in conspiracy-land. Brent Toderian, a keen...
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
 
edmontonjournal.com

All adults can swim topless in City of Edmonton public pools

Swimwear policies for Edmonton's public pools changed in hopes of making them more inclusive and to reflect Alberta's human rights laws.
edmontonjournal.com edmontonjournal.com

To be clear, I am not either for or against topless swimming at city pools, and perhaps thats because I nor no one I have ever come across has raised this has identified this as an issue, but I do take issue with the issues this city continues to focus on. There are countless issues much more pressing and material that are requiring city resources, time and money and it blows my mind that this issue is identified as front and center for attention.

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Wasn't sure exactly where to post this, but Edmonton NextGen is disbanding:

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Sad to see, there's a final PKN40 and a few other events coming up as a farewell.
 
CaptainBL said:
edmontonjournal.com

All adults can swim topless in City of Edmonton public pools

Swimwear policies for Edmonton's public pools changed in hopes of making them more inclusive and to reflect Alberta's human rights laws.
edmontonjournal.com edmontonjournal.com

To be clear, I am not either for or against topless swimming at city pools, and perhaps thats because I nor no one I have ever come across has raised this has identified this as an issue, but I do take issue with the issues this city continues to focus on. There are countless issues much more pressing and material that are requiring city resources, time and money and it blows my mind that this issue is identified as front and center for attention.

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The policy change was made many months ago with zero fanfare in response to a new court ruling. The city likely would not be able to enforce a rule that said tops are required for women but not men.
This only become a big thing because someone noticed the small bit of text on a city website recently and it made the rounds on social media.
 
Interesting that Coun. Cartmell met with premier after budget. I'm sure UCP would love to have him as a candidate. It would be good for city, too. But I doubt that is happening. He's probably eyeing Sohi's job.


Ward pihêsiwin Coun. Tim Cartmell met with the premier after the budget was tabled Tuesday. Cartmell stressed this was an unscheduled, informal and impromptu meeting in her office and he wasn’t there to represent the city in an official capacity.

“Really just a social (meeting) honestly, it was just a post-budget, ‘Hey, how are you?’ About nothing specifically,” he told Postmedia in the legislature on Tuesday. “I did say in our little chat that (the Edmonton Public Safety and Community Response) Task Force was supposed to be about action, and we’ve only had one action, so it’s time to see a bit more stuff happen. So, I made that clear.”

Cartmell is one of two Edmonton city councillors appointed to the province’s task force meant to tackle social issues in this city. Cartmell was also briefed by provincial government staff on Alberta’s affordable housing plans in the budget.

Asked about his thoughts on Cartmell’s meeting with the premier, Sohi said it was the first he heard about it.
 
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