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Municipal Politics
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MacLac
Senior Member
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........
kcantor
Senior Member
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.
MacLac
Senior Member
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....
Gronk!
Senior Member
Sohi to focus on key relationships in 2023: province, police commission, regional transit
As city council settled Edmonton's four-year budget and his first year in office ends, Mayor Amarjeet Sohi is looking toward 2023 and building on relationships with the provincial government, the city's police commission, and regional transit partners.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Edmonton calls for 'equitable treatment' with Calgary in 2023 provincial budget
Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi says Alberta’s capital “must be funded appropriately” in the upcoming provincial budget.
edmontonjournal.com
Gronk!
Senior Member
‘Mansion tax’ not likely, says city of Edmonton - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
The city has limited tools at its disposal to make the property tax system more progressive, according to a report that went before councillors Wednesday.
globalnews.ca
BrettB
Active Member
I don't know what this says, but the next Urban Planning Committee agenda has exactly ZERO items on it, other than approving the minutes of the previous meeting
TAS
Senior Member
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
TAS
Senior Member
City getting lots of publicity on this on social media, too
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
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.
'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
CaptainBL
Active Member
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
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.
Kaizen
Senior Member
^ Calgary is more or less in the same boat, er, pool.
livewirecalgary.com
Calgary won’t deny topless swimmers at city pools; swimwear guidelines under review
The City of Calgary will be reviewing the language in its swimwear guidelines in light of the City of Edmonton’s policy change allowing topless swimmers at city pools. The City of Edmonton amended …
livewirecalgary.com
Greenspace
Senior Member
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.
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Sad to see, there's a final PKN40 and a few other events coming up as a farewell.
kcantor
Senior Member
the city of vancouver is looking at a property tax increase for 2023 of 9.7%.
that's on top of increases of 6.35% in 2022, 5% in 2021 and 7% in 2020.
that means that since 2019 their property taxes would have increased a cumulative 31%!
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/city-of-vancouver-property-tax-increase-proposal-2023
that's on top of increases of 6.35% in 2022, 5% in 2021 and 7% in 2020.
that means that since 2019 their property taxes would have increased a cumulative 31%!
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/city-of-vancouver-property-tax-increase-proposal-2023
Greenspace
Senior Member
^Surrey taxes went up 19% so they could get rid of the Surrey Police and go back to RCMP. 