Tag: money
Testy exchanges, walkout as city’s cost-cutting committee begins work
A proposal to cut two popular community grants programs as a tax-saving measure led to some testy exchanges between councillors and frustration from community groups that werenât allowed to be part of the debate.
Thames Valley trustees blast Queen’s Park, wrestle with $7.6M budget deficit
Thames Valley District school board trustees on Tuesday night passed a $7.6 budget deficit â chopped down from its original shortfall, $30 million â as some trustees threatened to boycott an upcoming debate. âThere is a presumption that we will have quorum tomorrow evening but there are a number of us who are not available […]
Farhi bid to move city hall to heart of downtown dismissed
A last-ditch effort to get London city council to consider moving city hall to Dundas and Richmond streets fell flat Tuesday, but not without plenty of discussion. An effort by councillors Peter Cuddy and Susan Stevenson to delay to September consideration of city hall’s plan to redevelop its present home at 300 Dufferin Ave., the […]
Union pans board’s plan to cut psychology jobs, hire outside staff
The head of a union representing psychologists with the Thames Valley District school board says she is âdisappointed and angryâ about the boardâs plan to contract private psychologists at double the rate of its own staff
Task force eyed to set city councillor pay for ‘full time task’
Several familiar city hall arguments resurfaced during a Monday committee meeting, and politicians are seeking to resolve them in a review of their pay. Alongside voting to cut their own expense limit by 10 per cent, councillors revisited the part-time versus full-time council debate, and whether they should be paid more for the committees and […]