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Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere
Random Question: I notice that the last cycling committee agenda has a "communications" item stating "Cycling Committee to pause", without any additional information. And sure enough, there has not been a meeting since September and none are on the calendar.
Does anyone know why? I used to enjoy pulling the cycling project update sheets out of the committee agendas to get an idea on what cycling infrastructure is upcoming.
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The Ward 1 Councillor brought forward a motion pausing all non-statutory advisory committees to conduct a review against the city’s priorities and values last spring. Hamilton has more advisory committee than any other Ontario municipality, which eats up a significant amount of staff time. I believe the crux of the review is if there’s still value. For instance, a number of advisory committees have failed to meet quorum more than 70% of the time each year. Those meetings typically take a large amount of time to prepare for, and having to wait around for 30 minutes before it can be cancelled. It’s all been announced publicly and you can find the motion and initial staff review framework online.
Given that Council is still sitting on their hands, and haven’t filled all the statutory committees yet, it’s liking a stalling move since these things are usually done within 6 months and they’ve been in office for basically a year now. This Council likes to talk but not take action.