Community Updates

From the Mayor’s Chair – January 23rd, 2019

Miss Council last night Kingston? Check out the latest version of From the Mayor’s Chair where I break down the decisions of Council in 2 minutes! Additional links:  Council Agenda Kingston Community Brand Position  223 Princess Street  Update on Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

Welcome to My New Website!

As we kick off a new year and a new council term, I’m very excited to launch a new and improved website where you can find more information about what’s going on in our city, and engage with me about the issues that matter to you. We have an ambitious vision to build Kingston into…
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From the Mayor’s Chair – January 9th, 2019

Miss Council last night Kingston? Check out the latest version of From the Mayor’s Chair where I break down the decisions of Council in 2 minutes! Additional links:  Council Agenda Cannabis Retail Stores in Kingston  Council Strategic Planning/Priorities Setting Process  

From the Mayor’s Chair

Miss Council last night Kingston? Check out the latest version of From the Mayor’s Chair where I break down the decisionsof Council in 2 minutes! Watch it HERE Additional links:  Council agenda Ranked Ballots (New Motion 1, pg. 18) Consumption and Treatment Services – Street Health Centre

Inauguration Speech 2018

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s an incredible honour to stand before you this evening as we take our first steps as a new council, to build on what we’ve started, and to advance our vision to make Kingston a smart, livable, and leading city. I would like to begin by thanking our community for their confidence…
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From the Mayor’s Chair – December 19th

Miss Council last night Kingston? Check out the latest version of From the Mayor’s Chair where I break down the decisions of Council in 2 minutes! Watch it HERE Additional links:  Council agenda Ranked Ballots (New Motion 1, pg. 18) Consumption and Treatment Services – Street Health Centre

Inauguration Speech

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s an incredible honour to stand before you this evening as we take our first steps as a new council, to build on what we’ve started, and to advance our vision to make Kingston a smart, livable, and leading city. I would like to begin by thanking our community for their confidence…
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From the Mayor’s Chair – September 18th

Miss Council last night Kingston? Check out the latest version of From the Mayor’s ChairFrom the Mayor’s Chair, where I break down the decisions of Council in 2 minutes! Watch it HERE Additional links:  Council agenda  Your Stories, Our Histories Public Engagement Project Homestead Land Holdings Limited, North BlockHomestead Land Holdings Limited, North Block Highway 15 Design Guidelines Motion (pg. 17) 

Community Conversation on Sir John A. Macdonald’s Legacy

I have read with interest the many submissions from the community on Sir John A. Macdonald following city staff’s recent invitation to engage in public consultations around the legacy of Canada’s first Prime Minister. I think it’s important to clarify that the consultations just announced are about adding to our history, not taking away from…
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From the Mayor’s Chair – September 4th

Miss Council last night Kingston? Check out the latest version of From the Mayor’s Chair, where I break down the decisions of Council in 2 minutes! Watch it HERE Additional links:  Council agenda  City Animal Pound Services Contract Third Crossing Update