Halifax Passes Largest Budget Ever, Axes Saturday Parking Fees
All told, it will cost $1.2 billion to run the city for a year and tax rates will bump up for homeowners by about $130.
All told, it will cost $1.2 billion to run the city for a year and tax rates will bump up for homeowners by about $130.
At one point, Coun. Shawn Cleary cused a bullhorn to plead with the attendees to voice their concerns in a more orderly manner.
The rules force rental property owners to register with the city, create new fines for bad landlords ranging from $150 to $10,000, change how inspections are done, and force rental property owners to have maintenance plans.
Huddle asked for clarification on what exactly they found so funny but received no response.
One Spring Garden business owner says the changes are “an experiment at [his] expense”
The report will look at the cost of paying every employee at least $15 an hour by April of 2023 and a “living wage” by April 2024.
Neil Wolthers has decided to appeal to Halifax’s director of parks and recreation directly for s special permit to construct an 8×12 structure for food storage. He says he can design it so it can be moved after the people living at the park secure housing, and the unit is no longer needed.
This data centre is being touted as the most “energy efficient” facility Eastlink has ever built.
The Halifax business community was taken aback this week when HRM staff proposed a 5.9 percent hike on the average property tax bill for 2022. That means roughly $2,000 extra on the average commercial tax bill.
With the city growing so fast, Mike Savage said the city needs thousands of new units. And it will have to keep approving more, and doing it quickly, to keep up.