Municipal Politics - Page 26

jammer139 · #**501** Posted **Nov 4, 2025, 5:35 PM**

All of sudden tightening the belt on property taxes and water/sewer increases are important. Must be an election coming up eh?

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/the-...htening-budget-season-dawns-at-city-hall

jammer139 · #**502** Posted **Nov 5, 2025, 12:09 PM**

City council votes to increase Councillor pay for the next term to the 70th percentile.

Some of the comments about it being a full time job but they still haven't truly addressed that and made it a real full time job.

Maybe it's time they they should, and also reduce the number of Wards from 14 to 10 plus a Mayor in a future Full time City council.

Comments about some councillors do much less work and spend much less time currently would be addressed by making it a real full time job and setting the pay accordingly to attract quality candidates.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/city...hike-for-next-term-scraps-severance-plan

Spoofy · #**503** Posted **Nov 5, 2025, 10:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by jammer139

City council votes to increase Councillor pay for the next term to the 70th percentile.

Some of the comments about it being a full time job but they still haven't truly addressed that and made it a real full time job.

Maybe it's time they they should, and also reduce the number of Wards from 14 to 10 plus a Mayor in a future Full time City council.

Comments about some councillors do much less work and spend much less time currently would be addressed by making it a real full time job and setting the pay accordingly to attract quality candidates.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/city...hike-for-next-term-scraps-severance-plan

The stark contrast between how much of a raise the Councillors are giving themselves compared to how much of a raise the Councillors gave Staff seems odd.

jammer139 · #**504** Posted **Nov 7, 2025, 6:37 PM**

Contractor has wrapped up forming and pouring the L1 foundation walls for the new Middlesex County Administration Building at the end of Adelaide St S. behind the EMS headquarters facility. They have started forming what appears to be some stairwell ground floor walls.

Snark · #**505** Posted **Nov 7, 2025, 8:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Spoofy

The stark contrast between how much of a raise the Councillors are giving themselves compared to how much of a raise the Councillors gave Staff seems odd.

Is staff perhaps already being paid approximately the 70th percentile in whatever role they are in at the municipality?

One of the reason that some political positions are held by hacks with zero experience in governance, management, finance, leadership, etc. is because qualified people can typically earn a lot more in the similar positions in the private sector without the grief, character assassination, or witch-burning by the media (including social media). Sometime salary adjustments need to be made to make it worth it for them to bother jumping into the public sector, for the sake of recruitment and retention.

Such adjustments occasionally happen in the private sector as well. Because it is private, it is much rarer to hear about it however.

jammer139 · #**506** Posted **Nov 24, 2025, 5:57 PM**

Increasing free parking in the core debate back on council radar.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/coun...downtown-and-business-leaders-say-thanks

MolsonExport · #**507** Posted **Nov 28, 2025, 3:17 PM**

Former city councillor Mariam Hamou accused of extorting and harassing London Mayor Josh Morgan

Anyone have information on this? What kind of dirt she be extorting JM over?

jammer139 · #**508** Posted **Nov 28, 2025, 8:22 PM**

Councillor wants to delay Urban Growth Boundary discussions.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/co...o-pause-urban-growth-boundary-expansion/

letter referenced - https://pub-london.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=120466

Djeffery · #**509** Posted **Nov 28, 2025, 10:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Former city councillor Mariam Hamou accused of extorting and harassing London Mayor Josh Morgan

Anyone have information on this? What kind of dirt she be extorting JM over?

So far, all I've picked up on is she made a comment on Reddit on a thread about Morgan's re-election bid saying he used City Hall as his own personal Tinder. I had forgotten Josh and his wife separated a year and a half ago. There was a confrontation at the Hyde Park parade that led to the charges apparently. I haven't listened to today's Craig Needles podcast but they talk about it a bit on there.

Djeffery · #**510** Posted **Nov 29, 2025, 12:36 AM**

So I listened to the podcast and nothing new was discussed on there that wasn't in the CBC article above. Guess she had been sending messages to the mayor and others for a while, probably to do with the the Mayor's personal life, based on her Reddit comment. I'm curious if there is something behind those comments.

jammer139 · #**511** Posted **Nov 30, 2025, 12:15 AM**

The new Middlesex County Administration building has made more progress and they have now poured the ground floor walls of the elevator stairwell shafts and have started forming for the second floor walls. Looks like they plan to get these poured before setting up the structural steel and pouring the ground floor slab concrete.

https://www.middlesex.ca/government/middlesex-county-governance-administration-centre-project

jammer139 · #**512** Posted **Dec 9, 2025, 3:08 AM**

City might mandate weeping tile disconnects for 50,000 older city properties.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/lo...rom-sanitary-sewers-costing-up-to-10000/

Snark · #**513** Posted **Dec 9, 2025, 6:22 PM**

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City might mandate weeping tile disconnects for 50,000 older city properties.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/lo...rom-sanitary-sewers-costing-up-to-10000/

The proposal likely won't stand as it currently is laid out. Firstly, those affected houses need to have storm sewers in front of the building as an alternative system to connect to. Many stretches of older streets will have nothing - so those streets will have to be torn up and rebuilt to install storm mains to provide such service to the houses that currently have none. Secondly, many older existing storm sewers mains will be undersized to accommodate the additional flow volumes conveyed by all of those new storm sewer connections, so some existing mains likely have to be replaced in order to upsize them to accommodate increased flows. Up to the 1970's, the general storm sewer design criteria was to accommodate a one in two year storm (by 1940's and 50's data). With climate change that sort of event can happen several times a season, so they are undersized already before any additional connections into the system.

Lastly, there is a risk of class action against against the municipality by property owners. If this were to go through 50,000 affected properties would be devalued by $10,000 each because they were following standard, accepted, and approved building standards of the day. That totals $500,000,000 - more than enough fodder for a class action action.

jammer139 · #**514** Posted **Dec 10, 2025, 7:59 PM**

Realtors hate it but surprise the plumbers think its a great idea.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/real...may-add-10k-to-bill-of-older-home-buyers

jammer139 · #**515** Posted **Dec 21, 2025, 7:57 PM**

A couple of truck loads of structural steel has now been delivered to the new Middlesex County Admin building site at the southern end of Adelaide St S. Still working on forming and pouring the elevator/stairwell concrete shafts.

MolsonExport · #**516** Posted **Dec 21, 2025, 11:20 PM**

A few weeks ago there was a shocking story about some former city councillor trying to "extort" Mayor Josh Morgan. But I haven't heard anything since. Strange. Of course I am appalled at the notion of extortion, but then there is this issue of having something to extort the Mayor over (what would that be?).

Some local media also reported an incident at the Hyde Park Santa Claus parade. I can't find any information, though.

jammer139 · #**517** Posted **Jan 9, 2026, 1:13 PM**

Hamilton Road BIA cyberattack impact discussion.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/cyber-attack-loss-forces-hamilton-road-bia-cut-programs-staff

Djeffery · #**518** Posted **Jan 9, 2026, 10:07 PM**

More "local" than "municipal" but didn't want to dredge up an old thread. First I heard rumblings of this, but today on the Craig Needles podcast, it was suggested by both Craig and Nathan Caranci that Peggy Sattler would be stepping down as MPP for London West in the first half of this year. She is only turning 64 this year so she isn't old by any stretch, but perhaps her original intent was to leave office this year which is when the election would have normally happened had Doug Ford not gone to the polls a year early. Although, I don't see why she would have ran again last year if she knew she would leave in a year. So, I wonder if she has another job possibly lined up or was recruited for? Hopefully it's not for personal or family health reasons. If these rumours are even true.

jammer139 · #**519** Posted **Jan 10, 2026, 1:30 PM**

What is it with London home owners encroaching onto publically owned properties? We've seen this just recently up in the Medway Valley.

What's the old saying - "Good fences make good neighbours"

https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/fe...nce-dispute-with-east-london-homeowners/

Djeffery · #**520** Posted **Jan 10, 2026, 5:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by jammer139

What is it with London home owners encroaching onto publically owned properties? We've seen this just recently up in the Medway Valley.

What's the old saying - "Good fences make good neighbours"

https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/fe...nce-dispute-with-east-london-homeowners/

In this case, it sounds like, at least with the one homeowner talked to, the fence was placed there with the blessing with Ag Canada that long ago (and I am amazed the fence lasted that long). Unless Ag Canada needs that space, I think they should take this homeowner up on their offer to purchase the 4 feet.