Councillor Is Hoping For Help From The Province

One of the issues on tonight's agenda of Common Council is from Councillor Peter McGuire. He will be talking about getting help from the provincial government to make it easier for the city to demolish derelict buildings around town that have become hazards to public safety. McGuire maintains the city has to be persistent if it wants to get anything done with help from Fredericton and Ottawa. That's why he considers it to be a good idea to have a city hall staffer whose job would be inter-governmental affairs.

McGuire says he's not sure too many other cities have it and he thinks it will pay off dividends.  He says when council was advocating for Harbour Clean Up it was a grind and he would have preferred having one person fighting that file for us.

Councillors Gary Sullivan and Mel Norton want to talk about Rockwood Park. This follows Council's decision at its last meeting not to allow development in the area adjacent to the park, much to the Mayor's displeasure.