Mike Del Grande
Councillor Ward 39

 
   

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2009

February 2009
EX29.1
New Model to Enhance Toronto's Economic Competitiveness
I said no to large salaries to sit on newly created boards. What happened to voluntarism and civic duty?
 
January 2009
RM30.5 - Review of Order Paper
A motion to discuss a salary freeze for councillors. I voted to have the item discussed. A City job is a great job with benefits. We all need to share the sacrifice of not bumping salaries
 



2008

December 2008
PW20.21 - Bikeway Network Program - Phase 5 Installation of Bicycle Lanes
Spend 7 million on bike lanes? No. The plan is not comprehensive. Bike riders should be licensed. They break laws and run into people and are not accountable. Why do all lanes have to be on the road? We have a great park system which should be utilized. We are not a European country and winters are not soft on bikers. So let's have a full discussion and balance out the issue.
October 2008
EX24.3 - Declaring the TTC an Essential Service in Toronto
Theirs is a public service monopoly, and as such it should be essential.
 
July 2008
EX22.1 - Removal of the Gardiner Expressway East from Jarvis
Take it down and replace it with condos and create traffic gridlock?
 
March 2008
EX18.1.A - 2008 Budget Committee Recommended Operation Budget
Opposed 3.75% tax increase for the same reason as 2007
 
January 2008
ST7.4.2 - City Council Meeting Times
Eliminating food and drink from council meetings. Everyone dines including security guards and staff. I pay back $150.00 for any drinks or food that I have consumed.

 

2007

 

December 2007
EX 15.23 - Elimination of Blue Jay Ticket Purchases for Councillors
Why should we entertain ourselves at the tax payers' expense?
October 2007
EX 10.1 - New Taxation Measures
Only in Toronto. We let the Province off the hook for their responsibilities and become the only Municipality to levy such charges, making it a more costly place to live.

Includes $60 Vehicle Registration Tax & Muncipal Land Transfer Tax. The mayor and councillors chose to simply increase taxes instead of finding cost savings that were both real and achievable.

Scarborough Councillors who voted YES: Cho, De Baeremaeker, Heaps & Kelly
Scarborough Councillors who voted NO: Ashton, Del Grande, Lee, Moser, Thompson, Ainsle 

June 2007
EX 9.1
Proposed Initiatives and Financing Model to get to 70% Solid Waste Diversion by 2010
i.e. the Garbage Tax. I supported having people provide input. The Mayor nor Councillors ran on a platform to increase costs on garbage. Bins work great in San Francisco but get an 80 year old to lug them over snow.
April 2007
HL2.8 - Grants and Donations in Support of Toronto Public Health Service
While I did not support this I did raise concerns that there is no measurement of success or accountability and organizations need to be accountable
April 2007
EX5.1.99 - 2007 Recommended Capital Budget for Nathan Phillips Square
This was sold to council that private monies would be used to develop the square, but that has disappeared and the City wants to go it alone 
April 2007
EX5.1.76.1 - 2007 Recommended Capital Budget for City Hall
The Mayor has increased his staff and demonstrates that spending is the order of the day
 


 

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