Municipal Red Tape

In the spring of 2010, your chamber issued a survey to find out what issues were most important to you. One of the top issues to come out of that exercise was the issue of unnecessary bureacracy (red tape) at city hall. Your advocacy committee quickly established a Red Tape Task Force to drill down…

Tipping Fees

Tipping Fees: Elimination of tipping fees for the clean-up of the Steelworkers Hall: Letter of February 13, 2009 to Mayor and Council of February 13, 2009 requesting the same consideration be provided to other organizations and businesses which suffer catastrophic losses.

Non-Local Auctioneers License Fees

In early February 2009, a member of the chamber raised concerns regarding non-local auctioneers. A city policy relating to non-local vendors operating in the city is currently in place for these sorts of circumstances. The current bylaw requires an outside vendor to apply for a special sales permit which expires 30 days after date of…