Alex Bierk

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Peterborough to Add More Modular Housing Units Pending Government Funding
Peterborough’s City Hall returned from the holiday break on the evening of January 6th to convene for General Committee. Hot on the agenda was the approval of up to 16 additional modular housing units located at 210 Wolfe Street following the recent December 13th announcement of two new funding programs from Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) aiming to support municipal housing initiatives. 
Councilors Debate Monaghan Road Heritage Property, Development Charges, at December 2nd Council Meetings
Council re-litigated their September 23rd decision to approve heritage designation for the property at 1400 Monaghan road at a Monday night General Committee meeting after hearing delegations from property developers about proposed changes to development charges.
Peterborough "Dead in the Water" as Council Debates 2025 Tax Increase
Councillors returned from a month-long break on the evening of August 6th to convene for General Committee. On the agenda was the 2025 Draft Budget Impact Survey—a guideline brought forward by staff detailing different estimates of the upcoming budget impacts. This survey comes after the June 11th and 27th meetings, where staff presented budget information from each department, which council voted to revisit in August.
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Peterborough Politics Podcast
Episode 4! We finally have local music to serve as the official #PtboPoliPod theme! Big shout out to Garbageface for supplying us with these bangers. The second is that we hosted our first guest on the show, Councillor Matt Crowley, who joined us to talk about his experience as a new City Councillor.
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