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Enbridge Gas teams up with Burlington Fire Department through Safe Community Project Zero
Posted on Monday, January 16, 2023 01:49 PM
Enbridge Gas Inc. (Enbridge Gas), the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council (FMPFSC) and Burlington Fire Department announced they are working together to improve home safety and bring fire and carbon monoxide-related deaths down to zero in Burlington.
The Safe Community Project Zero is a public education campaign that is providing alarms to residents in 50 municipalities across Ontario. Through this project, the Burlington Fire Department has received 438 combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.
In 2022, Enbridge Gas invested $250,000 in Safe Community Project Zero, and over the past 14 years, the program has provided more than 76,000 alarms to Ontario fire departments.
The alarms provided to Burlington will be distributed through a combination of public events, the Alarm Assistance Program and response calls when needed.
When properly installed and maintained, combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms help provide the early warning to safely escape from a house fire or...
Statement from City Manager on lifting temporary health and safety measures for City employees
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2023 01:37 PM
Burlington, Ont.—Jan. 9, 2023—Following a stabilization in reported employee sick time, the City of Burlington’s senior leadership team has made the decision to ease and adjust some of the temporary health and safety measures introduced for its employees on Nov. 28, 2022.
Effective Jan. 9, 2023, City employees are no longer required to wear a mask in City workplaces. The temporary measure was in place for six weeks and expired on Jan. 8, 2023.
In November 2022, the City experienced an approximate 44% increase in employee sick time, which was having a significant impact on the wellness of City staff and service delivery operations. In order to ease the pressures on staff, the Burlington leadership team made the decision to implement some internal, temporary, health and safety measures, including the requirement for masking in all City workplaces, for City employees only. As of Jan. 9, 2023, this masking requirement is no longer in place.
The City of Burlington’s leadership team will...
Proposed 2023 budget: Investing now to improve and protect the future of our growing city
Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2023 06:37 PM
Burlington, Ont. – Jan. 03, 2023 —The proposed 2023 budget is focused on planning ahead and protecting our city’s future.
In presenting the proposed budget, City Manager Tim Commisso and Chief Financial Officer Joan Ford are advising Council that we need to make key community investments now that improve service to residents. While our community continues to grow, our investments in enhancing City services and amenities have not kept pace. We need to maintain and repair city infrastructure. For key services like bylaw enforcement, we are simply not meeting community expectations. The time is now to invest in needed improvements. The 2023 and 2024 budget will both be “catch-up” budgets. This will enable the city to make investments that protect and improve our future.
The proposed 2023 budget recommends an overall tax increase of 7.08% (including Region of Halton and Boards of Education). Of the 7.08% increase to the property tax bill, Burlington’s portion of the overall increase is 5.90%.
Burlington Arts and Culture Fund (BACF) accepting applications until Feb. 3
Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2023 10:00 AM
Burlington, Ont.— Jan. 3, 2022— The City of Burlington is inviting artists to apply for the 2023 Burlington Arts and Culture Fund (BACF). This is an annual grant program that provides $70,000 of total available funding to local artists, multicultural groups and arts and culture organizations to foster creativity and enrich how Burlington residents experience and engage with arts and culture.
Applications will be accepted until noon on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 and will fund projects from April 2023 to March 2024. Successful grant applicants will be announced at the beginning of April 2023.
To be eligible for BACF funding, applicants must be located in Burlington and must be:
- An incorporated not-for-profit arts and culture organization or a charitable arts and culture organization;
- An individual artist or arts and cultural collective (defined as three or more individuals) that exhibit high achievement in arts and culture programming;
- A multicultural group that fulfills a significant role in the...
City Facilities closing today at 4 p.m. due to high winds
Posted on Friday, December 23, 2022 03:23 PM
Burlington, Ont.— Dec. 23, 2022— All City of Burlington facilities, including the Burlington Transit John Street Bus Terminal will close today, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, at 4 p.m. Parents with children participating in the PA Day program at Haber Community Centre are asked to pick up their children by 4:30 p.m.
While the snow is forecasted to taper this afternoon, high winds creating blowing snow across roads and white out conditions are expected to continue until tomorrow morning. This makes travelling unsafe and the City is encouraging residents to stay off roads and stay home.
Road clearing updates can be found by visiting Burlington.ca/snow. Snow Control Update subscribers will receive emails at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. about the status of snow removal. To receive Snow Control Updates by email, visit burlington.ca/subscribe to subscribe.
When City facilities are closed due to weather, residents can stay informed by subscribing to Facility Closure updates at burlington.ca/subscribe, or by checking...
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