Senior Council Assistant to Ward 4 Councillor Aaron Paquette
1 full-time contract-based position available
Summary:
In this highly complex and fast-paced environment you will exercise considerable judgment, independence, and initiative ensuring that the variety of demands that arise in the Councillor’s office are handled appropriately. Using your broad knowledge of how the City functions (policies, procedures, systems) you will:
Research, summarize,
It doesn’t make sense to be heavy handed on speed limits at the same time that critical safety infrastructure isn’t being budgeted for.
Of course, everyone wants to avoid fatalities and injuries on our roads. We all know and love people who cross the street each day. But, there are lots of ways to reduce the number and severity of vehicle collisions with pedestrians, not just through lowering speed limits.
We know that the lower the speed a vehicle is travelling, the
Communities need to be safe for everyone.
As your Councillor, I am committed to ensuring the safety of all our roadway users—motorists, cyclists, mobility challenged, seniors, kids, parents with strollers, and all other pedestrians, alike.
We all need to be able to get where we are going in a reasonable timeframe with the expectation that we can do so without harm or undue delay.
Without proper sidewalk connectivity, people can't get around safely in their
It’s clear to me that residents don’t want to spend their time having to contact 311 or their Councillor every time they see a problem with how snow and ice is being handled by the City.
They want to see their tax dollars at work handling the things they rely on the City to do. They should see those things being done properly the first time, without having to constantly report issues.
People start to feel like they’re not being heard when these problems don’t
When citizens are deciding where to make their home to build a life and raise their family, they should not have to worry about potential risks to their health and safety showing up years later.
That’s exactly why we have regulations in place that should protect the public from environmental impacts of industrial activity. It’s one of the basic roles of government.
Unfortunately, the previous provincial government failed to ensure transparency and proper
I am very pleased to announce that, thanks to your advocacy, my transit Motion was approved today by Council's Urban Planning Committee. A report will come forward to City Council in the late fall. I want to give a special thanks to Karin and Andrea for coming down from Ward 4 and taking time out of their day to speak to the Committee. Since I was elected, I have pushed hard to make transit better for Edmontonians. This Motion asks for a new way to
Like many, I was shaken to learn on Sunday morning that one of our fellow Edmontonians had died outside near an LRT station, and that police believed his death was due to the cold.
While we don’t know the particular circumstances, it was with this loss in mind that I came into City Hall Monday morning determined to learn what more could be done to help reduce weather-related fatalities in our winter city. Many residents who shared this concern were asking why the LRT station
Edmonton is growing - there’s no doubt about that. Everywhere you look you see cranes in the air and construction on the roads. In the Northeast, big projects like the Kathleen Andrews Transit Garage are well underway and the Yellowhead Trail Freeway Conversion is slated to begin this year.
But, what if we didn’t need to wait for completion of these projects to see our communities benefit? What if there were community benefits built right into the construction process
The City’s budget has to build for future growth in an upward-trending, but still constrained economy. Tax dollars need to be used effectively to deliver the programs, services and infrastructure that Edmontonians rely on. To do this, we need to have good public conversations to identify what kind of city we want and what it will look like when we get there. We need a measurable ranking system for sorting out which projects will get us the best return on investment and we have to
For our municipal government to function the way it's supposed to, we need to hear from Edmontonians.
City Council is made up of 12 Councillors and the Mayor, but Edmonton is made up of around 1 million Edmontonians who have valuable experiences and insights that Council would be remiss not to bring to the table. We know there are a lot more good ideas out there than just the ones generated within the walls of City Hall and we want
