Public Works Committee approves Amendments to Solid Waste Management By-law No. 20-221 11-0

Public Works Committee voted 11 to 0, with 3 absent on Amendments to Solid Waste Management By-law No. 20-221 at its Monday, August 31, 2026 meeting. The motion carried.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

Amendments to Solid Waste Management By-law No. 20-221 (City Wide) (Hwang/Tadeson) That Report PW26060, dated August 31, 2026, respecting Amendments to Solid Waste Management By-law No. 20-221 (City Wide), be received and the following recommendations be approved: (a) That the amending By-law, which amends By-law 20-221, being a By- law to Provide for and Regulate a Waste Management System for the City of Hamilton, attached as Appendix “A” to Report PW26060 and which has been prepared in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, be approved; and (b) That the General Manager, Public Works, or designate be authorized and directed to work with Legal Services to obtain approval from the Ministry of the Attorney General of any additional set fines for offences under the amending By-law once the By-law has been passed.

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