COVID-19 pandemic.At the facilitator-led meeting, dubbed a “strategic priorities refresh” session, city CAO Lanie Hurdle recommended that most of the year’s priorities go ahead, including most of this year’s housing initiatives, road works and rural economic development programs.
Kingston city council to rethink municipal priorities due to COVID-19 However, city staff also recommended several priorities be shelved due to a lack of funding or the inability of municipal partners to proceed due to the pandemic.This list of projects included the St.
Lawrence College downtown campus, crosswalks for schools and busy pedestrian areas, a study of the effects of fluoride in municipal water and the city’s investment into a deep water dock.