{
 "city": "City of Saint John",
 "state": "NB",
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 "attribution": "MyTown / The Boring Parts — CC BY 4.0. Summaries AI-generated from official sources.",
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "generated": "2026-08-21",
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  {
   "date": "2026-08-18",
   "body": "Planning Advisory Committee",
   "headline": "Committee to weigh garage rebuild, rezoning, and variance items",
   "summary": "The Planning Advisory Committee is meeting to consider several planning applications, including a public hearing for a vehicle repair garage reconstruction at 4-6 McLaughlin Crescent, a rezoning application for 90 Douglas Avenue, and a tabled variance application for 57 Dorchester/46 Sewell Street. The committee will also set a date for a training session and handle routine procedural items.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-08-17",
   "body": "Common Council",
   "headline": "Council to hold public hearings on three zoning by-law amendments",
   "summary": "Saint John Common Council meets to consider consent agenda items, public hearings on zoning amendments for 2100 MacKay Highway, 615/631 Loch Lomond Road, and 145 Lansdowne Avenue, and a third reading for a zoning change at 400 Lowell Street/459 Woodville Road. The agenda also includes contracts, funding agreements, and committee reports, including the 2025 audited financial statements.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-08-13",
   "body": "Finance Committee - Open Session",
   "headline": "Finance Committee to review 2025 audits, June 2026 results, and 2027 budget timeline",
   "summary": "The Finance Committee is meeting to approve minutes, consider a fall debenture report, and discuss the 2027 operating and capital budget process. They will also review the 2025 audited consolidated financial statements and the June 2026 financial results for the general and utility funds.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-08-12",
   "body": "Heritage Development Board",
   "headline": "Heritage board to review cruise tourism presentation and Duke Street permit",
   "summary": "The Heritage Development Board will hear a presentation on Port Saint John cruise operations and discuss a heritage permit application for 5 Duke Street. The board will also receive updates on staff-approved permits and heritage grants, and continue discussions on the heritage by-law, internal processes, the grant program, graffiti removal, and local historic places elections.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-07-27",
   "body": "Common Council",
   "headline": "Public hearings on rezoning at 400 Lowell St and Sandy Point Rd",
   "summary": "Common Council will hold public hearings on rezoning at 400 Lowell Street/459 Woodville Road and a Section 59 amendment for 151-159 Sandy Point Road, and consider cancelling a public hearing on a basement zoning by-law amendment. The consent agenda includes contracts for sludge removal at the Lancaster wastewater treatment plant, fleet replacements (custom pumper and tanker truck), street reconstruction on Charlotte Street, and money-in-lieu of lands for Drury Cove and Evandale Avenue. A notice of motion addresses damage to city monuments and the cenotaph.",
   "agenda_url": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=d4124758-1998-481d-ac23-629218da7c25&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=d4124758-1998-481d-ac23-629218da7c25&lang=English"
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  {
   "date": "2026-07-21",
   "body": "Planning Advisory Committee",
   "headline": "PAC to hear rezoning of 145 Lansdowne Ave for 267-unit residential development",
   "summary": "The Planning Advisory Committee will hold public hearings on three rezoning and variance applications: 145 Lansdowne Avenue, 615/631 Loch Lomond Road, and 57 Dorchester/46 Sewell Street. It will also consider a rezoning application for 2100 MacKay Highway to change the land use from Rural to Utility Service for a new office building. The meeting includes routine items such as approval of June 16 minutes and other administrative business.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-07-06",
   "body": "Common Council",
   "headline": "Council to hear plan amendment for Rex Hurley Blvd rezoning",
   "summary": "Saint John Common Council will consider consent agenda items including a contract for Glen Road reconstruction and fleet procurement, and will receive a public presentation on a municipal plan amendment and rezoning at 0 Rex Hurley Blvd / 0 Glen Rd. A third reading of a traffic by-law amendment for Sydney Street is also scheduled.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-16",
   "body": "Planning Advisory Committee",
   "headline": "195 townhouse units proposed at 459 Woodville & 400 Lowell",
   "summary": "The Planning Advisory Committee will decide on a rezoning, variances, and subdivision for 195 townhouse units at 459 Woodville Road and 400 Lowell Street. It will also consider an amendment for incidental vehicle sales at an auto body shop at 155 Sandy Point Road, and the release of city land at 0 Mountain View Drive for a vehicle exit.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-15",
   "body": "Common Council",
   "headline": "Council to consider crematorium use approval for PID 55246078",
   "summary": "Council will vote on a consent agenda that includes approving minutes, a crematorium use, cleanup of an unsightly property, funding for crosswalk upgrades, and a donation for St. Peter's Ballfield. Several citizen correspondences on topics like data centres, red light cameras, and overnight parking bans will be received or referred.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-03",
   "body": "Heritage Development Board",
   "headline": "Heritage Board to review conservation by-laws and grant policies",
   "summary": "The Heritage Development Board will meet to discuss updates to the Heritage Grant Program and internal processes. The session includes a work session focused on the Saint John Heritage Conservation Areas By-Law.",
   "agenda_url": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=8f4bbcda-d477-4517-b82b-6397d1780ffc&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=8f4bbcda-d477-4517-b82b-6397d1780ffc&lang=English"
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  {
   "date": "2026-06-01",
   "body": "Common Council",
   "headline": "Council to award contracts for reservoir, sewer, and street upgrades",
   "summary": "Common Council will consider several infrastructure contracts including Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation, Lower Cove Loop Sewer Renewal Phase 1, washroom upgrades at the Municipal Operations Complex, and a Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund agreement for Charlotte Street upgrades. The meeting also features a proclamation for National AccessAbility Week and the election of a deputy mayor.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=3c513cde-50b4-444a-a4a6-f097e043d6ba&lang=English"
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  {
   "date": "2026-05-20",
   "body": "Planning Advisory Committee",
   "headline": "Committee considers variances for 54-unit development on Metcalf Street",
   "summary": "The Planning Advisory Committee will review five applications, including variance requests for residential and commercial projects. Key items involve parking reductions, density increases, and amenity space variances. The committee will also consider a subdivision to dedicate land as a public street.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=81af5919-886d-4ea5-973b-9b54e5de5db8&lang=English"
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  {
   "date": "2026-05-13",
   "body": "Heritage Development Board",
   "headline": "Board to decide on 3 heritage permits for Germain St and King Square S",
   "summary": "The Heritage Development Board will consider three applications for heritage permits at 115-117 Germain Street, 14 King Square S, and 107 Germain Street. The board will also receive a report on staff-approved permits and an update on heritage grants.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=d9816e02-0e83-4b52-a3b4-7e3676a06be1&lang=English"
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  {
   "date": "2026-05-05",
   "body": "Common Council",
   "headline": "Council votes on North End Neighbourhood Plan third reading",
   "summary": "Council will vote on third reading of the North End Secondary Plan bylaw, which updates the municipal plan and land use for that area. It will also give third reading to a bylaw limiting powers of an outgoing council. A police governance review will be discussed.",
   "agenda_url": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=99192eff-1ce3-4c17-9e1e-60f9c98c8e90&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=99192eff-1ce3-4c17-9e1e-60f9c98c8e90&lang=English"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-05-04",
   "body": "Common Council",
   "headline": "Saint John Council to hold public hearing on North End Plan",
   "summary": "The Common Council will consider a Municipal Plan Amendment for the North End Plan and review a 10-year General Fund Long Term Financial Plan. The meeting also includes several infrastructure contract approvals and updates to the city's code of conduct and procedural by-laws.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=e58d9a4e-a2fd-4883-9286-d1e40dc5be88&lang=English"
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  {
   "date": "2026-04-29",
   "body": "Public Safety Committee - Open Session",
   "headline": "Fire standards, resilience funding, police report highlight meeting",
   "summary": "The Public Safety Committee will receive presentations on the Saint John Fire Department's Standards of Cover and an update on the Elevating Resilience Building Safer Communities Fund. They will also review annual reports from the police force and fire department, discuss using big data to address speeding, consider a Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan, and evaluate a 90-day review of the Community Safety Services Team.",
   "agenda_url": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=0447e24c-d7e2-47e5-b9d3-c0e92c8bc445&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=0447e24c-d7e2-47e5-b9d3-c0e92c8bc445&lang=English"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-04-27",
   "body": "Committee of the Whole - Closed Session",
   "headline": "Closed session discusses confidential financial matter",
   "summary": "The Committee of the Whole met in closed session, with only procedural items and one confidential financial matter under statutory exemptions. No public decisions or details were disclosed.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=10acab24-e540-414f-b151-23d577bc30be&lang=English"
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  {
   "date": "2026-04-22",
   "body": "Finance Committee - Open Session",
   "headline": "Committee to discuss raising Courtenay Bay Causeway with federal funds",
   "summary": "The Finance Committee will consider multiple items including an update on winter management audits, a request for Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF) money to raise the Courtenay Bay Causeway, year-to-date financial results through March 2026, a long-term financial plan and debt management policy for 2027-2036, and a proposed Generative AI policy. Public hearings are not listed; these are discussion and decision items.",
   "agenda_url": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=305812db-0dbf-41e0-a0bf-bf515b445542&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English",
   "minutes_url": null,
   "source": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=305812db-0dbf-41e0-a0bf-bf515b445542&lang=English"
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  {
   "date": "2026-04-20",
   "body": "Common Council",
   "headline": "Council to consider construction management for Canada Games Aquatic Centre renovations",
   "summary": "Council will consider consent agenda items including a construction management contract for the Canada Games Aquatic Centre renovations, several street and sewer renewal contracts, and a traffic paint purchase. Public hearings and bylaw readings include updates to the Code of Conduct By-law, a Traffic By-law amendment for Cliff Street, and third reading of the Council's Procedural By-law. Committee of the Whole will discuss property agreements and labor contracts.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  },
  {
   "date": "2026-04-14",
   "body": "Growth Committee - Open Session",
   "headline": "Growth Committee to review HAF Grant amendments",
   "summary": "The Growth Committee will meet to discuss updates to the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) grant policy. The session will also include a review of the 'Growth at a Glance' infographic from March 2026.",
   "agenda_url": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=f117f2be-acf6-44cc-89c3-c8ad2545843d&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English",
   "minutes_url": null,
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  },
  {
   "date": "2026-04-14",
   "body": "Planning Advisory Committee",
   "headline": "Committee to vote on zoning change for basement height rules",
   "summary": "The Planning Advisory Committee will consider a zoning bylaw text amendment clarifying when a basement counts as a storey for height calculations, and a subdivision application to create three lots at 263 Loch Lomond Road. A variance application for 183 Main Street has been rescheduled to May 20.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-04-07",
   "body": "Common Council",
   "headline": "Council to vote on asphalt resurfacing contract and zoning amendment",
   "summary": "The Common Council will vote on a contract for asphalt resurfacing on multiple streets, and give third reading to a zoning by-law amendment for 1360 Old Black River Road. The consent agenda includes items such as a tender for asphaltic concrete mixes, a contract for Fallsview Avenue Harbour Passage extension, renewal of Adobe software licenses, and a community development fund agreement for Union Street pedway foundation repairs. A public hearing for a zoning by-law text amendment is scheduled, and a traffic by-law amendment for Cliff Street will be considered.",
   "agenda_url": "https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=e310b376-3ab9-4a3a-9d90-2bd28e66e40a&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English",
   "minutes_url": null,
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  },
  {
   "date": "2026-04-01",
   "body": "Heritage Development Board",
   "headline": "Heritage board considers permits for two King Street properties",
   "summary": "The Heritage Development Board is meeting to review two heritage permit applications: one for 266-268 King Street East (file 25-1332) and one for 40 King Street (file 26-0123). The board will also receive reports on staff-approved permits and updates on heritage grants. Other items include approval of the agenda and minutes from the previous meeting.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-03-23",
   "body": "Common Council",
   "headline": "Public hearing on zoning change at 1360 Old Black River Road",
   "summary": "The Common Council will hold a public hearing for a proposed zoning by-law amendment at 1360 Old Black River Road (first and second reading). Council will also consider third readings for a street closure by-law amendment on Old Lake Trail and a municipal plan and zoning amendment at 358 ½ Rothesay Avenue. The agenda includes consent items such as a street naming, a funding amendment for The Cove, and a Microsoft support renewal, as well as a presentation on the MoveSJ road classification study.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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  {
   "date": "2026-03-18",
   "body": "Finance Committee - Open Session",
   "headline": "Finance Committee to review capital budget and financial plans",
   "summary": "The Finance Committee will meet to approve minutes, review the 2026 Capital Budget reallocation for Gault Road, and discuss the 2025 financial results and long-term financial plans.",
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   "minutes_url": null,
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