Staff report on Gore Park building collapse points to systemic process weakness

Staff report on Gore Park building collapse points to systemic process weakness

Tense exchanges between members of Hamilton council and city staff are becoming an increasingly frequent occurrence. This week’s General Issues agenda provided two extended episodes where uncomfortable questions were directed to staff—one on the cost overrun at the Barton-Tiffany site, which will be dealt with in a separate story to come, and the other on the collapse last Remembrance Day of historic buildings opposite Gore Park. Shortly after t…