The Kingston Chamber of Commerce has released their third edition of the Kingston City Council Report Card, giving council a “yellow” rating, representing potential concerns from local businesses.
The report card is a quarterly document which was just launched this year, providing a short summary of business-related decisions which came before council throughout each quarter. The report card aims to ensure transparency and accountability from council to Kingston’s businesses. Each decision is marked “green,” “yellow,” or “red” depending on its impact on local businesses.
Throughout the end of summer and early fall, only 5 business-related motions came before council, in comparison to 13 last quarter. Of those motions, two were marked “green” (positive), two were marked “yellow” (potential business concerns), and one was marked “red” (negative). The overall rating for the quarter was “yellow.”
After the next few months, the chamber will release their final report and wrap up their first year of report cards.
