Yesterday I had the opportunity to take a sneak peak into City Hall. I have to say, it's looking pretty good. There's been a lot of thought put into the renovation and the placement of departments within the building. My favourite spot was the seventh floor, which will be used as a sort of economic development penthouse. Potential investors will have a hard time resisting Hamilton once they see the view from up there.
Another interesting thing about the tour was the chance to get a sneak peek at the mayor and councillors' offices. Councillor Lloyd Ferguson, the chair of the renovations committee, said he assigned the offices based on ward numbers -- Brian McHattie in Ward 1 gets the first one, Bob Bratina in Ward 2 gets the one beside it and so on. Ferguson says he hopes this will avoid any drama about who ends up where.
We also got to take a look at how the mayor's office was shaping up. We were joking with the contractors about how convenient it would be if they installed video cameras and microphones in the mayor's office. When I mentioned to this to Eisenberger at council yesterday, he said his office will actually have to be swept for secret audio-visual equipment before he can move back in. He was told there's a "very real possibility" that that type of thing could happen.
Who knew?

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