Jacob ten Brinke

Two city-wide priorities, and how to achieve them

• Fix the roads: repave rather than just fill potholes, replace water mains, sewers and gas lines at the same time, and publish a rotation plan.
• A “Team Hamilton” plan: get hospitals, health providers, police, community groups and housing organizations on one communication system so people need a single ask; points to a Housing First program in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Two changes to improve City services

Not asked as a separate question in this interview. (His constituency-office and community-council ideas appear under Ward 8 priorities.)

Two changes to improve quality of life in Hamilton

• Safer neighbourhoods: more resources and officers for Hamilton police (he cites 18 officers per shift covering the Mountain, Flamborough, Glanbrook, Ancaster and Waterdown), alongside accountability.
• The Team Hamilton approach to homelessness so people can get help through a single streamlined route.

Two priorities for Ward 8

• Fix the roads (e.g. Fennell and Brigadoon), doing water mains and sewers at the same time.
• Be more service-oriented: a constituency office in the ward (e.g. a central location or rec centre) and a community council with regular town halls and updates.

Three words for a four-year term (looking back from September 2030)

Accessible, responsible, effective.