Council packages can be hundreds of pages long. Most residents do not have time to read every staff report, financial table and bylaw amendment.

That is one of the jobs The Spall intends to do.

Our City Hall coverage will focus on what councils are deciding, what the available documents show, what competing arguments are being made, and what the practical effects may be for residents and businesses.

When a number matters, we will try to show where it came from. When a claim is disputed, we will say so.