Reconsider $15.95M of pre-committed projects for housing/homelessness
Council considered reconsidering six pre-committed 2025 capital projects totalling $15.95 million and using that amount to finance housing and homelessness projects.
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Council considered reconsidering six pre-committed 2025 capital projects totalling $15.95 million and using that amount to finance housing and homelessness projects.
Council enacted the Brock Mission site-plan exemption and zoning amendment on a 4-7 vote under the strong-mayor provincial-priority threshold.
Funding to enhance the Trinity Overnight Drop-In Program failed on a 5–5 tie.
Council approved an integrated centralized customer-service model at City Hall with a $625,000 capital budget.
Finance Committee supported increasing the commercial and industrial tax ratios from 1.5 to 1.65 to shift approximately $3 million of the 2024 net tax requirement away from the residential class.
After the Mayor proposed the 2026 budget under MDEC25-4, Council voted 7-4 to shorten the statutory 30-day amendment period to the same day.
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The Brock Mission by-laws illustrate the unusual more-than-one-third threshold available for qualifying mayor-proposed provincial-priority by-laws.
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