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City Council — July 28, 2026
6:00 p.m. · Council Chambers, 58 Dalhousie Street · Hybrid (in-person + Zoom)
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This meeting is coming up — July 28, 2026
The July 28 Council meeting will also include approval of the June 23 minutes — those votes are now in the Vote Log tab. The agenda below is the official preview of what's on the table.
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July 28, 2026 — What's on the Agenda
These items are scheduled for a vote or for council's consideration.
🎉 2027 Brantford 150 Celebration $200,000
🏡 307 Powerline Road Acquisition $875,000 + costs
🌊 Basement Flooding Prevention Grant Program $150,000
🌳 Urban Forestry Master Plan (Cllr Hunt)
🎆 Review & Modernization of Power-Assisted Bicycle By-law (Cllr Carpenter)
🏘 Zoning & Draft Plan — 251-255 Mount Pleasant Road
🏘 Zoning By-law Amendment — 452 Grey Street
🏗 2026 Official Plan Review — Consultant Procurement $500,000 approved
🏭 Brownfield Grant — 33 Erie Avenue $500,000
📋 Part III Prosecutions Transfer from Province
💊 Emergency Shelter Provider & Housing Investment Plans
🍽 Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre Restaurant Operations $130,000
+ Approval of June 16, 23 & 24 and July 7 minutes · Notices of motion (Carpenter, Hunt) · 5 proclamations · staff reports

These items are scheduled to come before Council on July 28. Once the minutes are adopted at a future meeting, votes will move to the Vote Log.

Committee of the Whole — Operations
🎉 2027 Brantford 150 Celebration
Planning and funding for the City's 2027 celebration marking Brantford's 150th anniversary as an incorporated city.
🗳 Up for a vote $200,000
🍺 Review of Municipal Alcohol Policy (Corporate-015)
A scheduled review of the City's Municipal Alcohol Policy governing alcohol use at municipal facilities and events.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
💡 Park Lighting — Cedarland Park & Cameron Heights Park
A report on installing or upgrading lighting at Cedarland Park and Cameron Heights Park.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🌳 Willow Tree Replacement & Commemoration — Lorne Park
Replacing and commemorating willow trees at Lorne Park.
🗳 Up for a vote $9,000
🍴 Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre — Restaurant Operations
A report on restaurant/concession operations at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre.
🗳 Up for a vote $130,000
🚲 Power-Assisted Bicycles on Trails — By-law Modernization (Cllr Carpenter)
A review and modernization of By-law 36-2014 governing power-assisted bicycles (e-bikes) on City trails and multi-use paths.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🛶 D'Aubigny Creek Boat Launch Renaming (Cllr Samwell)
A motion to rename the D'Aubigny Creek boat launch.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
Social Services Committee
🏠 2026 Emergency Shelter Provider Update
An update on emergency shelter providers serving Brantford in 2026.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🏠 Housing Investment Plans — COCHI & OPHI (2026-27)
Investment plans for the Canada-Ontario Community Housing Initiative (COCHI) and Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative (OPHI), plus the 2026-27 Homelessness Prevention Program investment plan.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
Planning Committee
🏘 Official Plan & Zoning Amendment + Draft Plan — 251-255 Mount Pleasant Road
Applications OP-02-25, PZ-13-25 and 29T-25502 for 251-255 Mount Pleasant Road, including an Official Plan amendment, rezoning, and draft plan of subdivision.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🏘 Zoning By-law Amendment — 452 Grey Street
Application PZ-06-26 to rezone 452 Grey Street.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
Committee of the Whole — Planning & Administration
📣 Communication & Marketing Plan During Downtown Construction
A communication and marketing plan to support downtown businesses during construction, funded from the previously reallocated downtown mitigation funds.
🗳 Up for a vote $126,953
📋 Legislative Updates — Bill 98 & Provincial Consultations
A report on Bill 98 and concurrent provincial consultations and their impacts on Brantford.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🏗 2026 Official Plan Review — Consultant Procurement
Procurement of consulting services for the 2026 Official Plan Review (budget previously approved at $500,000).
🗳 Up for a vote $500,000 (approved)
🏭 Brownfield CIP Tax Increment Grant — 33 Erie Avenue
A Brownfields Community Improvement Plan tax increment grant application for 33 Erie Avenue.
🗳 Up for a vote $500,000
📋 Sign By-law Housekeeping · Hearings Officer · Administrative Penalties · Film Policy
A group of administrative items: housekeeping amendments to the Sign By-law (Chapter 478), an update to the Hearings Officer appointment by-law, an Administrative Penalty System for non-parking by-laws, the 2025 Annual Report, and a 2026 Film Policy update.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🎗 Building Permit Fee Waiver — ANAVETS Unit 341 (Cllr Carpenter)
A motion to waive and refund building permit fees for the Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans in Canada (ANAVETS) Unit 341.
🗳 Up for a vote Fee waiver
🌸 Mission Possible: Paint the Town Pink Campaign (Cllr Sicoli)
A motion supporting the Mission Possible "Paint the Town Pink" breast cancer awareness campaign.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🚌 Transit Service on Statutory Holidays (Cllr Van Tilborg)
A motion regarding providing transit service on statutory holidays.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🎗 Why We Remember — Telling the Story of Remembrance All Year (Cllr Samwell)
A motion to tell the story of Remembrance throughout the year, beyond November.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
Urgent Reports & Resolutions
🌊 Basement Flooding Prevention Grant Program — Funding
Approve an additional $150,000 from the Corporate Contingency Reserve to support the Basement Flooding Prevention Grant program.
🗳 Up for a vote $150,000
🏡 Acquisition of 307 Powerline Road
A resolution from the July 21 In-Camera meeting to approve acquiring 307 Powerline Road for $875,000 plus land transfer tax and closing costs of $14,560, funded from Development Charges – Transportation.
🗳 Up for a vote $875,000 + costs
⚖️ Transfer of Part III Prosecutions from Province to City
A resolution from the July 21 In-Camera meeting authorizing agreements to accept the download of Part III Prosecutions from the Province and to create a new Administrative Assistant/Screening Officer position.
🗳 Up for a vote New staff position
Once minutes are officially approved at a future council meeting, all votes will be added to the Vote Log.
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Conflict
Present — no recorded vote ●
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Votes are grouped by month — each month is one City Council meeting, broken down into the individual votes taken that night. Click any card to expand it and see how each councillor voted. Try filtering by your councillor's name above to see only their votes, or pick a topic tag like Housing or Finance to find votes that matter to you.
Voting Alignment Matrix — Recorded Split Votes Only

Shows what percentage of the time each pair of councillors voted the same way, on votes where at least one person voted No. Only includes votes where both members were eligible voters.

n = number of votes where both members participated. Cells with n < 3 shown in grey — too few data points to be meaningful.

Legend: 80–100% High alignment 60–79% Moderate alignment Below 60% Low alignment

High alignment = votes together often

Low alignment = independent voice

Neither is better — that's for you to decide.

Motions, Resolutions & Notices of Motion

A timeline of items councillors personally brought forward — motions, resolutions, amendments, and notices of motion. This is how councillors set the agenda, not just how they respond to staff reports.

Split Vote Analysis

A breakdown of how divided council has been over this term. See who votes against the majority most often, how votes split by category, and the full record of every contested vote — grouped by month with context.

Dissent Count — Who Votes Against the Majority Most Often
All Split & Lost Votes — Coalition Breakdown
All data sourced from City of Brantford official council minutes, publicly available at brantford.ca · This is an independent citizen transparency initiative, not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Brantford · Nov 2024 – Jun 2026 · © 2026
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