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City Council — June 23, 2026
6:00 p.m. · Council Chambers, 58 Dalhousie Street · Hybrid (in-person + Zoom)
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This meeting is coming up — June 23, 2026
The June 23 Council meeting will also include approval of the May 26 minutes — once those are adopted, the full May vote log will appear in the Vote Log tab. The agenda below is the official preview of what's on the table.
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June 23, 2026 — What's on the Agenda
These items are scheduled for a vote or for council's consideration.
🏗 West Brant Access Route EA — Preferred Alternative Update
🏠 Brantford-Brant Housing Stability Plan (2025–2035)
🏘 Zoning By-law Amendment — 161 & 165 Hachborn Road
🏘 Draft Plan of Vacant Land Condominium — 209 Mount Pleasant Road
🎪 Indoor Sports Facility — Approval to Develop $10,050,000
📋 Delegation of Authority By-law Update — Planning Process
📋 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Phase 2 $37,960
🔥 Firework Usage Report $5,000
🤖 Responsible Computing & Artificial Intelligence Policies
🎨 Public Art Honouring Terry Fox — Options $225,000
🚗 Fulton Street Two-way Traffic — Cllr McCreary
💰 2025 Year-End Operating Budget Surplus $10,378,958
🎰 1st Quarter Casino Update $1,102,466 revenue
🏠 Development Charge Incentives for Rental Housing
🚌 Ratify ATU Local 685 Transit Collective Agreement
+ Approval of May 20 & May 26 minutes · 1 Notice of Motion (Cllr Hunt) · Proclamation · Finance & other reports

These items are scheduled to come before Council on June 23. Once the minutes are adopted at a future meeting, votes will move to the Vote Log.

Committee of the Whole — Operations
🏗 West Brant Access Route EA — Preferred Alternative Update
This is the staff update on the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the West Brant Access Route (WBAR), a proposed new arterial road running roughly 3.4 km from Hardy Road south to Colborne Street West, intended to create another Grand River crossing and connect West Brant neighbourhoods to the Northwest Industrial Area and Highway 403. The recommendation before Council is "THAT the report BE RECEIVED," meaning councillors are formally receiving the update and the study's preferred road alignment, not yet approving construction or a budget.
Why it draws attention: WBAR is the recommencement of the long-debated Oak Park Road Extension (OPRE), a corridor first identified back in 1981 and paused in 2021. The earlier EA evaluated seven options, including improving transit and existing roads, and recommended building the new road; the next public meeting (PIC #3) will present the preferred alignment and environmental studies. Points residents have raised over the years include the duty to consult Six Nations, the use of pre-COVID (2019) traffic data, and the corridor's proximity to sensitive natural features such as the Brantford Northwest Provincially Significant Wetland and the Tufa Mounds ANSI.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
📋 Strategic Asset Management Policy Update
An update to the City's Strategic Asset Management Policy, which guides how Brantford plans, funds, and maintains its infrastructure and capital assets over the long term.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
💧 Drinking Water Quality Management System — 2025 Annual Update
The annual report on Brantford's Drinking Water Quality Management System, confirming the city's compliance with provincial drinking water standards for 2025.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
Social Services Committee
🏠 Brantford-Brant Housing Stability Plan (2025–2035)
A ten-year plan setting out how Brantford and the County of Brant will address housing stability and homelessness, including targets and strategies through 2035.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
📋 Update to Shared Social Services 2027 Budget Timeline
A revised timeline for preparing the 2027 budget for the social services that Brantford delivers jointly with the County of Brant.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
Planning Committee
🏘 Zoning By-law Amendment — 161 & 165 Hachborn Road
Application PZ-03-26 to rezone 161 and 165 Hachborn Road. Council will vote to approve or refuse the zoning change requested for the property.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🏘 Draft Plan of Vacant Land Condominium — 209 Mount Pleasant Road
Application 29CD-25524 for a draft plan of vacant land condominium at 209 Mount Pleasant Road, setting out how the land would be divided for a condominium development.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
Committee of the Whole — Planning & Administration
📋 Amendment to Chapter 478 of the Municipal Code
A proposed amendment to Chapter 478 of the City of Brantford Municipal Code.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🎪 Approval to Develop an Indoor Sports Facility
Council will decide whether to approve the development of a new indoor turf sports facility to be located at Jaycee Sports Park, funded from the Capital Funding Envelope Reserve. Staff would proceed with a servicing strategy study, waive internal planning and building fees, pursue external grants, and seek a community operating partner.
🗳 Up for a vote $10,050,000 from Capital Reserve
📋 Delegation of Authority By-law Update — Planning Process
Updates to the Delegation of Authority By-law aimed at administrative and operational efficiencies in the City's planning process, delegating certain routine approvals to staff.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
📋 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) — Phase 2
The second phase of the City's Foreign Direct Investment initiative to attract international business investment to Brantford.
🗳 Up for a vote $37,960
🏠 Overview of Development Charge Incentives for Rental Housing
An overview of development charge incentives intended to encourage the construction of new rental housing in Brantford.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🔥 Firework Usage Report
A report on firework usage in the city, with options for council's consideration regarding regulation and enforcement.
🗳 Up for a vote $5,000
🤖 Responsible Computing and Artificial Intelligence Policies
New policies to govern how the City uses computing resources and artificial intelligence, setting standards for responsible and ethical use.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🎨 Options for Public Art Honouring Terry Fox
Options for a public art installation honouring Terry Fox, for council to consider including potential designs and locations.
🗳 Up for a vote $225,000
♿ Community Safety and Well-being Plan — 2025 Annual Update
The annual update on the Community Safety and Well-being Plan, reporting progress on the city's strategies to improve safety and wellbeing.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🏨 Municipal Accommodation Tax — 2025 Annual Update
The annual update on the Municipal Accommodation Tax, reporting on funds collected and how they are being directed toward tourism development.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🚗 Fulton Street Two-way Traffic — Cllr McCreary
An item brought forward by Councillor McCreary regarding converting Fulton Street to two-way traffic.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
Finance Committee
💰 2025 Year-End Operating Budget Surplus
A report on the 2025 year-end operating budget, which closed with a net tax-supported surplus. Council will consider how the surplus is allocated.
🗳 Up for a vote $10,378,958 net surplus
📋 Quarterly Reserve and Reserve Fund Update
The quarterly update on the status of the City's reserves and reserve funds.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🏗 Update on Capital Projects
An update on the status of the City's capital projects, including a net capital adjustment.
🗳 Up for a vote Net capital impact ($925,224)
📋 Updates to Finance Policies
Proposed updates to several of the City's finance policies.
🗳 Up for a vote No financial impact
🎰 1st Quarter Casino Update
The first-quarter update on revenue the City receives from the casino host agreement.
🗳 Up for a vote $1,102,466 revenue
🏠 Vesting of Property at 129 Erie Avenue
A report regarding the vesting of property at 129 Erie Avenue in the City, typically following tax arrears proceedings.
🗳 Up for a vote $5,831.94
Resolutions
🚌 Ratify ATU Local 685 Transit Collective Agreement
Council will vote to ratify the tentative settlement reached with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 685 — covering Conventional Transit and Brantford Lift — for a renewal collective agreement running January 1, 2026 to December 21, 2029.
🗳 Up for a vote
Once minutes are officially approved at a future council meeting, all votes will be added to the Vote Log.
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Present — no recorded vote ●
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New here? Here's where to start.
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
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