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Kempenfest, Culture Plan update, electric vehicle chargers

2026 Budget (city portion) approved, automated speed enforcement ends November 14, Sandbox Centre asks to defer contracted payments for 15 months

Strategic Plan updates

Heritage Barrie Awards, Doors Open Barrie, 50th anniversary of Marina

organizational changes in culture development, Culture Days, Doors Open Barrie, Barrie Arts Awards

Housing CIP updates, Mattamy Salem Subdivision almost ready for construction, encampment "State of Emergency"

presentation on aging in place and eliminating barriers to do so, Barrie Arts Awards sponsorship, Multi-Year Accessibility Plan update

recreation and culture youth events, youth survey, work plan updates

Fall program launch, September events calendar, Seeds to Sow wins economic development award Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1316194&GUID=91BC0BD9-906F-45FF-ABB0-266039B4B7CC&Options=info|&Search= Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1316194&GUID=91BC0BD9-906F-45FF-ABB0-266039B4B7CC 📑📊 Staff Memos 🍂🤸 Fall Program Launch Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14610922&GUID=E098F431-B162-49B2-8AF

full fire ban in effect, new waste collection and future recycling, call to artists, boundary review update Circulation List: ...

August events calendar, firefighters get new contract, nominations open for the Barrie Arts Awards Circulation List: ...

Battery Electric Bus pilot program, Busking applications open, summer fun, Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture rejects Barrie's...

Canada Day programming and service changes, beach and summer activities, watermain maintenance Circulation List: ...

*** meeting CANCELLED - no reason made public *** four-way stop at Penville and McIntyre, Strategic Plan updates Minutes: not yet...

*** NOTE EARLIER START *** new Ward boundaries for 2026 election, moving forward with the Performing Arts Centre, and a mixed-use...

approving the 2025-29 Community Safety and Well-Being Plan, asking the province for ice storm clean-up funds, a (problematic)...

2024 Audited Consolidated Financial Statements, Georgian College downtown expansion, Corporate Net Zero Strategy Minutes: ...

new Community Safety and Well-Being Plan, 2025 Asset Management Plan, zoning amendments in Wards 6, 7 & 10, speed cameras made permanent,...

Culture Days, Barrie Arts Awards Minutes:    https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1261700&GUID=91E4A038-7483-4C6E-B24A-BF0B8DA931...

open delegation from Carnival Barrie, 2025 Asset Management Plan, Salt Management, Culture Plan and Public Art Strategy Minutes: ...