Executive Committee – Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 4pm

Accountability Team
Feb 21
2 min read

Updated: Mar 24

the first public meeting of what used to be the Mayor's Task Force

Minutes: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1286901&GUID=03C68CB7-C3FF-4C9F-8637-991E3A6DBDEF

Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_hMtGh7j8

Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1284143&GUID=90ABAF1E-461C-43FB-8C91-94EF43CE8CE0

Meeting Location: Council Chambers

Present: Nuttall, Thomson, Nixon, Harvey, Morales

Absent: Harris, Hamilton

Also In Attendance: Riepma, Courser, Nigussie

💡🗣️ Items for Discussion

❄️🚶 Walkway Winter Maintenance Pilot

Sponsor: Morales
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13781142&GUID=DAA09667-E46E-4EF3-9814-677FD17C8C56
Consider adding this pilot program, as presented to the Active Transportation and Sustainability Committee in 2023, to the 2026 City budget
Presentation from 2023: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13781143&GUID=F899A1B8-C48E-4483-AA72-4963FCD8E670
- proposing a pilot program at three locations near schools
APPROVED on consent

♟️📋 Strategic Plan Updates

💰📊 Financial Updates

❓🧑‍💻 Other Business

👥🗓️ Meeting Schedule

Decided to be monthly, unless otherwise required

📋📜 Terms of Reference

Amend the Procedural Bylaw to add the Executive Committee as a Reference Committee with the following mandate and objectives:
- Mandate
  - To provide strategic oversight of City matters, focusing on the implementation and monitoring of strategic initiatives, and international and intergovernmental relations
- Objectives
  - To make recommendations on:
    - Items for Discussion to whether they align with Council priorities
    - Council's strategic plan and priorities
    - Governance policy and structure
    - Financial planning and budgeting - Quarterly Updates
    - Strategic Project Updates
      - Performing Arts Centre
      - Sports Field
      - Lakehead University
      - Recreation Centre
      - Cadets/Southshore
      - and any strategic project updates as motioned by Council
CARRIED (could not see vote)
It should be noted that Nuttall's discussion of this committee was sounding dangerously close to breaking the Elections Act rules against using City Property and Resources for election campaigning. While speaking of intergovernmental relations, he spoke only about funding recently received from "this Provincial government" (i.e., the incumbent party), and ignored any funding received from the Federal government, or mentioning the Federal government at all. It seemed to be barely toeing the line on partisan campaign pitch - a trend we are disappointed in seeing, as municipal politics is supposed to be non-partisan.