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Finance and Responsible Governance Committee – Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 4pm

Updated: Nov 26, 2025

Service Partner budget presentations, open delegation from Clean Up Barrie, Troubadour Festival recap, Sandbox Centre payment deferral



Minutes: not yet available

Watch Online:  https://www.youtube.com/citybarrie [direct link not yet available]

Meeting Location:  Council Chambers, or electronically


COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Harvey (Chair), Nuttall, Thomson, Kungl

ALSO PRESENT: Riepma, Nixon, Courser, Nigussie, Harris, Hamilton (Morales arrived towards end)



🎤🙋 Open Delegations


🧹🧽 Clean Up Barrie

  • Was moved to end of agenda

  • Delegation Request:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14973440&GUID=5E50F9C3-84B9-412C-B4D2-F95C03159D44

  • Delegation by Jen Slykhuis, Clean Up Barrie

  • Clean Up Barrie's work to date, and a request for support

  • Request was denied

  • Point of order was called by Kungl, after Harvey told her she could not ask any more questions because of a time limit - she pointed out there was no time limit on questions, but he would not allow her to ask any more, anyhow (earlier, regarding the County's presentation, he had specifically said there was no time limit, and "we could be here all night" - this double-standard has not been adequately justified)



🧑‍🏫📑 Presentations


📚💰 Service Partner Budget - Barrie Public Library


👮💰 Service Partner Budget - Barrie Police Service


🏛️💰 Service Partner Budget - County of Simcoe


🧐📋 Deloitte's 2025 Audit Service Plan


😎🎶 Downtown Barrie BIA Summer Concert Series



📝📑 Advisory Committee Reports


💰📈 Investment Board


🇨🇦🇺🇳 International Relations Committee



📑🗂 Staff Reports


🧑‍💼💸 Sandbox Centre Annual Report and Request

  • Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14973439&GUID=744608A5-75E2-421E-863D-272F551DEC02 from S. Young, Senior Business Innovation and Strategic Partnerships Officer

  • Sandbox Centre's operations and programming from January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, focusing on impacts since it became Ontario's 17th Regional Innovation Centre

  • The Sandbox Centre has asked the City for a one-year deferral to remit the maintenance, utilities and property taxes due in 2026 (estimated at $24,060.54), and to renew their current lease agreement

  • For Council to support this request, a funding source would be required - possibly the reinvestment reserve

  • This was removed from the Agenda and put to the Circulation List instead


💰⚖️ 2026 Business Plan and Budget - Service Partners

  • "Strong Mayor Budget" - Service Partners: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14977248&GUID=503BC265-C715-4CC3-BAAC-A4405E5F98FB

  • Approve the Barrie Police Services Board budget request of $78.4M in net tax supported municipal funding

  • Approve the Barrie Public Library Board budget request of $10.1M in net tax supported municipal funding, and $169K of Development Charges funding

  • Approve the County of Simcoe's budget request of $35.1M in net tax supported municipal funding

  • Approve the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority's budget request of $389.5K in net tax supported municipal funding and $1.2M of water rate funding

  • Approve the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority's budget request of $487.8K in net tax supported municipal funding and $86.1K of water rate funding

  • Approve the Barrie Area Physician Recruitment budget request of $150K in net tax supported municipal funding

  • Approve the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit's budget request of $2.4M in net tax supported municipal funding

  • Amend the City's County of Simcoe capital projects:

    • reduce the County of Simcoe Capital Program - Paramedic Services project budget by $1,389,096 (from $2,345,096 to $956,000)

    • reduce the County of Simcoe Capital Program - Long Term Care and Senior Services by $2,734,847 (from $3,010,847 to $276,000)

    • reduce the County of Simcoe Capital Program - Social Housing and Community Services project budget by $9,911,621 (from $11,173,621 to $1,262,000)

  • Authorize the City Clerk to prepare all necessary bylaws to implement this Budget

  • Kungl's potential conflict with the County of Simcoe's presentation carried through to this item, so the items needed to be separated

  • AMENDMENT by Thomson to separate paragraphs 3 & 8 for separate vote

    • CARRIED (vote not shown)

Sections 3 & 8

  • MOTION by Thomson to approve paragraphs 3 & 8, as printed

    • CARRIED, unanimously

Rest of Service Partners

  • AMENDMENT by Thomson:

    • Re: paragraph 6 (Barrie Area Physician Recruitment) - approve the original $60,000 request (from the previous year), and defer the increase request to the January Finance & Responsible Governance Committee for further discussion

    • CARRIED (vote not shown)

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED (vote not shown)


💰⚖️ Late Addition: County of Simcoe Budget

  • Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14991771&GUID=96F14ADE-B94E-4942-96AF-705B89547F61 from C. Smith, Interim Director of Finance

    • Analyzes the new proposed agreement for County services, in comparison to how it would look under the current agreement

      • If the City continued the old agreement with the County, the increase for 2026 would be 12.1% - however, under the new proposed agreement, the increase is only 4.4%

      • The new proposal lowers capital costs, but increases operating costs

  • Kungl declared same potential pecuniary interest

  • RECEIVED


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