The Halton Hills Record

J. Racinsky

Councillor · seen 2022-12-12 to 2025-02-24 · served 2022–2026

former not seated on the current council

50substantive motions movedof 61 meetings the minutes record them at
31procedural motions movedcounted separately, and never added to the above
65substantive motions secondedseconding is often a seat convention, not agreement
3meetings recorded absentof 61 they were on the record for
1–1recorded votes, for–againstrecorded votes are rare and a skewed sample

Vote count and office as published by the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 2022 municipal election results (Open Government Licence – Ontario). Everything else on this page is read from Halton Hills’s own minutes.

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Council November 18, 2024
WHEREAS the Government of Ontario has introduced legislation that would require municipalities to apply for and receive approval from the province before the installation of new cycling lanes where the installation…
Against · 6–5 · Carried
Council May 29, 2023
WHEREAS Bill 5, Stopping Harassment and Abuse by Local Leaders Act, 2022 passed the first reading on August 10, 2022; AND WHEREAS Bill 5 would amend the Municipal Act, 2001 and the City of Toronto Act, 2006 to  require…
For · 10–1 · Carried

Meetings the minutes record them as absent from (3)

Council WorkshopFebruary 24, 2025
CouncilFebruary 10, 2025
Council WorkshopFebruary 3, 2025

Substantive motions moved (showing the 40 most recent of 50)

THAT the following minutes are hereby approved: 6.1 Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday December 9, 2024.
Council, January 20, 2025 · Carried
THAT Council do now convene into General Committee.
Council, January 20, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Facility Maintenance Coordinator position and funding in the amount of $106,700 be removed from the Mayor's 2025 Operating Budget.
Special Council, December 3, 2024 · Carried
THAT the funding in the amount of $50,000 from the Capital Replacement Reserve for upgrades to the Leash Free Parks be added to the Mayor's 2025 Capital Budget.
Special Council, December 3, 2024 · Carried
THAT the funding in the amount of $25,000 from the Strategic Planning Reserve for Tree Canopy Management be removed from the Mayor's 2025 Capital Budget.
Special Council, December 3, 2024 · Lost
THAT the funding in the amount of $75,000 from the Strategic Planning Reserve for the EDI Strategy and Action Plan – Phase 3 be removed from the Mayor's 2025 Capital Budget.
Special Council, December 3, 2024 · Lost
THAT the funding in the amount of $150,000 from the Capital Replacement Reserve for an Arena Ice Resurface (Electric) for the Acton Arena be removed from the Mayor's 2025 Capital Budget.
Special Council, December 3, 2024 · Lost
THAT the General Information Package dated November 18, 2024 be received.
Council, November 18, 2024 · Carried
THAT the following Bills are hereby passed by Council; AND FURTHER THAT the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the said by-laws and affix the seal of the Corporation thereto: BY-LAW NO. 2024-0086 A By-law to amend By-law No. 93-174 being a By-law that establishes a Board of Management for the Georgetown Business Improvement Area – Board of Management Membership. BY-LAW NO. 2024-0087
Council, November 18, 2024 · Carried
THAT the following minutes are hereby approved: 6.1 Confidential Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday August 26, 2024. 6.2 Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday August 26, 2024.
Council, September 16, 2024 · Carried
THAT Council do now convene into General Committee.
Council, August 26, 2024 · Carried
THAT the Council for the Town of Halton Hills reconvene this meeting in open session.
Council, July 8, 2024 · Carried
THAT Council do now convene into General Committee.
Council, July 8, 2024 · Carried
THAT Council do now reconvene into General Committee.
Council, July 8, 2024 · Carried
THAT this Council Workshop do now reconvene into Open Session.
Council Workshop, July 2, 2024 · Carried
THAT Report No. CS-2024-019, dated May 29, 2024, regarding the Award of Corporate Wide Workwear, be received; AND FURTHER THAT Mark’s Commercial, a division of Mark’s Work Wearhouse Ltd, be awarded a contract for Corporate Wide Workwear through leveraging Ontario Education Collaborative Marketplace (OECM) for the period of six years, from June 18, 2024 to May 3, 2030; AND FURTHER THAT the Manager
Council, June 17, 2024 · Carried
THAT the recommendations contained in the following Immediate Action Item Reports & Memorandums from the Monday June 17, 2024 General Committee Meeting are hereby adopted as presented: Report No. CS-2024-019 (Recommendation No. GC-2024-0077) Report No. PD-2024-041 (Recommendation No. GC-2024-0079) Report No. PD-2024-042 (Recommendation No. GC-2024-0080) Report No. PD-2024-043 (Recommendation No. G
Council, June 17, 2024 · Carried
WHEREAS the debate over fireworks has been divisive and controversial; AND WHEREAS a statistically valid survey would be one more point of data that members of council can use in making their determination; AND WHEREAS each member of Council will make their own judgment based on all the facts at their disposal; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council direct staff to retain a consultant to conduc
Council, June 17, 2024 · Carried
THAT the Council for the Town of Halton Hills reconvene this meeting in open session.
Council, May 27, 2024 · Carried
THAT the following Bills are hereby passed by Council; AND FURTHER THAT the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the said by-laws and affix the seal of the Corporation thereto: BY-LAW NO. 2024-0033 A By-law to authorize the imposition of special charges under the Retrofit Halton Hills Pilot Program in accordance with Ontario Regulation 586/06 on 4 Forest Ridge Crescent (the “Benefittin
Council, May 6, 2024 · Carried
THAT the Council for the Town of Halton Hills reconvene this meeting in open session.
Council, April 15, 2024 · Carried
THAT the following Bills are hereby passed by Council; AND FURTHER THAT the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the said by-laws and affix the seal of the Corporation thereto: BY-LAW NO. 2024-0025 A By-law to Amend Zoning By-law 2010-0050, as amended Part of Lot 1, Concession 8 Town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, municipally known as 8049 Hornby Road (Premier Gatewa
Council, April 15, 2024 · Carried
THAT the following minutes are hereby approved: 6.1 Confidential Minutes of the Council Workshop held on Monday February 26, 2024. 6.2 Minutes of the Council Workshop held on Monday February 26, 2024. 6.3 Confidential Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday March 4, 2024. 6.4 Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday March 4, 2024.
Council, March 25, 2024 · Carried
WHEREAS Subsection 27(16) of the Ontario Heritage Act stipulates that any non-designated heritage property listed on the municipal register of properties as of December 31, 2022 shall be removed from the municipal register on or before January 1, 2025, if the council of the municipality does not give a notice of intention to designate the property under subsection 29(1) of the Ontario Heritage Act
Council, March 25, 2024 · Carried
THAT this Council Workshop do now reconvene into Open Session.
Council Workshop, March 18, 2024 · Carried
THAT this Council Workshop do now reconvene into Open Session.
Council Workshop, February 26, 2024 · Carried
THAT Council do now convene into General Committee.
Council, February 12, 2024 · Carried
THAT the recommendations contained in the following Immediate Action Item Reports from the Monday February 12, 2024 General Committee Meeting are hereby adopted as presented: Report No. ADMIN-2024-001 (GC-2024-0007) Report No. PD-2024-010 (GC-2024-0014) Report No. RP-2024-001 (GC-2024-0015) Report No. TPW-2024-003 (GC-2024-0016)
Council, February 12, 2024 · Carried
THAT the following minutes are hereby approved: 6.1 Confidential Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday December 11, 2023. 6.2 Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday December 11, 2023. 6.3 Minutes of the Special Council Meeting held on Wednesday December 13, 2023.
Council, January 22, 2024 · Carried
THAT the General Information Package dated January 22, 2024 be received.
Council, January 22, 2024 · Carried
THAT the following minutes are hereby approved: 6.1 Confidential Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday November 20, 2023. 6.2 Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday November 20, 2023. 6.3 Public Meeting Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday November 20, 2023. (PM-2023-012) 6.4 Confidential Minutes of the Council Workshop held on Tuesday November 28, 2023. 6.5 Minutes of the
Council, December 11, 2023 · Carried
THAT the Town of Halton Hills 50th Anniversary Public Art fund be reduced to $50,000 to be funded from the Public Art Reserve ($39,796) and the New Capital Reserve ($10,204)
Council, December 11, 2023 · Carried
WHEREAS two local newspapers in Halton Hills have ceased to print being the Acton Tanner and the Independent Free Press; AND WHEREAS the Legislation Act, 2006 provides a definition of “newspaper” which applies to every Ontario Act Regulation, as in a provision requiring publication, means a document that, (a) is printed in sheet form, published at regular intervals of a week or less and circulated
Council, December 11, 2023 · Carried
THAT Report No. PD-2023-078, dated November 14, 2023, regarding a Statutory Public Meeting for a proposed Amendment to the Halton Hills Official Plan that would permit alternative public meeting notice policies, be received; AND FURTHER THAT all agency and public comments be
Council, December 11, 2023 · Referred
THAT the Council for the Town of Halton Hills reconvene this meeting in open session.
Council, November 20, 2023 · Carried
THAT the General Information Package dated November 20, 2023 be received.
Council, November 20, 2023 · Carried
THAT the following Bills are hereby passed by Council; AND FURTHER THAT the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the said by-laws and affix the seal of the Corporation thereto: BY-LAW NO. 2023-0102 A By-law to adopt the proceedings of the Special Council Meeting held on the 13th day of November, 2023 and to authorize its execution.
Special Council, November 13, 2023 · Carried
THAT this Council Workshop do now reconvene into Open Session.
Council Workshop, November 6, 2023 · Carried
THAT the following items are hereby approved: 7.1 Report of the Budget Committee Meeting held on Tuesday October 17, 2023.
Council, October 30, 2023 · Carried
THAT the Council for the Town of Halton Hills reconvene this meeting in open session.
Council, October 10, 2023 · Carried

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0conflicts of interest declareda member saying they should not vote on a matter
771votes in 2022Local Councillor

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