Barrie City Council, March 25, 2026
The mayor and the ten ward councillors meeting as council: where Barrie's decisions become final. The 1 recorded vote taken at this meeting, every member by name, and the 30 motions decided on voice votes, transcribed from the City's own minutes.
The City's record of this meeting: the minutes as a web page · the minutes as a PDF. A copy of the document text is archived with this site, taken August 9, 2026, so these votes stay checkable if the City's links move.
2026-A-040
CONFIDENTIAL DIRECTION - CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES
The motion, as the minutes record it: Moved by Deputy Mayor, R. Thomson Seconded by Councillor, B. Hamilton That staff undertake the confidential direction provided by General Committee at its meeting held on March 25, 2026, concerning a confidential presentation concerning a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization - City-Owned Properties. 11.2 11.2.1
"Yes" is a vote to carry that motion; "No" is a vote against it.
Where
the motion adopts a report section "as circulated", the vote covers everything in that
section, this item included.
| Vote | Members, as the minutes record them |
|---|---|
| Yes (10) | Mayor, A. Nuttall · Councillor, C. Riepma · Councillor, C. Nixon · Councillor, AM. Kungl · Councillor, A. Courser · Deputy Mayor, R. Thomson · Councillor, N. Nigussie · Councillor, G. Harvey · Councillor, J. Harris · Councillor, B. Hamilton |
| No (0) | — |
| Absent (1) | Councillor, S. Morales |
| Outcome | Carried (10 to 0) |
How to read this table. Most council business passes on consent, with no member-by-member vote in the minutes.
The practice of recording votes by name
has changed: such votes were routine through 2019, and from 2020 on usually appear only when a
member asks for one. This table is every vote the minutes record by name. A member's absence
from it says nothing about their position. The voice votes are in the record too:
the minutes print 3,038 motion outcomes across
269 meetings, beside these 188 recorded votes. Each is listed on its
meeting's page as an outcome only, because a voice vote records no one's position. The City's
meeting system lists no meetings at all between October 22, 2025 and January 20, 2026, so any
recorded votes from that window are missing until the Clerk provides the minutes. Where the
minutes print no outcome beside a vote, none is shown here.
Source: City of Barrie council minutes, 2013–present, as published on the City's public meeting system (pub-barrie.escribemeetings.com) and archived locally on 2026-08-09.
Each row links to the minutes document it was
transcribed from; names appear exactly as the minutes print them.
Decided on voice votes
A voice vote records an outcome and nobody's position. That is how council disposes of most business — the recorded votes above exist only where a member asked for one. The motions below are outcomes only; reading a member's view into any of them is reading beyond the record.
| Item(s) | The motion, as the minutes record it | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| — | That the list of applications for cancellation, reduction or addition to taxes dated March 25, 2026, submitted by the Treasurer in the amount of $4,757.16, be approved. | Carried |
| — | That the Report of the Community Safety Committee dated February 25, 2026, is received. | Carried |
| 25-G-123 | That Greer Street, having a road platform width of 12.5 metres, be designed to permit parking on one side only, in accordance with the prior versions of BSD 303. (25-G-123) | Carried |
| — | That the Parking Advisory Ad-Hoc Committee's recommendation concerning the implementation of a year-round overnight 11.1.1 11.1.2 11.1.3 City Council Minutes Wednesday, March 25, 2026 City of Barrie Page 4 of 15 parking prohibition and … | Carried |
| — | That staff in the Development Services Department be requested to update the Community Information Map for New subdivisions to clearly reflect on-street parking restructions. | Carried |
| — | That the Report of the Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee dated March 4, 2026, is received. | Carried |
| — | That the Memorandum from D. Moreau, Manager of Water Operations, dated March 4, 2026, concerning the 2025 Drinking Survey was received. | Carried |
| — | That staff undertake a review of the Adult Entertainment Industry By-law and investigate an amendment to include provisions for Burlesque performances. 11.1.5 11.1.6 11.1.7 City Council Minutes Wednesday, March 25, 2026 City of Barrie Page … | Carried |
| — | That staff review the City’s infrastructure standards related to sod specifications and assess opportunities to allow or promote alternative turf mixtures, where appropriate and consistent with industry standards and best practices, … | Carried |
| CCS-005-2026 | That the Director of Recreation and Culture Services and/or their designate be authorized to execute the facility use agreement attached as Appendix "A" to the Report to Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee CCS-005-2026 with … | Carried |
| CCS-006-2026 | That the Director of Recreation and Culture Services and/or their designate be authorized to execute the facility use agreement attached as Appendix “A” to the Report to Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee CCS-006-2026 with … | Carried |
| DEV-009-2026 | That Development Services staff monitor the effectiveness of the revised Housing Concierge program and report back to Council in early 2027 on program performance, including whether further changes to the program are required, and … | Carried |
| DEV-007-2026 | That Traffic By-law 2020-107, Schedule '1', "No Parking Anytime" be amended by adding the following: "Indian Arrow Road North side from Johnson Street to a point 80 metres east thereof" (DEV-007-2026) | Carried |
| — | That Traffic By-law 2020-107, Schedule ‘1’, “No Parking Anytime” be amended by adding the following: “Mulcaster Street East side from Collier Street to a point 58 metres north” (DEV-008- 2026) | Carried |
| CCS-004-2026 | That the Kempenfest Board be requested to seek fundraising/sponsorship to support the City's fiscal contribution of up to $27,000 and should they be unsuccessful, that Kempenfest advise Council in writing prior to Council's 2026 summer … | Carried |
| — | That notwithstanding the Official Plan Amendment as outlined in Appendix A - Proposed Part B of Official Plan Amendment No. 3 to Staff Report DEV-006-026, any property designated Employment Area - Industrial or Service Industrial that … | Carried |
| CCS-009-2026 | That staff undertake the confidential direction provided in Confidential Staff Report CCS-009-2026 concerning the confidential potential litigation matter - Corporate Facilities. | Carried |
| — | That the Mayor and staff undertake the confidential direction provided by General Committee at its meeting held on March 25, 2026, concerning a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, … | Carried |
| — | That pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Procedural By-law 2019-100, permission be granted to introduce a motion without notice concerning Wild Card Brewing Co. AGCO By-the-Glass Endorsement Application. | Carried by two-thirds vote |
| — | Moved by Councillor, J. Harris Seconded by Deputy Mayor, R. Thomson | Carried |
| — | That pursuant to Section 7.1 of Procedural By-law 2019-100 as amended, permission be granted to introduce a motion without notice concerning Ribfest City Council Minutes Wednesday, March 25, 2026 City of Barrie Page 12 of 15 | Carried by two-thirds vote |
| — | Moved by Councillor, C. Nixon Seconded by Deputy Mayor, R. Thomson | Carried |
| DEV-006-2026 | w of The Corporation of the City of Barrie to adopt an amendment to the Official Plan (O.P.A. 003) (Official Plan Amendment to be consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement 2024) (DEV-006-2026) (File: D30-001-2025) (Note matter is … | Carried |
| — | That notwithstanding Section 6.1.6 of the Council approved Special Events Policy prohibiting anyone hosting a Special Event on Municipal Property to charge a general admission fee or solicit the general public for funds or membership, that … | Carried |
| 12-G-190 | uncillor, B. Hamilton A By-law of The Corporation of the City of Barrie to deem certain Plans of Subdivision or parts thereof not to be a Registered Plan of Subdivision. (12-G-190) (Deeming By-law – DBZ Big Bay Twins Ltd./DBZ Big Bertha … | Carried |
| 12-G-190 | 738-0051 (LT), 58738-0052 (LT), 58738-0053 (LT), 58738-0054 (LT), 58738-0055 (LT) and 58738-0122 (LT) from Part Lot Control imposed by Section 50(5) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13. (12-G-190) (DBZ Big Bay Twins Ltd/DBZ Big Bertha … | Carried |
| 12-G-190 | 0) (1000989604 Ontario Corp – 159 Huronia Road) 17.3 17.4 17.5 City Council Minutes Wednesday, March 25, 2026 City of Barrie Page 14 of 15 (File: D23-005-2026) | Carried |
| 26-A-004, CCS-001-2026 | on A By-law of The Corporation of the City of Barrie to further amend By-law 2023-032 being a by-law to appoint members to various committees, boards and commissions for the 2022 to 2026 Term of Council. (26-A-004) (Appointment to Barrie … | Carried |
| — | Moved by Deputy Mayor, R. Thomson Seconded by Councillor, C. Riepma A By-law of The Corporation of the City of Barrie to confirm the proceedings of Council at its meeting held on the 11th day of March, 2026. | Carried |
| — | That the meeting be adjourned at 8:49 p.m. | Carried |
Derivation: every motion outcome printed in this meeting's minutes that was not decided by a recorded vote, extracted mechanically from the archived minutes text — complete by construction, nobody chose which motions to show.
Item numbers are those printed within each motion's block;
a motion adopting a whole committee-report section lists the items that section
carried. Motion text is the operative clause as printed, cropped for the table.