Barrie City Council and committee meetings
Every meeting in the City of Barrie's eScribe record: 2,402 meetings of 39 bodies, 2013 to 2026, each with what it dealt with as the minutes record it, who attended where the minutes say, and the deputations and correspondence it received.
Barrie's decisions become final at City Council. Most business reaches council through General Committee (the mayor and all councillors sitting as a committee), which in turn receives the reports of council's smaller standing committees. Advisory committees of appointed residents advise council; tribunals such as the Committee of Adjustment decide applications themselves, under provincial law. The recorded votes page has every recorded council vote by name; the boards and committees record has who was appointed to each body.
City Council
| Body | Meetings | Years | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrie City Council | 270 | 2013–2026 | The mayor and the ten ward councillors meeting as council: where Barrie's decisions become final. |
Committees of council
| Body | Meetings | Years | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrie City Council's General Committee | 382 | 2013–2026 | The mayor and councillors meeting as a committee. Its report goes to City Council, usually the next week, and nothing it recommends takes effect until council adopts it. |
| Barrie City Council's Planning Committee | 45 | 2020–2022 | A committee of council members that held the public meetings on planning applications. Its reports went to City Council ("For consideration by Barrie City Council"), and council dissolved it in December 2022 (motion 22-G-184). |
| Barrie City Council's Affordability Committee | 41 | 2023–2026 | A standing committee of council members, created in December 2022 (motion 22-G-184). Its reports go to General Committee, and take effect only when City Council adopts them. |
| Barrie City Council's Finance and Responsible Governance Committee | 30 | 2023–2026 | A standing committee of council members, created in December 2022 (motion 22-G-184). Its reports go to General Committee, and take effect only when City Council adopts them. |
| Barrie City Council's Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee | 22 | 2023–2026 | A standing committee of council members, created in December 2022 (motion 22-G-184). Its reports go to General Committee, and take effect only when City Council adopts them. |
| Barrie City Council's Community Safety Committee | 21 | 2022–2026 | A standing committee of council members, created in December 2022 (motion 22-G-184). Its reports go to General Committee, and take effect only when City Council adopts them. |
| Barrie City Council's Executive Committee | 10 | 2025–2026 | The chairs of council's committees and the deputy mayor. Its reports go to General Committee, and take effect only when City Council adopts them. |
| Barrie City Council's Fire Chief Recruitment committee | 1 | 2024 | A committee for hiring Barrie's fire chief. eScribe lists one meeting. |
| Barrie City Council's Finance and Corporate Services Committee | 63 | 2013–2022 | A standing committee of council members on finance and the City's corporate services. Its reports went to General Committee, and took effect only when City Council adopted them. |
| Barrie City Council's City Building Committee | 26 | 2019–2022 | A standing committee of council members. Its reports went to General Committee, and took effect only when City Council adopted them. |
| Barrie City Council's Infrastructure, Investment and Development Services Committee | 22 | 2015–2018 | A standing committee of council members on infrastructure, investment and development services. Its reports went to General Committee, and took effect only when City Council adopted them. |
| Barrie City Council's Development Services Committee | 10 | 2013–2014 | A standing committee of council members in the 2010–2014 council. Its reports went to General Committee, and took effect only when City Council adopted them. eScribe files its minutes under the Infrastructure, Investment and Development Services Committee, which replaced it after the 2014 election; this site files them under the name the minutes print. |
| Barrie City Council's Transportation and Economic Development Committee | 6 | 2013–2014 | A standing committee of council members in the 2010–2014 council. Its reports went to General Committee, and took effect only when City Council adopted them. |
| Barrie City Council's Chief Administrative Officer/City Manager Recruitment Committee | 2 | 2017 | A committee of council for hiring the City's chief administrative officer (motion 17-A-038). |
| Barrie City Council's Committee of the Whole | 1 | 2019 | The whole of council sitting as a committee. Its recommendations go to City Council. |
Tribunals and quasi-judicial committees
| Body | Meetings | Years | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Barrie Committee of Adjustment | 60 | 2021–2026 | The appointed body that decides applications for minor variances from the zoning by-law and for consents (severances), under the Planning Act. |
| City of Barrie Property Standards Committee | 12 | 2017–2026 | The appointed body that hears appeals of property standards orders, under the Building Code Act. |
| Barrie's Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee | 3 | 2023 | The committee required by the Municipal Elections Act that decides whether a candidate's campaign finances get a compliance audit when an elector applies for one. |
| City of Barrie Business Licensing Appeal Committee | 6 | 2015–2019 | The appointed body that hears appeals of business licensing decisions (five citizen members, created by motion 14-G-268). |
Boards and committees set up under provincial law
| Body | Meetings | Years | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Barrie Committee | 117 | 2013–2026 | Barrie's municipal heritage committee under the Ontario Heritage Act, advising council on heritage properties and designations. |
| City of Barrie Investment Board | 20 | 2020–2026 | The board council created in 2019 (motion 19-G-144) to invest the City's money under the prudent investor standard. |
| Barrie's Community Safety and Well-Being Committee | 18 | 2019–2025 | The committee for Barrie's community safety and well-being plan, established in 2018 (motion 18-G-229) under provincial policing legislation. |
Advisory committees
| Body | Meetings | Years | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrie's Communities in Bloom Committee | 92 | 2013–2026 | A committee appointed by City Council for Barrie's entries in the Communities in Bloom program. |
| Barrie's International Relations Committee | 83 | 2013–2026 | An advisory committee appointed by City Council for Barrie's twinning and international relationships. |
| Barrie's Town and Gown Committee | 66 | 2013–2026 | An advisory committee appointed by City Council on relations between the city and its post-secondary institutions. |
| Barrie's Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee | 47 | 2019–2025 | An advisory committee appointed by City Council, advising it on walking, cycling and sustainability. |
| Barrie Arts Advisory Committee | 29 | 2021–2026 | An advisory committee appointed by City Council, advising it on the arts. |
| Barrie's Order of the Spirit Catcher Committee | 19 | 2013–2025 | The committee that selects recipients of the Order of the Spirit Catcher, a City of Barrie award. |
| Barrie's Seniors and Accessibility Advisory Committee | 17 | 2023–2026 | An advisory committee appointed by City Council, created in December 2022 (motion 22-G-184) from the seniors and accessibility committees. |
| Barrie Youth Council | 13 | 2024–2026 | An advisory committee of young residents appointed by City Council, established in 2023 (motion 23-G-243). |
| Barrie's Sustainability Advisory Committee | 7 | 2025–2026 | An advisory committee appointed by City Council, advising it on sustainability. |
| Barrie's Parking Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee | 6 | 2025–2026 | A temporary advisory committee appointed by City Council on parking. |
| Barrie's Seniors Advisory Committee | 70 | 2014–2022 | An advisory committee appointed by City Council, advising it on matters affecting older residents. Merged into the Seniors and Accessibility Advisory Committee for the 2022–2026 term. |
| Barrie's Accessibility Advisory Committee | 67 | 2013–2022 | An advisory committee appointed by City Council, advising it on accessibility. |
| Barrie's Council Compensation Review Committee | 14 | 2017–2022 | An advisory committee that reviews what the mayor and councillors are paid and recommends changes to council. |
| Barrie's Sport Events/Facilities Advisory Committee | 9 | 2018–2020 | An advisory committee appointed by City Council, created in 2018 (motion 18-G-039) and dissolved in 2020 (motion 20-G-028). |
Not meetings
| Body | Meetings | Years | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Barrie council Circulation List | 674 | 2013–2026 | Not a meeting: the City Clerk's list of staff memos, outside correspondence, committee agendas, proclamations and news releases circulated to members of council, filed in eScribe under a date. |
Other
| Body | Meetings | Years | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Barrie Town Hall | 1 | 2023 | A town hall meeting listed in eScribe. |
Source: the City of Barrie's eScribe meeting portal (pub-barrie.escribemeetings.com), every meeting it lists from 2013, read October 10, 2026. eScribe lists no meeting of any body between October 22, 2025 and January 20, 2026.
Deputations and correspondence
People and organizations the minutes name as giving a deputation or open delegation, or as writing to council (correspondence, including the City Clerk's circulation lists). Every meeting page names them as the City prints them. A person gets their own page here only once the record names them at 3 or more meetings under one printed name: letter case is ignored, and initials are never matched to full names.
- 3 meetings Aaron Gold
- 3 meetings Barbara Mackie
- 16 meetings Cathy Colebatch
- 3 meetings Gerald Wade
- 4 meetings Jennifer Van Gennip
- 4 meetings Karen Gregory
- 4 meetings Lee Perry
- 4 meetings Michael Lato
- 3 meetings Michael Speers
- 3 meetings Roger Gray
- 3 meetings Stephen J. Travers
Organizations, by meetings
Named at 3 or more meetings, under the name as printed. Two printings of one organization ("Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit" and the same with "(SMDHU)") are counted separately, as printed.
| Organization, as printed | Meetings | Most recent |
|---|---|---|
| Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit | 31 | May 31, 2021 |
| County of Simcoe | 15 | August 6, 2025 |
| Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration | 12 | April 30, 2018 |
| Simcoe County District School Board | 12 | May 15, 2017 |
| Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority | 11 | February 5, 2018 |
| Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority | 11 | November 16, 2020 |
| Allandale Neighbourhood Association | 10 | June 4, 2025 |
| Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) | 10 | July 6, 2023 |
| Municipality of Shuniah | 9 | October 22, 2025 |
| Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) | 9 | October 2, 2017 |
| Ontario Good Roads Association | 9 | January 22, 2018 |
| Township of Oro-Medonte | 9 | February 12, 2025 |
| City of Cambridge | 8 | November 13, 2024 |
| City of Hamilton | 8 | November 27, 2024 |
| City of Kingston | 8 | April 13, 2017 |
| Municipality of East Ferris | 7 | October 2, 2024 |
| Rogers TV | 7 | April 11, 2016 |
| Town of Aurora | 7 | March 20, 2024 |
| Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury | 7 | October 8, 2025 |
| Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing | 6 | September 24, 2025 |
| Town of Grimsby | 6 | August 20, 2025 |
| Town of Plympton-Wyoming | 6 | January 15, 2025 |
| Town of Wasaga Beach | 6 | September 24, 2025 |
| Township of Springwater | 6 | October 22, 2025 |
| Barrie Police Services Board | 5 | January 6, 2020 |
| Engage Barrie | 5 | April 26, 2023 |
| Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services | 5 | April 15, 2019 |
| Municipality of Grey Highlands | 5 | September 27, 2023 |
| Town of Innisfil | 5 | August 17, 2017 |
| Town of Petrolia | 5 | July 17, 2024 |
| Township of McKellar | 5 | October 25, 2023 |
| Association of Ontario Road Supervisors (AORS) | 4 | January 17, 2024 |
| Barrie Area Physician Recruitment Task Force | 4 | August 18, 2016 |
| Barrie Public Library | 4 | February 5, 2025 |
| Corporation of the City of Brantford | 4 | February 8, 2023 |
| Downtown Barrie Business Association (BIA) | 4 | April 26, 2021 |
| Ministry of Municipal Affairs | 4 | March 19, 2018 |
| Municipal Property Assessment Corporation | 4 | May 2, 2016 |
| Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) | 4 | December 11, 2017 |
| Municipality of Bluewater | 4 | January 23, 2017 |
| Redwood Park Communities | 4 | March 5, 2025 |
| Town of Lakeshore | 4 | January 29, 2018 |
| Township of Essa | 4 | May 13, 2019 |
| Township of Muskoka Lakes | 4 | April 26, 2021 |
| Association of Municipalities of Ontario | 3 | December 22, 2016 |
| Barrie Historical Association | 3 | March 2, 2015 |
| Barrie Police Service | 3 | June 12, 2024 |
| Barrie Town Crier | 3 | January 15, 2018 |
| Canadian Union of Postal Workers | 3 | June 20, 2016 |
| City of Barrie | 3 | November 6, 2024 |
| City of Brantford | 3 | February 7, 2024 |
| City of Quinte West | 3 | March 20, 2024 |
| College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario | 3 | August 11, 2014 |
| Corporation of the City of Kingston | 3 | August 18, 2022 |
| Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie | 3 | June 14, 2021 |
| FOLLOWING | 3 | June 21, 2023 |
| Halton Region | 3 | November 24, 2014 |
| HISTORIC NEIGHBOURHOODS STRATEGY COMMITTEE | 3 | April 7, 2014 |
| HUNDRED YEAR HOUSE PROJECT | 3 | September 19, 2016 |
| KELLY AND RICK BARNES | 3 | September 29, 2014 |
| Metrolinx | 3 | December 4, 2017 |
| Ministry of Education | 3 | December 6, 2023 |
| Ministry of Transportation | 3 | May 11, 2020 |
| MP NUTTALL - UBER AND THE NEW SHARING ECONOMY | 3 | September 19, 2016 |
| Municipality of Chatham-Kent | 3 | June 15, 2020 |
| Municipality of Trent Lakes | 3 | September 13, 2021 |
| One Milburn Inc | 3 | September 16, 2019 |
| Osmington Inc | 3 | January 22, 2018 |
| SIMCOE COUNTY HOME BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION | 3 | February 18, 2015 |
| STREIT MANUFACTURING INC | 3 | April 20, 2015 |
| Theatre by the Bay | 3 | April 23, 2024 |
| Town of Aylmer | 3 | July 16, 2025 |
| Town of Kearney | 3 | June 19, 2024 |
| Township of Amaranth | 3 | March 20, 2024 |
| Township of Lake of Bays | 3 | April 14, 2022 |
| Township of Larder Lake | 3 | May 7, 2025 |
| Township of Mulmur | 3 | April 14, 2022 |
| Township of Wainfleet | 3 | January 17, 2024 |
Source: item titles and minutes text in the City of Barrie's eScribe record, read mechanically by this site: a deputation is a name the minutes print with "deputation" or "delegation"; a correspondent is the sender in a correspondence item's title.
Common questions
How often does Barrie City Council meet?
City Council met 17 to 25 times a year from 2013 to 2024 in the City's eScribe record, and General Committee 22 to 35 times. Each meeting is listed on this page with what it dealt with.
What is General Committee?
The mayor and all councillors sitting as a committee. Most business reaches City Council through General Committee, which recommends; council decides. Recorded votes from both are on council votes.