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Recorded votes on EC2025-0117

Main motion at the Regular Meeting of Council, January 28, 2025. Carried 12–2.

Result
Carried 12–2
Margin +10
Absent
0
Meeting
Jan 28, 2025
Regular Meeting of Council
Topic
Housing & affordability
Keyword-derived
Kind
Main motion

Resolution

Council and Committee Votes. Source

That with respect to Revised Notice of Motion EC2025-0117, the following be adopted: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct Administration to return to Executive Committee by Q2 2026 with a scoping report, workplan, and supporting budget request for consideration in the 2027-2030 Service Plans and Budgets for a: Vacant Property Tax Program, which includes but is not limited to: A program for vacant land targeted toward incentivizing development through variable tax rates; A program for derelict properties targeted toward incentivizing development through variable tax rates; Eligibility criteria to identify and assess vacant or derelict residential properties, including parcels with and without any improvements and a communications strategy and methods by which property owners would be notified of the program; Recommendations for whether additional residential sub-class(es) and necessary bylaw(s) for their creation are needed; Recommendations for directing any taxes collected from these programs, after the capital and operational costs of establishing and administrating the program are recovered, to the Housing Land Fund to support capital funding for Affordable Housing;

Seats
YesNoAbsent (recorded)No vote recorded
Seats run Mayor, then Wards 1–14. Text as published in the City's vote record.

How each member voted

SeatMemberVote
MayorJyoti GondekYes
Ward 1Sonya SharpYes
Ward 2Jennifer WynessYes
Ward 3Jasmine MianYes
Ward 4Sean ChuNo
Ward 5Raj DhaliwalYes
Ward 7Terry WongYes
Ward 8Courtney WalcottYes
Ward 9Gian-Carlo CarraYes
Ward 10Andre ChabotNo
Ward 11Kourtney PennerYes
Ward 12Evan SpencerYes
Ward 13Dan McLeanYes
Ward 14Peter DemongYes
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Recorded votes on EC2025-0117

4 votes
MeetingMotionResult
Jan 28, 2025
Regular Meeting of Council
Main motion
Council approve up to $130,000 in one time funding from the Fiscal Stability Reserve in 2025 and in 2026 to accomplish this work.
Carried 8–6
Jan 28, 2025
Regular Meeting of Council
Main motion
Council direct Administration to return to Executive Committee by Q2 2026 with a scoping report, workplan, and supporting budget request for consideration in the 2027-2030 Service Plans and Budgets…
Carried 9–5
Jan 28, 2025
Regular Meeting of Council
Main motion
Council direct Administration to return to Executive Committee by Q2 2026 with a scoping report, workplan, and supporting budget request for consideration in the 2027-2030 Service Plans and Budgets…
Defeated 7–7
Jan 28, 2025 (this vote)
Regular Meeting of Council
Main motion
Council direct Administration to return to Executive Committee by Q2 2026 with a scoping report, workplan, and supporting budget request for consideration in the 2027-2030 Service Plans and Budgets…
Carried 12–2
Amendments, referrals and the main motion on the same report, oldest first.