Climate & environment · Dec 2, 2025
A 2026 budget amendment proposed removing $9 million in one-time Climate and Environment operating expenditures from the Planning and Development Services budget.
City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes, C2025-0901, December 2 · reviewed Oct 29, 2026An explicit reduction in a named operating allocation supplies a narrow funding choice. It is not described as the City’s entire climate budget or scored twice through duplicate tabulations.
How votes are grouped: Choices within this annual budget share one family per measure. Separate amendments and duplicate tabulations cannot multiply the budget’s influence; unscored choices add no weight.
Approve the $9 million reduction and lower the stated allocation from $38 million to $29 million.
Reject this particular reduction and retain the proposed allocation at this amendment stage.
Make the stated reduction, retain the allocation or propose different budget changes.
Council adopted the reduction. This amendment changes a specified operating allocation; it does not rescind every climate policy or establish a measured emissions impact.
adopted| Date | Person | Decision | Recorded vote | Meaning and scoring rationale | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 2, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | Yes | Approve the $9 million reduction and lower the stated allocation from $38 million to $29 million. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Andrew Yule | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | No | Reject this particular reduction and retain the proposed allocation at this amendment stage. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Dan McLean | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | Yes | Approve the $9 million reduction and lower the stated allocation from $38 million to $29 million. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | DJ Kelly | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | No | Reject this particular reduction and retain the proposed allocation at this amendment stage. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Harrison Clark | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | No | Reject this particular reduction and retain the proposed allocation at this amendment stage. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Jennifer Wyness | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | Yes | Approve the $9 million reduction and lower the stated allocation from $38 million to $29 million. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Jeromy Farkas | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | No | Reject this particular reduction and retain the proposed allocation at this amendment stage. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | John Pantazopoulos | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | Yes | Approve the $9 million reduction and lower the stated allocation from $38 million to $29 million. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Kim Tyers | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | Yes | Approve the $9 million reduction and lower the stated allocation from $38 million to $29 million. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Landon Johnston | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | Yes | Approve the $9 million reduction and lower the stated allocation from $38 million to $29 million. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Mike Jamieson | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | Yes | Approve the $9 million reduction and lower the stated allocation from $38 million to $29 million. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Myke Atkinson | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | No | Reject this particular reduction and retain the proposed allocation at this amendment stage. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Nathaniel Schmidt | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | No | Reject this particular reduction and retain the proposed allocation at this amendment stage. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Raj Dhaliwal | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | Yes | Approve the $9 million reduction and lower the stated allocation from $38 million to $29 million. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 2, 2025 | Rob Ward | Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending | Yes | Approve the $9 million reduction and lower the stated allocation from $38 million to $29 million. A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure. | Reviewed policy choice |
Explained supporting a $9 million climate-budget reduction, preferring spending on roads, emergency services and infrastructure.
Tyers: February 2026 newsletter · reviewed Oct 29, 2026Explains the member’s priorities behind the allocation reduction, while keeping her characterization separate from the official funding scope.
Opposed the $9 million climate-budget reduction, concerned that cuts would affect oversubscribed household water and energy-efficiency programs.
Yule budget explanation, December 8, 2025 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026Adds a concrete program-based reason for a climate funding choice, distinct from a general climate declaration.
Supported the $9 million climate-allocation cut because he considered it insufficiently connected to core municipal responsibilities, while supporting weather-resilient infrastructure.
Jamieson budget rationale, pages 3–4 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026Adds an explicit issue-specific voting explanation for an uncovered current member; the report is signed December 2025, so only month precision is assigned.
| Person | Documented role | Body / proposal | Date | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landon Johnston | Seconder | Climate and Environment operating budget reduction | Dec 2, 2025 · appointment/action record | Seconded the $9 million reduction. Confirmed budget deliberation minutes, December 2, 2025, PDF pages 591–592 · reviewed Oct 29, 2026 |
| Kim Tyers | Amendment Author | Climate and Environment operating budget reduction | Dec 2, 2025 · appointment/action record | Proposed the $9 million reduction; the minutes record her moving it and her newsletter identifies it as her amendment. Confirmed budget deliberation minutes, December 2, 2025, PDF pages 591–592 · reviewed Oct 29, 2026 |