Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (4 motions)
4 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That the delay of staff FTE hirings ($156,013) be approved. In Favor (5): Councillor Brunet, Councillor Mikolic, Councillor Pachereva, Councillor Russell, and Councillor Murre Opposed (4): Mayor Easton, Councillor Reimer, Councillor Rintjema, and Councillor Timmers
That the reduced budget for climate change workplan ($10,000) be approved. In Favor (7): Councillor Brunet, Councillor Mikolic, Councillor Reimer, Councillor Rintjema, Councillor Russell, Councillor Timmers, and Councillor Murre Opposed (2): Mayor Easton, and Councillor Pachereva
That the reduced budget for heritage designations ($20,000) be approved. In Favor (5): Councillor Brunet, Councillor Mikolic, Councillor Reimer, Councillor Russell, and Councillor Murre Opposed (4): Mayor Easton, Councillor Pachereva, Councillor Rintjema, and Councillor Timmers
That Committee receive and file for information, Report FN-23-24 and presentation regarding the 2025 Amended Operating Budget; and That Committee directs staff to prepare an updated compliance report for expenses excluded from the 2025 budget as a requirement of Ontario Regulation 284/09 under the Municipal Act, 2001, and provide to Council prior to the adoption of the 2025 budget; and That Committee acknowledge that it has evaluated the capital and operational requirements for the Town of Lincoln to ensure the efficient delivery of municipal services to the ratepayers of the Town of Lincoln; and That Committee recommends to Council that the 2025 Tax Levy Supported Budget Expenditures of $34,902,439 be approved; and That Committee recommends to Council that the 2025 Budget be approved with a tax levy requirement of $26,288,752; and That staff be directed to prepare the Annual Taxation Levying By-law as required by the Municipal Act, 2001, upon the setting of the tax ratios and requisition amounts by the Regional Municipality of Niagara and other applicable bodies. In Favor (9): Mayor Easton, Councillor Brunet, Councillor Mikolic, Councillor Pachereva, Councillor Reimer, Councillor Rintjema, Councillor Russell, Councillor Timmers, and Councillor Murre