“Maybe the councillor hasn’t been paying attention to committee and council meetings”, said councillor Ip on July 21 regarding councillor Britton’s motion to amend the Procedural Bylaws. Therefore, let us pay some attention and review the delegations at Niagara Region council and committees for the current term (2019-present).
While it may have been presented as self-evident, it is unclear what problem with delegations justifies the solution of making Procedural Changes to the delegation rules– with one notable exception: As reported prior, the Procedural Bylaw changes were introduced one month after a controversial delegation moment. The Dec 7, 2021 delegation is the only known incident where the resident was deleted from the agenda while she waited to speak. This is therefore understood to be the self-evident problem that is being solved with the new policies.
But Regional council is a big operation, and the deleted December 2021 delegation may not be the only moment to consider. There have been more than 200 delegations, addressing a wide variety of topics. Perhaps there are other problems being solved? Therefore the purpose here is a ‘deep dive’ into delegation data to appreciate the scale of delegation at council and committees in search of something we might not already know, or to put into context what we do know.
Delegations addressed a wide range of topics, from residents with a wide range of views from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Delegations were sometimes in favor of a proposal, and other times opposed. As a platform of advocacy, no one side has had exclusive access.
Data summary
Fifty-five percent of council meetings had delegations. Most topics have one delegate, and some topics have six or more. Less than a third of committee meetings (28%) have delegations on the agenda. When committee and council meetings counted together, 34% of meetings have delegations.
The data was manually extracted by Niagara Based sourced from agendas on the Niagara Region website.
A complete copy of the data is at the bottom of this report, as well as timestamped video links to each meeting.
213 delegates *
90 topics
Top Repeat delegates
John Bacher (7), Danielle Romanuk (5), Steven Soos, Saleh Waziruddin, Steffannie Hancharyk (4)
Deleted delegates
Rebecca Hahn (Dec 7, 2021)
* calculated by delegations on agendas, tally did not not dis-include no-show delegates.
The data does not include delegations which did not appear on the agenda with two exceptions: At least two delegations were added from the floor by councillors, which has been added to the list below, and noted. Others may have been added but it was not found by this research.
Top 10 Delegations by number of delegates
Each delegation has a time allowance of 10 minutes, which means six delegations could require at least an hour of meeting time, plus question time. The new Procedural Rules will shorten council delegations to just five minutes (except with special permission), but committee delegations have been kept at 10 minutes.
Out of all of council, special council, and committee meetings these are the top 10 delegations:
| Date (Topic) | Meeting Type | Delegates | Topics | |
| 1 | Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Niagara Official Plan: Recommendation Report for Adoption | PEDC | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | Thursday, May 20, 2021 Regional Official Plan Consolidated Policy Report (8) 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (3) | Council | 11 | 2 |
| 3 | Thursday, Sept 17, 2020 Motion respecting Decriminalization of Personal Possession of Illicit Drugs (2) Update on Niagara Region’s Face Covering By-law (7) | Council | 9 | 2 |
| 4 | Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Regional Official Plan Consolidated Policy Report | PEDC | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | Wednesday, January 12, 2022 Niagara Official Plan: Settlement Area Boundary Review | PEDC | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | Wednesday, March 09, 2022 Official Plan: Preferred Urban Settlement Area Recommendations | PEDC | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | Wednesday, December 01, 2021 Niagara Official Plan: Natural Environment System | COTW | 9 | 1 |
| 8 | Thursday, June 25, 2020 Motion respecting Declaration of Public Health Issues | Council | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | Thursday, November 25, 2021 Moving Transit Forward in Niagara: Creation of a Consolidated Transit Commission | SPEC | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | Thursday, Sept 19, 2019 Coalition of Inclusive Municipalities | Council | 6 | 1 |
Data charts : Delegations at Niagara Region
In the charts below, the red line indicates the time when the Procedural Bylaw changes were introduced into the Procedural Bylaw Review Committee (PBRC). Therefore the data from after January 20, 2022 would not be considered relevant to the analysis, because only that which came prior could have inspired the new rules.
Left: Planning Economic Development Committee (PEDC). Right: Committee of the Whole (COTW)
COUNCIL DELEGATIONS
Thursday, January 17, 2019 (video)
Jeff Burch, Member of Provincial Parliament
Brody Longmuir, Resident, City of St. Catharines – Greenbelt
Thursday, April 25, 2019 (video)
Transportation Infrastructure Means Protection Update (Minute Item 5.2 of PWC 4-2019 (Agenda Item 12.4))
Julie Taffs, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Lacey Willmott, Resident, Town of Fort Erie
Derek and Heather Tuba, Residents, City of St. Catharines
Taylor Thomas, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Thursday, May 16, 2019 (video)
Creating the Ohnia:kara UNESCO Global Geopark (Minute Item 5.1 of PEDC 5-2019 (Agenda Item 12.6))
Patrick McKeever, Ohnia:kara Aspiring Global Geopark Steering Committee
Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination (CCMARD)(Minute Item 6.2 of PHSSC 5-2019 (Agenda Item 13.4))
Emily Kovacs, Executive Director/CEO, Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre
Thursday, June 20, 2019 (video)
2019 Council Member Remuneration – Impacts following changes made to the non-taxable “Municipal Officers” Expense Allowance under the Income Tax Act (Minute Item 5.7 of CSC 6-2019 (Agenda Item 12.3))
Brian Skrydstrup, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Thursday, Sept 19, 2019 (video)
Coalition of Inclusive Municipalities
Hugo Chesshire, Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce
Brian Scriver, OUTniagara
Rashmi Biswas, Gender Equity Task Force Niagara
Saleh Waziruddin, Niagara Region Anti-Racism Association
Kim Radersma, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Emily Kovacs, Executive Director/CEO, Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre
Thursday, October 17, 2019 (video)
Cuts to Legal Aid
Aidan Johnson, Niagara Community Legal Clinic
Sabrina Hill* (added by Ip from the floor)
Thursday, November 14, 2019 (video)
Establishment of Women’s Advisory Committee
Haley Bateman, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Emily Spanton, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Thursday, December 12, 2019 (video)
Port Weller Dry Docks
Shaun Padulo, President, and Ted Kirkpatrick, Sales Manager, Heddle Shipyards
2020 Budget
Warren Robinson, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Councillor Kevin Townsend, City of St. Catharines, St. Catharines Youth Task Force
Thursday, June 25, 2020 (video)
Motion respecting Declaration of Public Health Issues (Agenda Item 14.1)
Rebecca Dyck, Rebecca Dyck Consulting
Magdolene Dykstra, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Jennifer Dockstader, Executive Director, Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre
Robin McBurney and Angela Menotti, Residents, City of Niagara Falls
Shaniqua Goodridge, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Reverend Sandi Mansfield, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Khadija Hammuda, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Daelle Shannon, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Thursday, July 23, 2020 (video)
Friendship centre
Jennifer Dockstader, Executive Director, Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre
A better Niagara Letter
Haley Bateman, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Vicki-Lynn Smith, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Mandating Face Coverings (opposed)
Geoffrey Aldridge, Resident, Town of Fort Erie
Thursday, August 13, 2020 (video)
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Robin Edwards, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Thursday, Sept 17, 2020 (video)
Motion respecting Decriminalization of Personal Possession of Illicit Drugs
Glen Walker, Executive Director, Positive Living Niagara
Sandi Tantardini, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Update on Niagara Region’s Face Covering By-law
Danielle Romanuk, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Angie Domenegato, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Cullen McDonald, Resident, Town of Lincoln
Beata O’Connell, Resident, Town of Fort Erie
Steffanie Hancharyk, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Cheryl Rowe, Resident, City of Welland
Shaun Somers, Resident, City of Port Colborne
Thursday, October 22, 2020 (video)
Motion respecting Proposed Amendment to By-law 2020-46 Mandatory Face
Danielle Romanuk, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Thursday, November 19, 2020 (did not appear)
COVID-19 Response and Business Continuity in Public Health & Emergency Services
Bruno Carusetta, Resident, City of Welland
Thursday, January 21, 2021 (video)
Report on Code of Conduct Complaint
Ed Smith, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Thursday, February 25, 2021 (did not appear)
Motion from Councillor Insinna respecting Homelessness
Wayne Campbell, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Thursday, March 25, 2021 (video)
Referred Niagara River Ramsar Designation
Liette Vasseur, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Environmental Sustainability Research Centre President, Canadian Commission for UNESCO
Kai Wiens, Resident, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Update on Niagara Regionās Face Covering By-law (CAO 3-2021, Agenda Item 10.1)
Angela Braun, Resident, City of Thorold
Jolanta Pawlak, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Support Local Journalism and News Media (Agenda Item 11.2)
Sandor Ligetfalvy, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Thursday, April 22, 2021 (video)
Managing the Licensed Child Care System During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Minute Item 6, Minutes PHSSC 4-2021(Agenda Item 9.3))
Grace Eldajani, Vice Chair, Women in Niagara Council (WIN)
Support Local Journalism and News Media (Agenda Item 11.1)
Danielle Romanuk, Some Assembly Required News Media
Thursday, May 20, 2021 (video)
Regional Official Plan Consolidated Policy Report (Minute Item 5.1, Minutes PEDC 5-2021 (Agenda Item 9.6))
Rachel DeBon, Resident, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
David Samis, Niagara Home Builders Association
Annette Gibbons, Resident, Town of Grimsby
Charlotte Chan, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Dawoud Najmudin, Resident, City of Welland
Ken Kawall, Resident, Town of Lincoln
Kostyn Petrunick, Resident, Town of Lincoln
Susan Murphy, Resident, Town of Lincoln
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (Agenda Item 11.3)
Danielle Romanuk, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Steffannie Hancharyk, Resident, City of Thorold
Amanda Schilz, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Thursday, June 24, 2021 (video)
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (Agenda Item 14.1)
Jean Tonogai, Member, Maureen Shantz, President, Gail Neff, Past President, and Liina Veer, Advocacy Chair, Canadian Federation of University Women St. Catharines
Steffannie Hancharyk, Resident, City of Thorold
Danielle Romanuk, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Tanja Loeb, Gillian’s Place
Thursday, August 26, 2021 (video)
Regional Chair’s Youth Advisory Panel (Memorandum CHR 4-2021 (Agenda Item 5.1))
Salony Sharma and Arul Dilwaria, Niagara Falls Mayor’s Youth Advisory Committee
Niagara Official Plan: Land Needs Assessment and Settlement Area Boundary Review Update (Minute Item 5.1 of Minutes PEDC 8-2021 (Agenda Item 9.4)).
Evan Sugden, Bousfields Inc., representing the Jukic Group Inc.
Thursday, October 21, 2021 (video)
Regional Incentives (Minute Item 5.1 of Minutes COTW 5-2021 (Agenda Item 10.1))
Ed Smith, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Hank Beekhuis, Port Dalhousie Conservancy
Motion – Request for Declaration of State of Emergency on Mental Health, Homelessness and Addiction (Agenda Item 12.2)
Sandra Tantardini, NAMES
Steven Soos, Resident, City of Welland
Renee Delaney, Resident, City of Thorold
Alicia Marshall, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Thursday, February 17, 2022 (video)
Motion – Violence and Harassment of Politicians and Public Servants (Minute Item 5.3, Minutes CSC 2-2022 (Agenda Item 10.3)
Ruth Unrau, Women in Niagara Council (WIN), Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, May 19, 2022 (video)
Motion – Voluntary Russian Sanction Request (Agenda Item 12.1)
Saleh Waziruddin, Communist Party of Canada (Eric Blair Club)
Irene Newton, Ukrainian Canadian Congress Niagara Branch
Thursday, June 23, 2022 (video)
Regional Development Charges Deferral Request ā 683 York Road, NOTL (Minute Item 5.4, Minutes CSC 6-2022 (Agenda Item 10.3))
Michael Colaneri Jr. and David Morse, Pinewood Homes (Niagara) Ltd.
Motion – Province of Quebec Bill 21 (Agenda Item 12.2)
Rofyda Bassiouny, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Fatima Nasser, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Thursday, July 21, 2022 (video)
Regional Development Charges By-law (Minute Item 5.4, Minutes CSC 7-2022 (Agenda Item 10.4))
Shawn Rapone, CMI Heavy Industries, on behalf of Niagara Industrial Association
2022 Development Charges By-law Update (Agenda Item 9.1.2)
Rodney Gill, Goodmans LLP, on behalf of Downing Street Brownfield Partners and Downing Street (Artisan Ridge) Inc.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES (PHSS)
https://niagararegion.ca/government/council/committees/phss/default.aspx
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 (video)
Missing Persons – Call for Regionalized Support
Steven Soos, Resident, City of Welland
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 (video)
PHD 08-2019 Increasing Capacity for Suicide Prevention Efforts in Niagara (Agenda Item 5.1)
Stephanie Farquharson and Wendi Duggan, Niagara United
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 (video)
PHD 16-2019 Supporting Seniors Dental Care with Provincial Funding (Agenda Item 5.3)
Lori Kleinsmith and Tara Galitz, Niagara Dental Health Coalition
Tuesday, October 08, 2019 (video not available)
Creating a New Niagara-South Homeless Shelter
Steven Soos, Resident, City of Welland
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 (link goes to wrong video)
Referral of Motion – Decriminalization of Personal Possession of Illicit Drugs (PHD-C 9-2020 (Agenda Item 5.2))
Glen Walker, Executive Director, Positive Living Niagara
Justin Arcaro, Resident, City of Welland
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 (video)
Request for Declaration of State of Emergency for Mental Health, Homelessness and Addiction – Additional Correspondence (COM-C 4-2021 (Agenda Item 6.4))
Steven Soos, Resident, City of Welland and Wayne Campbell, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Tuesday, March 09, 2021 (did not appear)
Motion to Support Niagaraās Agriculture Sector and Temporary Foreign Workers (Correspondence Item COM-C 13-2021 (Agenda Item 5.3))
Aidan Johnson, Niagara Community Legal Clinic
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 (video)
Public Health Protocols and Concerns Surrounding the Pandemic (PHD-C 8-2021 (Agenda Item No. 6.9))
Rebecca Hahn, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Managing the Licensed Child Care System During the COVID-19 Pandemic (COM 6-2021 (Agenda Item No. 6.4))
Dr. Kate Bezanson, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Elisabeth Zimmermann, YWCA Niagara Region
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 (video)
Mandating COVID-19 Vaccinations
April Arthur, Resident, Town of Smithville
Steffannie Hancharyk, Resident, City of Thorold
Angie Domenegato, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 —
Vaccinations
Angie Domenegato, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Tuesday, December 07, 2021 (video)
Public Health Protocols and Concerns
Rebecca Hahn, Resident, City of St. Catharines (DELETED)
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 (video)
Public Health Protocols and Concerns
Rebecca Hahn, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Tuesday, February 08, 2022 (video)
Early Detection and Therapeutics Regarding COVID-19
Corey Favell, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Resettlement Assistance Program and Niagara Refugee Assistance Committee
Emily Kovacs, Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 (video)
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit Letter of Support – Response to the Opioid Crisis in Ontario (CWCD 2022-117 – Agenda Item 6.7)
Talia Storm, Overdose Prevention and Education Network of Niagara (OPENN) / Positive Living Niagara
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
https://niagararegion.ca/government/council/committees/pw/default.aspx
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 (video)
PW 24-2019 Transportation Infrastructure Means Protection Update (Agenda Item 5.2)
Stephanie Farquharson and Wendi Duggan, Niagara United
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 (video)
Liquid Biosolids and Residuals Management Program Contract with Thomas Nutrient Solutions
Greg Marotta, President, Thomas Nutrient Solutions
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 (did not appear)
Proposed Lament Drain – Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
S.C. Watson, Resident, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 (video)
Niagara-on-the-Lake Drainage (Report PW 49-2020 (Agenda Item 6.6))
Steve Watson, Resident, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, and Tom Richardson, Sullivan Mahoney LLP
Tuesday, March 09, 2021 (video)
2021 Turbo Blower Technology in Niagara Region Wastewater Treatment Plants (Report PW 14-2021 (Agenda Item 6.7))
Omar Hammoud, CEO & President, APG-Neuros, and Ed Piknovik, Sales Manager, ENV Treatment Systems Inc.
Landy Lu, Business Development Manager, Sulzer Pumps Canada Inc.
Walter Kim, Turbowin America
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 (video)
Wastewater Treatment Plant Procedures Related to Waste Haulers
Steve Watson, S.C. Watson
Environmental Due Diligence During Construction of Extension of Regional Road 57 (Thorold Stone Road), City of Niagara Falls(Report PW 45-2021 (Agenda Item 6.1))
Tim Collins, LANDx Development Ltd., and Erika Ryter, Stantec
Tuesday, November 09, 2021 (video)
Thorold Biomass Pyrolysis Project – Biomass to Renewable Natural Gas and Biocarbon
Andrew White and Galen Cranston, CHAR Technologies Ltd
Tuesday, March 08, 2022 (video)
Waste Haulers and Regional Policies and Procedures
Steve Watson, S.C. Watson
Tuesday, April 05, 2022 (video)
Hauled Sewage Program (Report PW 12-2022 (Agenda Item 6.2))
Steve Watson, S.C. Watson
PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (PEDC)
https://niagararegion.ca/government/council/committees/pedc/default.aspx
Wednesday, October 9, 2019 (did not appear)
Niagara-on-the-Lake Non-conforming Incentive Request (PDS-C 17-2019)(Agenda Item 6.4).
Denise Horne, Planner II/Heritage Advisor, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 (video)
Natural Environment Work Program – Phase 4: Identification and Evaluation of Options (Agenda Item 5.1)
Liz Benneian, Resident, Town of Lincoln
Wednesday, September 09, 2020 (video)
Securing a Ramsar Designation for the Niagara River – Canadian Portion (PDS-C 11-2020 – Agenda Item 6.4)
Jocelyn Baker, Canadian Co-Chair, Jajean Rose-Burney, U.S. Co-Chair, and Kerry Mitchell, U.S. Member, Niagara River Binational Ramsar Designation Steering Committee
Bedford (Added by Zalepa from the floor)
Endorsement of the Glendale District Plan (PDS 27-2020 (Agenda Item 5.1))
Stephen Bedford, Development Manager, LANDx Developments Ltd. on behalf of White Oaks
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 (video)
Woodland Conservation By-law Review (Report PDS 16-2020 (Agenda Item 6.1))
Dr. John Bacher, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Chuck McShane, Niagara Home Builders Association
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 (did not appear)
Regional Official Plan Amendment 18 and Local Official Plan Amendment 24 ā Northwest Welland Urban Boundary Expansion Request (Report PDS 3-2020 (Agenda Item 6.2))
Grant Munday, Interim Director of Development & Building Services, and Travers Fitzpatrick, General Manager, Infrastructure & Development Services, City of Welland
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 (video)
Local Official Plan Amendment No. 26 – Employment & Institutional Related Policy Amendments – City of St. Catharines (Report PDS 10-2021(Agenda Item 6.1))
Ted Kirkpatrick, Heddle Shipyards, and Steve Martin, Stubbes Cement
Brad Schlegel, Schlegel Villages Inc.
Julia Redfearn and Mary Lou Tanner, IBI Group and NPG Planning Solutions
Tom Richardson, Sullivan Mahoney LLP
Matthew Cory, Malone Given and Parsons
Leonard Pennachetti, Fermo Holdings Limited
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 (video)
Regional Official Plan Consolidated Policy Report (Report PDS 17-2021 (Agenda Item 5.1))
Miriam Richards, Resident, City of Welland
Linda Manson, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Tom Richardson, Sullivan Mahoney LLP, on behalf of 800460 Ontario Ltd o/a Fruitbelt Developments, and Gorge Holdings Inc.
Marcie L. Jacklin, Resident, Town of Fort Erie
David Samis, Niagara Home Builders Association
Rachel DeBon, Resident, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Jackie Oblak, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority Public Advisory Committee
Liz Benneian, Resident, Town of Lincoln
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 (video)
Planning and Policy Consultation
Kevan Petars, NextNiagara
Development Planning Application Process
Tim Seburn, Bert Miller Nature Club
Regional Official Plan Amendment 19, 475-635 Canal Bank Street, Welland (PDS 27-2021 (Agenda Item 5.1))
Amanda Kosloski, Armstrong Planning
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 (video)
Niagara Official Plan: Land Needs Assessment and Settlement Area Boundary Review Update (Report PDS 33-2021(Agenda Item 5.1))
Chuck McShane, Niagara Home Builders Association
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 (video)
Niagara Official Plan: Employment Area Conversion Recommendations (Report PDS 39-2021 (Agenda Item 5.1))
Miska Balsom, Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce
Kevin Jacobi, South Niagara Chambers of Commerce
Kevin Jacobi, Chair, Governance Committee, Niagara Industrial Association
Ron Kanter, MacDonald Sager Manis, on behalf of 1984396 Ontario Inc., part of the Timberlee Glen Group
Linda Crouch, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Wednesday, December 08, 2021 (video)
Niagara Official Plan: Settlement Area Boundary Review
Dr. John Bacher, Researcher, Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society
John Vanderweyden, Resident, Town of Pelham
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 (video)
Niagara Official Plan: Settlement Area Boundary Review
Dr. John Bacher, Researcher, Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society
Mike Cushman, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Jean Grandoni, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Mary Lou Jorgensen-Bacher, Resident, City of Toronto
Danny Beaton, Mohawk Elder
Bruce Allen, Bruce R. Allen Paralegal
Kathryn Crow, Green New Deal Niagara
Marcie Jacklin, Community Voices of Fort Erie
Gracia Janes, Immediate-Past President, Niagara District Council of Women
Wednesday, March 09, 2022 (video)
Official Plan: Preferred Urban Settlement Area Recommendations (Report PDS 6-2022 (Agenda Item 5.1))
Chuck McShane, Niagara Home Builders Association
Mary Lou Tanner, NPG Planning Solutions
James Harnum, Municipal VU Consulting Inc.
Dr. John Bacher, Researcher, Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society
Tom Richardson, Sullivan Mahoney LLP
Late Delegation Requests – Settlement Area Boundaries
Tom Richardson, Sullivan Mahoney LLP (on behalf of the Township of West Lincoln)
Danny Beaton, Mohawk Elder
Gracia Janes, Niagara District Council of Women
Daniel Gabriele, Marz Homes
Wednesday, April 06, 2022 (did not appear)
Urban Boundary Expansion Concerns
Jean Grandoni, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 (video)
Enhancing Municipal Capacity to Promote and Support Agriculture in the Niagara Region
Dr. Amy Lemay, Brock University – Niagara Community Observatory
Housing Supply
Chuck McShane, Niagara Home Builders Association
Bob Schickedanz, President, Ontario Home Builders’ Association, and Mike Moffatt, Smart Prosperity Institute
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 (video)
Niagara Official Plan: Recommendation Report for Adoption (Report PDS 17-2022 (Agenda Item 5.2))
John Basile, Resident, Town of Fort Erie
Shawn Mazzuto, Resident, Town of Fort Erie
Stephen Fraser, A. J. Clarke and Associates Ltd.
Dan Gabriele, Marz Homes
Susan Naylor and Jen Navarroli, Last Chance Horse and Pony rescue and Sanctuary
Jim Harnum, Municipal VU Consulting Inc.
Meaghan McDermid, Davies Howe LLP, and Maurizio Rogato, Blackthorn Development Corp.
Tom Richardson, Sullivan Mahoney LLP
Mary Lou Tanner, NPG Planning Solutions Inc.
Dr. John Bacher, Researcher, Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society
Gracia Janes, Niagara District Council of Women
Jean Grandoni, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
CORPORATE SERVICES
https://niagararegion.ca/government/council/committees/csc/default.aspx
Wednesday, August 07, 2019 (video)
Request for Development Charge Exemption – 1070 Vansickle Road North, St. Catharines
Henriette Marsh, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 (video)
Canada Summer Games – Transition Update (Report CSD 64-2020 (Agenda Item 6.2))
Doug Hamilton, Chair, 2021 Canada Summer Games
Monday, November 09, 2020 (video)
Niagara Regional Hospital Funding Policy (Report CSD 73-2020 (Agenda Item 5.2))
Funding Request to Support Construction of a New West Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 (video)
Additional Information for CSD 37-2021 Respecting Development Charge Demolition Credit Extension Request – Brownfield Redevelopment, Grimsby (CSC-C 21-2021 (Agenda Item 5.3))
Brandon Almeida, Project Manager & Planner, Land Development, Losani Homes Ltd.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 (video)
Regional Development Charges Applicable to Property Located at 135 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Tom Richardson, Sullivan Mahoney LLP, on behalf of Equity Venture Group Corp.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 (video)
McNally House Life in Every Moment Capital Campaign (CSC-C 33-2021 – Request for Funding, McNally House Hospice (Agenda Item 5.4))
Pamela Blackwood, Executive Director, McNally House, Murray Bain and Debbie Zimmerman, Campaign Co-Chairs
Wednesday, December 08, 2021 (video)
Additional Information Regarding 135 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake (Report CSD 71-2021 (Agenda Item 6.2))
Tom Richardson, Sullivan Mahoney LLP
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 (video)
Regional Development Charges Deferral Request ā 683 York Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake (Report CSD 21-2022 – Agenda Item 5.4)
Michael Colaneri Jr. and David Morse, Pinewood Homes (Niagara) Ltd.
Recommendations for Consideration from the Regional Development Charges Task Force meeting held on May 19, 2022 (Memorandum CSC-C 10-2022 – Agenda Item 5.7)
Christopher Lamb, Newcastle Communities
Tim Collins, President, LANDx Developments Ltd.
Debbie Zimmerman, Grape Growers of Ontario, Sarah Marshall, Ontario Tender Fruit, and Jeanine West, Landscape Ontario
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
https://niagararegion.ca/government/council/agendas-minutes/2012/committee-of-the-whole.aspx
Thursday, April 11, 2019 (video)
“Final Report” Niagara Region Independent External Governance Auditor
Dr. Timothy Cobban, Andrew Sancton Consulting Limited
Thursday, July 04, 2019 (video)
Implementation of Niagaraās GO Rail Expansion
Matt Robinson, Director, GO Implementation Office
Thursday, August 05, 2021 (video)
Niagara Region Incentives Policy (Report PDS 31-2021 (Agenda Item 5.1))
David Jovanovic, Lundy’s Lane BIA
Eddy Pybus, Vice Chair of the Board & Chair, Economic Development, Niagara Falls Downtown Business Improvement Area
Serge Carpino, Chair, Thorold BIA
Thursday, September 09, 2021 (video)
South Niagara Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant – Budget and Property (Report PW 39-2021 (Agenda Item 5.1))
Peter Inman, Resident, City of Welland
Thursday, October 07, 2021 (video)
Regional Incentives Information and Alternatives (Report PDS 37-2021 (Agenda Item 5.1)
Ray Denk, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Bruce Hall, The Planning Partnership, on behalf of Port Dalhousie Harbour Club, c/o Valour Group
Wednesday, December 01, 2021 (video)
Niagara Official Plan: Natural Environment System (Report PDS 8-2021 (Agenda Item 5.1))
Mike Kraft, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Liz Benneian, Resident, Town of Lincoln
Annette Gibbons, Resident, Town of Grimsby
Colleen Kenyon, Resident, Town of Pelham
Susan Murphy, Resident, Town of Lincoln
Ellen Qualls, Resident, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Dahlia Steinberg, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Dr. David Nicholson, Resident, Town of Pelham
David Samis, Phelps Homes
SPECIAL COUNCIL
Wednesday, July 08, 2020 (video)
Options to Consider for Mandating Face Coverings (Agenda Item 6.1)
C. Rowe, Resident, City of Welland
G. Aldridge, Resident, Town of Fort Erie
Thursday, July 23, 2020 (video)
Niagara Regional Police Services – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Agenda Item 8.1)
Saleh Waziruddin, Niagara Anti-Racism Association
Thomas and Kathleen Barnes, Residents, Town of Pelham
Karl Dockstader, Resident, City of Niagara Falls
Kerry Goring, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Patty Krawec, Resident, City of Thorold
Herman Omilgoituk, Resident, City of Welland
Thursday, August 13, 2020 (video)
Niagara Regional Police Services – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Agenda Item 6.1)
Herman Omilgoituk, Resident, City of Welland
Saleh Waziruddin, Niagara Anti-Racism Association
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 (video)
COVID-19 Response and Business Continuity in Public Health & Emergency Services (November 2020) (Report CAO 21-2020 (Agenda Item 6.1))
Bruno Carusetta, Resident, City of Welland
Mark Wood, Resident, City of St. Catharines
Thursday, November 25, 2021 (video)
MovingTransit Forward in Niagara: Creation of a Consolidated Transit Commission (Report PW 55-2021 (Agenda Item 5.1))
Will Noiles, Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups
Sam Jemison, President, Niagara College Student Administrative Council, and Sean Kennedy, President, Niagara College
Mishka Balsom, President and CEO, Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce
Karl Dockstader, Executive Director, Niagara Regional Native Centre
Elisabeth Zimmermann and Joanne Heritz, YWCA Niagara Region
Dr. Johan Viljoen, Chief of Staff, Niagara Health, & Jean Davis-Fyfe, Manager of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, Hotel Dieu Shaver Health & Rehabilitation Centre.
Rafay Rehan, President, Brock University Students’ Union
Henry Bosch and Dr. C. Fullerton, Citizen Transit Commissioners, City of St. Catharines
Thursday, January 06, 2022 (video)
Filling of Vacant City of St. Catharines Regional Council Seat (Correspondence Item CL-C 1-2022 (Agenda Item 5.2.1)
Asher Honickman, Jordan Honickman Barristers, on behalf of Mike Britton
Shawn Knights, Resident, City of St. Catharines
