The Burlington Record

Committee of the Whole

January 12, 2026

Who was there

Present (5): Kelvin Galbraith, Lisa Kearns, Rory Nisan, Shawna Stolte, Marianne Meed Ward

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 (18 motions)

18 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

the agenda as presented.
Moved by Councillor Stolte Approve
Carried
the City of Burlington to single source a predictive analytics and deployment modelling software solution with Darkhorse Emergency Corp., contingent upon the completion of a Threat Risk Assessment, Privacy Impact Assessment, and Technical Architecture review as outlined in community services report CSS-03-26; and Authorize the Manager of Procurement Services to issue a purchase order and sign any associated agreements with the vendor named above, in a form satisfactory to the Commissioner, Legal and Legislative Services/City Solicitor.
Moved by Councillor Kearns Approve
Carried
the proposed delegations of authority provided in legislative services report LLS-03-26 regarding Delegated Authority By-law Amendments to Schedule H, and inclusion of a new Schedule L; and Enact a by-law substantially in the form attached as Appendix A to legislative services report LLS-03-26, being a by-law to amend By-law 71-2023, a by-law to delegate approvals to staff.
Moved by Councillor Kearns Approve
Carried
the appointments to the Burlington School Traffic Safety and Mobility Advisory Committee, as contained in confidential Appendix A to legislative services report LLS-04-26; and Publish the appointees’ names following approval by Council at their meeting held January 27, 2026.
Moved by Councillor Kearns Approve
Carried
A ppoint the Mayor to the Burlington Economic Development and Tourism (BEDT) b oard for a term to be determined following the BEDT 2026 AGM , but no longer than the current term of office as outlined in office of the mayor report MO-01-26 .
Moved by Councillor Sharman
Carried
the City Clerk/Director of Legislative Services to report back to the February 9, 2026 Committee of the Whole with the following proposed amendments to Burlington Procedure By-law 59-2024 for consideration: “Each member will have a maximum of three minutes to speak on a motion and will be given the option of an additional maximum three minutes after every member has been allowed to speak. This time cannot be accumulated and added to the additional commentary period. There will be a maximum of two commenting periods per member and any additional requests for commentary will only be provided to members through the passing of a two-thirds vote.”; and “Each member will have the opportunity to ask two questions, to a maximum of one minute per question on a motion and will be given the opportunity to ask an additional two questions after every member has been allowed to ask questions. There is no limit to the number of questions each member can ask providing that the above guidelines are adhered to and the questions are concise, directly related to the agenda item being discussed and that question period is not used as an opportunity to comment or express opinions of the matter being discussed.”; and “The management of both question and commenting periods remains within the authority and purview of the Chair of the Meeting”.
Moved by Councillor Stolte Direct
Carried
the words 'the February 9, 2026' to the first paragraph after the words 'report back to'.
Moved by Councillor Stolte Add
Carried
the Director of Transportation report back to Committee of the Whole no later than April 2026 with a plan and recommended budget to advance the Vision Zero workplan to begin in 2026.
Moved by Councillor Nisan Direct
Carried
the Director of Community Planning to consider Council, agency, development partners, and community feedback received as part of this statutory public meeting prior to bringing forward a staff report recommending approval of Official Plan Amendment No. 7 and Burlington Regional Official Plan (ROPA) Amendment No.1.
Moved by Councillor Sharman Direct
Carried
for information the following item, having been given due consideration by the Committee of the Whole.
Moved by Councillor Bentivegna Receive
Carried
Approve the City of Burlington to single source a predictive analytics and deployment modelling software solution with Darkhorse Emergency Corp., contingent upon the completion of a Threat Risk Assessment, Privacy Impact Assessment, and Technical Architecture review as outlined in community services report CSS-03-26; and Authorize the Manager of Procurement Services to issue a purchase order and sign any associated agreements with the vendor named above, in a form satisfactory to the Commissioner, Legal and Legislative Services/City Solicitor.
Moved by Councillor Kearns
Carried
Approve the proposed delegations of authority provided in legislative services report LLS-03-26 regarding Delegated Authority By-law Amendments to Schedule H, and inclusion of a new Schedule L; and Enact a by-law substantially in the form attached as Appendix A to legislative services report LLS-03-26, being a by-law to amend By-law 71- 2023, a by-law to delegate approvals to staff.
Moved by Councillor Kearns
Carried
Approve the appointments to the Burlington School Traffic Safety and Mobility Advisory Committee, as contained in confidential Appendix A to legislative services report LLS-04-26; and Publish the appointees’ names following approval by Council at their meeting held January 27, 2026.
Moved by Councillor Kearns
Carried
Direct the City Clerk/Director of Legislative Services to report back to the February 9, 2026 Committee of the Whole with the following proposed amendments to Burlington Procedure By-law 59-2024 for consideration: “Each member will have a maximum of three minutes to speak on a motion and will be given the option of an additional maximum three minutes after every member has been allowed to speak. This time cannot be accumulated and added to the additional commentary period. There will be a maximum of two commenting periods per member and any additional requests for commentary will only be provided to members through the passing of a two-thirds vote.”; and “Each member will have the opportunity to ask two questions, to a maximum of one minute per question on a motion and will be given the opportunity to ask an additional two questions after every member has been allowed to ask questions. There is no limit to the number of questions each member can ask providing that the above guidelines are adhered to and the questions are concise, directly related to the agenda item being discussed and that question period is not used as an opportunity to comment or express opinions of the matter being discussed.”; and “The management of both question and commenting periods remains within the authority and purview of the Chair of the Meeting”.
Moved by Councillor Stolte
Carried
Add the words 'the February 9, 2026' to the first paragraph after the words 'report back to'.
Moved by Councillor Stolte
Carried
Direct the Director of Transportation report back to Committee of the Whole no later than April 2026 with a plan and recommended budget to advance the Vision Zero workplan to begin in 2026.
Moved by Councillor Nisan
Carried
Direct the Director of Community Planning to consider Council, agency, development partners, and community feedback received as part of this statutory public meeting prior to bringing forward a staff report recommending approval of Official Plan Amendment No. 7 and Burlington Regional Official Plan (ROPA) Amendment No.1.
Moved by Councillor Sharman
Carried
Receive for information the following item, having been given due consideration by the Committee of the Whole.
Moved by Councillor Bentivegna
Carried

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