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Keith Bell

Councillor · seen 2022-12-13 to 2026-09-22 · served 2022–2026

37substantive motions movedof 169 meetings the minutes record them at
3procedural motions movedcounted separately, and never added to the above
58substantive motions secondedseconding is often a seat convention, not agreement
25meetings recorded absentof 169 they were on the record for
—recorded votes, for–againstthis council recorded no vote they took part in

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Meetings the minutes record them as absent from (25)

CouncilNovember 10, 2025
Committee of the WholeNovember 10, 2025
Proposed Municipal Boundary Adjustments - Public Meeting - Special CouncilOctober 14, 2025
Planning Advisory CommitteeAugust 26, 2025
Transit Planning Workshop - Special CouncilJune 17, 2025
CouncilApril 22, 2025
Committee of the WholeApril 22, 2025
CouncilMarch 25, 2025
Committee of the WholeMarch 25, 2025
Joint Council and Committee of the WholeNovember 26, 2024
Affordable Housing Advisory CommitteeNovember 19, 2024
CouncilOctober 8, 2024
Committee of the WholeOctober 8, 2024
Joint Council and Committee of the WholeAugust 13, 2024
Governance Workshop - Special CouncilJune 18, 2024
CouncilMarch 12, 2024
Committee of the WholeMarch 12, 2024
Affordable Housing Advisory CommitteeMarch 5, 2024
CouncilFebruary 13, 2024
Committee of the WholeFebruary 13, 2024
Shareholder of the Simcoe County Housing CorporationJune 27, 2023
Joint Council and Committee of the WholeJune 27, 2023
Strategic Planning Session - Special CouncilJune 27, 2023
CouncilMay 9, 2023
Committee of the WholeMay 9, 2023

Substantive motions moved (all 37)

That the Warden write a letter to the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, copied to the local MPPs, advocating for assistance with tire resource recovery and outlining concerns related to Solid Waste Management operations and community impacts.
That the recommendations contained within the Meeting of the Municipal Representatives of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Report, dated March 3, 2026, be approved.
Committee of the Whole, March 10, 2026 · Carried
That the recommendations contained within the Audit and Finance Committee Report, dated February 3, 2026, be approved.
Committee of the Whole, February 24, 2026 · Carried
That Item CCW 2026-008, dated January 27, 2026, regarding Request for Deferral of Development Charges for 7098 Rama Road, Ramara Township, be received; and That staff prepare and execute a Development Charge (DC) Deferral Agreement with the owner of 7098 Rama Road, which shall include the County’s standard terms and provide for the date of DC calculation for the County Development Charges to be
Committee of the Whole, January 27, 2026 · Deferred
That Item CCW 2025-228, dated October 21, 2025, regarding Municipal Services Management Partnership Agreement, be received; and That the recommended updates to the partnership agreement as outlined in Item CCW 2025-228, to be discussed with the cities to work out the specifics of implementation, be approved; and That staff prepare a new agreement for review and approval by all parties.
Committee of the Whole, October 21, 2025 · Carried
That direction in camera and recommendations contained within Confidential Item CCW 2025-256, dated September 23, 2025, regarding a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly w
Committee of the Whole, September 23, 2025 · Carried
That Item CCW 2025-182, dated June 24, 2025, regarding 2024/2025 Annual Reconciliation Report for Community Programs, be received; and That the Warden and County Clerk execute the 2024/2025 Annual Reconciliation Report for the Corporation of the County of Simcoe Community Programs, as required by the Multi-Sector Service Accountability Agreement, substantially in the form attached as Schedule 1 to
That Item CCW 2025-185, dated June 24, 2025, regarding an updated Age-Friendly Community Positive Aging Strategy 2025-2030, be received; and That the updated 2025-2030 Simcoe County Positive Aging Strategy: Older Adults Strengthening Our Communities, attached as Schedule 1, be endorsed.
That the recommendations contained within the Municipal Representatives of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Report, dated June 3, 2025, be approved.
Committee of the Whole, June 10, 2025 · Carried
Alex Nuttall That the recommendations contained within the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Report, dated June 3, 2025, be approved.
Committee of the Whole, June 10, 2025 · Carried
That Item CCW 2025-054, dated February 11, 2025, regarding 2024/25 One-Time Funding for Long-Term Care, be received; and That staff be authorized to utilize the one-time funding received from Ontario Health to purchase the equipment and provide training, as outlined in this Item.
Committee of the Whole, February 11, 2025 · Carried
That Item CCW 2025-011, dated January 14, 2025, regarding Health Force Ontario Staffing Initiatives – Update, be received.
That Option 1, regarding Councillor salaries only, within report GOV 2024-211 regarding the base salary and per diem rates for Councillors, be approved; and That the increases set out in Option 1 be phased in over the next three years being 2025, 2026 and 2027 with 1/3 being allocated per year; and That the base salary for the Deputy Warden be maintained at $55,041.
Council, October 22, 2024 · Carried
That the recommendations contained within the Economic Development Sub-Committee Report, dated September 10, 2024, be approved.
Committee of the Whole, September 24, 2024 · Carried
That Item CCW 2024-123, dated May 28, 2024, regarding the 2024 Ontario Works Service Plan, be received; and That the County of Simcoe Ontario Works Service Plan, substantively, in the form attached as Schedule 1 to Item CCW 2024-123, be approved.
Committee of the Whole, May 28, 2024 · Carried
That direction in camera and recommendations contained within Confidential Item CCW 2024-142, dated May 14, 2024, regarding a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with th
Committee of the Whole, May 14, 2024 · Carried
That Item CCW 2024-049, dated February 27, 2024, regarding a Municipal Housing Project Facilities By-Law, be received; and That the necessary by-law be presented to provide for Municipal Housing Project Facilities and to repeal by-law no. 5698.
Committee of the Whole, February 27, 2024 · Carried
That Item CCW 2024-062, dated February 27, 2024 regarding settlement of negotiations between The Corporation of the County of Simcoe and The Corporation of the Township of Oro-Medonte related to the Oro Landfill lands, be received; and That the necessary by-law be presented to authorize the Warden and County Clerk to execute the Land Transfer Settlement Agreement attached as Schedule 1 to this Ite
Committee of the Whole, February 27, 2024 · Carried
That Item CCW 2023-306, dated November 28, 2023, regarding Simcoe County Archives Operations in October 2023, be received.
Joint Council and Committee of the Whole, January 9, 2024 · Carried
That the recommendations contained within the Economic Development Sub-Committee Report, dated November 14, 2023, be approved.
Joint Council and Committee of the Whole, January 9, 2024 · Carried
That Item CCW 2023-306, dated November 28, 2023, regarding Simcoe County Archives Operations in October 2023, be received.
Joint Council and Committee of the Whole, November 28, 2023 · Carried
That the recommendations contained within the Economic Development Sub-Committee Report, dated November 14, 2023, be approved.
Joint Council and Committee of the Whole, November 28, 2023 · Carried
That Item CCW 2023-201, dated November 14, 2023, regarding the Simcoe County Local Immigration Partnership’s 2023 Community Settlement Strategy be received; and That the 2023 Community Settlement Strategy, as outlined in Item CCW 2023-201, be endorsed.
Committee of the Whole, November 14, 2023 · Carried
That the agenda for the November 2, 2023, Special Budget meeting of the Committee of the Whole, be approved.
That Item CCW 2023-231, dated September 26, 2023, regarding the Simcoe County Archives by-law update be received; and That By-law 3535 be repealed and replaced.
Committee of the Whole, September 26, 2023 · Carried
That the recommendations contained within the Bursary Committee Reports, dated September 19, 2023, be approved.
Committee of the Whole, September 26, 2023 · Carried
That Item CCW 2023-196, dated September 12, 2023 regarding the Blue Box Transition and Collection Week Change, be received.
Committee of the Whole, September 12, 2023 · Carried
That Item CCW 2023-194, dated August 8, 2023, regarding Simcoe County Housing Corporation (SCHC) Development 20 Rose Street Additional Units Options, be received; and That staff proceed with Option 3 as generally outlined in CCW 2023-194: 215 residential unit mixed-income mixed-use development; and That the Simcoe County Housing Corporation development project at 20 Rose Street, updated estimated
Joint Council and Committee of the Whole, August 8, 2023 · Carried
That Item CO 2023-177, dated June 13, 2023, regarding the proposed Strategic Initiatives, be received; and That the Strategic Initiatives substantively in the form attached as Schedule 1 to Item CO 2023-177, be endorsed for circulation.
That the recommendations contained within the Audit and Finance Committee Report, dated May 24, be approved.
Committee of the Whole, June 13, 2023 · Carried
That Item CO 2023-146, dated May 23, 2023, being an update on the proposed Provincial Planning Statement, be received; and That County Planning submit comments to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) through the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO) posting # 019-6813 as outlined by report CO 2023-146.
Council, May 23, 2023 · Carried
That Item CCW 2023-093, dated April 25, 2023, regarding Sustainable Operations Energy Reporting and Climate Action Planning Overview, be received.
Committee of the Whole, April 25, 2023 · Carried
That Item CCW 2023-086, dated March 14, 2023, regarding the Paramedic Services Deployment and Response Time Performance Plan Update for 2023, be received; and That subject to deliberations in the affirmative, that changes to Paramedic Services Deployment Plan, as outlined within Item CCW 2023-086, be approved; and That the Paramedic Services Deployment Plan be forwarded to the Georgian Central Amb
Joint Council and Committee of the Whole, March 14, 2023 · Carried
That the recommendations contained within the Joint Accessibility Advisory Committee Report, dated March 2, 2023, be approved with the exception of the Township of Tay recommendation.
Joint Council and Committee of the Whole, March 14, 2023 · Carried
That Item CCW 2023-007, dated February 14, 2023, regarding Homelessness Prevention Funding Allocation, be received; and That except for Couchiching Jubilee House and Redwood Park Communities, that the proposed allocations for 2023-2024 federal Reaching Home (RH) funding, provincial Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP) funding and municipal homelessness prevention funding, as outlined in Schedules
Committee of the Whole, February 14, 2023 · Carried
Rose That the correspondence dated November 28, 2022 from Melissa Carruthers, Severn Sound Environmental Association (SSEA); and Bill Thompson, Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) re: “Amendments to South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Plan; Notification of Consultation Pursuant to Section 34(2) and 34(3) of the Clean Water Act 2006 and Ontario Regulation 287/07”, be rece
Joint Council and Committee of the Whole, January 31, 2023 · Carried
That Item CCW 2023-001, dated January 10, 2023, regarding the 2023 County of Simcoe Draft Budget, be received; and That subject to deliberations in the affirmative, the 2023 County of Simcoe Draft Budget be

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