Issue Summary: funding
Compact summary (one line per action). For the full evidence timeline with quotes and sources, see the issue timeline.
Snapshot
16 civic action(s) tagged funding across 12 meeting date(s) (2024-01-15 to 2026-04-27).
- Action types: motion (8), vote (5), agenda_item (1), notice_of_motion (1), comment (1)
- Outcomes of the 13 motion(s)/recorded vote(s): carried (11), deferred (2)
- Flagged for human review: 3 of 16 action(s)
Related Councillors
B. McGregor, C. McGregor, Ceccacci, Crew, McGrail
Timeline
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- 2024-01-15 — COCHI and OPHI Funding for 36 McGeorge Street Housing Build (motion; carried; mover: —)
- 2024-03-18 — Chatham-Kent Community Drug Strategy (vote; carried (17-0); mover: B. McGregor)
- 2024-04-29 — Chatham-Kent Arts & Culture Network Grant (motion; carried; mover: —)
- 2024-04-29 — Request for Transfer from the Lifeamp Senior Services Capital Homes Reserve (motion; carried; mover: —)
- 2024-05-13 — Dedicated Gas Tax Funds for Public Transportation 2023-2024 (vote; carried (14-0); mover: Ceccacci)
- 2024-07-15 — 2024 Building Faster Fund (motion; carried; mover: —)
- 2024-07-15 — Canada Community-Building Fund - Municipal Funding Agreement (vote; carried (15-0); mover: Councillor B. McGregor)
- 2024-10-07 — Recreation Facility Funding Opportunities (agenda_item; received; mover: —) — Needs human review
- 2024-11-04 — Access to Federal Funding for Encampments and Homelessness (notice_of_motion; —; mover: Councillor B. McGregor)
- 2024-11-18 — Motion by Councillor B. McGregor re Access to Federal Funding for Encampments and Homelessness (Postponed) (motion; deferred; mover: Councillor B. McGregor)
- 2024-12-09 — Access to Federal Funding for Encampments and Homelessness (vote; carried (18-0); mover: Councillor B. McGregor)
- 2024-12-16 — Councillor Ward Funding Program Update (motion; carried; mover: —)
- 2026-04-13 — Dedicated gas tax funds for transit (motion; carried; mover: —)
- 2026-04-13 — SWIFT Last Mile Challenge request (comment; unknown; mover: Councillor McGrail)
- 2026-04-13 — Support for SWIFT request (vote; carried; mover: Councillor McGrail) — Needs human review
- 2026-04-27 — Riverview Gardens funding projects (motion; deferred; mover: —) — Needs human review
Motions / Votes
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- COCHI and OPHI Funding for 36 McGeorge Street Housing Build — moved by — — carried — Item 17(b)
- Chatham-Kent Community Drug Strategy — moved by B. McGregor, seconded by Crew — carried (17-0) — Item 17(a)
- Chatham-Kent Arts & Culture Network Grant — moved by — — carried — Item 17(c)
- Request for Transfer from the Lifeamp Senior Services Capital Homes Reserve — moved by — — carried — Item 18(a)
- Dedicated Gas Tax Funds for Public Transportation 2023-2024 — moved by Ceccacci, seconded by B. McGregor — carried (14-0) — Item 21(b)
- 2024 Building Faster Fund — moved by — — carried — Item 16(a)
- Canada Community-Building Fund - Municipal Funding Agreement — moved by Councillor B. McGregor, seconded by Councillor C. McGregor — carried (15-0) — Item 19(a)
- Motion by Councillor B. McGregor re Access to Federal Funding for Encampments and Homelessness (Postponed) — moved by Councillor B. McGregor — deferred — Item 19(d)
- Access to Federal Funding for Encampments and Homelessness — moved by Councillor B. McGregor, seconded by Councillor C. McGregor — carried (18-0) — Item 16(b)
- Councillor Ward Funding Program Update — moved by — — carried — Item 19(a)
- Dedicated gas tax funds for transit — moved by — — carried — Items 14 and 21(c)
- Support for SWIFT request — moved by Councillor McGrail, seconded by Councillor Crew — carried — Item 25(a), first motion — Needs human review
- Riverview Gardens funding projects — moved by — — deferred — Item 20(b) — Needs human review
Evidence
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2024-01-15 — COCHI and OPHI Funding for 36 McGeorge Street Housing Build
Commit Year 5 COCHI and OPHI Funding to 36 McGeorge Street Community Housing Build
Source: Combined Council Meeting - January 15 2024 (Minutes) — Item 17(b)
2024-03-18 — Chatham-Kent Community Drug Strategy
$150,000 be allocated from the Strategic Development Reserve in each of 2024 and 2025 to operationalize the Chatham-Kent Community Drug Strategy."
Source: Combined Council Meeting - March 18 2024 (Minutes) — Item 17(a)
2024-04-29 — Chatham-Kent Arts & Culture Network Grant
Chatham-Kent Arts & Culture Network Grant
Source: Combined Council Meeting - April 29 2024 (Minutes) — Item 17(c)
2024-04-29 — Request for Transfer from the Lifeamp Senior Services Capital Homes Reserve
2024 Request for Transfer from the Lifeamp Senior Services Capital Homes Reserve (17746)
Source: Combined Council Meeting - April 29 2024 (Minutes) — Item 18(a)
2024-05-13 — Dedicated Gas Tax Funds for Public Transportation 2023-2024
The Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign the Letter of Agreement with the Ministry of Transportation to receive an allocation of $977,409 from the 2023-2024 Dedicated Gas Tax Funds for Public Transportation program.
Source: Council Meeting - May 13 2024 (Minutes) — Item 21(b)
2024-07-15 — 2024 Building Faster Fund
2024 Building Faster Fund
Source: Combined Council Meeting - July 15 2024 (Minutes) — Item 16(a)
2024-07-15 — Canada Community-Building Fund - Municipal Funding Agreement
Council authorize the Municipal Funding Agreement for the transfer of the Canada Community-Building Fund for the administration of the Canada Community-Building Fund between the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and the Corporation of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent and the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign the agreement.
Source: Combined Council Meeting - July 15 2024 (Minutes) — Item 19(a)
2024-10-07 — Recreation Facility Funding Opportunities — Needs human review
This report was received for information.
Source: Council Meeting - October 7 2024 (Minutes) — Item 19(c)
2024-11-04 — Access to Federal Funding for Encampments and Homelessness
Councillor Brock McGregor presented a notice of motion regarding access to Federal Funding for encampments and homelessness.
Source: Council Meeting - November 4 2024 (Minutes) — Item 22(a)
2024-11-18 — Motion by Councillor B. McGregor re Access to Federal Funding for Encampments and Homelessness (Postponed)
This item was postponed to the December 9, 2024 Council Meeting.
Source: Combined Council Meeting - November 18 2024 (Minutes) — Item 19(d)
2024-12-09 — Access to Federal Funding for Encampments and Homelessness
“That Council endorse a request for funding to Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities to access funding from the 2024 federal budget earmarked to address encampments and homelessness,
Source: Council Meeting - December 9 2024 (Minutes) — Item 16(b)
2024-12-16 — Councillor Ward Funding Program Update
Councillor Ward Funding Program Update
Source: Combined Council Meeting - December 16 2024 (Minutes) — Item 19(a)
2026-04-13 — Dedicated gas tax funds for transit
c.Dedicated Gas Tax Funds for Public Transportation 2025-2026 "That
The Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign the Letter of Agreement with the Ministry of Transportation to receive an allocation of $977,409 from the 2025-2026 Dedicated Gas Tax funds for Public Transportation program.
Administration be authorized to prepare and coordinate approvals for the reporting requirements and forward to the Ministry of Transportation which are mandatory under the terms of the Program."
This report was approved as part of the Consent Agenda.
Source: Council Meeting - April 13 2026 (Minutes) — Items 14 and 21(c)
2026-04-13 — SWIFT Last Mile Challenge request
Councillor McGrail referenced Item 2(b) - letter from Southwester Integrated Fibre Technologies (SWIFT) re Request to remove Southwestern Ontario from the Last Mile Challenge and allocate remaining Very Last Premises and funding directly to SWIFT.
Source: Council Meeting - April 13 2026 (Minutes) — Item 25(a)
2026-04-13 — Support for SWIFT request — Needs human review
MovedCouncillor McGrailSecondedCouncillor Crew"That Council support SWIFT in its request to have southwestern Ontario removed from the Last Mile Challenge and allocate remaining very last premises and funding Directly to SWIFT."Motion Carried
Source: Council Meeting - April 13 2026 (Minutes) — Item 25(a), first motion
2026-04-27 — Riverview Gardens funding projects — Needs human review
This report was postponed to the May 11, 2026 Council Meeting.
Source: Combined Council Meeting - April 27 2026 (Minutes) — Item 20(b)