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Council Votes  ... A Selection of how Toronto City Council is voting on issues that affect you
PERIOD DESCRIPTION YES NO Abs RESULT Ford Detail
Feb-10 Do you agree not to spend $270,000 extra to narrow Gladstone Ave. from 4 to 2 lanes and remove parking spaces 1 27 17 Fail Y
Feb-10 Do you agree to spend $7,000 to send Councillor Kyle Rae to an AIDS conference in Austria 38 4 3 Pass N
Feb-10 Do not let Councillor Ford speak about involvement in other Councillors' Wards 17 11 17 Pass N
Jan-10 Do you agree to allow a private tree at 46 Hunting Ridge to be removed 8 18 19 Fail Y
Jan-10 Do you agree to get a sponsor from the private sector to cover the cost of $5,000 for the 100th Anniversary of the Trillium Ferry Boat event on June 18th, 2010 28 3 14 Pass Y
Jan-10 Do you agree to give Councillors a pay raise in 2010? 22 16 7 Pass N
Jan-10 Do you agree that 1,254 City employees should be able to spend $9 million in 2009 with Tax Payer-funded Master Cards when the City does not have a list of cardholders nor review the purchases 30 3 12 Pass N
Dec-09 Do you support eliminating union and corporate donations to councillors and mayor's election campaigns 29 12 4 Pass Y
Dec-09 Do you support public disclosure of all contribution amounts over $25 (eligible for a tax receipt) 12 27 6 Fail Y
Nov-09 Do you agree with hiring Rocco Maragna as the architect for the hotel he voted for when he was governor of Exhibition Place 36 4 5 Pass N
Nov-09 Do you agree with holding off on approving the controversial hotel project at Exhibition Place 4 36 5 Fail Y
Oct-09 Do you agree with Councillors being able to name streets after anyone they want 24 5 16 Pass N
Aug-09 Do you agree that we should not give each Councillor $25,000 of taxpayers money to be able to sue someone. 28 2 15 Pass Y
Aug-09 Do you agree to purchase a house for $750,000 at 54 Horsham 27 1 17 Pass N
Aug-09 Do you agree to take Councillor Rob Ford to the Integrity Commissioner because he said that council bought a house at 54 Horsham for $750,000 18 7 20 Pass N
Aug-09 Do you approve installing traffic signals at Rexdale and Tidemore (see also Apr-2009 "Do you support …") 10 17 18 Fail Y
Aug-09 Should EMS (Ambulance) be an essential service 20 18 7 Pass Y
Aug-09 Should daycare be an essential service 10 27 8 Fail N
Aug-09 Should garbage collection be an essential service 9 29 7 Fail Y
Aug-09 Do you agree to give Councillor Sandra Bussin $175,000 to sue a local newspaper in her ward for defamation of character 25 5 15 Pass N
Aug-09 Do you agree that we should have separate debates for the grants which cost taxpayers a total of $50 Million 17 21 7 Fail Y
Jul-09 Do you agree with the settlement between David Miller and the unions, local 416 & local 79, which gives them pay increases in each of the next three years and allows current employees to continue to bank 18 sick days a year 21 18 6 Pass N
May-09 Do you agree with spending $2million in order to eliminate two lanes of traffic on Roncesvalles Ave. 34 5 6 Pass N
May-09 Do you agree that green roofs should be mandatory on all new roofs in Toronto 36 2 7 Pass N
May-09 Do you agree with forcing all retail stores to have public washrooms 23 14 8 Pass N
May-09 Do you agree with spending $615,000 on free food certificates 25 4 16 Pass N
May-09 Do you agree with spending $347,000 to hire youth to paint graffiti murals 24 1 20 Pass N
May-09 Do you agree with spending $6 million to remove one lane on Jarvis St. and replacing it with bike lanes 28 16 1 Pass N
Apr-09 Do you believe that City employees should receive the same pay increase, regardless of whether they are union or non-union 16 25 4 Fail Y
Apr-09 Do you agree with ejecting Councillor Doug Holyday from the council chamber because he disagreed with the ruling of the Chair 17 19 9 Fail N
Apr-09 Do you support installing traffic signals in Sandra Bussin's Ward 33 1 11 Pass Y
Mar-09 Do you support reducing staffing levels in all areas, except Police, EMS and Fire Service, by 2%, for savings of $80 million 8 36 1 Fail Y
Mar-09 Do you support reducing the 2009 budget for the Community Partnership and Investment program by $6.5 million 7 38 0 Fail Y
Mar-09 Do you want to reduce the Mayor's office budget to $2.4 million, for savings of $200,000 13 32 0 Fail Y
Mar-09 Do you support reducing the Councillors' Global budget to $30,000 for savings of apprx. $1 million 13 32 0 Fail Y
Mar-09 Do you want to eliminate the 'Our Toronto' newsletter for savings of $850,000 20 25 0 Fail Y
Mar-09 Do you support eliminating 18 new positions within the Office of the Treasurer 10 35 0 Fail Y
Mar-09 Do you support eliminating funding for plant watering services at City Hall for savings of $36,000 12 33 0 Fail Y
Mar-09 Do you support deleting funding for the Weather Study for savings of $505,000 17 28 0 Fail Y
Mar-09 Do you want to eliminate two new positions to administer the increase in social housing units for savings of $176,000 15 30 0 Fail Y
Mar-09 Do you support reducing the budget for the Streets to Homes program by 5% for savings of $667,000 8 37 0 Fail Y
Mar-09 Do you want to reduce the budget for the 311 operating centre by eliminating 21 new positions for savings of $1,194,000 8 37 0 Fail Y
Mar-09 Do you want the proposed 4% budget increase to be reduced to 2% 19 26 0 Fail Y
Feb-09 Do you want to sell 160 Rivalda, a 22,000 foot building that has been empty for 7 years, worth apprx. $1 million 6 36 3 Fail Y
Feb-09 Do you support Mayor Miller appointing 12 people to the "Invest Toronto" Board knowing that 5 out of the 12 people donated to his re-election campaign 35 1 9 Pass N
Feb-09 Do not pay 8 people $190,000 in salaries to sit on a board; each person will be paid on average $24,000/year to attend 8 two hour meetings. 2 37 6 Fail Y
Jan-09 Give 2 de-commissioned ambulances worth $20,000 to El Salvador for free. 37 2 6 Pass N
Jan-09 Vote to deal with Councillors' pay increase immediately 17 25 3 Fail Y
Jan-09 Do you support banning cigarette smoking in parks 31 6 8 Pass N
Dec-08 Do you want to go through the Capital Budget item by item 15 17 13 Fail Y
Dec-08 Do you approve spending $1.6 billion on the Capital Budget while increasing the city's debt by $360 million 29 11 5 Pass N
Dec-08 Do not spend $1 million to renovate the wedding chapels at City Hall and four civic centres (Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough and York) 13 27 5 Fail Y
Dec-08 Do not spend $2 million on renovating on offices at City Hall, including the Mayor's 18 22 5 Fail Y
Dec-08 Do not spend $3 million renovating the former Father Henry Carr high school 4 36 5 Fail Y
Dec-08 Do not spend $43 million to renovate Nathan Phillips Square 17 23 5 Fail Y
Dec-08 Do not spend $10 million on Environmental Assessment required to tear down the Gardiner Expressway 12 28 5 Fail Y
Dec-08 Do not spend $7 million on bike lanes in 2009 8 32 5 Fail Y
Dec-08 Do not spend $14 million on the 3-1-1 call center 3 37 5 Fail Y
Dec-08 Do you agree with spending $60,000 on hiring an adviser to encourage Aboriginal youth not to smoke 20 3 22 Pass N
Dec-08 Should the Province of Ontario ban plastic bags for all businesses 9 34 2 Fail N
Dec-08 Should the City of Toronto ban plastic bags for all businesses 4 39 2 Fail N
Dec-08 The City should not ban bottled water or charge five cents for each plastic bag 11 32 2 Fail Y
Oct-08 Do you agree with eliminating free Toronto Blue Jay baseball tickets for Councillors for savings of $100,000 17 10 18 Pass Y
Oct-08 Do you support making the TTC an essential service 22 23 0 Fail Y
Jul-08 Do you support tearing down a portion of the Gardiner Expressway at a cost of $360 million. 30 11 4 Pass N
Jun-08 Do not have the Ontario Fire Marshall investigate whether St. Clair right of way is safe for emergency vehicles. 21 12 12 Pass N
Jun-08 Keep the Marcus Garvey Centre open for $1/year for the next ten years. 20 6 19 Pass N
Jun-08 Do you want to evict the tenants of the Marcus Garvey Centre (160 Rivalda) and sell the building for $1 million. 7 18 20 Fail Y
May-08 Do you support spending $7.1 million on purchasing properties surrounding the Green Lane Land Fill. 30 1 14 Pass N
May-08 Do not spend $340,000 to hire youth to spray graffiti. 5 23 17 Fail Y
May-08 Should taxpayers pay for Councillor Sandra Bussin's legal costs of $7308.00 28 2 15 Pass N
May-08 Do you support spending $5 million to hire 48 additional social workers on top of the existing 635 to deal with the panhandlers in the city. 31 5 9 Pass N
Apr-08 Should Council have a full debate on making the TTC an essential service 15 28 2 Fail Y
Apr-08 Should we have public consultation meetings to give the Mayor more power 22 20 3 Fail Y
Apr-08 Should Council have a full debate to give the Mayor more power 21 21 3 Fail Y
Apr-08 Do not spend $600,000 top purchase parkland from developer for 50 St. Joseph St. 1 36 8 Fail Y
Apr-08 Do you support spending $400,000 to hire 4 staff to implement the car registration tax 25 16 4 Pass N
Mar-08 Should we increase taxes 3.75% in 2008 29 15 1 Pass N
Mar-08 Do not approve the Mayor increasing his own office budget $160,000 15 29 1 Fail Y
Mar-08 Should ice hockey rates be restricted to a 3% increase 21 22 2 Fail Y
Mar-08 Should the Mayor cancel his trip to China and save $70,000 10 34 1 Fail Y
Mar-08 That each member have the opportunity to question and speak on each of the program budgets 14 27 4 Fail Y
Mar-08 Should Rob Ford apologize for using the word Oriental instead of Asian 33 8 4 Pass N
Mar-08 Do you want to close 41 ice rinks during March Break 18 13 14 Pass N
Mar-08 Defer for one month 50 St. Joseph St. Development 5 31 9 Fail Y
Mar-08 Do you want to know why Council Services Manager Tim Ivanyshyn,after 28yrs, was fired (* requires 2/3 vote) 23 20 2 Fail Y
Mar-08 Are you in favour of naming new streets after soldiers killed in Afghanistan 11 33 1 Fail Y
Mar-08 Do you support reducing council from 44 to 22 14 30 1 Fail Y
Mar-08 Do you support paying Councillor Maria Augimeri's legal expenses of $6381.59 39 2 4 Pass N
Jan-08 Eliminate food & drink from Council Meetings for savings of $80,000 per year 7 29 9 Fail Y
Jan-08 Spend $5500 to send Kyle Rae to World Aids Day in Mexico City [July 29 - Aug 6/08] 33 2 10 Pass N
Jan-08 Spend $5500 to send Rob Ford to World Aids Day in Mexico City [July 29 - Aug 6/08] 16 18 11 Fail N
Jan-08 Spend $450,000 to host the Federation of Canadian Municipalities [FCM] conference in 2010 34 4 7 Pass N
Jan-08 Spend $35,000 a year for membership in the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance 33 4 8 Pass N
Dec-07 Do NOT purchase Toronto Blue Jay baseball tickets (for 2008, 2009, 2010) for savings of $255,000 9 23 13 Fail Y
Dec-07 Do NOT spend $2.237 million on improving the City's website to make it more user friendly 18 26 1 Fail Y
Dec-07 Do NOT spend $5.5 million on bike lanes in 2008 7 37 1 Fail Y
Nov-07 Should we spend $1.3 million to buy 30 parking spots (on Bonar Place) at $43,000/parking spot? 38 2 5 Pass N
Nov-07 Should we spend $1.4 million to buy 19 parking spots (on Danforth Ave.) at $73,000/parking spot? 36 4 5 Pass N
Nov-07 Do you agree that the city should NOT tax alcohol? 39 5 1 Pass Y
Oct-07 Vote in favour of $60 Car Registration tax 25 20 0 Pass N
Oct-07 Vote in favour of Land Transfer tax 26 19 0 Pass N
Oct-07 Vote to exempt Seniors with a permanent handicap from the Vehicle Registration tax 22 23 0 Fail Y
Oct-07 Vote to allow a question on the ballot in the next Municipal election in 2010 asking if the public wants the Land Transfer and Car Registration taxes 14 31 0 Fail Y
Jul-07 Vote to buy a theatre … Theatre Passe Muraille for $1.2 million 30 8 7 Pass N
Jul-07 Vote to defer ... $360M Land Transfer Tax and $56M Vehicle Registration Tax … deferral to after Oct.10.2007 Provincial election 23 22 0 Pass Y
Jun-07 Vote to hire someone to go into crackhouses to talk to crack users; Vote to home delivery of needles and crack kits 23 5 17 Pass N
Jun-07 Vote in favour of garbage tax 26 18 1 Pass N
Jun-07 Vote to hold public meetings about garbage tax 22 23 0 Fail Y
Jun-07 Vote against supporting a garbage tax 14 30 1 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote to increase property taxes by 3.8% or $40 million 27 15 3 Pass N
Apr-07 Vote to reduce 45,000 City of Toronto employees by 2% for savings of $36 million 15 28 2 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote to reduce $44 million in grants by 10% for savings of $4.4 million 7 36 2 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote to eliminate free parking anywhere in Toronto for members of Council for savings of $10,000.00 6 37 2 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote to eliminate free Zoo admission and parking for members of Council for savings of $5,000.00 10 33 2 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote to eliminate free TTC passes for members of Council for savings of $54,000.00 12 31 2 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote to eliminate free admission and parking to the exhibition for Councillors for savings of $5,000.00 13 30 2 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote against increasing the Mayor's office budget by $561,000.00 from $1,886,000.00 to $2,447,000.00 12 31 2 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote to eliminate free food and beverages from Council meetings for savings of $80,000.00 15 28 2 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote to eliminate watering plants in Councillors offices for savings of $77,000.00 13 30 2 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote to eliminate giving free cigarettes to homeless people for savings of $20,000.00 18 26 1 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote to eliminate giving alcohol to homeless people for savings of $60,000.00 11 32 2 Fail Y
Apr-07 Vote to eliminate free golf passes for Councillors for savings of $15,000.00 22 22 1 Fail Y
Mar-07 Vote against Nathan Phillips Square redevelopment 14 28 3 Fail Y
Mar-07 Vote against Mayor's office renovations costing 2.9 million 12 30 3 Fail Y
Mar-07 Vote against spending $773,000 for 2007 speed humps 10 32 3 Fail Y
 Legend:
PERIOD the month and year when voted Abs absent (reason unknown)
DESCRIPTION a basic reference to what was voted on RESULT whether it passed or failed
YES how many voted yes Ford Councillor Rob Ford's vote
NO how many voted no Detail  click for all individual votes
 
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