The Grand Valley Record

Council

The 5 members seated on the 2022–2026 council. Each is placed here by the minutes that record them present at council, never inferred from a motion.

Council of 2022–2026

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What these columns mean

They measure different things and are not interchangeable. Moving a motion usually means sponsoring a staff report’s recommendation onto the floor. Seconding puts a motion up for debate and is often a seat convention rather than agreement. Meetings are counted against the ones each member was on the record for — not against the whole term, because members join and leave mid-term, so two members’ figures here are not comparable.

Individual positions exist for 13 of 1,908 motions — under 1% of them — because Ontario law records names only when a member asks. Members ask on the most contentious items, so that is a deliberately skewed sample and says nothing about the rest.

Mayor

Philip Rentsch

Deputy Mayor · seen 2024-09-10 to 2026-09-08

Of the 61 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 346 substantive and 28 procedural motions, and seconded 248. 13 for and 0 against across the 13 recorded votes they were present for.

Steve Soloman

Mayor · seen 2024-09-10 to 2026-09-08

Of the 58 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 37 substantive and 5 procedural motions, and seconded 39. 11 for and 2 against across the 13 recorded votes they were present for.

Also on this council

Lorne Dart

Councillor · seen 2024-09-10 to 2026-09-08

Of the 57 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 223 substantive and 41 procedural motions, and seconded 328. 10 for and 1 against across the 11 recorded votes they were present for.

James Jonker

Councillor · seen 2024-09-10 to 2026-09-08

Of the 60 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 271 substantive and 29 procedural motions, and seconded 387. 5 for and 8 against across the 13 recorded votes they were present for.

Paul Latam

Councillor · seen 2024-09-10 to 2026-09-08

Of the 58 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 383 substantive and 34 procedural motions, and seconded 236. 6 for and 6 against across the 12 recorded votes they were present for.

Every council meeting (115 meetings)

2026 — 35 meetings
Regular Council MeetingSeptember 8, 2026
Regular Council MeetingFebruary 24, 2026
Special Council MeetingFebruary 24, 2026
Regular Council MeetingFebruary 10, 2026
Regular Council MeetingJanuary 27, 2026
Special Council MeetingJanuary 27, 2026
Regular Council MeetingJanuary 13, 2026
2025 — 62 meetings
Special Council MeetingDecember 19, 2025
Special Council MeetingDecember 9, 2025
Regular Council MeetingDecember 9, 2025
Regular Council MeetingNovember 25, 2025
Regular Council MeetingNovember 10, 2025
Special Council MeetingNovember 4, 2025
Special Council MeetingOctober 28, 2025
Regular Council MeetingOctober 28, 2025
Regular Council MeetingOctober 14, 2025
Regular Council MeetingSeptember 23, 2025
Special Council MeetingSeptember 12, 2025
Regular Council MeetingSeptember 9, 2025
Special Council MeetingFebruary 25, 2025
Regular Council MeetingFebruary 25, 2025
Regular Council MeetingFebruary 11, 2025
Special Council MeetingJanuary 28, 2025
Regular Council MeetingJanuary 28, 2025
Regular Council MeetingJanuary 14, 2025
2024 — 18 meetings
Special Council MeetingDecember 10, 2024
Regular Council MeetingDecember 10, 2024
Regular Council MeetingNovember 26, 2024
Regular Council MeetingNovember 12, 2024
Special Council MeetingOctober 22, 2024
Regular Council MeetingOctober 22, 2024
Regular Council MeetingSeptember 24, 2024
Regular Council MeetingSeptember 10, 2024