Colin Grantham
Mayor · seen 2022-12-08 to 2026-08-11 · served 2022–2026
67substantive motions movedof 79 meetings the minutes record them at
73procedural motions movedcounted separately, and never added to the above
74substantive motions secondedseconding is often a seat convention, not agreement
3meetings recorded absentof 79 they were on the record for
—recorded votes, for–againstthis council recorded no vote they took part in
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Middlesex County does not publish a description of this member on its council pages, or this record has not found one.
This council rarely calls recorded votes, so individual positions are only on the record where one was demanded. Under the Municipal Act that is the council's choice, not an omission in this record.
Meetings the minutes record them as absent from (3)
Council MeetingApril 8, 2025
Development Charges Public MeetingJune 26, 2024
Visioning SessionJanuary 17, 2023
Substantive motions moved (showing the 40 most recent of 67)
THAT staff be directed to include the signalization of the intersection of Longwoods Road and Melbourne Road in the draft 2027 Capital Budget for Council consideration. For (8): Warden Clarke, Councillor Brennan, Councillor DeViet, Councillor Grantham, Councillor Mayhew, Councillor McGuire, Councillor McMillan, and Councillor Ropp Against (2): Councillor Burghardt-Jesson, and Councillor Smibert
County Council, July 14, 2026 · Carried
THAT County Council convene as the Committee of Management at 1:13pm.
County Council, June 16, 2026 · Carried
THAT Middlesex County Council, receive the report Award of Tender # MC-2026-05 – Plover Mills Bridge Rehabilitation Over the Thames River for information; AND THAT Council Award Tender # MC-2026-05 to Clearwater Structures Inc. in the amount of $1,733,515.50 excluding taxes; AND THAT the County Engineer be authorized to execute the agreement with Clearwater Structures Inc. in a form satisfactory t
County Council, May 12, 2026 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
County Council, April 14, 2026 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
County Council, March 24, 2026 · Carried
THAT Schedule E (Declaration of Compliance) of the Long-Term Care Service Accountability Agreement (L-SAA) be approved, and that Warden Clarke be authorized to sign Schedule E on behalf of the County of Middlesex.
County Council, March 10, 2026 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
County Council, February 10, 2026 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
County Council, January 13, 2026 · Carried
THAT the next portion of the meeting be closed at 2:19pm in order to consider the following: 11.a - Vacant Land - A proposed or pending aquisition of disposition of land by the municipality or local board and advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose, in accordance with subsection 239(2)(c) and (f) of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amend
County Council, January 13, 2026 · Carried
THAT the County-owned parcel of land located within the Glencoe Business and Industrial Park (Part 1, Plan 33R-2109) be declared surplus to the needs of Middlesex County for the purpose of transfer to the Municipality of Southwest Middlesex; AND THAT the parcel be sold and transferred to the Municipality of Southwest Middlesex at the County’s original purchase price, plus applicable legal and admi
County Council, January 13, 2026 · Carried
THAT the By-Laws be given a third and final reading.
County Council, January 13, 2026 · Carried
THAT Council convene in Committee of the Whole at 1:15pm.
County Council, December 9, 2025 · Carried
THAT Past Warden Kurtis Smith be appointed Chair of the Meeting to elect the Middlesex County Warden for the term of November 27, 2025 to November 26, 2026.
Inaugural Meeting of County Council, November 27, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
Special Council Meeting, November 21, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-law be given a first and second reading.
Special Council Meeting, November 21, 2025 · Carried
THAT the next portion of the meeting be closed at 1:48pm in order to consider the following: 10.a - Consolidated Municipal Service Manager (CMSM) Agreements. Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose and a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations
Council Meeting, September 23, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-laws be given a third and final reading.
Council Meeting, September 23, 2025 · Carried
THAT Middlesex County Council support the resolution from the Township of Zorra supporting the Ministry of Education's review of the governance of Thames Valley District School Board and calling for alternate structures to be considered.
Council Meeting, September 9, 2025 · Carried
THAT Committee of the Whole rise at 1:49pm.
Council Meeting, September 9, 2025 · Carried
THAT Middlesex County Council direct staff to review existing policies and procedures, where applicable, related to the designation of community safety zones, the application of automated speed enforcement, and the consideration of enhancements to County roads where they form part of local downtown areas or where local municipalities identify community safety or design priorities; AND THAT staff a
Council Meeting, August 12, 2025 · Carried
THAT the next portion of the meeting be closed at 1:40pm in order to consider the following: 11.a - Human Resources Matter. A personal matter pertaining to identifiable individuals, including municipal employees, pursuant to subsections 239(2)(b) of the Municipal Act, 2001.
Council Meeting, August 12, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
Council Meeting, July 8, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-law be given a third and final reading.
Special Council Meeting, July 7, 2025 · Carried
THAT the By-law be given a third and final reading.
Special Council Meeting, June 24, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-law be given a first and second reading.
Special Council Meeting, June 13, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
Council Meeting, May 13, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Award of Tender # MC-2025-08 - Middlesex County Governance & Administration Centre be
Special Council Meeting, April 29, 2025 · Deferred
THAT staff be directed to bring forward a report regarding the rationale for including payables on the Agenda.
Council Meeting, April 22, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-laws be given a first and second reading.
Council Meeting, April 22, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
Council Meeting, March 25, 2025 · Carried
THAT the motion as amended be approved.
Council Meeting, March 11, 2025 · Carried
THAT $160,000 be added to the draft 2025 Budget for a staff member for the Housing Advocate to be funded through the Tax Rate Stabilization Fund.
Council Meeting, February 18, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-laws be given a first and second reading.
Council Meeting, February 11, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
Council Meeting, December 10, 2024 · Carried
THAT the proposed Plan of Subdivision (File No. 39T-SC2202) be granted draft plan approval subject to conditions and that a Notice of Decision be circulated as required by the Planning Act and that the Notice of Decision indicate that all written submissions received on the application were considered; the effect of which helped make an informed recommendation and decision.
Council Meeting, November 12, 2024 · Carried
THAT the proposed Plan of Subdivision (File No. 39T-MC0204) be granted draft plan approval subject to conditions and that a Notice of Decision be circulated as required by the Planning Act and that the Notice of Decision indicate that all written submissions received on the application were considered; the effect of which helped make an informed recommendation and decision.
Council Meeting, October 8, 2024 · Carried
THAT the request to lift the reserve across the frontage of 11734 Petty Street (County Road 19) in the Municipality of North Middlesex be approved.
Council Meeting, August 13, 2024 · Carried
THAT the by-laws be given a first and second reading.
Council Meeting, July 16, 2024 · Carried
THAT the by-laws be given a third and final reading.
Council Meeting, June 25, 2024 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
Council Meeting, May 28, 2024 · Carried
In the record
76meetings recorded presentthe minutes record presence, not a rate
0conflicts of interest declareda member saying they should not vote on a matter
What this does not measure
- Motions moved is not a measure of effectiveness. Who moves a motion is often a seat convention or a committee role, and the member who does the work on a file is frequently not the one who reads it out.
- Nobody is ranked against anybody. These figures are counted against this member's own meetings and are never totalled or compared.
- Absence is not explained. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why. Illness, a declared conflict and a family emergency all appear the same way.
- What was said is not here. This record reads the minutes, which record decisions, not debate.
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