Michelle Smibert
Deputy Mayor · seen 2022-12-08 to 2026-08-11 · served 2022–2026
116substantive motions movedof 82 meetings the minutes record them at
131procedural motions movedcounted separately, and never added to the above
109substantive motions secondedseconding is often a seat convention, not agreement
5meetings recorded absentof 82 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 (5)
Council MeetingNovember 4, 2025
Special Council MeetingOctober 7, 2025
Council MeetingOctober 7, 2025
Council MeetingSeptember 9, 2025
Council MeetingMarch 11, 2025
Substantive motions moved (showing the 40 most recent of 116)
THAT County Council convene as the Committee of Management at 1:06pm.
County Council, August 11, 2026 · Carried
THAT the Committee of Management rise and Council convene the Committee of the Whole at 1:14pm.
County Council, August 11, 2026 · Carried
THAT the By-Laws be given a first and second reading.
County Council, August 11, 2026 · Carried
THAT the By-Laws be given a first and second reading.
County Council, July 14, 2026 · Carried
THAT the By-Law be given a first and second reading.
Special Meeting, July 7, 2026 · Carried
THAT the Committee of Management rise and Council convene the Committee of the Whole at 1:24pm.
County Council, June 16, 2026 · Carried
THAT Committee of the Whole rise at 1:35pm.
County Council, May 26, 2026 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
County Council, May 12, 2026 · Carried
THAT Middlesex County Council supports Bill 21: The Protect Our Food Act; AND THAT the Warden be directed to communicate this support to the Government of Ontario.
County Council, May 12, 2026 · Carried
THAT Council convene in Committee of the Whole at 1:55pm.
County Council, April 14, 2026 · Carried
THAT the By-Laws be given a first and second reading.
County Council, April 14, 2026 · Carried
THAT the Committee of Management rise and Council convene the Committee of the Whole at 1:26pm.
County Council, March 24, 2026 · Carried
THAT Committee of the Whole rise at 2:13pm.
County Council, March 10, 2026 · Carried
THAT the By-Laws be given a first and second reading.
County Council, February 10, 2026 · Carried
THAT Council convene in Committee of the Whole at 1:50pm.
County Council, January 13, 2026 · Carried
THAT the By-Laws be given a first and second reading.
County Council, January 13, 2026 · Carried
THAT Budget Committee direct staff to present Council with a 2026 budget with a 3.87% increase to the 2026 tax levy.
Budget Committee, December 10, 2025 · Carried
THAT Committee of the Whole rise at 1:23pm.
County Council, December 9, 2025 · Carried
WHEREAS the Optimization and Integration of Middlesex County Inter-Community Transit Project has been approved for funding through the Ontario Transit Investment Fund from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation; AND WHEREAS the Corporation of the County of Middlesex has received a Transfer Payment Agreement laying out the terms and conditions for the funding; AND THAT the Corporation of the County
Council Meeting, November 25, 2025 · Carried
THAT Committee of the Whole rise at 2:19pm.
Council Meeting, November 25, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-laws be given a first and second reading.
Council Meeting, November 25, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-law be given a third and final reading.
Special Council Meeting, November 21, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
Council Meeting, August 12, 2025 · Carried
THAT Committee of the Whole convene at 1:10pm.
Council Meeting, August 12, 2025 · Carried
THAT Committee of the Whole rise at 1:39pm.
Council Meeting, August 12, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-laws be given a first and second reading.
Council Meeting, August 12, 2025 · Carried
THAT Committee of the Whole convene at 1:34pm.
Council Meeting, July 8, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-laws be given a first and second reading.
Council Meeting, July 8, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
Special Council Meeting, July 7, 2025 · Carried
THAT the next portion of the meeting be closed at 8:02am in order to consider the following: 4.a - CAO Recruitment - A personal matter pertaining to identifiable individuals, including municipal employees in accordance with subsection 239(2)(b) of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended.
Special Council Meeting, July 7, 2025 · Carried
THAT the request to lift the reserve across a portion of the frontage of 11726 Petty Street (County Road 19) in the Municipality of North Middlesex be approved; THAT the request to accept a transfer of Part 8 on the Draft Plan by the County be approved; THAT staff be directed to complete the transfer of Parts 6 and 7 on the enclosed Draft Plan from the County to the owner of 11726 Petty Street (Co
Council Meeting, June 24, 2025 · Carried
THAT the next portion of the meeting be closed at 2:21pm in order to consider the following: 10.a - Consolidated Municipal Service Manager (CMSM) Agreements. A position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations
Council Meeting, June 24, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
Special Council Meeting, June 24, 2025 · Carried
THAT the next portion of the meeting be closed at 8:02am in order to consider the following: 4.a - CAO Recruitment - A personal matter pertaining to identifiable individuals, including municipal employees in accordance with subsection 239(2)(b) of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended.
Special Council Meeting, June 24, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Agenda be approved as presented.
Special Council Meeting, June 13, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Minutes of the Minutes of the February 4, 2025 Meeting of the County Road and Bridge Assumption Study Technical Steering Committee be approved as presented.
County Road and Bridge Assumption Study Technical Steering Committee, June 6, 2025 · Carried
THAT the roads identified in Appendix “A” be added to the County Road system upon receipt of a Council resolution passed by the applicable local municipality: 1. authorizing the transfer of the road(s); 2. confirming there is no debt on the road(s) to be transferred or agreeing to pay the County’s obligation under the Municipal Act; and 3. agreeing to pay the County for the capital and maintenance
County Road and Bridge Assumption Study Technical Steering Committee, June 6, 2025 · Carried
THAT the By-law be given a first and second reading.
Special Council Meeting, May 13, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-laws be given a first and second reading.
Council Meeting, May 13, 2025 · Carried
THAT the by-law be given a first and second reading.
Special Council Meeting, April 29, 2025 · Carried
In the record
77meetings 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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