Council Record, 2022 – 2026
Three Years of Delivery.
It has been a privilege to represent you these last three years, bringing your concerns and priorities to City Hall. This term of council, I advanced nearly 40 motions with an almost 90% pass rate. Below are some of the more significant ones — and my heartfelt thanks to Team Sydenham and the broader Kingston community for your support.
Key Achievements
Results, not rhetoric.
- Over $1 million saved in policing costs for student events
- $200,000 in food returned to local food banks yearly through a fines-for-food investment
- Preserved the Napier Lawn Bowling property for family housing
- Increased heritage enforcement protection
- Added extra stop signs and traffic calming measures across the district
- Landlord registry underway
- Community bonds initiative underway to improve housing funding
- Established regular participation in the City Nature Challenge
- Student housing strategy under development
- Emergency funding for winter supplies and water for the homeless
- Launched the annual "Name the Snowplow" event
- Increased heat mitigation measures and funded air conditioners for seniors with health conditions
- Successful emergency motion to halt clear-cutting
- Advocacy for grants to improve primary health care capacity
- Advocated for and increased the number of family-sized units in new developments
Representation
Where she's shown up.
Committees Chaired
- Arts, Recreation and Community Services
- Housing and Homelessness Advisory Group
- Post-Secondary Working Group
- Administrative Policy
- Heritage Properties and Heritage Programs
- Deputy Mayor for Four Terms
Committees — Member
- Kingston Economic Development Board
- South East Public Health Unit
- Agnes Etherington Art Centre Board
- Rural Advisory Committee
- Planning Committee
- Environment, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Emergency Contact for the City
- Rural and Urban Liaison
External Advocacy
- Board Member, Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
- Co-Chair, FCM Defence Working Group
- Eastern Ontario Representative, Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa)
Motions & Voting Record
Every motion, on the record.
2022
- Dec 20 Motion for Rental Licencing Passed
- Dec 20 Motion for Pool and Health Hub Passed
2023
- Jan 10 Motion for Warming and Safety Measures for Encampments Passed
- Feb 7 Motion to Investigate Vacant Property Tax Passed
- Mar 21 Motion to Address the Homelessness Crisis Passed
- Mar 21 Motion to Review Accessible Parking Fees Passed
- Mar 21 Motion for Limestone City Co-operative Passed
- May 2 Motion to Update the Municipal Code of Conduct to Prevent Harassment Passed
- Jun 6 Motion to Review Fire Fighter Testing Protocols Failed
- Jul 11 Motion to Form a Post-Secondary Working Group Passed
- Aug Motion to Increase Heritage Enforcement Passed
- Aug Motion Endorsing School Food Program Passed
- Aug Motion to Establish an Adequate Temperature By-Law Passed
- Oct 3 Motion to Bump Up Aberdeen Development Defeated
- Nov 21 Motion for Intensification Along Transit Corridors Passed
- Nov 21 Community Standards By-law for Common Spaces Passed
2024
- Mar 19 Motion Advocating for CCBF (Gas Tax) Infrastructure Funding from the Federal Government Passed
- May 7 Motion to Fluoridate Water Deferred
- Aug 13 Motion to Allow Pollinator Gardens with Non-Invasive Plants Passed
- Sep 3 Motion to Remove Baseball Fence in Cricket Field as Agreed Defeated
- Sep 17 Opposed an anti-democratic motion limiting council delegations to one per meeting Defeated
- Sep 17 Motion to Allow Pollinator Gardens on City Boulevards (saved Frank's Garden) Passed
- Oct 15 Motion for Plant-Based Procurement Passed
2025
- Apr 15 Motion for Speed Bonds Passed
- Aug 12 Motion on Hwy 2 East Wetland Complex Reduction Passed
- Aug 12 Motion re: Heritage Property Insurance Rates Passed
- Aug 12 Motion for an Enhanced Community Heat Plan Response Passed
- Nov 4 Motion for Child Safety Zones Passed
- Dec 16 Motion to Support Prioritization and Funding of the Kingston Health Sciences Redevelopment Project Passed
2026
- Feb 3 Motion on a Student Housing Strategy Passed
- Mar 10 Motion to Establish a Residential Air Conditioner Program Passed
- Mar 24 Motion on OSAP and Student Debt Passed
- Mar 24 Motion to Establish Support for Supervised Consumption Services Passed
- Mar 24 Motion to Freeze Tree Cutting Passed