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Past Voting Record of Council re Multi-Res Property Taxes

Motion 1: May 23, 2001, Motion to reduce the multi-residential tax ratio from 2.3359 to 2.1780. [PASSED]
Motion 2: April 24, 2002, Motion to reduce the multi-residential tax ratio to 2.0 for 2002. [DEFEATED]
Motion 3: April 24, 2002, Motion to maintain the current tax ratios for 2002, to develop a plan that would reflect equality in the tax burden between residential and multi-residential, to develop an implementation plan to maximize flow-through to the tenants, and that staff include in the 2003 budget directions document provision for future adjustments in the multi-residential tax ratio. [PASSED]
Motion 4: May 14, 2003, Motion for a plan to reduce the tax ratio for multi-residential properties to 1.8 by the year 2005. [DEFEATED]
Motion 5: May 14, 2003, Motion to adopt the staff recommendation that in each future year, the multi-residential tax ratio be reduced by transferring sufficient burden so that the automatic rent reduction will be triggered. [PASSED]
Motion 6: May 12, 2004, Motion to adopt the Committee recommendation to maintain the multi- residential tax ratio at 2.152. [PASSED]
Motion 7: May 11, 2005, City Council adopted the staff report leaving the multi-residential tax ratio at 2.152 [PASSED] (There was no roll call vote, and therefore no votes to record below.)
Motion 8: April 18, 2006, Motion at the Corporate Services and Economic Development (CSED) committee, to recommend the staff report to City Council. In effect, that is to recommend a reduction in the tax ratio to 1.8. (Councillors with blanks opposite their names are not on the CSED committee.)[PASSED] On April 26, City Council approved the CSED recommendation without a recorded vote with Councillor Jellett dissenting.
Motion 9: April 25, 2007, Motion to reduce the tenants tax ratio from 1.80 to 1.75 [DEFEATED]
Motion 10:April 23, 2008, Motion to reduce the tenants tax ratio from 1.80 to 1.75 [PASSED]
Motion 11: April 7, 2009 Committee Motion to reduce the tenants tax ratio from 1.75 to 1.70 [DEFEATED]

G=Good   B = Bad   NE = Not elected yet   ABS = Absent/Abstained   Blank = Not on the Committee

Row 22 Column 11 -->
    Motion
Ward Councillor 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11
0 [Mayor] Larry O'Brien NE NE NE NE NE NE NE B B
1 - Orleans Bob Monette NE NE NE NE NE NE   B  
2 - Innes Rainer Bloess G B G B B G G B B
3 - Barrhaven Jan Harder G ABS ABS B B G   B  
4 - Kanata North Marianne Wilkinson NE NE NE NE NE NE NE B G
5 - West Carleton - March Eli Eli-Chantiry NE NE NE NE NE B   B B
6 - Stittsville - Kanata West Shad Qadri NE NE NE NE NE NE NE B  
7 - Bay Alex Cullen G G G G G G G G  
8 - College Rick Chiarelli G B G ABS G G G B G
9 - Knoxdale - Merivale Gord Hunter G G G G G B   B  
10 - Gloucester-Southgate Diane Deans G B G G G B   B G
11 - Beacon Hill-Cyrville Michel Bellemare G ABS ABS B G B G B  
12 - Rideau-Vanier Georges Bedard NE NE NE NE NE G   G  
13 - Rideau-Rockcliffe Jacques Legendre G G G G G ABS   G  
14 - Somerset Diane Holmes NE NE NE NE NE G   G  
15 - Kitchissippi Christine Leadman NE NE NE NE NE NE NE G  
16 - River Maria McRae NE NE NE NE NE B ABS G ABS
17 - Capital Clive Doucet G ABS G G G G   G  
18 - Alta Vista Peter Hume G B G G B G G G ABS
19 - Cumberland Rob Jellett NE NE NE NE NE B B B B
20 - Osgoode Doug Thompson G B G B G B   B  
21 - Rideau Glenn Brooks G B G B G ABS   B ABS
22 - Gloucester - South Nepean Steve Desroches NE NE NE NE NE NE NE B B
23 - Kanata South Peggy Feltmate NE NE NE NE NE G   B  
Total G's   15 3 14 7 13 12 5 8 3