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Andrew Poirier
Mayor · seen 2022-11-15 to 2026-10-09 · served 2022–2026
4substantive motions movedof 127 meetings the minutes record them at
0procedural motions movedcounted separately, and never added to the above
0substantive motions secondedseconding is often a seat convention, not agreement
5meetings recorded absentof 127 they were on the record for
1–2recorded votes, for–againstrecorded votes are rare and a skewed sample
Vote count and office as published by the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 2022 municipal election results (Open Government Licence – Ontario). Everything else on this page is read from Kenora’s own minutes.
In their own words, via the Town
Mayor Andrew Poirier is a lifelong resident of Kenora. He has been active in municipal politics on and off for nearly two decades. During his tenure, Mr. Poirier served as the Chair of the City of Kenora Operations Committee and a board member of the Police Services Board, the Northwestern Health Unit, Kenora Hydro (now Synergy North), and the former Kenora Municipal Telephone System. When Mr. Poirier was elected Mayor, he held the vice-chair position for the Kenora Police Services Board and was a member of the Kenora District Services Board and the District of Kenora Home for the Aged Board. Before retiring from the education sector in 2019, Mayor Poirier worked in public administration with four different school boards, the majority working for the Kenora Catholic District School Board. He was also a past director of the Ontario School Boards Insurance Exchange Board. Mayor Poirier is happily married to his wife, Marj. Together they had an incredible daughter, Chloe, who sadly succumbed to childhood cancer at the age of 16 in June of 2021. Outside of City Hall, Mayor Poirier is the treasurer of the Kenora Kinsmen Club and helps out with the annual Terry Fox Run, an event close to his heart. He also enjoys golfing, watching hockey, and of course spending time in his pontoon boat on beautiful Lake of the Woods.
That Council hereby receives the City of Kenora Water and Wastewater Rate Study completed by Watson and Associates; and further That in accordance with O.Reg 453/07 Financial Plans, Council hereby approves the City…
That Council hereby approves the City of Kenora’s 2025-2027 Municipal Operating Budget as reviewed and amended; and further That in accordance with Notice By-law Number 160-2022, public notice is hereby given…
That Council directs Administration to incorporate Option 1 – Alternative Rate Structure with Phase-in into the City’s draft 2025-2034 Drinking Water and Wastewater Long-term Financial Plan being developed by Watson…
Against · 5–2 · Carried
Meetings the minutes record them as absent from (5)
That Council directs Administration to proceed with the procurement of a contract to replace and construct a new roof for the Keewatin Library Building; and further That the City proceed with the repairs to the Keewatin Library roof by financing the project using City reserves.
That Council provides direction to Administration to create a bursary for each Secondary School in the amount of $500 to be implemented for the 2024/2025 school year; and further That the criteria for the bursary award will be determined by the start of Q4 focusing on municipal careers; and further That the annual funding of this program will come from Council civic functions budget.
That Council invest up to an upset limit of $200,000 in new technology and furnishings for the Council Chambers; and further That this funding be taken from the contingency reserves and monies from the 2023 operating surplus to be replenished in the same amount.
122meetings recorded presentthe minutes record presence, not a rate
0conflicts of interest declareda member saying they should not vote on a matter
3,778votes in 2022Mayor, incumbent
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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.
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