How Mike Colle voted at council

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1. 2026.EX29.13AMENDED

   Winter Surge Capacity Snow Shovellers

   In 2021, City Council voted to expand sidewalk snow plowing to include all sidewalks in the City of Toronto. Prior to this change, property owners were responsible for shovelling their own sidewalks in much of the old city of Toronto. During significant snowfalls, the City has encountered challenges with our sidewalk plows, and clearing sidewalks has continued to be a point of frustration. Last year, I brought a motion to direct staff to buy new, better sidewalk plows capable of moving larger quantities of snow without getting bogged down or breaking down. While this is an improvement, there is still more we can do to get Toronto moving after extreme storms. At our regular snow operations meetings throughout January and February, I asked City staff to explore options to pay Torontonians to help our city dig out from the snow. Staff identified challenges with legal liability and operational considerations at the time. Instead, we pursued other creative avenues we could implement more quickly, like securing the Province’s highway snow removal crews to allow our crews to focus on local streets. Cities do best when we learn from each other and adopt best practices from other cit…

   City Council · 2026-03-26 11:45 AM

   Amend Motion

   Mike Colle's vote: No

   Majority required - EX29.13 - Saxe - motion 1

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   21-5

   Source outcome

   Carried, 21-5