Merrill Seidel
Councillor · seen 2023-11-16 to 2023-11-16 · served 2022–2026
2substantive motions movedof 1 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
0meetings recorded absentof 1 they were on the record for
—recorded votes, for–againstthis council recorded no vote they took part in
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 Elliot Lake’s own minutes.
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Substantive motions moved (all 2)
That By-Law 23-106 be passed.
Council - Special, November 16, 2023 · Carried
That By-Law 23-108 be passed.
Council - Special, November 16, 2023 · Carried
In the record
1meetings recorded presentthe minutes record presence, not a rate
0conflicts of interest declareda member saying they should not vote on a matter
1,266votes in 2022Local Councillor
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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