Gary McNamara
Mayor · seen 2019-08-13 to 2026-09-29 · served 2018–2022, 2022–2026
12substantive motions movedof 331 meetings the minutes record them at
3procedural motions movedcounted separately, and never added to the above
38substantive motions secondedseconding is often a seat convention, not agreement
9meetings recorded absentof 331 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 Tecumseh’s own minutes.
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This council rarely calls recorded votes, so individual positions are only on the record where one was demanded. Under the Municipal Act that is the council's choice, not an omission in this record.
Meetings the minutes record them as absent from (9)
Regular CouncilApril 22, 2025
Regular CouncilMarch 25, 2025
Special Council MeetingFebruary 27, 2024
Regular CouncilFebruary 27, 2024
Regular CouncilSeptember 26, 2023
Regular CouncilJune 27, 2023
Public Council MeetingJune 27, 2023
Regular CouncilApril 12, 2022
Public Council MeetingFebruary 22, 2022
Substantive motions moved (all 12)
That the Regular Minutes of the June 11, 2020 Police Services Board Meeting, as duplicated and delivered to the members thereof, be adopted.
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, September 10, 2020 · Carried
That the OPP Report for the months of May to July 2020 be received.
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, September 10, 2020 · Carried
That a decision on the disbursement of $1,100 in unclaimed funds from the Tecumseh OPP Detachment be
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, September 10, 2020 · Deferred
That the Tecumseh Police Services Board adopt the Essex County OPP Report dated June 4, 2020 regarding enforcement of noise complaints related to excessive noise from vehicular exhaust systems; And that the above referenced report be recommended to Town Council for adoption.
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, June 11, 2020 · Carried
That Christopher Hales be appointed as Chair of the Police Services Board for the Town of Tecumseh for the period of January 1, 2020 to the date of the first meeting of the board in 2021.
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, March 4, 2020 · Carried
That the reports detailed as Items I, 1-3, be received.
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, March 4, 2020 · Carried
That sponsorship of the 2020 OAPSB Spring Conference and AGM taking place May 27-30, 2020, in Toronto, ON, be approved in the amount of $300, in accordance with the 2020 budget.
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, March 4, 2020 · Carried
Whereas a consensus was reached at the joint meeting of Mayors, Police Services Board Chairs, and Chief Administrative Officers of the Towns of Essex, Kingsville, Lakeshore, Leamington and Tecumseh held on December 18, 2019 in Essex, ON, on the recommendations to the Page 7 Police Services Board Minutes, March 4, 2020, 4:00 pm Solicitor General for a regional approach to the establishment of an OP
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, March 4, 2020 · Carried
That the Tecumseh Police Services Board request the Essex County OPP Detachment Commander or delegate report to Town Council to address the results of the 2019 Citizen Satisfaction Survey, including remedial actions taken to address the 10% drop in satisfaction with Policing indicated therein.
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, March 4, 2020 · Carried
That Communications - For Information 1 through 4 as listed on the Thursday, December 12, 2019 Police Services Board Agenda be received.
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, December 12, 2019 · Carried
That the Supplementary Agenda for the Police Services Board Meeting, dated Thursday, October 10, 2019, as duplicated and delivered to the members thereof, be accepted.
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, October 10, 2019 · Carried
That the OPP Report for the month of the August 2019 and the OPP Police Services Board Monthly Overview for the month of August 2019, be received.
Essex County OPP Detachment Board-North, October 10, 2019 · Carried
In the record
322meetings recorded presentthe minutes record presence, not a rate
0conflicts of interest declareda member saying they should not vote on a matter
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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