Agenda for the City Council meeting does not appear to be available. Council is on the verge of passing an item that has the potential to do serious financial damage.

By Pepper Parr

February 13th, 2026

BURLINGTON, ON

It’s Friday afternoon. The city is heading into a long weekend – Family Day on Monday.

The agenda for the Council meeting is on line.  Some people make a point of checking it out.

There are several reasons to at least glance at it.

There is an item on the agenda that, if passed, would have the city not collecting development charges.

At 4:00 pm there isn’t a link in place that people can use to get the agenda. The practice is to post the agenda before the end of the day. By that time, it will be too late to register as a delegate and City Hall is closed Monday.

The meeting agenda for this coming Tuesday’s Regular Meeting of Council has not been made available to the public.

People who want to delegate have to register by noon on the business day before the meeting. I

City Hall will close at the end of the day.

Quite why the City Clerk would let something happen is beyond understanding.

One would have thought that at least one Council member would have seen the problem and taken corrective action.

A decision not to collect Development Charges has the very real risk of costing the city a big bundle of money.  And that money will eventually come out of the pockets of the taxpayers.

It didn’t have to be this way.

We will have a detailed report on just what the issues are.

It is complex.

With a bit of luck Council might decide to defer a decision until there is more in the way of a public understanding