Feb. 9 Council Agenda Highlights

Regular City of Belleville Council Meeting to be held on Feb. 9 at 4 p.m. Watch in person at Belleville City Hall Council Chambers or online at www.youtube.com/BellevilleCityHall.

Deputations

• 2026 Operating Budget overview

Correspondence, Reports and Consent Items

• Letter from Quinte Conservation regarding municipal support for their application to the Green Municipal Fund (GMF): Growing Canada's Community Canopies (GCCC)
• Children’s Safety Village request for minor amendment to loan agreement
• Press release from the Association of Ontario Road Supervisors (AORS) urging respect for municipal public works operators amid severe winter conditions
• Extension of draft plan of subdivision approval for Potters Creek Subdivision
• Implementation strategy for two-hour free parking in municipal lots within the BDIA boundaries downtown
• Workforce development, attraction & retention campaign
• By-law enforcement activity report for 2025
• Community Services Department 2025 year in review
• Discontinuation of the youth engagement committee
• Skyhawks & City of Belleville agreement
• Recommendations from the Planning Advisory Committee
• Notification of purchases for November and December 2025
• Request for support from the Municipality of Centre Hastings regarding regional advocacy for future Alto High-Speed Rail access via a Madoc-area station

Proclamations

• January as Alzheimer's Awareness Month
• Jan. 5 as the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Belleville Garden Club
• Jan. 26 as Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day
• February as:
  • Black History Month
  • Preventative Health Awareness Month
• Feb. 2 is World Wetlands Day
• Feb. 11 as 2-1-1 Day
• Feb. 22 as Girl Guides of Canada World Thinking Day
• Feb. 22 as the Coldest Night of the Year

The full agenda can be viewed here: https://citybellevilleon.civicweb.net/Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Org=Cal&Id=1286