Jean Coles
Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2024-11-06 to 2026-07-02 · served 2022–2026
54substantive motions movedof 58 meetings the minutes record them at
58procedural motions movedcounted separately, and never added to the above
48substantive motions secondedseconding is often a seat convention, not agreement
5meetings recorded absentof 58 they were on the record for
—recorded votes, for–againstthis council recorded no vote they took part in
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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 (5)
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning)May 20, 2026
Regular Meeting of CouncilMay 7, 2025
Regular Meeting of CouncilDecember 4, 2024
Special Meeting of CouncilNovember 27, 2024
Regular Meeting of CouncilNovember 6, 2024
Substantive motions moved (showing the 40 most recent of 54)
THAT Report CPS-37-2026 re: 2025 Financial Statements be received as information; AND FURTHER THAT the 2025 Audited Financial Statements for the Municipality of Middlesex Centre be approved as presented by Scrimgeour & Company CPA Professional Corporation.
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), June 17, 2026 · Carried
THAT By-law 2026-037 and By-law 2026-038 be passed and enacted.
Regular Meeting of Council, June 3, 2026 · Carried
THAT the minutes of the Middlesex Centre Council meeting held on April 22, 2026 be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council, May 6, 2026 · Carried
THAT Report CPS-27-2026 re: the Ilderton Arena Budget Overage Report be received; AND THAT Council approve the 2025 budget overage for the Ilderton Arena in the amount of $235,236, as outlined in this report, to be funded through the Building and Facilities Reserve Fund; AND THAT the 2026 Budget be amended to include the Ilderton Arena – Arena Upgrades, account 24-6750 at a budgeted cost of $105,0
Regular Meeting of Council, May 6, 2026 · Carried
THAT the Council for the Municipality of Middlesex Centre receives Correspondence items 10.1 to 10.5 as information.
Regular Meeting of Council, May 6, 2026 · Carried
THAT Items 8.1 through 8.3 listed under the heading of Consent Agenda for April 8, 2026 be adopted as recommended.
Regular Meeting of Council, April 8, 2026 · Carried
THAT the minutes of the Middlesex Centre Council meeting held on February 25, 2026 be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council, March 11, 2026 · Carried
THAT Items 8.1 through 8.6 listed under the heading of Consent Agenda for March 11, 2026 be adopted as recommended.
Regular Meeting of Council, March 11, 2026 · Carried
THAT By-law 2026-009, By-law 2026-010, and By-laws 2026-016 through to 2026-019 be adopted as recommended.
Regular Meeting of Council, March 11, 2026 · Carried
the minutes of the Middlesex Centre Special Meeting of Council and the Middlesex Centre Regular Meeting of Council both held on January 28, 2026 be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council, February 11, 2026 · Carried
Items 7.1 through 7.9 listed under the heading of Consent Agenda for February 11, 2026 be adopted as recommended.
Regular Meeting of Council, February 11, 2026 · Carried
the Council for the Municipality of Middlesex Centre receives Correspondence items 10.1 - 10.3 for information.
Regular Meeting of Council, February 11, 2026 · Carried
THAT the Council for the Municipality of Middlesex Centre receives Correspondence items 10.1 - 10.3 for information
Regular Meeting of Council, February 11, 2026 · Carried
THAT the minutes of the Middlesex Centre Special Meeting of Council and the Middlesex Centre Regular Meeting of Council both held on January 28, 2026 be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council, February 11, 2026 · Carried
THAT Items 7.1 through 7.9 listed under the heading of Consent Agenda for February 11, 2026 be adopted as recommended.
Regular Meeting of Council, February 11, 2026 · Carried
THAT Report PLA-05-2026 re: Section 26 Official Plan Review be received; AND FURTHER THAT in accordance with Section 26 of the Planning Act, staff be directed to proceed with the Official Plan Review.
Special Meeting of Council, January 28, 2026 · Carried
THAT By-law 2025-002 be adopted as printed.
Special Meeting of Council, January 28, 2026 · Carried
By-Laws 2025-088 through to 2025-091 inclusive be approved passed and adopted.
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), November 19, 2025 · Carried
THAT By-Laws 2025-088 through to 2025-091 inclusive be approved passed and adopted.
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), November 19, 2025 · Carried
the Council for the Municipality of Middlesex Centre receives correspondence items 10.1 through 10.7 for information.
Regular Meeting of Council, November 5, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Council for the Municipality of Middlesex Centre receives correspondence items 10.1 through 10.7 for information
Regular Meeting of Council, November 5, 2025 · Carried
the Correspondence items 13.1 through to 13.8 be received as information.
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), October 15, 2025 · Carried
THAT the Correspondence items 13.1 through to 13.8 be received as information
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), October 15, 2025 · Carried
the minutes of the Middlesex Centre Council meeting held on September 17, 2025 be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council, October 1, 2025 · Carried
THAT the minutes of the Middlesex Centre Council meeting held on September 17, 2025 be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council, October 1, 2025 · Carried
Zoning By-law Amendment application (ZBA-10-2025) for a temporary use zone, filed by JP Viramontes on behalf of Jennifer and Connie Viramontes, to permit two single-detached dwellings on one property for up to three years to allow a new residence to be constructed on the land known as 4847 Bells Road, be APPROVED; AND THAT the owner be required to enter into a new Temporary Use Agreement with the
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), September 17, 2025 · Carried
the minutes of the September 3, 2025 meeting of Council be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), September 17, 2025 · Carried
THAT Zoning By-law Amendment application (ZBA-10-2025) for a temporary use zone, filed by JP Viramontes on behalf of Jennifer and Connie Viramontes, to permit two single-detached dwellings on one property for up to three years to allow a new residence to be constructed on the land known as 4847 Bells Road, be APPROVED; AND THAT the owner be required to enter into a new Temporary Use Agreement with
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), September 17, 2025 · Carried
THAT the minutes of the September 3, 2025 meeting of Council be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), September 17, 2025 · Carried
Report CPS-45-2025 re: Financial Software Project be received; AND THAT the 2026 temporary staffing costs included in Report CPS-45-2025 receive pre-budget approval.
Regular Meeting of Council, September 3, 2025 · Carried
THAT Report CPS-47-2025 re: a new Volunteer Recognition Program be received; AND THAT the Volunteer Recognition Program appended to this report be endorsed; AND FURTHER THAT funds required to offer the Volunteer Recognition Program be incorporated into the municipal operating budget.
Regular Meeting of Council, September 3, 2025 · Carried
THAT Report CPS-45-2025 re: Financial Software Project be received; AND THAT the 2026 temporary staffing costs included in Report CPS-45- 2025 receive pre-budget approval.
Regular Meeting of Council, September 3, 2025 · Carried
the addition of items 5.1 and 13.4.1 to the August 6, 2025 Regular Council Meeting agenda be approved.
Regular Meeting of Council, August 6, 2025 · Carried
the minutes of the Middlesex Centre Council meeting held on July 16, 2025 be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council, August 6, 2025 · Carried
THAT the addition of items 5.1 and 13.4.1 to the August 6, 2025 Regular Council Meeting agenda be approved.
Regular Meeting of Council, August 6, 2025 · Carried
THAT the minutes of the Middlesex Centre Council meeting held on July 16, 2025 be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council, August 6, 2025 · Carried
THAT Report No.CPS-24-2025 re: the Sale of Municipal Property – 13211 Ilderton Road (Former CIBC Property) be received; AND THAT the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute an Agreement of Purchase and Sale with the London Middlesex Sports Corporation (Elite Performance and Injury Clinic) for the property located at 13211 Ilderton Road; AND FURTHER THAT the proceeds in the amount of $749,000.00 f
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), May 21, 2025 · Carried
the minutes of the Middlesex Centre Council meeting held on February 12, 2025 be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), February 26, 2025 · Carried
By-Laws 2025-019 through By-law 2025-020 be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), February 26, 2025 · Carried
THAT the minutes of the Middlesex Centre Council meeting held on February 12, 2025 be adopted as printed.
Regular Meeting of Council (Planning), February 26, 2025 · Carried
In the record
53meetings recorded presentthe minutes record presence, not a rate
1conflicts of interest declareda member saying they should not vote on a matter
Ward 1seatCouncillor
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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