November 10, 2026 Board of Commissioners Planning & Policy Committee

The November 10, 2026 meeting of miOttawa’s Board of Commissioners Planning & Policy Committee included two trail easement matters. The committee considered a $1 easement for a natural-surface, non-motorized trail (the transcript does not preserve the vote result) and approved, by six affirmative roll-call votes, forwarding an easement with Huntington National Bank for $4,500 to the full board. The latter easement would facilitate construction of the Allenale segment of the IDMA Explorers Trail, with the parks director authorized to take implementation actions. No other contract awards or purchasing decisions were identified.

The committee also advanced revisions to the county’s email retention and archiving policy and its code of ethical conduct, and voted to forward a proposed additional seat on the Housing Advisory Board to the full board. A proposal to pause oral departmental annual reports for a year while staff develop consistent written reports and performance dashboards using Workday will return as an action item; no vote was taken on it during this meeting. Public comment raised concerns about Flock cameras, but the committee agreed the topic should be placed on a future agenda. Community Action Agency updates covered grant-supported housing repair education, home energy-efficiency visits, weatherization, and food assistance; no new procurement action was presented.