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Shawn Watters
Mayor · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-08-24 · served 2022–2026
5substantive motions movedof 113 meetings the minutes record them at
0procedural motions movedcounted separately, and never added to the above
0substantive motions secondedseconding is often a seat convention, not agreement
1meetings recorded absentof 113 they were on the record for
6–1recorded votes, for–againstrecorded votes are rare and a skewed sample
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 Centre Wellington’s own minutes.
In their own words, via the Town
Mayor Shawn Watters has been serving Centre Wellington since 2022. My business career as a Landscape Architect has provided me the opportunity to design communities and build parks, streetscapes, trail networks, open spaces, commercial and residential landscape developments, restaurants, golf courses and music festivals. I have also been involved in climate mitigation projects. My political and business resume demonstrates leadership, team building and vision. I am excited to work with our new council to accomplish common goals, and engage in meaningful dialogue, making informed decisions that support our community. I have served five terms of council, and now as Mayor of Centre Wellington. My strong vision for the community includes:
MacDonald. THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington recommends Page 4 of 12 Council Minutes May 26, 2025 that the County of Wellington adopts an Official Plan Amendment (File OP-2024-04) to allow a Battery…
Kimberley Jefferson. THAT the following phrase be added to the staff recommendation, “including provisions to allow for the 2024 payment to be remitted by December 31, 2024.
MacDonald. THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington delegates authority to the Managing Director of Corporate Services and Treasurer to enact changes to the agreement between the Elora Rocks and…
Adams. THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington approves application RZ013/22 for a zoning amendment and gives three readings to the necessary by-law.
Adams. THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington declare surplus to the Township’s requirements Strathallan Park and two pedestrian access walkways located at 220 Strathallan Street, Fergus, and more…
For · 5–1 · Carried
Meetings the minutes record them as absent from (1)
Lustgarten-Evoy. THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington direct staff to investigate and work towards supporting the development of a child-care facility/recreational space to be located in Belwood. This includes the collaboration and coordination between other levels of government and community partners; AND THAT the investigation include the high level identification of a site, pla
Adams. THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington reduce the transfer to the General Capital reserve for asset management in the Page 7 of 13 Committee of the Whole Minutes December 7, 2023 2024 budget by $50,000.
Adams. THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington defer discussion regarding a Business Licensing Review capital project until after the Strategic Planning process.
Wilton. THAT the Council of the Township of Centre Wellington adopt Report No. COR2023-16 regarding additional financial disclosure requirements for the 2023 budget year pursuant to Ontario Regulation 284/09.
112meetings recorded presentthe minutes record presence, not a rate
0conflicts of interest declareda member saying they should not vote on a matter
4,105votes in 2022Mayor
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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