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Portrait of George Minakakis

George Minakakis

Town Councillor · Ward 1 · served 2025-11-03 to 2026-11-14 [dates worked out from the minutes, not stated by the Town]

10substantive motions movedof 15 council meetings they were in office for
9procedural motions movedcounted separately, and never added to the above
3substantive motions secondedseconding is often a seat convention, not agreement
2items put on the agenda themselvesthe clearest signal of initiative in the minutes
4–1recorded votes, for–againstrecorded votes are rare and a skewed sample

67 of the 68 council meetings held so far have been read (2022-12-12 to 2026-09-14). The Town has not yet published minutes for the meeting of 14 September 2026; nothing from it is on this site yet, and it is checked every night. Of those read, 4 have no minutes published by the Town, so they contribute nothing to the counts below. A further 13 have minutes carrying no numbered resolutions — Council Workshops, mostly — so they add nothing to the motion counts, though their attendance is recorded. Committee of Adjustment meetings are not included: that is a separate appointed body councillors do not sit on.

Biography

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Portrait and biography published by the Town of Milton — source page.

Meetings the minutes record them as absent from

None recorded.

12 meeting(s) in this term have an attendance list that could be read, and none of them names this member as absent. 3 have not been checked yet. This is not a claim that they attended everything — it is what the record says and what it does not. No attendance rate is published, here or anywhere on this site.

Items they put on the agenda themselves (2)

A notice of motion is a member raising their own item, rather than moving that a staff report be adopted. This is the clearest signal of initiative in the record.

2026-06-22
DBIA Funding Request for 2026 Miracle on Main Street Event minutes
2026-01-26
d) of the Town’s Procedure By-law. Carried 10.10 Motion to Consider - Revising the Town's Procedural Bylaw minutes

How they voted, where it was recorded

4 for and 1 against, across 5 recorded votes.

This is about 3% of all business. Under Ontario law individual positions are written down only when a member requests a recorded vote, and members request them on the most contentious items. Everything else passed on a voice vote and is recorded simply as carried, with no way to know who supported it. These votes are therefore a skewed sample, not a voting record.

DatePositionMotion
2026-06-22ForTHAT Council resolves that the Town of Milton Official Plan, 2026 is consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 and matters of provincial interest as listed in…
Res. 100-26 · Carried · minutes
2026-01-26AgainstTHAT after consideration of the submissions of the parties in relation to the complaint pertaining to the Education Development Charges for 110 Heslop Road, the Council of…
Res. 002-26 · Lost · minutes
2025-12-08ForTHAT Staff Report DS-067-25 (Council, 8 Dec 2025) outlining applications for amendments to the Town of Milton Official Plan and Town of Milton Urban Zoning By-law 016-2014, as amended, to facilitate…
Res. 173-25 · Carried · minutes
2025-12-01ForTHAT staff be directed to present a report to Council in Q1 2026 that outlines the requirements to implement Municipal Licensing and Enforcement services on Sunday at a comparable…
Res. 163-25 · Carried · minutes
2025-11-03ForWHEREAS Procedure By-law 014-2024, provides that Notices of Motion shall not be discussed or debated upon introduction, but shall be included on the next regular Council meeting…
Res. 139-25 · Carried · minutes

What they put forward

10 substantive motions moved, across 15 meetings they could have attended.

Separately, 9 procedural motions — approving the consent agenda, receiving reports for information, waiving the rules. Those run the meeting rather than decide anything, so they are counted apart and never added to the figure above.

They also seconded 3 substantive and 0 procedural motions. Seconding puts a motion on the floor for debate; it is often a seat convention and is not a statement of support.

Substantive motions moved (10)

2026-07-13 · Res. 128-26 · Carried
WHEREAS Section 107 of the Municipal Act, 2001 allows municipalities to provide grants on such terms as the Council considers appropriate for purposes that Council considers to be in the interests of the municipality. AND WHEREAS the Downtown Milton Business Improvement Area (“DMBIA”) and the Tiger Jeet Singh Foundation (“TJSF”) have partnered to bring a single coordinated winter event… minutes
2026-02-09 · Res. 026-26 · Carried
THAT staff be directed to present a proposed development charge by-law on April 13, 2026 with consideration for the background study and draft by-laws included herein as Attachments 2, 3, and 4, as well as the feedback received through the public meeting, the Let’s Talk Milton site, and as otherwise received through the consultation process; minutes
2026-02-09 · Res. 029-26 · Carried
THAT the project status updates for the implementation of the new property tax system and the financial management system be received. AND THAT delegated authority be provided for staff to proceed with change orders (if required) up to an additional 10% on the current authorized limit for Workday Ltd. in regards to the implementation of the Financial Management System. minutes
2026-02-09 · Res. 031-26 · Carried
THAT Milton Council convene into confidential session to discuss personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees related to CAO Performance Objectives and discuss proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of lands for Civic Precinct Phase One Land Purchase. minutes
2026-02-09 · Res. 032-26 · Carried
THAT Council resume in open session. minutes
2026-02-09 · Res. 033-26 · Carried
THAT the recommendations contained in Staff Report CORS-004-26 (Council, 9 Feb 2026) be approved. minutes
2026-02-09 · Res. 034-26 · Carried
THAT the recommendations contained in Staff Report COMS-002-26 (Council, 9 Feb 2026) be approved. minutes
2026-02-09 · Res. 035-26 · Carried
THAT By-law Numbers 009-2026 through to and including Bylaw 015-2026 be READ, PASSED AND NUMBERED; AND THAT the Mayor and the Town Clerk be authorized to sign the said By-laws, seal them with the seal of the Corporation and that they be engrossed in the By-law Book. minutes
2026-01-26 · Res. 017-26 · Carried
WHEREAS Section 224 of the Ontario Municipal Act defines the role of Milton Council as being in a municipal government context, which is to represent the public, consider the municipal corporation's well-being, develop related policies, programs and services, and ensure administrative policies are in place; minutes
2025-12-01 · Res. 160-25 · Carried
THAT the incremental transfer to reserve of $750,000 to reduce the infrastructure deficit be removed from 2026 Operating Budget, and that an additional $170,000 be transferred from the Tax Stabilization Reserve to the Operating Budget in 2026. minutes

In the record

Meetings attendednot published — the minutes record presence only
Conflicts of interest declared0
OfficeTown Councillor
WardWard 1

In the news [12 pieces]

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None of this changes anything else on this page. A reporter’s summary is their compression of what was said, not the member’s own words, so nothing here is recorded as a position or compared against one. Where they are quoted directly, those words are theirs — and they are shown here rather than folded into a stance they did not write.

InsideHalton / Milton Champion2026-10-09Data centres Community Services Keeping Pace Rural Milton

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Milton Today2026-10-08Data centres Transit Community Services Keeping Pace Rural Milton

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Milton Today2026-09-28Transit Community Services Keeping Pace Rural Milton Leadership

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InsideHalton / Milton Champion2026-09-25Growth Transit

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InsideHalton / Milton Champion2026-09-21Data centres

“I believe that this interim control bylaw would send the wrong message to the marketplace,”

George Minakakis, quoted in this piece. Their words, not a summary written here — read it at InsideHalton / Milton Champion.

InsideHalton / Milton Champion2026-09-19Housing Supply Transit Community Services Keeping Pace Rural Milton

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InsideHalton / Milton Champion2026-09-19

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InsideHalton / Milton Champion2026-09-17Housing Supply Infrastructure Rural Milton

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InsideHalton / Milton Champion2026-09-16Housing Supply

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Milton Today2026-09-15Data centres Growth Rural Milton

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CHCH2026-09-10Housing Supply Transit Infrastructure Community Services Keeping Pace Leadership

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insauga2026-09-10Community Services Keeping Pace

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What this does not measure

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3 corrections affect what this page shows.

28 August 2026 — The correction published yesterday about attendance gave the wrong cause. Milton's minutes do record who was absent. The fault was in this site's parser, and it has been fixed — recorded absences are published again, still with no attendance rate.

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