Term events attended through June 30, 2026.
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COUNCILLOR FILE
Samuel Tilley
Former councillor · resigned Mar. 10
73%term attendance · all reported
Term council meetings attended through June 30, 2026.
44 in 2025 · 26 in 2026 through August 25. 43 classified substantive across both years.
2023, 2024 and 2025 use audited written minutes. The 2024 plus sign remains until audio is checked. The 2026 floor uses 23 minute sets plus five complete audio audits through August 25.
CURRENT TERM · COMPARABLE THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026
One formula used across the Site
Estimated council pay$54,726
÷Reported events attended63
=Estimated pay per attendance$869
Same cutoff and records as the Attendance page: January 2024 through June 2026. This is not verified payroll and it is not a performance grade. The archive begins November 14, 2023, but a comparable 2023 quarterly attendance grid has not yet been indexed.
BREAKDOWN BEHIND THE TERM TOTAL
Attendance by year and quarter
The headline above combines these same City reports. These smaller periods explain the total; they are not competing scores.
PresentAbsentNot eligible / not reported
City quarterly attendance grids.
City quarterly attendance grids.
City Q1 and Q2 attendance grids.
SELECTED EXAMPLES · NOT A TOTAL
Oversight questions
Asked how success would be measured and how specific issues would be handled after restructuring Public Safety.
Official record ↗Dog-team land
Moved the land-tenure and survey-sketch decision concerning dog-team areas.
Official record ↗2024 WRITTEN-RECORD QUESTION FLOOR
4+substantive questions or requests attributed in all located 2024 written minutes
Councillor Tilley asked if staff can provide an update regarding a plan to repair both the hot tub and sauna at a future Council meeting.
- Answer recorded
- No direct answer is documented immediately after this question in the written minutes.
- Result or follow-up
- The written minutes record the exchange; no separate later result is identified here.
Councillor Tilley asked if the upgrades to the hot tub and sauna at the aquatic centre were included in the proposed Capital Spending Plan.
- Answer recorded
- Steve England, Chief Administrative Officer, advised that repairs to the sauna would be completed by the end of February and the repairs to the hot tub were anticipated to be completed by the end of March.
- Result or follow-up
- The written minutes record the exchange; no separate later result is identified here.
Councillor Tilley asked if the residents would see a difference in the water rates.
- Answer recorded
- Councillor Sheppard advised that this budget does not reflect a change in the water rates. He noted that substantial work was currently being carried out and it was hoped that there would be a reduction in water rates.
- Result or follow-up
- The written minutes record the exchange; no separate later result is identified here.
Councillor Tilley asked for an update on the E-Permitting Pilot Project.
- Answer recorded
- Mr. Dodds advised that e-permitting launched on November 15, 2024 and is available for any developer to use. He explained that Round 2 funding would require linking the e- permitting with web mapping and Geographic Information System (GIS).
- Result or follow-up
- The written minutes record the exchange; no separate later result is identified here.
Written-record minimum only. Multi-part exchanges may be compressed in the minutes, so the number retains a plus sign until audio is checked.
2025 WRITTEN QUESTIONS · AVAILABLE MINUTES AUDITED
7distinct substantive questions documented from January 21 through December 9
Procurement by-law2
ATCO Loop1
Astro Hill1
Capital estimates1
Committee restructuring1
Property-tax relief1
Why did the by-law still reference Ontario's Discriminatory Business Practices Act?
- Answer recorded
- Finance said the reference had not been removed from the prior version.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Could the Ontario Public Buyers Association code reference be replaced with the City's code?
- Answer recorded
- Finance said the City's Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest would be used.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
What did the environmental site assessment establish?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said Phase I and II work was complete on one lot and Phase II work was commissioned for the second.
- Result or follow-up
- The second Phase II assessment remained pending.
Were two Astro Hill budget lines the same project?
- Answer recorded
- Finance said they were parts of one project: federally funded water infrastructure and City-funded wastewater work.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
How were the Astro Hill project amounts determined?
- Answer recorded
- Engineering cited consultant information for ongoing work and staff experience on comparable projects.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Why was the Public Safety Committee being converted to an internal working group?
- Answer recorded
- Stevenson summarized concerns about effectiveness and said an administrative group might produce better outcomes while still reporting to council.
- Result or follow-up
- Motion 25-258 was defeated 3–4.
Why raise the exemption cap by $200,000 when the previous $300,000 limit had not historically been reached?
- Answer recorded
- Finance said 2025 applications were expected to exceed the existing cap.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Every entry is a concise paraphrase of the written minutes. The Jan. 14 workshop has attendance only, and the May 8 Governance minute link is unavailable. Missing records are not evidence of silence.
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS & PROMISED FOLLOW-UPS · 2025
ATCO Loop
What did the environmental site assessment establish?
Recorded answer: Planning said Phase I and II work was complete on one lot and Phase II work was commissioned for the second.
Follow-up: The second Phase II assessment remained pending.
Official minutes ↗Committee restructuring
Why was the Public Safety Committee being converted to an internal working group?
Recorded answer: Stevenson summarized concerns about effectiveness and said an administrative group might produce better outcomes while still reporting to council.
Follow-up: Motion 25-258 was defeated 3–4.
Official minutes ↗EDITORIAL SELECTION · REMARKS FROM ACROSS THE 2025 RECORD
Paraphrase
The procurement by-law needed clearer best-value rules, supplier monitoring, debriefs, dispute procedures and controls on contract extensions.
Tilley's detailed review preceded council's unanimous decision to defer second reading and return the by-law for revision.
Official minutes ↗Condensed quotation
A 9.5-percent power increase alongside rolling blackouts was “not acceptable.”
Tilley called on Qulliq Energy Corporation to provide better service during councillor statements.
Official minutes ↗Paraphrase
A proposed fourplex did not fit Apex's existing low-density character and could set a precedent.
Tilley opposed the committee recommendation; the named vote records Tilley and Stevenson opposed.
Official minutes ↗This selected section can include debate and other agenda items; it is not the formal Statements ledger. Remarks are kept separate from the question count. Labels distinguish exact wording, condensed wording and paraphrase.
FORMAL COUNCILLOR STATEMENTS LEDGER
12 written-record entries
Only remarks filed under the regular council agenda’s formal STATEMENTS item. This is separate from debate remarks, questions and the editorial “notable statements” selection above.
INDIVIDUALLY RECORDED POSITIONS · DIVIDED VOTES
For
Opposed
Opposed
For
Motion PD 24-13 · Recommend Astro Hill mixed-use permit with traffic study
Carried · 5–3
Official minutes ↗For
For
For
Motion 24-100 / 24-101 · Cannabis, tobacco and vaping by-law, first and second readings
Both carried · 7–1
Official minutes ↗For
For
For
Opposed
For
For
Opposed
For
Absent
Absent
Motion 25-04 / 25-10 · 2025 Mill Rate By-law, first and second readings
Both carried · 4–3
Official minutes ↗Absent
Absent
Motion 25-27 · Property Tax Exemption By-law, third and final reading
Carried · 3–2
Official minutes ↗Absent
Opposed
For
For
For
Absent
Motion 25-207 / 25-210 · Apex NHC land-disposal by-law, first and second readings
Both carried · 3–1
Official minutes ↗Opposed
Motion 25-258 · Public Safety Committee restructuring
Defeated · 3–4 after mayor's deciding vote
Official minutes ↗This section does not treat moving or seconding a motion as a vote. Unanimous results without individual names remain collective records. “Absent,” “Conflict,” “Abstained” and “Not in office” are kept separate.
HOW TO READ THIS FILE
Presence, moving a motion, questioning and voting are different records
Attendance reproduces the City’s quarterly grids and separates formal council meetings from committees, hearings and workshops. Motion counts cover 35 written motion records from 2025 and available 2026 registries through August 25. “Substantive” removes agenda and minutes approval, in-camera transitions and adjournment. The question number is a minimum from written minutes; audio may raise it. None of these numbers proves how much work a member did outside the chamber.
For a mayor, council voting is treated separately: the mayor normally votes only to break a tie. Committee participation can create a different voting record.