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| Evidence | Derek GibersonCertified mayoral candidate | Jim LeeCertified mayoral candidate | Tito-Dante MarimpietriCertified mayoral candidate |
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| Campaign proposal | Candidate statement Identifies financial pressure and infrastructure repair deficits as issues requiring serious discussion; the homepage does not specify a tax rate or spending target. Derek Giberson campaign website · Derek Giberson Checked 2026-10-06 · publication date unavailableSource contextHomepage: campaign introduction Also covers Transit & roads. AI-assisted source check. The guide attributes this statement to the campaign; the assertion has not been independently verified. | Candidate statement Says his focus is keeping Oshawa livable for long-time residents; the reviewed platform does not specify a property-tax reduction or freeze. Jim Lee · campaign material · Jim Lee Checked 2026-10-06 · publication date unavailableSource contextWhat Jim Stands For: Affordability AI-assisted source check. The guide attributes this statement to the campaign; the assertion has not been independently verified. | Candidate statement Supports expanding commercial and industrial investment and the assessment base to reduce pressure on residential taxpayers. Tito-Dante Marimpietri · campaign material · Tito-Dante Marimpietri Checked 2026-10-06 · publication date unavailableSource contextFiscal Responsibility: assessment base AI-assisted source check. The guide attributes this statement to the campaign; the assertion has not been independently verified. Candidate statement Says roads, snow clearing, parks, safety and dependable core services should take priority before new discretionary spending. Tito-Dante Marimpietri · campaign material · Tito-Dante Marimpietri Checked 2026-10-06 · publication date unavailableSource contextFiscal Responsibility: Back to basics AI-assisted source check. The guide attributes this statement to the campaign; the assertion has not been independently verified. Candidate statement Supports using development-charge funding for eligible growth-related infrastructure to reduce costs passed to the property-tax base. Tito-Dante Marimpietri · campaign material · Tito-Dante Marimpietri Checked 2026-10-06 · publication date unavailableSource contextFiscal Responsibility: growth-related infrastructure Also covers Taxes & spending. AI-assisted source check. The guide attributes this statement to the campaign; the assertion has not been independently verified. |
| Recorded council actions | Downtown health-sciences property funding and agreements Voted no · Carried 7–3 Recorded vote. Conditional funding and agreement directions adopted; completed acquisition, final costs and building construction are not established by these minutes. Some supporting details are in confidential report sections. 2026-06-29 · CNCL-26-46 · official minutesFree leisure swimming after South Oshawa pool reopens Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Recorded vote. Programming policy approved; reopening date, actual delivery and eligibility rules have not been checked. 2026-06-22 · CO-26-20 · official minutesSix-month authority for surplus airport-land agreements Voted no · Carried 8–3 Recorded vote. Authority and surplus designation approved; land sales, service works, financial returns and subsequent reporting have not been established by these minutes. 2026-06-22 · SF-26-30 · official minutesTerry Fox Run Lakeview Park parking-fee waiver Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Recorded vote. Fee waiver authorized; event delivery and application of the waiver have not been independently checked. 2026-06-22 · CNCL-26-44 · official minutesAdditional $1.65 million fire-truck financing Voted yes · Carried 11–0 Recorded vote. Financing amendment adopted; final note issuance, delivery and operational status not checked. 2026-02-23 · CF-26-07 · official minutesProposed $100,000 for downtown streetscape work Voted yes · Defeated 4–7 Moved and voted. Amendment defeated; this item did not authorize the proposed funding. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 13 · official minutesProposed $1.1 million reduction to temporary wage expenses Voted no · Defeated 2–9 Recorded vote. Amendment defeated; this vote did not reduce the proposed expense. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 7 · official minutesProposed $200,000 reduction to overtime costs Voted yes · Carried 11–0 Recorded vote. Budget amendment adopted. Actual payroll spending or operational impacts not checked. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 11 · official minutesReduced 2026 Infrastructure Reserve contribution Voted no · Carried 8–3 Recorded vote. 2026 budget amendment adopted; subsequent reserve balances and effects on capital delivery not checked. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 12 · official minutesEstimated $9,800 bocce facility fee waiver Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Recorded vote. Fee waiver approved. Actual usage and eventual revenue impact not checked. 2025-06-23 · CNCL-25-54 · official minutesProposed evening budget hearing Voted yes · Defeated 5–5 Moved proposal; recorded vote. Evening-hearing amendment defeated. Marimpietri was explicitly absent for this roll call, not recorded against. 2025-03-31 · CNCL-25-16 · official minutesRecommended 2026 budget increase target of 4% Voted no · Carried 6–4 Recorded vote. Recommendation adopted; a target is not an adopted tax rate or the final budget. 2025-03-31 · CNCL-25-16 · official minutesRitson Road sidewalk referral to the 2026 budget Voted yes · Carried 6–0 Moved the initial investigation proposal; voted yes on the separate budget referral. Referral adopted. Funding, construction authorization and completion not established by this vote. 2025-02-03 · ED-25-24 · official minutesOshawa Creek cleanup cost report requested Voted yes · Carried 9–1 Recorded vote. Cost-and-funding report requested; this vote did not approve cleanup construction or expenditure. 2024-09-23 · CO-24-48 · official minutesProposed smaller incentive for 35 Division Street Voted yes · Defeated 2–8 Moved proposal; recorded vote. Reduction defeated; the separate final motion approved the original incentive package. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-68 · official minutesAssessment-grant package for 35 Division Street Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Recorded vote. Incentives approved subject to performance conditions. Construction, eligibility for payment and grant disbursement not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-68 · official minutesDeveloper-built parkette north of Conlin Road Voted yes · Carried 7–2 Recorded vote. Parkette project and conditional funding approved; construction and payment not checked. 2024-06-24 · ED-24-71 · official minutesFull development-charge exemption for medical clinics Voted yes · Carried 8–1 Recorded vote. Exemption amendment adopted in the development-charge decision; effects on clinic construction and revenues not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesFull development-charge exemption for financial institutions Declared conflict · Carried 6–2 Recorded conflict. Exemption amendment adopted; this item’s conflict is not an absence or a vote. Revenue or development effects not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesProposed full exemption for rental housing Voted yes · Defeated 2–7 Recorded vote. Amendment defeated. Seconding allowed the proposal to be considered and is separate from the recorded no vote. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesDevelopment-charge bylaw and background study Voted no · Carried 7–2 Recorded vote. Bylaw and study adopted; actual collections, project delivery and later amendments not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesDiabetes centre funding request sent to budget Voted yes · Carried 9–1 Recorded vote. Budget referral adopted; this vote did not grant funding or establish expansion completion. 2024-04-29 · CF-24-26 · official minutesNorthwood community centre full-site design Voted no · Carried 9–1 Recorded vote. Design option approved. Construction completion and final costs not established by these minutes. 2024-03-25 · CNCL-24-24 · official minutesCampus Ice Centre funding agreement not renewed Voted yes · Carried 8–2 Recorded vote. Non-renewal and allocation direction adopted; actual ice allocation and later agreements not checked. 2024-02-26 · CO-24-08 · official minutes | Downtown health-sciences property funding and agreements Voted yes · Carried 7–3 Recorded vote. Conditional funding and agreement directions adopted; completed acquisition, final costs and building construction are not established by these minutes. Some supporting details are in confidential report sections. 2026-06-29 · CNCL-26-46 · official minutesFree leisure swimming after South Oshawa pool reopens Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Recorded vote. Programming policy approved; reopening date, actual delivery and eligibility rules have not been checked. 2026-06-22 · CO-26-20 · official minutesSix-month authority for surplus airport-land agreements Voted yes · Carried 8–3 Recorded vote. Authority and surplus designation approved; land sales, service works, financial returns and subsequent reporting have not been established by these minutes. 2026-06-22 · SF-26-30 · official minutesTerry Fox Run Lakeview Park parking-fee waiver Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Moved and voted. Fee waiver authorized; event delivery and application of the waiver have not been independently checked. 2026-06-22 · CNCL-26-44 · official minutesAdditional $1.65 million fire-truck financing Voted yes · Carried 11–0 Recorded vote. Financing amendment adopted; final note issuance, delivery and operational status not checked. 2026-02-23 · CF-26-07 · official minutesProposed $100,000 for downtown streetscape work Voted yes · Defeated 4–7 Recorded vote. Amendment defeated; this item did not authorize the proposed funding. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 13 · official minutesProposed $1.1 million reduction to temporary wage expenses Voted no · Defeated 2–9 Recorded vote. Amendment defeated; this vote did not reduce the proposed expense. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 7 · official minutesProposed $200,000 reduction to overtime costs Voted yes · Carried 11–0 Recorded vote. Budget amendment adopted. Actual payroll spending or operational impacts not checked. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 11 · official minutesReduced 2026 Infrastructure Reserve contribution Voted no · Carried 8–3 Recorded vote. 2026 budget amendment adopted; subsequent reserve balances and effects on capital delivery not checked. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 12 · official minutesEstimated $9,800 bocce facility fee waiver Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Recorded vote. Fee waiver approved. Actual usage and eventual revenue impact not checked. 2025-06-23 · CNCL-25-54 · official minutesProposed evening budget hearing Voted yes · Defeated 5–5 Recorded vote. Evening-hearing amendment defeated. Marimpietri was explicitly absent for this roll call, not recorded against. 2025-03-31 · CNCL-25-16 · official minutesRecommended 2026 budget increase target of 4% Voted no · Carried 6–4 Recorded vote. Recommendation adopted; a target is not an adopted tax rate or the final budget. 2025-03-31 · CNCL-25-16 · official minutesOshawa Creek cleanup cost report requested Voted yes · Carried 9–1 Recorded vote. Cost-and-funding report requested; this vote did not approve cleanup construction or expenditure. 2024-09-23 · CO-24-48 · official minutesProposed smaller incentive for 35 Division Street Voted no · Defeated 2–8 Recorded vote. Reduction defeated; the separate final motion approved the original incentive package. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-68 · official minutesAssessment-grant package for 35 Division Street Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Recorded vote. Incentives approved subject to performance conditions. Construction, eligibility for payment and grant disbursement not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-68 · official minutesDeveloper-built parkette north of Conlin Road Voted yes · Carried 7–2 Recorded vote. Parkette project and conditional funding approved; construction and payment not checked. 2024-06-24 · ED-24-71 · official minutesFull development-charge exemption for medical clinics Voted yes · Carried 8–1 Recorded vote. Exemption amendment adopted in the development-charge decision; effects on clinic construction and revenues not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesFull development-charge exemption for financial institutions Voted no · Carried 6–2 Recorded vote. Exemption amendment adopted; this item’s conflict is not an absence or a vote. Revenue or development effects not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesProposed full exemption for rental housing Voted no · Defeated 2–7 Recorded vote. Amendment defeated. Seconding allowed the proposal to be considered and is separate from the recorded no vote. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesDevelopment-charge bylaw and background study Voted yes · Carried 7–2 Recorded vote. Bylaw and study adopted; actual collections, project delivery and later amendments not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesDiabetes centre funding request sent to budget Voted yes · Carried 9–1 Recorded vote. Budget referral adopted; this vote did not grant funding or establish expansion completion. 2024-04-29 · CF-24-26 · official minutesNorthwood community centre full-site design Voted yes · Carried 9–1 Seconded and voted. Design option approved. Construction completion and final costs not established by these minutes. 2024-03-25 · CNCL-24-24 · official minutesCampus Ice Centre funding agreement not renewed Voted yes · Carried 8–2 Recorded vote. Non-renewal and allocation direction adopted; actual ice allocation and later agreements not checked. 2024-02-26 · CO-24-08 · official minutes | Downtown health-sciences property funding and agreements Voted yes · Carried 7–3 Seconded the underlying proposal; voted on Parts 2 and 3. Conditional funding and agreement directions adopted; completed acquisition, final costs and building construction are not established by these minutes. Some supporting details are in confidential report sections. 2026-06-29 · CNCL-26-46 · official minutesFree leisure swimming after South Oshawa pool reopens Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Recorded vote. Programming policy approved; reopening date, actual delivery and eligibility rules have not been checked. 2026-06-22 · CO-26-20 · official minutesSix-month authority for surplus airport-land agreements Voted yes · Carried 8–3 Recorded vote. Authority and surplus designation approved; land sales, service works, financial returns and subsequent reporting have not been established by these minutes. 2026-06-22 · SF-26-30 · official minutesTerry Fox Run Lakeview Park parking-fee waiver Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Recorded vote. Fee waiver authorized; event delivery and application of the waiver have not been independently checked. 2026-06-22 · CNCL-26-44 · official minutesAdditional $1.65 million fire-truck financing Voted yes · Carried 11–0 Seconded proposal; recorded vote. Financing amendment adopted; final note issuance, delivery and operational status not checked. 2026-02-23 · CF-26-07 · official minutesProposed $100,000 for downtown streetscape work Voted no · Defeated 4–7 Recorded vote. Amendment defeated; this item did not authorize the proposed funding. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 13 · official minutesProposed $1.1 million reduction to temporary wage expenses Voted no · Defeated 2–9 Recorded vote. Amendment defeated; this vote did not reduce the proposed expense. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 7 · official minutesProposed $200,000 reduction to overtime costs Voted yes · Carried 11–0 Seconded and voted. Budget amendment adopted. Actual payroll spending or operational impacts not checked. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 11 · official minutesReduced 2026 Infrastructure Reserve contribution Voted yes · Carried 8–3 Recorded vote. 2026 budget amendment adopted; subsequent reserve balances and effects on capital delivery not checked. 2025-11-28 · Proposed Amendment 12 · official minutesEstimated $9,800 bocce facility fee waiver Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Moved and voted. Fee waiver approved. Actual usage and eventual revenue impact not checked. 2025-06-23 · CNCL-25-54 · official minutesProposed evening budget hearing Absent for this vote · Defeated 5–5 Recorded absence for this vote. Evening-hearing amendment defeated. Marimpietri was explicitly absent for this roll call, not recorded against. 2025-03-31 · CNCL-25-16 · official minutesRecommended 2026 budget increase target of 4% Absent for this vote · Carried 6–4 Recorded absence for this vote. Recommendation adopted; a target is not an adopted tax rate or the final budget. 2025-03-31 · CNCL-25-16 · official minutesRitson Road sidewalk referral to the 2026 budget Voted yes · Carried 6–0 Recorded vote. Referral adopted. Funding, construction authorization and completion not established by this vote. 2025-02-03 · ED-25-24 · official minutesOshawa Creek cleanup cost report requested Voted yes · Carried 9–1 Seconded proposal; recorded vote. Cost-and-funding report requested; this vote did not approve cleanup construction or expenditure. 2024-09-23 · CO-24-48 · official minutesProposed smaller incentive for 35 Division Street Voted no · Defeated 2–8 Recorded vote. Reduction defeated; the separate final motion approved the original incentive package. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-68 · official minutesAssessment-grant package for 35 Division Street Voted yes · Carried 10–0 Moved proposal; recorded vote. Incentives approved subject to performance conditions. Construction, eligibility for payment and grant disbursement not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-68 · official minutesDeveloper-built parkette north of Conlin Road Voted yes · Carried 7–2 Recorded vote. Parkette project and conditional funding approved; construction and payment not checked. 2024-06-24 · ED-24-71 · official minutesFull development-charge exemption for medical clinics Voted yes · Carried 8–1 Seconded proposal; recorded vote. Exemption amendment adopted in the development-charge decision; effects on clinic construction and revenues not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesFull development-charge exemption for financial institutions Voted yes · Carried 6–2 Seconded proposal; recorded vote. Exemption amendment adopted; this item’s conflict is not an absence or a vote. Revenue or development effects not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesProposed full exemption for rental housing Voted no · Defeated 2–7 Seconded proposal; recorded vote. Amendment defeated. Seconding allowed the proposal to be considered and is separate from the recorded no vote. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesDevelopment-charge bylaw and background study Voted yes · Carried 7–2 Recorded vote. Bylaw and study adopted; actual collections, project delivery and later amendments not checked. 2024-06-24 · CNCL-24-73 · official minutesDiabetes centre funding request sent to budget Voted yes · Carried 9–1 Recorded vote. Budget referral adopted; this vote did not grant funding or establish expansion completion. 2024-04-29 · CF-24-26 · official minutesNorthwood community centre full-site design Voted yes · Carried 9–1 Moved and voted. Design option approved. Construction completion and final costs not established by these minutes. 2024-03-25 · CNCL-24-24 · official minutesCampus Ice Centre funding agreement not renewed Voted yes · Carried 8–2 Recorded vote. Non-renewal and allocation direction adopted; actual ice allocation and later agreements not checked. 2024-02-26 · CO-24-08 · official minutes |
| Experience and community activity | Community source Oshawa Power says its team discussed the Mission's needs with board president Giberson while planning a donated connection. The utility and partners supplied wireless internet on May 6, 2020 to support Mission United services. Creative Communications · Oshawa PowerOfficial record Read full profileLakeridge Health's 2022–2025 mental health strategy lists Giberson, representing the Backdoor Mission as board chair, on its Integrated Mental Health and Addictions Planning Committee. Together, Best Mental Health · 2022–2025 · Lakeridge Health | Community source The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood's event report names Lee among those who took part in the Second Marsh watershed cleanup on Earth Day 2023. Second Marsh Earth Day 2023 cleanup · Rotary Club of Oshawa-ParkwoodCommunity source Read full profileAn IAFF report attributes support for additional Oshawa fire personnel to Lee. Local 465 president Peter Dyson described Lee's help with advocacy before council's January 19, 2023 decision approving 20 hires. Oshawa, Ont. Approves 20 Hires to Boost Public, Fire Fighter Safety · International Association of Fire Fighters | Official record Oshawa Public Libraries lists Marimpietri as a councillor member of its Library Board in the roster reviewed for this guide. Library Board · Oshawa Public LibrariesCommunity source Read full profileParkwood Estate's public Board of Directors roster lists Marimpietri as a director of the foundation responsible for the national historic site. Contact · Parkwood Board of Directors · Parkwood Estate |
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