Please see the above video for my full statement at the Council table yesterday evening. Yesterday was the final opportunity to debate the Marchurst BESS as the zoning by-law amendment (ZBLA) was before council for the final vote after the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee voted against giving the applicant the ZBLA they required to execute the project.   Knowing the likelihood that the majority of Council was going to approve zoning, I moved a motion to add a holding provision to the...

Councillor Kelly's Full Statement on City of Ottawa's 2026 Budget: Yesterday, Council discussed priorities, strategies, and funding during a roughly 10-hour long conversation about the 2026 budget. My priorities have not changed since I was first elected. I intended to work to keep West Carleton-March rural, which is why I opposed Urban Boundary Expansion. I intended to bring rural concerns to the table, which is why I brought back the Rural Summit last year. I worked very hard to include...

West Carleton-March Councillor Clarke's Kelly's Statement Nov 18, 2025 Last week at Council, I was very happy to get the full support of my council colleagues and the mayor in voting to support the staff recommendation to deny the most recent application to expand the urban boundary in South March. If this application had succeeded, it would have brought the urban boundary all the way to Dunrobin Road on the East side, to Old Second Line Rd. on the Northeast side, and Cameron Harvey on the...