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- Current Ward 2 councillor seeking re-election in 2026.
Connection to Welland and the ward
- Ward 2 councillor for the 2022–2026 term.
Municipal and public-service record
- Moved the April 9, 2024 motion directing staff to provide options for reducing council size; the motion carried.
Budget and financial experience
- His April 2024 motion cited $560,796 in 2023 council remuneration and expenditures from report FIN-2024-05.
Council size and representation
- His April 2024 council-size motion stated reducing costs to taxpayers as its objective.
- Initiated the 2024 review through a motion requesting council-size options aimed at reducing taxpayer costs.
- Jamie Lee seconded his April 9, 2024 motion.
- Council voted on January 14, 2025 to keep its existing composition. Van Vliet is not listed in that recorded vote.
Prior election results
- Current Ward 2 incumbent certified to run again in 2026.
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