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Report Card
Overall Grade
B14 of 20 points
Council Average
11
out of 20 points
Attendance Rank
13th of 66
Score Breakdown
Attendance
5/595% attendance rate (18 of 19 meetings)
Engagement
5/53 committees · 5 outside body memberships
Transparency
4/5- Email address
- Phone number
- Social media
- Photo
- Council profile
Electoral Mandate
0/50% vote share · 775 votes · 4 May 2023
How is this score calculated?
Each councillor is scored across four dimensions, each worth up to 5 points (20 total):
- Attendance
- Based on meeting attendance percentage. 90%+ = 5, 80%+ = 4, 70%+ = 3, 60%+ = 2, 50%+ = 1, below 50% = 0.
- Engagement
- Based on the combined number of committees served on and outside body memberships. 8+ = 5, 6+ = 4, 4+ = 3, 2+ = 2, 1 = 1, none = 0.
- Transparency
- One point for each of: published email address, phone number, social media account, photo, and council profile page.
- Electoral Mandate
- Based on vote share in most recent election. 50%+ = 5, 40%+ = 4, 30%+ = 3, 20%+ = 2, 10%+ = 1, below 10% or no data = 0.
Grades: A+ (18-20), A (16-17), B (14-15), C (12-13), D (10-11), E (7-9), F (0-6).