# Emergency and Community Services Committee approves Ontario Works Eligibility and Overpayment Processes (City Wide)... 6-0

The motion carried 6 to 0, with 1 absent at the Thursday, July 9, 2026 meeting.

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## Record

Meeting: Emergency and Community Services Committee
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2026
Item: MOTION,
Result: Carried 6-0

## Report

Emergency and Community Services Committee voted 6 to 0, with 1 absent on Ontario Works Eligibility and Overpayment Processes (City Wide)... at its Thursday, July 9, 2026 meeting. The motion carried.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

```
Ontario Works Eligibility and Overpayment Processes (City Wide) (Outstanding Business List Item) (A. Wilson/Hwang) That Report HSC26018, dated July 9, 2026, respecting Ontario Works Eligibility and Overpayment Processes (City Wide) (Outstanding Business List Item), be received, and the following recommendations be approved: (a) That the General Manager, Healthy and Safe Communities be directed to send a letter to the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services requesting that the Province expedite the review and referral of all historical Ontario Works overpayments to enable enhanced collection; and, (b) That Outstanding Business List Item respecting Ontario Works Eligibility and Overpayment Processes, be identified as completed and removed from the Emergency and Community Services Committee Outstanding Business List.
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Every figure above comes from the [official minutes](https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=501041) and the recorded vote they contain. The roll call shows how each member voted.

## Sources

[1] ECS Minutes 26-006 (Please refer to the July 15, 2026 Council minutes for the disposition of these matters): Emergency and Community Services Committee, Thursday, July 9, 2026 — https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=501041
[2] Emergency and Community Services Committee, Thursday, July 9, 2026 (City of Hamilton eSCRIBE meeting record) — https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=b112efe0-5604-4b77-b4be-cb510ffe9644&lang=English