Kiron Bondale View candidate Contested Ward 4 in the 2022 municipal election. Moved to Welland in 2021 after 26 years in Mississauga. Volunteer with Open Arms Mission since November 2022, helping with food sorting and food-bank supplies. Advocacy on the Official Plan update and municipal amalgamation questions. MBA from McGill University and Bachelor of Computer Science from Concordia University. Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2000. Earned PMI Risk Management Professional certification in 2011 and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner certification in 2017. Retired, with more than 30 years of leadership and project-management experience. Author of Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice (2021). Past roles include Senior Consultant at World Class Productivity (WCP). Director, Corporate Project Management Office at Agricorp (2011–2013). Senior Manager, EPMO at TD (2013–2017), working on project funding and governance standards. Consulting and mentoring through Aksys Consulting Inc., including project-management consulting and practitioner coaching. Treasurer/Secretary on the Welland Historical Museum board, January 2023–May 2026. Volunteered at Niagara regional spelling-bee championships. President of the Southport Condos (NSSCC #209) board since January 2025. His campaign priorities are residents’ confidence in Council, development compatible with neighbourhoods, and careful use of tax dollars. He commits to evaluating development proposals for compatibility with surrounding neighbourhoods. He calls for a council focused on results and cooperation. Campaign funding policy: self-funded, with no donations or fundraising. Board financial experience includes preparing monthly museum financial reports and oversight of Southport procurement and annual budgeting. Received 523 votes as a Ward 4 candidate in 2022; certified to run in Ward 1 in 2026. Campaign: votekiron.wordpress.com · votekiron@gmail.com. Jessica LaHay View candidate Contested Ward 1 in the 2022 municipal election. Has held volunteer leadership roles with the Welland Rose Festival. City of Welland minutes record Jessica LaHay presenting the Welland Rose Festival at the November 13, 2023 special council meeting, and record Council receiving the presentations for information. Listed as the Rose Festival’s first vice-president in a 2023 City record. Jessica LaHay’s candidate-owned community page lists traffic and road safety, neighbourhood growth, support for local small businesses, parks/trails/family spaces, and City Hall transparency/communication as areas guiding her Ward 1 action plan. Placed fourth in Ward 1 in 2022 with 397 votes; certified to run again in 2026. Campaign email: votejessicaward1@gmail.com. Adam Moote View candidate Ward 1 councillor who served in the 2018–2022 term and was re-elected in 2022. Ward 1 councillor for the 2022–2026 term. Adam Moote’s consulting profile identifies him as a Registered Professional Planner and elected City Councillor in Welland, Ontario. Serves on Welland City Council as a Ward 1 councillor. The City of Welland’s Ward One councillor page lists Adam Moote on the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and the Town & Gown Committee. Served in the 2018–2022 council term and was re-elected in 2022. Campaign email: moote4ward1@gmail.com. City office: adam.moote@welland.ca. Josh Sawatsky View candidate Campaign: 905-324-2523 · josh4ward1welland@gmail.com. Brad Ulch View candidate Contested Ward 1 in 2022. Works at The Hope Centre in Welland. Driver / Maintenance role at The Hope Centre. Placed third in Ward 1 in 2022 with 518 votes; certified to run again in 2026. Campaign email: ulchbrad@outlook.com. 
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