Council discussed a notice of motion that was brought forward with an aim to reinstate public notices being printed in the Citizen newspaper.
The only motions that were passed by council directed staff to return a report by the fall of 2026 showing advertising expenditures by platform, and to de-prioritize advertising on American platforms like Meta and prioritize advertising on local media.
In 2022 council voted to use Facebook and the city’s website as the main means of publishing public notices. The issue was debated again in August 2023 when another notice of motion was put forward to amend the public notice bylaw.