This month’s Guelph Police Services Board starting with some tech issues. Maybe everyone was just rusty after taking last month off… Anyway, there was a lot of ground to cover with this agenda including an… More
RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 14, 2024
Tonight, we plan! And it was all done in less than six minutes You can click here for the amended agendas from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. Due to the relatively brief agenda, there was no live coverage on Twitter, but you can read the break down of the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 14, 2024”
MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for May 16, 2024
After taking April off, the Guelph Police Services Board return for a mid-May chinwag about all the business of policing in the city. At this meeting, we will get an update about what’s going on downtown and some end of quarter financial and performance reports. Plus, there’s a change in policy to discuss, and, as always, there will be the monthly report from thee Chief of Police himself. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for May 16, 2024”
This Month at Council: Internet is Made an Option on Voting Again
After a couple of weeks off, city council got back to business with the May edition of Committee of the Whole, and boy was there business! There was one big item on the agenda this week, and it was bound to be controversial, but it was the culmination of about 18 months of work and advocacy at one of Guelph’s local boards. Yes, internet voting is back on the menu, and this is how we got there… Continue reading “This Month at Council: Internet is Made an Option on Voting Again”
POLICE NOTES: Liquor Thieves Arrested, West End B&E, and Massive Child Porn Bust
There are 145,000 stories in the Royal City, and this is some of them. Looking at a week’s worth of media releases from the Guelph Police Service, there’s a lot going on in our little city crime-wise speaking, so let’s run down some of the charges, issues, and requests for information from the Guelph Police Service over the last seven days. Continue reading “POLICE NOTES: Liquor Thieves Arrested, West End B&E, and Massive Child Porn Bust”
MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for May 16, 2024
The Transit Advisory Committee will be meeting again to consider a new slate of policy, budget, and scheduling decisions. On the agenda this month, are the usual submissions like rider feedback and the general update, and under new items there’s an update about budget implications for transit and some in-progress changes to three bus routes in the northwest. Let’s get into the preview for May… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for May 16, 2024”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on May 22?
Been a while since we’ve had a workshop… So what’s the focus of this one? The future! More specifically though the future of downtown. Guelph’s main drag in the core will be getting some work done in the next decade, and if we’re working on all the stuff under the road, we can take the time to work on some stuff on top of the road, you know, give Wyndham Street a face lift. But what will it’s new face look like? Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on May 22?”
GUELPH POLITICAST #418 – Mental Health Week
Earlier this year, Statistics Canada reported that there has been a five per cent increase in positive responses in the proportions of adults who reported excellent or very good mental health, a strong sense of belonging to their local community, and a high level of life satisfaction between 2021 and 2023. And yet, considering that still less than three out of five adults report excellent or very good mental health, we still have a long way to go. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #418 – Mental Health Week”
LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for May 7, 2024
This month’s committee meeting will look at voting methods. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for May 7, 2024”
RECAP: Heritage Guelph Says ‘No’ to Kidd Barn Demo
It was a busy agenda with about half-a-dozen items, but that doesn’t mean that Heritage Guelph didn’t handle it all industriously. A handful of new designations are now on their way to council to get their seal of approval, but it was a past designation that will likely make the news. Ahead of next week’s council meeting on the very same subject, the heritage committee had their say about holding up a heritage property that the owner doesn’t seem to want to protect. Let’s recap…
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MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for May 8, 2024
After a jam-packed and extra long meeting last month to anoint the new Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee, we should be looking at something a little more regularly timed this month. On this agenda, there are a couple of key childcare updates, plus some current and future construction projects under the housing file. Also, what did the second half of last year look like in terms of housing numbers? Got that answer too. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for May 8, 2024”
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