LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 9, 2016

Published on by Adam A. Donaldson

Bradley Breedon will kick-off the coverage of the city council tonight, as the horseshoe gets down to the major issues surrounding the 2017 tax-supported operating budget. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here to read Politico’s preview of tonight’s meeting. For the complete blow-by-blow of tonight’s council meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow along below via Storify.

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Adam A. Donaldson
Mon, Feb 13 2017 16:26:13

Guelph City Council Meeting – November 9, 2016

Live blog from the meeting starting at 6 pm

  1. From Guelph Politico: Preview of tonight's #GuelphBudget meeting. https://t.co/GmKhfpToKv https://t.co/6DPPuIF76H

    From Guelph Politico: Preview of tonight’s #GuelphBudget meeting.  http://guelphpolitico.blogspot.ca/2016/11/city-council-preview-whats-on-agenda.html … pic.twitter.com/6DPPuIF76H
    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
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    Wed, Nov 09 2016 21:14:02

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Bradley Breedon will covering the Politico live-blog of tonite’s meeting here, and here:  http://guelphpolitico.blogspot.ca/2016/11/live-blog-city-council-meeting-for_9.html …

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 21:15:12

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Budget Meeting is now in session!

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:00:19

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Acting Treasurer James Krauter breaks down the budget.

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:08:24

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    A 1.98% tax increase has been proposed for the 2017 Tax Supported Operating Budget.

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:10:39

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Mayor Guthrie is up to discuss the use of municipal funds in the operations of City Council #GuelphBudget

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:15:57

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Guthrie: retainer fees for integrity commissioners, rising costs of projects around the city and initiatives responsible for 1.4% increase

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:21:39

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Mark Amorosi, Deputy CAO, outlines how Corp. Services has saved 3.3% on last years budget. Hint: two positions have been moved out of office

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:25:47

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Amorosi: information technology will help improve efficiency of Corp. Services in managing contracts automatically instead of manually.

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:27:45

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Scott Stewart Dep. CAO of Infrastructure, Development, and Enterprise Services is up next at the podium. #GuelphBudget

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:28:58

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Stewart: IDES 2017 budget is 20mn, looking to implement findings of 2016 accessibility audit, launch online waste collection reminder tool.

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:34:07

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Colleen Clack, Dep. CAO of Public Services to outline budget changes for 2017 #GuelphBudget

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:36:23

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Clack: Victoria Road Rec Centre is fully renovated and will be open in 2017. Also, celebrating Guelph’s 190th anniversary!

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:38:32

  14. Clack: “Where’s My Plow?” app will be piloted this winter. pic.twitter.com/GxBOVEmxTi
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    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:40:53

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Clack: last winter was a lighter winter so there was less money spent on plowing. Hoping to save money by December to create a reserve.

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:45:06

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Clack: no proposed change in transit levels for 2017 bar “helper” buses that were piloted this summer.

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:48:09

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Amorosi is back up: looking to review council’s delegation of authority, and implement Business/Service Review framework in 2017.

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:50:41

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Krauter: General & Capital Financing Focus for 2017 budget include contributions to affordable housing

    Wed, Nov 09 2016 23:56:25

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Cllr Gibson asking the tough questions on increases to utilities and decreases on Purchased Services.

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 00:00:26

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Expansions and Reductions for 2017: City Admin has 10 expansions to be considered that only account for 0.6% of budget increase

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 00:03:25

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Expansions: paramedics for Erin township will help cover an additional 12 hours that weren’t covered by in-town paramedics (11 am-11pm)

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 00:06:12

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Hiring of a Development Engineer and a Corporate Mobility Specialist on the list of proposed expansions for 2017 #GuelphBudget

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 00:17:27

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Guthrie on moving to mobile from landline phones: “I’ve got a land-line phone in my office: I’ve used it…4 times in 2 years?”

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 00:25:08

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Making quick work through proposed expansions for 2017: final expansion proposal is the hiring of an Application Analyst: backlog of 3 years

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 00:33:46

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Q:Reduction of transit services levels in summer was only corrected by “helper buses”. Why did restoring these levels not make the exp list?

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 00:37:03

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Answer from Clack: restoring the old service levels would have cost the city 1.3mn.

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 00:38:30

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    No reductions proposed for 2017: redns were built into 2017 budget (hence the need for an increase). More reduction = reduction in services.

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 00:40:13

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Recommendations for 2017 budget: that the presentation delivered today be referred to during the Dec 7th 2016 budget meeting..

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 00:41:04

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    ..and that user fees/proposed reserves/reserve fund transfers be referred to on Dec 7th 2016 as well #GuelphBudget

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 00:42:04

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Cam’s closing remarks: “I do not want to entertain surprise motions on the night of budget…. No surprises.”

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 01:18:48

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Vote to pass the recommendations: unanimously passed! #GuelphBudget

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 01:20:03

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    Adam A. Donaldson@adamadonaldson
    Council adjourned: thanks for tuning in tonight for #GuelphBudget !

    Thu, Nov 10 2016 01:21:06

 

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