Month: May 2024

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 12 Meeting?

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What’s the point of establishing a work plan if you’re not going to give yourself a report card? Every year, city council hears from staff about how things are progressing with the Strategic Plan goals that they’ve set for themselves, and once again the time has come to see if City Hall gets an A, B, C, D, or F for their various efforts across the pre-set categories. So how did the City of Guelph do this year? Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 12 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 11 Meeting?

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This planning meeting of Guelph City Council will focus for the most part on heritage matters. For the last several months, Heritage Guelph has been banking new designations for council to finally sign off on and the horseshoe will take a look at five of them. But that’s not the end of the agenda, there will also be a request to extend a deadline, a request to send a letter, and a request to build some new student accommodations. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 11 Meeting?” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 29, 2024

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Council will once again exercise their tribunal powers! 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 29, 2024” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #421 – This is Not a Drill Hall!

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At next week’s Committee of the Whole meeting, Guelph City Council will look at the fate of the Drill Hall; staff wants to put it up for sale, but there’s at least one group in Guelph that wants to do something with it now. It’s an idea called the Guelph Centre for Visual Art, and it could feature exhibition space, artist studios, educational and meeting space, and so much more. But does city hall share their vision? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #421 – This is Not a Drill Hall!” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 28, 2024

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It’s going to be a busy night at council! 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 28, 2024” →

RECAP: Library Board Looks at Branch Updates, and Harm Reduction

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Members of the Guelph Public Library Board of Directors met on Monday evening, and for a change of pace they heard about capital concerns beyond the new library building. There was a discussion about how to improve the amenities at the Library’s five branches, plus there was an update about the downtown library’s secondary role as a social services agency. Also, there’s progress on finding a new CEO. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Library Board Looks at Branch Updates, and Harm Reduction” →

POLICE NOTES: Chair Attack, Downtown Smash & Grab, and Motorcycle Stunts

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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: Chair Attack, Downtown Smash & Grab, and Motorcycle Stunts” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for June 3, 2024

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There are no new delegations on the agenda for this month’s Heritage Guelph meeting, but there’s a lot of background work to do. There’s a new member of the committee to get orientated, there’s a matter of a wall along the river, there’s a permit application to move a heritage building, and there’s a new cultural heritage value report to set the stage for a future designation. This is what’s on the agenda for June…
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Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 4, 2024 Meeting?

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June at Committee of the Whole brings a little bit of almost everything. Members of the committee will chew on more changes to single-use plastics policy, an updated look at the City of Guelph’s asset management work, and a report coming from a direction last fall at the budget meeting. If that’s not enough for you, the fate of a certain heritage building downtown is back on the front burner. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 4, 2024 Meeting?” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 22, 2024

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Council is going to try and get smarter with a workshop! 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 22, 2024” →