City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 25, 2025 Meeting?

It’s going to be a big week for city council with two meetings, but this may not be the biggest one with the other one being about the budget. Still, council will likely have some additional thoughts on a couple of big reports from Committee of the Whole, and they then they will dig into some items concerning the joint committee that the City of Guelph collaborates with the county on. So let’s dig into all the non-budget business in this meeting preview!

NOTE #1: Delegates will be able to appear at this meeting in-person or via tele-presense but you do have to register with the clerks office before 10 am on Friday November 21. You can also submit written delegations and correspondences for agenda items.

NOTE #2: In addition to meeting in-person, this meeting will also be live-streamed on the City of Guelph’s website here.

Chair/Vice Chair appointment to the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee – In February 2026, the current two-year term of the chair/vice-chair position will expire for this committee, which came into formal existence in 2024. (Ward 4 City Councillor Linda Busuttil was the one appointed to the position.) Since the council appointment periods tend to line up with the four-year length of the council term, that kind of leaves a gap between February and the start of the new council term after the election at the end of 2026. Council will vote at this meeting to appoint, or perhaps reappoint, the position.

Ontario Big City Mayor’s Resolution on Paramedic Safety and Violence Against Paramedics – At the October meeting of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee, they endorsed a resolution from Ontario’s Big City Mayors. In August, the OBCM approved a pair of motions asking the Government of Canada to adopt legislation to amend the Criminal Code of Canada to “increase penalties and maximum terms of imprisonment for aggravated assault against paramedics, firefighters, and other first responders to align with those for peace officers.”

Consent Agenda items from the Committee of the Whole meetings on November 4. (Items can be pulled by a councillor seeking additional information, otherwise all items will be voted on as a slate without further debate.)