The third of three meetings on this Tuesday is the regular council meeting. On the agenda for this one includes all the stuff – controversial and otherwise – from the Committee of the Whole agenda, plus three new items. What’s new? The consolidated financial statements and audit from last year, concerns around the availability of overnight heating and cooling centres, and a need to take some additional measures to support downtown businesses.
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 June 19. 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.
2025 Consolidated Financial Statements and External Audit Findings Report – This report combines the two reports into one, the City’s own consolidated statements and KPMG’s independent assessment. Overall, the City ended 2025 with financial assets growing by $92.3 million, which outpaces a $77.8 million increase in financial liabilities, for a net improvement of $14.5 million. On the audit side, KPMG issued an unqualified audit opinion on the 2025 Consolidated Financial Statements — the highest level of assurance available — with no significant changes from the previously presented Audit Planning Report and no significant internal control deficiencies identified.
Usage of City Hall as an Overnight Warming and Cooling Centre – An information report to council last month submitted that the practice of using city hall as a warming centre and cooling centre with extended overnight and weekend hours, which was started during the COVID-19 pandemic when other services weren’t available, should be discontinued as the building itself is not designed for this purpose, or staffed as an all-night facility. In response, Councillor Erin Caton will propose three motions, including a request to Wellington County to review all service and entry processes for overnight shelter admittance for individuals and to look at collecting data around why people are refused access to the overnight shelter system that already exists.
Parking Mitigation Opportunities Downtown – Only a couple of months into downtown construction, there’s already a request for more parking relief. Motions from Councillor Carly Klassen will ask the City to work with the DGBA on additional parking mitigation for downtown businesses affected by Wyndham Street construction, with the City contributing up to $25,000 from the Downtown Infrastructure Renewal Program construction mitigation budget and a request for a matching $25,000 from the Downtown Guelph Business Association. Now, doing this means acknowledging that no other construction mitigation actions can go ahead unless the budget is topped up in the 2027 confirmation budget process. The motions will also ask the DGBA to report back on its own mitigation efforts and funding contributions toward these construction impacts.
Consent Agenda items from the Committee of the Whole meetings on May 5. (Items can be pulled by a councillor seeking additional information, otherwise all items will be voted on as a slate without further debate.)
- Appointment of Closed Meeting Investigator
- Ontario Health: Multi-Sector Service Accountability Agreement, Declaration of Compliance
- Community Investment Strategy Update
- Procurement By-law Update
- With Glowing Hearts Program: Employer Recognition of the City of Guelph
- McQuillan’s Bridge Municipal Class Environmental Assessment
- Outside Water Use By-law Update
- Advancing Energy Equity in Guelph
- Recommendation Report: New Fee Structure for Building Permit Applications
- Paramedic Service Response Performance 2025 and Performance Plan Recommendation for 2027
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