Throughout the entire budget process we’ve heard council ask questions, and staff suggesting that these questions might be better answered, or resolved, on the budget message board. So let’s take a look at what’s been talked about on the message board as we look forward to Tuesday’s passage of the Tax-Supported Operating Budget. Continue reading “#GuelphBudget: Messages from the Message Board”
The final planning meeting of 2017 will definitely not have a “senior week” vibe as some big items come due including a plan to intensify Gordon Street, some new mid-rise standards, and a path forward for a big piece of land off York Road with some big expectations. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 11 Meeting?”
December is here, and that means Christmas is right around the corner. Obviously, there’s lots of holiday-related stuff in this month’s calendar, but there’s still some political stuff to take care of before year’s end. Shall we go over the month’s events? Continue reading “The Politico Calendar for December 2017”
Twice-monthly, Guelph Politico posts the latest inspection results from the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit inspection of local restaurants, hotels, cafes, grocery stores and other businesses that handle food. We call it “Mangez!”, and this column highlights the latest inspections done by WDGPH, and the results they’ve posted. Continue reading “MANGEZ! Dine Safe Guide for November 16-30, 2017”
There were 21 speakers on public delegation night for the 2018 Tax-Supported Operating Budget, and over half of them were there to support the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition. That’s 11 people, who all showed up to speak with the backing of a room full of supporters, either representing themselves, the coalition, or partner agencies that work with the coalition like the Guelph Police Service, and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health. What kind of organization drives such passion? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #104 – Brendan Johnson, Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition”
In a surprise move, it seems that Guelph has been called off the waiting list and is getting its own legal cannabis store when legalization goes into effect next summer. Smoke ’em if you got ’em. Or rather, smoke ’em when you can get them in July. Continue reading “Guelph Going to (Legal) Pot Too Next Summer”
Bad news for local commuters travelling between K-W and Guelph, especially if you take the Greyhound. Starting on December 10, the bus line will be running fewer trips between the Royal City and Kitchener, merging mid-day and night schedules due to low ridership. Continue reading “Greyhound Cancelling Trips Between Guelph and Kitchener”
Budget matters past and present, plus the passage of items from this month’s Committee-of-the-Whole is on the agenda for tonight. You can click here for the agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of tonight’s council meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow along below via Storify.. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 27, 2017”
To the credit of Guelph Transit, they have gotten better at letting riders know about service interruptions via social media since September. If you’ve observed that feed carefully though, you will have noticed a definite trend, and it concerns one of the new high-frequency routes meant to service the university corridor along Gordon and help the congestion. The #41 Downtown-University Express, during a one-month period, only ran without service interruptions every one out of three days. Continue reading “The 41 Conundrum: The University Express Only Runs Uninterrupted One-Third of the Time”
Decisions will be made! It’s been a fairly smooth budget process so far, but now council must decide the big piece of the budget, which is the Tax-Supported Operating Budget. What will the final numbers be? What will the rate increase for next year be? Stay tuned… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 5 Meeting?”
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