The Devil’s night was in the details at the monthly meeting of the Guelph Public Library Board of Directors on Monday evening, and many of the details were behind the closed doors of the in-camera portion of that meeting. What was discussed in their closed session involved a report about the library as a safe space and the future self-evaluation of the board. For everything else, there’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Library Board Spends Most of It’s Meeting In-Camera”
Nothing really scary at this pre-Halloween council meeting, unless you’re devoid of compassion. Council revisited the Parks and Recreation Master Plan from Committee of the Whole with a wider accessibility lens this time, and then there was a special motion from one councillor about encouraging the creation of a Guaranteed Livable Income. There was also one last word about the Culture Plan, so let’s see all about it in this meeting recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Livable Income; Accessible Playgrounds!”
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: Homicide Arrest, Stolen Cars Found, and Police Assault”
This Committee of Adjustment meeting is in November, and you might think that there might be fewer demands for variances now that winter is coming (obligatory Game of Thrones joke). Well, you would be wrong. There are 10 new applications for the committee’s consideration including new secondary buildings, new property severances, and a couple of rare property easements. Let’s see what’s all on the agenda! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Committee of Adjustment Meeting for November 9, 2023”
This month, the Grand River Conservation Authority membership got in on the growing number of budget activities, but that’s not where the controversy laid at this month’s board meeting. Having said that, the real controversy was in one area impacted by the budget, specifically changes to the outdoor education program. So there’s that, and also a discussion about the merits of hybrid meetings going forward. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: GRCA Board Has Concerns About Outdoor Education Changes”
November is budget month, so maybe it shouldn’t be that surprising that it’s going to be a little bit light in terms of the Committee of the Whole agenda. The agenda is all about the Governance Committee as members of the committee will be asked to look at council education, and the organization of the menagerie of advisory committees at the City. Naturally, there are also a lot of staff recognitions too! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 6 Meeting?”
It’s a strange meeting at a strange time involving a subject that’s usually reserved for a specific meeting at a particular time of the month. And yet… Here we are. On this Monday, Guelph City Council will have a special meeting to render a final decision about a planning application that was first presented to the previous term of council nearly five years ago. So it’s complicated? Maybe, but maybe not… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on November 6?”
After taking October off as usual, the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health is back, and kicking off the month with some fairly important information, including, you guessed it, the 2024 budget. There will be some information about that, and there will also be some information about how the current year’s budget is shaking out. We will also hear reports about the new strategic plan and public health communications. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for November 1, 2023”
Maybe you’ve heard the term “dark tourism”, there’s a whole Netflix series about it, but you don’t have to go abroad to somewhere famous to get a taste of dark tourism. Would it surprise you to learn that we have a hot little dark tourism industry right here in Guelph? As we approach Halloween on Tuesday, perhaps it’s time we appreciated just what kind of a sorted little town we have here, historically speaking. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #394 – Guelph, After Dark”
Because council is taking Halloween off, we come to the last meeting of the month a week early. You can click here for the amended agendas from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for October 24, 2023”
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