Category: Committee Live-Blog

RECAP: Budget for Rent Supplements Boosted at JSSLAC; 20 New Household Per Month Will Be Covered

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It was a big meeting of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee on Wednesday. With the final approval of the 2026 budget at hand, there was a who’s who of area social service agencies attending to make a case for spending a bit more to ensure that there’s funding for people who need rental supplements that will keep them housed and not make them another statistic. Did the committee for it? (Well, check out the spoiler in the headline.) Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Budget for Rent Supplements Boosted at JSSLAC; 20 New Household Per Month Will Be Covered” →

RECAP: Library Board Hears Youth Plans and Makes New Lease Offer

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Nothing too scary at this month’s Guelph Public Library Board of Directors meeting, just some of the usual updates. In terms of the new stuff, there was a discussion about youth programming at the various library branches and how the new main building will help them scale up those services. Also, there was a decision about a new lease agreement for the new library building in advance of the topic coming back to council tomorrow. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Library Board Hears Youth Plans and Makes New Lease Offer” →

RECAP: Childcare and Protecting Paramedics on the Agenda at JSSLAC

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This month’s meeting of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee was a bit laid back. There was an update about the budget, but the meat of the meeting – so to speak – were two matters, one is a request for more protections in the Criminal Code to protect first responder, and second it was an update about making sure there’s a childcare space for everyone who needs it. Let’s did into the play-by-play with the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Childcare and Protecting Paramedics on the Agenda at JSSLAC” →

RECAP: Police Chief and Staff Tell Board Investments are Paying Off

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When you invest in the police, you get a return on that investment in increased community safety. To anyone watching Thursday’s Guelph Police Services Board meeting that was the message that Chief Gord Cobey and his staff wanted to send as they look forward to this year’s budget confirmation process and look back at the money spent so far. So there was a lot of money talk, and a few special guests too, but if you missed the meeting, get all the details below… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Chief and Staff Tell Board Investments are Paying Off” →

RECAP: Heritage Committee Looks at Official Plan, Sets Table for Fall

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The first full meeting of the all-new, not-so-different Heritage Advisory Committee got down to business, but only with two new designations. So what was this last meeting before summer break really about? The Official Plan for one thing as the refresh gets underway with a presentation to the committee, and then heritage planning staff will layout what comes next when we get to the fall. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Committee Looks at Official Plan, Sets Table for Fall” →

RECAP: The AAC Attempts to Rebuild with First Meeting of New Committee

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When we last left the Accessibility Advisory Committee in April, there was no more Accessibility Advisory Committee. In the middle of the meeting, the majority of members resigned in protest after feeling that that they were not getting the requisite autonomy they needed from the City. Now, a new committee will try and rebuild, not just under the new framework, but under the controversy stirred by their predecessors. So how’s it going so far? Continue reading “RECAP: The AAC Attempts to Rebuild with First Meeting of New Committee” →

RECAP: County Staff Tested on Housing Momentum at JSSLAC Meeting

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The June meeting of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting was stacked. Many, many reports were delivered to the committee especially in the realm of updates about social housing and paramedic services planning. There was some friction here as Guelph councillors expressed frustration with a lack of momentum on housing, while Wellington councillors want more expanded paramedic services, so let’s dig into the recap for more!

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RECAP: New Heritage Advisory Committee Gets Oriented

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For the first time, the Heritage Advisory Committee met. Yes, there are some old faces from the old Heritage Guelph days (which was one month ago), but there were also some new ones. In this initial meeting not a lot of actual heritage protection got done, but there was a lot of expectation setting and discussion about what the powers of this slightly rejiggered heritage committee can do. Plus, there was some vice-chair election drama! Check out the recap. Continue reading “RECAP: New Heritage Advisory Committee Gets Oriented” →

RECAP: Board of Health Talks Inspections and CTS Closure Impacts

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One last ride before summer vacation for the local Board of Health! At the June meeting, there were a number of information reports concerning the inspection of food vendors and childhood health programs, and there was also some discussion about the impacts from the closure of the consumption and treatment site in April. So we heard about all that, plus there was some actual good news on the measles front if you want to check out the recap below. Continue reading “RECAP: Board of Health Talks Inspections and CTS Closure Impacts” →

RECAP: JSSLAC Hears That There’s Progress on Fighting Homelessness

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It’s not great, it’s not even good, but it is getting better. That was the message from this month’s Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee meeting as politicians and staff from both the City of Guelph and the County of Wellington got a couple of key updates about the response to homelessness. Along with that information, you can learn more about childcare changes, the 2025 budget and fighting hospital offload delays in this month’s recap! Continue reading “RECAP: JSSLAC Hears That There’s Progress on Fighting Homelessness” →