Category: Committee Live-Blog

RECAP: Board of Health Approves Strategic Plan and 2024 Budget

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After taking a month off, the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health got back to work with Guelph City Councillor Rodrigo Goller subbing for Chair George Bridge on this occasion. Topics included the new Strategic Plan for Public Health (the first one in nearly four years), community outreach, and the 2024 budget for agency. In other words, some important and notable things that you might want to consult in the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Board of Health Approves Strategic Plan and 2024 Budget” →

RECAP: Library Board Spends Most of It’s Meeting In-Camera

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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” →

RECAP: GRCA Board Has Concerns About Outdoor Education Changes

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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” →

RECAP: Transit Advisory Committee Talks About Messaging

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The agenda for this month’s Transit Advisory Committee meeting was deceptively simple, just three things on the docket, but sometimes these simple meetings lead to the most interesting conversations. On Thursday evening, TAC talked about the air filtration on buses, the need for more outreach about how transit works and where things stand on a couple of different ongoing projects (wasn’t there supposed to be new shelters at Guelph Central Station this summer?). Learn more in the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Transit Advisory Committee Talks About Messaging” →

RECAP: Police Board Approves Budget With Added IMPACT

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With today’s meeting, the Guelph Police Services Board officially sent the 2024-2027 police budget to city council for further examination starting in a few weeks. The only big change is additional funds for the IMPACT program that will cover the cost of a social worker in downtown Guelph along with an additional downtown police officer. So how did this come about? All is revealed in this recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Approves Budget With Added IMPACT” →

RECAP: Almost Everyone Walks Away Happy from Committee of Adjustment

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Things went pretty smoothly at this month’s Committee of Adjustment meeting, and they usually do when staff recommends that almost half of the agenda be deferred. But there was some disagreement on that, and there were also some other disagreements about the direction offered by staff on some selection applications. So who walked away with all or most of what they wanted? You should find out in the recap of this month’s meeting… Continue reading “RECAP: Almost Everyone Walks Away Happy from Committee of Adjustment” →

RECAP: Social Services Tries to Find a Way to Keep Sanguen Health Van Going

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It’s not quite budget time yet, but there was a big budget ask at this month’s Social Services meeting at Wellington County. Staff members from the Sanguen Health Centre’s Community Health Van were special guests, and they are looking for support to keep that service going past March of next year. How the committee coped with that, and how they handled other social services business is the subject of the recap below… Continue reading “RECAP: Social Services Tries to Find a Way to Keep Sanguen Health Van Going” →

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Concerned About Moving Old Farmhouse

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The day after Thanksgiving there weren’t that many leftovers for the Heritage Guelph committee. It was mostly new business, and the biggest portion of that business was focused on the potential move of an old farmhouse on a south end property that’s ready to be redeveloped. Obviously, Heritage Guelph has some concerns, but that wasn’t the end of the discussion, which we will now cover with this meeting recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Concerned About Moving Old Farmhouse” →

RECAP: Cobey Tells Board Why His Members Need More (Budget) Help

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It was a stacked meeting of the Guelph Police Services Board, slightly delayed by two weeks due to scheduling issues. The big item at this meeting was the budget. Some big changes have been made since the police budget was first presented in July, at least on the capital side, but the police are still asking for an increase next year on the operating side. How much? You should check out the recap below for all the details… Continue reading “RECAP: Cobey Tells Board Why His Members Need More (Budget) Help” →

RECAP: Library Board Approves Big Boost to the Budget for 2024

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The Guelph Public Library Board took the summer off and slid right into the serious business of budgeting Monday night. As you will see below, the library became the first board and shared service to pass their 2024 budget, and that means city council will be handed a request for a 8.77 per cent increase for next year. What does that mean and why the big bump? You will find out be scanning the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Library Board Approves Big Boost to the Budget for 2024” →