Committee Live-Blog – Page 3

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Endorses National Urban Park Idea for OR Lands

Published on Jan 27, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

In the second Heritage Guelph meeting for January, the focus was on a piece of heritage business that has gotten a lot of attention lately: The Ontario Reformatory Lands and the Heritage Conservation District plan meant to protect them. The committee got their chance to weigh in on the plan, and they also go their chance to weigh in on a very specific proposal for the lands in the form of a national urban park. Let’s recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Endorses National Urban Park Idea for OR Lands” →

RECAP: Transit Boss Says Goodbye at First TAC Meeting of the Year

Published on Jan 16, 2025Jan 17, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

For the first time in 2025, the members of the Transit Advisory Committee got together to say goodbye. Guelph Transit General Manager Robin Gerus announced his retirement and introduced his successor to the committee, but it wasn’t all bittersweet news. T.A.C. also talked about some changes to various fares and other work coming up in 2025. So let’s dig into the business of busing in this recap of the meeting…! Continue reading “RECAP: Transit Boss Says Goodbye at First TAC Meeting of the Year” →

RECAP: Police Board Approves Name Change and Gets Downtown Update

Published on Jan 16, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

The Guelph Police Services Board got a lot of work done for it’s first meeting of the year. A new chair and vice-chair was appointed, a new name change was approved, some money was given away, a new kind of report was tabled for the first time, and on top of that there was a detailed report about the impact of increased policing downtown. So let’s get into the recap of the first Police Board meeting of the year! Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Approves Name Change and Gets Downtown Update” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for January 16, 2025

Published on Jan 15, 2025Mar 6, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

The Guelph Police Services Board will be holding their last meeting ever in January… because they’re getting a name change! What is the new name of this important committee? That is one of the many details that will be revealed in this meeting’s agenda, which will also cover some of the usual annual business that the Police Board needs to do, as well as some of the regular updates. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for January 16, 2025” →

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Pushes Staff to Do More on OR Lands and U of G!

Published on Jan 13, 2025Mar 6, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

It was rough going for the first Heritage Guelph meeting of 2025, and not just because of the content! It took the better part of an hour for City of Guelph staff to work out some technical difficulties, including a switch involving online platforms, and then they dug into the agenda, which leaned heavily on a lot of committee concerns about the future of the OR Lands, and the future of heritage buildings at the University of Guelph. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Pushes Staff to Do More on OR Lands and U of G!” →

RECAP: JSSLAC Takes a Closer Look at 2025 Social Services Budget

Published on Jan 8, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

It was a new year with a sort of new Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee with a definitely new chair. Ward 4 Guelph Councillor Linda Busuttil is now the captain of this joint City and County endeavour and they began with 2025 with an in-depth look at the 2025 budget for both the social services and the ambulance portions of the bill. For those details, and all the others, let’s dig into the first recap of 2025! Continue reading “RECAP: JSSLAC Takes a Closer Look at 2025 Social Services Budget” →

RECAP: Library Board Approves Strat Plan Then Goes In-Camera for Last ’24 Meet

Published on Nov 25, 2024 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

The last meeting of the Guelph Public Library Board of Directors for 2024 (sadly), was a mostly straightforward affair. First, the board looked at the completed strategic plan for the next four years and then they spent 90 minutes in-camera talking about two different matters involving personnel, one brief and one kind of long. We can’t talk about what happens in-camera, but we can talk about the rest. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Library Board Approves Strat Plan Then Goes In-Camera for Last ’24 Meet” →

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Wants to See Terms Before Council Approval

Published on Nov 4, 2024 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

The November meeting of Heritage Guelph was split between process and designations. Guess which side had the more controversy?! At issue was an update to the changes to the Advisory Committees of Council, and though staff weren’t proposing many changes for Heritage Guelph, there were some members of the committee that wanted to cross all the T’s and dot all the I’s before council grants their approval. How did this all shake out? Read the recap below… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Wants to See Terms Before Council Approval” →

RECAP: Library Board Looks at Strategy, Vision and Art

Published on Oct 28, 2024 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

The October meeting of the Guelph Public Library Board of Directors went long even thought there were only three reports for discussion on the agenda. Of course, one of those reports as about setting a course for the Library’s strategic vision and mission over the next five years, so may be it shouldn’t be surprising that there was a lot to talk about. And if you like public art discussions, you are definitely going to like what else is in this recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Library Board Looks at Strategy, Vision and Art” →