Category: Committee Live-Blog

RECAP: Transit Breaks Record for One-Week Ridership, TAC Hears

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Last week, Guelph Transit broke the record for the most rides in one week, over 200,000. So if the buses felt more fuller than usual, even by September standards, you were probably right. That’s good transit news, and so is the first three weeks of expanded on-demand Sunday service, which is growing every week apparently. For the rest of the good and mixed news about transit business, consult this recap of September’s Transit Advisory Committee! Continue reading “RECAP: Transit Breaks Record for One-Week Ridership, TAC Hears” →

RECAP: Police Board Approves Strat Plan, Talks About Big Drug Bust

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On the same day that Guelph Police announced that they had arrested three in a fentanyl trafficking scheme, the Guelph Police Services Board had their meeting, and Police Chief Gord Cobey explained that this is proof that policies that the board approved are working. And speaking of working policies, they also heard about the new strategic plan, and the reconfirmation of the 2025 capital budget, and now, you can hear about it too! Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Approves Strat Plan, Talks About Big Drug Bust” →

RECAP: Social Services Hears Winter Plans and Want More OW Support

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The Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance got back to business after taking the summer off, so that meant there was a lot of business to get back to. Near the top in terms of importance is the Winter Response Plan and how unhoused people are going to be helped in the month’s to come, but there was also a rather lively discussion about the need for more money for Ontario Works recipients. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Social Services Hears Winter Plans and Want More OW Support” →

RECAP: GRCA Board Approves Changes to Land Acquisition and Disposition Policies

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Proving that summer vacation is winding down, the Grand River Conservation Authority membership board met for their August meeting Friday, and despite the month off they weren’t able to escape some of the controversies that chased them at the June meeting, especially around the topic of land acquisition and disposition. Also, there was some friction about delegation rules and some insight into flood control, which is all here in the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: GRCA Board Approves Changes to Land Acquisition and Disposition Policies” →

RECAP: The AAC Points the Way on Wayfinding and Signage

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The summer break took a break as the Accessibility Advisory Committee got together for their bi-monthly meeting. On this agenda were some appropriately well-timed topics about wayfinding signage, upgrades to an area park, and renovations coming to the Guelph Civic Museum. Don’t let the time of year fool you because this meeting had some very serious conversations. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: The AAC Points the Way on Wayfinding and Signage” →

RECAP: Police Board Talks Crime Stoppers and Yippies

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At the last meeting before rising for the rest of summer, the Guelph Police Services Board heard from a partner in crime fighting. The program co-ordinator from Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington came by in order to deliver the annual report, and then Chief Gord Cobey got into the latest from his desk including the Youth in Policing Program, which has the not very police-sounding code name “Yippy”. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Talks Crime Stoppers and Yippies” →

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Greenlight Homewood Changes

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Before taking a break for summer vacation, Heritage Guelph took care of a couple of major pieces of new business. There are some big changes coming to the Homewood Health Centre, and it’s going to impact a beloved heritage building on the site. In other news, there are more heritage designations coming down the pipe for formal approval by city council, including a well known building on campus. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Greenlight Homewood Changes” →

RECAP: Library Board Reviews Programming and Financials

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It was a long summer night at the Guelph Public Library Board meeting thanks to a marathon closed sessions where they got a report about the CEO search so far. After that, the board got into matters of upgrading branches and upgrading the Strategic Plan, and then they looked back at the year in programming and the year-end financials before wrapping up for the summer. And now, for you, here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Library Board Reviews Programming and Financials” →

RECAP: TAC Checks Out Renovated Digs at Transit HQ

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Before heading out on summer vacation, the Transit Advisory Committee got some good news and it involved expanding Sunday service to include on-demand buses in the very near future. That’s one of the nuggets from this recent meting of Guelph’s transit advisory board who met in the newly renovated meeting room at Transit’s head office on Watson Road. What other news was there from these shiny new digs? Check out the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: TAC Checks Out Renovated Digs at Transit HQ” →

RECAP: Police Board Hears About Internet Crime and an Annual Report

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The June meeting of the Guelph Police Services Board covered a lot of ground on a lot of issues. The annual report will be coming any day now, and there was a sneak preview for the public here. There was another annual report specifically targeting human resources issues at the service. In terms of investigative matters, the board heard from the people working on cyber crime and human trafficking. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Hears About Internet Crime and an Annual Report” →