It’s the last committee meeting of the month, the Guelph Public Library Board of Directors. It looks to be a fairly light meeting in terms of agenda items, but to borrow a popular phrase that was probably once on a poster in the the library, “knowledge is power.” So this coming Monday, we will get more powerful with an update about the business of managing the local library system. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Public Library Board for May 29, 2023”
This month, the Grand River Conservation Authorities membership meeting has money matters on the mind. First, there’s a major update on the fiscal year so far, and then the membership will dive into how the authority will budget for the next fiscal year. Speaking of money, the why and how the GRCA sells off land it doesn’t need anymore will come into focus with some procedural changes. All that, and a delegation too! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Grand River Conservation Membership Meeting for May 26, 2023”
This month at the Guelph Police Services Board, it’s about the money. Between the usual reports about correspondences and promotions and Chief Gord Cobey’s monthly insights, the other new items of business are about matters of budget. The financial staff will break down the first fiscal quarter of 2022 and there’s also the annual report about the auctioning off of surplus goods, but this is what’s all on the agenda for May. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for May 18, 2023”
This month’s Transit Advisory Meeting will catch up on some recent transit developments outside the committee room and then talk about what’s next. Since last month’s TAC meeting, city council formally passed the transit fare review so what happens now? In other matters, transit staff will talk about future plans, rider concerns, schedule changes, and, naturally, what’s going on with the electric bus. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for May 18, 2023”
This month, the Wellington County Social Services Committee meeting will be mostly about the future of childcare and after school programs, from the County staff’s own internal plans to the outside funding changes from the Province. New funding models and new plans for the future are about half the meeting, the other half will focus on Housing 101 in Wellington County, plus maybe (?) an Ontario Works update. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for May 10, 2023”
This month’s Board of Health meeting focuses on matters of everyday health. For instance, there was an incident in the Dufferin part of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health where people got sick from food at a public event. There will be a report about that, plus a report about Public Health’s communications strategy last year and something called “Adverse Childhood Experiences”. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for May 3, 2023”
This month’s Committee of Adjustment meeting will hopefully not be the marathon that April’s was; there are significantly fewer than a dozen different applications to dispatch. The committee will hear a couple of applications that will look at some building expansions, and then they will hear from staff about the approved changes to the Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw and the Provincially approved changes to the Official Plan. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Committee of Adjustment Meeting for May 11, 2023”
Spring is here, so maybe that’s why the April meeting for the member of the Grand River Conservation Authority is going to be relatively light. What’s coming up this month? Insurance renewal, new hires, new terms for naming stuff, and the usual reports about the financials and the watershed conditions (there was a lot of rain and snow melting since the last meeting). Let’s look at the agenda this month from the GRCA. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Grand River Conservation Membership Meeting for April 28, 2023”
Every month the Guelph Public Library Board of Directors meets to talk about the latest issues facing all the various branches and programs in the library system. From covering a very diverse and active library community to the politics and pressures of building a brand new main library building on Baker Street, there’s always a lot to talk about at the board, and this is what’s coming up this month. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Public Library Board for April 24, 2023”
Is it oddly ironic that the Guelph Police Services Board is meeting on 4/20? It’s a quirk of the calendar, but there’s no smoke in this agenda as the Police Board will tackle some fairly ordinary items like financial and human resources matters. There will also be a presentation about police assaults, the quarterly professional standards report and Chief Gord Cobey’s monthly report. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for April 20, 2023”
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