This month’s Guelph Police Services Board meeting promises to be a busy one, and police have a lot of different information to report, including the biggest report of all, the Annual Report. The board will also look at the annual Use of Force report, the hiring of some additional officers, and they will hear from several delegates about noisy cars and another annual report, the one from Crime Stopppers. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for June 15, 2023”
Two Committee of Adjustment meetings in the same month?! What did we do to deserve such a treat? Well, despite the very full agenda at the June 8 meeting, the perhaps most controversial item of the month has been reserved to this standalone meeting, which will determine the short-term fate of the Days Inn property. Will it continue to be a hotel, or will it be something else? Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Committee of Adjustment Meeting for June 22, 2023”
This month at Wellington County’s Social Services Committee, there’s going to be a lot of information. It’s going to have financial information, planning information, information about who’s being helped by the programs, and there will be some delegates too. Whether your concern is housing, social assistance, or childcare, there is something for everyone at this month’s meeting in the Guthrie Room. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for June 14, 2023”
Before taking the summer off, the Transit Advisory Committee will look at couple of matters that will surely be an issue when they come back in the fall. Along with the usual rider concerns and updates, committee will look at what the expansion of mobility service might look like and when you might start hearing about the changes coming to the monthly pass this fall. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for June 15, 2023”
June’s Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health meeting will be data driven. Not that the decisions of the board are not usually data driven, but data will be the focus on this month’s meeting in terms of how Public Health is using it to improve their programs, not to mention the literal maintenance and dissemination of that data. We’re also got injuries, healthy babies and public health’s annual community report. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for June 7, 2023”
After taking May off, Heritage Guelph is returning to the virtual committee meeting room with a new agenda that will look at a couple of different matters. There will be an update about a couple of heritage designation files, plus a report about a potential demolition in the city’s heritage district, and the committee will also learn how they might be able to do more to advance the work of future designations. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for June 12, 2023”
It’s another long list of variances being asked for at the first of two Committee of Adjustment meetings this month. New additions, new buildings, new uses, and a pretty vast new manufacturing facility are all on the agenda, as the committee must decide what minor requests are minor enough to get their approval. Let’s see what’s on the agenda. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Committee of Adjustment Meeting for June 8, 2023”
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”
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