Category: Council Preview

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 16, 2025 Meeting?

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Merry Christmas! City council’s present to you is a new vision for St. George’s Square assuming that they want to pursue it. That’s one of the items in what looks to be a fairly straightforward final meeting of the year, which will feature any final thoughts about the items from Committee of the Whole, a busy (and mysterious) closed meeting agenda,  and some new appointments to the advisory committees. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 16, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 9, 2025 Meeting?

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What’s on the agenda for the last planning meeting of the year? Housing, obviously. No new projects are being proposed at this meeting, but changes that might create more housing in the future will be discussed and debated like changes to the program that develops Additional Dwelling Units or ADUs, and a potential plan to allow five units as-of-right on select properties in Guelph. In other news, more plans will get an alteration. Here’s the preview… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 9, 2025 Meeting?” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 2, 2025 Meeting?

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It’s the last Committee of the Whole meeting of the year, and perhaps fittingly it’s about money matters. On this agenda, there are two main reports about the financial past and the financial future as we look back at the third quarter from near the end of the fourth, and then we will look ahead to the accounting of the whole fiscal 2025 and the external audit. So we’ll have all that, and the usual recognitions as the year starts to come in for a landing. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 2, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 25, 2025 Meeting?

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It’s going to be a big week for city council with two meetings, but this may not be the biggest one with the other one being about the budget. Still, council will likely have some additional thoughts on a couple of big reports from Committee of the Whole, and they then they will dig into some items concerning the joint committee that the City of Guelph collaborates with the county on. So let’s dig into all the non-budget business in this meeting preview! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 25, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 26, 2025 Meeting?

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The time has come for some budget decisions. The final countdown is underway and zero hour is this particular Wednesday morning when council sits to confirm the 2026 municipal budget! At stake is the difficult balancing act between affordability, maintaining service levels, and coping with the growth of the city, and there will be no easy answers for the ones voting in the council chambers. Let’s look at the long odds in this preview… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 26, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 18, 2025 Meeting?

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Do you have thoughts about the 2026 budget? Have you been eager to share them in a public setting in front of all of city council? Can you condense all your thoughts in five minutes or less and maybe use some PowerPoint to sell your points to the city’s decision makers? Well sign up now to delegate to city council on this special night for delegations because you may not be the only one with certain thoughts about how city hall spends your money!! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 18, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 12, 2025 Meeting?

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The November planning meeting will have one very big project on the agenda, literally and figuratively in the centre of town. Yes, we’re heading back to the Baker District where the private developer for the future residence there will bring an updated plan that might make this big project even bigger. In other news, there are some new heritage designations, a bylaw update, and some parking issues. Let’s get into the preview… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 12, 2025 Meeting?” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 4, 2025 Meeting?

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For people concerned about housing issues, this is probably the Committee of the Whole meeting for you! Two big reports are on this agenda, one dealing with moves to stop the loss of housing and one to deal with the creation of more housing on City-owned properties. In other news, committee will approve a plan to diversify membership of the police board and changes to the plans to enhance ground water protection. Here’s the full preview… Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 4, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 29, 2025 Meeting?

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Budget seasons is finally here! Now’s your chance to warm up those calculators and start formatting the spreadsheets because at this meeting we’re going to start crunching the numbers for the confirmation of the 2026 Guelph budget (the City of Guelph edition)! This promises to be another tough budget with affordability front of mind with the city staff continually try to find new efficiencies, but for now, here’s the opening proposal… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 29, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 28, 2025 Meeting?

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This end of October meeting has a lot of action, and most of it will be happening in the closed meeting agenda. No big deal. There should be some action in the main portion of the meeting though with some discussion about election behaviours and expectations, plus an update about the rationalization of back office functions at the City of Guelph. (Don’t worry, there’s a whole other meeting for this week.) Check out the preview below. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 28, 2025 Meeting?” →