Category: Council Preview

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 22, 2026 Meetings?

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One more meeting before summer vacation… Perhaps appropriately before taking a break, Guelph City Council will sit back to hear about the progress over goals they set near the beginning of this term. A team from City of Guelph senior staff, plus visitors from the local boards and shared services, will share our collective progress on achieving the directives of Future Guelph, aka: the City’s Strategic Plan! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 22, 2026 Meetings?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 21, 2026 Meetings?

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Two meetings in one night for this one. Yes, there is the regular meeting of Guelph City Council on this night, and as it stands right now it doesn’t have a lot in terms of new material. Before that agenda though, prepare to have a sense of déjà vu because the regular meeting is preceded by a shareholder meeting of Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc, which is all about additional information from a previous meeting! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 21, 2026 Meetings?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 14, 2026 Meeting?

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In this last planning meeting for the summer break, there’s a lot on the agenda for the consideration of Guelph city council. On the docket are two new heritage designations, two new statutory planning meetings (including the nearly completed new heritage district plan), an update on Guelph’s housing picture, and the plan for a much talked about new development in the downtown area. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 14, 2026 Meeting?” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 7, 2026 Meeting?

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This is the last Committee of the Whole meeting before the election and if you were hoping for something exciting like ice policy or the reconstruction of a historic bridge, you’re probably going to be disappointed. Instead, committee will tackle update budgeting policy, updating corporate asset and risk management, and then they will discuss a new community safety and well-being directive. Sit back and enjoy as council starts counting down to summer break! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 7, 2026 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 23, 2026 Regular Meeting?

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The third of three meetings on this Tuesday is the regular council meeting. On the agenda for this one includes all the stuff – controversial and otherwise – from the Committee of the Whole agenda, plus three new items. What’s new? The consolidated financial statements and audit from last year, concerns around the availability of overnight heating and cooling centres, and a need to take some additional measures to support downtown businesses. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 23, 2026 Regular Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 23, 2026 Shareholder Meetings?

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A June tradition, Guelph city council will sit as the shareholder for both Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc. and Guelph Junction Railway. These two business entities are like Crown corporations for Guelph, representing our shares of Alectra Utilities and several kilometres of train tracks in the city respectively. Both of these meetings will cover the annual reports for these companies, so keep reading to see what’s in them! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 23, 2026 Shareholder Meetings?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 10, 2026 Meeting?

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There’s one meeting already planned for this week, so why not two? And like the other meeting, which is the planning meeting, there one has to do with housing too. Picking up where we left off from last fall, council will make a move to implement a vacant home tax, a renoviction bylaw, and a rent replacement bylaw. Will these projects meeting council’s expectations, or will it be back to the drawing board for these long in-demand measures? Let’s dig into the agenda. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 10, 2026 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 9, 2026 Meeting?

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June’s planning meeting will not be short on controversy. The Niska Lands are back on the agenda, and the activists who came out to speak for it being parkland earlier this year are probably going to have a bad time with this staff report, and there’s also a mysterious item from the mayor that will likely prompt some heated discussion. Plus, one very big (tall) project will be brought forward for approval, and there will be pretty big new subdivision proposed for the south end. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 9, 2026 Meeting?” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 2, 2026 Meeting?

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If you’ve found council meetings a little to short lately, and without a lot of variety, then the June Committee of the Whole meeting will definitely need to be an appointment on your calendar. Is council doing an upstanding job when it comes to closed meetings? Can we save a valuable heritage bridge in the south end? Can we deliver energy equity for people in Guelph? Is there a way to better understand the situation when we’ve got water issues? All that and more in this preview! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 2, 2026 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 26, 2026 Meeting?

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It’s near the end of the month, so it’s time for the regular meeting of city council. In keeping with a rather laid back May agenda, the outline for this meeting arrives with one one new item in addition to the all the things that were on the Committee of the Whole agenda, which were, for the most part, uncontroversial. Perhaps there will be some surprises, but for now, let’s check out the preview for this meeting… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 26, 2026 Meeting?” →