Category: Council Preview

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

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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 Meetings?” →

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?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 12, 2026 Meeting?

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This month’s planning meeting is going to be a difficult one, and perhaps even a lengthy one. On the agenda are a tonne of new heritage designations, which should not be controversial, so the controversy will inevitably begin with the return of new planning permissions that might make it easier to get more units built on some select properties in the city and a difficult staff decision on a major development project there’s a lot of eyes on. Let’s get into the preview! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 12, 2026 Meeting?” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 5, 2026 Meeting?

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It’s “Money May” for this month’s Committee of the Whole meeting. The lion’s share of this agenda concerns the fiscal wrap-up for 2025 and there’s going to be some extremely mixed news there. There’s also going to be the results of another value-for-money audit, plus some timely reports concerning the election that’s about to begin, and the possibilities for the election coming up in four years. Let’s check out the preview… Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 5, 2026 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 21, 2026 Meeting?

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One more council meeting before the election officially begins… April’s regular meeting of city council will shower us all in catch up work. At least at the time of this publishing, the agenda for this meeting is almost all about stuff that’s already been debated, the Committee of the Whole agenda, and a rare Business Licence Appeals Committee decision. Also, is there still enough council good will to support a new heritage commemoration month? Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 21, 2026 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 15, 2026 Meeting?

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The April planning meeting promises to be a very busy one with two new project proposals on opposite ends of College Avenue, the final bite of the apple on the newest Community Planning Permit area, and a key decision on a major project in the east end. There’s another new student residence in the offing, a local religious institution might be getting an upgrade, and the east end might be getting another step closer to getting that grocery store. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 15, 2026 Meeting?” →