Category: Council Preview

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?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 15, 2025 Meeting?

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Leave some room for a feast at October’s planning meeting because Guelph City Council is going to be served a five course meal of materials with this next agenda. So what’s coming up? Well, there will be a decision on one big project proposal, and there will be some early moves for a new project down the street from it. There will also be heritage district talk, some timeline extensions, some proposed changes to the Official Plan and maybe some surprises(?). Let’s check out the agenda… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 15, 2025 Meeting?” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 7, 2025 Meeting?

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After a couple of weeks off, council gets back to work in the chambers again for the October Committee of the Whole meeting. This month, there will be some points of interest as more future construction downtown comes up for discussion, and so does a change to how residents are billed for water. There’s also some administrative moves including new names for new parks, and the usual staff recognitions. Check out all the details below… Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 7, 2025 Meeting?” →

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

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It’s kind of early for the regular meeting of council for the month, but we’ve arrived here just the same. At this meeting, council will follow up on the agenda from Committee of the Whole and dive into some new appointments for a couple of advisory committees, plus some appointments of their fellow councillors. Also, look for some community recognitions, and a discussion about road maintenance standards. Let’s look at the details… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 16, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 10, 2025 Meeting?

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Let’s call it a planning week. A day following the regularly scheduled planning meeting for this month, we will get an additional planning meeting. A special meeting for a special project, if you will. Remember the Guelph Innovation District Secondary Plan? Well, it’s going to get a workout as the first block plans finally come to council for approval, and in a surprising twist, staff are not offering a ringing endorsement. Let’s get into it… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 10, 2025 Meeting?” →