Governance, Corporate Services, and Infrastructure, Development and Enterprise are on the agenda for this, the final committee meeting of 2017. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 4 Meeting?”
Category: Council Preview
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 27 Meeting?
This week, we take a break from the budget in order to talk about… the budget. Although this regular council meeting is not necessarily about the 2018 Guelph Budget, it turns out that there’s both current and future budget stuff to go over anyway. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 27 Meeting?”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 22 Meeting?
If you’ve been dying to have your say on the 2018 Tax-Supported Operating Budget, your chance is coming up. Wednesday November 22 at 6 pm is the day and time for the public delegations portion of the 2018 Guelph Budget deliberations. Details on who and how to take are below. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 22 Meeting?”
The 2018 Operating Budget in More Detail
Previously on Guelph Politico, we previewed the 2018 Tax-Supported Operating Budget in a very general way. Overall, the proposed budget suggests a 2.19 per cent, or $232,907,226, increase over the 2017 budget, and then there’s potential for spending 1.4 per cent more, or $3,194,028, in expansion packages. So what new spending is there in the 2018 budget? What new savings? What are the details behind those numbers? Continue reading “The 2018 Operating Budget in More Detail”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 15 Meeting?
It’s the final piece of the budget puzzle for 2018: the budget for Guelph’s subsidiary boards and shared services.The library, public health, the police, and county services are all up for presentation and discussion in the final council meeting before we hear from the general public. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 15 Meeting?”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 13 Meeting?
Sandwiched between big budget meetings, the regular monthly planning meeting for this month will be relatively light with one new manual for council’s consideration and one rezoning bylaw to review. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 13 Meeting?”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 8 Meeting?
The biggest piece of the the 2018 Budget, the Tax -Supported Operating Budget, has finally been revealed for all to see. The very general overview of the numbers we’re talking about and the increases (and in some cases, decreases) you will see are outlined below. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 8 Meeting?”
Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 6 Meeting?
This month at Committee-of-the-Whole, we hear from the Audit, Public, and Corporate Services portfolios, and we begin part two of the debate to decide the fate of the proposed trail beneath Speedvale Bridge. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 6 Meeting?”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 2 Meeting?
City council will be dispatching two sections of the 2018 budget in short order at the beginning of November in a special Thursday meeting. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 2 Meeting?”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 26 Meeting?
Tax season officially begins next Thursday with the presentation of the 2018 Non-Tax Supported Operating Budget, the 2018 Capital Budget, and the 2019-2027 Capital Forecast. Take heed, this there will only be a one week break between when this is presented, and when council votes on it. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 26 Meeting?”
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