The regular meeting of council this month will be pretty straightforward with the presentation of some survey results, the consent agenda from Committee-of-the-Whole, and a simple real estate transaction for the Humane Society. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 23 Meeting?”
At this month’s planning meeting, city council will designate two new heritage properties and rejigger some development fees. Oh, and they hope you like the idea of another mid-rise apartment building along Gordon Street… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 10 Meeting?”
The strange case of the future of Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc continues next Thursday with a special, albeit closed, meeting of the shareholders of Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc., AKA: city council. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 5 Meeting?”
October’s committee brings new items from Governance, Public Services, and Infrastructure, Development & Enterprise. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 2 Meeting?”
This month’s council meeting covers the library, downtown expansion, and this year’s United Way campaign, as well as any lingering concerns from reports previously brought forward at this month’s Committee-of-the-Whole meeting. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 25 Meeting?”
The week began with concern that the City of Guelph was about to lower the boom on its employees at Solid Waste, but the interim report of the service review on that department says that, for the most part, Solid Waste is delivering its services “in-line and competitive” with other municipalities. At least, that’s how they’re doing on five out of six categories the review explored anyway. Continue reading “Review Says Solid Waste is “Competitive” on 5 Out of 6 Categories”
A busy month at council rolls on with a short, but consequential, meeting concerning the organization of the Guelph Hydro board of directors. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 13 Meeting?”
This month’s planning will have a single, straightforward new planning application to dispatch, but how will the neighbourhood residents feel about it? We’ll have all night to consider it… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 11 Meeting?”
It’s time to get back to school work, with the first Committee-of-the-Whole session since July, and money matters seem to matter most in this first gathering of city council for fall 2017. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 5 Meeting?”
A week from today brings the final council meeting before the August break, and while it isn’t the biggest agenda of the year so far, it will have items concerning closed meetings, light pollution, and item that couldn’t come forward last week at the planning meeting. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 24 Meeting?”
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