RECAP: Police Board Approves Name Change and Gets Downtown Update

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The Guelph Police Services Board got a lot of work done for it’s first meeting of the year. A new chair and vice-chair was appointed, a new name change was approved, some money was given away, a new kind of report was tabled for the first time, and on top of that there was a detailed report about the impact of increased policing downtown. So let’s get into the recap of the first Police Board meeting of the year! Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Approves Name Change and Gets Downtown Update” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for January 16, 2025

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The Guelph Police Services Board will be holding their last meeting ever in January… because they’re getting a name change! What is the new name of this important committee? That is one of the many details that will be revealed in this meeting’s agenda, which will also cover some of the usual annual business that the Police Board needs to do, as well as some of the regular updates. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for January 16, 2025” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #451 – The State of the City 2024

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The 2025 State of the City is coming up soon – Thursday February 6 to be precise – and as we always do at this time of year, we’re going to roll the audio from the previous year’s State of the City as a refresher course. The goal is to remember where we were at the time, where the mayor wanted to take us, and where we ended up now before Mayor Cam Guthrie starts looking to the future again! Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #451 – The State of the City 2024” →

RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for January 14, 2025

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Have you missed city council recaps? They’re baaaaaaack. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for January 14, 2025” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for January 16, 2025

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It’s been a long two months since the last time the Transit Advisory Committee met, and the start of the new year seems to be bringing a lot of changes to regular order. At this meeting, the first one of 2025, we will meet some new staff members, hear about some fare changes and talk about all kinds of other transit businesses that might come up. Let’s get into what we do know about this meeting with the preview of the agenda! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for January 16, 2025” →

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Pushes Staff to Do More on OR Lands and U of G!

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It was rough going for the first Heritage Guelph meeting of 2025, and not just because of the content! It took the better part of an hour for City of Guelph staff to work out some technical difficulties, including a switch involving online platforms, and then they dug into the agenda, which leaned heavily on a lot of committee concerns about the future of the OR Lands, and the future of heritage buildings at the University of Guelph. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Pushes Staff to Do More on OR Lands and U of G!” →

POLICE NOTES: Massive Lipstick and Cigarette Heists, Plus Another Crypto Scam

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There are 145,000 stories in the Royal City, and this is some of them. Looking at a week’s worth of media releases from the Guelph Police Service, there’s a lot going on in our little city crime-wise speaking, so let’s run down some of the charges, issues, and requests for information from the Guelph Police Service over the last seven days. Continue reading “POLICE NOTES: Massive Lipstick and Cigarette Heists, Plus Another Crypto Scam” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 22, 2025 Meeting?

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Just when you thought it was safe to put your calculators away… The budget process for 2025 reaches its final phase with this meeting, the presentation and approval of the local boards and shared services budget. These are agencies that are important to Guelphites offering services and programs used everyday, but they are also the budgets that councillors have the least control over. So how much more will you have to pay? Let’s find out… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 22, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 21, 2025 Meeting?

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Let’s start planning! For this first planning meeting of 2025, there are three big items on the agenda, one decision and two new proposals including one new piece of planning policy. From a new way to streamline planning processes, to a big new development in the east end, and a heritage demolition that might be substantially less controversial than other recent events, let’s dig into what’s being planned for planning this January. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 21, 2025 Meeting?” →

RECAP: JSSLAC Takes a Closer Look at 2025 Social Services Budget

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It was a new year with a sort of new Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee with a definitely new chair. Ward 4 Guelph Councillor Linda Busuttil is now the captain of this joint City and County endeavour and they began with 2025 with an in-depth look at the 2025 budget for both the social services and the ambulance portions of the bill. For those details, and all the others, let’s dig into the first recap of 2025! Continue reading “RECAP: JSSLAC Takes a Closer Look at 2025 Social Services Budget” →