This Week at Council: Downtown Renewal, Recycling Revamp

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After a pretty light January, the first week of February brought a couple of packed agendas to the council’s agenda management software on their iPads. First, Committee of the Whole contained an unexpected report about the Housing Accelerator Funds, plus some grand plans about downtown. Also, there was a field trip to the east end of town for a special council workshop about the proverbial Cadillac of City services: waste management. Continue reading “This Week at Council: Downtown Renewal, Recycling Revamp” →

CITY PAGES: Waste Feedback Wanted, New Lang School Dean, and Artists Wanted

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The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: Waste Feedback Wanted, New Lang School Dean, and Artists Wanted” →

POLICE NOTES: Murder Charge, Attempted Murder Charge, Car Crashes into Building Again

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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: Murder Charge, Attempted Murder Charge, Car Crashes into Building Again” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for February 15, 2024

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No time for love the day after Valentine’s Day because the Transit Advisory Committee has to get down to business. The agenda is deceptively light, because one of the items will require TAC to take a good, long look at itself. The clerks’ office is coming to this meeting to look at how TAC might fit into the grand scheme of things so far as the future of advisory committees go, and there’s also matters of rider feedback and general updates to discuss. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for February 15, 2024” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on February 21?

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Originally, the content of this meeting was supposed to be tackled in September, which would have made it ideally timed about a little more than a week before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Slightly less well-timed, but no less important, council will finally get together to consider matters of Indigenous reconciliation and their place in it with a very insightful and informative exercise. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on February 21?” →

Guthrie Uses State of the City to Declare Himself a Strong Mayor

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There’s usually not much in the way of surprises at the annual State of the City speech. Every year, it’s mostly about ideas and initiatives that that the mayor’s already discussed in other venues and interviews, usually wrapped in some kind of gag or gimmick. But this year there was no gimmick, but there was something new: Mayor Cam Guthrie anointed himself a Strong Mayor, and now he will stretch out and use his powers. Continue reading “Guthrie Uses State of the City to Declare Himself a Strong Mayor” →

RECAP: Mayor Guthrie Lays Out Current State of the City

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It’s the best day of the year if you like networking and hearing the Mayor of Guelph talk. This morning at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre on Stone Road, the Guelph Chamber of Commerce is hosting their annual State of the City event. Mayor Cam Guthrie will tell us what the score is, what’s at stake this year, and what the priorities of his office and city council are. What gimmick will he use? Will there be a surprise guest? Let’s find out! Continue reading “RECAP: Mayor Guthrie Lays Out Current State of the City” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for February 7, 2024

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Live from the Waste Innovation Resource Centre, it’s a city council meeting! You can click here for the amended agendas 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 “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for February 7, 2024” →

RECAP: Public Health Tackles Inspections, Meningitis and Oral Health

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The first Board of Health meeting of the year featured a lot of information (as usual). Perhaps you’ve notice that Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health has revamped the Check Before You Choose website, and you’ve probably noticed because more of you are consulting that site. There was also a post-Plowing Match report, a report about the importance of your meningitis shot, and a plea for more help to support dental health locally. Continue reading “RECAP: Public Health Tackles Inspections, Meningitis and Oral Health” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #405 – The State of the City 2023

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Every year, the Guelph Chamber of Commerce hosts an event called the State of the City, and like its more famous counterpart south of the border, it’s a chance for the head of the city to lay out the challenges and priorities facing the Royal City for the next 12 months. Make no mistake, there are no shortage of challenges, but in order to unlock the future, you must first find the keys to the past. This week, we get those keys out of the drawer. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #405 – The State of the City 2023” →