Tag: 2024-27 Multiyear Budget

MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for November 8, 2023

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It’s a jam-packed Social Services Committee agenda at Wellington County this month. Budget? Yes, there’s some budget stuff to get done, both for this year and for next year. There are some updates on current and pending construction projects, some concerns about staffing at the childcare centres, and some notes about funding key endeavours under social services. Let’s get into the details with this meeting preview… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for November 8, 2023” →

RECAP: Board of Health Approves Strategic Plan and 2024 Budget

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After taking a month off, the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health got back to work with Guelph City Councillor Rodrigo Goller subbing for Chair George Bridge on this occasion. Topics included the new Strategic Plan for Public Health (the first one in nearly four years), community outreach, and the 2024 budget for agency. In other words, some important and notable things that you might want to consult in the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Board of Health Approves Strategic Plan and 2024 Budget” →

RECAP: Library Board Spends Most of It’s Meeting In-Camera

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The Devil’s night was in the details at the monthly meeting of the Guelph Public Library Board of Directors on Monday evening, and many of the details were behind the closed doors of the in-camera portion of that meeting. What was discussed in their closed session involved a report about the library as a safe space and the future self-evaluation of the board. For everything else, there’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Library Board Spends Most of It’s Meeting In-Camera” →

RECAP: GRCA Board Has Concerns About Outdoor Education Changes

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This month, the Grand River Conservation Authority membership got in on the growing number of budget activities, but that’s not where the controversy laid at this month’s board meeting. Having said that, the real controversy was in one area impacted by the budget, specifically changes to the outdoor education program. So there’s that, and also a discussion about the merits of hybrid meetings going forward. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: GRCA Board Has Concerns About Outdoor Education Changes” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for November 1, 2023

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After taking October off as usual, the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health is back, and kicking off the month with some fairly important information, including, you guessed it, the 2024 budget. There will be some information about that, and there will also be some information about how the current year’s budget is shaking out. We will also hear reports about the new strategic plan and public health communications. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for November 1, 2023” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Public Library Board for October 30, 2023

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It’s Devils Night, and this year the Devil’s business seems to involve the monthly board of directors meeting of the Guelph Public Library. Nothing particularly evil, or diabolical, is on the agenda though, just the usual business of running the local library system including budgets, the state of services and usage, plus the ongoing developments of the new library project. Plus, what issues are top of mind for library advocacy? Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Public Library Board for October 30, 2023” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Grand River Conservation Membership Meeting for October 27, 2023

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Like a lot of local boards and committees this month, the focus is on money matters at October’s meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority membership. The 2024 budget has come due for this board, and it may be the lowest increase of any board this year. Also of note, especially for those of us in Guelph, is a new piece of infrastructure at our eponymous lake in the north end. But that’s not all so check out the rest of the preview. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Grand River Conservation Membership Meeting for October 27, 2023” →

RECAP: Police Board Approves Budget With Added IMPACT

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With today’s meeting, the Guelph Police Services Board officially sent the 2024-2027 police budget to city council for further examination starting in a few weeks. The only big change is additional funds for the IMPACT program that will cover the cost of a social worker in downtown Guelph along with an additional downtown police officer. So how did this come about? All is revealed in this recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Police Board Approves Budget With Added IMPACT” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for October 19, 2023

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Wait a minute! Didn’t we have a Guelph Police Services Board meeting once already this month?! Well, technically, that was the slightly delayed September meeting, so this is the “real” meeting for October, and it will be a relatively brief one at that. On this agenda, there’s a couple of the usual reports, and there’s also the final passage of the operating budget for the Guelph Police until 2027 before it goes on for final, final approval at city council. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for October 19, 2023” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #393 – You’ve Got Mailbag!

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This week’s podcast is dedicated to you, the people, who sent in questions for this Guelph Politicast mailbag over the weekend. Guelph is filled with lots of curious people who are deeply concerned about issues and politics, and some of you came up with some very deep and probing questions for this first mailbag edition since well before the start of the pandemic. Get ready for 45 minutes of one annoying person talking! Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #393 – You’ve Got Mailbag!” →