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This Week at Council: Ward 6 is Made Whole Before Summer Vacation

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This is the last council recap you’re going to read for a while, because Guelph City Council is now on summer vacation! Before that though, there’s a lot of action to review including the appointment of a new Ward 6 Councillor, which was a wild ride that came down to a draw between the two finalists. Then, at the regular meeting, there was actually a planning matter, and some more back-and-forth on downtown construction and accessibility. So for the last time, until September, here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Ward 6 is Made Whole Before Summer Vacation” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for July 22, 2025

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Get ready to tackle some regular council business. 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 during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for July 22, 2025” →

This Week at Council: Downtown, the Memorial Cup and Ramps

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It you were hoping for a lazy July at city council you’re bound to be disappointed because there’s a lot going before summer vacation officially arrives in a few weeks. Much of the action his week was centred on downtown, the massive construction that’s coming to Wyndham Street starting next year, plus a potential Memorial Cup bid, and there was also a discussion about the placement of temporary ramps around town. Here’s the recap…. Continue reading “This Week at Council: Downtown, the Memorial Cup and Ramps” →

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

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The last regular meeting before summer vacation, but not that last meeting before summer vacation, has something for everyone. There will be the return of the Committee of the Whole agenda,  including some additional information on one item, and there will also be some new public appointments to approve. And because when we say everything, we mean everything, there will also be a rare planning matter to consider. Let’s dig into it… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 22, 2025 Meeting?” →

RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for July 8, 2025

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Let’s get into a busy committee agenda! 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 during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for July 8, 2025” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 7, 2025 Meeting?

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It’s going be a packed Committee of the Whole meeting for July, the last one before summer break! After a lengthy closed session and a roll call of many accomplished city hall staffers, the members of committee will dig into downtown construction (and reconstruction), the collection of fees from local speeders, more accessibility, and even a proposal to push Guelph as a candidate to host a national sports event. Only six more meetings till summer vacation! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 7, 2025 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: Traffic, Containers and Conduct!

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There was something for everyone at this month’s Committee of the Whole meeting. If you have concerns about traffic safety in Guelph, or environmental protection in form or less plastic waste then this was a good meeting for you, but if you’re looking for something meaty there was a lot of back and forth about the update to the council Code of Conduct, as well as the new make-up of advisory committee. So let’s dig into it all in this week’s recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Traffic, Containers and Conduct!” →

This Week at Council: A Week for Report Cards

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A short meeting for the end of a short month. The regular meeting of Guelph City Council for February had some promise for controversy with reports from the integrity commissioner and the lobbyist registrar, but it seems like council is just too well-behaved. (This year anyway.) We’ll get to that, and we will also get to all the other business that council didn’t want another bite at in this week’s recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: A Week for Report Cards” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for February 26, 2025

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Oversight and audit are the themes of this last council meeting of the month. 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: City Council Meeting for February 26, 2025” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 25, 2025 Meeting?

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And now we’ve come to the end of February – well, nearly – and we get to the last city council meeting of the month. At this gathering of Guelph’s civic leaders we will dig into the new reports focusing on political and administrative oversight, and we will also revisit Committee of the Whole business assuming that anyone has any lingering questions. Let us take a look at what to expect from this regular meeting of council for this second month of the year! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 25, 2025 Meeting?” →