The final city council meeting in June promises to be a very busy one, preoccupied with money matters, special presentations, and some very ambitious plans for Guelph Transit. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 27 Meeting?”
A special council meeting will be held tonight. In fact, it’s not really a council meeting, it’s the shareholders’ meeting for Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc., and it just so happens that city council and the GMHI shareholders have the same make-up. Much of the information to be presented tonight is already known, but still questions persist about the management of Guelph’s big ticket assets. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 20 Meeting?”
City council gathers this evening for the monthly planning meeting. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here to read Politico’s preview of tonight’s meeting. For the complete blow-by-blow of tonight’s council meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow along below via Storify. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 13, 2016”
City council will gather again to discuss planning issues on Monday. The docket will include a new rezoning matter, the return of a couple of past proposals, the request for an environmental assessment and a new discussion about District Energy. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 13 Meeting?”
It’s a special meeting of city council tonight as the horseshoe gathers to hear about what local projects might get federal infrastructure money, and about the possibility of high speed rail coming to town. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here to read Politico’s preview of tonight’s meeting. For the complete blow-by-blow of tonight’s council meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow along below via Storify. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for May 30, 2016”
In another special meeting of council this month (and the last), the mayor and councillors will hear back on pending infrastructure projects: Guelph’s share of all that investment money that the Federal government announced earlier this year, and creating a stop in the Royal City for the high speed rail line coming sometime in the next 20 years. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 30 Meeting?”
Hope everyone on council enjoyed the long weekend, because it looks like tonight’s council meeting might be a long one. A lot of items are up for discussion, but none more promising or potentially contentious as the launching of the Guelph Energy Efficiency Retrofit Strategy (GEERS). There will be a number of delegations to there to discuss that particular topic, but there’s so much to talk about this week as various committee work comes to council for approval and feedback. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 24 Meeting?”
City Hall will tackle the always contentious energy file in a special meeting tonight at 6 pm. Two reports are on the agenda: the Financial History of the GMHI Group of Companies and Current Issues, and the GMHI 2016 Restated Budget, and the former will reveal that the City may have to write down $8.7 million in investment into the District Energy assets in Hanlon Creek Business Park and Downtown Guelph. Continue reading “Special Meeting Will Discuss Lack of Return on Investment in District Energy, Plus LIVE BLOG!”
After the big meeting of just a few weeks ago, we get ready for something a bit more sedate: planning matters. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here to read Politico’s preview of tonight’s meeting. For the complete blow-by-blow of tonight’s council meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow along below via Storify. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for May 9, 2016”
After last week’s highly contentious meeting, it should be a relief to have something a bit more laid back like planning matters. Five major points are on the agenda Monday in what should be a relatively smooth discussion. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 9 Meeting?”
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