The subtitle for this week’s episode might well be “How does city council work?” Or at least, how does something transform from being an idea or suggestion into a new by-law or policy. Change is always inevitable, and there’s a fairly significant change coming to the way council is conducted next month, the switch over from a standing committee model to a Committee-of-the-Whole one. So I thought, “Why not combine the ideas?” Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #47 – Stephen O’Brien, City Clerk”
It’s all been leading to this… The epic midseason finale of Guelph City Council! After Monday night’s meeting, council goes on its traditional midsummer break, so that means there’s lots and lots of business to take care of before school let’s out for (the rest of) summer – so to speak. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 18 Meeting?”
This is the last city council meeting before the summer break, so let’s make it a good one. 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 July 18, 2016”
Food trucks, affordable housing, and planning matters are all on the agenda for tonight’s 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 July 11, 2016”
Sure, it’s summer, but considering the following agenda it looks like city council isn’t taking a break (that’s next month). Reports on affordable housing and food trucks will be heard, along with the usual planning, developing and rezoning matters heard at the first meeting of every month. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 11 Meeting?”
The good news for transit users is that some relief will come next week with extra buses being added to routes that are routinely behind schedule. The bad news is consideration of the following question: Just what the heck has the City been doing so far as Transit’s management, and why did it end up taking two whole months to fix the problem created when council voted to cut peak service for the summer last December? Continue reading “Confusion Continues as Council Covers Misstep With Transit”
It’s going to be a busy one at council tonight with transit issues, budget variances, and maybe a *whole* new way to conduct the business of council. 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 27, 2016”
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”
