LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for July 9, 2018

Council takes care of some unfinished planning business in this final planning meeting before the summer break. 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 tonight’s council meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for July 9, 2018”

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 9 Meeting?

Council’s going to take care of some unfinished business before the summer break at this month’s planning meeting. Brownfields, commercial space, and a brand new planning advisory committee are all topics for conversation. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 9 Meeting?”

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 3 Meeting?

In what will be last Committee of the Whole meeting before the election, city council will be going over the future. Future schedules, future heritage plans, future community centres, and sign bylaw variances will all be up for discussion. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 3 Meeting?”

GUELPH POLITICAST #130 – Reviewing the Service Review

Is our waste collection and processing the best it can possibly be? That was the simple question at the heart of the Service Review of the City of Guelph’s Solid Waste Department. Solid Waste was the first of three pilot Service Review projects approved by city council, an immense months long project that yielded 11 recommendations.This is the rest of the story. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #130 – Reviewing the Service Review”

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 18, 2018

The annual general meetings for Guelph Junction Railway and Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc. takes place tonight. You can click here and here for the agendas from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of tonight’s council meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 18, 2018”

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 25 Meeting?

For the regular city council meeting this month, we’ve got the next council’s paycheques, board appointments, a notice of motion, and the last kick of the can for the second phase of Clair-Maltby on the agenda. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 25 Meeting?”

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 14, 2018

This special meeting of city council is all about the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan. 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 tonight’s council meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 14, 2018”

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 18 Meeting?

If it’s June, it’s time for Guelph City Council to act as shareholder of both Guelph Junction Railway, and Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc. The audits and general reports for both organizations will be discussed in two back-to-back meetings on Monday. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 18 Meeting?”

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 11, 2018

This month’s planning meeting of City Council features some demolitions, a proposed Official Plan amendment, and a revised plan for a very big south end development. 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 tonight’s council meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 11, 2018”

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 14 Meeting?

If you’re one of the people that was upset with what the City of Guelph was cooking for the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan, then you may like what they’re cooking now. As we close Phase 2, it seems that public criticism has been taken in stride as we get ready to move to Phase 3. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 14 Meeting?”