LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 21, 2023

At this meeting, we’ve got planning matters! You can click here for the amended agendas 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 “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 21, 2023”

This Week at Council: Budget Feedback

Compared to last week, council business this week was light and breezy, but still really on the serious side. This week, it was all about what you, the people, think about the proposed 2024-2027 multiyear budget, and boy were there a wide variety of thoughts. From concerns about cuts to concerns about cost to requests for some changes, there was a lot of new information to cover for the members of council. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Budget Feedback”

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 22 Meeting?

Surprise! It’s an additional meeting of city council that you didn’t know was going to happen when the month began. Per the request of council themselves, staff have prepared a list of recommendations about further cuts to the 2024-2027 multiyear budget to get the tax burden further down and thus get closer to something more affordable for Guelph residents. Still, will there be an appetite to enact any of the options? Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 22 Meeting?”

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on November 28?

This last meeting of the month is not the last meeting of the month in November. No, after this meeting there’s still the multiyear budget decision meeting the very next day, but on this night, there’s some relatively lighter matters to consider. Among them are the ratification of this month’s Committee of the Whole agenda, some new appointments and a couple of new motions from members of council. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on November 28?”

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 15, 2023

At this meeting, we will learn what you think about the budget! You can click here for the amended agendas 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 “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 15, 2023”

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Cranks Out Several Designation, and Are Looking for More

November’s Heritage Guelph meeting was largely straightforward, but at least three more designations are on their way to council for final approval at some point in the future, and now there are a couple of more items are on the drawing board, But as we reach the end of 2023 it seems like heritage staff are running our of work, which is why they queued up the committee to start thinking about 2024. For right now though, this is the recap of this month’s meeting… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Cranks Out Several Designation, and Are Looking for More”

This Week at Council: Mad Money, Madder Residents

It was a very busy 30 hours at council this week with three meetings. First up, there was Committee of the Whole with one item main item about governance. Next, a special meeting of council that determined the fate of one development, it was a big development but it was still just about the one. And then, speaking of big items, we dug into the 2024-2027 multiyear budget and it’s big tax levy increase. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Mad Money, Madder Residents”

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 21 Meeting?

In the midst of all this budget madness, we don’t want to forget about the usual business of city council like the monthly planning meeting. This November meeting will be pretty straightforward with a couple of new designations from the Heritage Guelph factory, plus a couple of new applications for council’s consideration. A nice planning break before diving back into budget business so let’s see what’s on the agenda. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 21 Meeting?”

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 7, 2023

It’s budget presentation day! You can click here for the amended agendas 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 “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 7, 2023”

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 6, 2023

It’s a very special planning meeting of council. You can click here for the amended agendas 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 “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 6, 2023”