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City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 29, 2025 Meeting?

Published on Oct 17, 2025Nov 18, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Budget seasons is finally here! Now’s your chance to warm up those calculators and start formatting the spreadsheets because at this meeting we’re going to start crunching the numbers for the confirmation of the 2026 Guelph budget (the City of Guelph edition)! This promises to be another tough budget with affordability front of mind with the city staff continually try to find new efficiencies, but for now, here’s the opening proposal… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 29, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 28, 2025 Meeting?

Published on Oct 17, 2025Oct 20, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

This end of October meeting has a lot of action, and most of it will be happening in the closed meeting agenda. No big deal. There should be some action in the main portion of the meeting though with some discussion about election behaviours and expectations, plus an update about the rationalization of back office functions at the City of Guelph. (Don’t worry, there’s a whole other meeting for this week.) Check out the preview below. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 28, 2025 Meeting?” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for October 15, 2025

Published on Oct 15, 2025Oct 27, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Let’s be thankful for a post-holiday delayed meeting. 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 October 15, 2025” →

This Week at Council: Allan’s Bridge is Coming Down!

Published on Oct 12, 2025Nov 10, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

This week. city council came back from an inexplicable two-week break and sat again as Committee of the Whole. For this edition, there were two main focuses, one had to do with billing for water and wastewater servicing, and the other concerned more downtown construction work! Read on to learn how a very busy intersection at the eastern end of downtown is going to get a facelift in the years to come in this week’s recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Allan’s Bridge is Coming Down!” →

RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for October 7, 2025

Published on Oct 8, 2025Oct 12, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Back to city council with another Committee of the Whole meeting! 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 October 7, 2025” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 15, 2025 Meeting?

Published on Oct 3, 2025Oct 8, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Leave some room for a feast at October’s planning meeting because Guelph City Council is going to be served a five course meal of materials with this next agenda. So what’s coming up? Well, there will be a decision on one big project proposal, and there will be some early moves for a new project down the street from it. There will also be heritage district talk, some timeline extensions, some proposed changes to the Official Plan and maybe some surprises(?). Let’s check out the agenda… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 15, 2025 Meeting?” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for October 2, 2025

Published on Sep 26, 2025Sep 29, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

There’s not as much action at October’s Heritage Advisory Committee as you might expect as we’re counting down to the deletion of all properties listed on the heritage registry. Still, one proposed designation has made the cut for discussion while a property owner living in the city’s one current heritage district wants to make some changes. Let’s dig into the brief agenda for this month’s heritage brief. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for October 2, 2025” →

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

Published on Sep 26, 2025Nov 3, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

After a couple of weeks off, council gets back to work in the chambers again for the October Committee of the Whole meeting. This month, there will be some points of interest as more future construction downtown comes up for discussion, and so does a change to how residents are billed for water. There’s also some administrative moves including new names for new parks, and the usual staff recognitions. Check out all the details below… Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 7, 2025 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: No Salt Added at Regular Meeting

Published on Sep 21, 2025Sep 19, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

If you thought last week at Guelph City Council was busy you won’t believe how straightforward everything was this week! At the regular council meeting for September there were some new committee appointments, and there was some appreciation for Guelphites doing great things, but the biggest item had to do with salt, the variety that you use on the road in winter. For all the details, check out the recap below. Continue reading “This Week at Council: No Salt Added at Regular Meeting” →