RECAP: Social Services Committee Looks Over Childcare and Social Spending

Wellington County’s monthly Social Services Committee will be remembered for its lengthy in-camera session that took up about half the total meeting time. As for the non-in-camera stuff, the committee looked at quarterly financials, housing states, discretionary funding, and they took a very high overview of the County’s childcare service. Let’s recap this month’s meeting… Continue reading “RECAP: Social Services Committee Looks Over Childcare and Social Spending”

MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for April 12, 2023

April’s meeting of the Wellington County Social Services Committee has three items on the agenda covering daycare, housing, and social spending. Not the biggest agenda, but one with a lot of information if you’re interested in how child care in Guelph and Wellington works, plus the number of units and types of housing currently in the region’s social housing stock. Let’s learn more… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for April 12, 2023”

RECAP: This Month, Board of Health Looks at Sex, Drugs and Rabies

April’s meeting of the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health was an occasion because it was the first meeting that took place largely in-person since before the start of the pandemic. Appropriately, vaccination was a big point of discussion in the meeting and so were programs to fight sexually transmitted infections, the opioid crisis and why spring means more awareness of rabies and the avian flu. Let’s recap! Continue reading “RECAP: This Month, Board of Health Looks at Sex, Drugs and Rabies”

MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for April 5, 2023

April’s Board of Health meeting for Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph brings you sex and drugs, but no rock and roll. Or, to be more precise, it’s bringing you an update on fighting the opioid epidemic as well as an update on fighting sexually transmitted infections, which are both very serious issues despite the above joke. Also on the agenda is information about COVID-19 and flu vaccine distribution for this past cold and flu season! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for April 5, 2023”

RECAP: Water Conditions and Contamination Main Points of GRCA Meeting

The monthly meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority membership made quick work of a number of items, but they dwelled on a couple of key details including the water quality of the Grand River watershed as evaluated by Conservation Ontario, and a matter of contaminated land in a wetland in Cambridge. Plus, there’s good news if you’re interested in doing to pheasant hunting! Here’s the recap for March… Continue reading “RECAP: Water Conditions and Contamination Main Points of GRCA Meeting”

MEETING PREVIEW: Grand River Conservation Board Meeting for March 24, 2023

This month’s meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority membership will cover a wide variety of issues including the usual topics like current watershed conditions, and current financial conditions. In terms of recent events, the membership will look at remediating some contaminated land in Cambridge, a new pilot for pheasant hunting, and the mandated changes to programs and services. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Grand River Conservation Board Meeting for March 24, 2023”

RECAP: Transit Committee Looks to the Future at March Meeting

After being one shy of quorum in February, it was an almost full house for March as the Transit Advisory Committee threw themselves into some catch-up work and then looked ahead. From the pending presentation of the new fare strategy, to the coming changes from the Future Ready Plan, and yes, to an update about the roll out of the electric buses, there was a lot of ground to cover, so let’s start covering it with the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Transit Committee Looks to the Future at March Meeting”

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Chooses What Heritage Properties They Want to Save (First?)

This month’s Heritage Guelph meeting gained some forward momentum on the heritage planning work plan in the City’s 1,700 designation eligible properties now paired down to an opening line-up of 10 for staff to start with. In other news, the committee sent the heritage designation for 65 Delhi Street to council while also looking at a designation for the Albion, which, during the meeting, was given an all-new nickname it’s apparently had all this time. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Chooses What Heritage Properties They Want to Save (First?)”

RECAP: Social Services Catches Up on Various Files After Missing Feb. Meeting

There was no Social Services Committee at Wellington County in February, so there was quite a bit to catch up on for March. Almost all matters of the committee got a moment in the spotlight from the ongoing issues with offload delays the hospital to the ongoing efforts to keep up with the County’s social services demands. There was a lot of information, so let’s recap what happened at the meeting with the links provided below… Continue reading “RECAP: Social Services Catches Up on Various Files After Missing Feb. Meeting”

MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for March 16, 2023

Hopefully there will be no March Break for the Transit Advisory Committee. Unfortunately, the committee was unable to reach quorum at the February meeting out at the Watson Road Transit office, but back at City Hall it might be easier to bring everyone in to catch up on the work missed in February and take care of business for March. This is what’s on the agenda for the March TAC meeting… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting for March 16, 2023”