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MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for September 11, 2024

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After a summer break, the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee will be meeting for something significantly smaller than their last gathering in June, but no less important. On this agenda, there’s winter! There’s also some money matters in all three areas of social services coverage and future plans for childcare funding in the new year. Plus, there will be some of the usual updates, so take a look at what’s coming up at the county! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for September 11, 2024” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for September 9, 2024

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It’s “Back to School” time for Heritage Guelph, though there’s really nothing related to school on this month’s agenda. This busy docket for the heritage conservation team will see a couple of permits, an appointment, at least one new future designation to consider, and another three to pass on to council. Put your history shoes on, nerds! There’s going to be a lot of ground to cover!! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for September 9, 2024” →

RECAP: GRCA Board Approves Changes to Land Acquisition and Disposition Policies

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Proving that summer vacation is winding down, the Grand River Conservation Authority membership board met for their August meeting Friday, and despite the month off they weren’t able to escape some of the controversies that chased them at the June meeting, especially around the topic of land acquisition and disposition. Also, there was some friction about delegation rules and some insight into flood control, which is all here in the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: GRCA Board Approves Changes to Land Acquisition and Disposition Policies” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Grand River Conservation Membership Meeting for August 23, 2024

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After taking July off, the Grand River Conservation Authority membership gets back down to business with some fairly typical administrative matters. Look for the monthly budget update, some proposed changes to bylaws and new draft policies, and along with the current weather conditions, a report on some flooding that happened last month during those big rain storms. Let’s check out the breakdown of the agenda for August… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Grand River Conservation Membership Meeting for August 23, 2024” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #426 – The Year at Committees So Far…

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There’s a lot of work when it comes to the grind of municipal governance and policy development, but it doesn’t always start with city council (though it does often end with them). So on this episode of the podcast we’re going to try and cram six months of work by eight different committees into 30 minutes of audio, from the retirement of the library’s head to the debate over a bus chime to the ongoing issues around housing. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #426 – The Year at Committees So Far…” →

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Greenlight Homewood Changes

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Before taking a break for summer vacation, Heritage Guelph took care of a couple of major pieces of new business. There are some big changes coming to the Homewood Health Centre, and it’s going to impact a beloved heritage building on the site. In other news, there are more heritage designations coming down the pipe for formal approval by city council, including a well known building on campus. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Greenlight Homewood Changes” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for July 8, 2024

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No summer vacation (yet?) for Heritage Guelph, it turns out that there’s just too much heritage stuff going on. At this meeting, there’s more heritage to preserve, more approvals to send to council, and there’s also a construction project at one of Guelph’s most well-known heritage buildings (although it’s likely one that you’ve never been to). Here’s the July work load for Heritage Guelph…. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for July 8, 2024” →

RECAP: Library Board Reviews Programming and Financials

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It was a long summer night at the Guelph Public Library Board meeting thanks to a marathon closed sessions where they got a report about the CEO search so far. After that, the board got into matters of upgrading branches and upgrading the Strategic Plan, and then they looked back at the year in programming and the year-end financials before wrapping up for the summer. And now, for you, here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Library Board Reviews Programming and Financials” →

RECAP: TAC Checks Out Renovated Digs at Transit HQ

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Before heading out on summer vacation, the Transit Advisory Committee got some good news and it involved expanding Sunday service to include on-demand buses in the very near future. That’s one of the nuggets from this recent meting of Guelph’s transit advisory board who met in the newly renovated meeting room at Transit’s head office on Watson Road. What other news was there from these shiny new digs? Check out the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: TAC Checks Out Renovated Digs at Transit HQ” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Public Library Board for June 24, 2024

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In their last meeting before summer vacation, the Guelph Public Library Board is going to have a lot of ground to cover. There will be follow up about previous reports on the work needed to update the various branches along with some of the usual monthly reports, and there will also be new information about the end of the yer financials and programming matters. And just in time for a little summer day dreaming, the board will look to the year 2029! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Public Library Board for June 24, 2024” →