Tag: Committee-of-the-Whole

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 24, 2026 Meeting?

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This is the last meeting for February, and if you thought it was all leading to something, you might be disappointed. Unless something comes up in the next week, this will be largely straightforward with council revisiting Committee of the Whole business and discussing something in closed session, but on the plus side this is the first of a month-long series of meetings that will take place in the morning. Here’s the preview (such as it is). Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 24, 2026 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: No Raise, Except For Taxes

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There were back-to-back meetings at Guelph City Council this week, and the topic at hand was money. At Committee of the Whole, council had to deal with their own money, or at least the money that the councillors in the next couple will be paid as remuneration came up for debate. Then, at the other meeting, the 2026 budget process came to a close with the seven shared services and local boards. Let’s dig into the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: No Raise, Except For Taxes” →

RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for February 3, 2026

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There’s something for everyone at this first Committee of the Whole meeting of the year. 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 February 3, 2026” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 3, 2026 Meeting?

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It’s the first Committee of the Whole meeting of the year, and there’s a lot on the plate in a variety of areas. The Chief Administrative Officer will layout here priorities for the year ahead, which presumably includes the launching of the city-wide review of parking that’s on this agenda. Also, a long-awaited policy involving water is here, and the always popular conversation about how much our local politicians should be paid. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 3, 2026 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: Squares, Downloading, and Bike Lanes End 2025

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It was the last council meeting of the year, and it’s been a wild ride, but there were at least a couple of surprises left for civic policy nerds before Christmas Break. Yes, as expected, council discussed the final, final design for St. George’s Square as council sought the ever nebulous “wow” factor. In addition to that there was some push back from council about changes to conservation authorities and a twist ending for fans of bike lanes. For the last time in 2025, here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Squares, Downloading, and Bike Lanes End 2025” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for December 16, 2025

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Let us wrap up a very busy, and a very difficult 2025 in the council chambers. 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 with the thread below, or you can watch the whole meeting for yourself by watching it on the City’s website here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for December 16, 2025” →

This Week at Council: Money Matters, But Not Too Much

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There were two main topics on the agenda for the last Committee of the Whole meeting of 2025 and they both had to do with money, this year’s money. Appropriate for the first meeting after the budget confirmation process that we continue on with money stuff, but if you’re looking for controversy then this is not the meeting for you. What went down was pretty straightforward. Short and sweet. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Money Matters, But Not Too Much” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 16, 2025 Meeting?

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Merry Christmas! City council’s present to you is a new vision for St. George’s Square assuming that they want to pursue it. That’s one of the items in what looks to be a fairly straightforward final meeting of the year, which will feature any final thoughts about the items from Committee of the Whole, a busy (and mysterious) closed meeting agenda,  and some new appointments to the advisory committees. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 16, 2025 Meeting?” →

RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for December 2, 2025

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One last ride for Committee of the Whole before 2025 comes to an end. 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 December 2, 2025” →

This Week at Council: Renoviction Bylaw Go and the Budget Conclusion!

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It was a busy week for city council business with two big meetings. Nay! Make that huge meetings!! At the regular meeting, council decided (again) to pursue a renoviction bylaw and a vacant home tax with immediate effect. The real money matters though was the budget decision meeting (although technically the budget was already decided and this was just adding amendments) and there was definitely some friction to talk about there. Let’s get into the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Renoviction Bylaw Go and the Budget Conclusion!” →