Tag: Committee-of-the-Whole

This Week at Council: More Debate on Public Space, Plus Road Safety

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There was a lot going on at this meeting, and some of it had nothing to do with what was on the agenda. For instance, one city councillor was absent because they’re now busy chasing a new gig at a different level of government.  In terms of stuff at the meeting, there was a new development around the Public Space Use Bylaw, which caused some controversy despite how little about it was available in the agenda. Hopefully this recap has more detail! Continue reading “This Week at Council: More Debate on Public Space, Plus Road Safety” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for March 25, 2025

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Council has the last word for March, but will it go out like a lamb or a line? Tune in and see! 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 on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for March 25, 2025” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 1, 2025 Meeting?

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April showers brings Committee of the Whole. No fooling, this meeting will have some pretty big financial implications, and some pretty small ones as well when the horseshoe tackles development debt, new development arrangements, and the final update to a tree bylaw, plus the future of the Drill Hall will be determined. Again. For the last time(?). Let’s dig into what to expect at your first council meeting on the first day of the month! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 1, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 25, 2025 Meeting?

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The last meeting for March is a recital of the past. Yes, as usual, we will revisit the (almost whole) agenda from this month’s Committee of the Whole meeting, but there’s also new/old controversy with a returning bylaw that caused a lot of hand wringing last year. The ball will be in the people’s court (so to speak) to see if they have anything new and interesting to say on these matters, otherwise this could be a short meeting. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 25, 2025 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: Traffic, Containers and Conduct!

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There was something for everyone at this month’s Committee of the Whole meeting. If you have concerns about traffic safety in Guelph, or environmental protection in form or less plastic waste then this was a good meeting for you, but if you’re looking for something meaty there was a lot of back and forth about the update to the council Code of Conduct, as well as the new make-up of advisory committee. So let’s dig into it all in this week’s recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Traffic, Containers and Conduct!” →

RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for March 4, 2025

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It’s going to be a jam-packed meeting with an earlier than normal start time! 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 on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for March 4, 2025” →

This Week at Council: A Week for Report Cards

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A short meeting for the end of a short month. The regular meeting of Guelph City Council for February had some promise for controversy with reports from the integrity commissioner and the lobbyist registrar, but it seems like council is just too well-behaved. (This year anyway.) We’ll get to that, and we will also get to all the other business that council didn’t want another bite at in this week’s recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: A Week for Report Cards” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for February 26, 2025

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Oversight and audit are the themes of this last council meeting of the month. 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 on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for February 26, 2025” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 4, 2025 Meeting?

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The first couple of Committee of the Whole meeting this year have been pretty dry, but this March meeting is very stacked by comparison! First, there will be long awaited final report on changes to advisory committee of councils, and along with that there will be the mid-term review of governance at city council. And if that’s not enough, we’ll talk about water, traffic, and how we can get by better without single-use plastics! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 4, 2025 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 25, 2025 Meeting?

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And now we’ve come to the end of February – well, nearly – and we get to the last city council meeting of the month. At this gathering of Guelph’s civic leaders we will dig into the new reports focusing on political and administrative oversight, and we will also revisit Committee of the Whole business assuming that anyone has any lingering questions. Let us take a look at what to expect from this regular meeting of council for this second month of the year! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 25, 2025 Meeting?” →