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Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 7, 2026 Meeting?

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April’s first council meeting will suffer no fools because it’s not happening until April 7 and for this meeting date we’re getting a two-in-one because there will the shareholder meeting of Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc. before we get into the Committee of the Whole meeting. On the subject of the latter, look for discussion on water, traffic calming and taxis, plus another impact from provincial legislation, albeit without financial cost. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 7, 2026 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 31, 2026 Meeting?

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After a two week break, council gets back down to business with two referrals, one from earlier this month and one from last month. Council will finally have to make a choice about how much the next council will be paid, and they will also have to square that last piece of business about future plans for the Sleeman Centre. Also, this meeting will feature two special guests, who will give their annual reports on integrity and lobbying. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 31, 2026 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: The Centre of the Universe

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It was all Sleeman Centre all the time at this month’s Committee of the Whole meeting. Well, almost. First though, the committee had a discussion about development fees and whether or not they’re an impediment to new home construction, and there was really no final resolution there, but coincidentally that was also where they left the Sleeman Centre construction. For all the details, check out the recap below… Continue reading “This Week at Council: The Centre of the Universe” →

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

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A packed agenda about taxes and recreation on this Committee of the Whole agenda! 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: Committee of the Whole Meeting for March 4, 2025” →

This Week at Council: Mo’ Money Motion, Mo’ Problems in March

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Just when you thought it was safe to talk about council pay and benefits… After a contentious conversation about the subject at Committee of the Whole earlier this month, city council re-opened the debate for further discussion, and then they decided that they want to talk about it further next month. That was the big action at this month’s regular council meeting, but it was not the only action. Let’s recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Mo’ Money Motion, Mo’ Problems in March” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for February 24, 2025

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Council has back in session this week after taking their own Reading Week off. 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 February 24, 2025” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 4, 2026 Meeting?

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This month’s Committee of the Whole meeting is going to be a stacked affair. On the agenda will be at least one item that always appears at this time, plus a review of an important new piece of governance policy, a review of the allocation of rec facility space, and potential changes to how the Sleeman Centre operates. And if that’s not enough sports and recreation for you, the committee will get to know that department a little better. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 4, 2026 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: This Land *Is* Our Land

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At February’s planning meeting, council showed some love to community advocates by voting their way on a couple of key issues. First up, the last meeting about the heritage conservation district for the OR Lands will now be the second-to-last meeting after council sent it back to staff for a change. Council also asked staff to make a change to the Official Plan in the name of protecting a well-loved, and long ignored piece of property. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: This Land *Is* Our Land” →

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?” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for February 10, 2026

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If you love planning, this is going be a good meeting for you! 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 February 10, 2026” →