Tag: Council Meeting

This Week at Council: More Heights, Less Affordable Housing with Downtown Community Plan

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This week at Guelph city council was the monthly planning meeting, and it was the first time that the debate was pushed to nearly midnight in a long time. So what was so controversial? Well, there was a couple of new projects on both sides of College Avenue, one big and one small, but it was the smaller one that got the biggest reactions. Then there was the plan to get more affordable units downtown, which didn’t not turn out the way we might have hoped. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: More Heights, Less Affordable Housing with Downtown Community Plan” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for April 15, 2026

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Plan for a long one at this month’s planning meeting! 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 April 15, 2026” →

This Week at Council: Traffic Calm and Carry On

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This week at council almost everyone had concerns about road safety. For the last few years, the City of Guelph has been trying to advance the cause of safer streets, and making Guelph a place where no one is hurt and killed on our roads but as we were reminded at April’s Committee of the Whole meeting, there’s been some mixed results on that effort. Can staff reset expectations by refocusing on some key problem areas? They think so in the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Traffic Calm and Carry On” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 21, 2026 Meeting?

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One more council meeting before the election officially begins… April’s regular meeting of city council will shower us all in catch up work. At least at the time of this publishing, the agenda for this meeting is almost all about stuff that’s already been debated, the Committee of the Whole agenda, and a rare Business Licence Appeals Committee decision. Also, is there still enough council good will to support a new heritage commemoration month? Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 21, 2026 Meeting?” →

RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for April 7, 2026

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No foolin’! Time for Committee of the Whole!! You can click here and 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 April 7, 2026” →

This Week at Council: Ice Discount Secured and Council Gets Paid!

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With so much to figure out at this meeting, it was maybe for the best that city council had two weeks off to figure it all out. After receiving two special guests specializing in council accountability and transparency, we dug into two ongoing issues. First, council had to figure out the issue of ice time and especially discounted ice time at the Sleeman Centre, and then, even more complicatedly, they had to figure out council pay for the next term. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Ice Discount Secured and Council Gets Paid!” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 15, 2026 Meeting?

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The April planning meeting promises to be a very busy one with two new project proposals on opposite ends of College Avenue, the final bite of the apple on the newest Community Planning Permit area, and a key decision on a major project in the east end. There’s another new student residence in the offing, a local religious institution might be getting an upgrade, and the east end might be getting another step closer to getting that grocery store. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 15, 2026 Meeting?” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for March 31, 2026

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Last day of the month; last 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 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 March 31, 2026” →

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?” →