Although there’s been a couple of meetings in the last few weeks, the fall session began properly this week with the first of two Committee of the Whole meetings this month. There were really only two things on the agenda, one a matter of diversity and inclusion and the other a matter of major infrastructure renewal. So let’s dig in to the two “recons”, reconciliation and reconstruction, on this week’s recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Renew Kids on the Block”
Back to business as usual on city council! 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 September 4, 2024”
It was business as unusual this past week because city council should have one last week off before the start of September. Instead, there were a couple of extra meetings, one short and one pretty long. At the first meeting, council had a decision to make about the hiring of a new CAO, and in the other there was an even tougher decision regarding a matter so deeply controversial it packed the gallery. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Second Time’s the Charm for Public Space Bylaw”
The first planning meeting of the fall will have something for everyone, a new project that’s bound to be controversial, a decision on a project that was sort of controversial a few months ago, a new heritage designation, and some pruning to the City of Guelph’s new Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw. Are these the best laid plans, or will some delegates and council members have other ideas? Let’s take a look… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 10, 2024 Meeting?”
Get ready for a long and contentious 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 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 August 28, 2024”
Committee of the Whole is back to start the last third of the year with a jam-packed agenda. September may be “Back to School” time, but at city council it’s back to Downtown Renewal time with a five-pack of reports covering all manner of issues in the core including waste collection, washrooms, and heritage. Also, there will be lots of recognition for staff, and some formal recognition for our Indigenous community. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 4, 2024 Meeting?”
The new Chief Administrative Officer will be revealed! Or not! 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 August 22, 2024”
You don’t normally get a lot of political controversy – especially at city council – in the last week of August, but these are exceptional times… Back from the dead, and back from a contentious February meeting on this very same subject, council will debate again implementing a Public Space Use Bylaw. Strap in and get ready for what’s sure to be a rowdy time at city hall! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the August 28 Meeting?”
A council meeting in August?! Why yes, and not just one. The first of two city council meetings to take place in this normally slow summer month for council business will focus on a matter of hiring, and it involves city council staffing a job, then you know it can only be about one very specific job and it’s initials are C, A and O. So who will be the new top of the administrative pile at city hall? Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the August 22 Meeting?”
It’s been a very consequential seven months of council. Meeting after meeting, the mayor and our 12 city councillors have had to dispatch some big issues, make some big decisions, and find some out of the box solutions at times. So given the stakes so far in 2024, perhaps it’s okay if council had a nice, quick and easy last meeting before the usual August summer vacation. Here’s the (brief) recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Over and Out for the Summer”
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