Tag: County of Wellington

This Week at Council: Transit Talk and a New Committee is Born

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Council business wrapped up for the month of February with a meeting that covered a variety of topics, and included some special guests. A follow-up delegation about transit in St. George’s Square led to a robust conversation about the subject from a variety of points of view, and then council made some appointments, and talked about pretty big re-organization for a major committee that will have more direct City involvement now. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Transit Talk and a New Committee is Born” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #408 – Greg Dorval Has Things to Say

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One of the problems covering issues of homelessness in the media is that it’s hard to find people to be the face of those issues. You see this in just about every news story, “person X is experiencing issue A”; it’s a way of personalizing the issue and making it relatable to the audience, and it’s one of the reasons why the homelessness crisis is so unrelatable. That’s where Greg Dorval entered the picture a few weeks ago. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #408 – Greg Dorval Has Things to Say” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for February 27, 2024

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It’s the last meeting of the month, so did council save their best stuff for last? You can click here for the amended agendas 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 “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for February 27, 2024” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 27 Meeting?

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Although we’ve technically not quite gotten to the end of the month, we’ve at least gotten to the agenda for the end of the month. At the regular council meeting on the last Tuesday in February, we will cover again all the business from Committee of the Whole and then get into new business, which involves an annual visit from someone special and some big changes to an importance shared services committee. All that and some recognitions and in-camera stuff too! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 27 Meeting?” →

CITY PAGES: County Budget Passed, Splash Design, and Crime Stoppers Success

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The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: County Budget Passed, Splash Design, and Crime Stoppers Success” →

RECAP: Social Services Committee Approves 65 Delhi Tender

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This month’s meeting of the Wellington County Social Services Committee required a field trip up the road to Aboyne. At the Wellington County Museum and Archive, the committee met for an unexpected – and brief – July get together to discuss one topic, but it was a pretty important one given the need to progress on a new transitional housing project that’s already been two long years in the making. So how did it go? Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Social Services Committee Approves 65 Delhi Tender” →

MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for July 26, 2023

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Surprise! You cannot escape July without one last meeting, and it’s the Wellington County Social Services Meeting. It’s fitting that just a week after that Grace Gardens officially opened that we get a meeting with the one item that’s on this agenda, and having said that you can probably guess what it is. If you’re concerned about the progress on social housing here in Guelph and Wellington County, you may be about to hear some good news. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for July 26, 2023” →

CITY PAGES: More Gardens, More Rides, and New Equity Advisor

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The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: More Gardens, More Rides, and New Equity Advisor” →

CITY PAGES: Store Extended, Resiliency Funds, and Summer Programming

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The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: Store Extended, Resiliency Funds, and Summer Programming” →

This Week at Council: Strong Mayor Blowback

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What was supposed to be a rather unexceptional week at council turned out to be very busy indeed, and it really had nothing to do with what city council was working on. Upset about the Ontario government’s decision to grant Strong Mayor powers to most heads of council in the province’s biggest cities, several delegates came out to let council know it, but it turned out even staff have problems with the implementation. Here’s the recap. Continue reading “This Week at Council: Strong Mayor Blowback” →