Tag: Development Charges Complaint

This Week at Council: Water Info and Objection Heard

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Okay, so technically this is not “This Week at Council”, it’s “Last Week at Council”. In addition to the planning meeting there were two other meetings on the calendar, one was an orientation meeting and the other was the rescheduled meeting for council to sit as tribunal. So what did you miss? Well, we learned that water is good and that sometimes you have to wait for the results. Here are the recaps from (technically) “Last Week at Council”! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Water Info and Objection Heard” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 15, 2025

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It’s not a tribune, it’s a tribunal! 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 Blue Sky, 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 May 15, 2025” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 29, 2025 Meeting?

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Get ready for another lesson in the use of council authority and discretion when they sit again as a tribunal for this meeting of city council. This one may have some long-term implications and may even establish a precedent as a developer is seeking relief from the DCs, they say, may hold up an important project. Did we mention that this project is a student residence? Let’s set up the meeting in this council preview… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 29, 2025 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: Internet Voting Remains an Option

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It was an action-packed week at council, but it was also one of the most contentious weeks seen in the chambers in the last few months. The friction was all about exploring online voting methods for the 2026 municipal election, and whether or not council would proceed with the option reached at Committee of the Whole. Also, there was another question about whether or not too much was collected in development charges. Continue reading “This Week at Council: Internet Voting Remains an Option” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 29, 2024

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Council will once again exercise their tribunal powers! You can click here for the amended agendas from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. Due to the relatively brief agenda, there was no live coverage on Twitter, but you can read the break down of the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 29, 2024” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 29 Meeting?

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Another meeting of city council where city council isn’t being city council. In another instance where our favourite local government has to exercise their semi-legal powers to hear a case of accidentally assigned development charges, did the developer pay too much and whose fuzzy math is the fuzziest? Council will be the ultimate arbitrator in another edition of The Price is Right, Guelph real estate division!
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This Week at Council: Planning, Tribunal and Encampments Form the Trifecta

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There are busy weeks at council, and then there’s spending nearly half of a 28-hour period in the council chambers. That was the time frame this week at 1 Carden Street, and in that period there was a planning meeting, a meeting where council sat as tribunal on a matter of misapplied Development Charges, and, the big one, a marathon meeting about a Public Spaces Use bylaw. To see how it all turned out, consult this week’s recap below… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Planning, Tribunal and Encampments Form the Trifecta” →

LIVE BLOG: Second City Council Meeting for February 14, 2024

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Tonight, council sits as tribunal. 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: Second City Council Meeting for February 14, 2024” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Second February 14 Meeting?

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Here’s something interesting! In what looks to be a very busy week and month for city council, it’s a chance for them to sit as a tribunal to hear a complaint, in this case a complaint concerning a development charge. Council will hear the complaint, hear the response, and then hear the counter-response from both sides before rendering a decision. It’s all the fun of a civil trial live from the council chambers!! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Second February 14 Meeting?” →