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: New Staffer, Movie Nights, and Holiday Weekend Hours”
It was supposed to be the last council meeting before the usual August break, but the events of this week’s regular meeting of council did something unusual: It ended with a cliffhanger. The door was opened to a potential August meeting for a matter involving supportive housing and the raising the money to cover it. It terms of the business settled at the meeting itself, but there were also a few complications there too. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Housing Request Opens Door to August Meeting”
It’s the last meeting before summer vacation. 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 July 25, 2023”
This is the regular meeting for July, and you know what that means… Yes, this is the last meeting of city council before summer vacation but there’s a lot of work that has to be done before the break. Remember the patio program? E-scooters? Potential bylaw reviews? All this unfinished business from Committee of the Whole returns along with one additional item about future election business. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on July 25?”
Some committees take the summer off, but Committee of the Whole is still in session, at least for July anyway. Committee this month dealt with a number of complex issues including the new version of the City’s Strategic Plan, the new version of the Seasonal Patio program, new bylaw reviews that need to be conducted, and a new bylaw for the use of e-scooters. So what final decisions were made? Let’s check out the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council – Bars, Bylaws, and Bicycles”
It may be summer, but some of us still have council meetings to chronicle, so let’s chronicle! 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 “LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for July 5, 2023”
We’ve got one more month of meetings before the start of the annual summer break, and it’s going to be a pretty busy month. To kick off July, city council will be looking to the future a new strategic plan, a new e-scooter bylaw, new performance goals for paramedics, and a permanent version of the seasonal patio program. And before all that, council will have a brief in-camera talk about other business. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 5 Meeting?”
This week, there back-to-back council meetings, and one of them looked bigger than normal in terms of the number of people around the horseshoe, which was really more like a round table. A joint meeting of Guelph City Council and Wellington County Council was held to talk about the issues facing paramedics, while Guelph council on it’s own had to deal with a matter of funding more police downtown. Continue reading “This Week at Council: Police Money and Paramedic Needs”
Let’s wrap up the May business of 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 “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for May 31, 2023”
To end the month of May, literally, the regular council meeting looks to be relatively laid back with a simple review of decisions already made at Committee of the Whole, a decision to make about a new appointment to a local board, and then ratifying a mid-year budget decision made at the Guelph Police Services Board. The only real question is whether there will be any real controversy at all? Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on May 31?”
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