It’s the end of the month, and the end of the council calendar. What’s trouble can we get into? 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 May 26, 2026”
It’s near the end of the month, so it’s time for the regular meeting of city council. In keeping with a rather laid back May agenda, the outline for this meeting arrives with one one new item in addition to the all the things that were on the Committee of the Whole agenda, which were, for the most part, uncontroversial. Perhaps there will be some surprises, but for now, let’s check out the preview for this meeting… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 26, 2026 Meeting?”
Money matters were on the agenda for the May Committee of the Whole meeting! First up, the internal auditor returned with the results from the latest value-for-money audit, which this time focused on the building permits office. For the rest of the meeting, the City of Guelph’s finance staff officially closes the book on the 2025 fiscal year with the final report save for the outside auditor’s double check next month. For now, here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Mixed Reviews for Fiscal 2025”
The fourth may not be with them, but the fifth will be! 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: Committee of the Whole Meeting for May 5, 2026”
It’s “Money May” for this month’s Committee of the Whole meeting. The lion’s share of this agenda concerns the fiscal wrap-up for 2025 and there’s going to be some extremely mixed news there. There’s also going to be the results of another value-for-money audit, plus some timely reports concerning the election that’s about to begin, and the possibilities for the election coming up in four years. Let’s check out the preview… Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 5, 2026 Meeting?”
If nothing else this month, Guelph is now officially a bird city, and we now sleep under the wings of our official bird, the Black-capped Chickadee, which was chosen by popular demand. At least that part went right because this month council had its first serious tech-glitch of these post-pandemic times. But most everything else was business as usual, so let’s review the business of June’s council meetings. Continue reading “This Month at Council: Tech Trouble, Bridge Debate, Water Plan Updates”
It’s time for the last meeting of June, and it comes with a very packed agenda. 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 June 27, 2022”
This last council meeting for the month of June is slightly embiggened from the size it was originally supposed to be due to a couple of imported items from the aborted planning meeting earlier this week. So we’ve got two planning items, and we’ve got a couple of information reports to discuss, plus a new and pressing matter regarding a railway crossing. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 27 Meeting?”
One day later than usual (due to the FCM meeting), let’s start Committee of the Whole. 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 June 7, 2022”
June is usually a busy month at city council as staff look to hand in their important works before summer vacation arrives. This month at Committee of the Whole, we will see at least two big assignments coming back for the protection of Guelph’s water resources, and they will also see the City’s audited financial statements from last year, and a potential increase in your taxi fare. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 7 Meeting?”
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