RECAP: City Council Meeting for September 24, 2024

One last crack at committee business before we move on to October! 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 September 24, 2024”

This Week at Council: Renoviction and Real Estate

Another Committee of the Whole meeting, but this one came with a little more variety if you have no special interest in downtown renewal. Bu if you do, say, have an interest in crafting a new bylaw to prevent so-called renovictions, or perhaps an issue with how much affordable housing is getting built in the city, then this recap might be of some interest to you. All that, plus a financial update and some audit results too. Continue reading “This Week at Council: Renoviction and Real Estate”

RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for September 17, 2024

Another committee meeting for those who just can’t get enough! 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 17, 2024”

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 24, 2024 Meeting?

The last meeting of September will present you, the Guelph resident, the opportunity to revisit just about anything previously discussed at this month’s two Committee of the Whole meetings (at least one of them hasn’t happened yet as of the publishing of this preview). From downtown renewal to second quarter financials to a possible renoviction bylaw, here’s your second bite at the apple! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 24, 2024 Meeting?”

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 17, 2024 Meeting?

It’s another one of those times when we’re getting two Committees of the Whole in the same month (is that the proper pluralisation?). At this second committee meeting, there’s an audit of the City’s bid to electrify the transit fleet, an update about the fiscal 2024 finances, and, perhaps most importantly, a discussion about developing a renoviction bylaw and a scan of the City of Guelph’s efforts to create more affordable housing. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 17, 2024 Meeting?”