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RECAP: County Staff Tested on Housing Momentum at JSSLAC Meeting

Published on Jun 11, 2025Jun 12, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

The June meeting of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting was stacked. Many, many reports were delivered to the committee especially in the realm of updates about social housing and paramedic services planning. There was some friction here as Guelph councillors expressed frustration with a lack of momentum on housing, while Wellington councillors want more expanded paramedic services, so let’s dig into the recap for more!

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MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for June 11, 2025

Published on Jun 6, 2025Jun 11, 2025 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

It’s going to be a full slate in this last Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting before summer vacation! We will finally get a look inside one of the biggest operations to come out of last year’s Health and Housing Symposium, and we will also get a look into the affordable housing needs of Wellington County. Plus, there will be budget information, paramedic reports and planning for childcare. Let’s begin… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for June 11, 2025” →

RECAP: Social Services Committee Feels Good About Direction Post-Symposium

Published on Mar 13, 2024 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

This month’s Social Services Committee meeting was a special occasion, not only was there a change in venue to a Wellington County building on Wyndham Street, but this was the last committee meeting in its present iteration. But before a new committee takes over, there was a lot for this group to tackle on the March agenda from ongoing construction projects to the aftermath of the Health and Housing Symposium. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Social Services Committee Feels Good About Direction Post-Symposium” →

MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for March 13, 2024

Published on Mar 8, 2024Mar 12, 2024 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

After taking February off, the Social Services Committee of Wellington County is getting together again… for the last time. Sort of. Next month, a new joint committee between the City of Guelph and the County of Wellington takes over, but for this month *this* committee will tackle reports about construction projects, resolutions from the Guelph council, and the findings from a symposium held just a few weeks ago (and will be held again in a few weeks time). Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for March 13, 2024” →

RECAP: Social Services Committee Tackles Ambulance and Housing Pressures

Published on Nov 8, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

This month’s Social Services Committee meeting at Wellington County took place against the backdrop of the budget discussion at the City of Guelph. Appropriately, two of the key topics directly affecting Guelph business includes (obviously) the 2024 social services budget, which also connects to a presentation from Paramedic Service Chief Stephen Dewar about ambulance response times. But that’s only how the meeting begins, so let’s gt into the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Social Services Committee Tackles Ambulance and Housing Pressures” →

MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for November 8, 2023

Published on Nov 3, 2023Nov 4, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

It’s a jam-packed Social Services Committee agenda at Wellington County this month. Budget? Yes, there’s some budget stuff to get done, both for this year and for next year. There are some updates on current and pending construction projects, some concerns about staffing at the childcare centres, and some notes about funding key endeavours under social services. Let’s get into the details with this meeting preview… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for November 8, 2023” →

RECAP: Social Services Tries to Find a Way to Keep Sanguen Health Van Going

Published on Oct 11, 2023Oct 12, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

It’s not quite budget time yet, but there was a big budget ask at this month’s Social Services meeting at Wellington County. Staff members from the Sanguen Health Centre’s Community Health Van were special guests, and they are looking for support to keep that service going past March of next year. How the committee coped with that, and how they handled other social services business is the subject of the recap below… Continue reading “RECAP: Social Services Tries to Find a Way to Keep Sanguen Health Van Going” →

MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for October 11, 2023

Published on Oct 7, 2023Oct 7, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

At October’s Social Services Committee meeting of Wellington County things will be relatively more laid back than September’s packed agenda. This month there will be mostly discussions about spending and the funding of programs, plus there will be a visit from the gang that runs the local health van who are on the look out for some funding of their own. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for October 11, 2023” →