RECAP: City Council Meeting for September 15, 2026

It’s the penultimate meeting of this term of Guelph 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 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 September 15, 2026” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 15, 2026 Meetings?

One last ride before Election Day. In the penultimate council meeting of this term, there will be at least a couple of big issues including another crack at the bat for the developer of the Guelph Innovation District, and since winter is coming, council will also hear the value-for-money audit results about the City of Guelph’s winter maintenance program. Get your council fix here because it’s all election all the time from here! This is the preview!!! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 15, 2026 Meetings?” →

This Week at Council: Stephanie Drive Deal and Heritage Reprise Request

“Short” was the word that best summed up this week’s meeting of city council, the regular meeting for the month of May. There was nothing much on the agenda aside from matters already settled at Committee of the Whole, so the only thing left to debate was a motion to ask the provincial government to stay the erasure of the heritage list at the end of the year. The big news though, that came out of the closed meeting. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Stephanie Drive Deal and Heritage Reprise Request” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 26, 2026

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” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 26, 2026 Meeting?

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?” →

This Week at Council: Mixed Reviews for Fiscal 2025

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” →

RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for May 5, 2026

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” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the May 5, 2026 Meeting?

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?” →

This Week at Council: No Salt Added at Regular Meeting

If you thought last week at Guelph City Council was busy you won’t believe how straightforward everything was this week! At the regular council meeting for September there were some new committee appointments, and there was some appreciation for Guelphites doing great things, but the biggest item had to do with salt, the variety that you use on the road in winter. For all the details, check out the recap below. Continue reading “This Week at Council: No Salt Added at Regular Meeting” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for September 16, 2025

Council has the regular meeting a couple of weeks early! 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 September 16, 2025” →