Okay, so technically this is not “This Week at Council”, it’s “Last Week at Council”. In addition to the planning meeting there were two other meetings on the calendar, one was an orientation meeting and the other was the rescheduled meeting for council to sit as tribunal. So what did you miss? Well, we learned that water is good and that sometimes you have to wait for the results. Here are the recaps from (technically) “Last Week at Council”! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Water Info and Objection Heard”
Tag: Water Supply Master Plan
RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 14, 2025
Let’s workshop about water! 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 this council meeting in the thread below, and you can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 14, 2025”
This Month at Council: Tech Trouble, Bridge Debate, Water Plan Updates
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”
LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 27, 2022
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”
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 27 Meeting?
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?”
LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for June 7, 2022
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”
Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the June 7 Meeting?
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?”
CITY PAGES: Carbon Monoxide, Feedback Wanted, and Train on the Move
The City of Guelph puts 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: Carbon Monoxide, Feedback Wanted, and Train on the Move”
CITY PAGES: Tree City, Lafarge Meeting, and Hammill’s Passing
The City of Guelph puts 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: Tree City, Lafarge Meeting, and Hammill’s Passing”








