Press release. This week Oraclepoll Research will administer a telephone survey to approximately 400 randomly selected households in Guelph. The survey is part of the City’s efforts to continually improve communication of City news, services, programs and more. The survey is designed to understand residents’ preferences for receiving information and their use of current communications […]
Category: City Policy
Please suspend internet voting!
From a resident. I am writing to express my extreme alarm at the prospect of the use of internet voting in the October Municipal Election. This deep concern has been triggered as a result of sitting through almost four full days of testimony at the Michael Sona Robocalls trial here in Guelph. I will detail […]
Riverside Glen application for College Campus and Dr's Office
Staff memo. Planning Services shall be bringing a Planning Decision Report to Council on July 14, 2014, regarding the proposed Official Plan and Zoning Amendment to permit the College Classrooms and Medical Clinic.
Letter to Editor re Motorcycle Noise bylaw
From a resident. Well it was no surprise to me that I am reading since the inception of this discriminatory , wastefull by law has produced no fruit I commented on the lead up to and spoke to council on vote night on the matter . Not only was there only opponents that night speaking […]
Ontario’s big city mayors want issues facing majority of province addressed
Press release. The Large Urban Mayors’ Caucus of Ontario (LUMCO) met in Brampton on Friday May 23, 2014 to hear from the Provincial parties on their platforms, as they relate to Ontario’s big cities. Each of the party leaders were invited to attend or send a delegate. The Liberal Party of Ontario was represented by […]
Internal Audit Reporting
Staff memo. By virtue of last night’s Council decision regarding GOV-2014.10, all internal audit matters will now be reported through to Council for the remainder of the 2010-2014 term. As a result, the June 3 Audit Committee agenda will be modified by way of the addendum to remove AUD-2014.18 and AUD-2014.19. These matters will reappear […]
May 28 Council meeting to be rescheduled
Press release. A meeting of Guelph City Council scheduled for May 28 will be rescheduled. The meeting was intended as follow up to a February Council meeting about the Guelph Economic Investment Fund. City staff needs about 10 more days to finalize affordable, practical recommendations to Council, mostly with respect to the Baker Street “pro-forma”—a […]
PBEE majority recommendation to reject licensing as Staff recommended – May 26th Council Item
A resident’s comments. We understand the recent PBEE committee majority recommendation to refer the above noted Report back to staff is being considered at the May 26 th Council meeting. Based on the May 5 th PBEE meeting, which we attended, it appears the majority of the PBEE intended tohave staff either provide additional clarifying […]
Proposed Rental Licensing in Guelph
A resident’s perspective. As an experienced Property Manager with over 20 consecutive years of experience and as a Guelph home owner, I have researched the contentious topic of Rental Licensing and I’ve attended the public meetings that have been held within the last several months at City Hall regarding this issue. The information presented at […]
Council ratifies agreement with GPFFA
Press release. Last evening, Guelph City Council voted unanimously to ratify a new collective agreement for the Guelph Professional Firefighters Association’s employees. Members of the GPFFA ratified the agreement after a vote last week. “We appreciate the dedication and hard work of Guelph’s firefighters and are very pleased to ratify an agreement that is reasonable […]