Guelph, Ont., March 5, 2018—Tonight, Guelph City Council approved the tax supported operating and the local boards and shared services budgets. The approved 2019 tax supported operating budget saw a 2.69 per cent net levy increase over last year’s budget for a total levy requirement of $244,126,832. This total includes a 0.80 per cent net […]
Category: Council Voting Record
GCL releases City Council Voting Records for 2009!
It’s almost ten months into 2010 and the Guelph Civic League has finally released it’s voting record for 2009. Just in time for the October 25 election. In the previous term of Council, GCL members were obliged to attend all meetings of City Council with pen and paper to track every vote Councillors made. Early […]
Coming Up On Royal City Rag… Ward 2 Councillor Ian Findlay, Funding City Politics
We are pleased to welcome Ward 2 councillor Ian Findlay to CFRU93.3fm‘s Royal City Rag this coming Saturday, September 14. Councillor Findlay will be joining us during our first hour, 8-9 a.m. As part of our pre-election coverage, we invited all of the current city council, including the Mayor, to join us on the show […]
End of term thanks to Guelph City Council
As the end of term of City Council approaches, the Guelph Chamber of Commerce would like to thank Council as a group for collaborating with us on the following: -The 2007 Strategic Plan and annual progress update in the State of the City Address is very helpful for business. Regular meetings between the Chamber and […]
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City of Guelph 2008 Operating and Capital budgets highlights: 20 Minute bus service Funding for Hospice Wellington and Guelph General Hospital’s MRI Increased life cycle reserve
Council Duo Rated ‘Perfect’
The follwoing article appeared in the January 15 edition of the Guelph Tribune: Councillors Lise Burcher and June Hofland will be the envy of students all over Guelph. Their voting records over the past year have earned them 100 per cent scores from the Guelph Civic League, which has released an election-style report on how […]
Guelph City Council Voting Record 2007
The Guelph Civic League has gathered the votes from city council’s first year and compared them with the values that their members told them that were most important in 2007. 2007 Voting Record
Guelph City Council introduces electronic voting
System improves transparency by recording each member’s vote Guelph City Council used an electronic voting system for the first time last night at its Council meeting. Under the system, members of Council vote in favour or against a motion by pressing the appropriate button, and the overhead screen displays how each individual voted. All votes […]
Council Voting Record September 4, 2007
Moved by Councillor Kovach Seconded by Councillor Beard THAT staff be directed to set up a reserve called “Heritage Redevelopment Reserve” in order to support requests for financial assistance to help offset costs associated with the remediation and the retention of heritage features, and as an investment. A recorded vote was requested which resulted as […]
Council Voting Record August 13, 2007
Moved by Councillor Burcher Seconded by Councillor Laidlaw THAT the City of Guelph object to the current application by River Valley Developments Inc. for a change to their Aggregate Pit License No. 5672 in order to double the annual extraction limit to 1,000,000 tonnes from the DoLime Pit, Township of Guelph/ AND THAT Council reaffirms […]