Sierra Club would like to provide comments on two items in the recommended budget presented by staff. 1. Urban Forest Management Plan. We are, first and foremost, thrilled to see some proposed funding for the Urban Forest Management Plan to hire a Senior Urban Forester and a part-time GIS technician. However, it must be pointed […]
Category: Taxes
GCL delegation re 2013 budget
For your interest, I thought I would send a copy of the Guelph Civic League comments on the 2013 budget presented at tonight’s meeting. They can be found at the GCL blog at http://guelphcivicleague.blogspot.ca or in the text below. DS ====== Good evening Madam Mayor, Councillors, Staff and citizens, My name is Dave Sills, and […]
Guelph Area Transmission Refurbishment
Guelph’s Community Energy Initiative is well known. We are on the vanguard of some courageous cities who are making the changes necessary to accommodate increased population and energy use and climate change. As a city we have committed through our plan to “use less energy in 25 years than we do today ” and to […]
Budget follow up notes
Thank-you for great questions last night, and for not beating me up. Always a good thing. Attached are the favourite curves from our side of the table showing some fantastic progress towards keeping in line with CPI. That after all reflects what taxpayers are facing for cost increase. Next week I am in Thunder Bay […]
Council Deccisions
My husband and I and our two children moved to Guelph in1965 and we came to love it very much…..until the last few years. We have seen waste of Taxpayers’ money with mistakes made and poor decisions in other areas. For example, let’s start with the garbage bins….they are too cumbersome and will be too […]
CITIZEN BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS
I wish, as a Guelph citizen and tax payer, to address numerous budget concerns prior to your decision making process next week. I had registered early on Monday as a delegation for tomorrow’s public input meeting, but after the Monday council meeting proceedings relating to proposed IT expenditures, I felt that it would be impossible […]
Proposed Property Tax Increase
I have just finished reading an article in the Guelph Tribune which advises Guelph residents of Council’s proposal to increase property taxes yet again by 3.74% in order to balance the budget. It also mentions the suggestion of cutting snow plowing services in order to reduce some costs. This seems to be the first thing […]
MSAC
I am writing in support of the 2013 budget request to Guelph City Council by the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. I am a 45 year resident of Wellington County – 38 years in Puslinch Township and the past 7 years in Guelph. I am a patron of the Art Centre and had the privilege of […]
2013 Tax Supported Budget Presentation
As promised, please find attached in PDF format the 2013 Tax Supported Presentation that will be presented at the City of Guelph Council Meeting. Staff FINAL 2013 Tax Supported Operating Budget Presentation.pdf IT Business Case.pdf
Thoughts on the 2013 Budget
This email is being sent to you all as the Budget is not a one ward matter. BS Guelph Budget