A progress report on Council’s strategic priorities indicates that six of the priorities Council established a year ago – 15 per cent of the total – have been completed or are on track for completion by the end of this year. Two of Council’s high-priority projects have been achieved: the introduction of 20-minute Transit service, […]
Category: Transparency
Hydro president speaks
The following article appeared in the Spetember 18 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Residents worried about ‘secretive’ business plan not being made public The City of Guelph can no longer function as an island. That was the message from both Guelph Hydro and Karl Wettstein, chair of the city’s finance committee, at a Ward 2 public […]
Ward 2 Meeting reminder
September 17, 2008, 7 – 9 p.m. Evergreen Seniors Centre, 683 Woolwich St On the agenda: Understanding the budget; a presentation by City Treasurer, Margaret Neubauer and Councillor Karl Wettstein Proposed Guelph Hydro merger Q&A session with Art Stokman, President, Guelph Hydro; Ian Miles, Vice President, Business Development and CFO, Guelph Hydro; and Jasmine Urisk, […]
Ward 2 Town Hall Meeting
Wednesday Sept. 17th at the Evergreen Centre 7:00pm to 9:15 With Councillors’ Ian Findlay & Vicki Beard City Budget 7:00 to 8:00 With Margaret Neubauer City Treasurer & Karl Wettstein – Chair of Finance Committee Hydro Merger 8:10 to 9:10 Question & Answer Period With – Art Stockman,- President, Jasmine Urisk- Board of Director, Ian […]
Guelph Beat
The following article appeared in the July 24 edition of Echo: Welcome back to part two of my six part series, “Better Know a Ward.” This week: Ward 2 – St. George’s. Located in the northeast corner of the city, Ward 2 covers everything east of Woolwich and north of Eramosa and Eastview Roads. Amongst […]
Findlay’s role as Downtown Coordinating Committee Chair
As my Councillor role has expanded to include that of chair of the Downtown Coordinating Committee (DCC), further clarification was sought as to whether there were any potential conflicts with that of my ownership of a downtown business. The following corespondence provides greater detail to this issue. Ian Miller Thomson Letter
Rogers Coverage of July Meetings
The City has been informed by Rogers that there will be no coverage of the July 7th (Wal-Mart expansion) and 14th (Hydro merger) Council meetings due to staffing shortages. They will cover the regular Council meeting on July 21st.
Budget Input
I’d like to offer some input for the budgetting process. There are a lot of controversial and important projects being proposed and I’d like to see the triple-bottom-line approach taken to all of them. First, what I support: – The convent as a museum. Congrats on the success here. – A new library. – A […]
Thank you from Ward 1
I live in ward one but have been to a ward two meeting at the Seniors Centre, attended the Pollinator Park Conference and now visited this web site which I just tripped upon and I must say that you two (Ian and Vicki) are exemplary Councillors. My God, talk about going over and beyond. Thank […]
4.5%
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