City Council
Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 3:30 P.m. - 10:30 P.m.

Council Chambers

Guelph City Hall, 1 Carden Street

Changes to the original agenda are noted with an asterisk "*".

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2.

Call to Order

2.1

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest or General Nature Thereof

3.

Authority to move into closed meeting

• Recommendation:

  That the Council of the City of Guelph now hold a meeting that is closed to the public, pursuant to the Municipal Act, to consider:

3.1

Call to Order (closed meeting)

3.2

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof (closed items)

3.3

Confirmation of Closed Minutes

4.

Closed Meeting Summary

5.

Open Meeting - 6:00 p.m.

5.1

O Canada

5.2

Silent Reflection

5.3

Indigenous Territorial Acknowledgement

5.4

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof

6.

Confirmation of Open Minutes

• Recommendation:
  1. That the minutes of the open Council Meetings held September 10 and 24, 2024, and the Committee of the Whole Meetings held September 4 and 17, 2024, be confirmed as recorded and without being read.

7.

Committee of the Whole Consent Report

The following resolutions have been prepared to facilitate Council’s consideration of various matters and are suggested for consideration. If Council wishes to address a specific report in isolation of the Committee of the Whole Consent Report, please identify the item. It will be extracted and dealt with separately as part of the Items for Discussion.

7.1

Residential Security Cameras By-law Review, 2024-392

• Recommendation:
  1. That staff be directed to create optional guidelines for proper use of residential security cameras.

8.

Council Consent Agenda

The following resolutions have been prepared to facilitate Council’s consideration of various matters and are suggested for consideration. If Council wishes to address a specific report in isolation of the Consent Agenda, please identify the item. It will be extracted and dealt with separately as part of the Items for Discussion.

9.

Items for Discussion

The following items have been extracted from the Committee of the Whole Consent Report and the Council Consent Agenda and will be considered separately. These items have been extracted either at the request of a member of Council or because they include a presentation and/or delegations.

9.1

Fireworks By-law Review, 2024-355

Delegation:
Mo Markham, Waterloo Region Climate Initiatives
Will Barrett
*Erica Hogan, Phatboy’s Fireworks 
*Gurdeep Rattan
*Bhavikkumar Joshi
*Harmin Gill
*Alex Ciccone
*Warinder Singh, Kirpa Media group  
*Priyam Vyas
*Amanda Tanner
*Jordan Rietkerk
*Paresh Soni
*Sarah Rosenberg, EG Canada Inc. 
*Tom Jacobs, Rocket Fireworks Inc
*David Calder
*Stephen Brigden
*Michael Rouse
*Lisa Veit, Guelph Humane Society
*Victor Chapnik, Kaboom Fireworks Inc
*Jon Luff
*Mark Matthews
*Aleem Kanji, Canadian National Fireworks Association

Correspondence:
*Tanvir Singh 
*Gurpreet Sehgal 
*Aleem Kanji, Canadian National Fireworks Association

• Recommendation:
  1. That staff be directed to create a new permit-based fireworks by-law to replace and repeal Fireworks By-law (1993)-14362.

9.1.1

Fireworks By-law Review - Council Memo - 2024-447

9.2

2024-2026 Council Appointments - 2024-430, 2024-430

• Recommendation:

  Audit

  1. That Councillor _______ be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Audit Services chair for a term ending November 15, 2026, effective November 16, 2024.
  2. That Councillor _______ be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Audit Services vice-chair for a term ending November 15, 2026, effective November 16, 2024.

  Corporate Services

  1. That Councillor _______ be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Corporate Services chair for a term ending November 15, 2026, effective November 16, 2024.
  2. That Councillor _______ be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Corporate Services vice-chair for a term ending November 15, 2026, effective November 16, 2024.

  Infrastructure, Development and Environment

  1. That Councillor _______ be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Infrastructure, Development and Environment chair for a term ending November 15, 2026, effective November 16, 2024.
  2. That Councillor _______ be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Infrastructure, Development and Environment vice-chair for a term ending November 15, 2026, effective November 16, 2024.

  Public Services

  1. That Councillor _______ be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Public Services chair for a term ending November 15, 2026, effective November 16, 2024.
  2. That Councillor _______ be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Public Services vice-chair for a term ending November 15, 2026, effective November 16, 2024.

  Governance and Office of the Chief Administrative Officer

  1. That Councillor _______ be appointed as the Committee of the Whole Governance vice-chair for a term ending November 15, 2026, effective November 16, 2024.

  Committee of Management for The Elliott

  1. That Councillor _______ be appointed as the Committee of Management for The Elliott chair for a term ending November 15, 2026, effective November 16, 2024.
  2. That Councillor _______ be appointed as the Committee of Management for The Elliott vice-chair for a term ending November 15, 2026, effective November 16, 2024.

10.

By-laws

Resolution to adopt the By-laws (Councillor Caron). 

• Recommendation:
  1. That by-laws (2024)-20994, (2024)-21001, (2024)-21004 and (2024)-21006 be approved subject to Section 284.11 (4) of the Municipal Act.

11.

Mayor’s Announcements

Please provide any announcements, to the Mayor in writing, by 12 noon on the day of the Council meeting.

12.

Adjournment