Special City Council
Revised Meeting Agenda

Monday, June 21, 2021 at 6:00 P.m. - 10:00 P.m.

Remote meeting live streamed

on guelph.ca/live

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

To contain the spread of COVID-19, City Council meetings are being held electronically and can be live streamed at guelph.ca/live.

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1.

Notice of Electronic Participation

1.1

City Council

This meeting will be held by Electronic Participation in accordance with City of Guelph Procedural By-law (2021)-20590. 

2.

Call to Order - 6:00 p.m.

3.

Open Meeting

3.1

O Canada

3.2

Silent Reflection

3.3

First Nations Acknowledgement

3.4

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof

4.

City Council Composition and Ward Boundary Review Phase Two - Final Report - 2021-190

Presentation: 
Stephen O'Brien, General Manager, City Clerk's Office/City Clerk
Dr. Robert Williams

Delegations: 
*Alan Hall
*Ken McKay
*Kevin Bowman, Chair Democracy Guelph
*Jason Blokhuis
*Tanya Gevaert
*Linda Busuttil
*Ron East
*Morgan Dandie-Hannah
*Scott Frederick
*Hugh Whiteley (presentation)
*Barbara Mann, on behalf of The Ward Residents Association
*Susan Watson
*Tom Deligiannis

Correspondence:
*Allan Willms
*Kevin Bowman
*Alan Hall
*Manon Germain
*Jessica Martin
*Michele Richardson
*Shawn Richardson
*Sally Ludwig
*Melissa Dean
*Mary Cabena-Peirson
*Gerard Stack
*Corrie O'Driscoll
*Laura Collin
*Ann Middleton
*Sandy Middleton
*Kyle Speaker
*Scott Frederick, on behalf of The Ward Residents Association
*Valerie Anderson
*Teresa McKeeman
*Martin Collier

• Recommendation:

  That the following recommendations be referred to the June 23, 2021 Special City Council Meeting: 

  The following recommendations have been provided by Watson and Associates Economists Ltd., the independent third-party expert contracted by the City of Guelph to complete the City Council Composition and Ward Boundary Review:

  1. That Guelph City Council be comprised of eight councillors plus the Mayor.
  2. That one City councillor be elected per ward.
  3. That the employment status of City Councillors be full-time.
  4. That the revised City of Guelph ward boundaries included as Attachment-3 to the City Council Composition and Ward Boundary Review, Phase Two – Final Report, dated June 21, 2021, be approved, to take effect for the 2022 municipal election.

  The following recommendations have been provided by City staff:

  1. That the Terms of Reference for the City Council Remuneration and Support Advisory Committee, included as Attachment-4 to the City Council Composition and Ward Boundary Review, Phase Two – Final Report, dated June 21, 2021, be approved.
  2. That the total costs associated with a change in City Council composition and employment status be referred to the City Council Remuneration and Support Advisory Committee to report back to City Council with its final recommendations in the second quarter of 2022.

5.

Adjournment