Minutes of Guelph City Council

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Remote meeting live streamed
on guelph.ca/live
Council:
  • Mayor C. Guthrie
  • Councillor P. Allt
  • Councillor B. Bell
  • Councillor C. Billings
  • Councillor L. Caron
  • Councillor C. Downer
  • Councillor D. Gibson
  • Councillor R. Goller
  • Councillor J. Gordon
  • Councillor J. Hofland
  • Councillor M. MacKinnon
  • Councillor D. O'Rourke
  • Councillor M. Salisbury
Staff:
  • S. Stewart, Chief Administrative Officer
  • T. Lee, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Corporate Services
  • S. O'Brien, General Manager, City Clerk's Office/City Clerk
  • G. Meades, Council and Committee Coordinator
  • D. Tremblay, Council and Committee Coordinator
Also Present:

  • Erik Karvinen, Watson and Associates Economists Ltd.
    Dr. Robert Williams
    Dr. David Siegel
    John Miller, ICA Associates Inc.

2.
Call to Order - 6:00 p.m.
 

Mayor Guthrie called the meeting to order. (6:02 p.m.)

3.
Open Meeting
 

Mayor Guthrie called the meeting to order.

4.
City Council Composition and Ward Boundary Review Phase Two - Final Report - 2021-190
This item has attachments. 

1.City Council Composition and Ward Boundary Review Phase Two - Final Report - 2021-190.pdf
2.Attachment-1 Watson and Associates Economists Ltd. Guelph City Council Composition and Ward Boundary Review - Phase 2 Report.pdf
3.Attachment-2 Watson and Associates Economists Ltd. City Council Composition and Ward Boundary Review – Phase 2 Presentation.pdf
4.Attachment-3 Revised City of Guelph Ward Boundaries (Option 8-1).pdf
5.Attachment-4 City Council Remuneration and Support Advisory Committee Terms of Reference.pdf
6.Whiteley - Presentation.pdf
7.General Correspondence.pdf
8.Bowman - Correspondence.pdf
9.Hall - Correspondence.pdf
10.Frederick - Correspondence.pdf
11.McKeeman- Correspondence.pdf

Stephen O'Brien, General Manager, City Clerk's Office/City Clerk, provided opening remarks. 

Dr. Robert Williams summarized phase two of the City Council Composition and Ward Board Review including the objective of the ward boundary review, public engagement process, guiding principles, overview and survey responses, existing ward structure features, strengths and weaknesses, summaries of preliminary and final options, public input on final options and recommended option. 

The following delegations spoke: 
Alan Hall
Kevin Bowman, Chair Democracy Guelph
Ron East
Morgan Dandie-Hannah
Hugh Whiteley
Scott Frederick
Barbara Mann, on behalf of The Ward Residents Association
Susan Watson
Tom Deligiannis

The following delegates did not speak: 
Jason Blokhuis
Tanya Gevaert
Linda Busuttil

Council recessed at 8:10 p.m. and resumed at 8:15 p.m. 

  • Moved ByCouncillor Gibson
    Seconded ByCouncillor Hofland

    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.
    Voting in Favour: (13)Councillor Billings, Councillor Caron, Mayor Guthrie, Councillor Gibson, Councillor Bell, Councillor Gordon, Councillor Goller, Councillor Allt, Councillor Hofland, Councillor Salisbury, Councillor Downer, Councillor MacKinnon, and Councillor O'Rourke
    Carried (13 to 0)

5.
Adjournment
 

  • Moved ByCouncillor Allt
    Seconded ByCouncillor Billings

    That the meeting be adjourned. (10:04 p.m.) 

    Voting in Favour: (13)Councillor Billings, Councillor Caron, Mayor Guthrie, Councillor Gibson, Councillor Bell, Councillor Gordon, Councillor Goller, Councillor Allt, Councillor Hofland, Councillor Salisbury, Councillor Downer, Councillor MacKinnon, and Councillor O'Rourke
    Carried (13 to 0)
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