Committee of the Whole
Meeting Agenda

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

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

Alex Brossault, Program Manager, GIS and Data
Michael Bartholomew, GIS Analyst
Chris Sambol, GIS Analyst

James Krauter, Manager, Taxation and Revenue/Deputy Treasurer
Greg Bedard, Supervisor, Taxation and Revenue
Rita Pezzano, Property Tax Analyst
Mathew Thomas, Manager, Strategy and Design Services
Mike DeManche, Corporate Applications Analyst
Claire Lin, Data Administrator
Michael Bartholomew, GIS Analyst
David Boyle, Manager, Information Technology Infrastructure
Jeremy Smith, Server Specialist
Helen Cheng, Network Security Specialist

Chair - Mayor Guthrie

The following items have been extracted from 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.

Presentation:
Dr. Nicola Mercer, Medical Officer of Health, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health
Scott Stewart, Chief Administrative Officer

Report to be included on revised agenda.

Chair - Councillor MacKinnon

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.

  • Recommendation:
    1. That the Response Time Performance Plan for 2022 be set as recommended by staff.
  • Recommendation:

    That Council approve updating the Subsidy Policy to allow for the acceptance of additional income documents in order to grant subsidy access to people facing sudden or unexpected life-changing economic events.

  • Recommendation:
    1. That the County of Wellington lead an annual intake process to recommend financial incentives from the Affordable Housing Reserve.
    2. That the County of Wellington recommend financial incentives for up to $1.5 million from the Affordable Housing Reserve in a 2021 Request for Proposal process.

The following items have been extracted from 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.

Presentation:
Luke Jefferson, Manager, Park and Trail Development

  • Recommendation:
    1. That the Guelph Trail Master Plan dated May 2021, included as Attachment-1 to this report, be approved.
    2. That the funding requirements for the Guelph Trail Master Plan be considered in future operating and capital budgets in order to implement the recommendations of the master plan.

Presentation:
Danna Evans, General Manager, Culture and Recreation

  • Recommendation:
    1. That the City of Guelph retains the Guelph Sports Dome as a municipally-owned recreation facility asset for community use.
    2. That the Recreation Division of the Culture and Recreation Department operates, programs, rents, maintains, and budgets for the Guelph Community Sports Dome.
    3. That the Guelph Community Sports Dome operating budget be considered in the City’s 2022 budget and the capital budget requirements be updated in the capital forecast as appropriate.

Chair - Councillor Allt 

The following items have been extracted from 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.

Chair - Councillor Goller

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.

  • Recommendation:

    That the General Operating and Capital Budget Policy be repealed and replaced with the Budget Policy as included in Attachment-1 of the Budget Policy Update report dated June 7, 2021.

The following items have been extracted from 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.

Presentation:
Tara Baker, General Manager, Finance/City Treasurer
Terry Gayman, General Manager, Engineering and Transportation Services/City Engineer

  • Recommendation:

    That the Capital Program Resourcing Strategy, as described in report Capital Program Resourcing Strategy dated June 7, 2021, be approved.