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 M. MacKinnon
  • Councillor D. O'Rourke
  • Councillor M. Salisbury
Absent:
  • Councillor J. Hofland
Staff:
  • S. Stewart, Chief Administrative Officer
  • C. Clack-Bush, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Public Services
  • J. Holmes, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Infrastructure, Development and Enterprise Services
  • T. Lee, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Corporate Services
  • T. Baker, General Manager, Finance/City Treasurer
  • G. Clark, Manager, Financial Strategy and Long-term Planning
  • K. Newland, Manager, Finance Client Services
  • L. Cline, Acting Deputy City Clerk
  • G. Meades, Council and Committee Coordinator

1.
Call to Order
 

Mayor Guthrie called the meeting to order (6:00 p.m.). 

1.1
Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof
 

Councillor Allt declared an interest regarding the delegation from Kristin Kerr on behalf of Stonehenge Therapeutic Community, as he is a sitting board member at Stonehenge.

Councillor O'Rourke declared an interest regarding the delegation from Anne Toner Fung on behalf of Innovation Guelph and Business Centre Guelph-Wellington, as she has a business relationship with Innovation Guelph.

2.
2022 and 2023 City of Guelph Budget - Public Delegations
This item has attachments. 

1.Johnson - Correspondence.pdf
2.McBride - Correspondence.pdf
3.Kwiatkowski - Correspondence.pdf
4.Kerr - Correspondence.pdf
5.Cusimano - Correspondence.pdf
6.Anne Toner Fung - Correspondence.pdf
7.Pat Fung - Correspondence.pdf
8.Lago - Correspondence.pdf

The following delegates spoke:
Brendan Johnson, Executive Director, Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition
Adrienne McBride, Executive Director, Guelph Humane Society
Barb McPhee, Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition
Kevin Sutton
Alisha Arnold, Two Rivers Neighbourhood Group
Melissa Kwiatkowski, Guelph Community Health Centre

Councillor Allt disconnected from the remote meeting at 7:14 p.m. and did not participate in the discussion regarding the following delegation:
Kristin Kerr, Stonehenge Therapeutic Community

Councillor Allt rejoined the remote meeting at 7:23 p.m.

The following delegate spoke:
Kim Cusimano, PIN - The People and Information Network

Councillor O'Rourke disconnected from the remote meeting at 7:37 p.m. and did not participate in the discussion regarding the following delegation:
Anne Toner Fung, Innovation Guelph and Business Centre Guelph-Wellington

Councillor O'Rourke rejoined the remote meeting at 7:43 p.m.

The following delegates spoke:
Shakiba Shayani, Guelph Chamber of Commerce
Shirley Szilvasy
Pat Fung
Susan Watson
Morgan Dandie-Hannah
John Fisher, Guelph Hiking Trail Club
Steven Petric, Transit Action Alliance of Guelph

The following delegate withdrew and did not speak:
Sarah Stubbs, Life Gears Academy Inc.

3.
Adjournment
 

  • Moved ByCouncillor Billings
    Seconded ByCouncillor Downer

    That the meeting be adjourned (9:35 p.m.). 

    Voting in Favour: (12)Mayor Guthrie, Councillor Gibson, Councillor Bell, Councillor Gordon, Councillor Goller, Councillor Allt, Councillor Salisbury, Councillor Downer, Councillor MacKinnon, Councillor O'Rourke, Councillor Billings, and Councillor Caron
    Carried (12 to 0)
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