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
  • 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
  • K. Newland, Manager, Finance Client Services
  • G. Clark, Manager, Financial Strategy, Long Term Planning
  • J. Sales, General Manager, Strategy, Innovation and Intergovernmental Services
  • D. McMahon, Manager, Legislative Services/Deputy Clerk
  • J. da Silva, Council and Committee Assistant
  • D. Tremblay, Council and Committee Coordinator
Also Present:

  • Aiden Grove-White, Strategy Corp.

2.
Call to Order - 6:00 p.m. 
 

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

3.
2022 City Budget Workshop - Prioritization and Affordability, 2021-310
This item has attachments. 

1.2022 Budget Workshop - 2021-310.pdf
2.Attachment 1 - 2022 Budget Workshop Presentation.pdf

4.
Welcome and Overview
 

Trevor Lee, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Corporate Services provided opening remarks, introductions and outlined workshop goals. 

Aiden Grove-White, Strategy Corp. provided a summary of the benefits of strategic planning, outlined anticipated challenges for budget setting in the current environment and summarized Council's response to a budget survey.

5.
Service Delivery Priority Discussion
 

Aiden Grove-White lead Council through a facilitated discussion regarding service delivery priority.  

6.
Affordability Discussion
 

Aiden Grove-White lead Council through a facilitated discussion regarding affordability. 

7.
Budget Strategy
 

Tara Baker, General Manager, Finance/City Treasurer provided a summary of the 2022 budget process, service decision hierarchy, priorities, impacts, affordability levers available to Council and budget actions which have been undertaken.  

8.
2022 City Budget Workshop
 

  • Moved ByCouncillor Gibson
    Seconded ByCouncillor O'Rourke

    That Council receive the 2022 Budget Workshop presentation. 

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

9.
Adjournment
 

  • Moved ByCouncillor Gibson
    Seconded ByCouncillor O'Rourke

    That the meeting be adjourned. (8:14 p.m.)

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