The following article appeared in the May 2 edition of the Guelph Tribune:
City council has decided to embrace a “co-operative” approach to late-night downtown problems, rather than trying to pass extra policing and cleanup costs onto bars and restaurants that stay open after midnight.
This means extra costs estimated at about $174,000 annually - $125,000 for [...]
The following article appeared in the April 30 edition of the Guelph Mercury:
Downtown bar owners won’t be paying increased fees to the city anytime soon, although a city council motion that narrowly failed this week wanted to explore doing just that.
Instead, council approved a staff recommendation to continue working with downtown stakeholders, including the Downtown [...]
The following article appeared in the April 18 edition of the Gueph Mercury:
There’s nothing the city can do to compensate downtown merchants when their property is damaged by rowdy patrons of downtown bars.
A bar-stool tax wouldn’t help, Mayor Karen Farbridge said yesterday, since the city’s hands are tied when it comes to using public money [...]
I’ll bet your ahead of me on this but could you put this on the ward2 site it. We need this in Guelph. VB
Ministry of the Environment
Ontario Approves New Diversion Plan For Municipal Hazardous Or Special Waste
I would like to lend my support to increasing the number of yard waste pick-ups from 2 to 4. I was hoping that this would have been passed during the recent budget process and was disappointed when it did not.
I live on Fieldstone Road, which has several naturalized wetland areas. Many of my neighbours dispose [...]
Seminar Invitation
Odour Measurement and Control at Composting Facilities
The Air & Waste Management Association – Ontario Section and the School of Engineering at the University of Guelph are hosting a seminar on odour measurement and control at composting facilities. The presentations will provide information on experiences across Canada on the measurement and control of odours at [...]
No Cable? No Problem!
Starting March 26th, 2007, Guelph City Council meetings will be broadcast live online at Rogers Television
Accessible, Accountable, Transparent.
Gallery openings, picnics in the park, street dances, barbeques you name it. Post them here
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