City councillors could see a 33% pay raise, 10% for mayor next term
39Why a raise at all ? The city is a mess, streets badly cleared of snow, driving the streets is like driving in a ploughed field. Maybe the crew at city hall could take a drive around the city once in a while to check out the conditions pot holes etc. Next election can’t come quick enough .
7- Margaret Alexander
City councillors could see a 33% pay raise, 10% for mayor next term
35Any article that contains in the first sentence or two the phrase “city staff recommends” you can be assured the city tax payer is getting the short end.
4- Buzzy Krumhunger
City tax increase to break 8% as boards seek more money
32And let’s not forget the just new pay increase of 10 & 33 %. We as taxpayers should be embarrassed for ourselves for letting this train wreck of a council get out of control. Spending like drunken sailors (no disrespect to swabbies) on shore leave. Roads you can’t drive down, a Taj Mahal of a library the majority of TAXPAYERS voicing their disdain and no need for, a Mary Poppins playground in a downtown that is almost always vacant, years of endless road construction that is put down, torn up and then put down again. As the old saying goes, you can tell the circus is in town, all the clowns are here.
6- 1SPOOK
Council eyes review of winter maintenance costs, service levels
31I hope they concentrate on the Roads and Sidewalks before bike lanes
5- MakeGuelphGreatAgain
Royal City Mission receives emergency grant for daytime shelter
34I wish City Hall would make up it's mind on which narrative it is pushing.Just a few days ago; City Council, the Mayor and staff proclaimed that there was not one agency that could provide "washrooms and showers, laundry facilities, storage, two meals a day and other food support".Then today, they contradict themselves and state - ."... RCM was awarded $76,496 to provide washrooms and showers, laundry facilities, storage, two meals a day and other food support, a city spokesperson told GuelphToday via email."Which is it? Why the deception?* Zero transparency * Zero accountability
2- Alec Purves
City councillors could see a 33% pay raise, 10% for mayor next term
31Didn’t they just vote themselves large increases a couple years ago? Seeing how high our tax increases already are and how City services are sub-par, Council should be ashamed even considering this type of increase.
2- Mark Si
City tax increase to break 8% as boards seek more money
31Oh but wait! city staff just recommended a wage increase for all of council. Self serving soon all fronts !
2- Doug Frank
Council eyes review of winter maintenance costs, service levels
6Why is 1 more important than the other? Theyre all an equal part in a functional transportation system
26- Encino Man
City tax increase to break 8% as boards seek more money
28Before this last term; the City of Guelph property taxes were usually between 1%-3%.Since 2022, runaway spending has produced the following results - 2022 - 4.21%2023 - 4.46%2024 - 8.52%2025 - 6.78%2026 - 8.04% ?The "City portion" of the property taxes, is now much more than the total property taxes, before this last term of the Mayor and City Councillors.
4- Alec Purves
Council eyes review of winter maintenance costs, service levels
25Encino Man, when I see the bike lanes being used by bikes as much as the sidewalks are used by bikes, I'll give bike lanes space in my brain to care. It puzzles me that so much attention is given to cyclists by our politicians... There can't be THAT many votes tied to this issue.
6- Doug Frank
Council eyes review of winter maintenance costs, service levels
25Every department in the city should be subject to a value for money audit on a regular cadence, at minimum every 5 years, and any department over a certain dollar threshold every three years, and the results should be public. The fact that this is happening should not be newsworthy.
4- BH6
City tax increase to break 8% as boards seek more money
28Not sure how this can be okayed unless every taxpayer is getting a raise of the same size... Thanks for making me poorer.
1- DiscoDave
Friday rally seeks city action to preserve former Kortright Waterfowl Park
27Green space should be protected for the health and happiness of Guelph residents. It is a concern that Guelph has been allowing developers to pay to provide less parkland etc. I believe it would be a huge mistake for them to develop the former Kortright Waterfowl Park.
1- Marg Harbin
Mayor 'profoundly frustrated' with new Guelph recycling collection
19Here’s a shocker….taxpayers are profoundly frustrated with the mayor and council. 2 year terms max.
9- Ben There
City tax increase to break 8% as boards seek more money
27Remember that at the ballot box this October.
1- Royal City Rabble Rouser
Royal City Mission receives emergency grant for daytime shelter
3We need to stop spending money we do not have. Our municipal government needs to make a budget and stick to the budget. Even when that gets uncomfortable. If our municipal government that we elect to make a budget, then use our money to carry out that budget can’t, why do we bother with elected government. We might as well just turn our money over to the unelected bureaucrats and save on elected salaries.
24- Charlie Bailey
City tax increase to break 8% as boards seek more money
2536.28% tax increase in 5 years. A $5000 tax bill in 2021 is now $6814. Where does it end? Hopefully on ELECTION DAY.
2- BH6
City councillors could see a 33% pay raise, 10% for mayor next term
24I guess they can keep their Disney+ subscription.
2- john be
Friday rally seeks city action to preserve former Kortright Waterfowl Park
24Wonder which developer is pushing for this behind closed doors to the politicians they have in their pockets and contribute to. Why don't we turn this into a sorely needs city park with access to water
1- mike meldrum
City councillors could see a 33% pay raise, 10% for mayor next term
22* 4 years ago, a Guelph City Councillor was making $41,412 a year. * Next week; 4 years later; they will be voting to make $70,218 a year.THAT IS A 69.56% INCREASE in only 4 years time. So much for fiscal responsibility, accountability and respecting the tax payer. I have always believed that civil service was always about servicing the community. Not serving yourselves.My suggestion is to freeze any pay raises. A 70% pay raise in 4 years time is simply self-serving and wrong. City finances have gone off the rails the past four years. This is just one of many glaring examples.Personally; I would take a fraction of the salary; and donate the rest of the Councillor's salary to The Seed and Chambers Food Banks in Ward Two.This will be another highly contested election issue this year.
3- Alec Purves
