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City's winter maintenance program to go under review
GuelphToday
26Spending more money on a value for money audit and waiting months for the results is nothing more than kicking the can down the road. What steps have been taken or will be taken TODAY to identify the cause of the problems? You don’t need an auditor to tell you there was a shortage of salt, staffing or equipment issues. That’s why we have Managers. Ask them and hold people accountable.
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No violations to-date of city’s lobbyist registry rules, says clerk
GuelphToday 1To be effective, the lobbyist registry should include both financial and non financial groups since bothinfluence how decisions are made by council. This step would improve transparency, which many have suggested is lacking with current council.
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Mayor’s raise axed, no decision on pay bump for councillors
GuelphTodayI hope city staff took into consideration the fact that the Mayor created a new position (Communication Manager to the Mayor) to help him perform his duties. There was also money in the budget last year for the Councillors to hire an Administrator. Those two new positions need to be considered when comparing the salaries and duties of comparable city councils. Perhaps if councillors were more selective and prioritized there wouldn’t be a need for these additional positions and expense. Just consider all the projects that were initiated and ended up in the trash like Night Sky!
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