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Jon Christensen
Guelph Council Record

Committee of the Whole · July 08, 2025 · Item 2.

Now hold a meeting that is closed to the public, pursuant to Section 239(2)(c)(d) and (f) of the Municipal Act…

Main motion under the agenda item Authority to move into closed meeting

Carried (10 to 0)

10 in favour, 0 against — unanimous

What was voted on

The motion in its exact words, as recorded in the minutes.

That the Council of the City of Guelph now hold a meeting that is closed to the public, pursuant to Section 239(2)(c)(d) and (f) of the Municipal Act, regarding a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board; labour relations or employee negotiations; and advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose.

Moved by Councillor Busuttil, seconded by Councillor Caton.

How the room voted

In favour (10)

  • Allt
  • Billings
  • Busuttil
  • Caron
  • Caton
  • Chew
  • Gibson
  • Goller
  • Guthrie
  • Richardson

What was said

276 words from the meeting recording, transcribed automatically. Times are from the start of the recording.

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15:03And there's just a few items. I'm going to read out the agenda titles here. Guelph,

15:09paramedic, station lease renewal at 34 Gordon Street. And that's under section 2392C of the Municipal Act regarding a proposed or pending

15:20acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or a local board.

15:25The second one is centralization of the back office support functions review

15:30section 2392D of the Municipal Act regarding labor relations or employee negotiations.

15:37And the last one is 601 Scottsdale Drive Phase 2 development charges complaint

15:43section 2392F of the Municipal Act regarding advice that is subject to solicitor client privilege,

15:50including communications necessary for that purpose.

15:54Would Council be willing to move those for me? Thank you, Councillor Boussatill and Kate will second that

16:02for us. I'll call the vote is anyone against moving into closed.

16:08Nobody, that's great. So we will move into a closed session under those three items.

16:13And when those are done, I will come back out and do the high level summary as I normally do.

16:19Just for anybody watching or anybody that might be in the room, the open session of Council

16:25starts at two o'clock. So you can hang here if you want to, but you might want to go and

16:34open your wallet to some of our downtown stores or something like that. And then come on back here

16:39for the open session, which starts at two o'clock. Okay. Thank you very much.

22:01Let's see a little green right. Hi everyone, our closed session is finished, but I will do the

1:17:02summary and everything at the two o'clock start for the open session. Okay. Thank you.

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