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Jon Christensen
Guelph Council Record

City Council as Shareholder of GMHI · July 21, 2026 · Item 2.

Now hold a meeting that is closed to the public, pursuant to the Municipal Act…

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

Carried (11 to 0)

11 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 the Municipal Act, to consider: GMHI Shareholder Information and Alectra Capital Update - 2026-372 As per section 239(2) (i) a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.

Moved by Councillor Caron, seconded by Councillor Allt.

How the room voted

In favour (11)

  • Allt
  • Billings
  • Busuttil
  • Caron
  • Caton
  • Downer
  • Goller
  • Guthrie
  • Hauser
  • Klassen
  • Richardson

What was said

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18:20Thank you very much. We will do that now.

18:23As usual, high level summary when I return. Thank you.

18:27Hi everyone. This is an announcement to say,

1:15:40I think we're going to be about 10 more minutes or so.

1:15:42I'm going to say 15 minutes to be sure,

1:15:45to give a buffer.

1:15:46So please forgive us for not starting on time.

1:15:49We'll be out as soon as we possibly can.

1:29:39Okay. My friends online,

1:29:4230 second warning before we come back into the open session here.

1:29:46Okay. Thank you.

1:29:48Thank you. I'll call the meeting back to order.

1:30:01We do have quorum.

1:30:02Again, we're still sitting as

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