Special Council Meeting · January 13, 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: Daytime Drop-in Space Procurement As per section 239(2)(f) and (k) of the Municipal Act, regarding advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose and a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the municipality or local board.
Moved by Councillor Allt, seconded by Councillor Caron.
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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11:51to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose,
11:56a position, plan, procedure, criteria, or instruction to be applied to any negotiations
12:02carried on, or to be carried on by, or on behalf of the municipality or a local board.
12:07With that, would someone be willing to move to go into Councillor Allt, seconded by Councillor
12:15Koran? Thank you. Anything further? I'll call the vote. Is anyone against moving into closed?
12:24Nobody? That's unanimous. So thank you. And just for anybody that's watching online or is in the
12:30room here, thank you for joining. What happens is we're going to have a meeting in regards to this
12:35issue, and then if there's anything that I can disclose afterwards, then I will come out here
12:41and I will do that summary or any statement afterwards, just so it's publicly disclosed
12:47if I'm able to do so. Okay, so I don't know how long that would take, so I just don't know how
12:53long the meeting will go, so by all means, you can stay or keep watching online. And if not,
12:59I'm sure something will come out later regardless, but we will be back out as soon as we possibly can.
13:05Okay, so thank you very much. Okay, everyone, I'd like to call the meeting back to order in the open
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