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CA ON00126 F2-F2-3-F2-3-1-F2-3-1-11 · Subseries · 1948-1991, predominant 1966-1988
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Sub-series consists of correspondence between the City Solicitor, James A. Runions, and City of Guelph officials on a variety of issues affecting the City. Included in this sub-series are presentations, land and transfer deeds, final and draft by-laws, quit claims, petitions, affadavits, encroachment documents, agreements and offers of property purchase and sale, subdivision agreements, property leases, Guelph Township annexation records, Planning Act documents, billing hours for City Solicitor, employment application and labour relations records, tender and purchasing policies, Waterloo-Wellington Airport records, Ontario Municipal Board hearings, Committee of Adjustment decisions, signage by-laws, Administrative Services Committee minutes, Municipal Solicitors' Association minutes and budgets, Guelph Junction Railway leases, and title searches. These records document the wide range of activities in which the City Solicitor was involved on behalf of the City of Guelph.

These records have been arranged by the file codes provided by the City Solicitor and his staff.

CA ON00126 F2-F2-3-F2-3-1-F2-3-1-15 · Subseries · 1969-1975, 1978
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Sub-series consists of correspondence between the City Solicitor, James A. Runions, and the Board of Commissioners of Police of the City of Guelph. Included in this sub-series are reports, court documents, discipline hearings, taxi cab by-law records, summons and building leases. These records document the City Solicitor's role in providing legal representation and advice to the Board of Commissioners of Police regarding a wide range of issues.

These records have been arranged by the file codes provided by the City Solicitor and his staff.

CA ON00126 F2-F2-3-F2-3-1-F2-3-1-13 · Subseries · 1969-1971
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Sub-series consists of correspondence between the City Solicitor, James A. Runions, and the Board of Park Management, Guelph, Ontario. Included in this sub-series are draft agreements and legal advice and opinions. These records document the City Solicitor's role in advising the City on issues related to the Board of Park Management and the City of Guelph.

These records have been arranged by the file codes provided by the City Solicitor and his staff.

CA ON00126 F2-F2-6-F2-6-8-F2-6-8-9 · Subseries · 1929-1947
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Sub-series consists of the correspondence between the City Engineer, H.S. Nicklin, various City of Guelph officials, the federal government, and local residents and businesses concerning building and plumbing inspections in the City of Guelph. Included in this sub-series are federal Dominion Bureau of Statistics building permit census return forms, correspondence between home and business owners about building or plumbing deficiencies found during inspections, plans, drawings and information regarding building code updates. These records document the role of the City Engineer, as building inspector, in enforcing the City's building code and monitoring of the progress of construction work initiated under City building permits.

These records had been arranged previously. There have been no changes made to the arrangement, except for the addition of files codes, where provided by the City Engineer and his staff, to the file listing.

CA ON00126 F2-F2-3-F2-3-1-F2-3-1-2 · Subseries · 1972-1973, 1980-1987, predominant 1980-1984
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Sub-series consists of correspondence between the City Solicitor, James A. Runions, the officers of Chartwood Developments Limited, and various City officials regarding the planning and development of the Guelph Eaton Centre. Included in this sub-series are draft and final agreements, surveys, plans, budgets, leases, expropriations documentation, easements, Ontario Municipal Board documents, and municipal services planning records. These records document the City Solicitor's role in the planning and legal processes in the development of the downtown Eaton Centre by the City of Guelph and Chartwoods Development Limited.

These records have been arranged by the file codes provided by the City Solicitor and his staff.

CA ON00126 F2-F2-6-F2-6-8-F2-6-8-1 · Subseries · 1939, 1941-1943, 1946-1947
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Sub-series consists of five file indexes from the City Engineer's office dating from 1939, 1941-1943, and 1946-1947. Included in this sub-series are the City Engineer's office filing classification and numbering systems. These records document how the City Engineer's office managed their administrative and operational files.

The indexes have been arranged chronologically by year.

CA ON00126 F2-F2-2-F2-2-1 · Series · 1852-1853, 1855-1939, 1941-1963, 1966-2006
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Series consists of five hundred and seventy bound assessment ledgers recording assessed real property values used in the calculation of property taxes in the City of Guelph.

The assessment ledgers may document property owner and occupant names, addresses, occupations, and ages, description of property (including survey and plan information), real property values and assessments, and statistical information regarding religion, school support, sex and age of residents, and number of dogs in the household. Residents were able to challenge assessed property values in the Court of Revision, which had authority to revise assessed values and regulated the record-keeping practices of the assessors.
The assessment ledgers are arranged by year and then alphabetically by ward name. The information was recorded by Assessors and arranged initially by divisions within the town. With the designation as a town under the Municipal Act of 1856, Guelph was divided into four assessment wards (North, West, East and South). By 1935, the number of assessment wards had expanded to six (St. James, St. Andrew's, St.David's, St. John's, St. Patrick's and St. George's) as the City's population grew and boundaries expanded. The City and its wards were divided into twelve divisions until the the 1950's when the number of divisions were increased.

City of Guelph Office of Assessor
CA ON00126 F2-F2-5-F2-5-1 · Series · 1895-1897
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Series consists of four minutes books documenting the activities and decisions of the City of Guelph Board of Health for the years 1895-1967. Included in this series are the recording of meeting dates, places and times, items discussed, resolutions passed and related correspondence. These records document the mandate of the Board of Health to direct public health policy and practices in the City of Guelph.

The volumes are arranged chronologically by year.

City of Guelph Board of Health
CA ON00126 F2-F2-11-F2-11-2 · Series · 1909-1918, 1948-1966
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Series consists of the minute books of the Board of Parks Management for the years, 1909-1918 and 1948-1966. Included in this series are board discussions and recommendations for the cutting and planting of trees, land appropriations for parks, park facilities and lighting maintenance, equipment and supplies tenders, and park rentals by various sports and social organizations. These records document the role that the Board of Parks Management played in the development of parks and recreational facilities in the City of Guelph.

The volumes are arranged chronologically by year.

City of Guelph Board of Parks Management
CA ON00126 F2-F2-6-F2-6-5 · Series · 1879-1909
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Series consists of four bound minute books of the Board of Works Committee for the period 1879-1909. Included in this series are minutes of committee meetings, copies of committee reports to Council, and committee resolutions regarding the construction, maintenance and inspection of roads, bridges and sidewalks, damage claims, accounts payment, purchase of public works supplies, land appropriations, maintenance and construction work at the Water Works, local improvement assessments and charges, tenders for equipment, machinery and public works projects, and labour relations related issues. These records document the role of the committee in overseeing the management of public works in the City of Guelph.

The volumes have been arranged chronologically by year.

City of Guelph Board of Works Committee
CA ON00126 F2-F2-12-F2-12-6 · Series · 1912-1918
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Series consists of one minute book of the By-Laws and Markets Committee. Included in this series are committee reports to Council, recommendations for City Hall, market, and Winter Fair building repairs, and rentals of the Exhibition grounds. The committee also initiated by-laws on behalf of Council, referring the need for specific by-laws to the appropriate office or staff person. These records document the role of the By-Laws and Markets Committee in managing public facilities and by-law creation in the City of Guelph.

City of Guelph By-Laws and Markets Committee
CA ON00126 F2-F2-12-F2-12-2 · Series
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Series consists of one minute book of the Central Exhibition Committee. Included in this series are committee discussion and recommendations to Council regarding tenders for the construction of the exhibition grounds and facilities, the payment of accounts, and discussion on the permitted uses of the facilities. These records document the role that the Central Exhibition Committee played in the development of the city's public facilities and buildings.

City of Guelph Central Exhibition Committee
CA ON00126 F2-F2-2-F2-2-2 · Series · 1878, 1885-1888, 1891-1939
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Series consist of sixty bound tax collector rolls, documenting the property taxes owed and received by the City of Guelph collector. These rolls include names of parties assessed, street and lot number, assessment value and amounts of real and personal property, school and city tax mill rate amounts, first and second tax instalments, local improvement charges, discounts or percentages added, remarks and tax amounts collected. These records document the City of Guelph's tax collection system.

The information recorded in the collector's roll is arranged by ward division. The volumes are arranged chronologically by year.

City of Guelph Tax Collector
CA ON00126 F2-F2-3-F2-3-1-F2-3-1-3 · Subseries · 1930-1991, predominant 1971-1977
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Sub-series consists of correspondence between the City Solicitor, James A. Runions, and various City officials from the City Clerk's, Mayor's, Planning and Works Offices, Guelph Hydro, County of Wellington government officials and the local Land Registry Office. Included in this series are plans, conveyances, easements, land sale and purhcase agreements, by-laws, legal opinions and advice, street name changes, and varied documents related to tax sales, animal control issues and back alleys. This sub-series also includes a small amount of unclassified correspondence related to City of Guelph issues. These records document the activities of the City Solicitor in his role as legal agent for the City of Guelph.

These records have been arranged by the file codes provided by the City Solicitor and his staff.

CA ON00126 F2-F2-1-F2-1-1 · Series · 1851-1962
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Series consists of sixteen minute books, five folders of correspondence and division lists and one poster from the Town and City Councils of Guelph dating from 1851 to 1962. These records document the deliberations and decisions of Council that affected life in Guelph and the operation and administration of city government. The minute books detail the date, meeting place, attendance, and a brief description of matters discussed, petitions and correspondence received for consideration, delegations appearing before Council, resolutions and by-laws passed, and other council business. Includes council correspondence, division lists, and a poster dating from 1901, proclaiming February 2, 1901 as a day of mourning for Queen Victoria's death. These records document the official business of Council and its actions.

The volumes are arranged chronologically by year. Loose correspondence and division lists have been filed separately from the minute books for conservation reasons.

CA ON00126 F2-F2-1-F2-1-2 · Series · 1879, 1913
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Series consists of two minute books detailing arbitration hearings regarding the separation of the City of Guelph from the County of Wellington in 1879 and the courtroom transcript of an investigation into the conduct of the Chief of Police of the City of Guelph. Included in this series are negotiations regarding the sharing of the costs of justice administration, court house, gaol, house of industry, and poor house maintenance, roads, equalization assessments, and the distribution of assets and liabilities between the county and the city. The records also include the courtroom transcription of the investigations into allegations of drunkenness against the City's Chief of Police.

The volumes are arranged chronologically by year.

CA ON00126 F2-F2-1 · Sous-fonds · 1851-1962
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Sous fonds consists of Town and City Council minute books and reports initiated by or involving Council itself. These records document the official business of the Town and City Councils of Guelph.

This sous fonds has been arranged into 2 series:

CA ON00126 F2-F2-2-F2-2-5 · Series · 1933-1967
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Series consists of two minute books documenting the decisions of the Court of Revision regarding property assessments in the City of Guelph from the years 1933-1967.

The volumes are arranged chronologically by year.

City of Guelph Court of Revision
CA ON00126 F2-F2-12-F2-12-1 · Series · 1869-1871
Part of City of Guelph fonds

Series consists of one minute book of the Drill Shed Committee. Included in this series are committee recommendations for the repair and upkeep of the drill shed and requests to Council for money appropriations for the shed's maintenance. These records document the Drill Shed Committee's role in the maintenance of public buildings in Guelph.

City of Guelph Drill Shed Committee