Council meets on Monday. On the agenda:
Delegations
Emergency Funding: Wolverines Wheelchair Sports Association
Neighbourhood Associations
Restaurants & Drinking Establishments
Following is more information and my take on agenda items.
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Council meets on Monday. The agenda includes:
Delegations: Regarding a Vehicle for Hire Bylaw and a 102 St Pedestrian Crossing
Community Group Funding: A recommendation to reduce it by $250,000
Municipal Elections: a new Bylaw and very concerning provincial changes
Pedestrians Trail Along 132 Ave
Municipal Census: a recommendation to postpone it
Training for Property Assessors
Public Notification Bylaw
Following is more information and my take on agenda items.
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On Tuesday, the Community Services Committee is meeting. It will be discussing funding the City gives to external organisations for community programs. There is a recommendation to decrease Community Group Funding over the next few years.
In my mind, there are four important questions before Council:
What level of funding should the City give to community groups?
If Council makes changes to Community Group Funding, when should they be made?
Once Community Group Funding is at the level Council decides is appropriate, should there be provisions for it to change with the community?
How should Community Group Funding be allocated to specific organisations?
I’m still deciding where I’m going to land on these questions. So I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Following is some background on Community Group Funding, what is being recommended, and some perspectives on the key questions before Council. Give it a read and let me know what you think.
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Council meets on Monday. The agenda includes:
A rezoning request for Trader Ridge
Bylaw and Policy Review Committee
Election Signs
Additionally, there will be a meeting on Tuesday to discuss Community Group Funding.
Following is more information and my take on agenda items.
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Council meets Monday night at 6:30.
The most significant agenda item: Council is currently pursuing a debt refinancing strategy which will impact our community for decades. Council may pass the bylaw which enables refinancing on Monday. I am strongly opposed to the current plans and hope Council will hear more from the community before debate (both from people who are for and against it).
Other agenda items include:
Sign Bylaw Ammendments: among other things these would increase the allowable size of billboards and allow limited third parting advertising on electronic freestanding signs
Neighbourhood Enhancement Grants and Community Group Funding: Council will be discussing amounts to award to local organisations for community projects
Aquatera Dividends for 2018
Additionally, on Tuesday the Community Living Committee will be discussing the Grande Prairie Storm and possible City assistance.
Following is more information and my take on agenda items.
Council meets Monday night at 6:30. The agenda includes approval of the Northern Lights Area Structure Plan and a Borrowing Bylaw to enable Council’s debt refinancing strategy.
There will also be a Council Committee of the Whole meeting on Wednesday. The purpose of this meeting is to determine Community Group Funding allocations for 2019.
Following is more information and my take on agenda items.
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