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By Curtis Galbraith

ICF agreement reached

City & County of Grande Prairie reach agreement on Intermunicipal Collaborative Framework

Feb 7, 2022 | 5:11 PM

After five years of negotiations, the City & County of Grande Prairie have come to an agreement on an Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework (ICF).

Both councils approved the deal at their meetings on Monday.

These agreements are mandated by the provincial government and according to a release from City Hall, are meant to show how two municipalities provide shared services to their residents.

The new deal includes agreements on 11 services, including a Fire Mutual Aid Agreement, developing a labour force study, integrating public data sets, and sharing training and learning ideas.

“This ICF includes an agreement to collaborate on eleven service areas between the City and the County ensuring effective and efficient services for our respective communities. Each of these service agreements were reviewed as part of the ICF development process,” says Mayor Jackie Clayton in that same release.

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County Reeve Leanne Beaupre says in the same release the County will contribute $1.5 million a year for four years, retroactive to April 1 last year, to support city services.

“Through the development of the ICF, we recognized that there was an absence of good information on the usage of City and County facilities and services. The collection of this data will provide valuable information as a new agreement is developed following the end of this agreement term,” adds Beaupre.

Councillor Dylan Bressey made the motion to approve the agreement at the City Council meeting Monday afternoon, saying it was “a relief to make this motion” after so many years of work.

The deal will expire in five years.