By Erika Rolling

County of Grande Prairie

County Councils first meeting of 2024

Jan 16, 2024 | 12:14 PM

The County of Grande Prairie Council met for their first time in 2024 on Monday January 15.

Of topics discussed were:

• Council supporting the 2024 Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) Resolution – Establishing a Provincial Level of Service for Emergency Social Services for presentation at the District 4 RMA membership meeting in February, for consideration at the spring RMA convention. Administration for GPREP member municipalities was directed by the Regional Emergency Management Committee to draft a resolution for provincial level of service for Emergency Social Services when hosting communities outside of their jurisdictions in result of the support.
• Council transferred a land lot for a future site of an elementary school to the Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools.
• There are to be three County Open House events this calendar year. They will be held at Valhalla Community School, Five Mile Hall, and Teepee Creek Lyons Events Centre. Details of when and where have not been hashed out but the County will share on social media details when planning gets underway.
• Council suggested a resident – Richard Wilson, to get a petition from landowners in the area of Albanti/McCrae Industrial Park to initiate improvement to get streetlights. Council says if a petition comes back and is deemed sufficient, they will revisit the topic.
• Two councillors and the Reeve Bob Marshall were appointed to attend Maskwa Medical Centre meetings as County representatives. Reeve Marshall was also appointed to attend the Maskwa Medical Centre Building Committee meetings to review design plans and buildings plans.
• A memorandum of understanding was renewed for five years between Saddle Hills County and the County of Grande Prairie for Occasional Beaver Dam Removal. The agreement goes from April 1, 2024 to March 29, 2029. The County provides beaver dam removal services to Saddle Hills under contract on a cost recovery basis and the current agreement expires this year on March 31.

Compensation for councillors was also adjusted by 3.5 per cent to reflect the cost-of-living increase that was given to County staff in 2024.

A gift in kind of an estimated value of $5,868.45 was granted to the City of Grande Prairie for the use facilities at the Crosslink County Sportsplex for the 2025 Special Olympics Alberta Games from July 11-13, 2025.

Meaningful Mementos

Remembering Someone You've Lost at Christmas

Dec 03, 2024

Seasonal Sorrow

How Do You Get Through The Holidays When You're Grieving?

Nov 01, 2024

Upcoming Events at Oliver's

Grief & Loss and Estate Planning Seminars

Oct 02, 2024

The next regular meeting of County Council is on January 29, the next Committee of the Whole meeting is January 19.