Hythe residents overwhelmingly vote to dissolve into County of Grande Prairie
Residents of Hythe have voted overwhelmingly in favour of dissolving the village to become a hamlet within the County of Grande Prairie.
Out of the 251 votes cast on March 30 and 31, 239 voted in favour of dissolving into the County, while 12 voted to remain a village.
The vote follows a viability review triggered by village council in April of 2020, as rising operational costs and much-needed infrastructure repairs were becoming too costly for the village to manage on its own.
The viability review by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs found $14.2 million in infrastructure deficiencies within the village, which would have to be addressed within a 10-year period should the village have remained its own municipality.