Council shuts down taxpayer-subsidized developer notices
Poll
Do you agree with the city’s decision to collapse certain advisory boards into one, nine-member Community Vibrancy Board?
Yes
City council voted to close a loophole where taxpayers of the City of Lethbridge were paying $400 per ad to subsidize development notices which appeared in the newspaper.
Developers who wish to bring on new developments are required by the Municipal Government Act to have the notices appear on two successive weeks in print media prior to a public hearing.
This is supposed to be at their own cost and recouped as fees by the City development department when they make their applications.