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The regional growth plan for Calgary Metropolitan Regional Board (CMRB) was approved on Friday, May 21 and submitted to Minister of Municipal Affairs Ric McIver despite opposition from its three rura
Unused scholarship funds from the Reg Thurston Memorial Scholarship, and a decision on how these funds will be handled, was up for discussion by Wheatland County council members during the regular T
The final 2021 capital and operating budgets for Wheatland County were approved by council during the regular council meeting on Tuesday, April 6, following revisions to the interim budget previously approved in December 2020.
Although the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has posed financial challenges for many municipalities across the province, Wheatland County approved a zero per cent tax increase for residential and farmland properties in the 2021 operating budget.
“The 2021 final budget that council approved strikes a balance between fiscal responsibility and providing the municipal services our residents and businesses expect,” Wheatland County Reeve Amber Link said in a statement. “The ratepayer engagement survey that was undertaken during the 2021 budget process contributed to the prioritization of budget allocation.”
Calgary-based company RemedX Remediation Services Inc invited residents from the Village of Hussar to attend a series of information sessions in late March, and the company gave a presentation to Wheatland County council members during the regular council meeting on Tuesday, April 6.
RemedX previously applied for a development permit for a Class II solid waste management facility east of Hussar and Highway 56, in rural Wheatland County; however, during a public hearing in August 2020 residents of the village spoke at length in opposition to the proposed facility, and Wheatland County council voted against the facility.
“I did have a brief conversation with the Mayor of Hussar (Corey Fisher) to let him know no application has come forward at this point,” Wheatland County Reeve Amber Link said during the council meeting. “I did let Mayor Fisher know, council had been in some more high level conversations around hosting agreements, but no discussion about this particular develop