Council Highlights Regular Council Meeting | March 10, 2020 Delegation: Plamondon District Community It asks the Governments of Canada and Alberta Rural Municipalities Association (RMA) Development Society’s 2020 Operating Request to consider and evaluate the financial impacts on Emergent Resolution: Physician Funding municipalities to distribute potable water and Framework The Plamondon District Community Development treat wastewater. It also requests that the Society (PDCDS) prepared their operating budget Governments of Canada and Alberta establish At Council’s request, Administration prepared and grant request for 2020. Their budget identifies long-term funding that considers the rising costs an emergent resolution for the upcoming Rural $433,200 in total operating expenses, with a grant of providing these services due to federal and Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) Convention. It request of $395,925 because the organization’s provincial laws and regulations. resolves as follows: revenues of $37,265 offset their operational costs. Council supported the resolution, and it will be Therefore, be it resolved that the Rural Ms. Lori Tarrant and Mr. Cory St. Jean presented to considered by the AUMA membership in the fall. Municipalities of Alberta urge the Government Council with more information at today’s meeting of Alberta to reengage in negotiations with on PDCDS’ request. Council thanked them for Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework: the Alberta Medical Association to mutually their presentation, and will consider their request Athabasca County and Lac La Biche County arrive at a new master agreement to ensure at a future meeting. the sustainability of continued timely access to Intermunicipal Collaboration Frameworks (ICFs) rural healthcare by all rural Albertans. Sturgeon County Correspondence: Alberta- govern how municipalities provide services with Focused Reception at FCM their neighbours. Council approved the Physician Funding Framework resolution, and further directed On March 2, 2020, Albertan municipalities received Athabasca County and Lac La Biche County have Administration to submit it to the RMA resolutions a letter from Mayor Alanna Hnatiw of Sturgeon proposed a simple ICF agreement because our committee as an emergent resolution for County. The correspondence noted the crisis that municipalities share few common services, other consideration at the Spring 2020 RMA Convention Alberta is facing, especially in the energy and than mutual aid for emergency services. and the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association’s agriculture sectors. The correspondence added that (AUMA) Municipal Leaders’ Caucus. there is an opportunity at the upcoming Federation Council adopted the ICF. Athabasca County is also of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) convention expected to adopt the ICF at their March 10, 2020 Because the physician funding situation is still to promote Alberta to a national audience and Council meeting. ICFs are compulsory and required evolving, Council authorized the Mayor and Deputy improve inter-provincial relationships with to be adopted by March 31, 2020. The County is Mayor to accept or withdraw the resolution at the an event. expected to have ICFs with all six of its municipal RMA and AUMA events. neighbours by March 31, 2020. Sturgeon County, the MD of Greenview, and the Public Input Session: Mr. Shawn McDonald with Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo’s councils Municipal Ward Boundaries ROABA passed motions to fund portions of this event, up to $10,000. Council supported the event and At the last meeting, Council adopted a Mr. Shawn McDonald, President of the Region agreed to fund up to $5,000 based on further Ward Boundary Review Policy that requires One Aboriginal Business Association, spoke on discussions with other participating municipalities. Administration to present a summary of census economic matters in Western Canada. data by ward, along with deviation from the mean City of Cold Lake AUMA Resolution: population per ward. Council can then choose to He also asked Council to support a Brazeau County Sustainable Funding for Water and Wastewater conduct a ward boundary review. Ward boundaries resolution at the upcoming Rural Municipalities Infrastructure must be in place by December 31 the year before a Association convention relating to the challenges general municipal election. that natural resource-based communities are facing The City of Cold Lake requested that Lac La Biche in Western Canada. County second an Alberta Urban Municipalities Administration presented these numbers at today’s Association (AUMA) resolution on sustainable meeting. Council accepted the Municipal Ward Council thanked Mr. McDonald for his presentation. funding for potable water and wastewater Boundaries presentation as information, and will infrastructure. take no further action at this time. For Council agendas and minutes, please visit www.laclabichecounty.com/our-council/county-council..