Blackfalds Council held a regular Council Meeting on March 13th.
Intermunicipal Collaboration & Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) Committee
Council appointed Councillor Hoover and Councillor Stendle as an alternate to the IDP Committee. Council also instructed Hoover and Stendle to participate in in the Intermunicipal Collaboration Committee with Mayor Poole and CAO Thompson.
Municipal Sustainability Plan
The Town has decided to undertake this review in September.
Blackfalds CAO Thompson identified this as a critical step in the the Town’s framework for action in the second and third year of this planning phase.
Council deferred this item and instructed the Town Administration to find out costs of using Intelligent Futures to facilitate the review process. Intelligent Futures is the original company that created the MSP.
Valley Ridge Playground
Council approved a proposal from Recreation, Culture and Park’s to award the Valley Ridge Neighborhood District playground to Canadian Recreation Solutions “Construction Theme”.
The total proposed budget for the project is $121,970.
Vehicle License Plates
Council has accepted a Notice of Motion that will see if there is enough information to prepare a draft resolution to AUMA to lobby the Government of Alberta to reinstate two-license plates on vehicles.
The licence plates would appear on both the front and back of vehicles.
-Vaughan