Local News
Council approves Town’s Ice Allocation Policy
Town Council has approved a policy to provide what it says is a fair allocation of ice time at the Morinville Leisure Centre. […]
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Local Sports
Community says farewell to Ray McDonald Sports Center
A Farewell to the Ray McDonald Sports Center took place at the arena on Sunday, the last day of hockey for the season. The facility will remain open throughout the spring and summer for indoor activities, including this summer’s festival and lacrosse programming, officially closing at the end of summer. […]
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Council passes First Reading of $22 million borrowing bylaw
Morinville could be coming close to its self-imposed debt limit of $25,133,097 if Council approves a $22,020,000 borrowing bylaw, which passed First Reading May 22. The bylaw presents a worst-case scenario of just over $22 million in borrowing for the roughly $30 million project.
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Town considering opportunity to save $6 Million by building Field House in new arena in first phase
Following a surprise special meeting of Council, Council will be reviewing an opportunity presented to administration to save half the cost of the planned Field House in the new Morinville Arena project.
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House on the move from recreation lands, others to be demolished
photos by Donald Boutilier A small home was boarded up and loaded up on a trailer bound to be used […]
Morinville News
Morinville Council Briefs
Following a unanimous vote from Council, four new members will be appointed to the Morinville Library Board, bringing the organization up to its 10-person capacity. Councillor Rob Ladouceur declared a pecuniary interest in the vote as his mother, Linda Ladouceur, was one of the potential appointees.
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Morinville News
Town and County issue joint statement on servicing
Joint site planning and shared utility servicing for both the Morinville Regional Arena/Multi-Use Recreation Facility and future Sturgeon County Campus is underway. […]
Local News
County signs on to Town Rec Centre project
Sturgeon County is throwing their hat in with the Town of Morinville to develop a business case for Morinville’s major new recreation centre project, following a unanimous Oct. 26 vote from Sturgeon County Council to develop a business case for the regional recreation centre together. This decision came after a request from Morinville’s Council to their county counterparts to develop the business case together to create more leverage in requesting funding/grant opportunities from the federal and provincial government. […]
Local News
Council gives the go-ahead on Rec centre project; seeks County cooperation
The Town is moving ahead with a plan to initiate a new two-staged arena and rec facility, seeking support from Sturgeon County on the larger portion of the project. This project comes after years of consultations, committee forming, discussions with municipalities and a major recreation needs assessment, all culminating in a final site plan with construction slated to begin early next year. […]
Local News
Recreation centre concept tops $70 million
Council has received a new complete build out concept, including the potential layout of a two-floor complex for the future Morinville recreation centre in their latest council agenda package. […]
Local News
Rec needs assessment says residents want a swimming pool, willing to pay more in tax for new facility
Council has received results back from a large recreation needs assessment involving multiple municipalities ahead of the final stages of the Town’s new Arena/Rec Facility project. The report was prepared by the firm RC Strategies and involved 1,172 responses from the 6,124 that were sent out to both Morinville and Sturgeon County residents. […]
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County passes motion to pay into arena lot servicing
During their regular Council meeting on July 12, Sturgeon County Council approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Sharing of Costs for Site Servicing between the Town of Morinville and Sturgeon County. This agreement pertains to the 77 Acre lot purchased by the Town of Morinville just east of East Boundary Road for the purposes of a new arena/rec facility. The county purchased adjacent land to develop their own County Campus. […]
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Steering Committee holds second meeting on rec project
by Lucie Roy Morinville News Correspondent The Arena/Recreation Facility Project (ARFP) Steering Committee held their second meeting Jan. 14. Brian […]
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Rec Steering Committee adds two from County, long-term borrowing to be debated
In a unanimous vote Dec. 8, Council has moved to appoint Sturgeon County Councillors Jerry Kaup and Patrick Tighe, who will work with Morinville Councillors Boutestein, Putnam, and Ladouceur on the committee, along with 12 members of the public who had applied to serve on the committee before the Town’s deadline. The committee will continue to review information available about the progress on the facility and provide recommendations to Council on how to move forward. […]
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Rec centre estimated at $28 million, new Steering Committee learns
The first meeting of the Morinville Arena/Recreation Facility Project Steering Committee took place at the cultural centre Nov. 26 with 11 of the 12 community members appointed by Council in attendance. […]
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Dafoe gets answer on rec centre budget Vs borrowing limit
Councillor Stephen Dafoe took the opportunity during budget discussions Nov. 24 to get in a question to CFO Andrew Isbister about how much of the Town’s $22 million debt limit the community would need to borrow to finance the rec centre project, budgeted at $13.75 million in the 2015 Budget. […]