Council will be holding its next meeting at the Heritage Place Lodge at 101 Avenue and 100 Street on May 16, following a unanimous vote from Council. This vote came after a motion from Councillor Stephen Dafoe, with almost no debate from Council. […]
Town Administration will be starting a pilot project to live stream Town Council meetings to Facebook within the next few months after a motion by Councillor Brennan FitzGerald. […]
Councillor Brennan FitzGerald brought forward a motion on live streaming Town Council at their Mar. 28 meeting. The motion, which would direct Administration to set up a simple Facebook Live streaming setup, ended up being differed until the first meeting of April. Councillor FitzGerald and Dafoe opposed, both councillors preferring to move forward immediately with the idea. […]
Council unanimously approved First Reading of the 2017 Property Tax Bylaw, leaving two more readings before tax notices can be sent to residents.
According to Town Administration a property owner with the average $331,960 home can expect their tax bill to go up $126.78. […]
Following multiple unanimous motions (excluding the absent Deputy Mayor Nicole Boutestein), Town Council has approved the beginning of work on their three-phase rec centre project. This is one of the final stages required on the part of the Town before construction begins in earnest on the regional centre, in the works for nearly all of this council’s term. […]
Council has unanimously passed three new utility bylaws that will see a very slight increase to resident’s bills. Water, Utility, and Sewer rates were unchanged from last year’s rates, but waste pickup saw an increase of about $2 per month. […]
A long conversation from Council during their Committee of the Whole meeting Nov. 15 about the future of the Traffic Advisory Committee and a potential new general public safety committee leaves the future of both vague. […]
Morinville councillors trimmed and fattened the Town’s budget in different key areas last week when they debated the costs and merit behind monuments, trails, festivals, and more. […]
Excoriating coverage in the local media with reference to Council misconduct. The Free Press headline, “Morinville councillor mocks municipal voting […]
Council unanimously passed First Reading of their 2017 Budget very quickly Oct. 25 following only a couple clarifying questions from Council. This is typical of First Readings, where councillors do not offer amendments or debate beyond clarifying the intent of the document. Many budget amendments are commonplace in this Council’s term and may come forward during Second and Third Reading. […]
by Jennifer Lavallee Morinville News Correspondent The mood was tense in Morinville’s Council Chambers during a public hearing Sept. 13. […]
Council is wrapping up their term for the summer. They’re cleaning their lockers, recycling the old looseleaf paper they kept in their ratty binders. They’ve said goodbye to the teacher – or in their case, their former CAO. They’re ready to grill on the BBQ and catch some rays. What record have they left behind in the wake of their most recent session? […]
In a unanimous decision with limited debate, Council has passed Second and Third Reading of a new Subdivision Authority Bylaw. The changes in the Bylaw are intended to simplify and expedite subdivision extensions, according to Morinville’s Director of Planning and Development, Greg Hofmann, who spoke on behalf of administration in favour of the Bylaw. […]
In a unanimous decision, Council has approved the new terms of reference for a new Council committee responsible for reviewing Town Bylaws and legislation.
The new Bylaw and Policy Review Committee was created to allow Council to spend time reviewing and making recommendations on bylaws and other pending legislation to be ultimately passed by Council. […]
In a unanimous decision, with limited discussion, Council has unanimously given First Reading to a new Subdivision Authority Bylaw. The changes in the Bylaw are intended to simplify and expedite subdivision extensions, according to Morinville’s Director of Planning and Development, Greg Hofmann, who spoke in favour of the Bylaw that evening. […]
Some members of Council were fuming following revelations in administration’s first quarter report that show a significant increase in photo radar ticketing in 2016. Councillor Dafoe was so disgruntled about how much time was being spent at town exits he quipped: “I’m wondering why we don’t put advertisements up on photo enforcement cars so that we can pull double-duty?” […]
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