ECA Review 2020-01-02

8 J anuary 2'20 Hanna/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB. ECA REVIEW
AGRICULTURE
SPECIAL AREAS
Advisory council meetings wrap up 2019
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Special Areas Advisory Council finished
off their 2019 meetings last week
in Hanna.
Topics covered over the three days of
meetings included the proposed 2020
budget, performance of new road
recrowning projects, policy work
around a potential tax recovery land
sale, the new Provincial grazing lease
rental rate formula, and an update on
wildlife management initiatives for
Suffield elk.
The 13-member advisory council
began by reviewing motions made at
local ratepayer meetings this past
summer.
The group provided direction to the
Board and administration on a range
of ratepayer concerns, from repairing
the Dorothy elevator to discussing
strategies for managing reclamation
issues.
Patron concerns with the new community
pasture policy were also
discussed, and the advisory council
recognized some of the challenges
patrons were having with the new
policy.
Over the next three days, discussions
around changes to provincial
programs and funding models highlighted
challenges rural municipalities
are facing.
Decreasing revenues from provincial
grant funding, increasing levels of
bad debts from oil and gas, and downward
pressure on assessment are all
contributing to challenging financial
conditions for most municipalities,
including the Special Areas Board.
When combined with new expenditures
like provincial rural policing
costs, the advisory council recognized
the need to balance the budget by prioritizing
strategic investments in
critical services and programs ratepayers
rely on.
Advisory Council welcomed a group
of ratepayers supportive of renewable
energy projects in the region to listen
to their concerns with how renewable
energy projects have been presented in
the past.
The assembled group had a detailed
discussion on the roles and jurisdictions
of various parties in the
development process, talking about the
differences in the role of the Alberta
Utilities Commission versus the role of
Special Areas.
Kelsey Martin, Aggregates Manager,
presented findings on various 2019
road program initiatives including the
road recrowning work completed by
both internal and contractor forces.
Council recognized the value of road
recrowning as an additional tool in the
road program, and the proposed 2020
road program was recommended to
local road committees for review in
early 2020.
On the final day of the meeting, the
advisory council passed resolutions
related to improving
regional cell service,
investigating online payment options
and future water management at Little
Fish Lake, lobbying the Province
around reclamation standards, and
continuing to use the historical formula
to calculate grazing lease rental
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