NORTHERN ALBERTA MAYORS AND REEVES CAUCUS MEETING #44

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1 NORTHERN ALBERTA MAYORS AND REEVES CAUCUS MEETING #44 PRESENT: Shaw Conference Centre Salon 4 Friday, June 8, 2007 Mayor Stephen Mandel Deputy Reeve Charlie Ashbey County of Athabasca Reeve Orest Berezan County of Minburn No. 27 Mayor Lloyd Bertschi Town of Morinville Deputy Mayor Gladys Blackmore City of Grande Prairie Deputy Mayor Pat Brennan Parkland County Mayor John Brodrick Town of High Prairie Mayor Carole Carpenter Town of Smoky Lake Deputy Mayor Nolan Crouse City of St. Albert Deputy Reeve Bob Engleder Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 Mayor Leonard Ewanishan Town of Two Hills Mayor Don Faulkner Town of Calmar Deputy Mayor Anita Fisher Town of Devon Reeve Ken Foley Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 Councillor Ed Gibbons Reeve Lorraine Gislason County of Athabasca Mayor David Gursky Town of Millet Mayor Rick Hart Village of Thorsby Deputy Mayor Mike Jodoin Town of Hinton Mayor Bruce Lennon Town of Westlock Acting Mayor Ken Lesniak Strathcona County Mayor Leora MacKinnon Town of Fox Creek Reeve Everett McDonald Town of Drayton Valley Mayor Diana McQueen Town of Drayton Valley Mayor Mike Mihaly Town of High Level Mayor William Nimmo Town of Gibbons Deputy Reeve Glen Ockerman County of St. Paul Councillor Hugh O Farrell Town of Athabasca Reeve Cory Ollikka Smoky Lake County Mayor Greg Pasychny Town of Edson Mayor Albert Schalm Town of Mayerthorpe Deputy Mayor Duncan Schoepp Town of Stony Plain Mayor Brian Schulz Town of Barrhead Mayor Albert St. Jean Town of Legal

2 Councillor Linda Sloan Mayor Trevor Thain Town of Whitecourt Mayor John Trefanenko Town of St. Paul Mayor Carol Trider Village of Vilna Mayor Parrish Tung Town of Elk Point Reeve John Whaley Leduc County Reeve Don Whittaker County of Vermilion River Reeve Jack Williams Yellowhead County Reeve Wayne Woldanski Lamont County Mayor Judy Woyewitka Town of Vermillion Reeve Henry Zolkewski County of Thorhild No. 7 ALSO PRESENT: Cheryl Vesseur, Office of the Mayor, Sue Broderick, Office of the Mayor, Mina Khoshnavaz, Office of the city Clerk, Lynn Long, Office of the City Clerk, The meeting convened at 8:38 a.m. Mayor S. Mandel,, presided. ADOPTION OF AGENDA AND PREVIOUS MINUTES MOVED R. Hart J. Trefanenko: That the June 8, 2007, Northern Alberta Mayors and Reeves Caucus meeting agenda be adopted. MOVED D. McQueen B. Schulz: CARRIED That the February 16, 2007, Northern Alberta Mayors and Reeves Caucus meeting minutes be adopted with the following changes: 1. Delete Reeve Andrew Stanton, Yellowhead County, who was not in attendance 2. Add Reeve Jack William, Yellowhead County, who was in attendance. 3. Delete the following motion from the February 16, 2007, minutes: MOVED J. Whaley M. Mihaly:

3 That the following motion be tabled until the next Northern Alberta Mayors and Reeves Caucus meeting: THAT the Northern Mayors and Reeves support an Alberta Commuter Air Strategy that fosters Open Skies, supports an accessible and efficient air service and is guided by principles that are market driven and is customer destination preferred to generate activity and revenue for ALL airports in Alberta. Mayor M. Mihaly, Town of High Level, moved and spoke only to the original motion. Reeve J. Whaley did not move the motion to table this item, and Mayor M. Mihaly did not second the motion. Councillor E. Gibbons,, suggested that we table the original motion until the next meeting. LOIS HOLE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN L. Stefaniuk, Senior Operating Officer, and S. Jans-Kelly, Director, Women s Health Program, Royal Alexander Hospital, made a presentation and answered questions. STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL D. Wrightson, Senior Operating Officer and Dr. T. Klassen, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Stollery Children s Hospital, made a presentation and answered questions. COMPASSION HOUSE NORTHERN STRATEGY D. Frampton, Executive Director, and J. Berger, President, Sorrentino s Compassion House Foundation, made a presentation and answered questions. The Committee recessed at 11:23 a.m. The Committee reconvened at 12:31 p.m. OLD BUSINESS Library Funding: Follow-up Councillor E. Gibbons,, spoke to the motion approved at the February 16, 2007, NAMRC meeting: Councillor E. Gibbons, forwarded all library information to Deputy Mayor M. Sterling Miller on behalf of AUMA. Library funding is one of their top priorities. Recently Councillor E. Gibbons spoke in Calgary using

4 information that Mayor P. Kobasiuk sent that was compiled by Deputy Mayor M. Sterling Miller. Mayor B. Lennon, Town of Westlock, commented that Deputy Mayor M. Sterling Miller, spoke to Clive Maishment, the Director of Yellowhead Regional Library. There are five different groups that have been getting input for libraries. Those in charge of the file for the Department are prepared to meet with representatives from this group. Deputy Mayor M. Sterling Miller has asked that members of the library committee contact her to arrange to meet with Punch Jackson from the Province for more input. The committee will continue to move forward and report back to NAMRC members as a whole. Royalties and Tax Regime Review Mayor S. Mandel s office will send a letter to Mr. Baker, to find out what has transpired since our last meeting and how to move it forward. Mayor S. Mandel COMMUTER AIR ACCESS NETWORK OF ALBERTA At the February 16, 2007, meeting, Mayor M, Mihaly, moved the following motion: THAT the Northern Mayors and Reeves support an Alberta Commuter Air Strategy that fosters Open Skies, supports an accessible and efficient air service and is guided by principles that are market driven and is customer destination preferred to generate activity and revenue for ALL airports in Alberta. This item was tabled due to the number of Caucus members who left the meeting and were not in attendance to discuss the motion. Mayor M. Mihaly, High Level, who supports the motion, gave a presentation and answered questions. Mayor S. Mandel, does not support the motion, responded to Mayor M. Mihaly s presentation. Mayor J. Brodrick, Town of High Prairie, spoke to the motion. Reeve J. Whaley, Leduc County, spoke to the motion.

5 Mayor S. Mandel discussed that the motion in no way has any implications for ERAA or City Centre, and that Edmonton City Council would not; under any circumstances entertain it as such. Further Mayor S. Mandel made it clear that because Northern Mayors has never intervened in any internal municipal issue, that this item would in no way set any new precedent - and in fact that this practice only served to reinforce that there were no Edmonton/ERAA implications to the motion. MOVED M. Mihaly J. Brodrick 17 in favour 13 in opposition. THAT the Northern Mayors and Reeves support an Alberta Commuter Air Strategy that fosters Open Skies, supports an accessible and efficient air service and is guided by principles that are market driven and is customer destination preferred to generate activity and revenue for ALL airports in Alberta. The motion was passed. There is no follow-up activity from this motion. NEXT MEETING DATE The next NAMRC meeting will be held in the first part of November. Caucus members discussed who should be invited to attend the next NAMRC meeting. Everyone agreed that Mayor S. Mandel s office will invite R. Danyluk, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and L. Snelgrove, Minister of Services Alberta for the morning session. Premiere Ed Stelmach will be invited for lunch and for the afternoon session, someone from the province will be invited who can speak to the use of the SuperNet and shared services; and a computer company representative. Mayor S. Mandel ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 1:18 p.m. CHAIR

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Rennie at 9:31 a.m. The following amendments were made to the agenda for this meeting:

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Rennie at 9:31 a.m. The following amendments were made to the agenda for this meeting: COUNCIL MINUTES WOODLANDS COUNTY March 22, 2016 The regular meeting of the Council for Woodlands County was held Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at the Municipal Office in Whitecourt, Alberta, commencing at 9:30