Consultants to review Medicine Hat city hall operations
Medicine Hat council adopted a three part study by Woods Gordon and Company to assess city management structure within utilities, purchasing and overall administration. The plan favors a possible city manager role, separating fire and transit from utilities, and reorganizing the community services division into parks culture and recreation and family services. An outside review aims to make administration more efficient with central purchasing, delegated departmental duties, and a task force approach to boards while improving public communication on city actions.
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Medicine Hat
Ken Sauer
Sauer
Ted Grimm
Woods, Gordon and Company
Grimm
Finance and Administration
Winster Kerr
Utilities Committee
Utilities and Public Works Division
Finance
Public Works
Parkade proposal eyed for downtown parking plan
The Parkade plan aims to add 575 stalls via a $3.7 million three level structure at Market Square with a second lot west of Fourth Avenue. financing options range from city funded to merchant taxes or higher meter rates, with a fourth option of free downtown parking. The Market Square site is deemed strategic and preferable, while a two-level phaseable parkade was not favored.
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Ald
Harry Yuill
Yuill
Market Square
Fourth Avenue S.E
Sixth Avenue
Fourth Street
S.E
Marketing agency decision timeline murky in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat and Alberta utilities leaders remain unsure how long the city has to decide on joining the proposed provincial electrical marketing agency. Alderman Ken Sauer says neither he nor utilities director Winston Kerr know the decision window, as minister Larry Shaben would not confirm a deadline. further discussions involve Kerr’s meeting with provincial officials on December 14, and a two year ministry study requested by Trans-Alta Utilities and Alberta Power remains confidential.
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Medicine Hat
Ald
Ken Sauer
Utilities Committee
Council
Winston Kerr
Utilities
Larry Shaben
Shaben
Sauer
Kerr
Trans-Alta Utilities
Alberta Power
Hirsch
Medicine Hat College
Alberta Public Works Department
South Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat council debates charity telethon plans
Alderman Bill Keith questioned if six fundraising applications tied to a Calgary based telethon to build a disabled recreation centre. Mayor Grimm noted the project would serve Southern Alberta with a Calgary address and phone number, sparking concerns over local benefit and solicitation intensity.
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Calgary
Medicine Hat
Bill Keith
Associated Canadian Travellers
CFCN
Keith
Alberta
Ted Grimm
Ninth Avenue
Grimm
Free parking planned downtown through Christmas Eve
City council approved free meter parking from December 10 to Christmas Eve. The Downtown Business Association will cover patrol costs up to 1200 and handle advertising while not offsetting city revenue. This marks the second year of the DBA sponsored program.
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Public Works Committee
Downtown Business Association
DBA
City trims annexation size en route to Local Authorities Board
The city will draft a petition to extend boundaries but reduce the proposed 9000 acre annexation by 640 acres of prime agricultural land four quarter sections southwest of the city near the airport are being dropped. Supporters cite protecting farmland and long term needs while opponents urge broader inclusion to deter future LAB requests.
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Ajit Atwal
Atwal
Council
Pete Simpson
South Ridge Park contract awarded to Calgary firm
The city blocked awarding to Lawrence Meier Trucking after no performance bond or work schedule arrived. McEwen Brothers Landscaping of Calgary, the next lowest bidder at 72 560, will receive the contract for South Ridge Park work. Previous city projects include trail work in Police Point.
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South Ridge
Larry Godin
Lawrence Meier
McEwen Brothers Landscaping
Calgary
Simpson
Community Services Committee
Police Point
South Ridge Park
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat faces courthouse project delays and bid extension
City Aldermen questioned the 1983 target for the new courthouse while the province reviews approvals. Plans remain conceptual as soil tests and surveys proceed. Tender deadline for the city hall has been moved to January 7 with bids extended to allow more contractors to compete. Construction aims for a July 1 1983 opening to align with the centennial celebration.
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Medicine Hat
Ken Sauer
Jim Hirsch
Council
Sauer
Hirsch
First Street
S.E
Sixth Avenue
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