City stalls Sunday shopping rule quest amid conflict concerns
The city’s ad hoc Sunday shopping committee paused work after Mayor Ted Grimm urged a council request for a new provincial regulation on conflict of interest. Several aldermen faced questions about financial ties to local businesses as the province signals the existing rule may lapse, delaying months of debate on bylaw openings and store hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Rogers
Ted
Grimm
Brian Stein
Kathy Mandeville
Colleen Wilson
Graham Kelly
Medicine Hat Mall
Kelly
Council
Hughes
Blind crosswalk signals debated by city council
Julie Friesen urged two additional auditory signals for blind pedestrians at crosswalks and to add funding in the 1991 budget. Council kept current Sixth Avenue and Third Street S.E. signals but deferred broader standardization talks and further installs. Members and accessibility groups pressed for more locations. debates cited safety, standardization, and cross city comparability.
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Petra Kossman
Julie Friesen
Council
Public Works Committee
Sixth Avenue
Third Street
S.E
Friesen
Dunmore Road
Carry
First Street
Kathy Mandeville
Dunmore
Shirley Dupmeier
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Dupmeier
Calgary
Ald
Graham Kelly
Mandeville
Public Works
Thompson
Mandev
City council withholds funding for Medicine Hat College anniversary
Medicine Hat College will hold its 25th anniversary with plans for an Alumni Homecoming despite a city council decision not to provide financial aid. Coordinator Patricia Jones criticized the move, noting the college previously donated 23,000 and the Spectrum Festival 20,000, with other contributions boosting totals. Alderman Ken Sauer said such events rarely receive city funding beyond small grants to districts. The homecoming proceeds as planned with activities including a children’s festival, golf, Western barbecue, and a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petra Kossman
Medicine Hat College
Patricia Jones
Jones
Spectrum
Leigh Smythe
Ken Sauer
Bridge repairs eyed for Finlay span in 1991
Public works commissioner Lorne Thompson said repairs to Finlay Bridge will start early August after water levels drop. Ice plates and bearing joints require replacement. city borrows funds and a $543,000 provincial grant supports a $724,000 project with completion aimed for February 1991.
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Finlay Bridge
Public
Lorne Thompson
Thompson
Fedderson Engineering
Council boosts grant for Canada Day festival
The city will raise the Canada Day grant to 2750 to match federal funds while studying a possible merger with the Spectrum festival. Ald. Ken Sauer opposed the increase. others favored funding and left policy on combining events to the Spectrum committee’s report.
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Mark Rogers
the News
Ald
Ken Sauer
Province unveils five year 700 million school capital plan
The Alberta government announces a 700 million five year capital fund for school construction and modernization. First year funding of 140 million will back Crescent Heights high Medicine Hat high Alexandra Junior High and four elementary upgrades. Boards will submit three to five year plans and receive year by year approvals with fall announcements.
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Trevor Krawiec
Crescent Heights
Krawlee
Mike Maloney
Doug Pudwell
Powell
Giesinger
Fred Schreiber
Alberta Education
Pudwell
Crescent Heights High School
Medicine Hat High School
Alexandra Junior High School
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Gordon Wright
Bill Glockner
Terry Fialg
Crestwood
Frank Webber
Chuck Nisbett
Ted Grimm
Community Services Department
Community Services Committee
Spectrum Committee
City Hall
Sauer
Finance Committee
The
Wayne Craven
Canada Day
Craven
Tony Giesinger
Southview
River Heights
Webster Niblock
Ross Glen
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Francis
St. Louis
St. Michael's
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