Partnerships bylaw in the works

DIDSBURY - At the recent regular council meeting, councillors voted to accept the community partnerships projects policy as information.

The policy is meant to help deal with requests from local groups and/or individuals for the financial support of community projects.

As the background information states, the community partnership projects policy would establish a standardized process of application and review of projects, through two different streams: large community projects and small community projects.

Mayor Rhonda Hunter told the Gazette that council sent the document back to staff for a bit more work.

"It is a complex document with a lot of details to cover; a lot of scenarios," said Hunter. "Nicole Aasen (manager of community services) did an excellent job on the content, criteria and application form in the community partnership project application.

"Having a few more sets of eyes and some questions, as well as input from someone who might use the document was helpful in identifying ways to improve the application."

In other council news, council voted to maintain the 2019 Fortis Alberta franchise fee at 17 per cent and the 2019 ATCO Alberta franchise fee at 25 per cent.