MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY - Grant funding totalling more that $760,000 supported 137 groups and organizations in 2022, according to a report presented at the recent Mountain View County council meeting.
Chris Atchison, director of legislative, community and agricultural services, presented the department’s 2022 report outlining projects and programs.
The REEP and ALUS land use grant program supported 19 organizations and individuals, with a total of $135,872 requested and $109,978 allocated.
The Cremona recreational board requested $406,240 and was allocated $237,065.
Sixteen organizations requested a combined $210,978 in Family Community and Support Services funding, with $126,000 allocated.
Eighteen rural community groups requested rural community hall funding totalling $147,480, with $83,915 allocated.
Fifteen rural community organizations requested $132,837 in rural community grant funding, with $60,250 allocated.
“We have very good uptake on our grants (in 2022),” he said. “It’s a good news story for the county.”
Meanwhile, in 2022 a total of 2,808 people took part in public participation campaigns involving the county, including 2,350 at Aggie Days, 55 at Ladies Livestock Lessons - Rosebud, and 50 at Crop Covers for Cows & Soil webinar series.
The twine collection program saw 1,510 kilograms of twine picked up by Oct. 6 and 880 kilograms picked up for the remainder of 2022.
“The twine is consolidated and baled with twine collected throughout the province,” he said. “Once a full load is reached, it is shipped down to I-90 in Minnesota. Approximately two semi-loads are shipped each quarter from Alberta.”
Close to 30,000 kilograms of wire was recycled in 2022 through the county’s recycling program.
“That’s pretty good bringing all of that old barbed wire out of our rural landscape,” said Coun. Alan Miller.
In the fourth quarter of 2022 the Sundre Fire Department responded to 38 calls in rural areas, the Olds department 40, the Didsbury department 30, the Cremona department 41, and the Carstairs department 34.
“Everybody continues to be busy over the last quarter,” Atchison said.
Regarding the types of incidents responded to, 61 were medical, 42 to motor vehicle collisions, 19 were mutual aid, 16 were vegetation fires, 16 were structure fires, and 19 were other, including gas leaks/alarms.
Nearly 300 fire permits for controlled burns were issued in the fourth quarter, up from 130 in the same time in 2021.
Council accept the report as information.
