Sundre town council has created a Seniors' Housing Committee.
At council's regular meeting on Sept. 12 members also approved appointing a councillor to the committee, which will consist of a total membership of between five and nine community members.
Council was told through an administrative report that as a result of community seniors' discussions hosted by council in the first half of 2011 a group of stakeholders were invited by the town to meet on Sept. 7 to discuss seniors' housing needs in the community.
The result of that meeting was to create a committee that would investigate housing options for the Sundre community.
The committee will be appointed by council during the Oct. 3 regular council meeting. The committee will create its own mandate.
As well, council approved the recently completed report and review into the governance of Mountain View Seniors' Housing (MVSH) by partnering municipalities across the Mountain View area.
The board of the MVSH will be presented with a recommendation on Sept. 22 on what type of governance structure the agency should adopt for its future.
Although the review does recommend the board consider either a for-profit Municipal Services Corporation model or a not-for-profit foundation, the final choice will come down to the one that best fits the agency's long-term goals outlined in its Strategic Plan Framework, approved by the board on July 28.
