This Week

AUMA responds to Minister of Transportation on photo rad ar issue Last week, the Minister of Transportation announced a plan to review photo radar practices across the province. AUMA responded to the announcement, calling for more talk about traffic safety and less finger-pointing. Articles on the CBC and Calgary Herald websites referenced AUMA’s position on the issue.

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion takes another step forward This week, the National Energy Board (NEB) cleared an important hurdle for the critical Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project, with it once again recommending that Trans Mountain should proceed.

Happening Now

AUMA continues to seek equitable long-term infrastructure funding for members In December, AUMA  updated members  on our work to secure a new infrastructure funding agreement to replace the Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI).

Join the Alberta Municipal Benchmarking Initiative If your municipality is interested in establishing performance metrics and sharing leading practices, consider joining the Alberta Municipal Benchmarking Initiative (AMBI).

In Your Community

Electoral Zone Assignments for AUMA Town and Village Members – Opportunity for Input In accordance with the Bylaws of the Association, AUMA is responsible for annually reviewing the electoral zone assignments for town and village members. As part of this review, AUMA is inviting town and village members to review the  current zone assignments  and propose and justify any required changes to their electoral zone assignments.

Events View events, webinars, workshops and more at auma.ca/events Registration is now open for AUMA’s Spring Municipal Leaders’ Caucus is taking place March 27 and 28 in Edmonton.  AUMA and RMA are excited to announce to all members an opportunity to participate in FCM’s Toward Parity in Municipal Politics (TPMP) webinar consultation on March 6, 2019, from 12:00-1:30 MST.  Don't risk missing out - register for AUMA's Public Risk Conference , taking place in Edmonton May 8 & 9 at the Fantasyland Hotel.

Upcoming EOEP Courses Be sure to sign up for one of the upcoming EOEP courses: Community Development through Citizen Engagement – March 18, 8:30 am – 4 pm, Edmonton Council’s Role in Municipal Service Delivery – March 26, 10 am – 4:30 pm, Edmonton Visit the EOEP website for more information on these course offerings, and to register online.

Casual Legal Article

A Reasonable Apprehension of Bias: When Frustration Crosses the Line In a recent decision of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, the Court concluded the “demonstrated frustration” of the presiding officer of a panel of the Composite Assessment Review Board (“ CARB ”) raised a reasonable apprehension of bias.

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