Changes coming to paint recycling program, resolution survey results are in, and training opportunities to up your service delivery
This Week
Municipalities to bear costs of paint program changes  

Alberta Recycling recently announced changes to the Alberta Paint Stewardship Program that will likely force paint processors to pass the loss through an increase in fees charged to collection sites - which include municipal transfer stations and landfills.
Survey results shaping resolutions refresh

A big thanks to the 84 AUMA members who responded to our 2019 Purpose of Resolutions Survey! We are using the results of the survey to inform revisions to AUMA’s resolutions policy and process.
In Your Community
March 26 EOEP course will help you take service delivery to the next level

Demystify municipal service delivery and what it means in your role.  Register today for the Elected Officials Education Program (EOEP) course, Council’s Role in Municipal Service Delivery taking place in Edmonton on March 26 - the day before Municipal Leaders’ Caucus . 
Events
View events, webinars, workshops and more at auma.ca/events

Don't risk missing out - register for AUMA's Public Risk Conference , taking place in Edmonton May 8 & 9 at the Fantasyland Hotel.

Subdivision and Development Appeal Board Training – March 21
Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer is hosting a Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) workshop to help municipalities meet new Municipal Government Act requirements for SDAB clerk and member training on March 21 in Edmonton. Registration is now open at an individual registration rate of $175.
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
The new employment standards regime: proactive inspections and administrative penalties

The Provincial Government has recently announced it has put in place a new team devoted to proactive inspections of employers for Employment Standards compliance. Up until the most recent changes to the Employment Standards Code , the process has been almost exclusively complaint-driven. This new team does not require the receipt of a formal complaint but will rather be able to investigate and review employers, including municipalities, for compliance with their Employment Standards obligations.
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In the News

Economy, Economic Development and Tourism
  • Edmonton invests $600,000 to turn old warehouse into new food hub
  • Unique family-farm mushrooms in Nisku industrial park
  • City looking to diversify economy
 
Energy
  • Canada's largest solar farm one step closer in Rocky View County

Environment
  • 'Alberta is a different beast': Provincial project seeks to unite groups in conversation about climate change
  • Regulator investigating fracking after earthquake rocks central Alberta early Monday
  • Carbon tax chronicles: How six Alberta communities spent green money

Infrastructure and Transportation
  • Turner Valley & Black Diamond Looking At Transit Options
 
Municipal Governance
  • City Councillor Clyde Blackburn diagnosed with leukemia
  • Council receives linear tax report
 
Safe and Healthy Communities
  • Never too early to plan for wildfire season, which begins March 1st
  • Province gives extra $4.8 million in relief funding for local 2018 floods
  • Long-awaited emergency shelter coming to Red Deer
  • Vesta confirms fracking activity near site of Red Deer earthquake
  • Village of Rycroft remains in State of Local Emergency and Boil Water Advisory
  • What happens when the gas goes out? Municipality stages surprise emergency drill for staff
  • Local EMS struggle to keep staff
  • Cold Lake seniors to have their say on what’s needed
 
Occupational Health and Safety
  • Edmontonians mark anniversary of Mill Woods explosion which resulted in safety improvements in Alberta
  • Death at Lethbridge water treatment plant under investigation
  • Syncrude wants judge to dismiss lawsuit of former firefighter with PTSD
 
Opioid Crisis
  • Medicine Hat to work with other Alberta cities to fight opioid crisis
  • Council allocates $1M to address safety concerns around Calgary's supervised consumption site
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