Articles for category Council News
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Here is a brief summary of the decisions of Rocky View County Council at the October 22, 2019 Council Meeting. This is a general overview of decisions only. Details of the agenda items can be found in the meeting’s agenda and details on the specifics of the decisions can be found in the minutes of Read More...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Rocky View County Council held its annual organizational meeting to elect a Reeve and Deputy Reeve and make appointments to positions on a number of boards and committees.The meeting began with the selection by Council of Division 6 Councillor Greg Boehlke as Reeve for a fourth consecutive term, and Read More...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Rocky View County Council will review the County’s 2020 draft Base Operating and Capital Budget at a series of special public Council Meetings on: Monday, November 4th, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, November 5th, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, November 6th, from 9 a.m. to 4 Read More...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Here is a brief summary of the decisions of Rocky View County Council at the October 8, 2019 Council Meeting. This is a general overview of decisions only. Details of the agenda items can be found in the meeting’s agenda and details on the specifics of the decisions can be found in the minutes of Read More...
Friday, September 27, 2019
Rocky View County Council has voted to allow the Chestermere Recreation Centre to remain open after receiving new information on the stability of the structure.On Tuesday, September 25, County Council voted to close the facility after an engineering report questioned the structural integrity of Read More...
Friday, September 27, 2019
Rocky View County has proclaimed September 30, 2019 as Orange Shirt Day, to honour Residential School Survivors, their families and communities. View full proclamation (PDF)Orange Shirt Day is being celebrated across Canada and beyond as a day to commemorate the Survivors of Residential Schools, Read More...
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Here is a brief summary of the decisions of Rocky View County Council at the September 24, 2019 Council Meeting. This is a general overview of decisions only. Details of the agenda items can be found in the meeting’s agenda and details on the specifics of the decisions can be found in the minutes of Read More...
Monday, September 23, 2019
Rocky View County has proclaimed September 23-29, 2019 as Rail Safety Week to raise awareness about reducing avoidable accidents and injuries at rail crossing, and ensuring everyone's safety on and around railroad infrastructure. View full proclamation (PDF)Incidents involving people and trains Read More...
Friday, September 13, 2019
It’s that time of year when the days are getting shorter and cooler. For bears, that means going to sleep for the winter is just around the corner. Before that happens though, they are intent on getting as many calories as possible into their bodies to fully prepare for their long winter. Along the Read More...
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Profitable periods can be elusive in the beef industry, but new precision technologies could be a way to greater returns. That’s according to Dr. Robin White, assistant professor of integrated beef production systems management at Virginia Tech, who spoke at the 2019 Beef Symposium in Guelph, Ont., Read More...
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Big data has been hailed as the future of agriculture for nearly a decade, and it’s easy to see why. As margins become razor thin and land prices skyrocket, farmers need to do more with less — maximizing every inch of rain every pound of fertilizer and every single seed — to make a profit. But at Read More...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Here is a brief summary of the decisions of Rocky View County Council at the September 10, 2019 Council Meeting. This is a general overview of decisions only. Details of the agenda items can be found in the meeting’s agenda and details on the specifics of the decisions can be found in the minutes of Read More...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
An application for a land use re-designation that would allow the construction of an auto mall on Springbank Road in Rocky View County has been tabled by Council pending the completion of the Springbank Area Structure Plan.Any land use re-designation application must respect the appropriate planning Read More...
Friday, September 6, 2019
On September 1, Rocky View County adopted a new Procedures Bylaw to detail how Council and committee meetings are managed. As the name implies, most of the bylaw deals with background procedural matters, such as how agendas are created. But there are four changes that may be of particular interest Read More...
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Here is a brief summary of the decisions of Rocky View County’s Governance & Priorities Committee at their September 3, 2019 meeting. This is a general overview only. Details of the full agenda and subsequent minutes can be found on the Governance & Priorities Committee page, or by contacting the Read More...