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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Rocky View County Council has voted to formally oppose the Springbank Dry Reservoir project and ask the Province to conduct a full and comprehensive analysis of all the available options for flood mitigation.The County strongly supports the need for flood mitigation in the Calgary region, but Read More...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Rocky View County Council has approved the 2019 operating and capital budget.The average residential property owner will pay $5.95 a month extra in 2019, based on an average property value of $948,000. That represents a three percent rise. The actual amount each landowner’s taxes will increase or Read More...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Rocky View County is bringing its 2018 road construction season to a successful close, with $16.59 million in rehabilitation and improvement projects undertaken.“Rocky Viewers rank our road network as their number one priority,” says Reeve Greg Boehlke. “Council has listened, and we’ve put an Read More...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
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 second consecutive term, and Read More...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Rocky View County Council has announced the appointment of Al Hoggan as the new Chief Administrative Officer. Mr. Hoggan will assume the role on December 17.Al Hoggan has spent the past five years as the County Manager for a neighbouring municipality. Since 2013, he has also been managing the Aqua 7 Read More...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Rocky View County has proclaimed September 23-29, 2018 as Rail Safety Week, along with CN, to raise awareness about reducing avoidable accidents, injuries and damage caused by collisions at level crossings or incidents involving trains and citizens. View full proclamation (PDF)Incidents involving Read More...
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Rocky View County Council has approved amendments to the County’s Land Use Bylaw to deal with the upcoming October 17 legalization of marijuana.Cannabis legalization is a federal government initiative through Health Canada, with specific provincial government rules through the Alberta Liquor and Read More...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Alberta Transportation has agreed to Rocky View County’s request for a safety review of Highway 9, between Highway 1 and the Town of Beiseker.On May 22, the County sent a letter to Alberta’s Minister of Transportation requesting the review after a crash that killed three people and seriously injured Read More...
Friday, July 20, 2018
The Schissel family with Councillor Daniel Henn (right) who serves as the Agricultural Service Board Chair.Rocky View County is pleased to announce this year’s Master Farm Family Award winners are Don and Betty Schissel.“We are very happy to present the award to the Schissel family,” says Daniel Read More...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Rocky View County has released the results of its recent survey on policing in the municipality, which saw over 1,800 people provide input on RCMP priorities.“The number of participants clearly shows that policing is an important issue for Rocky Viewers,” says Reeve Greg Boehlke. “RCMP figures show Read More...