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2025 Alberta Municipalities Convention Briefing
Presented by: Monty Killoh, Advisor, Government/Indigenous Relations & Environment
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SUMMARY
City of St. Albert Administration is providing the attached document, "Briefing Note on 2025 Alberta Municipalities Resolutions" for Council's information. The document is intended to support Council at the upcoming Alberta Municipalities Convention from November 12th to 14th in Calgary.
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Alberta Municipalities (AB Munis) works on behalf of Alberta's cities, towns, villages and summer villages to advocate to the Government of Alberta on matters of importance to its members. Each Fall, AB Munis hosts an annual convention where municipal councils from across Alberta gather to discuss issues of municipal importance, set direction for intergovernmental engagement, and meet with Members of the Legislative Assembly and Provincial Ministers (including a session where elected officials may ask questions directly to Ministers). During the convention, Councillors are referred to as "voting delegates," particularly when it comes to the Resolutions Session.
The Resolutions Session entails voting delegates deciding whether a resolution should be adopted as part of AB Munis' upcoming advocacy efforts with the Provincial Government. Any member municipality may sponsor a resolution of their own (deadlines to submit a resolution are typically in May), as long as it is approved by Council Motion, and seconded by a different municipality's own Council Motion.
Resolutions are segmented into the following categories:
1. Issues Related to Alberta Municipalities' Strategic Initiatives
2. Other Issues of Potential Interest to Alberta Municipalities.
For each resolution, an elected official from the moving municipality will speak to the resolution (the maximum speaking time is two minutes);...
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