Council Overview
Information from Drumheller Town Council Regular Council Meeting
Monday, July 22, 2024

Mayor Heather Colberg opened the council meeting by expressing appreciation to public works crews who have been busy with water main breaks over the last week.
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Council approved second and third readings to bylaw 20.22, East Coulee River Drive West Road Closure. This is to close a portion of the right of way along the west end of River Drive in East Coulee to facilitate the construction of a berm.
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Council approved second and third readings to bylaw 21A.22, East Coulee East End Road Closure. A road closure bylaw is required to close a portion of the right of way along the east side of the river bank in East Coulee to facilitate the construction of a berm.
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Deighen Blakely, Project Director of the Flood Resiliency Program, provided council with an update on the project. Berms in Midland, Newcastle, Grove Plaza, Downtown Willow Estates and Phase One of East Coulee have been completed. North Drumheller and Phase 2 of East Coulee are underway, and East Rosedale and Nacmine are in the planning phase. So far, the project has cost just over $52 million and has a remaining budget of about 28 million. The office continues to look for more funding options.
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Council approved a motion to approve the Certificate of Approval and Resolution for Expropriation for a Nacmine parcel. Originally Council approved expropriation for a portion of the parcel. The landowner objected to the partial taking, so an amended resolution for a full parcel taking was passed. The costs of the portion of the land purchase needed for the berm and associated legal fees for the proceedings are eligible for funding under the Alberta Government grant. The portion of the land purchase not needed for berm construction will be covered by the Town, until the parcel can be subdivided and the remaining pieces sold.
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Council approved the 2023 audited financial statements. These were prepared by BDO. In its Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, the Town has an accumulated surplus of just over $200 million, made up of a net financial assets of $9,627,708 and non financial assets of $190,649,759.

Complete minutes from council meetings can be found on
www.drumheller.ca once they have been adopted.

Council Overview
Information from Drumheller Town Council Regular Council Meeting
Monday, July 8, 2024

Council accepted as information the minutes of the Drumheller & District Seniors Foundation Thursday, May 23, Regular Meeting, as presented.
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Council gave third reading to Safety Codes Bylaw 15.24, concerning the construction and maintenance of property. The Bylaw was originally tabled at the Monday, June 3, Regular Council Meeting so that changes and corrections could be made by Administration.
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Council gave first, second and third readings to Bylaws 19.24 Midland PUL 2 and 20.24 Midland PUL 1, which enacts undeveloped right of ways, that are being closed for berm construction, into Public Utility Lots.
Council gave first, second and third readings to Bylaw 21.24 Midland ER 2, which concerns three town owned lots that will be converted into a single Environment Reserve.
Respecting the two previous bylaws, as part of the funding agreement with the Province of Alberta and the Government of Canada, land acquired for the flood mitigation project must be dedicated as either Environmental Reserves (ERs), Public Utility Lots (PULs) or another designation satisfactory to the Province.
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Council gave first reading to Bylaw 20.24 Cambria 6 Avenue East Road Closure and set the Public Hearing date for Monday, August 21.
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Council gave third and final reading to Bylaw 19.22.
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Council moved into closed session before adjourning the meeting.

Complete minutes from council meetings can be found on www.drumheller.ca once they have been adopted.