Mayor Burrows News Today

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A misunderstanding over a pay cut made waves during a recent Woodlands County Council meeting Back in mid-April of 2020, Woodlands County Council passed a motion that directed their Administration to reduce Council honorariums until they could get back to doing in-person meetings. Like the Town of Whitecourt, Woodlands County holds online meetings and Council members and staff tune in, often from home. The motion, brought forward by Mayor John Burrows, directed Administration to lo...

It was a battle of users versus use at a recent Woodlands County Council meeting about a supportive housing facility planned for Fort Assiniboine. On April 15, Praise Abraham, the founder and director of Bridge to Care, and two other organization members presented to Woodlands County Council about their plans to open a multi-unit, supportive housing facility at 19 State Avenue (the old Trident building) in Fort Assiniboine. Back in late 2020, the Municipal Planning Commission (MPC)...

Hay leaseholder agreement sparks controversy at Woodlands County meeting. “I don’t like the optics on this,” -Mayor Burrows A seemingly simple item on the March 23 Woodlands County meeting agenda ended up sparking a long debate, including multiple defeated motions. Two standing hay license agreements were up for renewal. The first was a 16-acre parcel of land located just off Flats Road. The previous leaseholder was the only bid received. Council’s conversation was short, r...

The Manor After years of planning and a $4.75 million capital grant from the Provincial Government, the construction on The Manor at Whitecourt Downtown South is officially underway. On Friday, February 5, Greg Christenson, president of the Christenson Group of Companies, alongside Mayor Chichak, Mayor Burrows, MLA Martin Long and Minister of Senior’s and Housing for Alberta Josephine Pon, kicked off the long-awaited project. The Manor is an urban village for residents to age-in-...

There are a lot of changes on the way for Woodlands County, especially from a financial standpoint. The highly-publicized tax issues they faced over the last few years and the breakdown of agreements with the Town of Whitecourt have left the municipality shaken but not down for the count. During the Woodlands County council meeting on March 2, 2021, council voted in favour of starting corporate sponsorship, and the first recipient is Eastlink Park. Mayor John Burrows is excited fo...