Page 9 - Mike Killick News Today

Council heard that Telus informed administration the on-hold designation for the remaining neighbourhoods was enacted across the province by the company due to inflationary costs, increased interest rates, and the federal government's decision to ban Huawei technology in Canada last May.

As part of a series of amendments coming to the city's traffic bylaw next month, all St. Albertans regardless of age could be required to wear a helmet when using most non-motorized modes of travel within city limits.

“As we continue to do more and more of these ... we're going into a higher and higher risk situation.”

The recent $50,000 funding request made to city council by St. Albert's 2SLGBTQ+ youth support and advocacy group Outloud will likely go unfulfilled, councillors say.

The long-awaited policy change for how St. Albert names and renames municipal assets such as roads and neighbourhoods has been passed at the committee stage, and will now need formal council approval.

City administration presented council with a host of recommendations to consider moving forward as part of the city's waste minimization strategy during the May 9 committee of the whole meeting.

For utility projects, approximately $9.85 million is needed for stormwater projects; nearly $4.1 million is needed for wastewater projects; and about $8.05 million is needed for drinking water infrastructure

St. Albert city council says administration's recent three-year forecast of property tax increases carries little weight, as estimates are always changing and decisions during budget deliberations can have drastic impacts.

What started as one city councillor's request two months ago to remove some trees in order to improve the view of the river in the future Millennium Park space downtown has led to council voting to hear options to completely change, and scale down, the park's design.

Just like the City of Edmonton's recent changes, Coun. Mike Killick is planning to propose a widespread “three stream waste collection process” for St. Albert's multi-residential complexes in order to improve waste diversion.