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County of Two Hills Declines to Participate in Regional Governance Study
County of Two Hills Declines to Participate in Regional Governance Study
Michelle Pinon - News Advertiser
The County of Two Hills has notified both the Town of Two Hills and Village of Myrnam that it will not be participating in the Regional Governance Study. Funds were approved for the study several months ago through the Alberta Community Partnership, (ACP) Grant that is provided and funded by the provincial government. An official letter sent to both communities, states in part, “This will advise that the County of Two Hills resolved, at their meeting of September 7, 2023, that the County of Two Hills will not partake in the Regional Governance Study managed by the Town of Two Hills.
Per Resolution 120922 of the January 23, 2023 County of Two Hills Regular Council Meeting, the County of Two Hills had agreed that the Town of Two Hills be the managing partner under the lntermunicipal Collaboration component of the 2022/23 Alberta Community Partnership Grant and gave no support to an application to the Municipal Restructuring component of the 2022/23 Alberta Community Partnership Grant. Subsequently, the County of Two Hills Council will not support the current Town of Two Hills Regional Governance Study and will not be taking part in conversations of regionalization of services or amalgamation between the County of Two Hills, Town of Two Hills, and Village of Myrnam.”
The letter goes on to say, “It was also noted that council and administration will be attending meetings as a whole or with majority, having the CAO informing of Council’s availability.”
This letter was discussed briefly at the Town of Two Hills Sept. 12 council meeting. At that time, Mayor Leonard Ewanishan commented that he did not know why the County of Two Hills did not want to participate in the study.
The Vegreville News Advertiser reached out to County of Two Hills Reeve Don Gulayec for information and comment, but had not received a response prior to deadline.
