Message from Mayor & Council

June 16, 2023

The Town of Rocky Mountain House Council is proud to share this 2022 annual financial and community report.

2022 was a year of regrowth. Town operations – especially recreation – got up and running again after two years of Covid interruptions. Some services changed, while others saw increased demand.

This Council was elected at the end of 2021. We had to develop a new, collaborative strategic plan and learn to work together within the parameters of the Municipal Government Act.

The Municipal Government Act legislates everything we do, yet many factors outside of our control such as property assessments, provincial requisitions and available grant funding all play a role in Town business.

For example, in 2022 work got started on our new Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. This $30-Million-Dollar project will meet environmental regulatory requirements to allow for decades of future growth. The province and federal government sets those rules … but they also came up with $20 Million dollars in project funding.

Our Mission Statement is to support economic growth and strengthen municipal infrastructure in a fiscally and environmentally responsible manner. The Town also encourages and supports private-sector initiatives that promote economic growth, social well-being and quality of life.

Each aspect of this report – financial statements, departmental budgets and overviews, Town initiatives and more – have always been available to the public. This annual community publication compiles all reportable aspects of Town business into a single document.

The Town’s inaugural report in 2019 earned the Government Finance Officers Association Canadian Award for Financial Reporting, an honour we received again in both 2020 and 2021. The publication of this 2022 report is a commitment to citizens that we are being responsible, practical, fair and consistent with the Town’s legislative and fiscal functions.

Debbie Baich Mayor