Council · Regular
April 28, 2026
Regular Council Meeting
09:02 – 15:55 · 6h 53m
5 present · 2 absent
Staff & officers present
Andrew Hayes General Manager, Financial Services and Chief Financial Officer — Brandon Bacchus Legislative Advisor — Brett Derksen Supervisor, Transportation Operations — Chad Moore Manager, Protective Services / Fire Chief — Courtney Mottet Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting — Jennifer Lavallee Director, Communications and Strategic Services — Jennifer Thompson Manager, Planning and Development Services — Jesse Sopko Manager, Legislative and Legal Services — Jonathan Heemskerk Planner, Current Planning — Karolina Drabik Acting Manager, Open Space and Agricultural Services — Kent McMullin Senior Investment Attraction Officer — Kristin Walsh Program Lead, Open Spaces — Kyle Schole Senior Planner, Land Management — Mark Morrissey Director, Economic Innovation and Growth — Martyn Bell Program Lead, Current Planning — Max Adu-Safo Director, Transportation and Engineering Services — Maya Pungur-Buick General Manager, Corporate Services — Michael Selig Intergovernmental Advisor — Mike Philbrick Acting General Manager, Infrastructure and Operational Services — Milad Asdaghi General Manager, Development and Economic Services — Robert Stephenson Manager, Corporate Planning and Intergovernmental Services — Sabrina Duquette Manager, Corporate Finance and Treasury — Stephen Hinton Manager, Capital Engineering Services — Tanis Sawatsky Legislative Advisor — Travis Peter Chief Administrative Officer — Trenna Benesocky Chief of Staff — Tyler McNab Program Lead, Development and Safety Codes — Valerie Lawson Program Lead, Treasury Financial Planning —
Revisions
- First published Substantive fetched Jun 22, 2026
- · Motion 1 added: That the April 28, 2026 Regular Council Meeting Agenda be adopted as presented.
- · Motion 2 added: 1. That the April 14, 2026 Regular Council Meeting Minutes be adopted as presented; and 2. That the Consolidated Contract Award Report of March 15, 2026 to April 15, 2026 be received as information.
- · Motion 3 added: That the completed Town of Gibbons Viability Review Workbooks assigned to Sturgeon County be formally submitted to Alberta Municipal Affairs.
- · Motion 4 added: That Councillor McLennan be appointed as Deputy Mayor for the period of May 1 to October 31, 2026.
- · Motion 5 added: That Deputy Mayor Toms be appointed as the alternate member of the Governance and Council Services Committee.
- · Motion 6 added: That the Mayor send a letter to Indigenous Services Canada in response to its request for County feedback regarding Alexander First Nation’s Addition to Reserve proposal.
- · Motion 7 added: That Bylaw 1694/25 be given second reading.
- · Motion 8 added: That Bylaw 1694/25 be given third reading.
- · Motion 9 added: That item 5.6 be laid on the table.
- · Motion 10 added: That the Sandy Lake Wilderness Area Concept Plan and Natural Area Management Plan be approved for planning purposes.
- · Motion 11 added: That the Mayor be authorized to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Cold Lake, Leduc County, and Edmonton Regional Airports Authority to support and encourage collaboration in the Aerospace and Defence sector.
- · Motion 12 added: That the 2026 fully subsidized dust suppression treatments in front of residences as identified in Attachment 1 be approved.
- · Motion 13 added: That an additional subsidy of $205 per residence for dust suppression treatments as identified in Attachment 2 be approved.
- · Motion 14 added: That the locations identified in Attachment 3 for fully subsidized dust suppression treatments in 2026, at an additional cost of $35,848.80, be approved and funded from the Transportation and Engineering base budget.
- · Motion 15 added: That item 5.6 be taken from the table.
- · Motion 16 added: That Administration bring forward a policy for Council’s consideration outlining development criteria to be met prior to consideration of Neighbourhood Area Structure Plans in Planning Areas 3, 4 and 5 in the Sturgeon Valley South Area Str…
- · Motion 17 added: That Council move to a closed session at 11:32 a.m. pursuant to section 197(2) of the Municipal Government Act and in accordance with section 26 (disclosure harmful to intergovernmental relations) and section 29 (advice from officials) of …
- · Motion 18 added: That Council move out of closed session at 12:11 p.m.
- · Motion 19 added: That Sturgeon County's membership in the Alberta's Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA) be confirmed, subject to the implementation of an acceptable cap on membership fees, and that the Mayor provide written notice to AIHA of Council's …
- · Motion 20 added: That the confidential Request for Decision and attachments of item 6.1 of the April 28, 2026 Regular Council Meeting Agenda remain confidential in accordance with section 26 (disclosure harmful to intergovernmental relations) and section 2…
- · Motion 21 added: That Council move to a closed session at 3:25 p.m. pursuant to section 197(2) of the Municipal Government Act and in accordance with section 31 (testing procedures, tests and audits) of the Access to Information Act.
- · Motion 22 added: That Council move out of closed session at 3:43 p.m.
- · Motion 23 added: That the 2025 T3 Financial Report for the period ended December 31, 2025 be received as information.
- · Motion 24 added: That the 2025 Audited Financial Statement, as audited by the accounting firm of MNP, be approved.
- · Motion 25 added: That the 2025 operating surplus of $9,732,818 be transferred to the Municipal Tax Stabilization Reserve.
- · Motion 26 added: That $267,182 from the Municipal Tax Stabilization Reserve be designated for the 2025 Assessment Appeal, bringing the total allocation for that fund to $10,000,000.
- · Motion 27 added: That the Transportation and Engineering Services budget be reduced by $1.0 million for 2026, with savings allocated to the Municipal Tax Stabilization Reserve with funds designated to address major assessment appeal risks.
- · Motion 28 added: That the 2025 Capital Housekeeping Amendments, with funding adjustments as outlined in Attachment 1 for the capital projects identified in Attachment 2, be approved.
- · Motion 29 added: That the April 28, 2026 Regular Council Meeting be adjourned at 3:55 p.m.
- · Attendance added: Alanna Hnatiw (present)
- · Attendance added: Travis Peter (present)
- · Attendance added: Maya Pungur-Buick (present)
- · Attendance added: Milad Asdaghi (present)
- · Attendance added: Andrew Hayes (present)
- · Attendance added: Mike Philbrick (present)
- · Attendance added: Jennifer Lavallee (present)
- · Attendance added: Max Adu-Safo (present)
- · Attendance added: Mark Morrissey (present)
- · Attendance added: Sabrina Duquette (present)
- · Attendance added: Kristin Toms (present)
- · Attendance added: Matthew McLennan (present)
- · Attendance added: Deanna Stang (present)
- · Attendance added: Jason Berry (present)
- · Attendance added: Amanda Papadopoulos (absent)
- · Attendance added: Richard Boissonneault (absent)
- · Attendance added: Chad Moore (present)
- · Attendance added: Jennifer Thompson (present)
- · Attendance added: Jesse Sopko (present)
- · Attendance added: Karolina Drabik (present)
- · Attendance added: Robert Stephenson (present)
- · Attendance added: Stephen Hinton (present)
- · Attendance added: Martyn Bell (present)
- · Attendance added: Tyler McNab (present)
- · Attendance added: Kristin Walsh (present)
- · Attendance added: Valerie Lawson (present)
- · Attendance added: Trenna Benesocky (present)
- · Attendance added: Brett Derksen (present)
- · Attendance added: Kent McMullin (present)
- · Attendance added: Courtney Mottet (present)
- · Attendance added: Kyle Schole (present)
- · Attendance added: Michael Selig (present)
- · Attendance added: Jonathan Heemskerk (present)
- · Attendance added: Tanis Sawatsky (present)
- · Attendance added: Brandon Bacchus (present)
- · Participation added: Deanna Stang depart
- · Participation added: Deanna Stang arrive
- · Participation added: Amanda Papadopoulos arrive
- · Participation added: Amanda Papadopoulos depart