Current and Past Interns
Current Administrative Intern
Samantha Saretsky
I began my Internship with the County in March of 2009. Since then I have been using the Workplan that the county provided me with to help guide me through all of the departments at the county.
Some of the things I have done while at the county have been:
- Assisting and observing the budget process
- Grooming park trails
- Regular attendance at council meetings including helping operate AV equipment, writing minutes and making presentations
- Assisting with Council's Strategic Planning session and updates to the Strategic Plan Quarterly Report
- Communications projects such as monthly staff newsletter articles, creating my own intranet page and updating this page!
My experiences with Parkland County are teaching me about municipal administration and allowing me to create future career goals. I am grateful for the opportunites that I have had as an intern and I look forward to my future with Parkland County.
If you'd like to know about more about my internship feel free to view my Interim Report for Municipal Affairs available HERE.
Administrative Intern 2007 - 2009
Shannon Sortland
As Parkland County’s Municipal Intern, I worked in various departments completing projects and learning about their various functions to local government. Studying directly under the Chief Administrative Officer I was able to observe and participate in numerous senior level meetings and decision making processes. I developed strong relationships both externally, through a variety of intermunicipal meetings, conferences, and conventions, as well as internally through day to day operations and obtained a broad knowledge of local governments functions, at both operational levels in Planning and Development, Public Works and Finance among others, as well as legislative levels. Some specific examples of projects I worded on were:
- Facilitating Council Orientation
- Researching and consolidating County’s Community Standards Bylaw
- Performing as Deputy Returning Officer for 2007 Municipal Election
As a direct result of my performance in the Municipal Internship Program, I was taken on full-time as Special Projects Coordinator specializing in Intergovernmental and Strategic Affairs with Parkland County. This experience led me to my current position in senior management with Northern Sunrise County – the second wealthiest rural municipality per capita in Alberta.
Parkland County and the Municipal Internship Program set me up for success in the field of local government, and I cherish the experience I had working for a municipality that cared about my future growth and development.
If you want to know more about being an Intern at Parkland County feel free to contact our current Administrative Intern:
Samantha Saretsky
Phone: 780-968-8888 ext 8259
Cell: 780-886-1355
Email: ssaretsky@parklandcounty.com