News Releases

Parkland County Council has approved three motions that will serve the Acheson business community with enhanced transit service.

Transit service in Parkland County is now a permanent, core service – cementing Parkland County as a regional transit partner in both the Tri-municipal and Edmonton Metropolitan regions. Existing and future businesses can count on the availability of transit service for employees now and in the future.

To support existing businesses and help...
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At the May 8 Parkland County Council meeting held in Entwistle, Council approved the preliminary design and project funding model for the Entwistle Pool and Community Hub.

The capital cost for the project is $9,300,000, with Administration directed to actively seek out opportunities for sponsorships, grant funding and cost share opportunities to reduce the funding required for the project.

Once the borrowing bylaw process, detailed design and construction plans are completed, the...
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Parkland County Council has passed the 2018 Tax Rate Bylaw, which included a 3.02% increase in total property taxes for the average resident.

Included in this increase are the education taxes collected on behalf of the Province. The Provincial Education Requisition for Parkland County’s residential homeowner has increased by 1.97% over 2017; non-residential has increased by 2.66%.

Property taxes are calculated based on assessment values, which means properties throughout the...
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Parkland County has not received funding in the provincial budget for crucial infrastructure investments to help offset the financial impacts of the accelerated phase out of coal-fired generation.

“While our infrastructure investments are currently unfunded, we are hopeful the Province will recognize the urgency behind these investment needs,” said Mayor Rod Shaigec. “With each passing day, we are losing more and more economic opportunity as our community...
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Soon after the Government of Alberta introduced the Climate Leadership Plan in 2015, a plan which includes the accelerated phase out of coal-fired power generation, Parkland County began taking proactive measures to assess the fiscal and social impacts the policy decision will have on the municipality and its residents and business community. Nine of the eighteen coal-fired power generating stations in Alberta are located in Parkland County. 

Within one year of the decision...
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