Residents who want to opt out of St. Albert’s smart water meter program can now do so at nearly half the originally proposed cost.

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Sturgeon County residents are set to pay the same amount of taxes this year as they did the last, but will also get more services in the process.

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Morinville took a proverbial chainsaw to its 2020 budget last week as it cut next year’s capital plan almost in half.

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Delaying work on managing three city-owned contaminated sites by a couple of years will not open St. Albert up to potential fees and fines, according to the city.

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Bankrupt companies have cost Sturgeon County nearly $1 million in lost taxes this year.

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There will be no action to advance construction of Neil Ross Road next year, a road that could alleviate traffic safety and shortcutting concerns in Erin Ridge.

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At least one municipality in the Edmonton area would be interested in using services St. Abert could offer through a city-owned, arms-length utility company.

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St. Albert’s mayor and council took a hard look at their own budgets and salaries during 2020 budget talks to bring the proposed property tax increase down by 0.17 per cent.

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Future house numbers will have to be illuminated in Morinville under a proposed update to the town’s street address law.

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A local aquatics advocate says it is disenchanting to see city council “out of sync” with the wishes of St. Albert residents on expanding pool lane space, after council assigned no dollars in this city budget to adding a new pool to Servus Place.

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