Council Highlights – July 12, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2022 Council Highlights – July 12, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Greenview College, Trades, and Apprenticeship Scholarships Awarded for 2022 The College, Trades, and Apprenticeship College Program and four (4) year University Program Scholarships provide an opportunity for students enrolled in secondary studies to apply for a scholarship. Council awarded six Trades and Apprenticeships Program Scholarships for a total of $9,000 and ten University four (4) year College Scholarships for a total of $25,000 with funds to [...]
Council Highlights – June 28, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2022 Council Highlights – June 28, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Grande Cache Community Events Foundation Gets Greenview Support for Ridgefest Ridgefest is a large annual community event held outside the Ridge restaurant on the August long weekend, which is also the weekend of the Annual 2022 Death Race in Grande Cache. The Grande Cache Community Events Foundation submitted a sponsorship request in the amount of $5,000.00 for Ridgefest, in collaboration with the Ridge Restaurant and Lounge [...]
Council Highlights – June 14, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2022 Council Highlights – June 14, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Greenview Awards Crack Sealing, Spray Patch, and Line Painting Contract for 2022 Line painting in the Hamlet of Grande Cache is completed through the Operations Department annually and includes crosswalks, stop lines, parking lines and bullnoses and curbs and the parking lot lines at the Tourism Centre, Central Park and the Recreational Centre. In the past, overlays and chip seals were completed on some of the [...]
Council Highlights – May 24, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2022 Council Highlights – May 24, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Junior B Hockey Showcase Coming to Grande Cache The Grande Cache Minor Hockey Association and the Louis Delorme Memorial Committee are two non-profit organizations in the Grande Cache area who are collaborating to host a Junior B hockey showcase at the Recreation Centre in Grande Cache from September 16 to September 18, 2022. This premier event brings eight teams from the Northwest Junior Hockey League [...]
Council Highlights – May 10, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2022 Council Highlights – May 10, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Johnson Park to Get a Playground Council approved the allocation of $150,000.00 for installing a playground at Johnson Park as a part of the 2022 Capital Budget. Administration recommended this playground project as it will increase the level of service at the recreation site, which currently provides both overnight camping and day use. It is anticipated that the playground installation will commence sometime in July. [...]
Council Highlights – April 26, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2022 Council Highlights – April 26, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Greenview Approves 2022 Tax Rate Bylaw 22-907 Council passed the 2022 Operating and Capital Budgets on April 12, 2022, at the regular Council meeting. The 2022 Tax Rate Bylaw provides the authority to levy taxes to support those budgets. The 2022 Tax Rate Bylaw is consistent with Council direction to maintain municipal tax rates at 2021 levels. Council approved the bylaw as presented with a [...]
Council Highlights – April 12, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2022 Council Highlights – April 12, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Range Road 64 Resurfacing Contract Awarded The Range Road 64 resurfacing project is approx. 3 km in total length of regrading for future surfacing. Council awarded the Range Road 64 Regrade Project to Wild West Dirt Works Ltd. for $1,844,713.50 and approved additional funding of $283,767.50 to be transferred from reserves to the RD18008 project with funds to come from the 2022 Road Construction Capital Budget. [...]
Council Highlights – March 22, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 24, 2022 Council Highlights – March 22, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Greenview Announces Fundraiser Recipients for 2022 Annual Sporting Clay Shoot Greenview Council will once again host the popular 2022 Annual Sporting Clay Shoot on Thursday, September 8, 2022. Last year's event raised $50,000, split into five equal donations and distributed to the five food banks that service Greenview residents. Council voted unanimously to select the Fox Creek, Valleyview, DeBolt, Grande Prairie (Grovedale), and Grande Cache food [...]
Council Highlights – March 8, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2022 Council Highlights – March 8, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Greenview Agricultural Services Adds Equipment to Rental Fleet Agricultural Services had added a Fertilizer spreader as an approved capital purchase for the 2022 rental season. This purchase was one of three pieces of equipment slated for replacement in the AG Services rental fleet for 2022. Council approved the purchase of a Salford Fertilizer Spreader from Flaman, Edmonton, Alberta, in the amount of $40,900, with $5,900.00 additional [...]
Council Highlights – February 22, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2022 Council Highlights – February 22, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Greenview Passes Grande Cache Recreation Board Bylaw At the October 26, 2021, Council Meeting, Councillor Didow made a Notice of Motion directing Administration to investigate a Recreation board in Grande Cache. Administration presented a draft bylaw to Council at the February 8, 2022 Council meeting and incorporated their requested minor changes, which were included in the final version for Council approval. Council moved to adopt Bylaw [...]
Council Highlights – February 8, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Council Highlights – February 8, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Greenview Looking at a Staged Approach to Address Creek Stabilization in DeBolt In 2021 Administration was looking to obtain a detailed study on creek bank stabilization in the Hamlet of DeBolt. MPE Engineering Ltd was engaged to prepare the slope stability/stabilization study and provided the completed report on November 30, 2021. The report noted that the creek sloughing within the Hamlet of DeBolt is directly affecting approximately 22 properties [...]
Council Highlights – January 25, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Council Highlights – January 25, 2022 Valleyview, Alberta Greenview to Enter into Agreement with West Yellowhead Regional Waste Management Authority In 2019 it was determined that the Grande Cache Landfill was nearing its capacity, and due to land restraints, Administration has been exploring the conversion of the landfill into a transfer station, but in doing so, Greenview would be required to truck waste to a nearby landfill. Multiple alternatives have been looked at, and this option has [...]
