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• Regular Council meeting9 November 2026

  Council was to hold a public hearing on closing an unused road near 60 Avenue, reconsider the Parkland Regional Library 2027 budget, review third-quarter finances and award a safety codes services contract.

  • Public hearing on closing an unused road east of 60 Avenue
  • Council to consider a 10.61% increase in the Town's regional library payment for 2027
  • Council to consider sending road closure bylaw near 60 Avenue to the province
  • Council to consider a three-year safety codes inspection contract with Superior Safety Codes Inc
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• Regular Council meeting26 October 2026

  Council was set to review the 2027 Parkland Regional Library budget, a new three-year natural gas contract, future capital reserve funding, a committee governance review, and two land matters in the SW Industrial Park and a municipal reserve near Waskasoo Creek.

  • Council to consider library system budget raising Town's cost to $88,234.25
  • Council to consider a three-year natural gas contract capped at $3.10 per gigajoule
  • Council to review plan to add $200,000 more each year to capital savings
  • Council to hear about leasing part of reserve land by Waskasoo Creek
  • Council to consider splitting an industrial lot into three lots for sale
  Minutes not posted yet
• Regular Council meeting13 October 2026

  Council appointed Sean Durkin as the new Chief Administrative Officer, awarded a contract to replace the Town phone system, moved two road closure bylaws forward, and gave direction on the council disclosure bylaw.

  • Council appointed Sean Durkin as the Town's new Chief Administrative Officer, starting November 16, 2026
  • Council kept its councillor disclosure bylaw and asked staff for options to revise it
  • Council chose Bell's Zoom Phone to replace the Town phone system, at an estimated $100,128 over five years
  • Council sent a bylaw closing an unused street north of 59th Street to the province for review
  • Public hearing set for November 9, 2026 on closing an unused industrial street
  12 passed1 hearing set1 defeated
• Regular Council meeting28 September 2026

  Council passed new Cemetery and Vehicle for Hire bylaws, renamed the Town's post-secondary scholarship after the late Councillor Don Harrison, accepted second-quarter financial results and heard from the regional economic development group D.R.I.V.E.

  • Council renamed the Town scholarship after Don Harrison and opened it to home-schooled students
  • Council passed a new Cemetery Bylaw with clearer rules for plots and monuments
  • Council passed a new Vehicle for Hire Bylaw with separate driver and vehicle licences
  • Council accepted second-quarter results showing the Town within its 2026 budget
  10 passed
• Regular Council meeting14 September 2026

  Council approved a larger lease area for a telecommunications tower site, gave first reading to a bylaw closing an unused street and set a public hearing for it, and approved a fix to the Town's safety codes inspection system.

  • Council approved a larger telecom tower lease at 4807 52 Avenue
  • Public hearing set for October 13, 2026 on closing an unused street near 59th Street
  6 passed1 hearing set
• Regular Council meeting24 August 2026

  Council started a six-month trial of one Agenda and Priorities meeting per month, approved a playground zone on 52 Avenue, set November 17, 18 and 19, 2026 for 2027 budget talks, and agreed to join a regional recreation study with Red Deer County.

  • Council tries one committee meeting a month instead of two for six months
  • School zone on 52 Avenue to become a playground zone in 2026
  • Council sets November 17, 18 & 19, 2026 for 2027 budget talks
  • Innisfail joins Red Deer County bid for a regional recreation facility study
  9 passed