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• City Council meeting10 November 2026

  Red Deer City Council was set to consider key planning elements for the Westerner Exposition Association's long-term plan, a proposed $5 million transfer from a landfill reserve, a revised volunteer recognition policy, and an information report on the 2027 operating budget book.

  • Residents can comment on the 2027 operating budget until November 13, 2026, before Council debates it on November 23
  • Council to consider what the Westerner Exposition Association's long-term plan for Westerner Park must include
  • Council to consider moving $5 million from the landfill reserve to the Capital Projects Reserve
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• Organizational meeting27 October 2026

  Red Deer City Council's yearly organizational meeting covers citizen appointments to boards and committees, the 2027 council meeting schedule (including earlier start times), the 2027 Deputy Mayor rotation, and an updated policy for how citizen members are chosen.

  • Council to consider appointing residents to fill 37 committee and board vacancies
  • Council to consider moving public hearings to 3:00 p.m. and meetings to 9:30 a.m. in 2027
  Minutes not posted yet
• City Council meeting27 October 2026

  Red Deer City Council was set to consider 2027 electricity rates, long-term borrowing for 2027 capital projects, a winter expansion of the Cannery Row emergency shelter, several rezonings, a move away from newspaper public notices, and updated financial policies.

  • Council to consider rezoning land on 52 Avenue in Kingsgate for narrow-lot homes
  • Council to consider borrowing up to $5,407,155 for four 2027 projects
  • Council to decide on 75 extra winter beds at the Cannery Row emergency shelter
  • Council to consider final approval of medium-density rezoning in Evergreen
  • Council to consider 2027 electricity rates, including a $0.20 monthly charge increase for some customers
  Minutes not posted yet
• City Council meeting13 October 2026

  Council approved the 2027 capital budget, set up a city-owned electric utility corporation, passed new committee and zoning rules, gave first reading to $25.3 million in water and wastewater borrowing, and defeated a parking change for subsidized housing.

  • Council accepted $9,890,380 in federal funding to replace transit buses over 10 years
  • Council approved the 2027 capital budget and pushed the 67 Street and Taylor Drive roundabout to 2028
  • Council passed a new bylaw setting rules for council committees
  • Council passed a package of zoning rule updates after a public hearing
  • Council voted down parking reductions for subsidized housing and temporary care facilities
  12 passed1 defeated
• City Council meeting29 September 2026

  Council approved the 2027 utilities budget, approved the 2026 capital cash flow budget, gave first reading to an Evergreen rezoning, and passed two zoning bylaw changes after public hearings, including a digital sign exception at 4840 51 Street.

  • Council approved the 2027 budget for electric, water, wastewater and waste utilities
  • Council gave first reading to a medium-density rezoning in Evergreen
  • Council approved a 2026 capital cash flow budget of $137,682,660
  • Council passed a bylaw clarifying how zoning map boundaries are read
  • Council approved a digital sign exception at 4840 51 Street, 7 to 2
  8 passed
• City Council meeting15 September 2026

  Council mainly dealt with housing, approving how to spend $3,128,682.08 in federal housing money and giving first reading to new parking rules for subsidized housing, along with zoning and committee bylaw changes and closed-door legal, financial and land matters.

  • Council to debate the proposed 2027 utility operating budget on September 29, 2026
  • Council gave first reading to a set of clean-up changes to the Zoning Bylaw
  • Council approved spending $3,128,682.08 in federal housing money, mostly on supportive housing
  • Council gave first reading to rules allowing up to 70% less parking for subsidized housing
  6 passed2 withdrawn
• City Council meeting1 September 2026

  Red Deer City Council raised the fee its water, wastewater and electric utilities pay for using City land, held three zoning public hearings, and approved several reports, including a federal youth crime prevention grant.

  • Council accepted $1,279,305.67 in federal funding for youth gun and gang violence prevention
  • Council raised the utility land-use fee to 20% for water, wastewater and electric
  • Council rezoned 4745 & 4749 32 St. from commercial to medium-density residential
  • Council turned down a cannabis store zoning exception at 2120 - 90 Thornburn Ave.
  • Council rezoned part of 2049 22 Street for narrow-lot single-family homes
  15 passed1 defeated