Town of Bonnyville Special Council Highlights: Sept. 18, 25, 26

COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

TOWN OF BONNYVILLE

SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS

Sept. 18, 25 & 26

DELEGATIONS: Local community groups have presented their 2024 Funding Requests to Council during Special Council Meetings in September. 

During the Sept. 18 Special Council Meeting, the Bonnyville Curling Club requested $30,000, Bonnyville Friendship Centre asked for $35,400, Bonnyville Municipal Library requested $140,723, Riverland Recreational Trail Society request was $1,932, and the Clayton Bellamy Foundation for the Arts requested $50,000. 

The Sept. 25 Special Council Meeting saw 4 Wing Cold Lake requesting $25,000, Bonnyville Health Foundation’s ask came in at $6,500, Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs requested $17,600, Community Futures Lakeland requested roughly $20,900, Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern Alberta requested $9,000, Stepping Stones Crisis Society had a first time ask of $550,000, a $12,000 request came from the Bonnyville Amateur Football Association, the Bonnyville Historical Society requested $30,000, and the Bonnyville Primary Care Network requested $75,000. 

The last Special Council Meeting on Sept. 26 had requests from the Aurora Visual Arts for $2,700, Bonnyville Ag Society at $20,000, Bonnyville and District SPCA $50,480, Bonnyville Gear Grabbers $6,500, $4,000 from Lakeland Female Athletic Development Camp, and Bonnyville and District Centennial Centre at $1,368,598. 

BRIEFLY: The Municipal Planning Committee approved a development permit for a Meat Packing Facility at 5210 55 Street.