Cypress County councillor Robin Kurpjuweit, seen here in a May 2019 file photo, has joined the board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, it was announced this week.--NEWS FILE PHOTO
Cypress County councillor Robin Kurpjuweit has joined the board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities representing rural members in the Alberta caucus of the national lobbying group.
It represents 2,000 local governments from across the country in lobbying Ottawa, and provides a suite of services as well as some grants and program delivery from federal ministries.
“FCM’s work benefits every municipal government and taxpayer in Canada,” said Kurpjuweit, who represents Ward 4 (Longfellow area) in Cypress County, in a release. “Their programming delivers tools that help municipalities tackle local challenges. I am proud to be representing rural Alberta in this forum.”
He joins other Alberta representatives on FCM’s board Taneen Rudyk (Vegreville), also the FCM’s first vice-president, large city council members Bev Esslinger (Edmonton) and Evan Wooley (Calgary), Make Yargeau (of Penhold), Barry Morishita (mayor of Brooks) head of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association and Paul McLauchlin, head of Rural Municipalities of Alberta.
