Councillors will meet Monday at a new time of 4 p.m. to receive a presentation from the Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society and Tri-Annual Management Report before beginning budget deliberations. Mayor Linnsie Clark speaks in council chambers on Nov. 10.--NEWS PHOTO BRENDAN MILLER
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Following municipal budget and energy production and distribution meetings held Monday evening, city councillors are getting ready to ‘dive into the deep end’ and consider several items on its agenda at the new time of 4 p.m. for public meetings in council chambers.
After receiving a consent agenda for informational purposes, Natasha Carvalho, executive director at the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society, will provide council a presentation on Family Violence Month.
Throughout November purple ribbons can be seen downtown and at several city events, including a Tigers’ (Nov. 8 vs. Wheat Kings) chuck-a-puck event, and the upcoming Midnight Madness, supporting local programming aimed at preventing family violence.
It is expected council will also appoint additional members to the Palliser Economic Partnership Board following a recommendation by city staff.
Councillors will then receive a presentation, for information only, on the Tri-Annual Management Report from corporate services for the period ending Aug. 31.
This report brings together financial results from tax supported municipal services and operates an enterprise business unit offering rate-based utility and energy production activities as well as land developments and real estate.
Following this presentation, councillors will then enter budget deliberations, beginning with a presentation on amendments to 2026 Utility Rates Bylaw. Staff will seek council to approve next year’s utility distribution system’s operating revenue, expenditure budget changes and distribution system capital budget changes, as well as hearing the first reading on the 2026 energy utility rates.
Energy production is slated next as council will receive a presentation by city staff on eclectic generation on natural gas revenues and expenditures.
City staff will be asking council to approve amendments to next year’s electric generation operating revenue and expenditure budget, electric generation capital budget and natural gas production operating revenue and expenditure budget.
To wrap up the public meeting, council will also receive the first, second and third readings of proposed changes to the 2026 Gas Utility Bylaw and Electric Utility Bylaw.
Moving forward public meetings will be held at 4 p.m. in council chambers after the previous council approved a motion to change meeting times from 6:30 p.m.
