Council Highlights March 17, 2025

This summary provides a brief overview of City Council meetings and does not reflect all discussion and debate. For full details, download the agenda package or watch the full meeting on the City of Medicine Hat’s YouTube channel .

Item 9.2 Senior Leadership Expenses, and Item 9.3 Request for Status Report – Overnight Shelter were postponed to the April 7 meeting.

Under Councillor Announcements:

• Councillor Knodel offered congratulations to Councillor Dumanowski who was recently selected as the recipient of the 2025 Excellence in Catholic Education Award. This prestigious award celebrates individuals who make an outstanding contribution to Catholic education.
• Councillor Robins congratulated the U13 Wildcats, a local girls hockey team that became league champions on the weekend and will now compete in provincials.

City Council received the following items into the corporate record: 

• Corporate Services Committee Meeting Minutes of February 27, 2025
• Development and Infrastructure Committee Meeting Minutes of March 6, 2025

City Council received the following items for information: 

• Police Commission Meeting Minutes of January 15, 2025
• 2024 Supply Chain Annual Report
• Corporate Services Committee Action Items of February 27, 2025
• Development and Infrastructure Committee Action Items of March 6, 2025

Under New Business:

• Following a verbal update from Selena McLean-Moore, City Council approved a motion directing administration to prepare a bylaw to amend Bylaw 4667 to allow for a multi-year tax incentive program for multiple unit housing projects in the city. The amending bylaw will be brought to Council for consideration in Q2 2025.
• City Council approved a motion directing Administration to develop a non-profit operating grant program, leveraging the efficiencies, knowledge and experience gained in the creation of the non-profit capital grant program, and come back to Council with options.

Councillor Sharps gave notice of the following motions (in absentia):

• I recommend that council direct administration to identify alternative suppliers to Amazon and all U.S.-based vendors, and where feasible and consistent with applicable trade agreements, prioritize local suppliers. Additionally, I propose that council direct administration to provide a report back on the increase in local spending.
• Council directs administration to prepare HR metrics similar to those published by the City of Calgary and other municipalities on our city website under the Human Resources section. This should include data such as the total number of employees (onsite and remote), contractors, consultants, voluntary terminations, involuntary terminations, safety stats such as WCB lost time, short-term disability and long-term disability statistics. The website amendments should be completed by April 30th, 2025, as these are all currently tracked statistics.
• I move that administration be directed to provide a line-item report on a quarterly basis, coinciding with the audit report, that includes the following information:1. A cumulative summary of all severance agreements. 2. Details of any bonuses awarded during the reporting period.

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