The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo council recently voted down a hiring freeze, with the votes tallying 6-4. Councillor Lance Bussieres forwarded a motion to put a hiring freeze in place due to the economic downturn that the area has suffered recently. The goal of the motion was to prevent any hiring for full time…
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The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo council welcomed back Colleen Tatum, a year and a half after she attended her last meeting as council member before recently winning the position back in the last election. Tatum said “It absolutely felt surreal a little bit. Not shyness, but surrealness. It took a motion or two and…
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The year long birthday party for the municipality has been canceled by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo council in order to cut expenses. The celebration was intended to honor the 20th anniversary of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, and it was expected to cost around a quarter of a million dollars. With the…
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The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo council will be using a microscope to go over the budget in order to try and identify further areas where savings can be achieved in the near future. The council vote was 5-4 when the motion to examine all of the capital projects in the budget which were more…
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