The Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties and the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association set up the AAMD&C/ AUMA Rural/Urban Cost-Sharing Task Force in October 2002 with the following mandate:

• Identify issues and concerns relating to the funding of urban services, which are or may be beneficial to rural residents.
• Identify issues and concerns relating to the funding of rural services, which are or may be beneficial to urban residents.
• Identify principles and guidelines for evaluating the conditions under which cost-sharing of these services is appropriate and for determining an appropriate local cost-share formula based upon these conditions.
• Identify examples of the best methods of bringing parties together and negotiating the joint municipal agreements.
• Identify tools and examples that would assist municipalities with formation of agreements.
• Prepare a communication plan for the Associations to use to market the tools and examples.
• Prepare appropriate survey tools for communication with municipalities and establishing a base of information and issues.

The Task Force delivered their report Cost-sharing for Success: A Pro-active Approach in March 2004. An implementation committee was created to further develop the Task Force recommendations, for presentation to the memberships of the AAMD&C and AUMA at their respective fall Conventions.

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