Government to Government: AUMA Executive meets with Ministers
AUMA’s Executive Committee meets regularly with Ministers to discuss the breadth of issues that impact municipalities. The Executive Committee consists of the President and elected Directors representing Calgary, Edmonton, Cities up to 500,000, Towns, Villages and Summer Villages.
Below is the current 2010 schedule with AUMA presentations linked where meetings have taken place:
To be scheduled: - Aboriginal Relations
- Culture and Community Spirit
- Education
- Energy
- Finance and Enterprise
- Housing and Urban Affairs
- Justice and Attorney General
- Sustainable Resource Development
- Tourism, Parks and Recreation
- Transportation
| | AUMA to meet with Rural Caucus
AUMA is pleased to accept an invitation to a meeting with the Government Rural Caucus March 11, 2010.
Bill 203 Franchise Fees
AUMA urges MLAs to review the municipal perspective on this legislative change. Municipal concerns with Bill 203 go beyond a lack of prior consultation, as outlined in the last issue of the LINK. To view AUMA’s concerns, click here.
Grants: Allocation vs. Application
In meetings with Cabinet members over the past two years, AUMA has been advocating the benefits of outcome-based grants rather than application-based grants. | |  Environment Minister Rob Renner announces funding for the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC), Feb. 11 during AUMA Mayors' Caucuses in Edmonton. The MCCAC will be showcased in AUMA’s new building, Alberta Municipal Place, in southeast Edmonton. | Alberta's current system of 77 municipal application-based grants is characterized by an ad hoc, inefficient, and time-consuming process, which often means that the municipality that submits the best written grant secures the funding. For smaller municipalities, this process can be a significant and unfair challenge.
In contrast, an allocation or outcome-based system would be in sync with the economy and would foster funding certainty, and, in turn, better municipal planning. Including performance measures would mean better accountability and would level the playing field for all municipalities. Funding would flow, and would be seen to flow, toward the projects in the best interests of all Albertans. Outcome based grants are a win for both municipalities and the provincial government.
This doesn't mean AUMA supports reducing grant funding but we believe in a more efficient and effective process that is truly a government to government transfer.
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