During a recent M.D. of Taber Council meeting, Administration presented a Request for Decision to Council regarding 2025 Operational Grants for Recreation Boards, Towns and Villages within the M.D. of Taber.

According to the memo, Hamlet Recreation Boards, the Town of Taber, the Town of Vauxhall, and the Village of Barnwell submitted their recreation facility inventory lists in accordance with the Operational Grants for Recreation Boards, Towns and Villages Policy.

Administration’s recommendation was that the M.D. of Taber approve that the 2025 Operational Grants for Recreation Boards, Towns and Villages be distributed in the following amounts to the following communities as per policy:

• Enchant Recreation Board $ 49,026.81

• Hays Recreation Board $ 48,143.00

• Grassy Lake Recreation Board $ 47,537.24

• Town of Taber $209,021.85

• Town of Vauxhall $120,198.61

• Village of Barnwell $ 14,141.01

Administration also additionally recommended that the M.D. of Taber approve the 2025 Recreation Grant amounts to the following communities as per Inter-Municipal Collaboration Framework (ICF) agreements:

• Town of Vauxhall $ 701.39

• Village of Barnwell $ 13,017.99

The memo states that the total Recreation Board funding including ICF allocations comes out to $513,719.38.

Ultimately, Councillor Harris made a motion that the M.D. of Taber approve that the 2025 Operational Grants for Recreation Boards, Towns and Villages be distributed.The motion was ultimately carried.

“As the M.D. of Taber, we recognize that recreation is a very important part for all of our residents and we recognize that our residents are utilizing recreation in the Town of Taber, the Town of Vauxhall, and The Village of Barnwell, and that the recreation boards that are in our hamlets are doing an incredible job volunteering and sustaining recreation and we have great appreciation for that,” said M.D. of Taber Reeve Tamara Miyanaga.

Reeve Miyanaga then made a motion that for the 2026 M.D. of Taber budget, Council review operating grants for Recreation Boards, Towns and Villages policy regarding setting a total amount, Reeve Miyanaga stated that the reasoning for the motion was that Council always sees Recreation come as a lump sum and not as a breakdown. Ultimately, the motion was carried.

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