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By Jesse Gill

CITY HALL

Municipal inspection on Medicine Hat presented at council

Jul 22, 2025 | 10:19 AM

A municipal audit of Medicine Hat city hall was presented to the public for the first time at Monday’s council meeting on July 21.

The inspection was requested by council in September 2024 after a months-long leadership crisis sparked by a disagreement between the mayor and chief administrator over procedure and authority.

Then-municipal affairs minister Ric McIver agreed to council’s request and decided to move ahead with the inspection in November after completing an initial preliminary stage that included interviews with members of council and administration.

The report included 70 recommendations for council and also three directives.

One directive is to review the recommendations and report back to the minister.

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The city also must provide access to the 207 page document document on it’s website and make it available upon request.

Respectful workplace training must be completed by the C-A-O, council and some staff.

The presentation, and council discussion on the inspection dominated almost an hour and a half of the meeting.