Medicine Hat city council narrows goals with a year left before next election
Medicine Hat’s city council narrowed down its strategic plan on Monday to a few goals it sees as achievable with a year left before the next municipal election, including an urgent response to social disorder, a south-end recreation complex and several other items.
It didn’t come without concerns raised by Mayor Linnsie Clark, who revealed that she intentionally skipped private council discussions last week when councillors worked the plan down to four broad priorities with several objectives contained within each one.
Clark was worried about the price of completing the updated goals and was concerned over whether business plans would return to council later for approval.
Chief administrator Ann Mitchell confirmed the implementation proposals would come to council in November, acknowledging that, with a year left, it was important for the horseshoe to hear the how council’s vision could be implemented as soon as possible.