COVID-19 advisories
Municipal Affairs compiles new advisories every 2 weeks or as required for municipalities as it relates to the COVID-19 outbreak.
July
July 31, 2020 Issue (PDF, 431 KB)
- Grant funding, beaches, recreation areas, public health orders, rules for concerts, business supports
July 17, 2020 Issue (PDF, 407 KB)
- Time extensions, mask distribution, public gatherings, public health orders, COVID status updates
July 3, 2020 Issue (PDF, 323 KB)
- Enforcement of public health orders by community peace officers, recovery plan, municipal infrastructure, small and medium enterprise relaunch grant, statistical reporting, emergency management training requirements
June
June 19, 2020 Issue (PDF, 330 KB)
- Provincial relaunch strategy, social distancing, public health orders, federal order, pandemic state of local emergency, taxis, limos and rideshares
June 12, 2020 Issue (PDF, 462 KB)
- Relaunch, pandemic planning, public health emergency, public health orders, council meetings, telephone town halls, financial stimulus, support for municipalities
May
May 29, 2020 Issue (PDF, 244 KB)
- Electronic meetings, council meetings, policing costs, tax notices, face masks online publishing, municipal playgrounds
May 15, 2020 Issue (PDF, 262 KB)
- Emergency Management Act amendment, state of local emergency, recreational camping in provincial parks, economic relaunch, resources for businesses, restrictions for municipalities in Stage 1 of relaunch
May 8, 2020 Issue (PDF, 540 KB)
- Economic relaunch, municipal facilities opening/closure, boat launches, campgrounds, golf courses, Municipal Sustainability Initiative, shovel-ready projects, road blockades, leave for elected officials and supports for elected officials
May 1, 2020 Issue (PDF, 412 KB)
- Education property tax deferrals, procurement and shovel-ready projects, recreational camping, use of recreational properties, provincial and federal government supports for municipalities, enforcement of health orders
April
April 24, 2020 issue (PDF, 605 KB)
- Clarifications on time extensions, planning and development appeal timelines, assessment and taxation-related timelines, municipal enforcement of Public Health Act orders, education property tax deferrals, petitions
April 17, 2020 issue (PDF, 608 KB)
- Property tax deferrals, state of emergency (provincial) clarification, municipal cash flow, utility payments deferrals, shovel-ready projects
April 9, 2020 issue (PDF, 332 KB)
- Planning and development time extensions, more clarifications on public meeting procedures, state of local emergency
April 3, 2020 issue (PDF, 445 KB)
- Municipal cash flow assistance, tax deferral initiatives, school/education requisitions, deficits and debt limits, clarifications on time extensions, assessment notices, assessment hearings, tax recovery and development appeals
March
March 27, 2020 issue (PDF, 305 KB)
- New meeting procedures, council meetings, time extensions for legislated dates and timelines, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks and intermunicipal development plans
March 20, 2020 issue (PDF, 92 KB)
- Business continuity, facility closures, council meetings, electronic meetings, public hearings and tax recovery
For more information, visit COVID-19 info for Albertans.
Pandemic response planning
The Pandemic Response Planning guide was developed to supplement municipal emergency and business continuity plans by providing support and assistance in a municipality’s post-pandemic recovery as well as any future pandemic planning.