What is important to know about the facilities and services that municipalities must provide, and those that they have choices in providing?
The Municipal Government Act (MGA) requires municipalities to provide a council, chief administrative officer, disaster services, a land use bylaw, and property tax and assessment notices. Many other facilities and services are choices that each municipality can make. For example, a municipality is not required to provide a fire department or ambulance service. If a municipality decides to provide certain services, there may be conditions imposed to meet safety requirements. For example, if a municipality provides municipal water, then it must meet certain drinking water standards. Or if a municipality decides to build a road, it does not have to be built with curbs, gutters, sidewalks or lights, unless the municipality chooses to provide these. The MGA can be accessed at http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/am_acts_&_regulations.cfm.
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