Welcome to the Municipal Excellence Network!
2010 Minister’s Awards for Municipal Excellence
The Honourable Hector Goudreau, Minister of Municipal Affairs, is pleased to announce the ninth annual Minister’s Awards for Municipal Excellence, which formally recognize local government excellence and promote knowledge sharing among municipalities. These awards offer an opportunity to recognize the truly great work being done by local governments in Alberta.An independent review committee, comprised of representatives from various municipal associations, will recommend award recipients in four categories:
· Innovation Award – recognizes a leading practice embodying the first use of an idea in a municipal context in Alberta;
· Partnership Award – recognizes a leading municipal practice involving consultation, co-ordination, and co-operation with other municipalities, jurisdictions, or organizations;
· Safe Communities Award – recognizes a leading practice that promotes or improves public safety in municipalities; and
· Smaller Municipalities Award – recognizes the innovative practices developed by communities with less than 2,500 residents.
Click on the appropriate submission form for the category of your choice. Complete the submission form and the Practice Collection Form and submit both to menet@gov.ab.ca by June 25, 2010.
Awards will be given out at the fall conventions of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties and the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association.
The Municipal Excellence Network is an initiative developed through the collaborative efforts of Alberta municipalities, municipal associations, and Alberta Municipal Affairs. These partners are working together to provide an online resource tool that features a searchable collection of leading municipal practices from around the province. The MEnet website is currently undergoing a redevelopment. The site will launch in the near future. Please watch this page for further updates.
2010 Minister's Awards for Municipal Excellence Forms:
Safe Communities Submission Form
Smaller Municipalities Submission Form
If you have any questions regarding the Minister’s Awards for Municipal Excellence or the Municipal Excellence Network, please direct them to the Municipal Excellence Team, toll-free at 310-0000, then 780-427-2225 or by email at menet@gov.ab.ca.
Sincerely,
The Municipal Excellence Team
- City of Airdrie - Anti-vandalism Committee Honourable Mention - Safe Communities
- City of Airdrie - Airdrie NOWTV
- City of Airdrie - Youth Strategy
- City of Airdrie - 3P to Improve Service and Increase Waste Diversion
- City of Calgary - AbWarns
- City of Calgary - Calgaryinfrastructure.ca Honourable Mention - Innovation
- City of Edmonton -Oil & Gas Facilities Policy & Implementation Plan
- City of Edmonton - Centre for Public Involvement
- City of Edmonton - Neighbourhood Renewal
- City of Edmonton - Streets As A Venue
- City of Edmonton - Public Safety Compliance Team
- City of Fort Saskatchewan - Sewer Rehabilitiation Program
- City of Grande Prairie - FCSS - YC2 Speaker's Corner
- City of Grande Prairie - Regional Emergency Response Plan
- City of Lethbridge - The Living Home Winner of Partnership Award
- City of Lethbridge - Disability Partnership Board
- City of Medicine Hat - CRANE
- City of Medicine Hat - 911 Centre of Excellence
- Municipality of Jasper - Community Dinners
- Municipality of Jasper - The Skinny
- Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo - Population Determination Methodology
- Athabasca County - Rural High Speed Internet Winner of Innovation Award
- Brazeau County - 100 KM Kitchen Party
- Clearwater County - May Long Weekend Task Force Winner of Safe Communities Award
- Clearwater County - Australian Partnership
- County of Grande Prairie - Clairmont Community School & Wellington Resource Centre Honourable Mention - Partnership
- County of Grande Prairie - Risk Assessment
- County of Lethbridge - Procedure to use GIS to Analyse Mass Carcass Burial Site Selection
- County of Vermilion River - Vermilion River Regional Alliance
- County of Wetaskiwin - Call2Order
- Lac Ste. Anne County - ATV Safety Training
- Mountain View County with Carstairs, Didsbury, Olds, Sundre and Cremona - * Outstanding Achievement Award *
- M.D. of Big Lakes - Access for All
- M.D. of Opportunity - Municipal Medical Services
- M.D. of Willow Creek - Joint Facility with Stavely
- Sturgeon County - AEMA Mobile Command Centre
- Town of Beaumont - Out and About - Community Consultation
- Town of Drayton Valley - Bio Mile
- Town of Drumheller - Drumheller Partners with Federal Penitentiary
- Town of High Prairie - Parents Centre
- Town of Taber - Simple as Dirt
- Summer Villages Shared Services Winner of Smaller Municipalities Award
Practices from the 2008 Minister’s Awards for Municipal Excellence
- City of Calgary - Centre City Congress
- City of Calgary - Clean to the Core
- City of Calgary - Establishing the imagineCALGARY Partnership
- City of Calgary - Municipal Census Application
- City of Calgary - Sustainable Building Policy and Program
- City of Calgary - The Urban Alliance
- City of Calgary - Think Responsibly, Animal & Bylaw Services
- City of Calgary - Using Customer Information for Best Results
- City of Edmonton - Planning Academy
- City of Grande Prairie - Municipal Government Day
- City of Leduc - Attainable Housing Partnership.pdf
- City of Medicine Hat - Emergency Dispatch Protocol Accreditation
- City of Spruce Grove - West District Park
- Flagstaff County - Community Resource Officer
- Lac La Biche County - Riparian Setback Matrix Model
- Northern Sunrise County - Peace Oilsands Synergy Group
- Parkland County - Gravel Peace Officer
- Parkland County - Off Highway Vehicle Education Program
- Part Nine Partnership - Bonnyville and District Leisure Facility Corporation
- Strathcona County - Centre in the Park, Public-Private Partnership
- Strathcona County - Get with the Green Routine
- Town of Canmore - Sustainability Screening Report (SSR) Process
- Town of Edson - Annual Community Report
- Town of Hardisty - Innovation and Community Governance
- Town of Innisfail - Welcoming Communities Pilot Project
- Town of Penhold - Community Action Group
- Village of Marwayne - Community Safety Strategy, Community Walk About
- Village of Nobleford - Subdivision Development
- Village of Nobleford - Water Supply Partnership, NBC
- Villages of Irma, Chauvin, Edgerton - ICE Villages Group
- Woodlands County, Town of Whitecourt - Inter-Municipal Cost Sharing Agreement








