Councillor Siegbert Gail was absent for the meeting.

Draft Budget Policy
Interim Chief Administrative Officer Kevin Robins asked Council to allow Administration to hold over the Three Year Budget Policy which was presented to the Policy Committee, in order to allow Administration time to review Lethbridge’s three year budget policy and determine if the proposed budget policy is in sync with Council expectations and best practice.
Robins identified target dates for review of the policy.
He said Administration would present a revised version of the policy at a special meeting on Wednesday, August 17th, before bringing forward the policy for review and recommendation to Council for approval at the August 23rd Governance and Priorities Committee meeting.
The policy will then be presented for Council approval at the August 30th meeting.
He said he then plans to set up a work shop from August 16th to 30th with Lethbridge’s Director of Corporate Services Corey Wight, regarding the city’s budgeting process.
Following that, Robins said they would also be looking for Council to set direction relative to the Strategic Plan from August 16th to 30th.
Administration will be asking for a copy of the Strategic Plan, and will then enter into discussions with Council and Administration regarding corporate direction, including assessment, requisitions, municipal debt, reserves, operational requirements and capital replacement suggestions.
Administration will then send out a budget notice advising all authorities, associations and community groups which receive funding from the municipality, asking them to present their own three year budgets.
After that, Administration will set a schedule to meet with organizations such as the Pass Pool, Pass PowderKeg Ski Hill, Crowsnest Library Board, Bellevue Underground Mine, Crowsnest Museum, Allied Arts Association, and SPCA which are also funded by the Municipality, in order to review their status within the Strategic Plan, as well as budget presentations.
From September 1st to October 15th, Administration will begin preparing a draft budget – for both the three year operational and ten year capital budgets - for review by the Budget Committee.
Council and Administration will then begin budget discussions through special public meetings separate from regular Council meetings, beginning on October 31st.
The meetings will continue on November 2nd, 7th, and 9th, with final deliberations on November 14th, and they will be held in a venue other than Council Chambers, in order to provide sufficient space for members of the public to attend.
The final budget will then be presented for approval by Council on December 6th, where it will be approved in principle.
Final approval of the 2012 Operational and Capital Budget and Approval in Principle of the 2013-14 Operational and Ten Year Capital Budgets will occur when mill rates are set.

Hwy 3 Parking
At the July 5th Council meeting, Councillor Emile Saindon asked Administration to seek further input and direction regarding the no parking signs which were recently installed on the south side of Hwy 3 in Frank.
He noted that on the north side of the road, signage reads “no parking over one tonne”, but there is no parking at all allowed on the south side.
He added that there are also issues with highway parking in Coleman, where many residents have no reasonable back lane access to their properties, and therefore must park on the highway.
He also noted that several semi trucks utilize parking on the boulevard near the motels and commercial businesses in Coleman.