Municipal Council

The two new stations will be Level 3 and able to charge up to four electric vehicles at once. Jasper currently has 11 EV charging stations.

“The church is happy to be able to offer these [lands] and glad that they’re going to be able to be used.”

Jasper currently has 11 EV charging stations, including eight Tesla Level 3 chargers and three Level 2 charging stations on the east end of town.

Since August, Parks Canada has issued 123 development permits and 34 building permits. Only 41 per cent of permit applications received since August are complete and conforming.

Moving traffic violations, which are currently only enforced by Jasper RCMP, include speeding and failing to stop at a crosswalk.

Should council support this change in service level, the municipality would submit a traffic safety plan, approved by the Jasper RCMP detachment, to the Alberta solicitor general's office.

First and second reading for the tax rate bylaw were given last week, but council failed to achieve unanimous consent to give third reading, meaning a special meeting had to be called this week so tax notices could be sent out as soon as possible.

Mayor Richard Ireland emphasized that if the Province had not promised to provide financial stabilization funding, council would have been forced to review and likely amend the budget.

This option will generate a $800,000 surplus with a third going to the recreation centre reserve, a third to a tax rate stabilization reserve and the final third to asset management. These allocations got unanimous support.

Earlier this year, the Alberta government pledged $2 million toward developing the regional transit service to help workers and displaced residents commute between Jasper and Hinton.