MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY - Mountain View County patrol officers travelled nearly 40,000 kilometres on area roadways and issued more than 100 violation tickets in the first three months of 2025.
In his quarterly report to council, Chris Atchison, the county's legislative, community and agricultural services director, outlined recent officer actions and other activities by department staff during a recent Mountain View County council meeting.
Stops conducted during the quarter included speeding over 58 kilometres an hour (km/h) in the Dogpound area, 48 km/h over in Lonepine, 43 km/h over in Rosebud, and 43 km/h over in Netook.
Officers conducted 24 commercial vehicle stops, including 17 for speeding violations, six warnings for speeding, four for documentation violations, one for equipment violation and for six other moving violations.
The neighbourhood of Wessex saw the most patrol stops (more than 25) during the quarter.
“There has been lot of action by our patrol department in the quarter,” said Atchison.
His report also included statistics on fire department calls in the county during the quarter.
There were 75 medical calls, 68 motor vehicle collision calls, 26 gas leak/alarm calls, 15 structure fire calls, and 15 vegetation fire calls. The Sundre area saw the most calls at 62 during the quarter.
Atchison’s report also included statistics on public participation in public campaigns during the quarter, including more than 70 people attending the Ranching Opportunities conference at Olds College.
The communication’s department has been busy with several projects, including in preparation for the October 2025 municipal election, he said.
“This includes assisting with the development of the candidate information package, maintaining a dedicated election web page, launching a campaign to encourage candidacy, promoting Rural Municipalities of Alberta informational videos, encouraging residents to register to vote, and beginning recruitment of election workers,” he said.
Department efforts will be continuing to support awareness, engagement and accessibility as the election approaches, he said.
The May 7 council meeting also saw Margaretha Bloem, director of planning and development, present her quarterly report to council.
Steering committee work is continuing on the Sundre Airport concept plan, with a virtual open house planned for May 14 and an in-person open house planned for May 26 at the Royal Canadian Legion in Sundre, she said.
“Public engagement will share the draft concept plan and maps as well as the proposed land use bylaw amendments to the aerodrome regulations and airport district,” she said.
Steering committee work is also continuing on the Bergen area structure plan review, she said.
“In person community engagement at the Bergen Hall has been scheduled for June 4, with pre-recorded content and materials available on the website and a summary of relevant area structure plan questions and answers from the open house made available online for those who could not attend.”
Operational services, corporate services and CAO services quarterly reports were also presented during the meeting, with all reports received as information with no further action to be taken.
