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City Council voted to start its meetings an hour earlier in an effort to better balance work schedules with their commitments as elected officials.

At its May 12 regular meeting, City Council voted to set the 2026 municipal tax rates, resulting in an average residential municipal property tax increase of 2.48 per cent.

Due to ice still present in the marina, we will be unable to open on Friday, May 15, 2026, as initially planned.

Safety and security concerns brought forward by a slip holder at the marina prompted Council’s Corporate Priorities Committee to explore possible measures that could mitigate the issues identified.

Cold Lake Council approved the City’s third grant to incentivize the creation of childcare spaces, with a total of over 170 new childcare spaces having been created in the community since the incentive program was launched.

Cold Lake City Council revisited its Multiunit Rental Housing Incentive in an effort to help spur the development of purpose-built rentals in the community.

Cold Lake Council voted to establish a program that will incentivize the creation of new serviced lots that are available for the development of residential dwellings.

Proposed changes to recreational user fees are still being discussed by council. As part of the changes, an increase of two per cent to general recreation fees, and five per cent to Marina fees, would be considered in order to maintain affordable and accessible recreation opportunities, ensure fairness and consistency across user groups, and bring certain fees closer to regional market rates.

Building code requirements can depend on established fire service response times, which may mean the building codes in Cold Lake could change for certain neighborhoods depending on and how fast Cold Lake Fire-Rescue is able to respond, given specified zoning designations.

Residents in Cold Lake can expect the provincial portion of their property tax bill to increase significantly as the Government of Alberta has made another large increase to the education requisition.