APRIL TOWN TIDBITS

Please note that you are receiving the Town Tidbits in advance of your utility bill. Your utility bill will follow at a later date in a separate email.

RECYCLING CHANGES START APRIL 1

Starting April 1, 2025, Alberta’s new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Regulation shifts recycling costs from taxpayers to producers. This means the Town of Wainwright will no longer be responsible for curbside recycling—Circular Materials will oversee the program on behalf of the province.



When utility bills come out in May you will notice that you are no longer being charged for blue bag recycling. As of April 1, the provincial EPR program covers this cost.

Wainwright’s local recycling contact is Empringham Disposal, which can be reached at 403-392-3870 or rio@empringhamdisposal.com



Further details available at circularmaterials.ca/wainwright

1ST AVENUE CONSTRUCTION NOTICE

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Town of Wainwright audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 are now available.

2025 PROPERTY INSPECTIONS

This notice is to inform Town of Wainwright ratepayers that re-inspection of properties for assessment purposes will commence May 1, 2025.

Inspections will be done by Wainwright Assessment Group Ltd. and will be completed around the end of December 2025.

Assessors will be on site and show I.D. when occupants are present and leave notes in doors and proceed with an exterior inspection when no one is at the property.

RECYCLING ROUNDUP IS MAY 3

The annual Hazardous and Special Products Collection Event is occurring on Saturday, May 3 from 10am to 2pm at the Wainwright Landfill, 1201 - 4 Avenue South.

If possible, please bring your products in their original containers with an intact label, tightly sealed and not mixed with other products. Products not in original containers will not be refused.

ELECTION NOMINATION PERIOD

The nomination period for the 2025 general election began on January 1, 2025, and will run until 12:00 p.m. on nomination day: Monday, September 22, 2025.

Candidate Eligibility

A person may be nominated in any election under Section 21 of the Local Authorities Election Act if the person:

• is eligible to vote in the election;
• has resided in the municipality for six consecutive months immediately preceding nomination day; and
• is not otherwise ineligible.

Submitting your Nomination Form

Candidates who seek nomination for office must bring into the Town Office (1018 - 2 Avenue) the following:

• Notice of Intent to Run - If not already submitted
• Form 4 - Nomination Paper and Candidate's Acceptance - Completed, along with a minimum of five elector signatures. These electors must be residents of the local jurisdiction on the date they signed the form and must be eligible to vote in the election
• Form 5 - Candidate Information
• $100.00 Nomination Deposit in the form of cash, cheque, debit card or credit card as required by Bylaw 2024-13
• Criminal Record Check - dated no more than six months from the date in which a candidate's nomination form is submitted as required by Bylaw 2024-13

DOWNTOWN VACANT SPACES INCENTIVE

The Downtown Vacant Spaces Incentive is a limited pilot program designed to provide up to $2,500.00 in start-up costs for entrepreneurs to activate vacant street-level commercial spaces in the C1 - Commercial Central District.

The incentive is available to businesses that take occupance of a commercial space that has been vacant for at least three (3) months.

Funding to a maximum of $2,500.00 per successful application may be used to cover 50% of eligible startup costs.

To find out more, please contact Economic Development Officer Carley Herbert or visit wainwright.ca.

EASTER HOURS

EMAIL ADDRESS NEEDED

We encourage residents to go paperless! If you are still getting your utility bill in the mail (or if you use online banking or auto pay and get a copy in the mail) please contact the Town Office at 780-842-3381 or email utilities@wainwright.ca to provide your email address.

While every effort is made to ensure the currency, accuracy and completeness of the information provided, the Town of Wainwright is not liable for any loss, claim or demand arising directly or indirectly from any use or reliance upon the information provided.