Your View
Rocky View County Council approved the 2024 Operating and Capital Base Budget on November 29, 2023.
Thank you for all residents and business who participated in the Public Engagement on Budget 2024. Below is a final summary report on what we heard.Each year, Rocky View County budgets, plans, and invests for the future based on resident needs and community priorities. We invite residents to share their views and priorities on County services throughout public engagement on the 2024 Budget.
Throughout the spring and summer, residents were asked to share their views on the top issues they believe the County should focus on.
This information was gathered through Councillor Open Houses and an online digital forum. In total, 419 comments were shared, providing valuable insight into the priorities of residents. Additionally, 105 residents participated in an online survey to understand their satisfaction levels with the County's services, while 33 residents created and shared mock budgets with the County using an online budget balancing tool.
Thank you to all residents who took the time to share their views! Below is a summary of what we heard.
In October, residents were invited to an in-person information session to ask questions directly to members of the finance team about the budget. Residents came to share their views on the budget process and learn about budget document updates. Discussions focused on the budget process, the structure of budget documents, and any areas of concern.
Feedback shared centered around the following themes:
Residents of Rocky View County were invited to share comments on the draft 2024 budget directly to Council at an upcoming Special Council Meeting.
Wednesday, November 15, beginning at 9 a.m.
Rocky View County Hall, Council Chambers.
We'd appreciate a change in the speed limit for Township Road 254, specifically the section between Range Road 281 and Range Road 273 (currently not limited to 70 km/h), to be set at 80 km/h. Additionally, we suggest improved signage alerting…
I’d appreciate an overall plan to accommodate the rapidly increasing population in the county. We need more roundabouts instead of traffic lights; a better plan for the armada of gravel trucks that is proliferating; and a solid approach to left turns in and out of side roads, driveways and subdivisions.
With communities like Cambridge and Peace of Prince now connected to County water system, like RVC to help reduce and/or provide subsidizing in the budget to help reduce water charges. We need to encourage residents to make sure their yard is green to reduce the risk of fire, and not to mention it will help beautify our community.
I would like RVC to support more and more green initiatives that will help fight climate change (at least do our part). Provide some funding support for any initiatives that will help make county to become carbon natural - initiatives such as going solar for electricity,.
Critical learning here. Multiple posts. The Giant Costco soon hitting Springbank has grown in size with minimal change to traffic infrastructure. The TIA should be revisited to ensure traffic does not route south through the communities, but rather merges onto the TransCanada Efficiently*. A learning feedback loop from CrossIron Must be applied.
CR is valuable but the County and some councillors just don’t care. What we’ve seen over the last 20 years is a desire to put industrial and commercial in CR areas that drives residents out.
Investment in ecological goods and services, through programs like your ALUS Rocky View program, is smart. The projects support private landowners who are preserving the public good, you can avoid costs to grey infrastructure like culverts by investing in green infrastructure, you can reduce water treatment costs, and gain political capital in the process because the carrot approach favours everyone.
I know that health care is a provincial responsibility, but if Rockyview County and the City of Airdrie would budget money for the project there would be more buy in from the provincial government to approve and fast track this. There have been many stories of needless deaths and catastrophic injury due to the lack of services in the county with the reliance on the city of Calgary. Personally, I am afraid of myself or loved ones requiring life saving measures in the county with our lack of…
I don’t think that ESG features in the county’s vision whatsoever. Like, everyone is moving to (or trying to) move to a net zero world with all sorts of innovative ideas. Don’t see that in the county. Waste management seems to be very short sighted. Fire management and fire smarting seems to be absolutely non existent. Pest control equals zero - you’re on your own residents when it comes to canker and bud worm management. Traffic management in Bragg Creek is very short sighted.
I understand that the proposed tax levy for fire and recreation services is going to be based on property size, ie. Per hectare. However the cost of these services is driven by the number of people or households. The result will be larger properties paying a disproportionate amount of tax for these services. For example, a levy on my 4 hectare property would be 4 times my neighbors 1 hectare property, even though there are 4 active individuals there, verses us 2 seniors. Their need and use of…
Why the hell are we paying outrageous water bills when we have huge amount of ground water. Years ago steam engineered trains used to stop in Airdrie to replenish. I see natural springs all over Airdrie.but guess we’re still buying our water from Calgary…thanks Brown… we’ve got canels everywhere but I can’t afford to water my little lawn…bet you and your counsel are filling your pockets🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
In Stage Coach area there is a T intersection that constantly has drivers ending up in the ditch all winter long. Not sure what can be done to resolve this but after a snow fall there is usually on average 15 to 20 cars that slide in the ditch as they are not able to handle the tight intersection and the hill at the intersection just makes matters worse. If it wasn't for good people in the neighborhood that help pull the vehicles out there would probably be more collisions.
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Critical learning here. Multiple posts.
The Giant Costco hitting Springbank soon has grown in size with minimal change to traffic infrastructure. The TIA should be revisited to ensure traffic does not route south through the communities, but rather merges onto the TransCanada Efficiently*. A learning feedback loop from CrossIron Must be applied.