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December 20th, 2010 - County Council adopted its budget for the coming year at its Budget Meeting on December 16th. See the Media Release below for details.

  County Council Adopts 2011 Budget.

Opening Ceremonies for the new Alix FireHall were held Saturday, December 11th. See the document below for details.

 Media Release - December 11th, 2010 - Alix Fire hall Opening Ceremony

Official Election Results for Lacombe County Council are as follows.

  October 22 2010 - MR - Official Election Results

Residents of the County and City of Lacombe can register for the provincial Disaster Recovery Program at the Lacombe Memorial Centre on September 27th and 28th. See the document below for details.

   City of Lacombe Media Release - Disaster Recovery Program Registration

September 21, 2010 - Below is a Media Release announcing the official list of candidates for Lacombe County Council.

  Media Release - September 21, 2010 - Official list of County Candidates

On Saturday, September 11th some CN rail tank cars derailed east of Blackfalds. The incident was cleaned up by Sunday afternoon. See the complete document below.

    Media Release - CN Derailment

 Updated Media Release

As of 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 12th, 2010, residents within a one-mile radius of the incident who were previously advised of the evacuation on a voluntary basis, were advised that they may return to their homes.

At approximately 8:45 a.m. on September 11th, 2010 some CN rail cars left the track near Highway 597, two miles east of Highway 2A and the Town of Blackfalds. See the Media Release below for details.

Derailment near Blackfalds, AB September 11, 2010  Media Release

Division 4 Councillor Linda Landmark announced today her decision not to seek re-election this fall. See the document below for more information.

 Councillor Landmark Announces Decision Not to Seek Re-Election.

(Lacombe, Alberta) – Lacombe County is pleased to announce the installation of recycling bins at its Alix/Mirror transfer station. Bins for cardboard, paper, plastics and metal containers have been installed to facilitate consumer recycling of these products.

The supervised bins are available during regular operating hours of the station, Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. See the map below for the location.

 Open the document below for more information.

 Recycle Poster

 For more information contact:

 Brandon Maier, Environmental &Technology Services Coordinator

Lacombe County (403) 782-6601

Blindman River Pedestrian Bridge to be completed over two weekends by Army Reservists.

 Lacombe County – A new footbridge is about to be completed over the Blindman River South of Blackfalds, between Highways 2 and 2A. The project is an undertaking of Lacombe County, in cooperation with the Central Alberta Regional Trails Society (CARTS). In support of the project, Army Reservists of the 25 and 33 Engineering Squadrons, 41 Combat Engineer Regiment (41 CER) will install the wood handrails and bridge decking over two weekends, the 12-14 and 19-21 of March 2010. The handrails and decking will be the final stage in completing the steel and concrete structure, which was recently installed under the supervision of Lacombe County.

See the complete Media Release below.

 Blindman River Pedestrian Bridge