by Patrick Bergen | Oct 24, 2021 | Articles
Do Solar Farms Make Economic Sense for Municipalities? The answer is, under the right conditions, Yes. A solar farm is designed to produce more energy than it uses at the connection point in the grid. This is different from solar installations used to offset...
by Patrick Bergen | Jul 26, 2021 | Articles
Smart Towns published an article looking at the Mayor, Council and CAO salaries in 2015 for municipalities that had over 10,000 citizens. It had some interesting results. We can all agree that the world is a different place now. The role of Mayor and Council has...
by Patrick Bergen | Jul 11, 2021 | Articles
It does not take an economist to know that the world’s businesses and governments have been hit hard with the fallout of the last year and a half. The Alberta government spent more than it took in by about $4,000 for every citizen in the province just last year. ...
by Patrick Bergen | May 5, 2017 | Articles
May 22, 2017 Linear Assessments Enhancing Alberta Counties As you can see the average amount a resident pays in the various municipal statuses for residential tax is somewhat similar. The cities tend to have the higher residential tax rate as there are typically less...
by Patrick Bergen | May 6, 2016 | Articles
Mayor and Council Salaries in Alberta Municipalities Smart Towns completed a review of the 45 cities, towns and counties with populations 10,000 and more to compare Mayor and Council salaries. (1) There are 17 cities, 16 counties, 9 towns (2) and 3...
by Patrick Bergen | Nov 15, 2015 | Articles
The Alberta government is working its way through the process of publishing the “Sunshine List”. This is a list of everyone deemed to be making a large salary that is employed by the provincial government. There has been much discussion about whether this is...
