Notice of decision of the Empress Municipal Planning Commission

Notice of decision of the Empress Municipal Planning Commission

Planned Electricity Outage Nov. 1

Please be aware that the entire Village of Empress will be without electricity on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 from 10:00 am to approximately 2:00 pm.  Atco will be doing some sort of work on the power lines.

Agenda for Wednesday’s Council Meeting

Regular Council Meeting Agenda Wednesday, October 19, 2022 @ 7:00 pm

HAVE YOU HEARD ??

Mayor Johnston and Staff have found the water system leak and isolated it, bringing the water system back up to normal operating pressures.

Repairs will not happen until at least Monday of next week.

If you do not have normal water pressure, make sure you contact the office at 403-565-3938 or myself at 403-664-5017.

THANK YOU for your patience through the last 10 days and we hope you can get back to “normal” in your house too.

Enjoy this fall weather, stop by and say hello.

Regards
Gary E Peers
Interim CAO for the Village of Empress.

2022-Oct-10 Water Update

Village of Empress Administration

Monday Oct 10, 2022

Good afternoon Village Residents,

I hope you enjoyed the Thanksgiving Festivities despite our water issues.

Another update:

1.) The tower gained a 3/4 a meter of water overnight Sunday which is stabilizing our reserve.

2.) We isolated the two blocks as planned and will wait until Tuesday morning to assess the progress.

3.) We will be continuing with shutting pumps down at 8 pm each evening and turning them back on at 6:30 am each morning so hopefully have enough pressure to get back to some sort of normal.

4.) We believe we have a larger leak on the north side ofthe village, therefore starting Tuesday morning after 9 am there will be intermittent shut downs on the parts of the village north of 3 ave / village offices; while we try to isolate it.

We thank you again for your patience as we try to pinpoint the leak(s) so that we can bring in the equipment to do the repairs.

Regards,
Gary E. Peers
Interim CAO for the Village of Empress

2nd Update of Water problems

Attention Residents of the Village of Empress

First I’m Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving

2nd Update of Water problems:

1.) The automatic systems keep shutting down when the tower gets below ½ full.  We were just keeping up at normal pressures during the day and lower at night. That’s no longer the case, so it shuts down after a short run in the morning.

2.) IMPORTANT: Starting tonight at 8pm, we will be shutting down the pumps and the pressure will drop off to about 5 lbs on the hill and a little more down below.  During the day we have cut the pressure down to about 18 psi from 25 to slow the outflow / losses and let the tower gain.  We will increase the pressure again tomorrow morning at about 8am to the 18 lbs again.

3.) We will be isolating the street from Peter Dyck’s south to the end of the Village tomorrow morning as soon as we have made arrangements to supply those affected with water from neighbors. We have determined that one of the leaks is in that couple blocks.

4.) We wanted to try and get through the weekend before starting to shut residents’ water off, especially for longer periods in order to isolate / find leaks. We are almost there, THANKS for your PATIENCE.

5.) All things will still not be back to normal by Tuesday but hopefully we will be closer to solutions to the predicament we find ourselves in.

We will keep you posted through the Website, our Facebook page and word of mouth.  Thanks again.

Regards
Gary E Peers
Interim CAO

Affordable Housing Event & Survey

The Rural Development Network (RDN) Sustainable Housing Initiative is working on behalf of the Special Areas Regional Economic Development and Harvest Sky Region Economic Development to gather community perspectives regarding affordable housing in the Special Areas and surrounding communities.  To understand the housing situation in the Special Areas and surrounding communities, we need to hear from the residents.  This community consultation will collect public opinions on the current housing situation and the need for affordable housing.  The community consultation will take place virtually on October 12, 2022, at 7pm MT.  Here is the link to sign up for virtual community consultation: Community Consultation Virtual Event.

Alberta Special Areas include; Special Area No. 2, Special Area No. 3, Special Area No. 4, Town of Hanna, Town of Oyen, Village of Cereal, Village of Consort, Village of Empress, Village of Veteran, Village of Youngstown, and Municipal District of Acadia No. 34.

If you are unable to attend the virtual community consultation and would still like your voice to be heard, please complete our online survey.

Special Council Meeting 2022-Sep-30

Special Council Meeting Friday, September 30, 2022 at 10:00 am

St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church 108 years Anniversary Service

Sunday, October 2, 2022 11:00 am St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church 108 years Anniversary Service Empress & District Historical Society Saint Mary’s Anglican Church 514 2 Street West

Seasonal shutdown of Splash Park

Well, we’ve had some frost and Thursday is the first day of autumn, so the Splash Park is now officially shutdown for the winter.