Policies

Councils Role as a Policy Maker

The Council is the governing body of the municipal corporation and the custodian of its powers, both legislative and administrative. The Municipal Government Act provides that Councils can only exercise the powers of the municipal corporation in the proper form, either by bylaw or resolution.

The councillor's job is to work with other council members to set the overall direction of the municipality through their role as a policy maker. The policies that Council sets are the guidelines for administration to follow as it does the job of running a municipality. A councillor will spend a lot of time while on council creating new policies and programs or reviewing the current ones to make sure they are working as they should.

High River Council is currenting in the process of a policy review. The following policies have been reviewed and adopted by Council during this process. Keep an eye on this page as it will grow in the coming year.

Please note that all original policies and procedures are signed.