City, County sign new recreation agreement
A new recreation agreement has been struck between The City of Red Deer and Red Deer County to support faclities frequented by both city and county residents.
Jo-Ann Symington, Community Services Manager at Red Deer County, says the new five-year funding formula increases the County’s contribution to the City to $828,490 in 2020 – up from $285,612 annually in the previous agreement.
Symington says the agreement allows their residents access to Red Deer’s recreation facilities and programs without facing an additional charge.
“That agreement expired in 2017, but we did an amendment to it,” she explains. “Through the last couple years we’ve been working on what could be a new, potential funding agreement, and that’s resulted in this new one being put forward to our council.”