Councillor Tanya Handley (centre) filled in as deputy mayor during Monday's regularly scheduled Red Deer city council meeting. (City of Red Deer)

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City council holds shortened meeting, COVID-19 updates to be shared nightly

Mar 16, 2020 | 2:24 PM

Red Deer city council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday at City Hall.

Most items on the agenda were withdrawn for consideration at a later date due to the spread of COVID-19.

Councillors Tanya Handley, Michael Dawe, Lawrence Lee and Frank Wong attended in-person for the meeting, while Buck Buchanan, Ken Johnston, Vesna Higham and Dianne Wyntjes phoned in. Mayor Tara Veer missed the meeting while finishing up a phone call with the premier.

On Monday morning, the City of Red Deer declared a state of local emergency.

The City will give updates at 6 p.m. each day for the foreseeable future. Updates can be viewed on the City of Red Deer’s Facebook page. It’s advised that you refresh the webpage at the scheduled start time.

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The next city council meeting is scheduled for Mar. 30.