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Banff approves benchmarking project

Banff politicians have approved up to $30,000 for a regional municipal benchmarking project in a bid to establish best practices and improve efficiencies and effectiveness.

Banff politicians have approved up to $30,000 for a regional municipal benchmarking project in a bid to establish best practices and improve efficiencies and effectiveness.

Under the project, municipalities who are members would share information of their performance on key benchmarks to help municipalities understand how they are performing over time in relation to others.

Such information could include cost of maintenance per kilometre/lane of paved road, percentage of solid waste that is diverted from a landfill, or the cost of sewage treatment per cubic metre combined with effluent standards.

“I’m very much in support of this project, as I think it will lead to better transparency and accountability,” said Councillor Leslie Taylor.

“Having this information from other municipalities would let each member know how they are performing relative to others and who they should go to for best-practice information.”

The Town of Banff has met with Alberta Municipal Affairs to discuss getting some funding to support this initiative.

If the grant application to the province is successful, it’s expected to cost municipalities between $5,000 and $15,000, depending on the contractor and number of participating municipalities. If a grant were not secured, the funding would be more in the $20,000 to $30,000 range.

The money will come from Banff’s budget stabilization fund, which will have a balance of $306,640 once $54,250 for the housing needs study and $30,000 for the benchmarking project comes out.


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