Impacts of Dissolution on Absorbing Municipalities

This project will undertake research and analysis to determine the actual costs incurred by municipalities related to absorbing dissolving municipalities in Alberta in recent years. This would include considering the types of costs associated with absorbing, which could be both monetary and non-monetary, engaging with absorbing municipalities directly to gather specific data and information on actual dissolutions, and developing recommendations as to how the Government of Alberta should track post-dissolution costs and properly support absorbing municipalities in the form of funding and capacity/governance support.