January 16, 2025
City of Medicine Hat
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Your weekly roundup of City news, updates, and other important information.
Jam Pail Bonspiel returns
Come on and slam and welcome to the Jam... Pail Bonspiel!
Registration is open for the 60th edition of Medicine Hat’s longest running sporting event. This year’s Jam Pail Bonspiel is set for February 19 and 20 at the Kinplex.
Register before Monday, February 10 to ensure you can be a part of the 2025 Jam Pail Bonspiel!
Don’t miss out! Exhibitions closing Saturday
Don’t miss your chance to take in two gallery exhibitions at the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre.
Life Cycles: New Works by the Hat Art Club and Medicine Hat Potters Association Life Cycles is a large group exhibition featuring 70 new works by 29 local artists from the Hat Art Club and the Medicine Hat Potters’ Association.?
A Hare Raising Tale: A Reminder of the Human Capacity for Renewal and Growth Amid Adversity A Hare-Raising Tale, by Annette ten Cate, is a new body of work centred around the lost dreams of an idealized adulthood.
The last day to enjoy these exhibitions is this Saturday, January 18.
eBilling contest ends January 23
Start 2025 with a resolution to become paperless - we'll help! Sign up for eBilling?before January 23, 2025?for a chance to win a $500 Gift Card. Visit?medicinehat.ca/paperless?to register.
Already an eBilling User? Good news - you're automatically entered to win!
Annual tree trimming
Trees are a beautiful and vital part of the City’s landscape. But they are also the leading cause of power outages and can pose a serious public safety hazard if they grow too close to power lines.
Each year, as a proactive measure to protect electricity infrastructure, qualified crews work in designated areas to trim public trees growing too close to power lines. We do this work in the winter when trees are dormant to maintain both healthy trees AND safe, reliable power.
For the next month, you'll find the trimmers in Redcliff. Please steer clear of the work zones to keep everyone safe.
ePermitting with ease
Over the last year, Planning and Development Services has taken a leap forward by embracing technology to enhance customer service and increase transparency in the development process. We’ll be highlighting one of these initiatives weekly to begin 2025.
This week, we’re highlighting ongoing improvements to the user experience on our ePermit portal. Since the launch of the portal, we’ve continued to invest effort into simplifying the user experience while ensuring all vital parts of the permit process are included.
So, what ePermit portal features can Registered Users and Named Individuals on Permits take advantage of?
Check out the portal at: https://epermit.medicinehat.ca/
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Special Transit Review - What We Heard
The Special Transit review gathered data and valuable ridership input to understand the impact of current service levels and the level of community need. Last June, the public and special interest groups were invited to be involved through in-person workshops and a survey. Read the What We Heard report on shapeyourcity.medicinehat.ca
Food waste pilot wrap-up
As Environmental Utilities wraps up its nine-month food waste collection pilot, a city-wide survey is available until January 27. Complete the brief online survey for a chance to win a $250 prepaid Visa gift card.
Seacans repurposing proposals, apply now
The application process is now available for community members interested in acquiring one or more decommissioned seacans from Towne Square. Applications will be accepted until Friday, February 21, 2025 at 2 p.m.
Looking for qualified contractors: CEIP Lunch and Learn
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Desert Blume Golf Club, 107 Clubhouse Drive, Desert Blume, AB, (includes lunch upon arrival and 45 minute presentation with time for questions)
Local Medicine Hat contractors are invited to attend a 45-minute presentation on the successfully launched City of Medicine Hat Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP).
You will learn about the program and how to become a CEIP Qualified Contractor. For those who are already qualified, learn what you can do to streamline CEIP projects.
Property owners with CEIP projects will be searching the?Qualified Contractor Directory?for businesses specializing in the installation of upgrades such as:?
Join us for the lunch and learn to learn how you can unlock new opportunities with CEIP.
Fixed charges / usage charges / commodity charges
The pricing structure for your utilities uses a combination of:
Fixed charges and usage charges combine to cover the City's cost to provide the service to you, including power plants, infrastructure, pipes, wires, maintenance, staff, vehicles, and planned capital costs (like adding Unit 17), etc.?Commodity charges pay for the actual product you consume (electricity, natural gas, water).
The easiest way to describe the difference between each type of charge is to compare to driving a car.
Even if you never drive your car out of the garage, you still have to buy the car and pay for insurance, license, and registration – just to have the option to drive the car. These are fixed charges. Similarly, for example, you still require power poles, wires, and light switches just to have the option to turn on your light.
A car experiences wear and tear as you drive it. It requires oil, washer fluids, antifreeze, tires and maintenance. The more you use the car, the more maintenance it needs. These are usage charges (sometimes referred to as variable charges). Similarly, the more water you use, the sooner pipes need to be replaced and the more wear and tear on the water treatment plant, for example. Using less prolongs the life of the infrastructure.
Finally, in order to get from point A to point B, you consume gasoline. In this analogy, gas is the commodity charge. The utility commodities you buy are water, electricity and natural gas.
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