MHHS · Municipal Government Act
Part 6 — Municipal Organization and Administration
201.1 Orientation training
offer, and each councillor must attend, orientation training
(a) on the following topics, to be held prior to or on the same
day as the first organizational meeting following a general
election required by section 192, or in the case of a
councillor elected at a by-election, on or before the day that
councillor takes the oath of office:
(i) role of municipalities in Alberta;
(ii) municipal organization and function;
(iii) roles and responsibilities of council and councillors;
(iv) repealed 2025 c13 s2(7);
(v) roles and responsibilities of the chief administrative
officer and staff,
and
(b) on the following topics, to be held prior to or on the same
day as the first regularly scheduled council meeting, or in
the case of a councillor elected at a by-election, within 90
days after that councillor takes the oath of office:
(i) key municipal plans, policies and projects;
(ii) budgeting and financial administration;
(iii) public participation;
(iii.1) the accountability frame work established under section
146.011(1);
(iv) any other topic pres cribed by the regulations.
(2) A council may by resolution extend the time for orientation
training under subsection (1)(b) by up to 90 days.
(3) The Minister may make regulations respecting orientation
training, including, without limitation, regulations
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(a) respecting the deliver y of orientation training;
(b) prescribing topics to be addressed in orientation training.
2016 c24 s16;2024 c11 s2(12);2025 c13 s2(7);2026 c10 s4(8)