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Lethbridge City Council lays out road map to articulate priorities, create transparency

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge City Council is changing the way it approaches things.

Councillors voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve its Gateway to Opportunities 2022 Action Plan.

It aims to clearly articulate priorities, create transparency, and build community trust.

Mayor Blaine Hyggen says this is a great opportunity to show that Council is planning, reporting and engaging differently.

The city notes this action plan also takes into consideration concerns heard during last fall’s election campaign, balancing both immedaite needs and long-term aspirations.

Some of the key work identified for immediate attention in 2022 includes:

  • Supporting provincial partners in health care with family physician recruitment and retention
  • Establishing an Indigenous Resource Hub
  • A review of the cityLINK transit system
  • Establishing a Community Wellbeing and Safety Strategy Task Force
  • Enabling support and examining opportunities for an emergency shelter
  • Establishing a Regional Economic Development and Tourism Strategy
Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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