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2025 Property Inspection Notice

This notice is to inform MD of Provost ratepayers that re-inspection of properties for assessment purposes will commence June 1, 2025 and will be in all of ranges 4&5 (includes Capt. Ayre Lake and Metiskow).
Inspections will be done by Wainwright Assessment Group Ltd and completed by October 1, 2025.
Annual inspections will then commence of properties where needed (i.e. development permits, follow up inspections etc.) throughout the MD of Wainwright and will be completed around the end of December 2025.
Assessors will be on site and show I.D. when occupants are present and will leave a note in doors and proceed with an exterior inspection when no one is at the property.

N O T I C E

The Financial Statement for the year ending December 31, 2024 for the MD of Provost No. 52 is available at the MD Administration Building (4504 – 53 Ave., Provost, AB). Please pick up a copy or contact the MD office if you require a copy.
Phone: 780-753-2434 or 780-857-2434
Email: [email protected]

TYLER LAWRASON
ADMINISTRATOR
M.D. OF PROVOST NO.52

MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF PROVOST NO. 52
TAX RECOVERY PROPERTY SALE

The Municipal District of Provost No. 52 conducted a Tax Sale on November 14, 2024 in which the property below was not sold. As such, the following property is currently for sale via public tender:

#1: The property is located in the Hamlet of Bodo at 125 – 2 nd Street, totaling 1,250 square feet . The property is to be sold as is with no warranties. Legal Description – Plan 5201EO, Block 1, Lot 8&9.
Reserve Bid: $434.50

SEALED TENDERS, marked “Sale of Property Tender” will be received until 11:00 a.m. MST on May 20, 2025 at the Municipal District of Provost No. 52 Administration Office, 4504 – 53 Avenue, Box 300, Provost, Alberta T0B 3S0.
– Tender opening will follow immediately after tender closing at the Municipal
District of Provost No. 52 Administration Office in Provost, AB.
– Tender must be accompanied by a Bank Draft or Certified Cheque in the amount
of ten percent (10%) of the Tender Price, made payable to the Municipal District
of Provost No. 52, and will be returned if the Tender is not accepted.
– Any submission, revision or modification made by email or facsimile to the M.D.
of Provost Office will NOT be considered.
– The highest or any tender many not necessarily be accepted.
– The M.D. reserves the right to refuse or reject any or all tenders.
– Tenders may not be withdrawn after the Tender Closing and will be irrevocable
and open for acceptance by the M.D. for a period of thirty (30) days following the
end of the day of the Tender Closing.
– The Tender results will be presented to M.D. Council for approval at the May 22,
2025, Council Meeting.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR BID ON THE FOLLOWING FORM IN A SEALED ENVELOPE MARKED “SALE OF PROPERTY TENDER”

MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF PROVOST NO. 52
ROADSIDE SPRAYING PROGRAM

The M.D. of Provost No. 52 will begin roadside spraying along municipal road allowances to control noxious weeds, restricted weeds and re-growth of brush. Blanket Spraying will be in Divisions 4 and 6. Spot Spraying will occur throughout the M.D. all summer. Herbicides being used are Clearview, Gateway, 2,4-D, Aspect, and Garlon XRT as well as Navius and Esplanade. Spraying will begin as soon as possible.
For grazing or haying restrictions contact your Agricultural Fieldman.
The M.D. of Provost will not be spraying in front of farm sites, shelterbelts or environmentally sensitive locations.
Any ratepayer/renter that does not want certain roadsides sprayed, please submit a written request to Tyler Lawrason at the Municipal District Office at Box 300, Provost, Alberta, T0B 3S0. Requests submitted last year are no longer valid and must be re- submitted for this year. Spraying requests must be received as soon as possible to ensure we can attempt to honour your request.
Please note that if a roadside is not sprayed by request of a ratepayer/renter that the weed/brush control for that particular road will become the responsibility of that ratepayer/renter.
Important Update: No Spray Zones Change in 2026
Starting in 2026, there will be changes to the No Spray Zones. Further information regarding this transition will be provided throughout the summer and fall of 2025.

2025 PROVOST AIRPORT HAYING OPPORTUNITY

The Municipal District of Provost No. 52 is offering an opportunity for haying rights to one
individual at the Provost Airport via lottery. The haying rights shall only be valid for the 2025 haying season.

All interested individuals are encouraged to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) by 12:00 NOON on May 20, 2025.

All EOIs shall be in writing and must include the individual’s name and contact information. Any submissions that do not include a name and contact information shall be disqualified. All
submissions shall be clearly titled “2025 Provost Airport Haying Opportunity” and are to be addressed to:

Tyler Lawrason, Administrator
M.D. Administration Office,
Box 300; 4504 – 53 rd Avenue, Provost, Alberta T0B 3S0

Upon the closing of the submission period on May 20, 2025, all EOIs shall be pooled and a name
will be drawn by lottery. Please note that only the successful individual shall be contacted upon selection.

For more information, please call Tyler Lawrason at 780-753-2434.

NOTICE

Effective immediately the bridge on RR 24 north of TWP 370 or south of TWP 372/HWY 899 is restricted to 10 tonnes.

NOTICE OF NOMINATION PERIOD

Local Jurisdiction: Municipal District of Provost No. 52, Province of Alberta
Notice is hereby given that Nomination Period shall begin on January 1, 2025 and that
nominations for the election of candidates for the following offices will be received at the
location of the local jurisdiction office set out below until 12:00 Noon on Nomination Day on
September 22, 2025.

Location of Local Jurisdiction Office:
Municipal District of Provost No. 52
Administration Building
4504 – 53 Avenue
Provost, Alberta

Dated at the Town of Provost in the Province of Alberta this 18 th day of December 2024.

Carly Wilkes – Returning Officer
Municipal District of Provost No. 52

NOTICE

The Council of the M.D. of Provost No. 52, at it’s Regular Meeting of June 27th, 2024, has given third reading to Bylaws 2323 and 2324, the Land Use Bylaw and Municipal Development Plan, respectively.
The complete new LUB may be found here and the MDP here. Updates to the development section of this website will be implemented as soon as possible.

Road Bans

ORDER UNDER BYLAW NO. 2177
M.D. OF PROVOST

Order by the Municipal District of Provost No. 52 Highway Order No. 24/1 Defining Maximum Allowable Weights Permitted on Certain Municipal Roads.
Pursuant to the Authority granted by the Minister of Transportation under the Traffic Safety Act, that effective Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 12:00 p.m., percentage Axle Weights for Highways is:

50% on the following roads:
R.R. 74 from HWY #13 north1⁄2 mile
R.R. 74 from Twp. Rd. 412 south1⁄2 mile (north of Hughenden)
Private road South of HWY #13 going into residence on N.E. 5-41-7W4M (off the end of R.R. 74) Twp. Rd. 394 from R.R. 40 – 1 mile east to HWY #13

75% on all Other Oiled and Chip Sealed Roads

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ADMINISTRATOR

ROAD CONDITIONS 

With the changing of seasons, road conditions can vary greatly, in certain circumstances, from hour to hour. Drivers within the M.D. of Provost are reminded to drive in accordance with the ever-changing road conditions and visibility levels. Should a driver wish to express concern of road conditions of roadways managed by the M.D. of Provost, they are encouraged to inform M.D. of Provost staff at the Administration Office at 780-753-2434 or the Provost Public Works Shop at 780-753-2168. However, for roads managed by Alberta Transportation such as Highways 13, 41, 599, 600, 603, 884, and 899, drivers are encouraged to direct their complaints to AT’s maintenance contractor, Emcon Services Inc., at 1-800-390-2242 or you can contact Alberta Transportation directly by phoning Bob Kropinske, Maintenance Contract Inspector (Consort), at 1-403-577-2701. 

GRADER ACTIVITY REPORTS:

Do you think we forgot you? It may take three or four days to get your roads open after a snowstorm. School bus routes and main roads will be done first. If you already have a Custom Work Agreement, the lane may be done later.