Welcome to Bentley Alberta!
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Mayor's Welcome:
Thank you for looking into Bentley and as Mayor with a great council, staff, businesses and recreation opportunities, we know you will be coming back. Located between Sylvan Lake and Gull Lake, less than a minute off the Highway 12 bypass road you will find the greatest unique destination town in Central Alberta.
Greg Rathjen
IMPORTANT NOTICES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
(Bentley, Alberta, October 17, 2019) – Following months of meetings and discussions, Lacombe County Council and Bentley Town Council signed an Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework (ICF). This document specifies what and how services are funded and delivered and highlights the ways that Lacombe County and the Town of Bentley can work together efficiently.
“For some municipalities, an ICF would be a new process, but the work completed by Lacombe County and the Town of Bentley reinforced agreements already in place. The ICF also ensures equal access to facilities, programs and services for the residents of both municipalities,” said Reeve Paula Law. “The signing of this ICF agreement paves a path forward for continued collaboration and communication between our municipalities.”
NEWS RELEASE - PURCHASE OF LAND
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Link to Cannabis Bylaw - with map
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Bentley is fortunate to have many organizations and societies who enhance the quality of life for our citizens. Many volunteer opportunities exist!
Contact information for community organizations can be found in the community directory (updated as we are advised).
What Does That Flashing Green Light Mean?
Most Alberta drivers are familiar with the flashing red emergency lights and sirens on ambulances, police cars and fire trucks, and law states that they are required to pull to the right and stop when they see or hear them coming. But not everyone knows about the volunteer Firefighter's flashing green light.
In large cities, emergency vehicles are driven by full-time personnel who use red lights and sirens to get to the emergency scene quickly.
For smaller communities and in rural areas fire protection is provided by volunteers, who most often respond to emergencies in their own private vehicle. These vehicles do not have red lights or sirens to make them stand out from any other car or truck.
When a call comes in, a firefighter may be at his or her regular job, out with the family or sleeping in the middle of the night. They drop everything and immediately respond to the fire hall to drive the fire trucks to the scene.
The flashing green light, usually mounted near the rear-view mirror, is used as an identifier to the drivers of other vehicles so they may, as a courtesy, give up their right-of-way and allow the firefighter to get to the hall unhampered.
If you see a vehicle with a flashing green light you now know it's one of us on our way to help someone in our community. Please let us by as soon as it is safe to do so...Remember, the life or property we are trying to save may be that of a friend, a neighbour or even your own!
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