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Town Council of High Prairie


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Mayor Daniel Vandermeulen

780-523-8469
    mayor@highprairie.ca



Boards & Committees:

  • Committee of the Whole 
  • Regional Emergency Advisory Committee
  • Inter - Municipal Committee 
  • Budget Review Committee (Library)
  • Budget Review Committee (Fire)
  • Northern Alberta Mayor and Reeves Caucus (NAMRC)
  • Alberta North Central Alliance 
  • Joint Health Professionals Attraction and Retention Committee 
  • Regional Emergency Management Partnership 




Deputy Mayor Brian Martinson

780-570-7566
    bmartinson@highprairie.ca 



Boards & Committees:

  • Committee of the Whole
  • Inter - Municipal Committee 
  • Budget Review Committee ( Library ) 
  • Budget Review Committee ( Fire ) 
  • Northern Alberta Mayor and Reeves Caucus (NAMRC)
  • Airport Advisory Committee 
  • Big Lakes Family and Community Support Services
  • Northern Alberta Elected Leaders ( NAEL )
  • Joint Health Professional Attraction and Retention Committee 
  • Slave Lake Regional Tourism 




Councillor Bryce Shunter

780-523-0967
    bshunter@highprairie.ca


Boards & Committees:

  • Committee of the Whole
  • Joint Recreation Committee 
  • Big Lakes Family and Community Support Services 
  • Mackenzie Municipal Services Agency Board 
  • High Prairie Chamber of Commerce 



Councillor Carol Hanlon


   chanlon@highprairie.ca


Boards & Committees:

  • Committee of the Whole
  • Children's Resource Council
  • High Prairie Aboriginal Inter Agency Committee 




Councillor David Temple

  dtemple@highprairie.ca


Boards & Committees:

  • Committee of the Whole
  • Municipal Planning Commission 
  • Joint Recreation Committee
  • Airport Advisory Committee 
  • Community Education Committee



Councillor Dennis Porisky

780-523-0900
    dporisky@highprairie.ca


Boards & Committees:

  • Committee of the Whole
  • Inter - Municipal Committee
  • Lesser Slave Watershed Council 
  • High Prairie and District Waste Management Authority 
  • Forest Resource Advisory Committee (FRAC)




Councillor Hermann Minderlein


   hminderlein@highprairie.ca


Boards & Committees:

  • Committee of the Whole 
  • Municipal Planning Commission 
  • High Prairie Municipal Library Board 
  • Peace Library Board 
  • Heart River Foundation 
  • Regional Emergency Management Partnership