The Town of Peace River is seeking an experienced individual for the Manager of Recreation and Parks position, within the Community Service Department. Every day you will facilitate and maintain strong relationships with user groups and the general public. You will manage staff and coordinate resources for our recreation facilities, including the new Baytex Energy Centre (ice rink and field house), Peace Regional Pool, and the parks and sports fields. To thrive in this role, you must have a background in recreation, delivering services to the public, have led a multi-functional team and be experienced in the management of recreation facilities. The Town of PeaceRead More →

The Town of Peace River is accepting applications for one (1) permanent, full-time Machine Operator 1 accountable to the Public Works Coordinator. The Machine Operator 1 is essential to the day-to-day operations of the Town of Peace River. The position will perform labour duties and operate equipment for snow-clearing, utility digs, performing maintenance on infrastructure, and will assist other departments as required. The ideal candidate will have the following key characteristics: Experience operating equipment in a road building or utility capacity including vac trucks, loaders, gravel trucks, graders, dozers and others. A background working with a modern safety program including a practical and working understandingRead More →

Well, Peace River, it’s that time of year again… We’ve been lucky so far, with warm weather and little snow (knock on wood), but we know that snowfalls are coming sooner or later. And snow means the return of on-street winter parking bans! What is a parking ban and why does it exist? Vehicles left on the street in wintertime can create problems for snow removal crews. We do our best to make sure that snow is cleared in a timely, effective manner, and having a vehicle or two blocking the street makes that difficult. Unfortunately, the only way to deal with this if theRead More →

Opportunity Posted: November 9, 2023 Closing Date: November 27, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. The Town of Peace River requires Professional Engineering/Consultation services to provide a review and detailed report on the existing building and infrastructure of the Peace Regional Pool. This report will assist the Town to understand the existing physical condition and life expectancy of the pool in order to explore options to sustain the integrity of the asset, or plan for future replacements. RFP documents are available below: RFP – Pool Building Condition Assessment Schedule – RFP for Pool Building Assessment 2023 11 09 RFP SCHEDULE-E -Pool Building Condition AssessmentRead More →

Please be advised the Town of Peace River is proposing to increase the local access fee, which is charged to ATCO Electric for the use of the municipal lands for its power lines, effective January 1, 2024. The fee is recovered by ATCO Electric from its customers as the local franchise fee on electrical billings of all customers that receive electric service in the Town of Peace River. The Franchise fee will be increased from 11.5% to 12.5% on the delivery charges of ATCO Electric, excluding energy related riders. The average residential increase has been estimated at $1.24 per month, on an average consumption ofRead More →

The Town of Peace River is inviting quotes to provide annual bedding plants for flowerbeds throughout the town, and annual hanging flower baskets to be hung throughout the downtown core, for 2024. All project and submission details are included in the PDF document below. RFQ – Town Flower Supply 2024 Completed proposals can be e-mailed to Brian Wollis, Recreation Facilities Coordinator, at bwollis@peaceriver.ca before or on November 17, 2023.Read More →

Boil Water Advisory – Ended Posted: October 14 at 6:50 pm, Updated: October 18 at 4:00 pm. The Boil Water Advisory has ended! The notice from Alberta Health Services can be found here: Boil Water Advisory Ended – Posted Notice Peace River October 18, 2023 — Alberta Health Services declares that a BOIL WATER ADVISORY is in effect for 10601 to 11117 on 103 Street and 10301 to 10365 on 110 Avenue. The Advisory was issued on October 14, 2023 at 12:06pm Boil Water Advisory can be found here: Boil Water Advisory – Posted Notice Community Municipal Water Service is expected to return the eveningRead More →

This Request for Proposals (“RFP”) is an invitation by the Town of Peace River (the “Town”) to prospective Proponents to submit non-binding Proposals for the provision of project management services to complete the implementation and transition of the Town’s Asset Retirement Obligations (ARO) Implementation (the “Project”) as further described in Section 2 of the project RFP – Deliverables (the “Deliverables”). The objective of the Project is to implement the new accounting standard Section PS 3280 for Asset Retirement Obligations (ARO) into the Town’s annual audited financial statements. Process RFP Town of Peace River RFP-2023-23-Asset-Retirement-Obligation RFP ISSUE DATE: October 12th, 2023 CLOSING DATE: October 26th, 2023Read More →