This series consists of documentation investigating Edmonton's Mayor and Councilors regarding compliance with the Municipalities Act. These investigations include the Porter Royal Commission into civic mismanagement especially in regards to property speculation and profiteering by William Hawrelak, the Morrow Inquiry into bribing councilors including Aldermen Fallow and McLean, the disqualification of Mayor Hawrelak for violating the City Act in 1965, and the Nuclear Disarmament Referendum quashed by Mayor Purves. This series also includes the report of the form of City Government which proposed switching Edmonton to its current ward based system.
This series consists of minutes, correspondence, and photos created by the Edmonton Health Department.
This series contains records relating to the generation of funds by the City of Edmonton, including debentures, treasury bills, and bond coupons.
The series consists of reports collected by the Mayor's Office during the tenure of Mayor Laurence Decore, as well as 4 photographs of Mayor Laurence Decore's visit to Harbin, China in 1985.
The photos include:
- EA-353-13 -Mayor Laurence Decore's Visit to Harbin, China (November 28-December 8, 1985);
- EA-353-14 -Edmonton Boulevard in Harbin, China (November 28-December 8, 1985);
- EA-353-15 -Edmonton Boulevard in Harbin, China (November 28-December 8, 1985);
- EA-353-16 -Mayor Laurence Decore Signing Twin Cities Agreement with Harbin, China (November 28-December 8, 1985)
This series contains general ledgers recording payments due and received by the Treasurer's Department and Comptroller's Department. They record financial transactions from different departments, companies, other levels of government, and individuals.
This series consists of meeting minutes, agendas, attachments, reports to Council, and correspondence created by the Economic Affairs Committee. Over the years the Committee had various names, including the Finance and Budgeting Committee (1968-1971), the Economic Affairs Committee (1971-1982), the Corporate Resources Committee (1982-ca. 1984), and the Budget Committee (ca. 1986-ca. 1988). The committee was responsible for financial matters of the City, including approval of land sales and budgeting.
The series includes meeting minutes, agendas and attachments from 1968-1984 (files 1-498), with some earlier years including reports to Council and budget meeting minutes. The series also includes reports to Council with attachments from 1971-1981 (files 499-820), and budget meetings and associated subject files and reports from 1973-1988 (files 821-1324).
This series contains correspondence sent to the Fire Department. It was arranged into files based on topic or sender. The correspondence reflects the relationship the Fire Department had with different levels of government, City departments, committees, and companies, and reflects the day-to-day work required for firefighting activities in Edmonton.
This series contains material created by the 1994 Commonwealth Games Bid Committee in the process of preparing the City of Edmonton's bid to host the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
Sin títuloThis series contains minutes, agendas, and attachments from the Executive Committee of City Council.
This series contains records from the Telephone Department's leadership team. It includes minutes from the Executive Committee, the Executive Policy Committee, the Planning Coordination Committee, and the Steering Committee. It also includes executive action forms, which document decisions made.