"We're finally catching up on an infrastructure, which is nice to see. It took a couple of really wet years we got behind, but we're back at it. We're catching up with incredible crews, incredible people. It's brought us back to just about to the place where we feel that it's acceptable."

"We've had a lot of good luck with the assessment model review; working with the Province and getting that straightened out, we're back at the table advocating for a plan that's going to make better sense for all rural Albertans."

"We've had so much damage just last year with beaver control. Between our Public Works and Ag teams, we have it straightened out; they've done a wonderful job. We'll see what next spring brings, because that's going to be the call of the wild, as they say. Our agriculture sector struggled for a couple of years, but they've really come back this year. And I think that's something that everybody should be proud of. I don't know how some of them did it. I don't know how they managed without going off the deep end when that's your livelihood."

"In Planning & Development, they're as busy as ever. And it's actually funny: they're probably busier now with everybody off with COVID than they have been because everybody is building a new deck or renovating or building a garage or something like that.

They're doing a good job in the Planning department. And they're wanting to communicate more with everybody. And we just hope that everybody out there wants to communicate with them. I think it would solve a lot of problems."

"The building issues are not going to go away yet. But I'm pretty sure in my mind that we have the right people, legal and engineering teams working on them and it will get itself straightened out."

"Connectivity is still something that's always going to be interesting in this province. But in our County, just because of where we're at, line-of- sights make things difficult and all the rest of it. But we're still building towers and we're still trying to negotiate contracts with providers and do whatever we can to make it better."

"We have to run a County that is not only effective for business goals; we have to run a County that is not disruptive to the people who are already here so that everyone’s happy. We have a good understanding of industry and community. And I think that's very important. As long as we can keep the two balanced, we're going to be successful at drawing industry here.

For a new stakeholder business trying to move out here, I would want them to just come and talk to us. I think they'd find out how free flowing we are and how easy we are to work with. And they would love Lac Ste. Anne County."

"We’ve been lucky enough to partner up with adjacent summer villages and towns on our water and wastewater, and it has been absolutely great. We're building water facilities as we go; we're building pipelines for wastewater so we actually can have proper treatment and can get rid of it in proper ways. It has been just one little bit of excitement after another. And thank God for the Province. They’ve kicked in. They’ve told us, "yeah go, especially around the lakes."

"2021 is going to be interesting. Because we have to be so fiscally responsible, we're going to try not to cut services, which I think we can get away with. I think we can we can get a balanced budget without any increases.

The weather is going to be what the weather is. And we all have to work that, whether it's agriculture or construction. I also think that because the pandemic is a known entity, everybody understands it better.

I can't see a full closure of the Province anymore. What I can foresee is us just dealing with it as Alberta Health Services tells us to deal with it. I am confident we will carry on and remain as strong as we've ever been."