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Town of Sylvan Lake, MLA to issue joint press release about outcome of meeting

Town of Sylvan Lake council and local MLA Kerry Towle met to iron out their differences on Friday.

Town of Sylvan Lake council and local MLA Kerry Towle met to iron out their differences on Friday.

But the outcome of the session overseen by a moderator is under wraps for now.

Mayor Susan Samson said all involved agreed to keep mum until a joint press release is issued early next week.

Samson was reluctant to even offer a general comment on how the meeting went.

“I think in all fairness to the work that was done today I don’t want to make any comments,” she said late Friday afternoon.

Towle could not be immediately reached for comment.

The noon-hour meeting, which involved the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA, town council and Sylvan Lake’s chief administrative officer was called to smooth out the working relationship between the municipality and its provincial representative.

Towle and town representatives have traded barbs in recent months over the handling of contentious issues such as local discontent with intersection changes at Secondary Hwy 781 and Hwy 11.

A Wednesday night meet and greet in town with the deputy premier further soured relations, with Samson later accusing Towle and Wildrose Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre MLA Joe Anglin of trying to turn the event into a protest rally.

Towle countered that she only informed residents about the meeting and had no role in changing the tone of the gathering.