At the Regular Meeting of Council on August 12, 2025, Council declared a State of Agricultural Disaster due to seasonally low precipitation which has negatively impacted crops, pasture and forage stands.
On July 8, 2025, Westlock County Council passed First Reading of Bylaw No. 71-2025, being a Bylaw to amend the Land Use Bylaw 04-2016 to add new land use regulations to the Bylaw that enable additional uses that may be undertaken without a development permit and grant the County’s development officers more discretion to grant variances and the authority to approve certain discretionary uses.