About the Councillor
City Councillor Alan Cayford has worked in the oilfield all his life and is currently working for a local service company.  He is on his fourth term on City Council and has enjoyed all the years served already.

Experience
Councillor Cayford is currently serving on the following boards and committees:

• Assessment Review Board
• City County Intermunicipal Development Board
• Labour Negotiations Committee
• Lloydminster Planning District Commission
• Yellowhead Highways Association

Councillor Cayford has served on many committees and boards over the years and all Standing Committees of Council:

• Planning & Development
• Engineering & Public Works
• Utilities & Environment
• Finance & Administration
• Corporate Services
• Parks & Recreation

Just as important, he has spent time serving on the Intermunicipal Liaison Committee with our neighbors on the Alberta side, the County of Vermilion River, he is involved in the Vermilion River Regional Alliance, which includes the smaller communities on the Alberta side within our region, as well as the Lloydminster Planning District Commission with the R.M. of Wilton and the R.M. of Britannia, our neighbors on the Saskatchewan side.  Those Committees, jointly, have created municipal plans that provide direction in the development of all lands within our region.   

Focus on Yellowhead
The TransCanada Yellowhead Highway Association is a four province, non-profit Association established in 1947 to advocate for the development, maintenance, use, and prosperity of the Yellowhead Corridor.  The City of Lloydminster is located close to the middle of this long stretch of Highway which runs from Winnipeg to the Queen Charlotte Islands and through to Hope.  Councillor Cayford has represented the City of Lloydminster at the Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association Board for over 10 years. In 2011, Councillor Cayford attended the 65th Annual TransCanada Yellowhead Conference and received the Tete Jaune Award for his years of dedication as a Director and an Executive Officer, and his significant contribution to the achievement of the Association’s goals and objectives.  The cities and towns along the Yellowhead Highway are constantly advocating to the provincial and federal governments for improvements and upgrades, and they have achieved substantial success and influence.  In 2012, the City of Lloydminster hosted the TransCanada Yellowhead Highway Association Conference, with Councillor Cayford at the helm as Conference Chair. 

“The beauty of the organization as a whole is that everybody supports everybody else, it matters what is going on in BC with their Highway, because it will impact travel into Alberta.  It is about supporting each other and lobbying with each other.  The resolutions that get passed at Yellowhead always get responses from the Ministries.  We have never had zero response, ever, and we get lots of results.  It is a very strong and successful lobbying group.”