As the Town of Okotoks continues to grow, Council is working on officially moving from finite growth model to a continuous growth model.

Mayor Bill Robertson says Council decided a long time ago to make the change, but it hasn't been made official yet, and they're still looking for input from residents.

"It's still within our municipal development plan," he says. "It's still not officially enshrined in our municipal development plan. So, it's basically, in my opinion, a house-keeping matter that needs to be attended to, but the public hearing is still open."

Robertson says Okotoks was one of the only municipalities in Alberta to operate under a finite growth model, but it didn't make sense to keep the population capped.

He says the Town is continuing to annex more land, and will keep facilitating growth.

"As growth is appropriate, then your town grows to a larger size," Robertson says. "So, the finite growth was going to stop at 30,000 (people), and under the Calgary Metropolitan Plan, it's projected Okotoks will grow to 80,000 within 50 years."

Part of the reason for the population cap in Okotoks in the first place was growing concerns over water supply, which continue to be an issue.

While the Town is working on the water pipeline from Calgary, Robertson says there's no need for residents to worry about water right now.

"We have enough water for all the residents here," he says. "We have enough water for another further population of approximately 2,000 more people, and all the conservation measures we've put in place work very well for what we have right now."