The Okotoks & District Chamber of Commerce welcomed Town Council to their monthly luncheon Wednesday.

Councillors Carrie Fischer, Matt Rockley, Ed Sands, Tanya Thorn and Ray Watrin spoke on the Town's successes and failures along with what they're working heading into the final year of their term before the 2017 Civic Election.

Chamber President Andrew Gustafson says the visit by Council is always appreciated by the business community.

"We love that our Town Council is willing to come and speak to us and tell us about some of the successes and failures from the last three years of their term and what's coming for the for what's remaining in their term," he says. "Beyond that what's coming for the future of Okotoks and how can we as a business community continue to push and continue to advocate for what we need for our community both locally and provincially."

One hot topic of discussion was the future and progress or lack of progress when it comes the potable water pipeline from Calgary to Okotoks to help the Town's future growth.

Gustafson says the Chamber credits Council dealing with the Province who won't return their calls or even meet on the pipeline's future.

"We can do a lot of stuff locally within our community, the business community can come together, the citizens at large can come together and the Town can come together. But the Town can't run a deficit, the Province needs to step up and they need to help local municipalities across the province do some of their infrastructure spending."

With a price tag of around $30 to $35 million Gustafson says the Town can pay for the pipeline by themselves.

"This is how it works and how it has to work because we can't simply can't manage it on our own and the pipeline is a perfect example of that it's not a simple thing that we can do locally we need support from the outside of Okotoks government bodies and we need to continue to push for that agenda to happen for us."

Council also spoke on subjects relating to the new annexation deal with the M.D. of Foothills, the new K-9 school site and infrastructure futures with the economy still at a level of uncertainty as the 2017 budget is about to be released in a few weeks.