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Home My WebLink About1944-04-11 Council MinutesU ditor Ration Board office IcQueen inderman rumheller osoital r MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNE-HILL .do. 278 COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 11, 1944 Page. 1 The Council of the Municipal District of Kneehill , #278 held a regular meeting on Tuesday April 11th, 1944 The meeting was called to order at 10.00 a.m. by the Reeve, who presided at the meeting Councillors present' J ': Olson, J A Ohlhauser, M Schmaltz, Hugh Parry (Reeve), F. C. Petersen, George R. Walker and C. C. Campbell D. v+. Robertson, Auditor, interviewed the Council, and gave a report of the recent audit Moved by J. .A Ohlhauser that D Vu Robertson and Co. be paid $600.00 for the 1944 audit. $200.00 to be paid JL in July, 1944, and the balance at the close of the year's audit Carried Mloved by_ C C Campbell that D. ii. Robertson and Co be paid the 1943 audit fee for the former %,unicipal District of Ghost Pine 0207 00) and Stauffer (1202.00) ✓ Carried J. E. McFee and C. J. Davidson interviewed the Council, and it was moved by M Schmaltz that the runicipal District pay �3'22.50 per month toward the operation of the Three Hills Ration office, and :�15 00 per month toward the operation of the Drumheller Ration office, the said payments to be retro - active to Jan. 1, 1944 Carried. Moved by J A Ohlhauser that the matter of investing municipal funds in Victory Bonds be tabled until the next meeting of the Council Carried Moved by J 'l Olson that the minutes of the meeting held on March ?-0, 1944, be adopted. Carried. Correspondence. Dept of Public 1.7orks a n n Red Deer 1,1un Hospital Drumheller IV= Hospital Ghost Pine Telephone Co. Arthur Hess Judicial District Drumheller Hospital S F Torrance Calgary Gen. Hospital tt it It Alberta. Farmers' Union re District Engineer's office re 1944 Road Grants re Esther Linderman acct re Meeting April 18, 1944. re Extension of Lines re Consolidetion contract re King vs 14anufacturers Life re Mrs. J M Walker re Carbon Office re Mrs Rose Rohl re Terrence lKegli re Carbon office 14oved by M Schmaltz that James McQueen, District Engineer, be asked to attend the next meeting of the Council. Carried. Moved by L. C Campbell that the Esther Linderman account of x`35 00 in the Red Deer 111unicipal Hospital be paid Carried. Moved by 14. Schmaltz that Reeve Parry and J ,:,. Olson be representatives of this municipal District to the meeting of the Drumheller Municipal Hospital Board on April 18, 1944. Carried Moved by iti, Schmaltz that J Olson be appointed a Committee of one to investigate the case of Mrs J 1i Wa ker. Carried. Moved by J eJ Olson that J A Ohlhauser and M. Schmaltz deal with the matter of disposing of the Carbon office, M H.J.King APRIL 11, 1944 Page 2 and the purchase of mots 5 -6 -7 and 8, Block 5 in the Village of Carbon. Carried. Moved by George R Walker that Council adjourn until 1 30 p m. Carried The Council re- convened at 1.30 p.m. All members present Moved by C. C. Campbell that the consolidation of taxes contract between the Municipal District and Arthur Hess be extended for one year Carried Moved by J. A. Ohlhauser that the proposal of H. J. King as given in the report of the Judicial District be endorsed by this 1,11unicipal District Carried crass -seed iloved by F. C. Petersen that steps be taken to seed the road allowances of the "Iiunicipal District with grass -seed, and that 3,000 lbs of #1 Com Crested VIheat Grass seed be ordered. Carried. Moved by M Schmaltz that 1,000 lbs of #1 Com Alf.lfa seed be ordered. Carried. Moved by 1.1 Schmaltz that a synopsis of ecah council meeting be offered to the following papers Minutes I Three Hills Catital, Carbon Chronicle, Drumheller Review, Acme Sentinel and Trochu Tribune Carried Secretary was instructed to notify the Drumheller and Carbon branches of the Alberta Farmers' Union that the matter of maintaining the Carbon office has been referred to a Committee Carried Assessot Moved by J. A. Ohlhauser that S. F. Torrance be appointed Assessor and that he be paid y;6 00 per day, and 1OX per mile for use of car. Carried. ourt of ( Moved by F C. Petersen that the Court of Revision evasion be held on Mlay 8, 1944 at 2 00 p m Carried, Moved by I:i Schmaltz that all correspondence read be now filed. Carried. acme Tenders for the purchase of the acme office were >ffice opened by the Secretary The following tenders were received. J W McCulloch $500 00 J A Davis :550 00 Mrs. B. Henderson 4660.00 Alex. Goodman 'le805.00 Secretary reported that Alex Goodman h9d asked his tender of ;805 00 be withdrawn Carried Moved by M Schmaltz that the tender of �`,�660.00 made by Mrs. B. Henderson be accepted. Carried. and Moved by G. R. calker that the Bond of G G King Assistant Secretary Treasurer be reduced from 4;,10, 000 to $5,000 Carried. The Bonds of the Secretary and Pssistants were presented to the Council for inspection PvDlT� O 41 I Leases s. Davie Coyotes onsolid- tion onds ey cages Pax rates 1944 APRIL 11, 1944. Page 3. Moved by J A. Ohlhauser that the Council do now pass a By -Law to provide for the leasing of NE- 14- 29 -24 -4 To Fred F Harsch NW- 15- `?9 -P4 -4 To it It SE- 22- 29 -24 -4 To rt n SV,,1 - 23- 29 -24 -4 To it It SVd- 11- ?9 -25 -4 To Joseph Heffernan S1.1- 28- ?8 -2'4 -4 To David 'etz the said lease to provide for the payment of one -third of the crop as rental, and to be for the year 1944 only Carried �:rs TIVIary Gertrude Davis interviewed the Council. %Moved by G R Ivialker that recommendation be made to the i"Iothers' Allowance Department that a I.1othors' Allowance of q"15.00 per month be granted to Mrs. Davis Carried Moved by TAI Schmaltz that By -La: No 1 (A By -Law to provide for the payment of a Bounty for the destruction of Coyotes) be given third reading and passed Carried Moved by C. C. Campbell that By -Law No. 2 ( A By -Law to provide for the payment of Arrears of Taxes in instplments) be given third reading and passed Carried. P:Ioved by 0. C. Campbell that Secretary Treasurer take the necessary procedure to have the registered bonds of the P.Iunicipal District changed to the name Municipal District of Kneehill Pao 278 Carr_ed. Moved by ;Matt Schmaltz that the account of Sidney Bramley for labor be paid at the rate of 70� per hr. Carried Iv.oved by F. C. Petersen that the scale of payment for laboe 1944 have the following addition. Man and truck' �l 75 per hour Carried Moved M. Schmaltz that H. J. Gimbel be paid 10/ per mile for the use of his truck. Carried. Moved by C C Campbell that a Finence Committee of three members be appointed. Carried Moved by M. Schmaltz that the peeve, C C Campbell and J. t Olson be the Finance Committee. Carried. The Council gave consideration to the requisitions submitted by the School Divisions and the Hospital District It was moved by M Schmaltz that the Council pass a By -Law to provide for the following rA.tes of taxation in the Municipal District in 1944 Municipal Rate 10 mills Social Service Tax Rate 3 ii Olds S. D. #31 Rate 11 it Stettler S. D. #26 Rate 11 it Red Deer S. D #35 Rate 13 Drumheller S D #30 9 Wheatland S D {#40 9 " Drumheller Hospital Dist #3 12 " Carried I S. es ile rel iscounts ranz rieke rohl nsminger Martens loyd ohnson N APRIL 11, 1944 Page 4 Secretary Treasurer reported that tars. Sudie Hanses requested the Council to take no action to sell N14- 11- 30 -24 -4 for taxes, and that she had. promised to pay 1/3 of the 1944 crop to taxes Moved by George R. uialker that Mrs Hanses be informed that her proposition is acceptable to the Council and that no action under the T-ax Tteeovery Act will be taken until the fall of 1944 Carried. Movod by F C Petersen that the approval of the Council to given to the application of Emile IMorel for 3_n Old Age Pension. Carried Moved by C. C Campbell that a 3y -Law be passed to provide for a. discount of 5% on Current taxes paid before November lst, 1944. Carried Moved by George R. glker that the approval of the Council be given to the application of Franz Fricke for an Old Age Pension Carried. ?Moved by C. C. Campbell that steps be taken to have hospitalization and medical operation performed on Plaster David Prohl, of Sunnyslope, Alta Carried. Moved by George R walker that recomrlendation of the Council be given to the application of Mrs. Ensminger for a Mothers' Allowance, and that an allowance of w20 00 per month be recommended Carried Moved by J. A. Ohlh -user that F C Petersen and George R. Gialker be appointed a Committee to investiggte the possibilities of getting daughter of Frank Martin committed to the Provincial Training School Carried. Moved by George R vi -lker that Harvey Markle be authorized to hire Floyd Johnson for work as road employee at 8OX per hour Carried. Moved by J. A. Ohlhauser that the followingaccounts be paid 1264 C J Christie 1265 A J. Purvis 1266 Voided 1267 G G King 1268 Alberta Hail rid. 1269 Mrs. K. Muir 1270 D. 'Vr'. Robertson & Co 1271 G G King 1272 C J Christie 1273 A J Purvis 1274 Lacombe Home 1275 Ben's Store 1276Reliable Printing Co 1277 Calgary Stamp Co 1278 Voided 1279 4Jm Afanesef 1280 A. M Schmaltz 1281 Carl Schmaltz 1282 Grown Lumber Co. 1283 Municipal Supplies 1284 Chas. Carter 1285 Peerless Coal Go 1286 St 11ary's Hospital 1287 B H 'diller 1288 Lacombe Home 1289 Prov Training School 1290 Robertson's Store 1291 Robertson Bros 239 90sfor salary to tear. 31. 263 65v, " " " Mar 31 188.35- " " It Iar . 31. 229 56- " colletions 25 00- " relief 407.00- " 1943 audit 6.00, " mileage 9 89, " It etc. 14 00, " if 31 00, " Dan Gordon a/c 10 00- " Halbritter a/c 2 391 " invoice 2489 1.76- " invoice 15.00s " janitor March 9.00 v " repair work 8 50v " labor #3 157 45✓, " material 156 09w " office supplies 8 00,11 " janitor ivMarch 5.05,A " coal Carbon office 51 854 " G Adam a/c 26 30� " coal (Hager) 31 00o " McCurrach a/c 15 00o " Christensen a/c 40 00,A " relief accts. 15 00 " Baronets acct "-f- of APRIL 11th, 1944 Page 5 1292 Salvation Army 60 15:xfor Laird & Robinson 1293 C H Snell 290 90vfor iM D 308 surveys 1294 C . N R. 1 00,r for rental 1295 Imperial Oil 36.50%^for acct 1296 Acme Garage 46.07,,-for acct. 1297 Union Tractor Co 486 89,.for repairs 1298 Crown Lumber Co 40 00,for material 1299 Richardson R. PS Co. 9.40,for repairs (Nor,uay) 1300 A. G. Telephones 10.10.for rental 1301 Canadian .'tilities 12 48,for light bills 1302 Burroughs Adding Mach 1 OOvfor Norquay a/c 1307 Neil Giesbrecht 90 OO.for labor 1304 01. J. Gimbel 100.00rfor labor 1305 Sidney Bramley 11.20v-for labor 1306 John rEseu 90 OOPfor labor 1307 H ?Markle 49 50,,-for labor 1308 P. Mill 20.00 -for labor 1309 Alfred T�+ulff 59.60v,.for labor 1310 May Gore 20.00vsfor relief 1311George McCurrach 15 00.,for relief 1312 Red Deer t,iun Hospital 35 OO�for Esther Linderman 1313 Three Hills Ration Bd 60 00-pfor Jan Feb Mar 1314 Drumheller " it 15.00° for it 115 Acme S. D. E2996 60.44Afor collections 1316 Canadian Indemnity Co 40.00� for bond 1317 Beulah Home 100 00 °,for donation 1318 A G Telephones 7 49 -for Acme phone Carrier].. Moved by F C Petersen that the Council do now adjourn x, Carrie11. Ltzll U X Peeve/ Sec Treas