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Home My WebLink About1956-04-03 Council MinutesCOUNCIL MEETING APRIL 3rd , 4th, and 12th, 1956 P. 1 The meeting was declared open at 9.15 A M by the Secretary-Treasurer, and the statement of the Returning Officei as to the results of the nominations was then read showing the following elected by acclamation: Councillor for Div 7 -- C C. Campbell Three Hills Municipal Hospital Board: Ward 2 -- Hugh Parry 3 -- Bert Leuf 4 -- C E. Ruby Trochu Municipal Hospital Board: C. C. Campbell Frank J. Hoppins. Councillor C. C. Campbell then subscribed to the reauir d Oath of Office.+ The Councillors present were* Mr. A. H. Church Div. 1 Mr. Noah Boese 2 Mr. R. W. Brown 3 Yr Duncan Peters 4 Mr. L. P. Meston 5 Mr S. C Schmelke 6 Mr. C. C. Campbell 7 Mr. Schmelke moved that Mr L. P. Meston be Reeve. Carried. Mr. Church moved that Mr R. W. Brown be Deputy - Reeve for the next ensuing six months Carried Mr 0. Haller and Mr. W. K_ahler met the Council and prese1219 d a petition asking for 12 mi. of grading on the road and W/NW- 18- 33 -22 -4. After discussion, Mr. Boese moved at the Council investigate this when on road tour. Carried Mr. 0. Haller also requested about 3 loads of gravel near the corner at NIV- 32- 32 -22 -4 (A Porter farm) Mr. Church moved that Yr C. J. Christie be granted 6 months for assessing work, dating from April 1, 1956. Carried Mr. Peters moved that the Reeve and Sec.- Treas. be authoriled to hire a stenographer for work in the office at a maximum rate of $1.00 per hr. Carried T. +Ir A T.Iatthias met the Council and presented a petitioi signed by about 125 ratepayers asking that all of Townshi s 34 and 35 which are in this District be withdrawn from th area under consideration for a plebiscite on Hail Suppres ion This was discussed in some detail. Mr. Cam bell moved that this petition be filed for reference. Carried kMr. Church moved that the rate of pay for G. G. King, �1 Secreta y- Treasurer, be at $400.00 per month as from April 1, 1956, Oarried See page 2. FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD V N V FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. C6U11TCIL V=TING April 3, 41 & 12, 1956 I Mr. Peters moved that the rate of pay for be raised to $4,300 00 per yr., effective April 17 Carried. P. 2 C. J Christie 1956 Mr. Peters moved that the rate of pay fm for H J Hanson be raised to $3,400. per yr., effective Apr 1, 1956. Carried. Yr Peters moved that C. J Christie be appointed as Mothers' Allowance and Child Welfare Inspectors Carried Service Mr. Church moved that the members of the Agricultural Board be . Mr R W Brown -- Council member and Chairman_ Mr. C C Campbell -- 6ouncil member Mr. Jas. P Christie -- Ratepayer member Mr. Philip J G Rock -- Ratepayer member Mr. C. E. Ruby - -- Field Supervisor Mr S W Pettem -- District Agriculturist as Government representative and that Mr H. J. Hanson be Secretary to the said Board. Carried I Mr Brown moved that Mr. C. E. Ruby be the Weed Inspector for the Municipal District. Carried Mr. Brown moved that the members of the Court of Revisicn be the same as last year, viz. Councillors Schmelke, Campbell, Boese, Church, and Meston Motion LOST. Mr. Schmelke moved that the members of the Court of Revisi be Councillors Church, Brown, Peters, Campbell, and Meston I Carried. Mr Peters moved that Mr. Church and Mr. Boese be the representatives of this District on the Board of the Drumheller Health Unit. Carried Mr Peters moved that the road, finance, and shop committees be the same as last year, viz.* Road. Boese, Schmelke, and G. King Shop: Church and Peters Finance: Meston, Boese, and G. King Carried. Mr Boese moved that C C Campbell be the represent- ative o this District at meetings of the Board of the Three Hills S hool Division Carried. 1Mr. Peters moved that the meeting adjourn for dinner from 12 noon to 1 P.Y. Carried Mr Meston moved that H J. Hanson be appointed as Civil D fence Director for this District. Carried Mr. Hansonpresented the paysheets for consideration Mr. Peters moved that the paysheets as signed by a Councillor be passed for payment as presented Carried. Mr. Joe Kubinec met the Council re the following roads* North o 107 11, & Pt. 12- 32 -22 -4 -- for regrading and gravelling, he offered to donate one -third cost of gravelling if this is done. West of 11- 32 -22 -4 -- new grading. The Council agreed to inspect these projects See page 3. reg COUNCIL MEETING April 3, 47 & 127 1956 P. 3 Mr. C. Smith, of Costello Equipme g a new Huber Warco Motor Grader. 6D -- 102 h p. (121) with torque 6D -- 125 h p. it 7D -- 140 h.p. (13') It Snow plow and wing ------ - - - - -- Delivery in about 30 days. nt, metthe Council $19,583. Cash 20,265 22,192. 3,672.70 Harley Dean, of Cruickshank - Richardson, met the Council regard ng a Richardson 40-50 Motor Grader- 62 h.p., with scarifier, rotary plow, dozer, etc. $13,218. Trade -in of AD -3 on this machine $2,600. (Trade-in of AD -3 on a Motor Scraper would be $3,600 ) 4% Casli Discount on Wagner Motor Scraper. Mr G. Bell, of Industrial and Road Equipment, met the Council re a Galion Motor Grader and submitted written price juotations -- 125 h.p. $21,355., less 6% for cash. Mr. Ron Ainsworth, of Ferguson Supply, met the Council re a C ampion Motor Grader: Model D -408 -- 134 h.p. with torque $23,700 Snow plow and wing ------- - - - - -- 31475 6% discount for cash. Mr. H E MacLennan, of Waterous Ltd., met the Council and submitted a written price quotation on AC 45 Motor Grader at $22,360. , 7% discount for cash. AD -3 trade -in $3,000. 9911 trade -in $2,000 AD -4 trade -in $4,200 Monroe and Morgan, of Carstairs, met the Council re gravel work -- have a Cedar Rapids Crusher 1PI size size _- 650, not �iincluding tfspreading ,ill ft 1 size -- 70¢7 Stockpiling from river -- 60¢ c y Arnold Boese, of B & T at Linden, met the Council re gravel work: l�:f -- 55¢, including spreading 1 _. 65¢, Mr C. Boman, of Union Tractor, met the Council, re a # 12 Motor Patrol -- no torque -- 115 h p $23,034 Snow plow and wing --------- - - - - -- 29986 Trade -in of AD -3 or 99M $41000. No discount for cash 'Mr. MacKay, of Armco Super 99M Motor Grader, GMC 13' mouLdboard, 2' ext., etc. Snow plow and wing $4,033.; trade-in; Snow plow from old over $1 0., delivery in app .Considerable time was the various Motor Patrols Drainage, met the Council re a Motor 115 h.p with torque at $25,843. (no scarifier3, No cash discount and no 99M could be adapted at not 2 weeks then spent in discussion of See page 4 FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD, 0 I FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. being a COUNCIL MEETING April 3, 41 & 12, 1956 P. 4 Mr. Boese then moved 1st Reading to By -Law # 228, By -Law to provide for the following purchase: Austin Western Super Motor Grader to include GP.2C 471 Motor with torque converter $24,463.73 Cab, hood sides, lights 791.74 Heavy duty generator 81.00 2 ft. blade extension 74 12 Tires 13.00 x 24 -- 12 ply 42.41 $25,843.00 F 0 B. Three Hills, delivery in approx. 2 weeks, 2 rams to be supplied free of charge if found necessary for �ttachment of snowplow from present 9911 1st. Reading Carried. Mr. Schmelke moved 2nd Reading to above By -Law. Carried Mr. Church moved 3rd. Reading to above By,Law Carried. I At 6.10 Pall on April 3rd., Mr Peters moved that the meeting adjourn until 9 A.M. on April 4th. Carried. April 4th, 1956 The meeting re- convened on April 4th, with all councillors again in attendance The general accounts were read by Mr. C. H. Christie and pa sed for payment on motion of Mr D Peters. Carried. Mr Schmelke moved that the Council fees be set the same as last year, viz.: $10.00 per day for meetings, supery sion, and committee work, 10¢ mile for mileage Carried. Mr. C. E Ruby met the Council and presented his report as Field Supervisor He reported that there might be rats al the John Frere farm adjoining Trochu and that pois6n had been set. Mr Church moved that the report be adopted. Carried. Mr Brown moved that the wages for C. E. Ruby as Field lurervisor be raised to $300.00 per month Carried Hail Suppression was then discussed at length Mr Brown then moved lst. Reading to By -Law # 229, this being, in brief, a By -Law to arrange for Hail Suppression over the whole 11.1unicipal District by an agreement to be made with W R D.C. Corporation Ltd , with the maximum expenditure not to exceed $91,410.00, and with the provision that the By -Law must receive the assent of two- thirds of the proprietory electors voting thereon; and to apply for 1956 only 1st Reading Carried. Mr Boese moved 2nd Reading to said By -Law Carried. Mr Church moved 3rd Reading to said By -Law. Carried. I Mr. Wm Conner, of W R.D.C. Corp. Ltd met the Council and discussed terms of a proposed contract for Hail Suppression He stated that liability insurance was being considered to an amount equal to the contract, but that this could likely be increased to about $200,000 if desired. See page 5. N FIA FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. a part COUNCIL MEETING April 3, 41 & 127 1956 P. 5 Correspondence was then read as per the agenda forming f these minutes Mr. Boese moved that the Council approve of the extens on of the power line of Canadian Utilities to provide power or J. Reid in NW- 21- 29 -23 -4 Carried. Mr Schmelke moved that the Bridge Branch be asked to insp ct and supply a culvert 6011 or 7211 on the stream west of 2 or 11- 34 -25 -4 (Schuh's) Carried The meeting adjourned for dinner from 12 noon to 1 P.1% Mr. Meston moved that Bradley's Nursing dome at Calgary be noti ied that this Municipal District will be responsible for the account of Mrs. Daubert up to $100 00 per month less $47 50 per mo from her pension, and that Mr Chrhq ie investigate this matter further Carried. Mr Peters moved that the letter re disposal of 1080 bait be referred to the Field Supervisor Carried Mr. Peters moved that the Central Alta. Association of Muni ipal Districts be advised that 6 from this District will attend the Spring meeting at Red Deer on Apr. 14th, and also that the dues of $17.50 be paid. Carried The scale of wages for the roadmen was discussed Mr Peters moved that the rate of pay for the following be incr ased from $1 25 hr to $1.30 hr.: Edward Schmidt Joe Dobler Ted Paquette William Jewell T:Rarc Reed Motion carried.. Mr. Schmelke moved that the rates of pay for the other roadmen, including foremen and cooks, be the same as in 1955• Carried The road foremen and the roadmen present met the Council and the follrwing were discussed: Pension plan discussed with foremen -- tabled for more information Rates of pay -- accepted by all men Foremen to have authority to say who may get planks, etc , from old bridges and culverts. loads James Grant -- preferred 6 cu. yds,\only in gravel work Regular patrol men having first opportunity to operate their u5ual patrols for snowplowing, etc - -no decision Shop comm. to investigate re the coal stove in the big bun -car at Carbon. There was one vacancy on the road crew and the following applications were read: Eric Jantz, Alvin W Koch; John P Campbell; Glen Ilatrz, Don Mashford, Norman Cranston; L Courville. The app ication of L. Courville was withdrawn at his request. The following applicants met with the Council: Don Mashford: Single, 20 yrs. old, a little experience with D -6; free to work full time; leg hurt at 6 yrs. age. See page 6 i VA V% I1 V FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. COUNCIL MEETING April 31 41 & 12, 1956 P. 6 Glen Maerz. Married, age 27 yrs ; 2 children, a little work on D -8; experienced truck driver; free to work full time, reference from Turner Transport Alvin Koch- Single, age 22 yrs.; No cat experience; experienced truck driver. Eric J tz• Married; age 26 yrs., has worked as driller on dri ling rigs, used cat to skid logs in bush; has his own buik car. A secret ballot was taken and Glen TvZaerz received the most votes f Mr. Boese then moved that Glen Maerz be hired for the crew at $1 00 per hr. for the first 200 hrs.; then $1.25 hr for the rest of the season. Carried Mr. Brown, Meston, and King reported on their inter- view w th the Secretary of the Highway Traffic Board and report d that it might be possible to get authority to allow our em loyees to use the regular licence on their trucks, with t e Municipality to get a permit from the Board to allow them to do Municipal work at no extra fee. Mir Church moved that the Council request the Board to allow the above Carried. Mr. Brown moved that no relief assistance be granted to Alex. Tetz and family as they are not considered indigents. Carried. Mr. Boese and 11r G. King reported on difficulty in purIhasing the required land for road widening in the Graing r area Mr. Schmelke moved that Pete Kanderka be offered $60.00 per acre for the land required for road widening and that, if he refuses to accept, the matter be referred to arbitration. Carried Mr Church moved that Mrs. Frank Powlan be xdixx advise that this District will not make any further payment for gr vel taken in 1955 from the pit in NW- 19- 30 -25 -4 for the f o lowing reasons: 10¢ a cu. yd. is the maximum paid for any gravel, and the Municipal District did the stripping Carried. The monthly statement for March, 19567 was presented to Co cil, showing a net balance at end of March of $20,565.92; copy i corporated with these minutes Mr. Broom moved that this monthly statement be accepted Carried 'Mr Campbell that our Hail Suppression Comm. be atthori ed to meet with the Council of the Til D of Mountain - view on April 10th at Didsbury, if this is deemed advisable. Carried. Mr. Meston moved that the Sec - Treas. arrange with W R D.C. Corporation Ltd for a meeting with our Council in Calg ry on April 12th. Carried See page 7. 0 f f I s FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. of Brawn as to a purposes COUNCIL ;TING April 3, 47 & 127 1956 P. 7 (April 4th) The Sec - Treas. was asked to contact the legal firm lee, Brownlee, & Fryett of Edmonton for a suggestion legal firm in Calgary with which they work- -for of Hail Suppression discussion Mr. Peters moved that provision be made in the budget for the same charitable grants as in 1955 aj}d also for the $$200.00 grant to the Drumheller Agricultural Society. Carried Mr Meston moved that mileage rates be the same as in 195 for the Field Supervisor and for roadmen and others. Carried The question as to whether or not gravel donations should`be accepted for 1956 work was discussed at some length Mr. Boese then moved that this matter be tabled until the next meeting. Carried. Mr. Campbell moved that the offer from Richard Adam, of Trochu, of $5.00 for an old fresno be accepted Carried. Mr Boese moved lst. Reading to By -Law # 230, this being a By -Law to authorize the Reeve and Sec. - Treas. to borrow on beh if of this District a maximum of $100,000. in 1956, with t e borrowing to be split between the Royal Bank and the Tr i asury Branch, both of Three Hills Carried Mr. Church moved 2nd Reading. Carried Mr. Peters moved 3rd Reading. Carried. Mr Brown moved that the Reeve and Sec -Treas investigate interest rates, exchange rates, etc., with the two banks. Carried Mr. Peters moved that the following annual requisitions be accepted, and that the first quarterly payments be made to each: Trochu Municipal Hospital District $10,542.00 Drumheller " it $17, 194 00 Carried Mr. Schmelke moved that 50 eight foot x $l° grader blades be ord.ered from Ferguson Supply, Calgary Carried. The Sec -Treas was asked to get prices from various firms bolts for grader blades Mr Church moved that tenders be Balled for a car- load of 31' Fir Planks, lengths 12' to 201, FOB Three Hills or Carb n, tenders to be accepted until Apr. 19th, and that notices of this be sent to: Manning -- Egleston of Calgary Crown Lumber Co., of Three Hills and Carbon Beaver Lumber Co., of Three Hills Atlas Lumber Co , of Acme Mr. Campbell moved that permission be granted to McCullough Tool Co. to move certain oil equipment to the well near Torrington, on condition that it be moved on the frost and that the Gulf Oil Co. accept responsibility for any undue road damage. Carried. See page 8 charg( organ) COUNCIL MEETING April 3, 41 & 12, 1956 P. 8 (April 4th) Mr. Peters moved that one -half regular rates be i for custom work done for churches, community rations, Three Hills Swimming Pool, etc. Carried Mr. Schmelke moved that the following regular rates for eustom work - Newer D -81s ----- - - - - -- $14.00 hr Older D -8's and TD -18's $12.00 hr Motor Patrols 6.00 hr. Payloader 8 00 hr. Municipal truck 4.00 hr The above rates include the operator equipment such as dozer oi'scraper. Motion carried authoz Royal 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 19 56 FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. b e the and attached Mr. Peters moved that the following accounts be ed paid: G. G. King C. J. Christie Alta Govt. Telephones H J. Hanson C. E. Ruby Mrs. Joan deFrece Receiver General H. C. Currie & Sons Gordon Bramley Sydney Bramley Joe Dobler John Esau $343.37 � March ffsalary 315.48 20 25s Sarbon accts 234.904 March salary 263.40 � it 25.00 S Janitor 84 10Q�Inc. Tax 144.305 labor & slack 374.00( labor & mileage ft 246.90 S It 453-40 S it it H. J. Gimbel 430.60 f it r+ Orville Hart 66.64f rr Orville Hart 16.90 i f1 Robert Hogg 408.40 S " " G. R. Hunt 348.10 f °' Wm Jewell 262.10 " " Earl McNeill 208.24 S " Ted Paquette 266.65 S " Gordon Park 320 40 S A M. Petersen 253.00 S rf Norman Poole 36.60 S " Edward Schmidt 2 5.40 S " Lloyd Will 283.701 #1 Alex. Williams 216.78 i ff J A. Christensen 322.65 s of " Thos. Sloan C. N R. Norman Will Receiver General Postmaster Trochu Faun. Hospital Dist See page 9. 220.05 � to 3-00S scale sites 183.30 (labor & mileage 368.75( inc. tax - -labor 93 :88�Unemp. Ins. 2,635.50( Quart Requisition Treasury 5569 j P. C. 5570 I Prov. 5571 5572 5573 5574 5575 5576 5578 5579 5580 5581 5582 5583 5584 5585 5586 5587 5588 5589 5590 5591 5592 5593 5594 5595 5596 5597 5598 5599 5600 5601 5602 5603 5604 5605 5606 5607 5608 5609 5610 5611 5612 5613 5614 5615 FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD, COUNCIL MEETING April 3, 47 & 12, 1956 P. 9 Warkentin $ 30.00( Davidson relief Training Sc400l 45.001 3 accts. Jenkins Groc., Olds 50.001 Hart relief Alta. Assoc. of M. D.'s. 690.18( repairs Acme Mutual Telephone Co. 225.005 moving line Ackland and Son 692.65( repairs Anglo- American Exp Ltd 35 00 i office fuel Bennett Glass Co. 24.30( repairs Calgary Stamp & Stencil 1.20( office exp. Costello Equipment 359.49( repairs Crystal Glass Shop 31.495 repairs Community Centre, a Hills 20.00( rent J. E. Frere Gaetz Hardivare Queen's Printer Huttons Ltd. Imperial Oil Ltd. Industrial & Road Equip Motor Car Supply Municipal Supplies Ltd. Precision Machine Rosco Metal Products Snap -on -Tools B. A. Oil Co. Cancelled Union Tractor & Equip S. B. A. Hepburn 17.35( repairs 63 55S fuel 2-75S Pound Advt 23.65 ( repairs 888.03 (fuel 368 49 ( repairs 85 38 S it 113.955 stationery 196.70( repairs 60.50 ( road signs .90S repairs 105.02 fuel nil ;S _ 1533 18 ( repairs 19.02S fuel Waterous Equipment 785.69( repairs Westeel Products 9020.60 culverts G. G. King 33.161 petty cash accts. G. G. King 4.10( mileage Kirk's Agencies, Trochu 40.00( Bond Prem. Robert Hogg Capital Printers Electric Shop A. V. Lee Monarch Auto Upholstery East Trochu Coal Duncan Automotive Shea's Transport C. E Ruby Milton King Harry 1'.10::1'is Wright Motors Alta. Govt. Telephones Town of Three Hills Canadian Utilities See page 10. 7 70( repairs & phone 42.40( stationery 21.355 repairs- -shop 6.45< repairs 20.50 i repairs 3.40t coal 5-231 repairs 1.50( cartage -- repairs 68.40( mileage 19 00( A S B - spraying 28.20 ( fuel 625.03S repairs 37.10 t shop & office 10.25 (water & sewage 207.28 { power accts. Treasi; 5616 5617 5618 5619 5620 5621 5622 5624 5625 5626 5627 5628 5629 5630 April COUNCIL MEETING April 3, 47 & 127 1956 P. 10 ry Dave's Welding Shop Cec Turner Schacher Sales Carbon Transport Garrett Motors L P. Meston C. H Nash & Son Wm. Williams Oscar Gachal Mrs. Cooney $119.90 repairs 34.08f cartage- repairs 53-00S propane 30.106 cartage - repairs 24.74( repairs 203.50 � Council work 20.00 Dixon relief 1000< comforts (2 mos ) 10..00 � t1 10.00S cancelled nil,-Or' Taylor Pearson & Carson 440.611 repairs Drumheller Health Unit 1351.000 Quarterly Req. Drum. Municipal Hospital 4298.50( °! Central Alta Assoc M.D. 17.50 < dues Motion to pay accounts Carried. �lilr Boese moved that this meeting adjourn until 2, 1956. Carried FORM 149 -P— Special ='C MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD, s FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. April 12th, 1956 Page 11 1The Meeting was continued in the York Hotel, Calgary, on April 12, 1956, commencing at 1:00 p.m , with all Councillors presen' Moved by Mr. R Brown that the following territories be deleted n respect to By -law No 229 regarding the Plebiscite to be held on ail Suppression. All of Township 35 which is within this MunicipaL Districtq All of Township 34 which is within this Munic- ipal District and all of the balance of Division 6 In favor, Mr Brown, Mr. Boese and Mr Campbell. Against, Mr Meston, Mr. Peters, Mr Church and Mr. Schmelke Motion lost. The next part of the meeting was held jointly with Councilli from the M.D. of Mountain View and with W.R.D.C. Corporation in respect Ito Hail Suppression. Those present were: M D. of Kneehill #48 -- all councillors and G. King, Sec. Treasurer M.D. of Mountain View #49 all councillors except Mr. Miller, and the assistant Secretary- Treasurer. W R D r Cor oration -- Zr McSorley Canadian Manager% Bill Conners . p e 7 and Mr. Fennerty, legal advisor. Mr. H Riley, acting as legal advisor for the two M.D.'s. Mr. Morris, President of Mountain View Hail Association. Mr. Ed k6ber, Vice - President of Kneehill Hail Association. It was agreed that the last two named above would be allowed to sit in and hear the discussion. It was also agreed that the date of the Plebiscite should be the same for both M.D.'s, and that the date should be May 14,1956 The tentative agreement with W.R.D.C, was discussed in detail. It was agreed that the dates for the operations should commence{ on June 25th and end on September 30, 1956. The two legal advisors were to reword certain other sections so as to make them clearer and acceptable to both parties. Following the above discussion the councillors of the M.D. of Knee bill held a brief meeting. Mr. Peters moved that the Plebiscite on By -law No. 229 regarding Hail Suppression be held on Monday, May 14, 1956. Carried Mr. Peters moved that Mr. R.C. Milligen be appointed as Returning Officer for the above. Carried. Mr. Campbell moved that the road ban be lifted entirely on Tuesday, April 17th, 1956 at 7.00 a.m. The meeting then adjourned, to reconvene at the home of Mr. R. W. Brown on April 17th at 9:30 a.m. April 17, 1956 Mr. Campbell moved that the Polling places for the May 14th voting le at the following places; and that the Deputy Returning Officer be as follows: Divisio 1 Churchill Mrs. M. Roberts Hesketh Leo Brown Carbon Stan Torrance Division 2 Carbon William Poole Berkeley Clifford Gordon Swalwell I. U. McLennan Division 3 Acme H. McCullough Linden Fred Baerg %1 FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. N � -I T SE Divisi 4 Division 5 Division 6 R, Three Hills Crown School Torrington Lumni Three Hills Orkney Wimborne Torrington Hogadone Paulson April 17th, 1956 Charles Davis Oscar Simpson Mrs. Agnes Hazel F. M. King F. E. Johnson H C. Currie Chris Helm Mrs. Agnes Hazel Frank Pearce George Park Division 7 Huxley Ken Sibbald Ashcroft George Perry Trochu Alfred Meehan Motion Carried Mr. Schmelke moved that the Highway Traffic Board be asked tc grant permits to allow each of the following to haul Municip 1 goods on their regular licenses, John Esau, HfJ. Gimbel, N. Will Lloyd Will, William Jewel, Ted Paquette, Gordon Park, Jack Ch istensen, Gordon Bramley, Orville Hart, Robert Hogg, A. &1. Petersen, M. Reed and C. E. Ruby. Carried. Page 12 The meeting then adjourned until the afternoon of Friday, April 20th, 1956 at the Municipal Office, April 20th, 1956 The Tenders for supplying the carload of 3" planking were opened and considered. Mr. Schmelke then moved that a carload of 3 x 12 lanking be ordered from Beaver Lumber with delivery to be to ThrJ Hills at the price of $106.75 M. Carried. Mr Boese moved that the first quarterly installment on requisitions be paid as follows; Trochu Pontmain School District $446.25 Olds Municipal Hospital District X1062.00 Three Hills Municipal Hospital Dist. $6811.00 Motion Carried. 'A letter from Clarence Elvin was read asking for an advance of $500.00 for gravel now in the stock pile. Moved by Mr. Campbell that Clarence Elvin be paid $500.00 for this. Carried. Mr. Church moved that all patrols and snowplows be in charge oC the foremen for all winter snow plowing Carried. Mr. Campbell moved that the new Super 99 Austin Western Motor Pa rol work in Division 7 for summer work and that it be operated by Jack Christensen Carried. The meeting then adjourned to re- convene at the Municipal Office, Three Hills, on May lst at 9:30 A.M, IN M I E 1I i� V FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. with all May 12 1956 Page 13 The Council meeting re- convented on May 1, 1956, Councillors again in attendance A circular entitled II A New Deal in Municipal Finance" issued by the Hon E W Hinman, Provincial Treasurer, was read and discussed at considerable length- -this circular had been forwarded from the Alta Association of Municipal Districts. Mr. Brown moved that a letter be sent suggesting that statistics be gathered by the Provincial Government as to the revenue that might be derived from: Assessment of all farm buildings A Sales Tax -- and methods under consideration for distribution of this if it should be levied Costs of making an assessment of farm buildings and of keeping such records up to date. Costs of collecting a Sales Tax Motion Carried A road tour had been made by the Council, foremen , and Sec` -Treas , during which they had inspected all roads where petitions or written requests had been made for improve- ment an /or where the Councillors considered that work was advisable A written report of this had been prepared by the Sec: -Treas and each Councillor received a copy Mr. M. Winther, representative of the Three Hills School ivision, was present for the remainder of the meeting The report of the Road Inspections was discussed at cons dera.ble length. The item numbers in the motions which f+llow refer to the items of this report Item # 4 Mr. Brown moved that the Dept. of Mines and Ain rals be asked to investigate the seismic hole near the NW orner of NE- 32- 29 -26 -4, as the water flowing from this ho lazard. e causes icing conditions in the winter which creates a road Carried. Item # 13 Mr Schmelke moved that a letter be written to Ar barker, A. P Grain Agent at Sunnyslope, Advising him that he must gather up the =Rd rubbish on the road allowan e E- 1- 31 -26 -4, as it appeared evident that the rubbish had come from his place Carried. Item # 14 Mr. Meston moved that Ar 0 Keirle be advised of the dangerous condition of the cattle pass S /SW -17 30 -25 -4 and aslg!dif he wished to repair this and maintaim it in good condition Carried Item # 27 Mr. Church moved that Mr. Szaklay be notifie that the matter of water drainage on his land does not app ar to be the concern of this Municipal District. Carried. Item # 31 Mr Church moved that the Orkney Telephone Co be advised that no further road work in planned on the flat below tk e Orkney Hill adjacent to the River, and that the said Co pany may therefore replace its line in the original location Carried Mr. Peters moved that the Council adjourn for dinner from 12 noon to 1 P M Carried i 1 'r W. N A N FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD, J, H IWA sl S be adv: necess< side o] this me May 11 1956 Page 14 Item # 40 Mr Schmelke moved that Mr. Wm White ed that this Municipal District will supply the y tractor power to move his buildings to the west the Creek in NW- 13- 30 -23 -4 if he desires to make e to gain access to the graded road Carried Mr. Schmelke moved that a letter similar to the above be sent to Mr. Dan Kaehn offering to assist him in moving to the east side of the Creek in 5E- 12- 31 -26 -4. Carried Item # ?3 Mr. Meston moved that the Bridge Branch be again requested to consider allotting a new bridge on a channel diversion oil the road allowance 5- 5- 32 -22-4 to allow straightening of the road and elimination of the present hazards. Carried. Item # 88 A letter dated April 30/56 from Milvain, MacDona d, Cheeseman and Moore (Solicitors in Calgary acting on behaLf of Stanley Gibson) was read to the Council Mr. Church moved that the Dept. of Water Resources be asked to make further investigation of the Graff- Gibson drainage dispute as soon as possible Carried. Item # 91 Mr Schmelke moved that this District arrange to get Title to the north 66 ft. of NE- 3- 29 -23 -4 by voluntary transfer from the present owner (Diede) as a road has been built on this to provide an outlet from the NW- 3- 29 -23 -4. Carried Item # 93 Mr Peters moved that Mr. Boese, Mr. Church, and "Ir Gimbel investigate further regarding the dangerous railway crossing at W- 16- 29 -23 -4 (Albert Bramley's), and that their recommendation be referred to the C. P. R if they consider a new location is advisable. Carried Item # 111 Mr Campbell moved that the Road Committee investigate the road situation for Mrs. Edith Morse at the north of Sec. 31 and 32- 34 -21 -4 She resides in this District but the road is in the 14. D of Red Deer Carried # 138 1r4r M Winther was present and offered to donate ttie land required for the channel diversion in W1 35 -24 -4, on condition that this District build a fence on the east side of the said diversion It was agreed that levels s ould be taken and further information gathered before a decisi n is made for 1956 Mr Church moved that gravel donations be accepted work, on the following basis. 1. Crushed gravel at $2.00 per cu. yd. 2. Screened gravel at $1.20 per cu. yd 3 4 Pit run gravel at $1 00 per cu yd The donation must be sufficient to pay for one -third of the number of cu. 5. yds of gravel required. No the Council work shall be undertaken without approval of motion Carried. (Mr Peters opposed) to start Mr. work Brown moved that the south road crew be authorized on the following projects: Grading Vorrath's and Thur 's; near grading Poffenroth corner west to # 21; one machine o Beynon and to Clark's, if necessary. Carried. ized to Peters moved that the north road crew be author - nce work by grading South 5- 32 -25 -4 (J. Smith's) Carried A M e f •N 11M *� . FORM 149 -P— Special MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. J May 1, 1956 Page 15 A letter from A B Young of Three Hills was read, requesting approval of the Council to the following transfers: W -2 of Lot A Plan 4617 F N. from Donald L. Smith to Gus lave Honecker E2 of Lot A Plan 4617 F.N. from Donald L Smith to Ida Armbruster Both of the above are in the Three Hills Subdivision in the NW part of SW- 6- 32 -23 -4 Mr. Peters moved that the approval of Council be given Carried. The 1937 and 1933 accounts for fuel, feed, and seed g ain obtained by C. H. Morse and amounting to $94.25 were discussed A lien was registered against the NW -4- 34-22-4 in respect to these Mr Morse has since died and his widow requested cancellation of the old accounts as she was fi ancially unable to pay same Mr Campbell moved that the ac ounts be cancelled and the liens released Carried Mr Ruby, Field Supervisor, met with the Council Mr. Church moved that the Agricultural Service Board purchase a Century Grass Seeder and have it mounted on a trailer. Carried Mr. Peters moved that the Council accept thetentative Agricultural Service Board program as drafted by the said Board and the Dept, of Agriculture Carried Mr. Schmelke moved that the Shop Comm. investigate regarding a Frig for each camp, with authority to purchase Carried. Mr Boese moved that this meeting adjourn Time 6:20 P M. Next meeting to be held at the Municipal Office on May 14th, commencing at 10 A. M. Carried Reeve Sec.- Treas. I I �� s