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Home My WebLink About1962-10-02 Council MinutesWaive notice Gravel work Hauling rates Accident gravel Abe cr ew Travelall! i -Law 391 FORM 14 MUNICIPAL line ehi l l `4 at 9.00 j7 II CuJ,TCIL Tl'T1cTG OCT 21 1962 Page 1 meeting of the Council of the Tlunicipal District of was held in the 1,unicipal office at 1'hree IIill_s, con: encing Nr. i;rown reported to the Council of th(, accident which happened on Saturday, September 22nd. ihe gravel truck drivers and Pavloader ol erator ti -ere returning from wor'� on Saturday at noon and travelling ouch on - Tighti�ray ;r21 '-hey struck a hole in the pavement and, as a result, the bus went out of control and turned ores on its side in the ditch Estimates had been obtained regarding renalrs for this bus in the amounts of between ;,x600. and .700 The bus was not covered b1T, collision or upset insurance 1.1r. Broi.rn reported than he 1-iad spo'-en to Lloyd drill about using his car to transport the men to and from work. Iir. 'jill was agreeable to this arrangement and Mr. Brown asked that 11r dill have passenger hazard insurance placed on h.Ls vehicle and that any extra premi .is would be )aid by -the iTunicipal Dis crict. i•Ir. Drown also made some inquiries as to the ati. ailabllzty of a. suitabl vehicle that could be 1�urchasec? by the lunicipal District to take she dace of the bus. A 1961 IIIC Travelall was available from Enerson Bus ao Ltd. of Lethbridge, this being a. used vehicle with 117000 miles I'r. nrown inquired into costs, etc of a new 4 ton panel with seats aid extra windows. The price WOUld be approximately ?3300 J Mr Carl i'aylor, of Enerson Bus Co. Ltd. was present at the meeting and had the 1961 IHC 'iravelall on hand to be seen by the Council. :1r Ralph Loos-nore Moved that the Council offer to puzchase the said vehicle at a price of "2200. Carried Mr. Carl Taylor was then interviewed by Council and offered the vehicle at a price of X2300. After considerable discussion, 1,,1r. Loosmore moved that his motion t offer a orice of :2200 be rescinded. Carried i'r. LoosmLore then rioved first reading to By -Law i391, this being a By -Law to ?ourchase one used !HC Travelall, Serial -.,,To 10322.3 at a price of )2300. Carried unan. Mr. Church moved 2nd -reading to this By- Lai,,. Carried unan I' r Campbell_ moved 3rd reading to this By -Law Carried unan — Special PLIES LTD. Councillors present trere s Mr A `I. Church Div 1 11r. Toah Boese Div 2 Ar Ralph Brown Div. 3 (Reeve) 'ir Dunc Peters Div L. 'r. Ralph Loosrlore Div 5 11.1r o C 6chrfielre Div. 6 sir C C Campbell Div 7 1ir Peters moves? that the Council waive notice of meeting and proceed to deal with the business which V,as brought before it, and that this b considered as part of the regular October r.?eeting Caz ri.ed una. . T r Joe Dobler, foreman of the gravel_ crew, raet with Council I` Doole -_ stated that Linden Contractors Ltd would be finished cr shing gravel at the Elvin pit sometime this afternoon or tomorrov mo nin He then suggested that the 1-;ayloade; load gravel from stockpiles and that all trucI,s now hauling from the crusher continue to haul from the payloader until needed again by the crusher from the l�.i 1, at r1cic pit. Considerable discussion regarding rates for gravel hauling followed and it vTas the general feeling that e-iough trucxs woald not b0 available at the rate of 10- per c.yd. mile, i� regardless of the length of haul '' IIr. Sch:melke moved that the Council pay regular gove-rn- ment rates or gravel hauling for the balance of the season. Carried Nr. i;rown reported to the Council of th(, accident which happened on Saturday, September 22nd. ihe gravel truck drivers and Pavloader ol erator ti -ere returning from wor'� on Saturday at noon and travelling ouch on - Tighti�ray ;r21 '-hey struck a hole in the pavement and, as a result, the bus went out of control and turned ores on its side in the ditch Estimates had been obtained regarding renalrs for this bus in the amounts of between ;,x600. and .700 The bus was not covered b1T, collision or upset insurance 1.1r. Broi.rn reported than he 1-iad spo'-en to Lloyd drill about using his car to transport the men to and from work. Iir. 'jill was agreeable to this arrangement and Mr. Brown asked that 11r dill have passenger hazard insurance placed on h.Ls vehicle and that any extra premi .is would be )aid by -the iTunicipal Dis crict. i•Ir. Drown also made some inquiries as to the ati. ailabllzty of a. suitabl vehicle that could be 1�urchasec? by the lunicipal District to take she dace of the bus. A 1961 IIIC Travelall was available from Enerson Bus ao Ltd. of Lethbridge, this being a. used vehicle with 117000 miles I'r. nrown inquired into costs, etc of a new 4 ton panel with seats aid extra windows. The price WOUld be approximately ?3300 J Mr Carl i'aylor, of Enerson Bus Co. Ltd. was present at the meeting and had the 1961 IHC 'iravelall on hand to be seen by the Council. :1r Ralph Loos-nore Moved that the Council offer to puzchase the said vehicle at a price of "2200. Carried Mr. Carl Taylor was then interviewed by Council and offered the vehicle at a price of X2300. After considerable discussion, 1,,1r. Loosmore moved that his motion t offer a orice of :2200 be rescinded. Carried i'r. LoosmLore then rioved first reading to By -Law i391, this being a By -Law to ?ourchase one used !HC Travelall, Serial -.,,To 10322.3 at a price of )2300. Carried unan. Mr. Church moved 2nd -reading to this By- Lai,,. Carried unan I' r Campbell_ moved 3rd reading to this By -Law Carried unan — Special PLIES LTD. C Winter works Travelall Insurane Megli pit Bus tenders C111 Road grading etc . Equity detour road Linden subdiv Govt. seminar Machine hours COU !CI"L ?1.11', 721NG OCI. 2, 1962 Page 2 Mr. Doug Tazelton of Linden Contractors Ltd. met Council and discuss d the gravel crusning program and also asked what arrangement had been made regardinU the , inter �lorks program Mr. f1azelton stated that they had approximately two days outside wort to) do after finishing the Elvin stockpile and then would move to K-irI natricks y P,Ir Boese moved that application be made to have gravel ✓ crushing done under the ; vinter. 'dorks program with a total of about 60,000 c.yd . to be crushed and stockpiled. Carried. i1r. Peters moved that the insurance on the 1950 G_C one ton school bus be cancelled and that the 1961 IIzC 2ravelall be ,/ added to oui, Fleet Policy to include ;2'100 deductable and passenger hazard Ca Tied. iI'r Brown moved that Linden Contractors be engaged to cr-_,sh 2,000 c Yds. of gravel at the I,iegl.i pit and that this gravel 'be hauled d- rect to roads in Divisions 2 and 3. Carried. i1r Campoel'l roved that the Council as' for tenders for the 1950 GI,,' one ton school bus, the bus to be sold as is,terms cash, and that to tiers close noon October 22nd. Carried Mr. a. J. Gimbel and N'r Teel. Paquette, road foremen, then met with Council and discussed work to be done by each crew 1.1r. Gimbel stated he had some ten odd jobs to complete which would keep him busy fo_ quite some time The north crew is now working in Div IF which would Loop them going for some time. Jobs to be completed were the job west of `Three 71i11_s on old =21 T y , Smouse Creek road and Erickson road and other odd jobs I,Ir Boese moved that the north south road by Reddekopp and Pages be backsloped with one of the i,Tunicipal cats when time permits C cried. Mr Hanson reported that Border Paving were Moving their equipment from the job at the Equity Overpass and that he had driven over the detour road with their foreman and inspected same '_''he road ✓was in fair condition Yr. Peters and lir Campbell were to inspect this detour road also and report back on October 10th. cussed by Cc subject to t at all lots to 5 The new plan regarding the Linden Subdivision was dis- cil and Mr. Brown moved that this new plan be approved following conditions- 1 that a 20' lane be allowed on the west or no lane 2 that the lots on the east side be changed from 6 Carried. A letter from tb.e office of the Premier was read to the Council. -his Letter requests that the Council send a representative to a Seminar to be held in Edmonton on October 16th and 17t'-i The ✓topic for th's Seminar Mould be government Public Ielations and responsibilAy Mr. Campbell mo red that Mr R f Brown, Reeve, be flies Distric -' U 's r presentative at the above Seminar. Carried Mr. Ralph Loosmore moved that, if possible, a report be prepared for the October 10th meeting giving machine hours on jobs to the end of EIM SerAember Carried -to reconvene Carried Y PJ�1TFO FORM 149- — Special MUNICIPALS PLIES LTD 11r. Noah Boese moved that in the I- lunicipal office at XA%�7� Reeve this meeting do now adjourn 9:00 A.'. on October 10th � Sec m - areas w m -mnmmnmnmnmr-