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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1964-06-23 Special Meeting MinutesN -0 �r Wai noti e M pro N Pit FORM COUNCIL 14EETING June 23, 1964 PaCe 1 special meeting of the Council of the I.unicipal District of Knee _ill lIo 48 was held at t!-.e Municipal office, Three Hills ` on Tue 'ay, June 23, 1964, comr- ,,icing at 1 30 P 17 Councillors present were 1 r !a Church Div 1 1� r Cliff Poole Div 2 Iy r Ralph ' 'Brown Div 3 (Reeve) I r Dune Peters Div 4 F�r Ralph Loosmore D-v 5 I r S C Schmelke Div 6 P r C C Campbell Div 7 !r Donald Dau, representative of the Three Hills School �Divisi n, was also present throughout this meetinC Mr Loosmore moved that Council waive notice of this meeting and ag ee to transact any business which may :,e brought Lefore it Carrie unan he follow4_nC were presented and discussed in connection with tIe negotiations with the Canadian Union of Public Employees Letter of June 18th., 1964 from the Board of Industrial 'elati ns advising that the vote of the employees re €ardinE the Conciliation award will be held on the evening of June 23, 1964 .and that the Council must, at that tike, give its decision re- Cardin the award l,Tr Brown, Peters and King reported these items had 'seen discus ed briefly with Mr Graham of the Calgary office of the 73o?,rc 1!len %e :,^.s In Three last "'r cFay Council was advised that the above matters had been discus ed wit'z 1.r Neil German who is Solicitor for ti.is, and others of his office, and that his advise was that the Council ishould meet and give its decision He recommended against accent nce of the Conciliation award � r Church gloved that the Council of the hunicipal District fof Kne hill reject the Conciliation Board award as submitted under date of i,Ia;y 29th, 1964 Carried unan 'ir '°oole -moved that M, G G King act as scrutineer on behalf of the Vllunicipal District at the vote of the employees in T-respect to the Conciliation a:,rard, said vote to be held this eveninff Carried Mr Bro -n reported briefly on discussions with the Engineers regarding the paring from Acme toward Linden and told Council ;t he is now recomnendinC that --,he project be prepared in two parts, one to be fro: Acme north to the top of the hill south of the lbridge and the other to be from the machine works south to the tridCre By so doing separate bids can be taken and contracts given only to our maximum alotment Council was advised that Mr C H Penner had been to the 's office and had complained regarding the compensation allowed him T in re pect to the CradinC program west of Sunnyslope, complaining that the fence payment was not high enough and that he had allowed them to take dirt from his land A similar situation existed in r respect to his brother John I -I Penner Fair Peters r.�oved that JC H lenner and John Penner be each paid $20 00 for borrow pits in re pect to this Carried See Page 2 SPECIAL 'LIES LTD. Gas lant in resp ro d be file matter Ass app COUNCIL MEETING qune 23, 1964 Page 2 Brown moved that payment be authorized for the land taken ct to the road to the Wirsborne Gas Plant and that caveats to show the interest of the Municipal District, with the f Vie survey to be left until later Carried C until was advised that the k1berta Assessment Appeal S- Board hid met at our office on June 17, 1964 and had considered the is d appeals of H Rolston, Jacob Groen, D Lytle and A Hiebert fall appeals against assessment of the buildings had been refused but confirms ticn of this will cone later in writing Wei 'Slfe C C • . Dru.mnei. er Annexat on Mr Paul Joigm met with Council briefly re Carding the possible purchase of certAh areas in Sunnyslope He was advised that the areas concerned are parr and public works areas and thus � are not for sale at present He thanked Council and then left the meetingj Correspondence from the Board of Transport Commissioners was read in respect to the proposed change in the C P R crossing; at Sun ysloce This advised that plans would have to be submitted as per general order No 577, if the change is demanded Nr Peters moved that Nr R 0 Keglowitsch be instructed to draw the �re�uir d plans and to submit the information to the Board and the C P T 'out that he first contact the local Councillor for details. Carrie orrespondence was read in regard to the proposed Mnnexation of certain areas to the City of Drumheller 1. 1, letter from the City advising that the date of the hearing of the Local kuthorities Board had been changed to July 31, 19 4 at 9 00 E• 11 This letter also included a detailed propos 1 of the lances which they wished to annex m T k letter fro the Three ills School Division advised that 11 Lerdahl and Mr Dau are its committee and that they will suppor the 14uni.cipal District in opposing the annexation It was agreed that these be referred to our Solicitor for attention .eporte from the Drumheller Health Unit advised that the -,. Ham t swater t ?both the Huxley and the Swalwell wells are satisfac ory wel at pre ent a letter from Alberta Emergency Ileasures Organization advised that t e meeting on June 26th is mainly for Co- Ordinators of E110 E.M. but that Councillors may attend if they so wish Transportation and suDsistance for the co- ordinator will be paid None of Vie Councillors desire to attend 'Tie vecretary- Treasurer gave Council some further details he had received by telephone in respect to the proposed park at Lowe Park the s uthwest corner of 27- 28 -21 -4 on Lowen Estate land that a lease of 1 The Department of Lands & Forests stated 25 ye ors or longer would be acceptable in all likelihood 2 Hon Gordon Taylor, Minister of Highways, advised that J his d partment is not building any more camp kitchens along highw ys so no special funds are available for that that 3 It is not practical to drill a well for water at locat on so the only alternative would likely be a cistern with water to be hauled to it Mr Church agreed to gather information regarding' the costs of ha ling the water and also agreed to see Aar Sandercock, '~Solis for at Drumheller regarding the proposed long tern lease wit1 he Lowen Estate Keiver Mr Peters spoke regarding; the need for a stove for the camp SaoOat Ke verts Lake and he was authorized to provide one f-or it FORM 14 -P SPECIAL See Page 3 MUNICIPAL PPLIES LTD. - A. 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Pr e In COUNCIL MEETING June 23, 1964 Page 3 C uncil was advised that Mr Elgar Tetz had requested Councilts permission to have his son Allan admitted to the Provinc al Training School or other suitable institution He had signed a letter agreeing to pay the account on condition that it is not more than $20 00 per month 144 Loosmore moved that ,Council approve of the admission of Allan Tetz to the Provincial Training School or other suitable institution Carried cxruular from Street,Nobbins,Morrow advised that 7,ln f Preston had resigned as salesman in this area and that someone else would be appointed in his place Appl e- I Applications for work were read as previously received from J Kennet1h St Denys and J Morgan These were ordered filed atio is Auxi iary 1he requisition of the Mountain View - Kneehill Auxiliary HOSp tal Hospit 1 District No 13 was read with this District4s share being 20,743 82 Air Peters moved that Council approve of refit J payment of the requisition Carried Circulars were read from the Alberta Association of Brow ee Municipal Districts in regard to power and telephone lines and also forms in regard to revised agreements as drafted by its Solicitor, Mr the forms A Brownlee The Secretary - Treasurer was asked to review for Mr Brownlee at a later date and to report back to a further meetin of Council In 4 anee nsurance was discussed briefly and the Secretary was asked to check into the matter of passenger liability C.M. .C. Gra vil wa er Ir Black of Central Mortgage & Housing Corporation met with Council and briefly discussed items connected with the Municipal Development & Loan Act and National Housing Act e Subject to the passing of the necessary By_Laws and Provincial approvals that are required, Mr Black advised that money for the pr posed water and sewerage to Grantvi.11e would likely be availa le and suggested the following be considered. Municipal Development and Loan Act for the water. Money is available up to $20 00 per person for the Municipality and for projec s completed by next Spring, there is a forgiveness of 25 %. Money is available under the National Housing Act for Sewera a and there is also a 25% forgiveness for both principal and i erest on this ny items that are a definite cost of the progect may be Considered when making application for the loan Other conditions in general are that public tenders must be called and that the lowest bidder must be accepted or excellent reasons shown for doing otherwise Mr Black further advised that the Municipality may get appro al to act as the Contractor if it can be shown that this is the c eager procedure He further asked that preliminary plans for s4Ewage be submitted to C M H C so that they may review same and t en let us know what part is eligible He was advised to contact Hadden, Davis and Bfown regarding this Application for grantE for the water project would be through the Provincial Treasurer Mr Black was thanked for meeting with Council and he then left #he meeting anee Mr Campbell moved that passenger coverage be added to our ?Tunic pal Auto Policy if it is not now in effect Carried Road Mr Church moved that minor road repair work be referred to Repa Lrs the foremen where practical, but if an emergency arises that the local Councillor have authority to hire someone to do the work Carried See Page 4 FORM 14LP SPECIAL MUNICIPAL PPLIES LTD. Caly rt Cult' rt agreed et old ma propos COUNCIL MEETING .Tune 23, 1964 Page 4 r Campbell reported that the Huxley Nutterite Colony have bo do all fencing at the Calvert Culvert in exchange for srial from the bridge Mr Schmelke moved that this L be accepted Carried D -8 hr Peters reported that the "All frame on the older D8 cat repa rs had br ken but that repairs have been made Lanu 1r Church reported that the €ravel at John R Lanes was s 1 fair only The supply seems better on adjoining land owned by gra �rHappylDay but he had teen unable to get a lease or right -of -entry up to this time rye will investigate this further Meet Pr Peters moved that the meeting previously proposed for cane ng lied next Monday, June 29, be cancelled as much of the business has been transacted this afternoon Carried, Next mtg. lir Poole :coved that the next regular meeting be k4onday, July 1 th, 1964 commencing at 9 00 A M and that this meeting do now ad ourn Carried ime of adjournment 4 °15 P 14 2.e e FORM 14LP SPECIAL MUNICIPAL PPLIES LTD.