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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-04-25 Council Minutes1 ,r *, V4ftl'V The Co 12th/66 was ;-sills on Zo COUNCIL NEETING April 25, 1966 (cont ?d. from April 12/66) :xl meeting that had adjourned from April ;convened in the 14unicipal office at Three Ly, April 25th/665 commencing at 9.00 A "= Page No 12 All Councillors and the Secretary - Treasurer were present at this meeting. The Council meeting was delayed from 9 00 A.M. to COURT OF 10 °15 A M to allow a .meeting of the Court of Revision REVISION of this Dist act to decide on certain assessment= appeals as per separ e minutes A letter was read from the City of '.,';_ed Deer in respect WELFARE to Welfare Assistance necessary for Wayne Morrison and MORDISON family who are the responsibility of this District, 14r Drown moved that this be accepted and filed Carried note f thanks was read from i>Irs. Iris Hanson THANKS for flowers ent to her during her illness, This was L I,HANSON ordered file . k circu prices will and that the the culverts was ordered Various etc, from th then referre from the Com Council meet inquire as t a copy of al Planning, su Hr Len met with Cou borrow four a building approxxmatel timbers not He was advis District has Branch, so s Len Johnson above for a that he depo that the tiro Council had been hel made to the Councillor f Erief discus division in I:r R. 0 in respect t 1. Dr separate Tit that he is w which this D Council had the Provinci to the Title NE- 36- 30 -26- FORM 1IN -P SPECIAL SUPPLIES LTD. ar from the A A PAS D advised that culvert CULVE T e increased 12 to 2 percent as from May lst, PRICES price of couplers is less if ordered with than if ordered separately. This information iled correspondence and copies of minutes, reports, PLANNING Calgary regional Planning Commission were CO I'iISSION to Council Included in this was a request .fission for a copy of all minutes of our ngs ,1r. Schmelke moved that 14r Cliff Poole j whether or not the Planning Commission wishes minutes or only portions which refer to division matters, etc Carried Johnson, a building mover of the Linden area, L JOHNSON cil briefly and stated that he would like to TI1,, :BEaS ambers about 6 x 14 x 20 for use in moving; He estimated that he would need these for one week He stated that the price of new reosoted was $245 00 per thousand in Calgary. d that the creosoted timbers which this are actually the property of the Bridge ould not be sold. Mr Brown moved that 14r e authorized to borrow four timbers as noted ime of approximately one week, on condition it $400. with this District as a guarantee ers will be returned in good condition Carried. briefly discussed the Planning Heeting which PLANNING in Calgary on March 23rd and reference was IsEET.. eport of same which had been mailed to each MARCH 23 or. the Calgary Regional Planning Commission. v ion followed regarding planning and sub - ieneral Keglowitsch and Dr E. alassen met with Council the following subdivision matters• lUassen stated that he wished to secure a e to the 4 69 acres of the ICI- 31- 30 -25 -4, and lling to accept any Caveat or restriction strict might wish to place against same reviously approved of this subdivision and 1 officers had also given approval, subject being consolidated with that of the pt of See Page 13 DR E KLASSEN T,Tuf- 31 -30 -25 44L W, FORM 11 Dr Klassen s sale of this that this ser 30 -25 -4 be aF residential c said area. C 2. Dr E the new subdi D G Klassen LSD-16. they error and Hr separately fo so they now w moved that Co separate Titl NE- 36- 30 -26 -4 of that LSD b same quarter Dr. Klas then left the A copy o the Local Aut to the propos to the north have been sub concerned wer for consi.dera Carried COUNCIL MEETING April 25, 1966 Page 13 ;ated that he wished to make a separate Dr.E.Klassen )orti.on referred to Mr Brown moved cont'd irate Title for the 4 69 acres in NW -31- )roved by Council on condition that a iveat can be registered against the irried. .assen and Mr Keglowitsch then referred to iision in the NE- 36- 30 -26 -4, by which iIr sub-dvn in iad obtained a separate Title to all of NE- 36- 30 -26 -4 stated that the application had been an D G Klassen had wished to retain Title the north 20 acres only of that LSD -16 .shed to make the correction 1r Church tncil approve of the proposal to create a : for the north 20 acres of LSD -16 of the on condition that the Title for the balance consolidated with the remaining part of the ;ection. Carried ;en and i1ir Keglowitsch thanked Council and meeting. a letter from the Village of Linden to PROPOSED orities Board, was read to Council in respect ANNEX. d annexations by the Village of some properties LINDE? nd to the south of the Village. No maps itted to this office so only general areas known. Per. Peters moved that this be filed ion when further details are available. Council adjourned for dinner from 12.00 noon to 1.00 P 14 Represen atives from various towns and villages, etc met with Council at 1 00 P M as follows. >ECREkT10N i /IE E TI NG iieme - Mr. Stan Price and Dr J Greenway with Carbon - Mr Stewart Hay, Mr 7-11m. Church, r4r. George REP FROr.I kppleyard TOWNS & Three Hi is - Hr. L.G. Howe, Mr Gordon Long VILLAGES Len_,'- i - Mr. Lewis Esau Huxley - Mi Edward Jensen, Mrs. , Maxine Jensen A lengthy discussion followed in regard to Recreational facilities provided in the towns and villages with costs of operating same, the benefits derived from same by both urban and rur 1 residents, and other related matters. 14r Gordon Long gave some fairly detailed information in regard to ctlVlties at Three hills and advised that net cost of recreation program in 1965 was $9021. and this amounted to 4,6 mills on the 1965 town assessment He estimated that the participants were approximately one half town and one -half rural. Delegates from the Acme area stated tlkat,, to have a recreation director would necessitate a combined program with other areas to provide for financing The Village of Acme has been granting 2 dills or appr ximately $840 per year for recreation but considerable more money is needed now that they have their swimming pool. The rural use is much greater than the urban. I.epresen atives from Carbon gave much the same type of statement End advised that it is very difficult for a Village to ca try on with the facilities without rural help The dele.ate from Linden estimated that the users there would be abou 80% rural A letter advising of t of the estima The represent information i 'SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. was read from the Huxley Community Hall group e improvements they wish to make at the hall, ed cost and of their difficulty in financing tives present from that area gave some further respect to that See Page 14 C A 114 Mr. Gord County of St. a number of a practical sol Consider allocation of procedure to between the t cedure follow referred to b COUNCIL i1EETING April 25th, 1966 Page i.41- Long stated that he had heard that the RECREt.TION aul has a recreation Director which serves CON T?D. as and he suggested that this might be a ion. le discussion took place regarding a possible ome funds from the Municipal District and followed in making a division of this ns and villages and other areas The nro- in regard to the Centennial grogram was efly. Nr Harold Slinger and Mr. Harold Somaerville of the Town of Trochu joined with the group at this time, and a general review of the earlier discussion and further discussion followed The representatives from Huxley stated they had no objection to ertain funds being made available to towns and villages on condition that areas such as theirs also got some .ill members of the delegation then left the meeting. Council discussed the matter of recreation grants privately for a considerable period. 1�1r. Loosmore then moved that th Municipal District budget $10,000 in 1966 for recr ational purposes, that $2500 of this be reserved for iamlets and smaller locations within this District whici would be grants on the basis of requests and need, and that the balance of $7,500. be allotted for towns and villages Carried - 6 in favor, 1 opposed. lair Schmelke Itsked to be recorded as opposed. i4r. T Paquette and r.11an Koch and Joe Dobler, fore- men met with ouncil, and items referring to their work were discusse . Mr. Dobler advised that two new Ford gravel trucks are now almost ready for use, and one more has been received and will soon be ready. He advised that truck No 18 hich had been traded in needs some repairs to the transmission and the clutch night also need work on it. It wa3 agrees' that decision regarding this be left to Sandy Sommerville Other items discussed with the foremen included the following 1 Mr j gravel pit w4 2. Flas] kept on durii decision of 1 3 A fl . truck used b; was consider, other rear a: 4. The been receive 5 Mr. graying crew is now drivi 6 Mr. ruck driver ceded that h this Distric south gradin 7 Mr. an employee FORM 19)-P SPECIAL MU ICIPAUSUPPLIES LTD, llen Koch to arrange for fencing at the st of Linden on the north side of the road. :.ng lights on the motor graders should be g all times of operation as per previous ouncil. shing light for the top of the cab on the the gravel checker was mentioned but it d perhaps not necessary as it already has d front flashing lights one ton Ford truck of the Service Board has and it is now in use Doug Lea has now transferred to the north from the gravel crew and Hr. John Powell g a gravel truck Harvey IT Toews, who had been hired as at the previous council meeting, had de- did not wish to accept employment with either as a truck driver or with the crew nober I-I Paget of Carbon has been hired as in the south grading crew. See Page 15 J� I'iOTION RE RECREATION FO'�:Ei,IEN M 4W COUNCIL 14EETING April 25, 1966 Page 15 8. Appli ations of Armien Toews, Gary Iverson & Norm Tattersall were read to Council Members of Council advised that they had also had inquiries from Mr Frank Brown and Mr Lyle Balderson 9. Mr. D bler reported that a portion of the A -frame on the Traval ll had cracked and is now being repaired. He is using his private car for transportation in the meantime. 10. Mr. Dobler was asked to arrange to have gravel delivered for the Trochu west culverts as soon as con- venient and also to put some gravel on the streets in Grantville. fie was also asked to arrange to have two holes at culy its filled in Day.7 referred to him by Councillor Ca nbell Mr. Camp�ell moved that Council approve of the hiring of employees s noted above Carried. Mr. Brow moved that Council authorize the purchase of a two foot extension for the moldboard for machine operated by V rn Bitz Carried APPI FOREi4EN CONT9D. MOLDBOARD Complaint of 14r. W. VanOver was referred to Council STdOTWPLOW in which he stated that the $2 50 charged to him for COT�PLAIT�� T � snowplowing had not been requested by him Mr. Schmelke VANOVEP moved that the- bill for the $2 50 be cancelled Carried Council was advised that sir Ray VanOver had brought to our attention a copy of a $4 00 account to him from the County of Red Deer for snowplowing, which he stated he had not requested 14r Peters moved that the account be referred to the County of Red Deer with a letter of ex- planation. C rried. It was suggested that, prior to next winter, some type of sign be agreed upon for use of farmers to request �( private snowplowing. This is to be referred to later in the year A request of T.r A R McKibbin for improved drainage MCKIBBIII near his driveway was discussed. Mr Loosmore moved that J '11ORX ON the north ditch be cleaned and other improvements made if DITCH necessary Carried 14r. Brow moved that Per Stan Schmelke have authority S SCHI-1ELKE to hire tempo ary men in connection with paving project if HIRING OF such be neces ary Carried TE11IPORARy rJOi'.K The foremen and councillors advised that government culverts have now been delivered for the site west of CULVERTS Trochu and for one south of Carbon. Others are on order This informat on was ordered filed. 1 2 . BTZ. Mr Loosmore moved that the Bridge Inspector be asked `/ E-1-12- to inspect th small bridge along the E�- 12- 31 -24 -4 Carried. 31 -24 and Mr. Chur h moved that the Bridge Branch be asked to I,TV- 20 -29 -21 supply a government culvert for the proposed new road north / N:T- 20- 29 -21 -4 Carried Council letters certi and the one s are now 14.D be accepted a FORM 116 -P SPECIAL MUNICIPAU SUPPLIES LTD, as advised that the Bridge Branch has sent Bntace ying that the work at the Entice Bridge Clarks uth of Clark's have been completed and they esponsibility. Mr. Church moved that this d filed Carried J�Wl See Page 16 a 1� A letter its by -law p4 north correct were in keep: it Campbell COUNCIL MEETING April 2566 Page 16 from the County of Red Deer and a copy of rtaining to the exchange of work along the ion line were referred to briefly These ng with our Municipal by -law passed previously. moved that this be accepted and filed Carried. RED DEER COU14TY re WORK EXCHANGE Hr. Ted Paquette advised that he will have enough work NORTH on the Troch4 west job to take his crew through most of May CREW Mr. Allen Koch stated that the work at the Sharples bridge is almost done though they will have to send one SOUTTH machine back later to do the final work after the bridge CRFvV is completed. Mr. Schnielke moved that the south crew be next author- ized to install the government culvert south of 27- 28 -23 -4, and to re -grade that mile of road in Div 2 Carried Hr Bro n moved that the Bridge Branch be advised that BR BRANCH the bridge o er the Kneehill Creek east of Hainings needs 2-30-25 - a new deck. The location is south of 2- 30 -25 -4. Motion carried. It was agreed that the budget and road program be dis- BUDGET cussed in detail by Council this coming Friday, April 29th 14BETING commencing at 9.00 A 14. and that Ted Paquette and Allan Koch meet with Council that afternoon at 1.00 P M The foremen then left the meeting A lettex was read to Council advising that the Central CENTRAL Alberta Association meeting of the A A M D will be held A.k N.D. in Red Deer cn April 30th Councillors Church, Poole, 14BETING Brown and Lo swore and Sec -Treas G G King indicated that they would bE able to attend that meeting. Mr Ted Paquette, foreman, came back into the meeting T PAQUETTE very briefly and advised that he is contacting Richardson WAGNER Road Machinery regarding the neck on the Wagner inthe north crew and that he hopes some improvements can be made to same After brief discussion, he again left the meeting. Mr Jan J deGroot, of U.G.G. Insurance Agencies met U.G.G. with Council regarding the Municipal insurance. Through INSURANCE Jubilee Insurance they now have the truck fleet policy, but he advised that losses are high and that the Insuring Company was considering cancelling the coverage, but had been persuaded not to do so He further stated that, if they had morel municipal business, the rates could be more stable Considerable discussion followed regarding insurance in general, and the benefits of dealing through Jubilee Insurance, comparative service, rates, etc. 14r Peters moved that quotes be received from various companies on all insurance policies in the future, and that the companies be given three months advance notice in this regard. Carried It was p inted out to Council that Fir. Jack Edworthy of U G G Ins rance, had advised us by phone that the collision rate for $250. deductible would be 50% of the rate which hai quoted for $100 deductible on collision. Hcwe_fer the p licy did not show this, as the rate quoted was $825 00, but the rate actually charged under the new policy is $620.00. 14r. deGr of checked this and then stated that the company had b en in error in this quotation and that the difference wo ld only be slightly over $200 FORM 1H9 -P SPECIAL SUPPLIES LTD, See Page 17 I ma- Mr. Peter trucks, etc t for $100 dedi Carried, COUNCIL 14EETING April 25, 1966 Page 17 moved that the fleet policy regarding the INSUTdINCE now changed so that the collision will read CONTQD title in view of the actual corrected rates I4r. deGroot thanked council and then left the meeting Correspo dence relating to the new proposed subdivision for i'r. Bradf rd in the area north of Three Hills was read to Council, i cluding a portion of a letter from Mr. R. Smith, to the Provin ial Planning Director and the reply of the Sec - Treas i which he corrected the first letter with the advice that C uncil had actually given approval. Pair. Peters moved that this information be accepted and filed. Carried. The revised budget for the Rural Road Study was referred to briefly. Council was advised that tae full charge for this District is now $10,662.00 of which 50% should be re- covered from the Department of Highways. The Road Study Committee has requested a payment of $1,000. on the re- quisition so s to pay operating costs Mir Loosmore moved that the budg t be accepted as revised and that $1,000 be now paid i regard to the Rural Road Study. Carried. Compensa ion rates to be offered in connection with land and fenc deals in 1966 in cases of road widening, etc were the discussed Mr. Campbell moved that the purchase rate for land for road widening, etc. be set at five times the new assess- ment for the areas affected with a minimum rate of $50.00 per acre Carried 14.r Poole moved that the rates for moving fences be set at a maximum of $280 00 per mile with lower figures to apply dependinE on the conditions of the fences Carried. Mr. Pool moved that this meeting do now adjourn until 9.00 A M. on friday, April 29th, 1966 Carried FORM 1 -P SPECIAL MUNICIP SUPPLIES LTD. Time of 4djournment: 5:30 P M Peeve See. -T a f BRADFORD SUBDVN f BUDGET RURAL RD STUDY LAND & FENCE FOR 1966