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Home My WebLink About1968-12-17 Council MinutesCouncil Meeting Dec. 17/68 (continued from Dec 10/68) Page 7 The Council meeting that had adjourned from Dec. 10/68 CW was reconvened in the office of the M D of Kneehill, Three Hills. on Tues Dec 17/68 at 9.00 A M with all councillors again in attendance 11E 000i * FORM 1494 SPECIAL MUNICIY -L SUPPL1E Mr G King recorded the minutes as Sec -Treas Mr D C Dau, representative of the Three Hills School Division, was present for most of the meeting Mr Z W Brown reported briefly on the Court Hearing in Edmont n B -c 11th /68 in respect to Equalized Assess- ments. Tie Chief Justice quashed the 1968 equalized assessmen for all municipalities for four months on the condition that the requisitioning authorities refrain from endeavoring to collect inLtalments of taxes under equalized assessment that fell due after the date of the Court Hearing The Sec - Treas, advised Council that all 1968 requ'sition cheques had been mailed from this M D. EXCEPT thB final requisitions for the School Foundation and tho A to Hospital Benefits Act. Mr. Peters moved that thesa two payments be withheld for the time being Carried Mr 3rown also advised that the Prov Municipal Advisory omm. had been considering the assessments and tax levie3 on summer villages but had not come up with a firm re ommendation - thus the Court action had followed The whole problem must now be resolved in some manner bythe Prov Government - there is no indication of what procedure will be followed but it r- .',ght result in higher equalized assessments for rural areas The ec.- Treas, gave each councillor a list of the employees of this M D paid on a monthly basis, together with the 1968 salary of each He also gave each a list of the 1968 salaries of the Sec -Treas of 4 adjoining M Dos and 4 Counties Average 1968 rate in the M D Qs incl Kne hill was $9,538 ; in the Counties average was $10,,775 Three Hills School Div is paying $10,000. The Sec.-Treas. then left the meeting and Council privately discussed salary rates. Mr G King, M, H J Hanson, and Mrs Vi Hart were then invitcl. to meet with Council and each was asked regarding his or her salary request for 1969 Replies, in brief, were: Mr. G King - perhaps should be at $10,000 but would appreciate consideration at $9,750. to be in line with estimatec 1969 averages of adjoining M. D.4s. Mr H Hanson - compare with Asst at M D of Foothills Who a.s r ceiving $8,500 in 1968 Mrs. Vi. Hart - consider app 5% for cost of living increase plus som general increase. The three office staff then left the meeting. Mr IT Paquette, Public Works Superintendent, met privatelM with Council and discussed 1969 wage rate C 1 adjourned frr dinner from 12 noon to 1 P M See page 8 0 a • Ln FORM 149-P SPECIAL U ICI VLI Council Meeting Dec. 17/68 Page 8 Foll wing the noon adjournment, the following employees met privately with Council re wages for 1969 Mr Georg Park, assessor Mr Gordoi Park, agricultural fieldman Mr. Allen Koch, Joe Dobler, John Dorn, and A R. Sommerville Coun it then further discussed wages privately and each empl yee previously named in these minutes again met with bhe Council There is no record of the discussions All again left the meeting Mr Council Mr the 1969 Mr Mr Mrs. Mr Mr Mr. Mr Mr Mr Mr. Mr. Mr King, Sec -Treas , then returned to the ing and recorded further minutes Lemay moved that the following be set as alaries as listed below, G King Sec -Treas $9,500. r J Hanson Asst Sec - Treas. 8,200.' Vi Hart General office work 5,100 Park Assessor 7,450. ordon L Park Agric Fieldman 6,850 leorge . Paqu "tte P W Supt. 8,000 llen Koch Service mechanic,etc 7,000 oe Dobler Gravel Foreman 6,850. John Dorn Grade foreman 6,850 A R Sommerville Shop mechanic, etc 6,850 plus an hourly rate to be determined later for all ours over 2,288 hrs in each year. orne Boese Asst Agric. Fieldman 5,700 Chris Weigum Office caretaker 2,040. Motion carried. Mr, oole moved that Mr T Paquette, as Public � Works Sup rintender_t, be in charge of all Public Works including the gravel program Carried Mr. G. King stated that he may wish to have the Provincial. pension deductions and Municipal contributions applied on arrears instead of current service and asked Council's approval on condition that the total cost to the Municipal District is not changed 14r Church moved thaj this be approved Carried Mr oole moved that Mr Geo Lemay be Council's represent tive to the Trochu Recreation Board in the r place of Pr. C C Campbell Carried. This M D recently paid for school book rentals, etc , for a family partly on welfare. Mr Dau and Mr Ferguson advised that the School Division may be aisle to collect all such accounts from the Prov Government. This is tc be checked further with Mr. R. Horley, Sec - Treas of the School Division It w s agreed that the public works employees need not work ec 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29th and Jan 1st unless they so d sire or for nt; •,ork Mr oole moved that this meeting do now adjourn (Tx ;e of adjournment 3.10 P M ) Carried Reeve NEXT MEETING MONDAY JAN 13/69 9.00 A M Sec -Treks W_ a ! [A E, REPORT OF C014MITTEE MEETING OF DEC. 17/68 M D OF KNEEHILL # 48 1969 NAGE AGREEMENT, ETC - HOURLY EMPLOYEES The folio ing met at our office on Dec 17th/68 following the Council m eting Council C mm. - R Drown, D. Peters, Geo. Temay, and G King Sec, -Treas Employee omm - Ales Cunningham, Karl Gundlach, Ray Ehrman, Robe t Cranston, and Leonard Litz The resent contract was reviewed in detail with the following noted as the main discussion points, etc All refer nces to any year will be advanced to the proper year Clause 1 � Council has added one member to its comet - O.K. Clause 2 1 For summer hours - men suggest 11 hrs. day for 5 day week with every Saturday off OR present hours with full day one Saturday and following Saturday off Winter - 9 hrs days for 5 days; every Sat. off Exception where the need arises for snowplowing, etc. Clause 3 Council wants to change this so that no one is paid for tMavel time; gravel crew would receive an additional 10¢ hr over any general raise to make up for this change. Clause 4 4- Employee Comm asked that the guarantee be raised to $400. per mo.. Some also want an S9advance" cheque in the middle of each month. Clause 5 t 0 K Clause 6 � 0 K. Clause 7 they asked Council to consider pay for some more t of e statutory holidays Clause 8 ). K. Clause 9 0 K Clause 10 - reference to M S I is to be taken out as it is outdated; some discussion re compulsory feature of A H Plan. memo - Mr Geo Lemay left at this time Agre�d that Cl. 10 be left "as isP4 unless Medicare affects it Clause 11 - 0 K but perhaps some should be considered who are not egular drivers but who ofter drive - checker, Joe Dobler, and aybe others Clause 12 - some problem re short notice for Sat. p.m. work on the aving job; also some question about employees work'ng long hours on paving job at times though not enti led to do so on other jobs No solution suggested; overtime ay would worsen the situation comparatively Sick Pay if an employee has a build up when he leaves or retires, will Council pay him for all or part of the accunulated hours? Some merit as it would encourage -the empl yee to work rather than be off sick Paragraph're higher rate after 2 weeks in temporary fob needs to be reworded to cover those who are off and on again - as Trev Murray driving gravel truck in 1968 f,: See page 2 C 010 FORM 149-F SPECIAL i i u ru S Periofi o Jan Per Comm Report - Dec 17/68 - Wage Contract Page 2 E new agreement - employees suggested that it be from 1/69 to June 30/'70 - total of 18 mos. sonally, I failed to hear the reason for this request On Page - if not mutually agreed - final decision by Council - Emp ogees asked about having an arbitration consideration pri r to the final decision Then ba4 to Page 2 - Wages, etc Suggestions from the gravel crew Gravel crew and payloader operator too low when compared to others on machines Other employees seem to get priority for work in shop and casual work during bad weather New rata *ory is needed for Oris Rodger position Not discussed but also suggested by G. King to Council later - What about dr:'ver of water truck? Has various jobs packers, et-. , etc Perhaps it is necessary to have further machine classifications. Employees asked for pay increases for continual service at the end of 5 yrs. - 10 yrs 15 yrs , 20 yrs This would be an encouragement to stay with the M D. and would recognize this loyalty R Drown stated there are now some pension benefits Asked ab ut raising motor grader operators to same summer rate as other machine operators (classes e and f ) Explanation is that roac crew travel to and from job locations on their own time - e t 1 hr, day which is app equal to 20¢ hr. Ray Ehrm n - stated he loses money with his truck in fields picking Lp or putting up snow fences, etc (12¢ mile) Was advised that Ted cannot require him to use his own truck - should a k that an M. D truck come out if he does not wish to use his own Class (d ) No one in this category now Delete - or change for a new classification as referred to earlier. Gravel crew earnings app. $1,000/ yr lower than others - they ask that the gap be narrowed Cost to M D of fringe benefits discussed - this varies with a married man - no children - being near average Alta Health Plan $120 00 yr. Group Insurance 64,00 Optio al Pension 190.80 Total $374 00 yr - between` 16 & 170 hr Woule be lower for single person, higher Married with children T- •+ - r Wage Increase request Classes (Ic) to (g) - additional 2$¢ hr ) and (b) - bring more in lane with the above This report to be referred to Council on Jan 13/69 Next co* meeting - Tues Jan Copy to elach councillor Copy to each of employee comm repor errors or omissions M, 14th/69 - 1 30 P M weather, etc. P 1 ng G G King Se f.Treas