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Home My WebLink About1969-04-01 Council Minutes,--w, ,A111W FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES Z COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, April lst, 1969 (conttd from Mar 31/69) Page 24 The C uncil meeting which had adjourned from March 31st was r convened at the office of the M D of Kneehill in Three H lls on Tuesday, April lst /69 at 4.00 p m Councillors in attendance were. Mr. A H Church Div 1 Mr C W. Poole Div 2 Mr R W Brwon Div 3 (Reeve) Mr Dune Peters Div 4 Mr. T A. Ferguson Div 5 Mr SIC Schmelke Div 6 It was noted that Mr Georges Lemay, Councillor for G.Lemay Div 7, had been advised of this meeting time and had agreed to attend However, he had sent a message that he was un- able to be present as he had to make an important trip to Calgary at that time Mr. G1G. King, Sec. -Treas was present and recorded the minutes Mr PUlph Brown advised the Council members that he contacted the Reeves of r'?ountai.n View and Rocky View by telephone last evening and each had stated their Municipal Districts are willing to grant plebiscites for Weather Modification for parts cf the area They have not been requested o to do up to this time. The County of Wheat- land is in efinite in that it appears not likely that there will be an plebiscite within it A group of 29 ratepayers opposed to Council granting a plebiscite in respect to Weather Modification in a portion of the Municipal District then met with Council This delegation was, I believe, headed by Mr J.F. Code, but many of them freely tool" part in the discussion Also present at this time were 14r. Elmer Currie, d T Bishop, M R Boake and Harold Howe of the Kneehill Weather Modificati n Association: Many pinions were expressed some questions asked and answered, f which the following are intended as only a brief revs w I Whr is this matter now before Council when a definite d cision had been made last February that no vote would be held? Reevo?s reply - that a petition had come in wi h some 200 names or more asking for reconsider - aticn and ie felt that it was only fair that Council should con ider this. 2 Th wording of the petition as received from the t:ssociatio was read to the group 3. There was some criticism of the evaluation reports submitted by Mr Bishop with reference to the fact that there was po mention of the benefits of fertilizer,ete 4 S they shoul as they ar thus might Dme who were outside of the proposed area stated i have equal cpportunity to vote on this matter in what is recorded as a Y4fringe area" and be affected / S See Page 25 G. King Weather Mod. other areas delegation FORM 149-F SPECIAL 10 u COUNCIL MEETING April 1st /69 Page 25 5. T e minutes from the Annual meeting of Ratepayers cf M4rch 4th, 1968 were read in regard tc the resolution in respect to Weather Modification The Secretary- Treas. advised that this resolution had been referred to the Deputy Minister for consideration by the G_ �,:.1,4ent but that the 1 cal Council had decided not to present any resolution regarding it to the Fall Convention. The Reeve gave as reasons fcr this, that he did not consider it would have been fair to other areas to deprive them of the privil ge of voting over a portion of their area if they so wi hod 6/ A question was asked as to whether or not Council has Authority to change a definite decisicn as made this last'Febru ry The R_-eve considered it permissable, the Sec. -- Treas. added that he thought any such motion could be changed if Council so desired until such time as a budget had been set, and the mill rates determined 7,140st cf the delegation present stated they had no objection to collections on a voluntary basis for Weather Modificati n and they had no objection to a vote over the whole Municipal District The delegation also asked a number of fairly technical questions of the leather Modificaticin Association. 8 Mr Boake of the E.ssociati.on stated that his group will agree to pay the costs of the voting in the portion of the area if the vote does not carry He also stated that they are paying the costs of their own organ - ization out of funds other than that from any Municipality such as su gested here 9 In summary, Pair. Code stated that the delegation requested plebiscite over the whole area or not at all in regard o Weather P /celification The d legation were advised that the Council wished an opportunity to discuss t "zis matter p ivately and that they would be advised of the outcome hey then left the meeting at approximately 6.00 p m Council members discussed this at score length 4r Brown movet that Council abide by its decisions as made cn Feb lOt /69, which, in effect, declare that no vote be held in 19 (9 regarding, Weather Modification in this Mun- i.ci.pal. District, but that this does not indicate Ln any way that a y Councillor refutes his vote as made cn that first date Carried unan. The S c -Treas read Council's decision as given above tc r presentatives of both groups who were still at the office in the outer room Mr. P ters moved that this meeting do now adjourn. Carried. Time of adjournment 6 20 p m ve NOTE. - N Sec.-Treas. Council meeting - Monday, i'e;:�ral 14th, 1969 at 9 °00 A.M. Jp 1 TFO Q' BAAII \E� ,leather r=od (cunt' d MOTION RE WEATHER MOD. ADJOURN