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Home My WebLink About1969-08-25 Council Minutes1. 2 4 5 6. 7 8. 9 10. 11. 12 13. 14. 15. 16 17. 18. 19. 20 21. 22. 23 24 25. 26. 27 28. 29 30 31. 32. 33 34 FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES At Mu AGENDA FOR COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 25/69 (Continued from Aug 11/69) ) A M - School Div Board & Officials - Taxation ;ipal brief re assessment and taxation Borrowing By -Law By-Law to adopt current assessments for use in 1970 Three Hills School Div - minutes of Aug. 13th - list of teachers Prov. Planning Board - W Evans Pt. NW- 27- 31 -24 -4 Building permits approved Geo Morse - NW- 32- 34 -21 -4 machine shed Wayne Dresser - SW- 20- 2$ -22 -4 It lmer Kesterke - SE- 19- 33 -24 -4 - hen house Vasselin - NE- 34- 30 -23 -4 - grain storage Alta. Power Comm. - Gamble & Beiseker R. E. A. areas Consimer Utilities Dev. - Swalwell area gas lines Can Western Gas - Acme west gas lines C. P. Oil & Gas - road crossing 25/26- 27 -21 -4 Doug Pudwell - employment Carbon Recreation Bd - minutes of Atig. 11/69 A. A. M. D. & C. - proposed By -Law changes M D. of Starland - representatives Drum Hosp. Bd. Highway Ford Sales - truck tires Report of Sec -Treas - petition Weather Modification Hu Harries & Assoc - appraisals Jubilee Insurance - machinery insurance, etc. D Peters - report re Sunnyslope Nuisance Ground A Church and T Paquette - report re C. Colberg account Workmens Comp. Board - Arthur J. Hanger Gas Protection Branch - furnace at Acme shop C Poole & T Paquette - report re Kostrosky bridge Bridge Branch - inspections re Hesketh aria Bridge Branch - 5E- 13- 29 -23 -4 east of Carbon Dept of Highways & Transport - speed lim1t regulations, C N. R - Road improvement Linden East road at C N.R. Quotations re sign posts Ed Stewart - claim for borrow pit, etc. Report re new shop doors ordered Applications for employment - Weldon Gales; �aetsn St Hudson Bay Route Assoc. - grant County of Stettler - wage summary �p etc. John FORM 149-P SPECIAL I I FLI COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 25/69 (continued from Aug 11/69) Page 12 The'Council meeting that had adjourned from Aug. was reconvened in the Municipal Office, Three Hills, Monday Aµg 25/69 at 9.00 A_M 11/69 on V All councillors except Mr Geo Lemay were again in , attendance Mr G G. King, Sec -Treas , was present and G Iema recorded the minutes y Mr D C Dau, of the Three Hills School Div , was D C Dau not in attendance Council held a brief discussion regarding the audit Audit of the Municipal books following the resignation of Mr H J Hanson, :Former Asst Sec -Treas It was agreed that Mr Al:`'ert Barrie, au'itor, meet with Council later in th_,_s heeting Mr Ed Stewart m =et with Council and discussed his Ed Stewart c? a ,�.r fo7 a ': ^tal of $260 00 from this M D , being claim $100 fo7 removal of soil, $100 00 for damage to crop, a:rCA $60 for destroying grass hayland. He agreed that he had ft anted permission for the removal of the fence and clai ed no c•ompensat�on regarding it Area concerned was adjacent to road at N,INE -24 •- 31 -23 -4 Mr Peters moored that t -. road committee investigate this and report bra:: to a later meeting of Council Carried. Mr Ed $tewart t.r,anN�ed Counca.l and then left the meeting. A p eli ininary draft or a Mun .c 4 ,gal brief regarding Mun. Brief asse >smP t and taxation was read to Council and discussed. re It was a re ^d that reference to "cash" values should be 'assessment changed Oo as to read 15maT'eat-1a vas ut.-.s. The Board mem bars of -r. e Three Hills School Division (except Dal-0, the3Y r SP(:rl etary- Treasurer then met . ., � a��:. with Council �:.e assessment and taxation brief as referred to above was aga.`ir± read and disc Er.sscc Special ideas included sources of - ,ossibi_e revenue other than property taxes - uch as sales tar or furt -4er income tax - and the effe is such would ha 4rF: on rural people The Board stated t ear would / ilke to study the Municipal brief further ind ei.ta.er add to and support it or prepare one of their own was agreed. - '.;ha. t they meet separately followin the neon adjoa- nmFint and then report back to Council tTh--y thhen let't the meeting The to 1 t M. The meeting then adjourned for dinner from 12 noon Council meeting reconvened at 1 P M Fir Peters moved lst Reading to By -Law a By -Law to authorize the borrowing of $5005000 from the Provincial Treasury at an interest rate not to exceed 8% Mr. Schm lke moved 2nd Reading to this Mr. Fer son moved 3rd Reading to this # 622, this being a maximum of Branch, Three Hills, Carried unan. By -Law Carried unan By -Law. Carried unan Mr Church moved lst Reading to By -Law # 623, this being,--.a By- Law,to adopt the present assessment for use in 1970, subject to revisions as made by the Assessor. Carried unan Mr Pool moved 2nd Reading to this By -Law Carried unan Mr Schm�lke moved 3rd Reading to this By -Law. Carried unan See page 13 � 3 Hills S D re assessment dinner By -Law #622 - borrowing :/ I-Law 623 1970 assessments Pro advising NrV -27 -31 Sec -Tre appear t to provi for cons and that Calgary COUNCIL MEETING AUG 25/69 Page 13 Planning Board Order # 226 -5 -69 was read P1an.Bd. that approval had been granted for subdi.v in Order #226- 24 -4 (W Evans - Town of Three Hills) The -S. -69 - W Evans s. G. King advised Council that there did not be any requirement for consolidation of title e inlet, etc Mr. Brown moved that Council ask lidation of title with bplance of NW- 27- 31 -24 -4 this be directed to the rov. Planning Board, egional Planning Comm and Per TV. Evans Carried. Mr Schmelke moved that Council approve of building Bldg permits s issued and listed under item # 7 of this agenda permits Carried. Mr Ted Paquette, Public Works Supt , met with Council and remained while items pertaining to his work were T Paquette discusse Mr. Paquette reported report F.utomatic transmission (torque) is out of one wagner - delay in getti g parts Two new tires were put on one Euclid, used tire was returned A G Telephone ca:."°e has been buried deep south of Otto Enzie - /SIV- 18- 33 -23 -4 - over the knoll so the hill can now be cut down. No profi a has been received for the Wimborne North road - this shotild be obtained from the Dist Engineer Mr Paquette and Tyr C Poole reported that the bridge - Kostrosk bridge at YI/NW- 20- 29 -24 -4 is considered safe Kostrosky for public use Lir Poole moved that the request for a large Go ernment culvert be deferred for this year in view of the costs of inttallation and the shortage of machine time Carried. Mr Paquette and Mr A Church stated that `hey had C.Colberg not been in contact with Clarence Colberg re his account. account Notice from the Workmens Compensation Board advised W.C.B re that Mr. Arthur J Hanger was to have a further medical A Hanger on Aug 22/69,. No further report was available at this meeting Mr Ferguson moved that this be accepted and filed. 4rr-jed Letter of Aug 12th from the Prov Bridge Branch Br Br - suggestee that the on site study of bridges and road Hesketh area locationE in the Hesketh area be carried out sometime during t e 3rd week in Sept Mr Schmelke moved that 1h e Bridge B and4 be advised that our coma will meet with their re esentati.ve as suggested and that we request two days notice of exact date Carried Letter from the Prov Bridge Branch asked that the Br Br re required grading for bridge at SE- 13- 29 -23 -4 be completed SE- 13 -29 -23 by Nov, Ist; bridge construction is scheduled for this winter Mr. Church moved that this be referred to Ted Paquette and that he be asked to arrange to get the required work done. Carried Mr G King and T Paquette advised that 3 new doors new shop for the D Shop at Three Hills had been ordered from doors Overhead Door Sales at an installed total price of $2548 Mr. Pool moved that this be approved Carried A employ filed ications of �,'Jeldon Gales and Gaeten St John for Ferguson moved that these be a or for t were read Mr work arried See page 14 FORM 149-P SPECIAL - UNICII l SUPPLIES � v Pri4 Mr Petei 9:00x20 Sales of COUNCIL MEETING AUG 2$/69 Page 14 e of truck tires was reviewed with the Council. s moved that Council approve purchase of four 10 ply T 110 nylon tires from Highway Ford Three mills at $80 00 each Carried Letter of r.ug 14th from the Prov was read giving details of the trouble oil to gas furnace in our Acme Shop that this be referred to our Shop Conn= act Carried. truck tire prices Gas Inspector furnace with the converted Acme shop r Church moved with power to Correspondence from Dept of Highways and Dist. Engineer were reac re maxis -um speed limits and requirements of speed roads an signs if the limit is to be increased Mr G limits King advised Council that a further report is coming from the Dist Engineer. Mr Ferguson moved that this be tableO pending receipt of further details Carried Letter of Aug, 12th from C. N. R. granted approval C.N.R. for proposed road improvement adjacent to C N.R at SW- 27 -30 -24 SW-27-30-24-4 (Linden east road) but they asked notice prior to start of work so that they can arrange for the necessary flagging Mr. Church moved that this be accppted nd filed and notice given later as requested Carried Pric s for sign posts were read as received from Sign posts Peerless ood Preservers and Beaver Lumber Mr Peters moved tha these be filed until further price quotes are recei ed Carried Mr 37 Berdahl (Chairman) and T -Ir fuss Horley 3 Hills (Sec -Tre s ) of the Three Hills School Div met with S D Council aid reported on the separate meeting of their re Assessment Board hell tlis afternoon. They complimented this Brief District 3n Its brief regarding assessment and taxation but suggested a few -- hanges and /or additions and asked that the chyepl Divssionvs name be added as jointly presenting the final Brief with this Council Mr Ferguson movQJ1 that this be approved and that the two Sec - reas have authority to make a final draft of the said Brief. Carried Mr Morley, in reply to a question, advised that Portable the cost of the portable classroom at Three Hills will classrooms be recovered through the School Foundation Program. This is the reason that it was financed over a $ yr period Mr Berdahl further added that they are willing to d-iscuss school finances at any time with Council Mr. Berdahl and Mr Morley thanked Council and then left the 4eeting The J#inutes of the School Div. meeting of Aug 13/69 3 Hills S D and their list of teachers was briefly referred to Council minutes Tyr Fern; on moved that these be filed Carried Mr laquette advised that he is not satisfied with T Paquette the salar3 contract as drafted insofar as it applies to contract him in that he believes that it deprives him of one weekQs holiday ir the winter The Sec. -Trews asked him to bring in fis suggested wording of the portion in question. hospital Mr. FORM 149-P SPECIAL U 1CIP i u Pu R d.il was advised that John Esau has been in J Esau ince Aug Ist - still unable to return to work ed Paquette then left the meeting. See page 1$ T Paquette left Mr met with the reco resignat Receipts been the had also have bee time . I obtain a fidelity left the COUNCIL MEETING AUG 25/69 Page 15 Albert Barrie, of J A Barrie & Co , auditors, Council and verbally reviewed his audit of ds of this Municipal District following the on on June 13/69 of Mr ii J. Ranson and cash, bank balances, and securities had ked and found in order Invoices and payments been found 0 K No tax verification notices mailed and were not deemed necessary at this reply to a cruestion, he suggested that Council legal opinion about matters pertaining to the bond Mr i. Barrie was thanked and he then meeting. Mr Schmelke moved that Mr R Brown interview the legal firm of German, Coady in Calgary for an opinion re the fidelity referred to above Carried Mr. Poole moved that Council approve maps of the Gamble and the Beiseker Rural Areas as per maps received from the Alta subject to approval of the local R. B. A. and G G King and Goodfellow bond as of the boundary Electrification Power Comm s'eeretaries. Carried J.A Barrie re audit Solicitors R E.A. Gamble & Beiseker Council was advised that `ors Langshaw of Trochu Mrs had just now come to our office and advised that she Langshaw re is reporter for the ned Deer Advocate She had inquired news reports about attending the meetings to get I' -1unicipal news or being otherwise supplied with same Mr Poole moved that Mrs Langshw+be given a copy of each of the News Releases as given tc the Three Hills Capital and others Carried. Mr. terguson moved approval of tae proposal of Consumer tilitieo Development for gars lines in the Consumer Swalwell area as per amp submitted, subject to prior Utilities inspecti Ll n of road crossing locations with our Dev Municipa comet and other policy of this M D Carried Mr. Brown roved that Council approve of the f Can klestern Natur^1 Gas Co. for Can.West proposal gas lines in the general Acme west area as per map submitted, Nat Gas - subject to road crossing inspections with our comp_i v Acme west prior to the work and subject to our other regulations. Carried Mr. bhurch moved approval of the proposal of C P 0 & G Can. Pacific Oil & Gas for a pipeline crossing across the undeveloped road 25/26- 27 -21 -4 Carried 25/26 -27 -21 Lett employnen need for cost reco maintaine moved tha Minu iiug 11th advised t as it did moved tha FORM 149-P SPECIAL U ICI vu r from Doug Pudwell dated .`ug. 15/69 re office D.pudwell .. etc , was read Mr. G. Ling pointed out the dditional help if all office work, machine ds, parts records, etc are to be efficiently Brief discussion followed Mr Peters the letter from nr Pudwell be filed Carried. ;es of the Carbon recreation meeting of '69 were referred to Council briefly Mr. Poole Carbon fat Carbon krill not get any 1968 Prov. grant recreation not apply within the time limit Mr Ferguson meeting this be filed Carried See page 16 FORM 149-7 SPECIAL MU I I PLI COUNCIL METIiPG �IUG 25/69 Page 16 Pair ! Sehmelke -coved that notices from the ii A Psi €� C regi irding proposed By -Law changes be tabled until next reTilar meeti-ng Carried L t f I f Ri D "tom 3 d dvised D By -Law changes e d"; L- o Jsug a9 rom %_1 an a Starland - that it Rr Jects to tine xProv proposal to reduce its Drumheller membersh to the Drum. Hospital Board from two to one Drumheller le member Church moved that that this District support Bd the M. D. of Starland in its protest Carried Air G King read to Council his report regarding the petition petition as received on July 31/69 from the Kneehill Weather "feather odific,;Ltion -ssociation, the petition was Mod found no to contain sufficient number of eligible signatur s to require a by -Law to be submitted to the area con erued - details were given Discussion followed. Pirr Pete s moved that the Kneehill Weather Modification a.ssociat on and. tlac Kneehill Ratepayers Protective iissociat on be ti.otified together at our office of this report a referred to above Carried, Air. Brown moved that the appraisal of Hu Harries appraisal - and iisso late:: :a be referred to our Shop Comm, for Hu Harries detailed study Carried Mr Peters moved that the new insurance policy with Ins policy Jubilee nsurance for machinery, etc , be checked and, if found correct, filed Carried Mr Peters reported that the Sunnyslepe Nuisance Nuisance Ground i a ',Imes ^l and the property owner nearby has ground - complai4d about the broken fence and Junk on his land Sunnyslope P -Pr Church moved that P1r Peters arrange to have Municipal machinery dig a suitable trench when time permits I Carried Some, Council members stated that the present policy grader of not selling old grader bladed is not practical as these blades old blades do not make good sign pcsts and are not other- wise needed Mr G King suggested that, if old blades are to b sold, there should be a minimum set for each sale so s to avoid records being necessary for very small sales Mr Ferguson moved that the previous policy regarding used grader blades bo rpscindied and that they now be authorized sold at 500 each but with a minimum of $5 00 for each sale Carried. Itei= 33 and 34 of this agendF. were tabled until tabled items next meeting without discussion 33 and 34 It was noted that the next regular meeting will be held at the Municipal Office, Three hills, on Monday Next Sept. St /69 commencing at 9 00 ': 1: Meeting Mr Poole moved that this meeting do now adjourn. (Ti e of adjournment 4.40 P M.) Carried Adjourn