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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-12-15 Council MinutesKA FORM 149-P SPECIAL 2 3 4 6. 8 9. 10. 11 12 13 14 ,- 3A 15 16 17 18. 19 20 21 22 23. 24 25 26 27 28. 29 30 31 32 AGENDA FOR COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 15, 1969 & Dec 22, 1969 Oath of Office as Councillor - Mr Arthur W Bauerj.4 Election of Reeve for one year (Mun Election Act See, 6(fl ) Election of Deputy -Reeve (Mun Government Act Sec 3$(1) Banking resolution Dates and times for regular meetings Rates of Pay for councillors and reeve (Mun Govt. Act Sec. 46) By -Law for Court of Revision (Mun. Taxation Act Sec 36) (Old # 605) Duties and appointments of Committees as desired Agricultural Service Board , reprsentatives to all Boards Member for Three Hills Municipal Hospital Board Discus ionof wage rates, working conditions, etc At 2 00 P M Employee committee of hourly men to meet Council Arrangements for annual meeting of electors (Sec 126 Mun Gov Act) Inforii4tion re financial statement to ratepayers (Sec. 63) Adopti Snow V Dept Wilf. Fergus Replie A A 14 Canadi Calgar Rep Rep Let Let Pla Brief Misc C Dept Exempt Road c Discus Tentat 10 00 10 30 2 00 3 00 Propos of minutes of meeting of Dec 8th/69 hicles 8 any By -Law? If Social Development - Municipal W&lfare Officer vans - Title, etc. re NW- 27- 31 -24 -4 n Farm Service - business proposed NW- 22- 32 -25 -4 re invitation to Combined Meeting Jan 7th /70 [ D & Counties - Convention suggestions 99 - Co -op Trade Meetings .n Utilities Ltd - line extension Craig Edwards Regional Planning Comm. Irt of C Poole & R Brown - meeting with Hon. Colborne & others Irt of G G King - Comm meeting of Dec 5th/69 ,er of Dec 8th/69 from Director re budget, etc ,er & map - Secondary Road Study ,ning policies -eport - Alta Farm Purchase Board applications .ccounts receivable !ilson - Drumheller - $11 25 (cannot locate this person) 'eters - Huxley - $28.08 - timbers returned? ,f Highways - Bridge S/5E- 3- 34 -25 -4 Bigelow - Pope Lease east River Hill on certificates - Unemployment Insurance mmittee reports - Larry Edwards Creek Crossing - Gravel in Municipal Pit NE- 16- 32 -26 -4 - Gravel at Oelke Corner ;ion of machinery, etc ve appointments for Dec 22nd M Linden Village & Fire Comm - agreement, etc M Saskatoon Fire Engine Co - Trochu truck tank, report (Dave MacDonald) ' M R Angus Ltd - Cliff Showers ' M Ferguson Supply - Ken Hammer �d agreement re Dam - Vernon Hanson R 1 FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICI. AL SUPPLIES Munici Hunici 1969 c went o the me COUNCIL MEETING Dec 15/69 Pagel Organizational meeting of the Council of the it District of Kneehill No. 48 was held at the zl office, Three hill s on 'Monday, December 15th nmencing at 9.00 %. is It was noted tout a Govern - 3er in Council had granted permission to hold tiny at this later date Co ncillors, C W Poole, 1-rthur W Bauer and S C Schmel e subscribed to the Oath of Office, and these were aced on file C uncillors present throughout 14r A H Church Mr C W Poole Mr R W Brown hir Arthur `4. Bauer 141 T 1. Ferguson 14r S C Schmelke 141 Georges Lemay V OATHS OF OFFICE this meetinE were Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4k Division 5 Division 6 Division 7 (after 9.20 A M. as noted) 14 . G G King, Secretary- Treasurer was present and record d the minutes M Don Dau, representative of the Three dills School Division was present throughout practically all of this meetingr including the co=nittee discussions iii G King, Secretary- Treasurer called the meeting to ord r and asked for nominations for the position of Reeve For the ensuing year Tr Schmelke nominated Mr. Ralph 'V Brown as Reeve ilr, Brown asked Council to feel free to nominate someone else if they so wished and he referred to the time he is required to be away as President of the Provincial Association Further nominations were called for but none received Mr Ralph Brown was declar d elected by acclamation Iie accepted and thanked his fe low councillors xxe then took charge of the f meetin ,. d D D�,U PEEVE V T I he next order of business was selection of a Deputy DEPUTY :.eeve IIr Schmelke was asked if he would to interested REEVE "cut he declined with thanks 14ir Church then moved that 14r C. ^l Poole be named as Deputy heave for the ensuing i year Carried unanimously. N . Church moved adoption of the minutes of the IAJNUTiS regular meeting held on December 8th 69 with one correction v namel that cheque no 15378 should be for the amount of $331 E8 Motion carried Councillor Georges Lemay, into the meeting at this G LE11,Y time, approximately 9 20 11 I4 Reeve, Ralph Brown welcomed Mr Arthur Bauer as new A BAUER Councillor representing Division 4 and stressed that Der. Bauer should feel free to take part in all discussions ✓ and to inquire about any natters of concern for t Doug Hazelton of Lin"Ien Contractors net with LINDEN Counc 1 He advised that t- heir crusher had been broken CONTRJX TORS down approximately three and one -half guys at the I'leglis Pit, but they are going again and have approx 1100 u yds further there He then asked about work V at the Ed McNair Pit west of reiseker Mr Ralph Brown statel he had talked to Hr. i'xclvair, and the latter is See page 2 �P V N FORM 149 -P SPECIAL - UNICIPAL SUPPLIES willing cu yd, :.t seen f or th( be mad( Doug H� wanted be bro( moving COUNCIL MEETING Page 2 Dec 1$/69 to sell this Municipal District about 5 thousand MCNAIR of gravel @ 10� :er cu yd. After discussion G2F,dEL ed agreed that this would be the correct amount 14 D. to have crushed and decision would have to later regarding ultimate stockpiling sites Ar zelton agreed to see i t McNair to find if he some private work dose so that the total could ght up to a larger quantity to make it worth while a crusher to that site M, Hazelton was advised that the Road Committee MUNICI' f.L had inspected the Municipal Pit in the NE -16 32 -26 -4 GRAVEL and desired that crushing be done this year an the PIT north-westerly portion where it is well stripped Mr. y Hazelt n then thanked Council and then left the meeting. Council was advised by tine Road Committee that the WILLY aD .Iillar' Pit in the SE- 16- 32 -26 -4 may be offered for sale GRAVEL and th s Municipal District will be advised when any decisi n is made regarding sale. 1,,I Schmekle moved that Ranking continue in much the same basis as in 1969 with the Rank of Montreal, BANKING Troche and the Royal Bank and Provincial Treasury Branch in Three Hills;that signing authority for cheques notes, etc be granted to the Reeve or Deputy Reeve togeth r with the Secretary - Treasurer or in his absence, it J. Jeffery as Assistant Sec- Treas; ant that the secretary-Treasurer or his assistant have authority to ✓. pick u ) cancelled cheques at the banks, siEn bank state nts, etc and that T.Tr. G G King as Secretary- Treas er or in his absence, i:r. J C Jeffery, Assistant Secret ry- Treasurer have authority to sign Payroll Cheques. Carrie Ir. Poole moved that regular meetings of Council REGULt.R be held on the second and on the fourth Monday of each 1,4EETINGS month; if the Monday is a holiday then the meeting should be on the following Tuesday, that each meeting start at 9.00 I at the I+iunicipal 'District office in Three Hills Carr d unanimously Mr. Schmelke moved first reading to Bylaw rlo. 628 ByL;,vd 628 this teing a Bylaw to establish the Court of Revision and s t rates of pay etc. for the year 1970 all as per COURT OF copy ettached. Carried unanimously Pair. Poole moved REVISION secon reading to this Eylaw. Carried unanimously. Mr Chure moved third reading to this Bylaw. Carried unani ously. 4r Church moved th^t Per. C W Poole and G. C Schmelke be named as committee members entitled to attend at all meetings of the Court of Revision Carried The naming of members to various Boards and Committees was then discussed Decisions were then mane by Council as pe the following, with each to be for the next ensuing year less otherwise stated. SEED LEANING PLANT Rosebud - Mr Poole moved that P - =r 4''. H. Church be Council representative. Carried. K I E A (Beiseker) T,r. Ferguson novel that Mr. R.W Brown be Council representative Carried IN Three Hills and District Mr. Schmelke moved that Mr. i A Ferguson and ter Art BaueE•be Council representatives. Carried. See page 3 C0141ITTEE: i� Cam] #-P-. i FORM 149-P SPECIAL U ICI L U PLI KNEEHII .-loved I Carrie COUNCIL HEETING Dec 15/69 Page 3 FOUNDATION - GOLDEN HILLS LODGE - 11ir Ferguson COW1ITTEES t Mr S C Schmelke be Council representative L% THREE ;-ILLS SCHOOL DIVISION - 4r Church moved that Mr T A F rguson be Council representative to meetings of v the Three Hills School Division Carried DRUi,1HE LER HEALTH UNIT - 1!tr. Ferguson moved that Mr A H Church represent the southern portion of this v M:nici al District Carried 1�r Lemay moved that Mr. T Ai Ferguson represent the north portion of the Munici al District Carried. KNEEHI L EMERGENCY .REASUPZES ORGANIZATION - iir Lemay moved that i %Ir Ralph Brown be named as Council rep- resentative and that "Ar G G King be Deputy C©- Ordina or for this Municipal District Carried. CI,,LGAR REGIONAL PLANNING CWUMIISSION - Mr. Ferguson moved hat Mr C.W. Poole be Council representative Carrie . I-XXILIINRY HOSPITAL BOARD - Hr Poole moved that qtr Georges Lemay be Council representative for the next ensuing two year term as per requirements of its regulations Carried 11r. Church moved that a note of thanks be sent to Mr Ralph oosomore for his work while a member of the Board of the Auxiliary Hospital District representing this TAI nicipal District. Carried Hr. Poole moved that the appointment of the Kneehill Munici al Planning Commission be tabled Sec -Treas was as ed to get further information about the statutes insofa as they apply to appointment of members of counci , appeal boards and with reference to existing bylaws Carried. THREE iILLS HOSPITAL BOARD - Mr. Lemay moved that Mr. R W. Brown be delegated to contact someone to serve as a m i.iber of the Three Hills Hospital Board for the portioa of the area in ranges 25 and 26 Carried RURAL OAD STUDY - Ar Church moved that Council repres ntatives be Mr C W. Poole and Mr � =,a Brown. Carrie POUNDS - Mr Lemay moved that the committee regarding pound isputes and pound damage claims be the two nearest availa le Councillors but not including the Councillor from t e division affected Carried FINANC CW,2y1ITTEE - Mr Poole moved that the members of this c mmittee be Mr �1 'j Drown, sir. Georges Lemay and I4r A Bauer. Carried SHOP, that t Poole A R to thf k iAFETY, MACHINERY AND EgUIPMENT - Mr Church moved ze members of this committee be Councillors C.W ind T A Ferguson together with Mr. Ted Paquette, =aerville, Joe Dobler and John Jeffery as Secretary Committee Carried. See page 4 1A FORM 149-7 SPECIAL U ICI u u LAND A that t Irlr Te someon COUNCIL MEETING Dec 15/69 Page 4 FENCE AGREEMENTS ETC - Mr. Georges Lemay moved coL.'unittee be the local Councillor together with Paquette and that they have authority to call from the office of so desired Carried ROAD C MMITTEE - 14r Poole moved that this committee be Mr S C Schmelke and 1.11r A H Church and Hr G G King a secretary and that they have full authority to meet as they deem necessary. Carried EMPLOYEE COMMITTEE - Mr Poole moved that Council memberE be Mr R W. Brown, Mir Art Bauer, and Mr George6 Leniay. Carried -� h t AGa __�,, .. ... %.AL SERVICE BOARD - Pir Luray moved t a appointment of members be tabled until December 22nd and th t the Sec -Treas and !`agricultural Fieldman preparE a report for Council at that time concerning legisl tion, grant structure, work done by the Service Board, etc. Carried COMifITTHBS L/ E ch Councillor had been given a resume of wage rates of this Municipality and adjoining Municipal 1-1AGES Districts and Counties These were discussed briefly P'Ir R I. Frown mentioned a recent hearing of the Board of Ind strial Relations at which hours of work etc. had be (n discussed He mentioned that the Special Board rders No 23 and 31 may be changed and if so HOURS the 4u icipal District will not have present exemptions from t e Hours of Work Act an:l would be required to pay over-time to Public 'Jorks Employees who work more than 1 hours a day or 55 hours per week This is not defini e T h,. Schmelke moved that Council meet as a committee of the whole for a discussion of wage rates and related matters Carried. M . G G King, See -Treas then left the meeting and Counci met as a committee of the whole until the noon hour a d also following the noon adjournment The noon adjour ent was at the regular time of 12 noon to 1 OOP M A approximately 1.45 P Iii Ur G G Icing was called back x to the Council room and the meeting reconvened Ii reply to a question 14r King advised Council that SECy T.EiS. he fel his wage rate should be raised to $10,500 to be more ii line with the adjoining areas and with the Three .Hills 3chool Division. He adv today late s Leewen and f to the in win approx increa overag agrees that w meetin Joe Dobler, Gravel Foreman then met with Council. sed that #ravel is being spread on the river hills s they were very scy following last nights rain and ow fall He also advised that they had moved to the Estate gravel location to start stockpiling from it st will not be a problem at present. regard to wages A'Ir Dobler drew Counciles attentioi fact that the gravel crew works 50 hours per week er time while other Public Works Employees work mately 44 hours. He suggested a 7 to 8 percent e and also asked about some consideration for 1969 in hours He stated that he is entitled by the nt to take these as extra holidays but felt that uld be too much time off Mr Dobler then left the F r I See page JOE DOBLE M FORM 149-P SPECIAL I I Li T3 first : in var: operate that t] this a' spread: appare: then h lifted was no Truck hand d Paquet the tr the me T Public arl G and Hr Employ review to ite 1 O 2. 0 3 Di. 4 Al writin chosen to any 5 0. 6 Mr 50% of with t retroa 7. Tc 3, Ds order no fir 9 0 10. 0 11. 0 12 0. 14 Tz 15. Di given guarar 16 Ft 17 0 18 KE had be consic 19. 1"b one we time apply 20 Si ones ; 21 Nc 22 I1 the PIS COUNCIL REETING Dec. 15/69 Page 5 e earnings of various hourly paid men for the 1 months of 1967 were then reviewed with Council HOURLY ous classes as motor graders, rubber tired machines, EMPLOYEES rs, cat tractor operators, truck drivers etc George Rempel met with Council and advised e gravel truck which he was driving had upset ternoon on the Orkney hill while he had been ng gravel on the icy road Some gravel had tly stuck at the front of the gravel box and d slid suddenly to the back. The front end somewhat; he was not a iDle to steer it T.;ere personal injury and no other vehicle was involved amage included scrie daraage to the hoist j left or and the hoist He was referred to Ted e and Joe Dobler to make arrangements for bringing .ck back to Three Hills. Mr Rempel then left ti g e following representatives of the hourly paid :forks Employees then met with Council 111ir adlac}�, Mr. Robert Cranstcn, MVV Elmer Bauer, :Zay Ehrmann. The report of the Employer - e Committee meeting of November 2,4th 1969 was d briefly and the o,lowing noted in regard z of that report. cussed but no decision made ernate suggested was that the employees ask in at the start of the year or at any other time by them if they wish a promotion ov transfer particular fob Iliese to be kept on file Lemay moved that the I'Iunici.pal District Alberta Health Plan costs for employees .e 7th month of enployment, and that this tive to January lst 1969. Carried be discussed further pay commencing apply cussion of the effect of the change in the exemption .n regard to any time in excess of 10 hours per day; ,1 dacision led for later consideration. cussion cf wage rates in comparision with y the employees previously with reference ees of steady work etc. those to they information to follow from the Company REMPEL TRUCK ACCIDENT HOURLY EMPLOYEES i.th Smith had been ke t on as his term of employment en almost as long as that of Fred Nash and lr Paquette eyed that he was better capable of working in the shop. Poole moved that any one who did not receive the eic minimum notice of layoff be paid for the additional s per the 1969 contract and that holiday ay also where it has not been given in full Carried pply of hard hats and liners to be checked and additional urchased if required. change decided upon was noted that these wages are the same as that of for Grader Men and thus no change was likely. See page 6 LAYOFF PAY N Em FORM 149—P SPECIAL U ICIP surrues Mr that th P M in study w employe COUNCIL PIEETING Dec 15/69 Page 6 Poole mentioned that Jack Tutt had suggested winter work hours be from 7 30 A 14 to 5 ' 00 stead of from 8 00 11- I" to 5.30 P M Further Lll have to be given to this to find if other �s wish the same CT ncil then asked the er- ployees what their requests were f specific changes for 19;0 and 1,1r -i Cranston replie in respect to the following 1. Wages - Hourly men request an ,�Pcrease of 50¢ per hour across the board. 2 Th y ask that Council consider pay for 7 statutory holida s per year 3. Th y suggested that a Safe Driving AW'ard should not be los by a driver who has an accident during special ccndit -ons such as that which was a Cause of George kempel s accident on the icy river hill today. The employee Committee was advised that Council will give these items further consideration and send reports by mail. The committee thanked Council and then left the meeting Some further general discussions and comparisons then took place in regard to wage rates of the hourly men in this Municipality as compared with adjoining ones. tJINTER HOURS F��UESTS Council then again went into Committee for further discussion during which time 14r. G G King, Sec..Treas. was absent from the Council Room. L ter approxinataly one hour ?sir G King, Sec- Treas. was ca led back into the meeting and the regular business was proceeded with. Ilr. Ferguson moved that the sa;ary scale for 1970 SALARY be set as per the following SCALE N11,11 POSITION SALARY /Ted Paquette Publj.c i1orks Superintendent $8)500 ✓John Dorn Grade Foreman 72200 ✓A'R Sommerville Shop Iechanic 74200 ✓j,llen Koch Service Mechanic 71200 r Joe Dobler Gravel Foreman 7,200 /George Park Assessor 7,700 ,/-Gordon Park Ag. Fie. ]":man 70200 ,/ Lorne Soese Asst. i- . Fieldman 51 900 ✓ G. G. ing Secretary- Treasurer 10,250 /John Jeffery Asst, See - Treas. 7,200 " I; Hart Stenographer 5,400 180 per =a Chris rill hourly Weiguri Caretaker paid men - increase of 54 per hour over 1969 3 s.• Motion carried unanimously. Mr G. icing thanked Council for the increase granted to hi and stated that he would again endeavor to do his Lest hroughout the following year. and She rs. Vi Hart, Stenographer met privately with Council r wage rate was outlined and discussed with her. reed to accept, See page 7 V HART C C, 01 FORM 149 SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES 14r private: than th. This wa+ Jeffery granted COUNCIL MEETING page 7 Dec 15/69 John Jeffery, asst Sec.- Treas. then also met y with Council and asked for a greater increase t which had been granted by the above motion, reviewed privately by the Council and Mr was advised that no further increase would be other than shown above. ie accepted. Mr George Park then met with Council. He was advised that his salary had been set at $7,700 He suggested that it should ::e up to $8,000 to be more in line with others However he stated that he wished to think this over and he thanked Council and left the mee ing. J JEFFERY IV GEO PARK bar. Poole moved that the Sec.- Treas. send a separate WAGE letter to those concerned outlining the wage rates as LETTER set by Council for 1970 and drawing attention to the fact that Council had made comparisons with adjoining Municipal Distri s and given the matter considerable discussion. Carrielt Mr Ted Paquette, Publz.c �lorks Superintendent then net with Council FIU C I14ITTEE - Mr Church moved Mr R W Brown, Georges Lemay, and Art Bauer be named as the Fire Committee of this Municipal District Carried I was agreed that representatives of the Village of Linden and its Fire Department be asked to meet with the 14ulicipal Fire Committee at our office on Dec 22nd at 7.0 P M and that two representatives each of the Three .ills and Trochu fire department be asked to meet w th the combined group at 8:00 P M on that eveni . T. PAQUETTE FIRE COI-14 Mr Paquette was ac'_vised that hei his had comparative set at $8,500 for the year 197a•d H wages in other adjoining areas drew attention to the fact also that is was approximately 1969 average Ih' Paquette referred to holiday periods He stated that he had now been worki g here for 15 years. He asked that schedule for him and others in like position be similar to that set for the hourly men?s rate It was agreed that this be reviewed by Counc•1 at the next meeting He accepted the wage rate as set Mr. Paquette advised that the main damage to the truck upset today, driven by George Rempel had been to the left door,mirror, the hoist rams and other minnor items The truck has been brought to Three Mills and estimates are to be obtained and required insurance reports made out etc. arious Council members voiced appreciation with the commi tee work done in regarc. to the Municipal Parry held the e the ening of December 13th 1 >11 had been very pleased with arrangements and the whole social evening Schmelke moved Dec 22nd 69 at 9 me of adjournment that this meeting 00 ',.M. Carried. 6•10 P.M i/ PAQUETTE WAGES ETC TRUCK DAMAGES SOCIAL EVENING do now adjourn until ADJOURN Secretary-