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Home My WebLink About1970-05-25 Council MinutesM M FORM 149-F SPECIAL U 10 GLIE C014BINED COUNCIL AND A S B MEETING May 25th, 1970 A com fined meeting of the Council and Agricultural Servi a Board took place in the Council Chambers on Monda , May 25th, 1970 at 9.30 A M. All C uncillors were present with the exception of A H hurch and G Lemay. Mr Art Bates and Mr Gordon Park ere also present with J C Jeffery recording the minut s Mr. A W Bauer moved the adoption of the March 23, 1970 meeti a minutes. Carried. Mr. G rdon Park then gave his report, copy of which is attac ed Mr Tom Ferguson moved acceptance of Gordon Park? report Carried It was then noted that the amount paid to May 15th for our grass seed policies has been$6,627.45. Mr. Art Bates moved the acceptance of this report Carried. Mr G G. King then read a letter regarding weed control on in ustrial lands Gordon Park reported that there were o real problems in our Municipal District only the Oil C mpanies, but because of this letter the oil companies have Deen informed,therefore will comply with this letter T. Ferguson moved to file this letter Carried. Mr G.G. King then read a letter from the Crop Protection and Pest Control Branch of the Dept of Agriculture, Plant and Industry Division which stated that the Council must appoint an Inspector of Chemicals for our M D Mr C W Poole moved that Gordon Park and Lorne Boese be appoi 7 ted as Chemical Inspectors for this M D. Carried. Mr Gordon Park then reported on a Municipal Agricultural Emer envy Measures Committee with the following aims The purpose of this annex is to describe the organization and espon ;sililities of the Municipal Agricultural Emergency Meas res Committee for Emergency Planning and Operations 1 In the event of a Nucl-ar War the Dept of Ag. must be in close touch with Unit or Municipal Emergency Govt Headquarters and be available for advice or to take acti n where necessary on Agricultural matters 2. During peacetime there is an Agricultural Service Board in each County and M D It is intended by the Dept of Agriculture: that the A.S.B. be enlarged for emer ency planning and operations to include the fieldnen and practicing vetinarian 3 It is the policy of the Dept of Agriculture that all District Agriculturists, members of the A.S.B. and fig Fieldmen be trained as radiological defence officers to assist as required in wartime operations Mr Schmelke moved that we appoint the following people to this Ag. Emergency Me,-rsures Organization Comm ttee -- Dr. Kline, Dr. Ashcroft, Dr Parry, Mr Boese, Mr Gordon Park, lip C W Poole and Mr A W Bauer Carr ed � / I J .... 2 '10** 1 FORM 149-P SPECIAL U ici Pii Combined A.S.B. and Council Meeting May 25th, 1970 Page 2 Mr Gordon Park then reported re the Agricultural Ser Board Field Day. Mr. R W Brown ,moved that the Agric Field Day be August 5th, 1970 meeting; at 9.30 at the officc Carried It was then noted that the next Provincial Agricultural Servi a Board Conference will be Larch 10th to 12th, 1971 as reported by Gordon King. Mr. A W Bauer moved to file. Carried. Mr G of Ag this of ou Depar rdon King then read a letter from the Alberta Dept. icultural Program Development Division advising D that we must forward a total of five copies Ag Service Board Minutes the following ments copy to District Agriculturist copy to Regional Agriculturist copy to Hunicipal Agricultural copy to Extension Headquarters, copy to Plant Industry Division Mr A t Bates moved that we supply the Carri d Programs Branch D A. Branch foregoing information Mr. K ng then read a letter from the Alberta Dept of Agric ltural Program Development Division asking this M D qhat its policies were concerning in servige training for A . Fieldmen Also attached to the letter a questionnaire which was filled in by Council at the meeting. Mr T Fergu on moved to accept this letter and file same and send 'n the questionnaire. Carried Mr. Gordon Park then reported there would be a Provincial Weed rour Conference at Wetaskwin July 23, and 24th, 1970 Mr Gordon Park is to contact all A S B members a week before and see whe will be able to attend A letter was then read from Oliver Industrial Supply advising; that there will be a demonstration of mowing equipment at 2 00 P M at the Cross Roans Motor Motel off #1 and #2 Highways, N E Calgary. There will be a buffet supper at Trade Winds Motor Motel Three types of models will be demo trated,t7 -c nailbird, the slope mower and the TK530 which is a 15 ft. pull type mower. Mr T Ferguson, R.W Brown, C '9. Poole, S C Schmelke and Gordon Park will atte d tomorrow Mr. Gordon Park then gave a report re the Kneehill Extension Council. Copy attached. Mr Park then reported that the next meeting of the Extension Council is the 23rd of June being a separate meeting and the minutes arising; from this meeting; will be circulated to all Councillors and A S B Members. Mr C Poole then suggested that a chairman for the Extension Council be picked at their next meeting Mr. rt Bates then moved that this Joint Meeting be adjo rued Carried. Time bf Adjournment - 10.45 A.M. J; J e f 11e y tart' to he Board MayJ25, 1970 Report to Council and Service Board Members of Agricultural Service Board 1. Grass 2. 2,4 -D an 3. National a saving gallons The pl& very good t 1 ton truck received from Hannats Seeds. 2,4-5 -T received from Niagra.Brand Chemicals. in offered Tordon 212 Herbicide to the M D at a reduced price - about $3.00 per gallon over other distributors I ordered 75 use on toadflax and other hard to kill perennial weeds g of this years trees (90,000) is now completed. The trees were year, and were brought from the nursery April 28 with the A S.B .trailer I have a plied a strip of Prinatol A80 Soil Sterilant along; the Municipal Pavement varyLng from about 12 - 20 inches depending on the road. I built a boom and mounted i on the left hand side of the truck so that the driver could see what was hap ning and it works good. -vde have et out Fertilizer plots at Alvin Kievers on gra °sland and at Bill Irvings, Huxl y on wheat and rape and at Ralph Browns. Prunning sessions were fairly succesfull Dan and Lorne conducted these Work is being done at all school yards. Cultivation and replacement of trees and prunning of some Some mai ter -.nce and clean up work has been done at Municipal Parks and cemetaries The pier has.to be put in again at Kievers Lake as the ice took it out. Some Roadside seeding to be done right away. A littler less than usual cattle spraying this spring r� ki FORM 149-F SPECIAL UNICI PLI tooll- %r .If*. FORM 149-P SPECIAL U IUP L SUPPLIES AGENDA FOR MAY 259 1970 COMBINED MEETING OF COUNCIL AND AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD 1 Approval of minutes of March 23/70 2 Report of Agricultural Fieldman - A S Board activities 3. Provincial Grass Seed Policy - report of applications, etc. 4 Letter r garding Weed Control - Industrial Lands 5 Agricultural Chemicals Act - appointment of Inspector 6 Municipal Agricultural Emergency Measures Committee 7. A. S. Board Field Day - 1st OR 3rd week of August 8 Dept. of Agriculture - Conference Mar. 10 -12, 1971 9 Dept of Agriculture - request for copies of minutes COUNCIL MEETING 10. 11. 12 13 14 15� 16 17. 18. 19 20, 21. 22. 23 24. 25. 26 27 28. 29. 30 31. 32. 33. 35 36. 38 39. 40. 41 42. 43 44. 45. 46 47 4$ 49. 50, Approval of minutes of meeting of Report of Court of Revision - May Appointments 11:00 A M, -- Comm from 1-00 P M - Walter Unruh, 1-30 P M - Road Foreman Report Hon Ot Can. We Dept. o Carbon Mrs. Vi Fire As Recreat Bank of Report Report Kinsmen Arrears Report Raymond Canadia Buildin C B P Red Dee Calgary Propos Land A Fences Applic B 0 DeS Bridge Road C 94 Applic Canadi Letter Counci Early Swalwe Overlo Alta. May 11, 1970 11, 1970 Wimborne re water system Jr - proposed Funeral Home Df Comm. Meeting - Proposed Prov. Park Huxley East �o Lang - resolution from our Annual Meeting ;tern ?Natural Gas - natural gas Wimborne area E Youth - Conference Oct 16 -18/70 in Edmonton lecreation Board - minutes of May 11/70 Hart - thanks re flowers soc. Convention - Red Deer June 15 -18th Lon Grants - local Communities - 1970 Montreal - interest rate $2� re Banking and new exchange re ulations re fires along C, N R May 1670, Lloyd Paget claim C1uf of 3 Hil11: Tiaint for Keiver Lake Park facilities re water & se,.%er - Motel_ re proposed Funeral Home M @gli - ;ravel account due him, tax penalties n litillties •- Transformer Station repast of 3 Hills Permits Dave Regehr, Arnold Baerg, Vernon Toews enner ta<.es, etc.. Pt N7vV. 9-- 30 -25 -4 r Regional Plann .ng Corp-m. - no Regional Plan to date Regional Planning Corrm� minutes, etc -- J� E<, Frere Subdiv NW- 18- 33 -23 -4 3 Preliminary Regional Plan reements & Report - Pope Lease east River Hill 94 - Carbon south road k borrow pit -- Linden road tions for employment - John Bitz, Tony Sittek; ian Sowerby ntis Surveys - surveys & planning, etc. Branch - Bridge detail for S/SE- 3- 34 -25 -4 mm. report - Drainage ditch NE- 22- 32 -26 -4 Landymore 97 -- Fred J. Art complaint re drainage, etc tion for Road Grant Agreement "A9l n Utilities - our requests for movin poles to Otto Oster re rocks along road EM- 31- 32 -25 -4 policy re 1970 gravelling work lanning for Bull Brusher work - Garson location 1 properties - offers for vacant lots d permits - enforcement of weight restrictions ourist Assoc - circulars, etc. J� 0 • 0 FORM 149-P SPECIAL U 10 u A re Dist Offi Comm Coun Council Meeting May 25th, 1970 xlar meeting of the Council of cct of Kneehill #48 was held in in Three Hills on Monday, Hay icing at 9.00 A M llors present throughout this Mr W Poole Div 2 Mr W Brown Div 3 Mr I W Bauer Div. 4 Mr A Ferguson Div $ Mr C Schmelke Div 6 (Reeve) pp� Mr 2 G King, Sec- Treas. was present and recorded the inutes Coun it noted with regret the death of Mrs A H Church on S turday, May 23rd, 1970 Expression of sympathy is ✓ exte ded to Mr A.H. Church, Councillor for Div 1 Mr Jrt Bates, ratepayer and Member of the A S B sat in f r the first part of the meeting only Mr oole moved approval of the minutes of the meeting MINUTES of M y 11th, 1970 as per copy which had been mailed to each member Carried Mr ferguson moved approval of the report of the COURT OF meeting of the Court of Revision held on May llth/70 REVISION Carried Mr G King and Mr S C Schmelke gave Council a PROV. brief report of a committee meeting held at Trochu the PARK evening of Mar 12th, 1970 in respect to the proposed Provincial Park east of Huxley It was particularly mentioned that the Hon Dr Ross and the Hon R Ratzlaff will meet witl-= interested groups at the site on Monday, June 8th, 1970 and arrangements for that date were V outlined to Council lair Bauer moved that the report be acce ted and that Mr M Steinbach ce Trochu be advised that somewhere from 4 to 6 will attend the banquet that evening and that those present will arrange for one of them to be a speaker on behalf of the Municipal District Carried Lett r of May 8th from the Hon. Otto Lang, Federal HON LANG Mini lerguson ter of Agriculture was referred to briefly This was reply to the resolution moved by Mr James ✓ Bish p and passed at the last Annual Meeting of Ratepayers Mr moved that this be filed Carried. Application &,f Canadian Western Naturnl Gas Co Ltd for road crossings in the Wimborne area with natural gas ines to serve certain farmers was discussed briefly Mr Schmelke moved that the said Company be advised of Tunicipal Policy requiring on site insp ction of proposed crossings, etc Carried The 11.0 the meet :ouncil meeting adjourned from 9 °30 A M until A M during which time Council met jointly with 1 S B A separate report of the minutes of that Lng are recorded ..2 CAN TJEST, NAT GAS LIZ A S BD Mr of W: of a rega. estij was , state some had C W Fede Cons: that a pr, the to b be c The the Council Meeting May 25th, 1970 Page 2 ohn Prohl, U E Seefried, and Charles Whatley WIMB0RNE 'mborne met with Council to discuss the possibility WATER water system in that hamlet Reports on file in d to the Municipal well were referred to and an ated cost as submitted from Kure & Telfer Construction lso referred to the meeting The delegation d they had 20 potential_ users and had also obtained information from Mr Jack Brown of Lousana He uggested use of a much smaller sized pipe Mr atley stated there is a very good well at the al Grain Co. Residence but it is a deep well derable discussion followed Mr. Brown moved the Municipal District hire an engineer to make liminary study and to give advice in respect to t/ ossible water system at Wimborne with these costs paid by the M D and that Reid Crowthers and Co ntacted in this regard Carried elegation from Wimborne thanked Council and left eeting at 11 45 A M Letts in rl Octol info: to b4 to M: r and circular from the Dept of Youth was read YOUTH gard to a conf ..... to be held in Edmonton CONFERENCE er 16th to 18th Mr Bauer moved that this matron be referred to the Recreation Meeting held on June the 2nd and that a copy be given C W Poole as information Carried Menu es of the meeting of the Carbon Recreation Board CARBON held on May llt% were referred to briefly Mr Schmelke , REC MTG. move that these be filed Carried. A no le of thanks was read from Ifirs Vi Hart expressing; appr ciation for flowers sent to her at the time of VI HART the eath of her mother earlier this month V The r$eeti.ng adjourned for dinner from 12 noon until ,✓ 1 OOIP M Mr i with built the They as a that or ml They loca- f avo: Mr perm: alter Unru--a Jr , Leroy Reimer and Mr Isaac met Council in respect to the application for a FUNERFyL ink; permit for a funeral hoiaye to be located on H01-41E hurch property in the SE corner of 28- 30 -25 -4 stated that their church wished to operate this service tc the community and they further advised the building could later be converted to a dwellin,- ved away if a change became necessary in their plans. had considered Council9s suggestion that they Li e this in the village of Linden but they did not doing so Considerable discussion followed rown moved that approval, be given for the building t as per application Carried The Above delegation thanked Council and then left ✓ the meeting Mr Ferguson advised Council that he had heard that 'AFHEATLi,. TD the official opening of the new County of Wheatland OFFICE, Offi e will be held at Strathmore on Monday, June 15th ✓ at 1 30 P M T<:is was tabled as information 0 �W 3 L// FORM 149-P SPECIAL U ICI L SU PLIES Council Meeting May 25, 1970 page 3 No definite delegate or delegates were named to attend FIRE the fire Association Convention in Red Deer, June 15th CONVENTION to 1 th due to a conflict of other Municipal or private business This may be further considered at a later ✓ meet'ng Coun, in 1 that note, but Mr bean; in 1 byla, Mr Mr Mr. Mr Ltd No deli Prel . incl were Rowb thes, it was given an outline of Recreation Grants paid 69 to aura.;_ Communities and were also advised reports from each had been accepted It was also that Hesketh had not asked for a grant in 1969 BY -LAJ id require one in 1970 Discussion followed # 635 oole moved first Reading to Bylaw No 635 this a bylaw to r.. _..3e for Rural Recreation Grants Recreation 70 to a total of3,700 dollars as per copy of Grants attached Carried Unan rown moved Second Reading to this bylaw Carried unan erguson moved Third Reading to this bylaw. Carried Unan ed Paquette, Public Works Supt. met with Council T PAPUETTE oole advised that Mr Cliff Showers of R Angus MOTOR had phoned 'aim recently and had stated that the SCRAPER 27 Caterpillar Motor Scraper would be ready for ✓ ery by June 10th, 1970 minary agreements in respect to land required LEASE ding severance etc for the Pope Lease River Hill HILL ROAD referred to Council as completed with Mr Joe ttom and !, "r. R B Steel Mr Ferguson moved that V be accepted Carried Coun it was also advised that Mr A H Church, Ted Paqu tte and G G King had met wit7- Mr. Don McLean in tie District Engineers office in Calgary at the time the agreements were made as referred to above and iad also discussed plans for the organization of work on the Pope Lease River Hill Mr Paquette briefly outlined the arrangements for use of Municipal equipment with 1 caterpillar and dozer to be sent first and then likely two Euclids and perhaps some other equipment later on A le ter from Mr H Looten, Chief Right of Way Buyer HAM14ELL ® of tie Prov Dept of Highways was referred to Council LAND in r spect to his recommendations for compensation for road way and related matters in the NW 11- 29- 23 -4fWm OFFERS RE Hamm all Property south of Carbon) Mr Looten had ROAD made an on site inspection and had then calculated the amount which his department would pay if it were a government proposal Amounts varied from $2,400 to $ ,452 anc- he had thus stated that the total Muni ipal offer of$2,415 was a very good offer to Mr iammell Council verbally agreed that they wouli be willing to increase the Municipal offer to v $2,4352 mentioned above It was agreed a committee of M Poole and Mr G King again see Mr & Mrs Hamm ll in regard to this matter Agreements for fences and borrow pit for the mile of LINDEN construction on the Linden road were referred to ROAD Council Mr Bauer moved these be accepted Carried ® 4 FORM 149-P SPECIAL i i u u I* L FORM 149-F SPECIAL ICI PLI Mr G on beh invest the NE in bri 1 are to respon 2 contro Discus member opinio. Carrie, Mr G prepay to its W/ NW 2 the M that p grade was al the Ro, these south the roe widen c and th4 King read to Council a report he had prepared LANDYMORE If of the Road Committee in respect to their DITCH gation I =lay � 3, 1970 of the drainage ditch in 22- 32 -26 -4 - -W Landymore CY&d.f recommendations f were The piles of clay and rocks on the SW bank be disposed of by the Municipality as its ibility. Gras; is to be seeded along the banks to wee2e and to retain this as pasture ion followed in regard to the report and other ; of the road committee and Pair. Bauer added their S Mr Bauer moved acceptance of the report King then read to Council a report which he had :d on behalf of the Road Committee in regard FRED ART inspection May 13th, 1970 of the drainage DRAINAGE - 32 -27 -4 (Fred J Art) Suggestions were that fill in a washout hole at the culvert and t run gravel be put across the flat on the low Certain road signs were also recommended It o particularly noted that Mr Art had met with d Committee at the site and appeared agreed to roposals though he still wished the road further mproved Further inspection is to be made of d to see if some trees should be cleared out to ame Kr Poole moved that this report be accepted recommendations carried cut as given. Carried 5 V Council Meeting i May 25th, 1970 page 4 Mr Ted Paquette and C W Poole advised Council that LINDEN present plans are to take some dirt from the CNR ROAD right of way on the east side of the tracks only for the grading ircject south of 27- 30 -24 -4 ( Linden Road) The dirt cr. the west side of t'ie railway tracks is not sititable and the low wires would also cause a problem Applications for employment as received from John Betz, s Tony Sittek, and Brian Sowerhy were referred to Council Copy of each ,had been given to T'ir T Paquette Mr EMPLOY- Paquette advised that Brian Sowerby is now working MENT for the Municipality but that 14r. Mancell and Mr APPLIC. Leon Walesky are no longer employed Mr Poole moved ✓ that this information be accepted and applications i filed Carried Lettex from 0 DeSantis Surveys was read to Council deSANTIS in regard to his services av &ilable for surveys and SURVEYS planning etc Ivir Bauer moved that this be filed V Carried Discussion took place in respect to the survey that SURVEY will le required for the new road at the Pope Lease River Hill T4r Ferguson moved that a letter be written to the District Engineer, Calgary asking if ►� the Provincial Government can undertake the whole survey of the ::fiver Hill Project Carried Infor anon from the Bridge Branch gave details of BIGELOTT the bridge to Le moved to S /SE 3- 34 -25 -4 (Bigelow) BRIDGE Mr S hmelke moved that this information be accepted and filed Carried I* L FORM 149-F SPECIAL ICI PLI Mr G on beh invest the NE in bri 1 are to respon 2 contro Discus member opinio. Carrie, Mr G prepay to its W/ NW 2 the M that p grade was al the Ro, these south the roe widen c and th4 King read to Council a report he had prepared LANDYMORE If of the Road Committee in respect to their DITCH gation I =lay � 3, 1970 of the drainage ditch in 22- 32 -26 -4 - -W Landymore CY&d.f recommendations f were The piles of clay and rocks on the SW bank be disposed of by the Municipality as its ibility. Gras; is to be seeded along the banks to wee2e and to retain this as pasture ion followed in regard to the report and other ; of the road committee and Pair. Bauer added their S Mr Bauer moved acceptance of the report King then read to Council a report which he had :d on behalf of the Road Committee in regard FRED ART inspection May 13th, 1970 of the drainage DRAINAGE - 32 -27 -4 (Fred J Art) Suggestions were that fill in a washout hole at the culvert and t run gravel be put across the flat on the low Certain road signs were also recommended It o particularly noted that Mr Art had met with d Committee at the site and appeared agreed to roposals though he still wished the road further mproved Further inspection is to be made of d to see if some trees should be cleared out to ame Kr Poole moved that this report be accepted recommendations carried cut as given. Carried 5 V 0 E W e_ Council Meeting May 25th, 1970 Page 5 Mr. Ferguson moved that a reply �>e .sent to the letter from the solicitor of Mr Fred Art advising them of of action whic'i Council is taking; . Carried Application for the 1970 Road Grant under the General ROAD GPLC,NT Articles of Agreement A was read to Council Projects included in lorief were. $ $ 000 Carbon- S':arples Road Old No 26 Highway from No. 9 to Carbon 48,000 Pope Lease River Hill and adjacent 65,000. road one mile of Linden Road 10,000 V Petersen Corner South 24,000 Gus Neuman 2 miles 6.000. Total $161,000 Gran is 75% of the cost but the grant has a maximum of $ 04,180 Mr Schmelke moved that this application for oad Grant be accepted Carried Cou cil was advised that Canadian Utilities has been req ested to move poles as required for 1970 road grading programs Considerable discussion followed in regard CAN UT. to zbout 9 poles cn the mile of the Linden Road as POWER these poles are not actually in use, and Mr Poole LINES advised they are not wanted now by the owner Mr V Br<<n moved that a Letter be written to Canadian Utilities and a copy to the Local Rural Electrification Ass c at Grainger asking if the poles can be removed. Car lied f Council was advised that a letter had been written to 0 OSTE,R Mr Otto Oster in respect to rocks along the road ROCKS E/N 31- 32 -25 -r Mr Oster had been advised that this is contrary to Municipal Policy and no further r roc s should be hauled to fencelines adjacent to s roa s Mr Brown moved that this be accepted and FORM 149-P SPECIAL i I Pu filed Carried. Considerable discussion took place in respect to Council Policy for 1970 Gravelling Work Mr Ferguson then GRAVEL moved that each Councillor be authorized to have up to PROGP.141 10,000 cu yds of gravel placed on roads within his di ision during the first round of the equipment and th t this amount does not include any new 1970 grading or road surfacin Carried Co ncil discussed the need for getting gravel crushed GRAVEL pr or to freeze up Oelke, Hesketh, Loewen Estate and NEEDS at Garsons and also the need for a bull crusher at the Ga son location Mr Schmelke moved that a letter be written to Linden ✓ Co tractors asking for their price for bull crushing wo -k at the Garson location Carried Mr. Poole moved that Linden Contractors be advised that Council wishes to {het further gravel crushing � done starting by August lst and that they be requested to state theirpr n ce connection with this Carried 6. P H E v FORM 119-P SPECIAL U I I L UP LI S Council meeting May 25, 1970 Page 6 Coun it was advised that the Inspection Services WEIGHT Bran (h at Drumheller had stated they will enforce RESTRICTIONS weig t restrictions if requested by Council Mr ETC. Browi moved that the Inspection Services Branch Druml eller be advised of Municipal Weight Restrictions and Asked to enforce same Carried Mr erguson moved that no overload permits be granted for raffic on light cost surfacing at any time (Maximum ✓ is 5 ,000 pounds) Carried Mr :Ole moved that the office staff, local councillor or t e Public Works Supt have authority to authorize overload permits on roads other than the light coat surf cing if certain that the road conditions are 0 K Carr ed Mr Poole mentioned that John Dorn had asked if the J. DORN M.D. would pay his telephone rental of $3 75 per- nonth PHONE as it is used for Municipal purposes similar to that for dertain other employees for whom the rental is ✓ paid Mr Ferguson moved that Council agree to pay the 1hone rental for John Dorn as from Jan lst, 1970 Carred Mr, loole stated that an Oil Company had caused OIL CO considerable damage to a gravel road in the West GRAVEL Carbon area and he felt they should be billed for DAMAGE X appr x 2 to 4 of a mile of regravelling He will get further details and report same to Council Mr loole advised that Mr Sam Bulych of Mathieu MATHIEU Engineering %ad asked if Council has any more ENG. engineering work wh3.ch they might wish that firm to v do No other work is available this year Mr led Paquette advised that Mr. Blaine Myers has B. MYERS been working for the Municipality for some 3 weeks PAY and ladly needs $50 00 to $60 00 of his wagres to pay boar bills etc Mr Brown moved that Blaine Myers � be p id $60.00 on his labor account at this time Carried Mr laquette advised that a new crankshaft had to WAGNER be purchased for the #2 Wagner and the Company is C-1 givi g approx 2 credit for same SCRAPER Mr aquette advised that he has opportunity to buy TIRE a us d tire for a scraper through Crown Tire for about $300 00 and plans to do so if the tire is suitable Other general d3-scussion of Public Works items PUBLIC included the following WORKS Land deals for the Peterson south road to be arranged this coming Friday. Sec -Treas to write to non residents in respect to their properties Mr Paquette reported in regard to certain employees and the work which they are now doing. He particularly mentioned that Mr Robinson is only fair as a truck driver Deep holes east of Trochu have been patched with cold mix but other places are too wet to be repaired at t xs time Mr d Paquette then left the meeting 7 . l 1 Council Meeting May 25th, 1970 Page 7 Letters from the Bank of Montreal and from the Royal INTEREST Bank were read advising that their interest rate to RATES the N D would to 81 per cent this year Mr Poole moved that these be filed Carried Mr the on a: Bank, no rtl cons: Trea the redul folll to t t o t: King as Sec -Treas reported to Council that ew policy provider that there is no exchange BANKING Y cheques ofP "-he Treasury Branch or Chartered at any location in Alberta except in the far ern areas lie then suggested that Council � der tranaferrirg all business for 1970 to the ury Branch in Three Hiles ,so as to facilitate andling of the banking business and so as to e borrowings to a r::inimura at all times Discussion wed Mr Poole rr.o,' ed the Sec Treas be authorized ansfer all Royal Bank and Bunk of Montreal accounts e Treasury Branch at Three Hills, Carried Mr Jim Pattc-iof Canadian Utilities met with Council CAN UT to discuss the site of a transformer which they wished to locate in the MW 13- 31 -23 -4 ( A. Kirk land) The TRANSFORMER tran for^-er site will be 209 by 301 in size Mr. SITE Schm lke moved that Council agree that the transformer si! _.- be located in the NW 33- 31 -23 -4 on condition r/ that it be set back 125 feet from the property line of the east -west road and the north -south road adjacent Carried. Mr atcc°a thanked council and then left the meeting Mr G King gave Council n brl.ef report of certain fires that had :cus- i u along the CNR right of way C N R south of Three Mills on May 16th TIae Fires had FIRES been extinguished by local farmers and by the Three Hills fire truck Verbal wor had been received that Mr. Lloyd Paget may e -pect ;payment of $25 00 v' for use of his tractor to pull out the fire truck when same got stuck in the f4eld 1,4r Bauer moved that this rP }ort; be filed Carrier: The insmen Cub of Three Hills had asked if Council would gay for paint for apprcx 20 tables and 4 toilets at K ivers Lake P,arl: on condition that the Kinsmen KEIVER donate the work Estimate of cost had been given as PARK about $40 00 IIr Schmelke moved that this be referred to Mr Gordon Part: and that he have authority to � authorize same if he believes it advisable Carried Council was advised that the former owners of the MOTEL Mote East of Three Hills had left an account of MATER ACCT $41 69 owing on water and sewer. Efforts to collect this had failed they had left the Province of Alberta Mr Ferguson moved that further efforts be made to collect this from the party responsible but X that this account of $41 69 be not charged against the present owner, Mr Lyle Davidson, Lamplighter Inn Carried Council was advised that due to an oversight Mr R R. MEGLI Megl had not been 1,aid at the end of 1969 for gravel TAX purr ased by the M D As a result of that his taxes PENALTIES had one in arrears and a penalty of $3, 38 had been char ed to h-s taxes Mr Bauer moved that payment � be m de for the gravel and that the penaltties of $34 8 be cancelled Carried 8 FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES H FORM 149-P SPECIAL U ICI U Council Meeting May 25th, 1970 Page 8 Mr moved that the building; permits be approved BLDG as i loole sued to I,ir Dave Regehr, Arnold Baerg, Vernon ✓ PE 141ITS Toew and Wayne Garrett Carried Letter from Mr. C.B. Penner was read in which he PENNER complained regarding his assessment in respect to ASSESS property in the 1TW 19- 30 -25 -4 Mr Brown moved that a re ly be sent advising that all building asses oK-ents are leing reviewed this year Carried Corr spondance from the Red Deer Regional Planning PLANNING Comm ssion stated that they had no Regional Plan to date No reply Lad been received from the Edmonton Regi nal Planning, Commmission. 1dir Ferguson moved that this :information be filed Carried Minutes as rec_o -ved from the Calgary Regional Planning Commission were referred to briefly with Mr Poole giving some comments in respect to same Mr S C. Schm lke moved that these be filed Carried Corr spondance from the Calgary Regional Planning Commission advised that the J E Frere subdivision in NW 8- 33 -23 -4 had been approved without need for a survey. 1-4r Ferguson moved that this be accepted and filed Carried There was considerable further talk in regard to the Proposed Preliminary Regional Plan.and the Draft Proposal as received from the Calgary Regional Planning Commission. Il ain points in the d�.scussion were 1 the restrictions as shorn on page 7 for comme cial businessin the rural areas seems very sever 2. there was a question as to whether the final regional plan is adopted by the Calgary Regional Planning Commission for the whole area or adopted by each member municipality 3 Mr Poole suggested that zoning regulations would o,:)k after most of the problems that would arise here but there wore no details as to what would be included or excluded under zoning regulations Mr Br wn moved that the Prop(-,sad Regional Plan be tabled until after the discussion at the Combined Meeting in Calo-ary on June 17th Carried Counei was advised that certain offers had been SUALWELL r::ceiv d for vacant lots in Swalwell These are LOTS rpresen ly in sealed envelopes Nr Brown moved these e filed until June 3rd at wF.Lich time they will b reviewed along with the offers for other proper ies in Swalwell with dwellings Carried Circul rs from trae Alberta Tourist Assor were given TOURISM to eac Councillor, ^:nd Mr. G. G. King advised members that a re-resentative from the Alberta Tourist Assoc may wi h to meet with Council at a later meeting to Fiscus a possible Grant r Pole reported that Mr Art Becker is willing BECKER LOTS to exchange e is lot in Grainr;-;;r in front of the GRAINGER Community Hall for 4 lots east of the Federal House He may buy that house from the said Grain Company. Mr Pocoltreconinended that this be done. The Sec - Treas was as led to review this and have a by -law prepared for th next Council meeting, ..... 9 Y r- 't H i FORM 149-P SPECIAL i Pu w Council Meeting May 25th, 1970 page 9 Mr oole advised that no use is being made of the Muni ipal Well at Grainger Mr Poole moved that Cana ian Utilities be advised to cut off electric Bowe service to the Municipal Well at Grainger Carried Mr, Ferguson stated that the Three Hills School Division has received an offer of $400 00 for its used school bus No 61 The School Division had aske if the MI.D. might be interested in this unit. It w s agreed that MR Poole check concerning this part cularly to find whether or not it had dual wheels Mr oole moved that this meeting do now adjourn Carried Time of adjournment - 5.45 P M V Re Next COMM! 1. I Secretary -Trea urer GRAINGER WELL SCHOOL BUS ADJOURN regular meeting of Council - Wednesday, June 3rd, 1970 icing at 9:00 A M PV °rr F r v F A M FORM 149-P SPECIAL U ICI L u Pu MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL #48 BY-LAW # 635 Un er the authority of the Municipal Government Act, Sections 206 and/or 207, the Council of the Municipal Di trict of Kneehxll #43 hereby authorizes that grants be now paid fcr the year 1970 to assist in recreation and community projects as follows. Al ingham Community Assoc Ar hurville Community Assoc Crossroads Hall Gamble Community Assoc Ghost Pine Athletic Assoc Grainger Community Assoc He keth Community Hall Huxley Community Hall Mt Vernon Community Assoc. Orkney Athletic Assoc Sw lwell & District Curling Club Three Hills ?ural Community Wi borne Community Centre Total $175.00 1.75 00 250 00 175 00 150 00 175 00 175.00 650 00 175 00 125 00 650 00 175 00 6000_ $3,700 00 lst Reading; moved by Councillcr Poole Carried unan. 2nd Reading moved by Councillor Brown Carried unan. 3ril Reading moved by Councillor Ferguson Carried unan Do e and declared passed in regular meeting of Council th s 25th day cf Play, 1970 Reeve Certified Correct• ILI Secretary -T Sur