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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-04-05 Council Minutesc FORM 149-0 SPECIAL U i i Pu A s District office, at 9 00 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Page 1 April 5, 1971 ecial meeting of the Council of the Municipal of Kneehill No 48 was held at the Municipal hree Hills, on Monday, April 5/71, commencing M Councillors present ?verc A H Church Div. 1 Pr C W Poole " 2 R. W. BroTnm P9 3 (Reeve) A W Bauer " 4 Pr T A Ferguson 7T 5 . S. C. Schmelke 44 6 Pr G A Lemay " 7 (Until 11 00 A.M.) Mr. Poole moved that Council waive notice of WAIVE NOTICE motion and that they proceed to deal with any business OF MOTION which may be brought before this meeting Carried unamious y Mr Ted Paquette, Public W ^rks Superintendent, met T PAQUETTE with Council Mr J C. Jeffery, Asst Sec -Treas ,sat in during the forenoon session of this meeting J. JEFFERY Councillors Church, Poole, Brown and Ferguson and MEETING OF Sec -Trees G King had been in Edmonton on Mar 31/71 A A M D & C for the pring Meeting of the A A M.D.s & Counties They now gave information to this meeting in regard to the talk of the Hon. Gordon Taylor, Minister of Highways, in respect t© the secondary road grants which may be SECONDARY ROAD availabl in 1971 A total of $8,000,000 00 is avail- able fro the Province and the piojects are to be selected GRANTS by the Provincial Dept° after consultation with the local M icipalit =co The primary purpose of this meeting was, thereforo, to discuss the desires of Council in regard to use of any secondary road grants which may be avail ble. The location of the secondary roads in this Mun°cipality and 4_-,heir tie -_.n with adjoining Municipa sties was discussed at considerable length, with a r lative importance of each also being considered. Council was also advised that this District's ROAD GRANT regular ioad grant for 1971 will be $105,695 00, as compared to $104,1$0.00 in 1970 Contingency grants may be a ailable for some Municipalities this year but this gra t is being phased out Mr Highways project the seco miles ea the pave miles Mr. for secoi east to 1 provision improvem( to HiRhw,: Schmelke moved that the Provincial Dept of PRIORITY be advised that the number one priority PROJECT f this Council is the grading and surfacing of dary road connections from Allingham to four t and then south six miles to connect with road north of Linden, a total distance of 10 .otinn carried Church moved that the second priority project SECOND dary road improvement be the road from Trochu PRIORITY he Tolman bridge at the river, subject to the PROJECT that the M D of Starland is applying for nts for the portion from the Tolman bridge, east y #56. Carried. - - - -- -See Page 2 i i 7 Mr. Highways improveml ® 1 Sta: and we s" 2 Froz the Hwy SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Page 2 April 5, 1971 Ferguson moved that the Provincial Dept of OTHER be also asked to give consideration for PROJECTS 1 nts to the following secondary roads ting at Hwy #21, four miles south of Three Hills going west througr Sunnyslope and continuing erly to Hwy. #2. 5E- 27- 29 -21 -4 (near Red Deer River) west across Pope Lease and westerly past Acme and west to Motion carried. Mr G King advised Councilthat the Provincial REQUEST PIT Dept of Highways has requested 25,000 cu yds of pit RUN GRAVEL run gray 1 from the Muncipal pit near Torrington in the FOR #27 NE-16-32-26-4 This is required for the completion of blacktop ing of the easterly portion of the road from Torringt n to Hwy. #21 Mr Bauer moved that Council approve if the supplying of the gravel as noted Carried Mr Bauer moved that a letter be written to OTHER M.D.'s adjoining Municipalities outlining this Council's PROPOSALS proposal in regard to secondary roads and asking for their plans in respect to the following 1. M. 1. of Starland - For the road from Tolman bridge east to Hwy #56 2 Courty of Mountain View - For the road from Acme wast to Hwy #2 3 Cou ty of Red Deer - For the road from Wimborne nor h to Hwy #42 Motion C rried 'r- Ferguson moved that Mr H M Alton, District H M ALTON Engineer, be invited to meet with Council here at the INVITATION April 12 71 meeting. Carried. Mr for ei.thl for a Coz Mr Dancl, Edmonton Carried Ferguson moved that an appointment be arranged r Wednesday of this week or Tuesday as alternate, mittee from this Council to meet with APPOINTMENT - v uk and other Dept of Highway officials in SECONDARY ROADS for a discussion of the secondary road program. Mr. G A Lemay left the meeting at this time.(ll A M ) f Mr T Paquette and Mr. G. King advised Council EMPLOYEES that employees working at our 1hop have continued at the 44 hour Neek since April lst even though outside work may be up to 11 hours per day There has beeexno objection to this as, otherwise, overtime might be required Mr Bauer moved that this be approved and that the Public Works Wage Agreement be clarified to show that the 11 hour days apply during the constructinn season and that this be referred to the employee committee Carried. ® Mr J Jeffery pointed out to Council there is a HOLIDAY PROGRA!' need to clarify the holiday program for Ted Paquette, Joe Doble , John Dorn and George Park Considerable discussion followed. It was particularly pointed out that 5 weeks time off in the winter would he 220 hours and this would be the same number of hours as would be given - - - -- -See Page 3 FORM 149-P SPECIAL 4b ICI Pu SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING April 5, 1971 Page 3 by four weeks off in the summer Mr Schmelke moved HOLIDAY PROGRAM that Mr Ted Paquette, Joe Dobler, John Dorn and CONTINUED George Park be granted the same holiday privileges as the hourly Employees under the Public Works agreement Carried Letter of March 30/71 from Ralph Keintz was read RALPH KEINTZ to Council in re ,,sect to the bill he had submitted to ACCOUNT this District of $12 OC for snowplowing Mr A.W. Bauer stated he had told Mr Keintz he could send his bill in for con,ideration but he had not authorized the work done qr Ferguson moved that a further reply be sent to Mr alph Keintz advising him that Council has not approved payment of the account Carried Mr C W Poole referred to the right -angle road ROAD SIGN IN directional sign on the access road into Carbon atthe NE- 21- 29 -23 -4 NE-21-29-23-4 IIe mentioned that the secondary highway continues east from that point and traffic going to Drumhel ez often gets confused and turns southerly into Carbon. Mr Poole moved that Mr McFetridge, District Engineer, Calgary, be asked to remove the sign as AWN referred to in this part Carried. General discussion on Public Works items followed PUBLIC WORKS with some reference to the following ITEMS 1 M_ R Brown stated that a Datsun half -ton could be h ought in for a demonstration. It was agreed that this be tabled until summer 2 Ted Paquette ~ +-, --,ed that the half -ton truck which he 13 now u.3.-I_ng is in good condition. He outlined repairs made la,�-c fall 3 Mr Paquette advi ^ed that the new TS -18 motor scraper is ready for shipping This was delayed some what due to the possib_lity of a rail strike. 4 The new trucks are being brought in piggy back 5 Two new boxes and hoists are being put on the 1970 Ford tandems These are 14 -foot boxes The other n w boxes and hoists for the new trucks will be 13 -foot boxes and will be ready when the trucks arrive FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES Mr Poole moved that this Council call for bids CALL FOR BIDS for thE sale, by this District, of the two boxes and hoists being taken off the tandem trucks and for the two Tr velall un3_ts, that bids be considered at the Counci meeting on April 26/71 Carried M eting adjourned for dinner from 12 00 noon to DINNER 1 00 P M C rcular from Curtis Engineering and Testing Co CURTIS ENG was read. Mr. Church moved that this information be accept Ed and filed. Carried R quests of Canadian Utilities Ltd for extension of pow r line facilities at two locations in Division 2 CDN_ UTILITIEP were r ad Mr Brown moved that Mr. Poole check regard ng these and report back to Council. Carried. -- - - - - -- -See Page 4 J � SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING April 5, 1971 Page 4 It iAas noteO that the prices of tires and culverts PRICE INCR are being increased about 5% to 6% Price quotat-,cn of loracr Paring -regarding asphalt BORDER PAVING was read Mr Bauer rrove,- that thi.3 :Lnfcr-nation be accepted an.a {' _1F A C ^: .Lod Mr G K_i_r � c. c ., C; i nc,, 1_ ° s attention to the resolu- RESOLUTION tion pas cd at the Anrnu.a ] 'Ilec Ling In regard to the RE TRAFFIC SIGN`' change of ce ton ^i nw J'c`11 3toc" to '-yield ". Discussi n fo "1_' o.,*ed S1Tio Cov is _)_ions mentioned that it is the i tent to g-3 vo p-riori ty to tra fi c on the secondary road system and perhap6 1-te , to raise the speed limit to 60 m y h ,at which brae the stop signs would be mandatory NTr Church n.cved that the Secretary- Treasurer write for approval for a macimum speed limit of 60 m.p.h. on all s rfaced roads within this Municipal District which are adequately signed with "stop" signs Carried Ap-olication,t for work were referred to as received WORK APPLIC from P Ernes Gelina", Gary Weigum, Wayne Hildenbrand, Eric Van Janzen and Ricrard M Vickery. Mr. Poole moved that these five app?_icationj be referred to Mr. T Paquette for con -sideration Carried Aril Poole mentioned the fact that this District ARCHIE WAIKER has not benefitted much from the second -year welding course r ccntly completed by Archie Walker. Mr. Archie Walker r si.gnea effective the end of March, 1971 It was pointed out that t`i-a s i,znicipal District had only paid a portion of wagF -, to Archie Walker during the time he a s taking the v� Ia5 ng -ou-so Mr Schnelk- move.: dial Mr E!'ed Paquette check with uui vr,n.i the County if Lacombe _:_- r -spect to cul,Tort- thawing THAWING MACHINE, machines vhicrn they h .I -' r..-.ad(- re- en.t,ly Carried Mr orc_on and. 14-- Din Pcter- then met with G PARK & D PETE Counc -11 Mr Poo1e referred. to a fo_ additi-nal signs at the 5walTi ell_ ?am Some tract asked that a sign SIGNS FOR ® be put up stating that no uncccu.p:L ec' trailers can be SWALWELL DAM parked c7 ;per than 100 fec t rrom -the vrater Mr Gordon Park stated that hi. had been at the dam on numberous occasi ons la:>', sur.-r!:er and had not seen any actual problem ui�c?t,7,si_on fol_l_owed. Mr Church moved that this matt -r be taoled for further investigation this summer arrier' Mr Dan -eters -Mated he is ta,,ing water samples WATER SAMPLES from the Swali,ell dam to c..heck possible pollution SWALIATELL DAM problems A i'inal --report wil 1_ not be available for some time Mr Petlers referred to the Spring Planning Meet- DEPT OF AG ing oft the Dept of Agr culture to be held at Olds on MEETING -APR lh April 14/71 I,Ir Schme.l' -e mo aed that Council approve of Mr C W Poole and Mr Gordon Park attending, with Mr A W Bauez as alternate Carried. Mr orlon Park repor=ted briefly on a meeting he REPORT ON , had atten ed _recently at ior-rzngton at which time MEETING pollution control and oF,her !tens had been discussed. There was a com- -taint regarding taste disposal from a hog farm Dn our we,,t boundary Counc__. agreed that Mr. Gordo Pa-1 follow -this up - -- - - - -- -See Page 5 FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIP L SUPPLIES F-11 L.J SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING April 5, 1971 Page 5 It was noted that new window lights are needed at SWALWELL PARK the camp kitchen at Swalwell Park A letter just- received from Premier Strom in EMPLOYMENT OF respect to employment of University students was read. UNIVERSITY Mr. Bauer moved that this be investigated further with STUDENTS particular attention to the possible hiring of Richard Kober under the program as outlined by the Premier Carried Mr for him cemeteri should d at prese for the approval Mr meeting Mr C W Poo G G. Kin of Highw program It for 11 0 Raf the Albe Council Carried Gordon Park asked about an outline of guidelines o follow in respect to work to be done in S, parks, etc and he suggested that a committee aft these Council preferred to carry on as t Mr Ferguson asked about supply of posts atholic cemetery in the Lumni area. Verbal was mentioned for this. rdon Park and Mr Dan Peters then left the G L PARKS DUTIES ergusnn moved that a Committee of A H Church, MEETING WITH , R.W Brown, S C Schmelke, A W Bauer and DEPT OF HIGHWAYS be named to meet with officials of the Dept OFFICIALS s in Edmonton in regard to the secondary road � Carried s noted that an appointment has been arranged A M this coming Wednesday. e tickets sent through the Association from a Foster Parents Association were referred to Mr Bauer moved that these be returned unsold RAFFLE TICKETS Circ lar from the Association regarding BIC pens, BIC PENS imprinted with the name of the Municipal District was referred o Mr. Schmelke moved that this be filed Carried Letter from the Pope Lease Historical Society was POPE LEASE read Mr Poole moved that the said Society be granted HIST SOCIETY' approval to use information from our Kneehill history book Carried Requ sition from the School Foundation Program REQUISITION FR"' was recei ed in the amount of $614,765.00 payable in SCHOOL FOUND three nearly equal amounts on May lst, August 1st and Nov. lst Mr Church moved that this be accepted Carried Furt er information from the Association meeting ASSOC MEETING in Edmont n this past Wednesday was given to Council EDMONTON DISCUS: and dealt with as follows 1 Prop sed Provincial clean up - the last two weeks in y Mr Poole moved that this be accepted and that this Municipal District co- operate in the clear up Carried 2 New ® tion Comm mill requ wher will 3. Co-o - with FORM 149-F SPECIAL MU ICI L SU PLI S !gislation being passed will place requisi- for plannl_ng matters on a mill rate basis .Sing in 1972 This proposed rate of 0 10 for rural municipalities would lower most itlons but there is no explanation as to any additional funds that may be required ome from rative trading reports, etc had been dealt n detail at Edmonton. --- - ---- -See Page 6 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING April 5, 1971 Page 6 The annual repo--t of the Dept of Municipal Affairs was brie ly referred. to K- Brown moved that the REPORT OF Departme t be -requested to rupply one copy for the DEPT OF MUN office a d one for each Councillor Carried AFFAIRS Inf::L mat ion. fro.-r -the Provincial Dent. of Health showed fiat the nuisance ground at Huxley and Wimborne NUISANCE are not atisfactory It tiya �• noted that Councillors GROUNDS Schmelke and Bauer are to arrange a meeting at Wimborne to discu s nui<an.ce ground ,i_tuations and th�_y were urged to ha`e this meeting as soon as possible The Secretary - Treasurer aas asked to contact POPE LEASE - Mir McFe ridge, District Engineer at Calgary, in regard RIVER HILL JOB to the completion of -the work on the Pope Lease - River.., Hill and that he be urged to get this under way as soon as possible Mr Ted Paquette, Public Works Superintendent, then left the meeting Mr Bauer moved that Mr. George Park be authorized ALTA ASSESSOR to attend, the a_znual conference of the Alberta Assessors ASSOC CONF AWN Association in Red Deer on April 14th -16th, with his expenses to be paid by this District Carried Mr Ferguson moved that the following amounts be PAYMENTS RE paid to hose who recently attended the Agricultural A S B CONFER. Service oal d conics en(,e it rEdmorton Mr C W Poole, A h Bauer and H J Clark - $175 each Mr. J C Jeffery and Gordon Park - $100 each Carried A pi that the Council i the poss: service the Prov: to see w: informat: etc Ca: Mr registra previous: and Rorl: advised liveable tit-Lon N *as read. to Council which requested PETITION RE Muni(.ip,l Council and other persons which the AMBULANCE SERVII, 'ould care to appoint thrroughly investigate b:_lity of acquiring a publicly owned ambulance Mr Ferguson moved that letters be written to ncial Dept -- -. of Health and Municipal Affairs at rural_ areas have ambulances and that further on be obtained in respect to how these operate, ried Poole moved -chat Council now approve of the SWALWELL ion of the transfers of Swalwell property PROPERTIES y sold to Mr Garth Wilson, Mrs Margaret Fyten d .A Nystrom, but, that each of these be hey are still expected to make the properties or to tear same down Carried Mr Poole moved first reading to By -Law #666, BY -LAW #666 this bee g a by -law to sell to Mrs Margaret Fyten Lot 44, Block 4, Swalwell Plan 15050 AK for the sum of $5 00 cash, with the title to be consolidated with Lots 45 & 46 adjacent thereto Carried unanimously Mr Church moved second reading to this by -law Carried unan Mr Bauer moved third reading to this by -law Carried unan Mr Brown moved first reading to By -Law #667, this being a y -law to authorize sale of Lots 32,33and 36, BY -LAW #667 Block 4, Swalwe-i_1 Plan 5050AK to John jai Cogbill for the sum f $1) 00 rash, and with these properties to be consoled linan ted in title with Lots 34 & 35 in the same Block. Carried MT. rrrguson moved second reading to this by -law Carried unan Mr Schmelke moved third reading to this ty -law Carried unan _.- - - - - -- -See Page 7 FORM 149 -P SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES ate. FORM 149-P SPECIAL C1 PPIIE Ci. in rega read an informa insuran for rur of Troc for dea and tha to the SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING April 5, 1971 Page 7 •cular from Jubilee Insurance Agencies Limited •d to insurance for volunteer fire brigades was 1 discussed. Secretary- Treasurer gave additional ;ion concerning same Mr Ferguson moved that an ;e policy be abtained which will provide ccverage i1 fire fighters of the three Fire Departments iu, Three Hills and Linden -Acme areas for $10,000 ;h or dismemberment and $75.00 weekly indemnity, ; the total premium be split and charged equally ?ire Protection Areas Motion carried. INSURANCE - FIRE BRIGADES Application of W R. Beal for a building permit BLDG PERMIT to move 'a storage shed from Trochu and to locate same W R. BEAL in Huxl y was considered Mr Bauer moved that this be investi ated by Mr G A Lemay and /or Mr. G G King Carried Carrie C. W Poole moved that this meeting adjourn Time of adjournment, 4 15 P. M /161�713eeve N 9 00 A f Uri Secretary -Tr regular meeting of Council, Monday ADJOURNMENT