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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-01-31 Council MinutesIN k FORM 149-0 SPECIAL ICI IPLIE / 1 Adoptic '2 Town of 3 C.R.P.0 ✓, Appoint ,/ ✓ Minutes 4 City of f Ambular 5 County f 6. Financi ✓' 7. Ambular 8 PanCanc 9 Emil Cs v10. JubileE ✓ll. Hu Harz 12. Union 7 ,-13. Trochu 14. Recreat Vernon ✓,15 M. D. 1 X16. Three 1 ,/117. Letter a%1$ Propos( ,1 19. Three 1 /20 CNR Cr( " 21 Assess( 22 Carbon ,,/23. AGT - v'' 24. Salary 25 Torri.nf MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL #48 AGENDA JANUARY 31, 1972 a of January 24/72 meeting minutes Trochu - Recreation By -Law . - subdivision NE- 22- 2$ -20 -4, Sub NE- 30- 29 -22 -4, ,nent, Seminar, Annual Meeting - Secondary Road Map, Applications Approved Drumheller - Ambulance Services, Treas. Branch, ce Garage Rental of Stettler al Statement - Circle Graph - Reeve's Report ce Incorporation Papers than Petroleum Company - Road Crossings mmaert - Thank -you Insurance ies - Field Appraisals ractor - Tractor School Nuisance Grounds ion Statements - Acme, Ghost Pine Community, Mt. Community, Three Hills Rural, Carbon quipment for sale ills Chamber of Commerce - Agricultural Laboratory - Gordon Taylor - Schools d New Shed - Decision ills School Division Jan 11/72 minutes, Jan 21,72 minutes ssing Mile 77 52 r - Roy Kinsey Recreation Board Minutes hree Hills Exchange Negotiation - De ^isions ton Recreation Board Minutes Approved by the Department of Municipal Aff irs FORM No 42 MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. — EDMONTON AND CALGARY— P25202.57 MONTHLY STATEMENT (SEC 61 V M.D. Act, 1954 ) yCOyyyyF KNEEHI L L Xqq M U N I C I PA L DISTRICT O - -- -- -- --- - - - - -- - - - -- N o --- 49 - - - - -- Net Balance at End of Previous Month Receipts for the Month (Less Loans) Loans Received Sub Total LESS: — Disbursements for the Month Loans Paid Net Balance at End of Month Balance at End of Month —Bank da is ' — Treas. Br *Cash on Hand at End of Month Sub Total Less Outstanding Cheques Net Balance at End of Month No 19426 19861 20225 20234 20241 20245 20306 20333 20334 20367 20369 20380 20387 20388 2039] 2039 20404 90415 20418 20424 20430 20450 Month Ending -- Cash 3n Hand 89,654.11 89,654.11 2,271 61 87,382.50 OUTSTANDING CHEQUES Amount No 75.00 0454 25.00 0457! 36.00 204591 5.28 204601 3.84 204611 35 00 204631 2 4020464 1 75 0020466, 27.00 2046' 253 40 2046$ 38 88 20470. 50 2047111 20 04 204731 6 00 2047511 10.00 2047611 5 00 20478 2 40 20479 150.00 20480 17 40 20481 3 00 20482 100 00 204831 94 95 2048 _ Amount 64 40 10 00 20.00 20 00 20 00 25.00 25.00 50.00 50 00 100.00 25.00 150.00 25 00 150.00 120.00 75.00 25.00 29 32 75 00 75 00 25 00 75 00 No 2048 nil nil nil Amount 25 00' 26.804 TOTAL ___]2,271 61 - January-- - - - =,- I 1972- - 'Tax Sale Trust A/C TOTAL €581861.32 i 43,753 69 2,234 11 2,234 11 .I 02,615.01 121852.55 89 f 762 46 145.85 89,799 96 2,234.11 145.85 929034 07 2,271 61 89,762 46 OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Amount Estimate of Accounts Payable, not rendered , TOTAL i Submitted to Council this ----------- 14th - -- --------------- Day of ------- ebruary -------------------- - -1972 `Cash on Hand Deposited.. - ..February 4 .................... 19 .... 2.. (SEE OVER FOR EXPENDITURE CONTROL) D -P SPECIAL L SUPPLIES A speci hill No 48 on Monday, J Council COUNCIL JANUARY 31, 1972 Page 1 1 meeting of the Council of the M. D. of Knee - as held at the Municipal Office, Three Hills nuary 31st, 1972, commencing at 9 10 A M. present for this meeting were Mr A. 4. Church Div. 1 Mr. C W Poole qe op 2 3 (Reeve) Mr. R W Brown Mr. A. W Bauer `t 4 Mr T. Ferguson 49 55 Mr. S Schmelke 1Y Mr. R. Campbell " 7 Mr J Jeffery was present and recorded the Minutes. rr Don ld Dau was also present throughoA most of the meeting �epresenting the Three Hills School Division. Mr. A 24th, 1972 The Sec cerning the proposed swi Mr R. G. Ca Mr. C W P This By- in the Three anothertwo wc By -Law and if will be real. Bauer moved the adoption of the January eting minutes. Carried etary read By -Law No 692 to Council con - rochu Rural Recreational Area and the new ming pool. A copy of this By -Law is attached. pbell moved the 1st Reading of this By -Law Carried le moved the 2nd Reading of the By -Law Carried Law now has to be advertised for two weeks Hills Capital and it is required to wait eks until a Petition is received against the no petition is received the third reading J JEFFERY D. DAU MINUTES APPROVED BY -LAW #692 PROPOSED SWIMMING POOL- TROCHU General discussion followed in which Council reviewed SALARY our current salary negotiations. Most Councillors expressed REVI DI concern about keeping good men in our crews Mr. S C Schmelke mo ed as follows 1. Gravel Crew - Truck drivers in the gravel crew and the gravel checker - 1st year - $2.65, 2nd year - $2 75, 3rd year - $2 85 per hour for summer wages and the same for winter wages. 2 Loader Operator in gravel crew - 1st year - $2.80, 2nd year - $2.90, 3rd year - $3 00 per hour for summer wages and the same for winter wages 3 Sub -Fo eman - Add 10¢ an hour to rates for No. 1 above. 4 Main Road Crew - Operators of large rubber -tired machines, tl a,c.vdtor, cra: -,*1_er tractors, self- propelled packers, chip spreaders, oil distributor truck and all other large machines - 1st year _ $3.05 per hour, 2nd year - $3.15 per hour; 3rd year $3.30 per hour summer wages. 1st year - $2 85 per hour, 2nd year - $2 95 per hour, rd year - $3 05 per hour winter wages. 5 Motor rader Operators - 1st year - $2 85, 2nd year - $2 95; 3rd year - $3 05 per hour, for both summer and winter wages. 6. Genera Laborers, including water truck drivers, small packer and all other small sized equipment - is e4eprrge 2 '1 FORM 149-P SPECIAL i I PLI 12:20 p 265 P The Cou and asked hi moved that J $600 00 C COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 31, 1972 Page 2 hour, 2nd year - $2.50 per hour, 3rd year - hour, both summer and winter it asked the Secretary to leave the meeting back in in a few minutes Mr A H Church C Jeffery be paid an increment of ried. Mr K Smith entered the meeting at this time. General disc ssion was followed with the Councillors and he was advis that his salary would be $$100.00 for 1972 J . ALARL� 1, � %Y SY K J SMITH RE SALARY The Secretary advised Council he was not able to set R. KINSEY up an appointment with Mr Roy Kinsey, the new proposed assessor, as Mr. Kinsey was in Grande Prairie and he ad- vised Council that he had set up another appointment with him for the next meeting Mr S. committee as left the mee The Cou . individually to the meeti of the whole Carried Mr. Bob a newspaper Capital afte that the new Council and this was ver left Mr. S. be as follc Mr G Mrs. U1. Mrs. Do Mr Geo Mr Gor Mr. Lor Mr. Ted Mr Kei . Schmelke moved that the Council go into a a whole at this time. Carried The Secretary; it interviewed each of the salaried staff STAFF fter which the Secretary was invited back INTERVIEWED and Mr C W Poole moved that the committee RE WAGES ow go back into the special council meeting. Dau entered the meeting and asked Council if CAPITAL eport could be included in the Three Hills PRINTERS every meeting or at least once a month so RE M.D. can be kept more up -to -date than it has been REPORTS he Secretary advised him that they thought possible. Mr. Dau thanked the meeting and Schmelke moved that the salaries for 1972 1972 SALARIES King, Sec - Treasurer $11,900 �n"�'� �2, W.,Ilh � Hart - Steno 61200. othy Stewart - Steno 4,400. ge Park - Assessor $,600 on Park - Ag Fieldman $,100 e Boese - Ass't Ag Fieldman 6,$00. Paquette - Public Works Superintendent 9,600. h Smith - Partsman $,100 Mr. R C Campbell moved that Mr John Dorn and Mr. Joe Dobler bE paid at the annual rates of $$,300 00 each for 1972 Carried. Mr A I Church moved that Mr Bob Cranston be named Maintenance oreman and that his salary for 1972 be at the rate of $3.6 per hour. Carried The Seci Insurance Lir, Councillors c any bonds foi concerning al the names of Mr. A W Bai Insurance anc from A.A.M.D. Seminar is a: WAGES RE J. DORN J. DOBLER MAINTENANCE FOREMAN - R. CRANSTON etary read soar- c : ,._r.ondence from Jubilee JUBILEE ited, the first letter dealing with bonds for INSURANCE r Trustees The Council did not wish to acquire the elected officials The next letter was tomobile insurance in which Jubilee wanted all the drivers who normally drive all our vehi.cles.l er moved we fill out these forms for Jubilee return them. The next letter referred to was & Counties advising us that the Councillor's so for Secretary - Treasurers and Assistants. Mr. See Page 3 • FORM 149-P SPECIAL 1 1 Pll T A Fergus go to the Co 29th and 30t A lette Union Tracto Shop Forem n at their Edm 16th Mr. A M D be all Mr. C of equipment Carried 1- Interna 1-v-8 Int 1 -V -8 G M 1 -5 speed 1 -Front a 1 -Frame a 1- Hydraul COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 31, 1972 Page 3 n moved that G G King and J. C. Jeffery COUNCILLORSQ .ncillors4 Seminar and Spring meeting March" SEMINAR , 1972 Carried from Union Tractor Ltd announced that the UNION Technical School for County and Municipal TRACTOR will be held this year March 16th and 17th SCHOOL nton branch beginning at 8 45 A.M. on the MAR. 16 & 17 H Church moved -that three persons from this wed to go Carried Poole moved that we sell the following list EQUIPMENT not needed by our M.D. at the prices set forth FOR SALE ional 195$ - 1 ton, 6 cyl. rnational 304 motor overhauled C 366 motor complete transmission for G M 3 ton, 1968 le and wheels for G.M. 3 ton d cab for G M 3 ton, 1965 model c hoist for 2 or 1 ton Value $150 00 300 00f 3 150.00," 75.00 25 00 75 00 75.00 A letter was referred to from the Canadian National CNR, Railways and the Canadian Transport Commission re Crossing CROSSING at mile 77.52 Three Hills Sub. asking for a joint inspection MILE 77.52 by our Council and a committee of theirs Mr C W. Poole moved to file. Carried. A lett Rosebud Gas Municipal R 35- 27-21 -4 of 31 -27 -20 and advise roads as th Letter Hills Excha posed burie the constru Brown moved committee t is any cons r from PanCanadian Petroleum Company re the Unit #1 - Proposed Pipeline Crossings of ad between Lsd 10 of 34 -27 -21 to Lsd 6 of nd also of Lsd. 5 of 25- 27 -21 -4 and Lsd 10 L 4 Mr A H. Church moved to file this letter anCanadian that it is okay to open -cut these y are back gravel roads Carried. from Alberta Government Telephones re Three ge Area Project 4460 advising us of the pro - cable system in the Three Hills area during tion period from May to October Mr R W. that A W Bauer and T. A. Ferguson be a look into the map and advise them if there ruction in this area. Carried Counci briefly discussed the proposed new shed and Mr. A Bauer moved to table the decision until r' next meetin . Carried PANCANADIAN RE PIPELINE CROSSINGS A.G.T. RE 3 HILLS PROJECT 4460 PROPOSED NEW SHED Mr Te Paquette reported that the larger D -7 T PAQUETTE Crawler had been through the shop and was finished and REPORT that the sm ll D -7 Crawler was almost finished He also reported th ,-:t the TS -14 needs a small.amount of work and' it will be Scheduled for the shop next. General discussion followed and the Secretary was asked to br ng a report back to the next meeting of how much we can expect to receive for our two TS -144s and to get offers from several companies. Mr R. Mr Emil Gi had express TS -1$ prope sales prese satisfied w W. Brown reported of his discussions with ck of Ferguson Supply in which Mr Gieck d concern that he was not servicing our ly and that Caterpillar had stated in their tation that the M D of Kneehill was not th the TS -18 as compared with the 627. Mr. See Page 4 TS -144s RE VALUE FERGUSON SUPPLY RE TS -18 4—W FORM 149-P SPECIAL ICIP L SUPPLIES T A Fergus copy to Ferg satisfied wi not quote Carried A lett garding a p approval to Mr. A H C Carried COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 31, 1972 Page 4 >n moved that we write R Angus a letter, ison Supply stating that we are, in fact) ;h our TS -18 and asking that they would please our name in further sales presentations. Planning SUB- DIVISION from the Calgary Regional/Commission re - v NE- 22- 28 -20 -4 tion of the NE- 22- 2$-20 -4 asking for an ub- divide the land for residential purposes:was read rch moved we approve this sub - division Another letter from C.R P C regarding the sub- SUB - DIVISION division for agricultural purposes on the NE-30-29-22-4 0- 2of v1" NE- 30- 29 -22 -4 was read M C W Poole moved that we a l app rove this sub-di-vision. Carried. More literature from the Calgary Regional Planning PLANNING Commission Etated there will be a Planning Seminar held i SEMINAR in Medicine Hat Mr. S C Schmelke moved that Mr C W. Poole go if he could possibly make it Carried Also r ferred to from the C R.P C was the agenda CALGARY for the Sec(,) ary Road Committee Meeting on February 172. REGIONAL Theyadvised �tt the Planning Commission had accepted PLANNING our appointments of C W. Poole and R W Brown as COMMISSION Representat ve and Alternate to the Commission, the b' sub-division applications approved from November 17th to December 2471, the C.R.P C Minutes of January 7%72 and the C.R P C Minutes of December 3171 Mr. T A Ferguson MO -Ted to accept and file the information. Carried. Mr T A Ferguson moved we sign an Assignment of ASSIGNMENT Accounts fr m the Treasury Branch re Mr. Samuel Toews ✓^ OF ACCOUNTS of Linden a king that the $60 00 cheque for ambulance RE SAM rental be f rwarded directly to the Treasury Branch from TOEWS -AMBUL this date f rth Carried A letter from the City of Drumheller regarding DRUMHELLER ambulance services for the Drumheller Hospital District AMBULANCE were referred to in which the City of Drumheller had SERVICE set forth t at our share of the proposed Drumheller Ambulance Service would be 14 00% or $1,680.00 a year. Mr T. A Ferguson moved that we advise the City of Drumheller that we have ample ambulance services for this Municipality and are not interested in entering into their prrangement3 at this time Carried The Council briefly reviewed the circle graphs to CIRCLE be attache to the Financial Statement and Mr A. W. GRAPHS Bauer move that we accept these circle graphs for the Financial Ictatement Carried Mr R W Brown read his Reeve's Report for 1971 REEVE 7S as per cop with these Minutes and Mr C. W Poole REPORT moved the cceptance of Mr Brown's report for the Financial Itatement Carried A tha k -you card was read from Mr. Emil Cammaert the Reeve f the County of Wheatland Mr S C Schmelke'' moved to a cept and file Carried. The Kneehill A H Ch a placation for incorporation and by -laws of the A bulance Service were referred to briefly Mr. r h moved to table at this time. Carried See Page 5 I THANK -YOU E CAMMAERT AMBULANCE L L_W] FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIP L SUPPLIES Fire In; Associates wi to table unt: COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 31, 1972 Page 5 >urance Appraisals for 1971 from Hu Harries & FIRE INS. ire referred to briefly. Mr. C W Poole moved ✓,, APPRAISALS .1 next meeting Carried Brief discussion followed regarding the Trochu Nuisance TROCHU NUISANCE Grounds Mr. C W. Poole moved to table these discussions meetings of the until the next ,,- meeting. Carried GROUNDS A lette was read from the Three Hills and District AGRI Chamber of C mmerce to the Honourable Dr Warrack, Minister LABORATORY of Lands and Forests regarding an Agricultural Laboratory C OF C in which the Three Hills Chamber of Commerce wanted to set Schmelke moved up a meeting with the M D of Kneehill, the Town of Three ADJOURN Hills, Three Hills Chamber of Commerce, some interested 6 00 farmers with Dr Warrack and Dr. Horner, Minister of Agriculture o see if we could locate this Agricultural Laboratory ii the Town of Three Hills Mr T A Ferguson moved that wa support the Chamber of Commerces recommenda- tion fully. Carried Mr S. C. Schmelke moved that Mr. R W. Brown and Mr. T A Ferguson be named as a committee representing the M. D. of Kneehill Carried A copy Df a letter from Mr Gordon Taylor to the Hon 3 HILLS Lou Hyndman, Minister of Education was then read to Council SCHOOL regarding return of certain payments to school boards or REQUIS. collecting a thorities in which Mr Taylor asked the Minister RE STRIKE of Education if he would return the portion of the requisition withheld from the Three Hills School Division during the period of the recent strike Mr C W Poole moved that we file Carried Copies of the Minutes from the January 21/72 and the MINUTES January 11/72 meetings of the Three Hills School Division 3 HILLS were referred to briefly Mr. S C Schmelke moved to tX SCHOOL accept and file. Carried DIV Mr S Schmelke moved that this meeting do now ADJOURN adjourn. Ti of Adjournment 6 00 P M He As,4x't S- r r r FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES Und Council MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL NO 4$ BY -LAW NO. 692 Page 1 the provisions of The Recreation Development Act the the Municipal District of Kneehill #4$ hereby enacts 1. That the Trochu Rural Recreation Area be and is hereby estab lisp d to include all land and buildings and improvements within the boundaries as set forth in Appendix "A "P attached hereto. 2 That the Municipal District of Kneehill #48 enter into an Agre rent with the Town of Trochu for sharing the capital and operating costs of a swimming pool including required buildings and equipment, said facilities to be constructed wit in the Town of Trochu. 3 Tha the portion of the net capital costs chargeable to the Trochu Rural Recreation Area shall be 45% of the net 4 5 tot li. The capital costs have been estimated as follows Gross cost $101,235 00 L ss Recreation Capital Grant - 10,000 00 $ 911235 00 The maximum capital cost to the Trochu Rural Recreation Are shall not exceed 451, of $91,235 00, this being cal - cul4ted as $41,055.75. 6 If the Federal Incentive Grant is received the M. D por- tiol will be reduced by 50o of the amount received If any public donations are received the M D portion will be red iced by 450 of the amount received 7 The M. D. will advance from current revenue the Capital cos chargeable to the Rural Area and will deal with sania in the following manner See Page 2 'r r .; FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIP L TUPPLI (a) MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL NO. 48 BY -LAW NO 692 Page 2 Inter$st shall be charged at a flat rate of 7% per year on the unp id balance at the beginning of each year with the interest for the first year to be calculated for the number of months he advance was outstanding. (b) 50% o the operational deficits shall annually be added to and form a portion of the debt owing by the Rural Area, with interest cliargeable in the same manner as for the Capital cost. (c) The debt shall be recovered from the Rural Area by a special levy of 2 ills per year on all property subject to taxation for Municipal urposes within that Area. (d) The s ecial levy shall be charged in each and every year until the apital and operating deficits and interest have been repai , the special levy will then be continued only at a rate which will cover operating deficits (e) This By-Law shall be advertised and dealt with according to the provisions of Clause 8 of The Recreation Development Act (f) The present taxable assessment of the Rural Area is $3,606,430 and 2 mills will yield a revenue of $7,212 86 in one year. This taxable a sessment may vary from year to year 1st Readi g moved by Councillor R Campbell in regular meeting t is 31st day of January, 1972 Carried 2nd Reading moved by Councillor C W Poole in regular meeting t4is 31st day of January, 1972 Carried WHERJAS this By -Law has been advertised and no petition received isking for a vote Nil WHER AS a vote has been held on this By -Law and it has been approved y a majority of the Proprietary Electors voting thereon. 3rd Readiig moved by Councill meeting ttis day of m ►1 FORM 149-P SPECIAL UNICIPAL SUPPLIES APPENDIX "All RE BY -LAW #692 TROCHU RECREATION AREA iECTION TOWNSHIP RANGE MERIDIAN L9, 30, 31 32 21 22 W4 L9 -36 L9 -36 incl. incl 32 32 23 W4 31 -36 incl. 32 24 25 W4 W4 34 -36 incl 32 1-34 Incl. 33 22 23 W4 W4 1 -36 1 -36 incl incl 33 33 24 W4 1-- 3 incl. 33 25 25 W4 W4 10 -15 Incl. 33 33 25 W4 22 -27 34 -36 incl incl 33 25 W4 18-20 incl. 34 21 21 W4 W4 28 -34 2.36 incl Incl. 34 34 22 W4 1 -36 Incl. 34 23 24 W4 W4 1 -36 1- 3 incl incl. 34 34 25 W4 10 -15 incl. 34 25 25 W4 W4 22 -27 34 -36 incl incl. 34 34 25 W4 1- 6 incl 35 24 25 W4 W4 1.&2 35 REEVES REPORT MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL NO 48 1971 Another year has passed and time to reflect on last yearps business and ponder about the future For the most part, crops were good throughout the Municipality with the usual exceptions of losses to the elements in various parts A new loss was introduced on a larger scale than before, in the Beet webworm and the Bertha Army Worm in Rapeseed crops, this gave the growers of this crop many anxious moments and a real problem to our Agricultural Service Board and District Agriculturalist Many long hours were put in before control came. This has been a year of tremendous road work done in the Mun- icipality. The Provincial Government completed paving between Tor- rington and Trochu, and graded Highway #27 from Highway #21 to the Morrin Bridge, this is of great benefit to this District, The past year saw a worthwhile start on our secondary road pro- gram The road from 2 miles north of Linden to the Three Hills west road, then west to Allingham was rebuilt to highway standards - 12 miles in this project. We were very fortunate in having equipment available and were hired to do this work, thus we had funds avail- able to extend our oil treatment, or emulsion surface to 22 miles in 1971. We now have 124 miles either paved or nil treated. We started with 32 miles north of Acme in 1964, 5- miles in the follow- ing year and approximately 6 miles each of the next two years We then changed to the cheaper type of work so more people could get the advantages of dust free roads. We are nearly caught up with grades that are ready for this light surface work, as it is only standing up as well as the base grade under it We will also ask you to please use caution about heavy loads, particularily during spring break -up If the present policies are followed regarding our secondary road system, it is expected to get these roads surfaced with a heavy asphalt coat, which is much more costly, but has a much longer life expectancy. Many small projects were also completed making many imprnve- ments for the benefit of all The gravel trucks, now five tandems, work around the year, stockpiling during the winter and spreading on the roads when the season permits We held our regular meeting with our School and Hospital Boards, Towns and Villages within the area. We have many mutual problems - nuisance grounds, cemeteries, common road problems, etc From this co- operation of our Towns and Villages, an ambulance was purchased for the area's use. Much credit must be given to the people of the Linden District who are operating this unit on a voluntary basis The emergency fire phone number is used for this - 546 -3777 We are getting enquiries from far of this unit. Our basic ingredient is still have a feeling for their fellow and near as co- operation man J h to the operation with people who Our three fire trucks are doing good work and reducing the losses caused by this hazard. Our firemen are to be complimented. Our Agricultural Service Board continues to carry on many worthwhile projects, as you will see from that Report; this is an area in which grants are used to a great extent. Our Capital purchases were high in 1971 as outlined in our Financial Statement The main reason w,n.s the buying back of our two Euclid Scrapers which had been traded in, these were used on the construction of our secondary road work when hired by the Pro- vincial Government This was a very excellent investment as they not only earned considerable money, but we have a saleable machine of almost last year's buy back price. We will not be able to make use of such a deal again, as we propose to use the secondary road funds toward hard surfacing. As we will likely be short of monies in the way of grants for dirt work for several years, Council will be making some important decisions, We must either cut back on our oil treatment of roads and building of grades or raise taxes accordingly. Farm people are entitled to,;and should receive the same increase in income that other segments of our society have enjoyed, be it by outright subsidy, two price system or what have you We are getting the ear of many people in responsible positions, such as business and government. Let us hope it is not too little or too late Our small town businessmen are being hurt right along with us. Until moreposperous times come to the farm, we will try our best to hold the line. We have not raised your taxes in line with the inflation of the day, and we will do our best to keep expenditures within reason Your requests for added services can only result in higher taxes At time of writing we have not seen the complete financial picture I expect a small surplus, but can expand on this, and proposals for the coming year can be discussed with you at the Annual Meeting to be held March 20, 1972 at 1.30 P.M. in the Three Hills Community Centre. We have received many letters, and personal thanks for our Senior Citizen Certificates These are much appreciated by these people who turned this area from the vast open prairie to the f present day modern conveniences, such as roads, schools, hospitals, electricity, and more and more are being connected by natural gas systems. We thank our Senior Citizens for such a splendid heritage. • Council elections are now held every three years The entire Council was r.f�- elected, with the exception of Mr. Georges Lemay who did not seek re- election We welcome Mr. Reg Campbell as Councillor for Division 7, following in his father's footsteps. Kelly served the area long and well for many years. This change in elections gives Council the opportunity to make far broader plans for the future Only time will tell if this is a better system than in the past where part of the Council mi changed each year. I am now serving my fourth term as President of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts & Counties, a position I can only hold with the strong co- operation of this Council The Com- mittee work between meetings has been ably carried out by them. I was able to attend all regular meetings last year, a record that will be hard to maintain as I am becoming involved in such things as Tri- LevelConferences, between Federal, Provincial and Municipal Governments, Western Union of Municipalities, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta Associations. n Our present Government has pledged themselves to remove educational costs from the property tax, this is no small task to maintain equality between high and low assessed municipalities. We are about average in Kneehill so a watchful eye must be kept to the future. I feel deeply indebted to the members of Council and staff of Kneehill for their fine co- operation over the years We do have problems, but are able to work out solutions in a democratic manner. Respectfully submitted, Ralph W. Brown 0 n L.