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Home My WebLink About1972-06-26 Council Minutes14 11 3 FORM 149-P SPECIAL M I 1 PLI Numbers 1 - 11 12 13. 14. 15 16 17 18. 19 20 21 22. 23 24. 25. 26 27 28 29 3O 31 32. 33. 34 35 36. 37. 38 .Approv: Appoin- 1 3r 4 Oi Three Member Alta. Dept Three Gary a Drumbe A A. M. Buildi C R D ept Alta. Town o Accide Distri Gordon ?uotes Claim New pr Report Tolle Applic Survey Report July AGENDA FOR COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 261 1972 10 reserved for combined meeting with A. S. Board .1 of minutes of meeting of June 9, 1972 ,ments i P.M. Foremen ) P M Mr Albert Barrie [ills Flying Club - request payment of $1,000. now ,hip - Agricultural Development Committee lheat Pool - withdrawal of assessment appeal )f Municipal Affairs - 1972 assessments for use in 1973 fills S. D. - minutes of June 14th/72 id Rick Langshaw - Opportunity for Youth Project Ller Health Unit - water at campgrounds ). & C - Municipal Management Manual v - Assessment and Taxation circular Zg permit - Henry Baerg - Dairy barn SE- 21- 30 -26 -4 - David Dyck - Machine shed NW- 19- 30 -24 -4 ?. C. - subdiv SE- 4- 33 -24 -4 - Isabella Dick - Amendment to Prel. Regional Plan - High River )f Municipal Affairs - Uniform Building Standards jovernment Telephones - Beiseker Area cable C Trochu - Use of Nuisange Grounds at claims - Fred Weisenburger, George Appleyard ,It Engineer - Automatic Railway Crossin Protection Taylor, M.L.A - Road Carbon south to 9 for .Asphalt Oil of Fred Art for damages ice list for crushed gravel re rates for motor graders, etc. trup Construction - quote for cold mix material - repair ations for work - Raymond Prohl, Norman Prohl, Randy Chute and Subdiv. plans - NW- 6- 31 -23 -4 Rosgen - Loosmore s of the Road Committee st Holiday pi FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES A re Kneehill Hills on MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL #4$ COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 261 1972 Aar meeting of lam$ was held at qnday, June 26, the Council of the M D. of the Municipal Office at Three 1972, commencing at 9 00 A M. Page 1 Councillors present for this meeting were Mr A. H Church Div. 1 Mr C W. Poole `` 2 Mr. R W Brown V4 3 (Reeve) Mr A. W Bauer `p 4 Mr T A Ferguson rf 5 Mr. S C. Schmelke i4 Mr. R G Campbell " 7 Mr G G. King, Secretary- Treasurer, was present G KING and record d the Minutes Mr Poole moved approval of the Minutes of the Meeting MINUTES of June 9, 1972 as per copy which had been mailed to each APPROVED Councillor. Carried Mr F rguson moved that Council approve payment now $1,000.00 of $1,000 0 to the Kneehill Flaring Club as per motion, TO KNEEHILL passed Mar h 22, 1971, Page 4 of the Minutes. Carried FLYING CLUB Mr G King advised Council that he had talked by AGRICULTURAL telephone o the Executive Assistant of the Provincial Minister of Agriculture and had been advised that the DEV COMMITTEE Minister wishes suggestions for the business and farmer representatives on the AgricLl.ltural Development Committee. Mr. Schme ke moved that Council recommend the following Business Representative - Mr Murray Steinbach, Mayor of Trochu Farmdr Representatives Mr. Frank Hoppins, Huxley and Mr Allan Leinweber, Linden Carried Lett r of June 16/72 from the Alberta Wheat Pool advised ALTA. that it i withdrawing its appeals to the Alberta Assessment WHEAT Appeal Board and that it has so notified the Board. Mr POOL RE Church mo ed that this information be accepted and filed APPEAL Carried. Letter of June 16/72 from the Chief Provincial Assessor was read together with Order No. 252/ 72 of the ASSESSMENT Minister of Municipal Affairs authorizing the M D. of ROLL Kneehill o adopt the assessment roll of the year 1972 ADOPTED for taxation purposes in 1973 Mr Campbell moved 1st BY -LAW reading t By - -Law #704, this being a by -law to adopt the # 704 assessmen roll of the year 1972 for taxation purposes in 1973 subj ct to changes deemed necessary by our Municipal v Assessor Carried unanimously Mr Church moved 2nd reading to this by -law. Carried unan Mr Bauer moved 3rd reading to this by -law Carried unan Min tes of the Three Hills School Division regular 3 HILLS meeting cn June 14/72 were referred to briefly Mr. Bauer v SCHOOL DIV. r:oved th t these be accepted and filed Carried Mr R. W Brown gave a few comments regarding the REPORT RE special rustees ConlTention which he had attended in ✓ TRUSTEES Calgary recently as representative of the A A M D. & CONVENTION Counties Brief general discussion followed. See Page 2 I See Page 3 V FORM 149-P SPECIAL M I I PPLI MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL # 48 COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 267 1972 Page 2 Letter of Gary and Rick Langshaw was read thanking G & R Council in regard to the Opportunity for Youth Project at LANGSHAW OPPORTUNITY the river east of Trochu. Mr G King advised that he had FOR YOUTH authorized them to get a small quantity of gravel for trails in that area and he is also endeavoring to get the old cars, etc. hauled away including some dunk metal. Mr Schme ke moved that this be accepted and the corres- pondence filed. Carried Reports received from the Drumheller Health Unit HEALTH UNIT showed that the water supply at the campgrounds at REPORT RE WATER AT Tolman Bridge, Swalwell Dam and Keiver Lake Park were CAMPGROUNDS entirely satisfactory. Mr Ferguson moved that this informati n be accepted and filed Carried. Circ lar of June 1672 from the A A M D & Counties MUNICIPAL was read in regard to a proposed Municipal Management MANAGEMENT Manual. C nsiderable discussion followed. Mr. R W Brown MANUAL advised that the Association had been approached by Adrian Berry and Consultants in regard to this project and the a ticipated fee was $25,000. Mr Poole moved that a reply be sent stating that this Council does not consider the Manual. as necessary. Carried Mr G L. Park entered the meeting at this time. V G. L PARK The Campground Committee, consisting of Mr. A W CAMPGROUND Bauer, C. W. Poole, R G Campbell and G L Park, V COMNll.L.LL reported the following REPORT 1 G L Park reported that the Swalwell area needs mowing an weed work He feels there should be no problem SWALWELL in spraying the weeds Mr Park further suggested that his crew will put out two barbecues at Swalwell and paint the camp kitchen He stated that all three areas need work on the roof of the camp kitchen He further suggested to stagger plant several trees, have a general cleanup of all three areas and re -grass some areas. He reported that roughly only 113 of the Swalwell Dam has been filled 2 At K iver?s Lake the roof needs painting and some KEIVERTS repair T ere is a need of four barbecues and also more LAKE outdoor t filets at Keiver°s Lake and Tolman Bridge Mr. Park plans to make the toilets in the winter time or rainy wea her. 3. Tolman Bridge needs more cement around the pump TOLMAN BRIDGE base. Mr. A H Church moved to accept the Committee report ani for them to go ahead with their present R. plans Carried From approximately 10 20 A.M. until 11 49 A M the COMBINED Council met jointly with the Agricultural Service Board COUNCIL & and separate Minutes are recorded of that Combined ASB i+L6L.L_Li4G Meeting. The Council Meeting reconvened at 11 45 A M Council members were advised that the next meeting CENTRAL ALTA of the Central Alberta Association of M D 4s & Counties V ASSOC MEETIN[, ` will be 11eld at Strathmore on July 27th. JULY 27 See Page 3 V FORM 149-P SPECIAL M I I PPLI Iq Mr. with Coun ground ca permissio Three Hil Ferguson Mr telephone so as not Work near be able t construct AGT. cr areas Mr to our su along the but state amendment thanked C Co until 1 MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL # 48 COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 261 1972 Page 3 ondron of Alberta Government Telephones met it and discussed the program underway for under - le in the Three Hills area He asked Counci.lvs to attach the cable to the bridge over the s creek south of SE-27- 31 -24-4 (Burns) Mr .oved that this be approved Carried ondron also stated that they would bring the cables to serve Jim Everett from the south to interfere with the road work west of Everett's. the Nottal mine was also discussed and he may delay the laying of the cable until our road on is completed there He stated this is an w and they endeavour to make a good fob in all Bauer stated there had been some damage done facing three to four miles west of Three Hills shoulder Mr Condron was not aware of this he could check concerning it Minor other to the original plan were approved Mr. Condron ,until and then left the meeting A ci to briefly Poole move July 17 at discussi n of La c om e Executiv it meeting adjourned for dinner from 12 00 Noon P M ular from the A A M D & Counties was referred in regard to assessment and taxation Mr. that a special meeting be held on Monday, our office commencing at 9 00 A M for a full of the said circular and that Mr Art Wigmore be invited as DiTr ctor on the Association Carried A G. T. UNDERGROUND CABLE - 3 HILLS L DINNER ASSESSMENT & TAXATION CIRCULAR A A M D V JULY 17 SPECIAL MEET. Mr G G King was asked to send a copy of the cir- cular to each Councillor Mr Poole moved approval of the building permits for BLDG PERMITS i Henry Ba rg for a dairy barn in the SE- 21- 30 -26 -4 and to APPROVED y David Dyck for a machine s -,ed in N1- 19- 30 -24 -4 Carried. Mr Poole reported that Mr Peter Baerg had con- MENNONITE tatted him regarding a proposed addition at the front CHURCH of the 1 rge Mennonite Church on the SE- 28- 30 -25 -4 The ADDITION addition would provide an entry over the present cement slab but would also have some steps outside that to the front The distance to the steps from the centre of the road would be about 78 ft Discussion followed and it was noted that the location would not create any problems Mr Browm moved that this be approved in principle subject to an application b3ing made. Carried Mr Brown suggested that approximately 30 - 35 lineal SURFACE yards of the road from the Mennonite Church south to the NW- 22- 30 -25 -4 Cemetery gate should be surfaced when the crew is near there Location is west part of NW- 22- 30 -25 -4 Mr Church moved that this be approved Carried Mr Church moved that Council also approve of doing SURFACE AT ■ some sur acing at the said Mennonite Church when machinery MENNONITE MENNONITE /CHURCH is close with charge to be made at regular rates Carried ® Mr Schmelke moved that Council advise the Calgary SUBDIVISION Regional Planning Commission that it has no objection to ✓ SE- 4- 33 -24 -4 the prop sed subdivision in the SE- 4- 33 -24 -4 - Isabella APPROVED Dick - s bject to the usual conditions Carried See Page 4 FORM 149 -P SPECIAL UNICIP 5 PPLIE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL # 48 COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 26, 1972 Page 4 Corr spondence from the Calgary Regional Planning AMENDMENT Commission was referred to briefly in regard to a pro- PREL REGIONAL posed are dment to the Preliminary Regional Plan to PLAN - HIGH allow a High Density district at High River Mr Bauer RIVER moved that a reply be sent stating the Council has no opinion op this matter and to suggest that these should be decided by the local Municipalities only Carried Mr ed Paquette, Public Works Superintendent, met ✓ T PAQUETTE with Coun il. Mr oole moved that the report from the Department UNIFORM of Munici al Affairs on Uniform Building Standards be ,l BUILDING filed. arried. STANDARDS Mr 3auer moved that Council accept and file the A G T. RE final pla s as received from A G T in regard to Beiseker ✓ BEISEKER area cabla Carried. Mr Poole reported that A G T has delayed the laying W HUETHER of cable n the road south of Willard Huether until our RE A G T grading i completed. The A G.T person to contact is Mr. CABLE J Odegno at phone 262 -7781 or 7782. Letter from the Town of Trochu dated June 8th, TROCHU RE stated they accepted the offer of $00 00 for use of NUISANCE GR the Trochu Nuisance Grounds during 1972 but they hoped GRANT that the grant might be increased in future years Mr. Schmelke oved that this be accepted and that all % regular ayments due for use of Nuisance Grounds be paid wit the July accounts. Carried. Mr. Church moved that the District Engineer be ad- DISTRICT ENG vised th t no new locations are being considered for ,/ AUTOMATIC automati railway crossing protection in 1972 Carried RAIL PROTECTI, Let er from Mr Gordon TayloV, M.L A was read in G TAYLOR RE regard tD the road gust southeast of Carbon between the ROAD CARBON bridge and the railway track. He asked for information SOUTH TO #9 regardin7 the cause of some recent accidents at that location Discussion followed and Mr Church and Mr Poole b h gave same information concerning this includ- ing the fact that - further warning sign has been put up u recently. Mr Ferguson moved that a reply be sent stating that thE road is safe at 60 m p h when dry but the cross- ing is enerally rough and that there were contributing factors to recent accidents which are beyond our control. Carried. See Page 5 FORM 149-P SPECIAL M I I PLI Letter from Western Union Insurance Company was read FRED in respect to a possible claim from Fred Weisenburger for WEISENBURGER damage tc his car in the amount of $303 47 Mr Campbell CLAIM gave further information stating he had been told that "I Mrs Wei enburger had struck a rock on the road in the Huxley area. Mr Ferguson moved that this be referred to our Insurance company Carried Cou cil was advised that Mr George Appleyard had G APPLEYARD reported that he had ripped a tire on his tractor and a RE ACCIDENT tire on his cultivator by striking a telephone sign in CLAIM the ditch on the N'W- 6- 30 -22 -4 Mr. Poole moved that a reply be sent to Mr Appleyard stating Council does not / consider this a Municipal District responsibility but advising him that he can make a claim which will be re- ferred t our Insurance Company if he so wishes. Carried Mr. Church moved that the District Engineer be ad- DISTRICT ENG vised th t no new locations are being considered for ,/ AUTOMATIC automati railway crossing protection in 1972 Carried RAIL PROTECTI, Let er from Mr Gordon TayloV, M.L A was read in G TAYLOR RE regard tD the road gust southeast of Carbon between the ROAD CARBON bridge and the railway track. He asked for information SOUTH TO #9 regardin7 the cause of some recent accidents at that location Discussion followed and Mr Church and Mr Poole b h gave same information concerning this includ- ing the fact that - further warning sign has been put up u recently. Mr Ferguson moved that a reply be sent stating that thE road is safe at 60 m p h when dry but the cross- ing is enerally rough and that there were contributing factors to recent accidents which are beyond our control. Carried. See Page 5 FORM 149-P SPECIAL M I I PLI C RW FORM 149-P SPECIAL U ICI L SU PLIES Quot Border P, be accept Sta the Soli to brief referred Neil Ger committe the road some rep repairs Engineer levels a reports Mr Council He also any furt nothing the meet i i ■ _ _ _ . . MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL # 48 COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 26, 1972 Page 5 es for asphalt oil from Pounder Emulsions and QUOTES FOR ving Ltd. were read. Mr Bauer moved that these V ASPHALT OIL ed and referred to Ted Paquette. Carried ement of Claim for damages as received from FRED ART itors on behalf of Frederick J art was referred CLAIM FOR y Council was advised that the matter has been DAMAGES to our Municipal solicitor, in this case, Mr. an of Calgary It was also noted that the road had inspected the location on June 15th and had been passable for a car at that time though irs were needed at one end of the culvert. The ave since been made The Assistant District has been requested to give us accurate grade d other information Mr Poole moved that these e accepted. Carried Ken Hammer of Ferguson Supply met briefly with K HAMMER o ask if we had any problems with their machines. sked if Council was considering the purchase of er dirt n oving equipment but he was advised that v s being considered He thanked Council and left ng A new price list for crushed gravel was presented NEW PRICE for Council's consideration and some minor corrections LIST RE were noted Mr Campbell moved that the price list as CR GRAVEL revised be accepted and copy mailed to each Councillor. Carried Mr. R W Brown had inquired about the rates being NEW POLICY charged for use of Municipal motor graders for private RE MOTOR GR work Section 1$$ of the Municipal Government Act was RATES read to Council which states in brief that the charge shall be at a rate not less than the rate paid by the Governme t of Alberta for rental of similar equipment Mr. Pool moved that the former Council policy of charging at exact Government rates be changed and that Council 3et a new policy of charging a rate of $18 00 per hour for each motor grader for any private work includin snowplowing and that the minimum be $3.00. Motion c rried. O ation of Tollestrup Construction for preparing TOLLESTRUP cold mix material was read and discussed Mr Campbell CONSTRUCTION moved that the quotation be accepted and that Mr Paquette (?UOTE ✓ arrange Cor two tank loads of oil of approx. 4200 gallons ACCEPTED each for this work Carried Mr Bauer moved that the applications for work as EMPLOYMENT received from Raymond Prohl, Norman Prohl and Randy Chute APPLICATIONS should ble referred to Ted Paquette Carried Th M.,1 -6 -31 Council for a s to Mr. Treasur subdivi Mr. verbally June 19t the foll survey of the new road for the bridge in the SURVEY & 3 -4 - Wilf Rosgen was referred to briefly and SUBDIVISION as advised that it will be necessary to apply ROSGEN - division to transfer the acreage as agreed upon �LOOSMORE 1ph Loosmore Mr Ferguson moved that the Sec. - proceed with the application for the required on Carried. G King as Secretary of the Road Committee ROAD COIwaj-j.lr_Ir, reported on inspections made on June 15th and REPORT and other members added comments in regard to wing See Page 6 th$ water following the heavy downpour recently 2. Vi ion at a knoll near Ed Reimers 1 mile north of the ED REIMERS Me nonite Church See Page 7 FORM 149 SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES ` xp MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL # 48 COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 261 1972 Page 6 1 Leo Stankievech - E of SE- 11- 32 -24 -4 - Trees should L. STANKIEVECH be removed from the d tch soon as they create a definite traffic hazard 2 Inl t for Reuben Gill to the SW- 36- 32 -27 -4 - Can be R. GILL provided along the road from the south by brushing tre s at the creek hill and by putting in a low lev 1 crossing This should be done later this year. 3. Bi.g low Dam Road from the west - Approx. i mile of BIGELOW DAM roal south of SW- 3- 34 -25 -4 should be graded and gravelled this year to tie in with the road going in o the dam. 4 Tol estrup Construction had been contacted regarding TOLLESTRUP the road mix material and this has been dealt with CONST. pre iously at this meeting. 5 Ian Cameron road West of 4- 35 -24 -4 - This is a Farr. I CA1,,1ERON roal in fair condition. It would be a big help if the trees could be brushed late fall. The north mil in Red Deer County has recently been regraded. 6 OttD Haller - Van Doren road south of Sec. 13- 32 -23 -4 0 HALLER Aft r discussions at the site with Mr Otto Haller it gas agreed that the District Engineer be asked to 7ive unbiased opinion as to the best method of pro edure in handling the water This will be done soon. The equipment was ready to start work at that project but has been moved to a different location because of this need. 7 Hut erites - Drainage at the south side of SW -1$- HUTTERITES 34-22-4 Mr Paquette is asked to get some grade levels to see if it is practical to keep the water from crossing the road in to that quarter 8. The Secondary Road Huxley West has been gone over SEC ROAD in detail with the Assistant District Engineer and HUXLEY WEST sorre changes made to the design so as to reduce the amount of dirt required Something will need to be do re west of the bridge at S- 16- 34 -25 -4 to keep the waves from washing the edge away. The problem of levels at the Hoppins corner is also being further investigated. 9. ThE road at Fred Arts wast of 26- 32 -27 -4 was inspected F ART June 15th as referred to earlier in this meeting 10 Tr chu west - Approx. 2 mile south of 18- 33 -23 -4. TROCHU Wo k should be done as soon as convenient in changing WEST th creek channel Mr. Campbell moved that all of the above reports be accepted and the work proceeded with as time permits. Carried Mr R W Brown asked Ted Paquette to check regarding the following road matters 1 Allan Leinweber N - Fill in the ditches cut to release A. LEINTNEBER th$ water following the heavy downpour recently 2. Vi ion at a knoll near Ed Reimers 1 mile north of the ED REIMERS Me nonite Church See Page 7 FORM 149 SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES ` xp It was noted that Vern Bitz has been off work and DIV 3 that Jack Tutt has been running the motor grader in Div. MOTOR GR. 3. Either Jack Tutt or George Berry will fill in on this OPERATOR machine during the time that Vern Bitz is off. Mr Ferguson moved that all Municipal employees be JULY 1ST granted a holiday on Monday, July 3rd in lieu of the HOLIDAY July 1st oliday which is on a Saturday Carried MONDAY Mr. Brown suggested that an inquiry be made in PHONE regard to a better phone system for the Municipal Office. SYSTEM RE Mr. Schme ke moved that the Secretary - Treasurer get in- OFFICE formation as to cost and other matters Carried Mr Church reported that the side of the grade at B & I the B (k I Coulee east of Carbon is slipping again The COULEE Sec -Treasurer was asked to check for further information ✓ fror, the ridge Branch regarding this Mr. Poole asked about the possibility of oiling streets ia Swalwell and Huxley to control dust and Mr Brown sug ested a similar need right exist in Sunnyslope east of t e bridge Mr Poole moved that the Road Com- mittee consider and report on these. Carried Mr a Busine Warrack of an ov Other ma that a 1 of Highw railway 111an ?lla Poole reported that he had recently attended men's Meeting at Linden and the Hon Allan d been present They had suggested the need pass at the railway crossing south of Linden. ers had also been discussed. Mr Brown moved ter be written to the Provincial Department s regarding a proposed overpass at the said ossing and that a copy be sent to the Hon �ack and to Mr 'llva Toews at Linden. Carried V DUST CONTROL OVERPASS RAILWAY CR S LINDEN Mr Poole reported the meeting had also discussed LOAD LIMIT the load limit in Rocky View on the Beiseker north road BEISEKER and stat d the group is preparing a brief to ask for an N ROAD increase and a copy will likely be mailed to Council Th Secretary- Treasurer was asked to write to Mr STOP AHEAD NicFetrid 1he e, District Engineer, Calgary, for a STOP AHEAD SIGN sign on Linden east road approaching Highway 't21 Mr held in hail ins attendan been tak insuranc FORM 149-0 SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES Poole reported briefly on a public meeting PUBLIC hree Hills on June 22nd in regard to crop and MEETING rance and Weather Modification. He stated the REPORT e had been quite low so little interest had n A brief may be prepared asking that crop be on a quarter section basis See Page 8 x MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL # 48 COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 26, 1972 Page 7 3 Removal of caraganas from the ditch near Art Knievel ?s KNIEVEL northeast of Trochu 4 Road south of the Gratz- McDermid location needs build- GRATZ- ing for approx 1 rile west part of 28 & 33- 30 -26 -4 McDERMID 5 A culvert is needed south of the Tom Doherty farm T. DOHERTY app ox 214 miles north of the Greenway farm 6 Further drainage may be needed at the boundary WEST OF ACME l in � west of Acme 7 Che k regarding the height of the fill and the cul- WALLACE vert at the Wallace farr West of 20- 29 -26 -4 It was noted that Vern Bitz has been off work and DIV 3 that Jack Tutt has been running the motor grader in Div. MOTOR GR. 3. Either Jack Tutt or George Berry will fill in on this OPERATOR machine during the time that Vern Bitz is off. Mr Ferguson moved that all Municipal employees be JULY 1ST granted a holiday on Monday, July 3rd in lieu of the HOLIDAY July 1st oliday which is on a Saturday Carried MONDAY Mr. Brown suggested that an inquiry be made in PHONE regard to a better phone system for the Municipal Office. SYSTEM RE Mr. Schme ke moved that the Secretary - Treasurer get in- OFFICE formation as to cost and other matters Carried Mr Church reported that the side of the grade at B & I the B (k I Coulee east of Carbon is slipping again The COULEE Sec -Treasurer was asked to check for further information ✓ fror, the ridge Branch regarding this Mr. Poole asked about the possibility of oiling streets ia Swalwell and Huxley to control dust and Mr Brown sug ested a similar need right exist in Sunnyslope east of t e bridge Mr Poole moved that the Road Com- mittee consider and report on these. Carried Mr a Busine Warrack of an ov Other ma that a 1 of Highw railway 111an ?lla Poole reported that he had recently attended men's Meeting at Linden and the Hon Allan d been present They had suggested the need pass at the railway crossing south of Linden. ers had also been discussed. Mr Brown moved ter be written to the Provincial Department s regarding a proposed overpass at the said ossing and that a copy be sent to the Hon �ack and to Mr 'llva Toews at Linden. Carried V DUST CONTROL OVERPASS RAILWAY CR S LINDEN Mr Poole reported the meeting had also discussed LOAD LIMIT the load limit in Rocky View on the Beiseker north road BEISEKER and stat d the group is preparing a brief to ask for an N ROAD increase and a copy will likely be mailed to Council Th Secretary- Treasurer was asked to write to Mr STOP AHEAD NicFetrid 1he e, District Engineer, Calgary, for a STOP AHEAD SIGN sign on Linden east road approaching Highway 't21 Mr held in hail ins attendan been tak insuranc FORM 149-0 SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES Poole reported briefly on a public meeting PUBLIC hree Hills on June 22nd in regard to crop and MEETING rance and Weather Modification. He stated the REPORT e had been quite low so little interest had n A brief may be prepared asking that crop be on a quarter section basis See Page 8 x MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL # 48 COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 26, 1972 Page 8 Mr Bauer advised that Ben Sept had asked about BEN SEPT having us of the road allowance W/SW- 23- 32 -25 -4 and Q fencing i accordingly. It was suggested that the road should be left for haying purposes and that Mr Sept place his fence on his own side of the road allowance FORM 149-P SPECIAL i I L u Pu Mr Bauer reported that one committee meeting REPOORTTIE had been held in regard to the proposed annexation of certain areas to the Town of Three Hills. The V` ;;i oup concerned is getting more information Mr. Schrielke reported that the new cisternis WIMBORNE row being constructed at Wimborne and there is no WATER need for he forrer pimp house at that location Mr SYSTEM Brown mov d that Mr Schmelke have authority to sell the said ump house at Wimborne Carried. i'Tr G G Kin; reported that he has been in touch with the Engineer, Mr. C. Servold, regarding the water system at Wimborne and Mr Servold has been authorized to order the required materials Mr Ferguson reported that the small road crew ROAD IMPROVEMENTS is now working near Frank Davidson's and he has been W Pt - 16- 31 -21 -4 requested to also have improvements made on the road west of Fart of 16- 31 -21 -4 He pointed out the need for thesq improvements. Mr Church moved that this ✓ be appro ed while the machinery is at that area. Carried Mr. Poole moved that the Municipal order for a G M C TRUCK new one-ton GMC truck from Cliff Bristow Motors Ltd V, of Three Hills be cancelled unless he makes delivery by the Ad of June Carried Mr Bauer asked if the Rotary Tiller which we ROTARY TILLER have ro_iglit be offered for sale. .After discussion it was agreed that it not be sold Mr Ferguson and Mr Campbell mentioned the Firemen's Convention which they had attended recently and it was agreed that their report be included in the Ag'en a of the next meeting. Mr. Ted Paquette then left the meeting Mr Albert Barrie of Three Hills then niet with Council His letter of June 16/72 was read in regard to a proposal for a Computer Accounting program and he supplied each Councillor with a copy of the infor?na- tion In the discussion which followed, it was pointed out that the present office staff would have consider- able extra work getting the system set up during the following year but there would be reduction in office work after that time However, added new business i:-i;ht m an that the sane staff would still be required Mr Barrie also stated that h(, would allow $5,000 00 for our Accounting Machine if his proposal- is accepted Further discussion followed It was agreed that this matter e tabled unto l the July 10th meeting Mr 1hanked Barrie Council and left the meeting. FIREMEN'S S CONVENTION ALBERT BARRIE RE PROPOS %L. FOR COMPUTER ACCOUNTING V Mr Poole moved that this meeting do now adjourn ADJOURNMENT Carried ime of adjournment 5 10 P M eeve �— ecre ary- '1'resureri NEXT RE ULAR 'MEETI140 of Counei)� - Monday, July 10, 1972 - 4 00 A V1. AGENDA COMBINED MEETING AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD COUNCIL MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL No 48 JUNE 26,1972 1 Approval of minutes of meeting of March 27, 1972 2. Report of Agricultural Fi.eldman 3 ully projects 4 Irovinc3.al Weed Tour - July 26,27/72 $. lolidays - G L Park, Lorne Boese 6. Correspondence - (a) Grants (b) Policies on Animal Pest Control (c) Noxious Weeds Act (d) Grasshopper survey 7. Proposed Plan for rapeseed Insect Outbreak 8 A S B Field Day vim. FORM 149-P SPECIAL I 1 PLI FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SU111111 COMBINED MEETING OF COUNCIL AND AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD JUNE 261 1972 Page 1 A meeting of the Combined Council and Agricultural Service Board of the Municipal District of Kneehill No. 48 was held in the Municipal Office in Three Hills on Monday, June 26, 1972, commencing at 10 25 A.M. Members present were as follows . H. Church Councillor W. Poole U W. Brown °P W Bauer (Chairman) A Ferguson `4 . C. Schmelke qv G Campbell J Clark Ratepayer Member . L. Park Ag. Fieldman C Jeffery Secretary to the Board Mr T.� A. Ferguson moved the adoption of the Minutes MINUTES of the Marddh 27/72 meeting. Carried APPROVED Mr. G L. Park read his report ( copy attached) and AG r° �L4,,�,1,AN4 S Mr. R W Jrown moved the acceptance of this report Carried. REPORT Mr G L. Park reported on the Ohlhauser gully project and stated it needed more work He reported the Department GULLY of Agriculture would pay 60% of the costs on this type of PROJECTS project He further reported that the Clarke Estate gully project ha been filled and that the farmer had done it himself at his cost. The Division 7 Hutterite project would involve dr inage on the road allowance ditch Mr. Park also stated that the Lars Sorenson project did require some fill- ing and could possibly be a demonstration project Mr T. A. Ferguson moved acceptance of this )report Mr G L. Park reported the Provincial Weed Tour will PROVINCIAL be held in the County of Flagstaff on July 27 and 2$, 1972 WEED TOUR Mr R. W Brown moved that as many members attend as possible Carried Mr I.J. Clark moved that G L Park have holidays from HOLIDAYS July 30th to August 5th/72 and Mr. L A Boese have holidays G.L.P. from July .5th to July 30th/72 Carried. & L A B. The S cretary read several letters to the meeting sum- marized as follows (a) Department of Agriculture stated grants will not be provided f r roadside backsloping, brush control or mowing. (b) Department of Agriculture stated the maximum grant for 1972 at th s time is $10,200. (c) Department of Agriculture dispursing Policy on Animal Pest Control (d) Depa ment of Agriculture stating the Noxinus Weed Act will rema1 in force until December 31/72 at which time the Weed Cont of Act will be in effect. (e) Depa went of Agriculture reporting that Grasshopper Survey me tings will be held in Lethbridge July 11/72 and in Stettl r July 12/72 See Page 2 'all. cm C FORM 149-P SPECIAL M 1 1 UPPLI (f) Depart other infoz Lannate (g) Depar grants pal requested Mr Park s spending s worm outbr COMBINED MEETING OF COUNCIL AND AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD JUNE 261 1972 Page 2 lent of Agriculture - Letter giving facts and nation cnncerning the chemicals Dimethoate and .ent of Agriculture - Letter listing the A S B. to all areas for 1971 - 1972. M. D. of Kneehill grant of $11,210 and only received $8507 79. ted that this reduction was due mainly to A S B much time on the Bertha Armyworm and Beet Web - k. The S cretary then read a letter from the Department RAPESEED of Agriculture in which was outlined a proposed plan for INSECT Rapeseed Insect Control. Mr. G L Park stated we should CONTROL follow the general outlines of the letter and Mr H J Clark move we follow the suggestions laid out from the letter. C rried General discussion followed concerning the M D of A.S B. Kneehill #18 A S B Field Day Mr C. W. Poole moved we FIELD DAY do not hol a field day this year and see if enough interest CANCELLED is shown ir it to hold it again another year 1972 General discussion followed concerning our brushing BRUSHING along road ides with no motions being made POLICIES Mr C W Poole moved that G. L Park hire another man to rep ace Mr R Kober when he leaves at the end of Juno. Mr R W Brown moved the Combined Agricultural ADJOURNMENT Service Board and Council Meeting adjourn Carried. Time of ad. ournment 11 45 11 M / /JIB Chairman Se etary to ai4 6o w_ vmiiii .rL.r� _.�■wiwr.l REPORT OF AGRICULTURAL FIELDMAN TO COUNCIL AND A S B MEETING - JUNE 26, 1972 Lor e Boese and I attended one day of the Pesticide Short co rse held at Olds Sprayed 2720 cattle on 24 farms for lice and warble control Plaited approximately 132 miles of trees as follows Roa side - 2 miles, Field 22 miles, Farmstead 5 miles Have sprayed farmstead shelter belts on 22 farms for cant of of various insects on spruce and deeidious trees Dan Peters and I with the co- operation of the Department of Agriculture, have set out 12 insect traps on the farm of Willard Huether adjacent to the No 9 Highway The purpose of these traps is to determine the time that the Beet Webworm and Bertha Army Worm moths emerge so that some information will be available, as to when an outbreak might be expected We had expected to locate Pupa of both the Beet Wbbworm and Bertha Army Worm in the Huxley area as there was quite a large number present last fall on some fields which had not been sprayed. However, these fields didn't yield any to our inspection ThE A S B one ton truck has been in the shop for approx 2 weeks due to a cracked manifold and mechanics too busy to work on it This has made It necessary to use the sprayer truck for roving the trailer, etc. and held up our spraying somewhat For the same reason I have used my own personal 2 ton truck on the ob Work has been done at Municipal Park areas as time permits As we were not able to qualify for help under the STEP Program I hired Rick Kober for the month of June. He is going back to school for. the summer FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES Gordon Park Ag Fieldman