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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-12-06 Council Minutes4 i FORM 149-0 SPECIAL 2 3 4 5 6e 7 9 10 11 12 130 14 15 16 170 18 19 20 21 22 23 24- 25 26 AGENDA FOR LUviv6,j, MEETING DECEMBER 69 1972 Election of Reeve and Deputy Reeve Approval of Minutes of Meeting of November 27/72 Unfinished items from Agenda Nov 27 #19 Old Agenda #20 Old Agenda F21 Old Agenda #24 Old Agenda #27 Old Agenda #29 Old Agenda 7#30 Old Agenda #31 Old Agenda #32 Old Agenda Monthly Statement for the month ending Nov 30 and to report Committees of Council for the coming year Review of policies Discussion of wages and proposals for longer machine hours Dates of regular meetings Remuneration for Councillors Report regarding Alex Williams Electrical wiring at the Shop Grainger replot Linden Businesr Men's Meeting Pound Keeper Report - Ralph Loosmore Alberta Power Ltd - Line extensions Canadian Western Natural Gas - Pipelines Report of Ted Paquette rc one -way snowplow for truck Discussion of snowplowing a • a' k �#d a� �, J FORM 1494 SPECIAL Mr Poole moved that Mr H Schmidt be sent a letter BUILDING asking hid to contact Mr A W. Bauer or Mr G G King PERMIT in respects to his application for a building permit for H SCHMIDT a garage in 5E- 13- 3z -z6-4 Carried Mr° Ferguson moved approval of the permit granted PERMIT to Gordon Schafer to move a dwelling out of Allingham APPROVED RE° on condit on that the basement hole will be filled in G SCHAFER and the site levelled and cleaned up Carried Mr oole moved that Council accept the report of KOSTROSKY subdivisi n approval re Nl- 18- 29 -24 -4 - Kostrosky Carried APPROVED Mr ° rown moved that Council accept the report of subdivisi n approval re SW- 19- 30 -24 -4 - Reimer. Carried REIMER SUBDIV APPROVED I/ COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 6, 1972 Page 1 The Organizational Meeting of the Council of the ORGANIZATIONAL M D of Kneehill No 48 was held at the Municipal Office, MEETING Three Hills on Wednesday, December 6, 1972, commencing at 9 00 A M Councillors present for this meeting were. Mr A. H Church Div 1 Mr C° W Poole t° 2 ✓ Mr R. W Brown is 3 Mr A, W Bauer it 4 Mr. T. A Ferguson tf 5 Mr S. C Schmelke 17 6 Mr R. G Campbell 19 7 Mr. Gi G King, Sec.-Treasurer, was present and G G KING recoracd the Minutes Mr D. C Dau of the Three Hills School Div was v D C DAU present for the greater part of the meeting. Mr G. G King called the meeting to order and REEVE -- called for nominations for Reeve for the ensuing year R. W. BROWN Mr Poole nominated Mr R W Brown as Reeve. There were no other nominations and Mr Brown was then declared elected. He thanked Council and took charge of the meeting Mr Church moved that Mr C W. Poole be Deputy - Reeve DEPUTY -P00 for the ensuing year Carried E Mr Poole moved approval of the Minutes of the ✓ MINUTES Meeting of' November 27/72 Carried. APPROVED Minutes of the Three Hills School Div Meetings of 3 HILLS Nov 10 &;22/72 were referred to briefly It was noted SCHOOL MINUTES that Mr Dau again represents the School Division at our APPROVED Council Meetings and he was welcomed. Rate of pay for Trustee work was noted Mr. Dau reported that the wage agrccment! with the teachers has been agreed upon at an increase in basic rate of actual cost will be slightly over 8 %° Mr Bauer moved that the Minutes and reports be accepted and filed Mr Poole reported regarding the garage location TED GIBBS in respect; to Ted Gibbs, Swalwell Mr Gabbs was willing GARAGE to leave this matter until next spring Mr Bauer moved LOCATION that thisreport be accepted Carried Mr Poole moved that Mr H Schmidt be sent a letter BUILDING asking hid to contact Mr A W. Bauer or Mr G G King PERMIT in respects to his application for a building permit for H SCHMIDT a garage in 5E- 13- 3z -z6-4 Carried Mr° Ferguson moved approval of the permit granted PERMIT to Gordon Schafer to move a dwelling out of Allingham APPROVED RE° on condit on that the basement hole will be filled in G SCHAFER and the site levelled and cleaned up Carried Mr oole moved that Council accept the report of KOSTROSKY subdivisi n approval re Nl- 18- 29 -24 -4 - Kostrosky Carried APPROVED Mr ° rown moved that Council accept the report of subdivisi n approval re SW- 19- 30 -24 -4 - Reimer. Carried REIMER SUBDIV APPROVED I/ Ll n FORM 149-P SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 6, 1972 Page 2 CRPC!has granted approval to Mr E W Gore to CRPC RE purchase the balance of NE- 18- 30 -24 -4 with title to be ✓E W GORE consolidated for the full quarter Mr Poole moved that this be accepted Carried Letter of November 7/72 from the Bridge Branch was BR BRANCH read giving its reply to our 1973 bridge and culvert RE 1973 requests The following motions were made BRIDGES & 1 Re. W/NW- 26- 31 -26 -4 - South of Allingham Elevator - CULVERTS Mr Bauer moved that the Bridge Branch be advised that this is a bus route and the full cost of bridge replacement should be borne by the Government Carried 2 Mr Bauer moved that a letter be written to Alberta Wheat Pool asking about its plans for the elevators at Simnyslope and Allingham as this may effect road decisions Carried 3 It was noted that the Bridge Branch will supply and install a new bridge this winter at W/NW- 29- 29 -24 -4 - Ralstons NW of Grainger, New culverts will be supplied in 1973 for S/SW- 1- 31 -24 -4 South of Twining Elevators, W /NW -33- 29 -25 -4 NE of Acme near Bates; W/�iW- 3- 32 -25 -4 West'of Three Hills 9 miles and 3/4 mile north Mr Church moved that these proposals be accepted Carried Mr Campbell asked that the Sec - Treasurer inquire CULVERTS about culverts 22/23 and 23/24- 33 -24 -4 Ross & Cunningham Mr Poole moved that Council approve of the agreement LAND AGREEMENT with Stephen F. Varga for land only on the East rod of ✓ S. VARGA NE- 30- 30- X22 -4, with the fence arrangements to be made when needed for road improvement Carried Mr. Ferguson moved that Council accept the First Aid ✓ FIRST AID Regulations as sent to us by Workmen's Compensation Board REGULATIONS last month Carried Council was advised that it 4 not practical gas linesin Ruarkville had agreed to locate any any roads; or installatioi aware of phis Mr Bauer Carried i that Mr Fred Penner had reported F. PENNER to mark the exact location of all RE GAS LINES The main lines are marked and he RUARKVILLE lines prior to construction of z of culverts Our foreman was moved that this report be accepted Council noted there is need to make our employees ✓ more award: of the cost and dangers involved in cutting gas linesland telephone cables Mr hurch moved that one copy of Place Nam s of Alberta" be ordered for library, Carried I Bref verbal reports were given vention o'� the AAMD & C All Councillo the book "2000 112000 PLACE our Municipal NAMES OF ALBERTA of the Fall Con- REPORTS RE. rs had attended. ' FALL CONVENTION Mr rown advised that the executive Provincia Cabinet on Tuesday next for a cussion o the Farran recommendations I i�l is meeting the FARRAN REC further dis- r/ 0 0 s • FORM 149-P SPECIAL © 111" 1 1 COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 69 1972 Page 3 The Financial Statement for the month ending FINANCIAL November 30/72 was presented and discussed as per copy STATEMENT with the Minutes This showed a net balance of $$9649 51 ✓ APPROVED but with $159000 00 owing on loans Mr Schmelke moved that this be adopted Carried. Mr G King gave a brief report regarding taxes and stated that the amount rcceivable at Nov 30/72 was $$49177 329 less than at Nov 30/71 Tax collections to Novo 30/72 were $1129216 $0 higher than for the correspond- ing period in 1971 These showed a much improved situation Mr Poole moved that this report be accepted Mr Ferguson moved that banking business be conducted through the Treasury Branch at Three Hills and that the signing officcrs be the Reeve or Deputy -Reeve together with the Sec - Treasurer or, in his absence, the Ass °t Sec - Treasurer, and that the Payroll Account continue to be handled as in the past year Carried Mr Bauer made the following motion in regard to regular meetings of Council 1 That`all meetings be held at the Municipal Office in Three Hills and commence at 9.00 A M on the dates as set REPORT RE- TAX COLLECTION ,% BANKING BUSINESS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS 2 That ";Regular Meetings be held on the second and. fourth Mondays but if the Monday is a holiday the meeting will be held on the Tuesday following 3 The date of any regular meeting may be changed by Council with due notice 4 ThatIthcre be no regular meeting on the 4th Monday in Diecember nor on the Tuesday following that date Motiion Carried Mr Church moved that the rate of pay for the Reeve and Councillors as from January 1st, 1973 be set at $25.00 per day plus $5 00 per day for meals, and 14¢ per mile for mileage on Municipal work for all meetings, supervision, corfiIiittee work or other Municipal duties, that under 5 hours away from home for a meeting or committee work be consider as one -half day, that over 5 hours away from home for a meeting or committee work be considered as one day, that any Evening meeting be considered as one -half day. Special rates may be set for conventions Carried Mr Campbell moved 1st Reading to By -Law #7129 this being a ly -law to name Councillors Church, Poole, Brown, Bauer an Campbell as members of the Court of Revision and to s t their rates of pay at the same rates as for Councill rs in the motion above and for other details as per the y -law Carried unanimously Mr Schmelke moved 2nd Reading to this by -law Carried unan Mr Church moved 3rd Reading to this by -law Carried unan Mr Schmelke of the Cc Poole moved that Mr T A. Ferguson and Mr S C be named as Committee members to attend meetings urt of Revision Carried 1011 4 V RATE OF PAY FOR COUNCILLORS v' BY -LAW #712 RE. C OF R 0 r � f C FORM 149-P SPECIAL Mr Church moved that the following be named as COMMITTEES members of the various Recreation Boards in this District for the ensuing year- 1 Acme and Linden - Mr R W Brovm 2 Torrington - Mr A. W Bauer with Mr. S C Schmelke as alternate 3 Trochu - Mr R G Campbell 4 Three Hills - Mr T A Ferguson 5 Carbon - Mr C W Poole with Mr A H Church as alternate. Motion Carried Khj,,Lnl.L.0 EMERGENCY MEASURES ORGANIZATION - Mr T A erguson Wovcd that Mro R W BFovm be named as Council representative and that Mr G G King be Deputy Co- Ordin- ator for this Municipal District Carried CALGARY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION - Mr S C Schmelke moved that Mr"" 0'''W Poole be Council representative with Mr R W Brown as altcrnatc Carried RURAL ROAD STUDY - Mr A. H Church moved that Council representatives be Mr C W Poole and Mr R W Brown Carried POUNDS - Mr Ferguson r�,oved that the corm,.ittec regarding pound digputes and pound. damage claims be the two nearest available Councillors but not including the Councillor from the 'Division affected Carried, FINANCE COMMITTEE - Mr Poole moved that the members of this Co littce be Mr R W Brown, Mr A W Bauer, and Mr R Ga Campbell Carried �- SHOP, SAETY. e ACHINERY AND Lt�� �i 141�,�JT - Mr Schmelke F moved th t th MA a ers o this conaidttcc be Councillors C W Pole and To A Ferguson together with Ted Paquette, Keith Sm�th; Joe Dobler and with John Jeffery as Secretary to the c0mmittce Carried. LAND AND'FENCE AGREEMENTS BORROW PITS ETC - Mr. Church moved that the committee be the local Councillor together with Mr iTcd Paquette and that they have authority to call one person from the office if so desired and that in the a sencc of Mr Paquette that Mr John Dorn have authority to act in his stead and that any two of these may act 1.f the third member is not available Carried ROAD as Secr for the to meet FIRE CO R R G C ITTEE - Mr Bauer moved that the members be Mr melke and Mr A H Church and Mr G G King ary and that they call on the local Councillor rea concerned and that they have full authority s they deem necessary Carried TTEE - Mr Poole moved n, Mr T A Ferguson, bell Carried that the members be Mr Mr A W Bauer and Mr SEED CLEANING PLANTS - Mr Brown moved that the following be name as representatives 1 Rosebud - Mr A H Church 2 K I B A. (Beiseker) - Mr C W Poole 3 Three Hills & District - Mr T A Ferguson and Mr A W Bauer Carried 0 5 O I/ C 0 FORM 149-P SPECIA' AUXILI `1' ,i r years Bauer THREE R U of th COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 69 1972 e Page 5 ARI AND NURSING HOME BOARD — It is noted that A Ferguson and Mr S C Schmelke have two rcr4aining of their terms on this Board. Mr moved. that this be accepted Carried HILLS SCHOOL DIVISION — Mr Ferguson moved that Campbell be Council represcntati ve to mectings Thrcc Hills ScHool Division Carricd Mr CONIMITTEES GOLDEN HILLS LODGE — KNEEHILL FOUNDATION — Mr Poole moved that Mr S� C Schmelkc be Council rcprescntative Carried AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD — Mr Church moved that the gricultUal Servicc Board be comprised of the following nicmbcrs 1 Mr A W Bauer — Council representative, Chairman 2 it R G Cai_pbcll — Council rcprescntative 3 Mr Gordon Ward — Ratepayer member 1, Mr J Findlay Codc — Ratepayer member, but if he does not accept then alternate be Mr 5 ;r Dan Peters — D A representative Government 6 r Gordon Park and /or his successor cx— officio member 7 �Tr J C Jeffery — Named as Secrcta Motion Robert Crawlcy of the Provincial — Ag Fieldman V, ry to that Board Carried Mr !Church moved that Mr H J Clark be sent a letter v of thank6 for his work while a member of the ASB in the THANK —YOU past twoycars Carried DRUMHELLER HEALTH UNIT — Mr Schmclkc moved that Mr A H h r� Churcpresent the; southern portion of this Municipal District and Mr T A Ferguson rcprescnt the north portion 'of the Municipal District Carried EMPLOYEE! COMMITTEE — Mr Poole moved that this cortfrnittce be—`' M`� R ' W' Brown, Mr A W Bauer and Mr R G Campbell Carried AMBULANCE COMMITTEE — Mr Church moved that Mr T A r'crguson' rcprescnt this Council on the board of the Kneehill Ambulance Society Carried i CAMPGROUND COMMITTEE — Mr Brown moved. that the members of this jcor.nr,ittcc be Mr Poole, Mr Baucr, Mr Campbell and Mr Park or his successor Carried EXECUTI1 OF CENTRAL AAMD & C — Mr Poole be on this executive, REGIONA_ RESOURCES CO1v'1il.rivv, — mcmbcr e M _.- r N J Brown with alterna e Carried Mr Church moved that Carried Mr Poole movea that our Mr T A Ferguson as WELFARE OFFICER - Mr Ferguson moved that Mr G G continud as Welfare Officcr Carried King Mr Joe Dobler, Gravel Foreman, and Mr Arnold Bocse and Doug Hazclton of Linden Contractors, met with Council for a discussion of gravel crushing, etc Linden ontractors have now completed approx. 15,000 cu yds, at Mcgli s — not working now due to extremely cold we thcr Mr Joe Doblcr estimates . cu yds left in the Linden West Stockpile — this is alot less than our book records but there is no explanation of the shortage except for approx 500 cu yds of private sales to be entered Mr Brown said the supply should be cnou h for 1979 6 fo� V ;/ GRAVEL CRUSHING 71 rop�Cc6 4 , n • 0 • FORM 149-P SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 69 1972 Page 6 Stripping has been completed at Heskcth Pit and it appear, that the supply may be quite limited HESKETH PIT Mr Hazclton and Mir Boese then left the meeting V Mr Dobler reported. that it may be necessary to have lights ana brakes on the trailers used by the gravel crjew and for other purposes Mr G King is to inquire r°cgard ing this Som6 discussion took place regarding the rates charged for use of the Rural Fire trucks Page 84 of the Poll Book is to be referred to the Fire Committee and item72 clarified Mr 'Ferguson reported that some donations are being given to the Ambulance Society It was suggested that thcSociety register so that donations may be considcrdd as deductions for income tax purposes LIGHTS & BRAKES RE TRAILERS RURAL FIRE TRUCK RATES AMBULANCE DONATIONS Mr jCampbell moved that general policies of Council GENERAL be tabled for uiscussion on December 11th Carried POLICIES Mr Poole reported that he had attended a Business REPORT RE Men's Meting at Linden cn Nov 22nd Main items discussed BUSINESS were the airstrip, banking, shopping advertising and ✓ MEETING business opportunities R2r Campbell moved that this report be. accepted Carried Mr ,Church moved that Council authorize purchase SNOWPLOWS of two Waussau one -way snowplows for trucks from Costello ✓ Equipment at a price of $29175 00 each Carried. Mr G King advised that the M D cannot get a NEW SHOP WIRING permit t6 do electrical wiring at the new storage building! Mr Church moved that a committee of Mr Ferguson12 Mr Paquette and Mr Jeffery have authority to deal with Price Electric for that wiring Carried Mr Poole moved 1st Reading to By -Law AN 7139 this BY -LAW #713 being a 1by -law to close and sell certain streets and lanes in Grainger for Replotting Scheme No 1 -72 GRAINGER Carried unan REPLOT Mr Bauer moved 2nd Reading to this by -law Carried unan , Mr! Poole moved an authorizing resolution for replotting scheme No 1 -72 in Grainger; as per details from CRPC v RESOLUTION Carriedlunanimously GRAINGER REPLOT Mr Church moved the adopting resolution for replotting scheme No 1 -72 in Grainger, as per details from CRC Carried unanimously Mr rc.plott: from CR] Brov,.n moved the approving resolution for g scheme No 1 -72 in Grainger, as per details Carried unanimously �c S V II Mr calf impo A total cl Brian Par Mr R W COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 6, 1972 Page 7 King reported regarding a yearling heifer IMPOUNDED � ed at Ralph Loosmore s on December 1/72 *�'�'� 72- HEIFER .of $89 50 had been made by Oliver and It was agreed that Mr T A Ferguson and own investigate the claim Mr q King advised that the Workmen's Compensation A. WILLIAMS Board have rc1ased Alex Williams and stated he could have, returned to work on December 4th His local doctor states he ',can do no heavy lifting and other evidence supports ?his The t°TCB has been contacted by phone and is to senu further information Mr Schmelke moved that � this be tabled until further information is available Carried Requests of Alberta Power Ltd for approval of line ALTA, POWER extensions were dealt with as follows LINE EXTENSIONS 1 Mr aucr moved approval of the extension W /NW -5- � and W/SW- 8- 32 -24 -4 as per plan submitted Carried S2 Mr Poole moved approval of the extension in Secs 11, 14 & 23- 29 -24 -4. as per plan submitted Carried ✓ Mr Church r.,iovcd that Council accept and file the CAN WEST circular letter of December 1 from Canadian Western ✓ NAT GAS RE. Natural Gds Co regarding standards for pipelines PIPELINES Carried Mr 1Ioole reported that two old buildings on the SVJALWSLL SITES south sidq of main street in Swalwell had been sold and the purch4scrs were to clean up the sites This has not ✓ been done Letters are to be written to those concerned Brief verbal reports were given in respect to REPORTS RE Seed Clearing Plants SEED CLEANING Bciscker Mr Poole reported that they arc considering PLANTS i paying dividends to reduce Income Tax and because they have built up a considerable surplus Rosebud -Mr Church stated dividend money is being used •!to increase the number of shares to four shares ✓ leach; then paying further dividends Three Hilis - Mr Ferguson reported that the plant is being j kept up -dated and profits used for that purpose Mr Brownjmovcd that the above reports be accepted Carried The upper meeting at Linden last Thursday night REC BOARD had been attended by five members of our Council plus SUPPER representatives of the various recreation boards Mr Poole and Mr Campbell had also attended the Recreation Board Wor shop in Trochu on Saturday Brie and also with a su time for FORM 149-P SPECIAL © ­­ 1 discussion took place rcgarc_ing snowplowing SNOVIPLOWING cgarding 197? patching of light -coat surfacing & gcstion that two or more men be employed full- PATCHING his during the sumimcr DYE ✓ COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 69 1972 Applications for the position of Asst Agri - cultural Fleldman will be considered by Council on Monday next The Sec - Treasurer iqas asked to have information available about the percentage the Government pays for the salary for the Ag Fieldman and alsoto have some comparative information of salaries In ether M.D.'s and Counties Pagc 8 Mr Ferguson asked if this Council may make an application under the Winter Works Incentive Programs It was suggcstcd that one possible project might be brushing,on roadside. Further information is to be obtained "for the nc,,ct Council Meeting Proposals for longer machine hours Wero touched upon and °will reccivc further consideration at later meetings Mr Poole moved that this meeting do now adjourn Carried Time of adjournment° 5.15 P M • i Hceve NEXT REG' • C: FORM 149-P SPECIAL JLAR MEETING OF COUNCIL° ASS °T AG FIELDMAN APPLICATIONS V WINTER WORKS MACHINE HOURS ADJOURNMENT ccrctary- `1'rcasure3�- _ C December 119 19729 9 00 A M V Approved by the Department of Municipal Aff its MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD. — EDMONTON AND CALGARY— P25202 -57 FORM No. 42 MONTHLY STATEMENT (SEC 61 V M.D Act, 1954) C 1URt xYx MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF __.._. KNEEHILL - _ _ No- __48._ - -.. GENERAL ACCOUNT 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 " 'A " - Treas. Br 7,02( *Cash on Hand at End of Month Sub -Total Less Outstanding Cheques Net Balance at End of Month 219,913 OUTSTAN D I N 8,500 0 6,600 00 No Amount No 2140E 0 13 43 21723 100 00 21829 0 23 03 ✓ 21917 o 14 40 ✓ 22086 v 23 66 22167 0100 00 ✓ 22176 42 50 22192 1,105 00 22193 0 75 00 22197 3,319 46 ✓ 22195 75 00 22199 0 70 85 ✓ 22200 0 65 50 -� 22201 0 106 34 r, I 1 17 e Month Ending_ _NOVEMBER 30 1972 CASH ON ---r PAYROLL. HAND TAX SALE TOTAL (- 62,690 71) 247,972 35 _ 45,000 00 230,281 64 .R 5,134.17 i 1,886 06 nil 6,617 60 145 85 G CHEQUES Amount NOVEMB Taxes ASB Gran H O D R Gravel S ASB -Lann Misc No ;s �c' d Iles Ite Amount Loans ENUE 219,913 9 8,500 0 6,600 00 2,300 0 5,900 0 4.758 46 247,972 35 101,632 13 120,000 00 8,649 51 7,166 08 6,617 60 13,783 68 5,134 17 8,649 51 OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Amount 15'0 00 00 Estimate of Accounts Payable not rendered TOTAL Submitted to Council this --------- 6th ................Day of ----December -------------------- TOTAL December 1 72 'Cash on Hand Deposited ------------- • •........................................ 19.---- --•... (SEE OVER FOR EXPENDITURE CONTROL) ------------- .19.72–