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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-08-27 Council Minutesa 0 0 FORM 149-P SPECIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16, 17 18 19, 20 21 22 23 24: 25 26 27 28 29, 30 31 32 33 34 35 AGENDA FOR COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 27, 1973 Appro al of minutes of meeting of Aug 13/73 Appointments. 9 �O A M. Norman Soder 1:00 P.M. Any objectors re closing Allingham street 43) 1°30 P.M °7 V Wimborne east road 44) Consiger By -Law re Allingham street Const er By -Law Wimborne east road Resol tion to adopt assessments for use in 1974• Lands and Forests - Bigelow dam Cultu e9 Youth & Recreation - financial assistance Telep ones & Utilities - Utilities Officer, Crossroads Co-op, Three Hills S D - minutes of Aug 15/73 Envi onment - Land Conservation & Reclamation Council Germ and Co - account re Wimborne water easement Bids for hamlet properties Alta Power Ltd - line extension R C Hansen - Cactus Industries - business license Prop sed business in NW -5-30-25-4 C R C. - High Density area at Three Hills Repo t of Hearing of Prov Planning Board Buil ing permits - G Neufeld, Ralph Kientz Wm Beal - water line in Huxley C.RP C - minutes, etc:, A.A. D & C, - Convention, etc Envi onment - water supply in hamlets Repo t of employer-employee comriaittee meeting Coun y of Lacombe - rental of chip spreader Gulf Oil - use of lease road to Garson pit Prop sed Garson gravel lease Arrangements to inspect dead haul road Klassen pit to # 21 Brid e Branch - damage to bridge W/NW-5-32-24-4 - Inspection of crossing S/SW-1$-32-22-4 07 - Bridge & culvert request list Dept of Highways &; Transport - # 27 East Rent,l of additional road equipment Repot re A G T cable - Acme - Linden north Repoitof C. Poole - erosion at upright culvert Swalwell dam Repots of R Brown - Komatsu demonstration - Signs at Acme cemetery corner COUNCIL AUGUST 27, 1973 Page 1 Regular m eting of the Council of the M D of Kneehill 8 was held at the Municipal Office, Three Hil s on Monday, August 27, 19739 commencin at 9 00 A.M. Councillors present for this meeting were* Mr. A.H. urch Div 1 Mr C W oole f7 2 Mr R W rown 79 3 Mr A W. auer i0 4 Mr T.A. erguson 19 5 Mr S C chmelke 17 6 Mr R G ampbell Q7 7 Mr J.0 4effery, Assistant Secretary—treasurer was prese t and recorded the minutes Mr A.H. Church moved approval of the minutes ® of the me ting of August 13, 1973 as per copy circ lated to each Councillor with a correctior on Page 2, the last paragraph* Bud Dimmer should be Vern Greig Carried ra n LJ A letter Lands and which the of the da to allow breeding They furt can only Mr S C Under the Municipal M.D . of K: assessed assessmen value of subject t be made b - same act reading t, Councillo: to this b - S C Schm, Carried w in regula: August 19' PRESENT J .JEFFERY APPROVAL OF MIN as read from the Department of Forests regarding the Bigelow dam in advised us that the designation BIGELOW DAM as a sanctuary has been postponed or an evaluation of the area as a nd staging area for waterfowl er advised that this type of evaluation e made over a 2 or 3 year period chmelke moved to file Carried provisions of Section 30 (1) of the Taxation Act, the Council of the eehill #48 hereby directs that the BY—LAW # 730 alue of any property as shown on the 1973 roll for 1973 shall be the assessed hat property for the next year, the necessary revisions which may the Assessor as authorized by the Councillor T A Ferguson moved first this by—law Carried unanimously (By—law A W Bauer moved second reading —law Carried unanimously Councillor lke moved third reading to this by—law animously Done and declared passed 3 meeting of Council this 27th day of ASSESSMENTS #730) Letter wa then read from the Alberta Department of Cultur , Youth & Recreation regarding Financial DEPT.YOUTH & CULT. Assistanc Letter stated that the deadline for FINANCIAL ASSIST. the 1973rant is October 1, 1973 Mr. A.W. Bauer mov2,,d that we file for our grant for 1973 Carried 2 FORM 149-PSKCIAL ai s • • L` • FORM 149-. SPECIAL The Secre and Utili stating t amount of to obtain Mr S C tion for The minut Meeting h brief lir C a-ri ed Letter wa rr_ent rega Reclama-�,i li.ke this under the Vias held. Gilbert B 9arold R- No: -man So oard 0 Richardso: moved tha Mr Gilbe for the t: COUNCIL '11 Jiu►:,iii1G AUGUST 279 1973 Page 2 a, --y read a letter from the Telephones ies Bre%•ich of the Province of Alberta al wog had received a cheque in the $10,625 00 fol financial assistance the services of a Utility Officer chmelkP moved to file nformation Carried s of the Three Hills School Division ld August 159 1973 were referred to iPL- R G- Campbell moved to file GRANT FOR UTILITY OFFICER 3HILLS SCHOOL DIV. MINUTES read from the Department of Environ - ,ding the Land Surface Conservation 8c n Act in which the Government would LAND ECLA1 ATION A. M.D. to appoint new inspectors &RECLAMATION ACT Land Surface Reclamation Act Discussion n which was mentioned possibly Mr rdahl and Clarence Elvin along with hardson and Gordon Park and possibly er to be on this Surface Reclamation r two members so far are Mr Harold and Mr Gordon ?ark Mr A.W. Bauer the Secretary get in touch with t Berdahl to see if he would accept ird inspector Carried Letter wa referred to bri-efly from German and Company r garding the She -1 Bulk Plant at Wimborne9 Alberta easement. The total of their bi.3. was $184 60. TVIr T A Ferguson moved tha this accoLnt be paid Carried. The seal property The first This is and all o and Lots Mr Mi 3. parcels to sell t Carried Carried le next a_n Block First bid S ocond bi n,R T.A. b, law to .vii^ r,, N second C' arri cd e bids were -hcr opened on the Cor sale on our different hamlets bid opened fron Mr R W Milne r garding the north 50 feet of Lot 1 Lots 2 - 9 in,lusive in Block 3 3 and 14 in Biock 3 in Sunnyslope bid $40 00 for the above mentioned Mr R W. `�rowr. moved first reading e above mentioned lots to Mr Milne Mi A W, Bauer moved second reading - By -law # 731 ) idsopened were for Lots 17 and 18 in Swalweli SHELL BULK PLANT SEALED BIDS -HAMLETS N501 Lol L 2-9 incl B-3 L 13 & 149 B 3 Sunnyslope BY-LAW # 731 MILNE L17718Bo3 for $15 00 from Mr Tasman W Richardson SWALWELL for $25 00 from Mr Ronald N.A. Wright erguson moved first reading of the sell the above mentioned lots to +right for $25 00 Carried The ding was moved by Mr R G Campbell (B,r--l_aw #732) I BY-LAW # 732 WRIGHT rA iv FORM 149-P SPECIAL I COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 279 1973 Page 3 ® The next ids referred to were on Lots 22 - 26 both incl sive in Block 2 and Lots 27, 2$9 29 BIDS -L.22-26 incl. and 30 in Only 1 bil Block 2 was received from a Mr Louis Pike B.2 & L 2722$929930 of Swalwe 1 Mr, C.W. Poole moved first reading B 2 BY-LAW f 733 to the by-law to sell the above mentioned lots to Mr Lo is Pike Carried unanimously. Mr LOUIS PIKE , A.H. Chur h moved second reading. Carried unanimous Ly (By-law #733) A bid was then referred to from Mr Vernon Court for item `16 on the list being Lot $ and south half of L t 9 in Block 5 in Swalwell BID-L$9S2 L 99 B 5 the Counc'1 decided not to consider this bid SWALWELL as the lobs named should go with the Beagrie property in Swalwell Tenders w re then referred to pertaining to the north half of Lot 6 and Lot 79 Block 59 BIDS-N� L 6 & Lo79 Swalwell, ...�..�..ly referred to as the Beagrie B 5 Swalwell property ® First bid from Mrs Elaine Gidyk of $100 00 Second b1i from Mrs Linda Peterson of $525 00 Third bid from Mr Vernon Court of $522000 Fourth bii from Mr. Robert A Gibbs of $525 00 plus $75 0 for Lot $ and the south half of Lot 9 in Block 5 GIBBS-PETERSON Final bid was from Brian Smith of $500 00. TIE Because of the tie bid Mr C W Poole moved to ffrite Mr Gibbs and Mrs. Peterson saying that a tie bid had been received and to resubmit bids taking into consideration that Lot 8 and the south half of Lot 9 in Block 5 would be thrown in with the existing Beagrie Froperty Carried Letter from Alberta Power Ltd regarding proposed power line extensions on LSD 12 of 10-31-24-4- POWER EXT Twining oil field were then dealt with and Mr LSD 12 10-31-24-4 C W Poole moved approval of the attached prints Carried j f/ Mr Normen Soder entered the meeting at this time Mr. Soder stated that he had q)rayed 39$9 acr s for the army worms to date and he ENTER N. SODER says pos ibly there might be a bit more but he does rot think very much more Mr Soder also stated the government has allocated $2,000,OCO 00 for wild oat control and he asked Council to submit their thoughts at the N.SODER REPORT next Ser ice Board meeting Mr Soder asked what roa s the Council wanted sterilized and stated t e cost would be from $35 00 to $40 00 per mile Mr A H Church moved that Mr Soder do as mu(h spraying as possible on all paved goads except T ochu East road He was also to experi- ment on he 2 mile west of the service board shop wit deisel fuel to see if this sterilizes. Carried rA iv FORM 149-P SPECIAL E 11 A FORM )49-P SPECIAL COUNCIL R�EETING AUGUST 27, 1973 Page 4 Mr Soder further reported that the D A is now gone Mr Soder then asked about Mr Elton Kober re use of his truck for roadside seeding He stated that Elton has seeded about 8 or 10 hours witY his vehicle Mr A.H. Church moved to pay E1 on Kober $5 00 per hour for his truck Carried Mr Soder then reported that Mr Elton Kober had rolled the IHC tractor when seeding ditches No damage was done to the tractor or Elton Kob r Mr Soder then asked about winter works pro ects stating he thought new signs could be made,outdoor bathrooms could be built, new camp tables could be built and wood for campfires could be gathered. Mr Soder was advised that the Service Board was to prepare a program and find out what grants were available for park lean -ups and recreation, etc Mr Norman Soler then left the meeting. A letter rom the Alberta Department of Consumer Affairs w s read to Council concerning R. C. Hansen an Cactus Industries at Carbon on the SW 22-30- 3-4 stating that Mr Hansen put in an applic tion for a license to manufacture and sell mall parts and equipment at the aforement oned location Mr A W Bauer roved to able this item until next meeting at which r A.H. Church is to give a report Ca ' d 410 N. SODER REPORT R .0 .HANSEN & CACTUS IND. rrle A diagram of the proposed new canteen in NW -5-30-25 -4 CANTEEN by Mrs McKinnon and Mrs Bent was referred x_5_30_25_4 to briefl Mr R.W Brown moved that this Council h ve no objection to the business being operated t this location, if a building permit is acquir d Letter from the Calgary Regional Planning Commission regarding a notice of motion from the Town of Three Hills to the Commission toamend their preliminary regional plan by extending the high density d�strict in Three Hills to include those areas sho*,*n on the attached map within the town whica are presently classified as low density d'strict Mr C.W Poole moved that this Council hive no objection Carried Letters from the Provincial Planning Board to Mr Patrl k J Madden regarding the proposed sub-divis'on on part of the SE -27-2$-20-4 noting th t the appeal has been postponed until further notice Also further correspondence from the Planning Commission regarding the Three Hips Airport Mr A H. Church moved to accept an file, he information Carried CRPC HIGH DENS DisT. EXTENDED SUB -DIVISION SE -27-28-20-4 • i 11 FORM 149-P SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 27, 1973 Page 5 A buildig permit for Mr Ralph V Keintz for a new ho1junther e on NE -23-32-27-4 was considered and Mr W. Bauer moved to approve the buildingpermit Carried A building permit for Mr. Neufeld stating he wishes to build a mew hog barn on NV -1$-29-25-4 was referred to and M R�W Brown moved to not approve the building permit until we hear comment from the village of Acme. Carried A letter was read from Mr Bob Beal of Huxley asking if he could locate a water line along an alley in Block 4 in Huxley which would run beside an existing gas line and a telephone line Mr R.G Campbell moved the approval of the waterlin if Provincial regulations were followed Carried BUILDING PERMIT NE -23-32-27-4 � Keintz NW -1$-29-25-4 - NEUFELD BEAL WATER LINE HUXLEY Correspodence was dealt with briefly from the Cal„ary egional Planning Commission including their 19leld 4 budget report and their executive CRPC CORRESPOND committe meeting September 29 and their regular meeting on Friday, July 13 Niro A.W Bauer moved to file Carried. A letter from the Alberta Association of M D °s and Counties was referred to concerning a A,A.M.D. & C. notice of amendment basically to provide In the constitution 2 ele`cto of the A A M.D. & C to elect s from each district rather than 1 as present They also asked who would be attend- ing the onvention Mr. C.W Poole moved that the foll wing persons would be attending the convention and to send in their reservations for November 12, 1973, P.M.- CONVENTION Mr C W Poole and wife Mr S C. Schmelke and wife Mr A.W. Bauer and wife Mr R.G Campbell and wife Mr. ToA erguson and wife Mr A H Church Mr T C. Paquette and wife V, Mr G.G. King and wife Mr J.C. Jeffery and wife Carried Letter w s read from the Department of Environ- ment reg Mr S.C. rding water supply problems In hamlets Schmelke DEPT. OF ENVIRON. - Departme moved that we advise the t of Environment that we have WATER -HAMLETS supply p no water oblems in harr�lets. Carried. Discussi n was held concerning general payroll figures rovided and a report of the employer - employee cormnittee meeting of August 22, 1973 was made After a lengthy discussion, Mr A H Chu ch moved we increase $25 00 per week for salaried people and $ 50 per hour for hourly people re the cost of living Motion was defeated, Mr C W Poole moved we increase PAYROLL INCREASE • 11 • FORM 149-P SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 27, 1973 Page -6 $12,50 p r week for salaried persons and $025 per hour for hourly people effective August 1, ALARIES CONT. 1973 not including Mr, A Cunningham or Mr R Kinse Carried unanimously. By-law #'27, this being a by-law to close a portion f center street in Allingham, Plan 2251 E I was discussed briefly and being as BY-LAW 727 - CLOSE there we e no persons there to protest the closing f this street, Mr A W Bauer moved ALLINGHAM C TER ST. third re ding Carried By-law #128 was referred to, this being a BY-LAW f 734 by-law tc the portion of surveyed roadway by-law to which li s on the south of SE -35 and the the road south of Section 36 both in 33-26-4 Mr BY-LAW 72$ Ron Smith of Wimborne was present to protest CLOSE ROAD only the portion from the school east to the S/5E-35 & 5-36-33-26 next road allowance Also a letter of protest was received from Mr Clarence Meers, also Mr T C only opposing the 2 mile on 5E-35 Mr C.W. Lacombe Poole moved that we rescind by-law f"72$ but furt Mr S.C. Schmelke moved first reading and Mr of the c by the t A.W. Bauer moved second reading to by-law #729, a by-law to close that portion of the surveyed BY-LAW 729 CLOSE ROAD CLOSE ROAD roadway hick lies on the south of Section 36 � in 33-26 4 Both carried unanimously, had phoned Mr Roy Robbins of the County Mr C W Poole then moved first reading and Mr BY-LAW f 734 T A. Fer $son moved second reading to a new CLOSE ROAD by-law to close a portion of road on the NE -9, NE -9 - SUALWELL the road running east and west by Swalwell Both motions carried unanimously (By-law #734) Mr Ted Paquette and Mr Joe Dobler entered the ENTER DOBLER & meeting t this time, PAQUETTE Mr T C Paquette advised that the County of Lacombe would like to rent our chip spreader, but furt er advised that the normal operator of the c by the t ip spreader was to be on holidays and he CHIP SPREADER me returned it would be too late for any bind of a surfacing program It was decided Fust to leave it at that as the Secretary - treasure had phoned Mr Roy Robbins of the County of Lacom e and advised him that we would not rent it to them if he did not hear back from him Letter w s read from Gulf Oil regarding the use of tpe road into the Garson Gravel Pit GULF CANADA Gulf had added an extra addendum onto the ROAD TO GARSON GRAN letter at follows: 1 as verbally agreed upon, maintenance PIT required on road due to gravel hauling be carried out when requested by Gulf Canada 2, If agreement not carried out to Gulf Canada's satisfaction, this agreement to be considered 7 Ll C N FORM 149-P SPECIAL © I ' , cancelled 3 No hau road d Mr A.H. C contract w The contr between M were then noticed t include t. moved tha right of reinstate Mr Madd ei costs and paragraph must main, of our coi Carried Mr Darim entered t General d advised M going to Klassen P went over probably period Church, M meet with go over t: will be t, Council COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 27, 1973 Page 7 .fter 60 days mtice from Gulf Canada ing during wet weather to minimize mage urch moved the acceptance of the th Gulf Oil Carried ;t for gravel hauling arrangements. Garson and the M D of Kneehill -eviewed carefully in which it was .t the right of entry does not NE -29-30-21-4 Mr T A Ferguson the contract be amended to include .try on the NE -29-30-21-4 and to he clause that Mr. Garson and deleted mainly because of stripping -oad maintenance along with another hick states whoever uses the road in the same and send along a copy ract with Gulf Oil to Mr Madden. t from the Department of Highways meeting at this time, cussion was held in which the Council Darimont which route they were ke on the dead haul road from the to Highway #121 and Mr Darimont arious problems that they would having during the construction was noted that Mr Poole, Mr Schmelke and Mr Brown were to r Darimont at 7 00 at the pit and proposed route of which Mr Brown ing notes and reporting back to GULF OIL CONTRACT CONT. GARSON GRAVEL CONT v DEPT OF HIGHWAYS- DARIMONT ENTERED DEAD HAUL ROAD KLASSEN PIT-HWY #21 Letter wad read from the Department of Highways and Transport re bridge file 70861 W -NW -5-32-24-4 BRIDGE REPAIR north-west of Three Hills Bridge branch advised W/NW-5-32-24-4 us that there were two small holes in the deck that should be patched up using speedcrete and a bonding agent such as duraweld, and further advising us that these are considered to be the responsibility of the Municipal District 1Tx C.W. oole moved to have the Bridge Branch repair this bridge at cost as firer quotation of August 8, 1973 Carried DCIV, Letter waS read from the Department of Highways and Transport concerning file $$52 S/SW-18-32-22-4 BRIDGE being the local road over Ghostpine Creek north- east of Three Hills in which the Department of S/SW-18-32-22-4 Highways ddvised us that the site was inspected June 16 with Councillor T A Ferguson and they felt the expenditure of a large sum of public funds for a crossing at this site cannot be justified Mr R G. Campbell moved to accept and file Carried, 0 ORM 149-P SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 279 1973 Page 8 A letter was read from the Department of High- ways and Transporr, asking for 1974 bridge requests Following are the requests. 1 W2-12-29-24-4- The waterway is called the 9 mil coulee in Division 2, 1 mile west of Hi hway #21 Reason -road to be reconstruc in 19'k 2 W/SW- 7-30-26-4- Hanslip Coulee, Division #3, BridgE inade ate u 3 W/SW- 8-30-2�-4- Hanslip Coulee, Division #3, bridgE is inadequate 4 Secti ns 20 & 21-31-22-4- Ghost Pine Creek, Division #5 at Willy McLean' s; road to be reconstructed in 1974 5 Secti ns 3 and 4 or south of 31-22-4- being the Carney bridge at the Ghostpine Creek; 6 culvert S/SE- inadequate, Division #5 -31-24-4- Division #5, road to be recon tructed in 1974 Mr Joe D bier reported that the gravel crew is running. q ite smoothly but one of the 1970 trucks with a cat motor has been down for 2 days and one truck hit a rock by the Torrington Pit and broke off he air pots in the back for the air brakes Mr Ted Paquette reported that he hired a TS -14 at govern ent rates to start August 28, 1973 and furth r reported the elevator road at Trochu should be finished today The main crew=sat enn er's In the west cnd of the divisiond the small crew is putting in culvertsle ght now and moving to the Johnston b at Wimborne Mr A.H. Church mentionedhat a bump on Highway x,26 south needs to fixed and stated that Mr Poole had flagged it but it needs repairs badly and other Councillors reported various other small jobs to Mr. Paquette Mr. C.W. Poole moved we do an extra mile in Division #4 from Bob Vettesouth road going west 1 mile while we are on °cation Carried Letter wa read from the Department of Highways and Trans ort concerning Highway #27 east in which the19t ated they are definitely going to regravel oil this section this year and they are awaiting a quotation from a contractor who can imneCiately commence gravel crushing cperations and will proceed hopefully in the ne t few weeks Mr TA Ferguson moved to file. ,Carried The Secretary read Mr King's notes concerning A.G.T. da�age when they were putting the cable in between Acme and Linden Mr., King's notes stated thelt they would go out and repair the damage immediately at A.G.T. expense Mr A.W. Bauer moved to accept and file Carried T PAQUETTE REPORT HIGHWAY #}27 EAST A.G.T. CABLE DAMAGE ACME -LINDEN Mr C.W. PI mined the Swalwell d hauled $ fix up the not use gl T.A. Fergu report and Carried The Secret on the wel weeks ago been deliv Mr. R.W. ,on, -cu e Komatsu c there was a demonst reported Cemetery need a st Poole mov sign be p the north Mr C W. at445P September • [A FORM 149-0 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 27, 1973 Page 9 ole reported that the w^*ves had under- oncrete next to the culvert at the m He stated that rocks need to be further asked that Mr Norman Soder camp kitchen in Swalwell and that he ss when repairing the windows. Mr. on moved the acceptance of C.W. Poole's to do the repairs as soon as possible ry was then asked to follow through casing culvert ordered about 3 f 6' x 10' culvert and see if it had red to Swalwell and to phone Stan Young. own reported that Mr J. Williams of ipment would like to demonstrate a wler There was general opinion that o time right at the present to receive tion of this type Mr Brown further at there was a problem at the Acme rner re signs He felt that we sign and a stop ahead sign. Mr C.W. that a stop sign and a stop ahead ced on the intersection on both nd south intersections Carried. ole moved that . Next regular 09 1973 reeve the meeting be adjourned meeting of Council SWALWELL DAM REPAIRS WELL CASING CULV. KOMATSU CRAWLER DEMO. ADJOURNMENT Scretary-tre urer