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Home My WebLink About1974-08-26 Council MinutesAGENDA FOR COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 26, 1974 1 Approval of minutes of Council meeting of Aug, 12th/74 2 Appro al of minutes of A S Bd meeting of Aug 19th Bu iness arising; from those minutes 3 Report of STEP workers - cemetery records 4 Dr A War -rack, MLA - Huxley sewer system 5 Reports, etc - Keiver Lake Park 6 Dr A Warrack, MLA Crown. lands - sanitary land fills 7 Building permits Ray Dau - 5 steel bins; Vic and Allan Ga son - shop bldg , E R Wacker -house addition; V & B Nielsen - mobile home; 14 Berniko - house, Elmer Wiebe - car shed & workshop; J Barg - house 8 Gibbs Bros - location of trees 9 Prov Planning; Board - decision re Pryor subdiv 10 Vill3.ge of Linden - annexation plan held 11 Sadia Milligen - Sunnyslope lots 12 CRPC - development control resolution 13 CRPC - minutes of July meetings 14 Minesite taxes Pt 4-31-22-4 15 APJD & C ° notice re By -Laws Convention call, guests to Convention industrial airports 16 Three Hills S D - minutes of Aug 14th 17 Silver Line - fire trucks 18 Report re pension meeting & transfers 19 Access road - J Harris - Barnes 20 T Ferguson reports - NcLean cattle pass, Malaka roads 21 S Schmelke - report re Dan Williams south road 22 Rep its re gravel stockpiles discuss asking; for bids 23 T Ferguson report - D, Kober mileage 24 Report of Foremen comm meeting 25 Rep rt of Shop Comh-ri meeting .er- 26 Grantville streets A final decision for 1974 27 Ted 'Bandenbor - road 34/35-29-24-4 28 Bridge Branch - reports, etc 1975 requests 29 Highways & Transport - Trochu East, etc ; machine rates 30 Cro Tire - prices 31 A ljright - shop heating 32 Man(o - €rader blades 33 At;r ements re roads; etc -Overpass & others 34 Ron Toews - authorized to gravel Johnson E-14 road 2 mi 35 Ber ando Communications - account 36 tint A Nischik - gravel pit at Irricana 37 Mi s 11laneous J FORM T1 149-P SPECIAL M A %W Ln FORM T1 149-P SPECIAL The regular of Kneehill Hills, on Mc A M The Counci COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 26th,1974 P 1 aeeting of the Council of the Municipal District X48 was held in the Municipal Office, Three iday, August 26th, 1974, commencing at 9*00 rs present for this meeting were - Mr A H Church Div. 1 Mr. C W Poole Div 2 Mr. R.W Brown Div 3 (Reeve) Mr A W. Bauer Div 4 Mr T A Ferguson Div. 5 Mr. S.C,Sc elke Div 6 Mr R. Go C Abell Div 7 Mr. G G Kg, Secretary -Treasurer was present and recorded th minutes Mr DonaldDau of the Three Hills School Division was present dur' g the forenoon Mr Poole m ved approval of the minutes of the Council meeting of ugust 12th, 1974, as circulated Carried Mr. Norman oder, Agricultural Fieldman met with Council as did alsoMr John Jeffery, as secretary to the Agricultura Service Board, and as Assistant Secretary- "'reasurer The minutes.of the Agricultural Service Board meeting of August 11th, 1974 were read Mr Poole moved approval of those mi utes Carried The following business was dealt with in connection with the Agricultural Service Board and the minutes of the meeting of August 19th. le Letter of August 16th from the Environment Conservation Authority was read This C.tated that groups would have time to present briefs regarding pesticides, etc , early in the new year 2 The brief as drafted by Mr Norman Soder regarding use of pesticides, etc., was referred to briefly and it was agreed that this be referred to the next combined meeting on September 23rd 3 Proposed revisions to -,he by-law concerning stubble burning were discussed briefly and these were also tabled until September 23rd 4. Some di cussion took place with regard to weedy farms in the area with particular reference to that of Merle Anderson, n rth east of Carbon Mr Sc*elke moved that Mr Glenn Smyth be named as a soil conservation officer, pest control officer and weed inspe4or Carried Mr Norman Soder and Mr John Jeffery then left the meeting 0....2 PRESENT APPROV MINUTES A S. B. APPROV. A S B MINUTES A. S B BUSINESS ✓ Iq M IM Ln FORM T 1 9-P SPECIAL Council was with regard by Mr John a 25 foot se regulations claims that blocked Mr building per regulations COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 26th, 1974 P.2 idvised that a neighbor has complained today ;o the location for a dwelling being erected 3arg in Grantville The requirement calls for back and this is in conformity with the )f the Town of Three Hills The neighbor the location will mean his view is partly Ferguson moved that Council approve of the nit as issued9 as it conforms to general Carried SET BACK BARG DWELLING Miss Meryle Davies and Mrs Irene Scheunert met with Council in regard to the STEP program for cemetery records, STEP etc. Their report was presented in written form and it was PROGRAM read and discussed with interest Mr Schmelke moved that the report le accepted Carried It was noted that we should consider getting title to the V Gaetz cemet ry and some further information regarding a plaque with the names of those buried there. Mr. Bauer m ved that a letter be written to the Provincial f Government sking for financial assistance in regard to markers, pl ques and survey costs at cemeteries Carried Quotations received thus far for grave markers, with names etc imprinted were quite high Further prices are to be e received through Claude Barkman and Delbert or Roy Davidson Mr. Fergusonmoved that the two ladies be authorized to spend an extra three weeks working on the cemetery records and that we endeavour to get extra grants to cover the costs, Carried The ladies ere thanked for their report and they then V " left the meeting Letter from Doctor A Warrack, M L.A , advised that the HUXLEY Department of the Environment is considering our request SEWER for a grant for a sewer system at Huxley, but the Honourable SYSTEM Mr Yurko is away until about the middle of September Mr Schmel e moved that this information be accepted and filed Carried Letter of August 21st, 1974 from Doctor A. Warrack as Minister of Lands and Forests was read, in which he advised that the Province is not prepared to take over ownership End operation of Keiver Lake Park He also stated tha the Government would have no objection to t he saleof the park to private enterprise, subjectto the pro inions of the Municipal Government Act P, IM KEIVER LAKE PARK II I COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 26th,1974 A letter fr lead in reg minimum of been invite Penner of C tabled unti P3 Alison and Marlene McCoubrey of Calgary was d to the lease of Keiver Lake Park for a years. Council was advised that they had to a Council meeting as has also Mr George gary Mr Poole moved that this matter be the next Council meeting Carried Correspondeilce to and from Dr. A. Warrack regarding Crown land fora Sanitary land fill was read and discussed Mr Brown moved that this be tabled until we have a further reply from the Department in regard to the North West of 33 29 25 4 Carried Mr Church moved that Council approve of the building permits as issued and as listed under item seven of the agenda for this meeting Carried Mr. R. W. B permission the old Sel set back wo of the road and other t snow proble of the rela of the tree da stance of Decision of regard to t Approval wa of way on t the roadway Council was necessary 1 that this i own advised that Gibbs Brothers had asked o plant some trees near the south side of irk school site in the SW 2 30 26 4 The Id be approximately 7$ feet from the center and the location is not near an intersection ees, which are farther back, would prevent a Mr Brown moved that the Council approve .ation of the regulations to allow the planting at the location referred to at the minimum 75 feet from the center of the road. Carried the Provincial Planning Board was read in e Pryor subdivis,_on in the NE 1 32 24 4 granted subject to a 66 foot access right e north west side of the railway and with to be graded anO. gravelled by the applicant advised that Mr Pryor hopes to acquire the nd for this and to proceed Mr Bauer moved formation be accepted and filed, Carried KEIVER LAKE PARK I/ SANITARY LAND FILL BUILDING PERMITS TREES SW 2 30 26 4 V PROV PLANNING PRYOR SUBD A letter frcm the Village of Linden stated that they are VILLAGE not proceeding with an application to annex the balance LINDEN of the Nort West of 20 30 25 4 due to lack of certainty v ANNEX. regarding the surfaced north south road Mr Brown moved that this bE accepted and filed Carried Council me 1 00 P M An offer fr 2, Block 4 to consolid same block number 754, 4 Sunnyslop LN Mr Brown FORM T1 149-P SPECIAL 0 ing adjourned for dinner from 12°00 noon to � Sadie Milligen of $25 00 each for lots 1 and nnyslope was referred to Council She wished e these in title with lots 3 and 4 of the Mr Bauer moved first reading of the by-law his being a by-law to sell Lots 1 and 2 Block to Mrs. Sadie Milligen Carried Unanimously ed second reading to this by-law Carried Unanimously 0°04 V DINNER SALE LOTS SUNNYSLOPE M [A C11 FORM T7 149-P SPECIAL Mr Church It was not procedures Mr Brown the main COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 26th,1974 ed third reading to this by-law P.4 Carried Unanimously that this sale is subject to the required der the Tax Recovery Act ed Development Control Resolution Number 2 ion of which reads as follows. it All land contained within the South West Quarter of 35 30 25 4 re classified Rural Holding Q9 Motion Carried There was general discussion by Council of planning matters, zoning, etc , and the Secretary -Treasurer was asked to get some further information regarding the Develop ment Control Resolution as referred to above. Mr. Ted Paq�Zette, Public Works Superintendent, and Mr Joe Dobler,IlGravel Foreman, met with Council Mr G King advised Council that he has had success in getting the required transfers in regard to Portion of South West 18 29 22 49 so that the title to the access right of way will be consolidated in title with the land of Mr. Jack Harris. Mr Church moved that this report be ccepted Carried DEV. CONT RESOLUTION #2 J ACCESS RD. SW 18 29 22 Mr T A Ferguson advised that he does not have reports McLEAN regarding the McLean cattle pass or the Malaka road to CATTLE PASS date becau e of weather and other reasons This was ETC therefore tabled Mr Paquet e advised that he had inspected the road from E. ALBRECHT Dan Willians south, and stated that no dirt could have DIRT REM been taken from the land of Elmer Albrecht this year as that side of the road is fenced Mr Ferguson moved that this ileport be accepted Carried A detailed report of the existing gravel stock piles was read to Council and Mr. Joe Dobler gave his opinion in regard to smaller amounts at some of the stock piles, particularly Hesketh and Torrington Considerable discussion followed regarcing the need for more gravel at some to ations to permit good winter stock piling. It was estimated that without further crushing the following amounts might bP available for winter stock piling. G rson - 12,000 cubic yards, Lowen Estate - 9,000, Meg i - 15,000, Torrington - 5,000, Tolman - 6,000 After discussion it was agreed that further crushing is needed thiz year to allow for good planning of the stock piles Th- amounts required crushed and the completion dates were as follows* Tolman - 1 ,000 cubic yards - November lst, 1974 Ginther - 0,000 to 15,000 cubic yards - November 20th,1974 "iorrington - 30,000 cubic yards -February lst, 1975 Mr Fergu to f ind i within th for that )n moved that Linden Contractors be contacted they can do the crushing as listed above and 3e time limits If not that tenders be called rushing, with replies to be received by September fjA�G GRAVEL STOCK PILES v GRAVEL CRUSHING Ln A A FORM T1 149-P SPECIAL �r rr..ro■rr�rrrr. check with Southridge COUNCIL MEETING regarding the credit for AUGUST 26th91974 gravel trucks bought P5 1=cL- 9th, 1974 Carried call for bids for one being Ford, G M C , Kenworth, Council was advised that Mr W. A Nischik had advised✓ land at the north NISCHIK that he has ravel available in his GRAVEL east edge of Irricana This information was ordered filed Mr John Jeffery and Mr. R U+ Brown gave a report with meeting held at the office recently PENSION regard to a with employ pension es present, and a representative of the Local TRANSFER Authorities pension plan The decision was definitely to Mr Campbell moved that this transfer to report be a the new plan cepted and proceeded with Carried Mr G King stated that he had talked to Mr Dennis Kober regarding the July mileage account The reasons for the KOBER mileage were, outlined to Council and other information MILEAGE given including the fact that he does not tow his truck behind the motor grader and that he has no fuel storage tank In the country Other comments were added by Mr FergusonMr Bauer moved that this report be wccepted Carried Mr John Jifery and Mr R W. Brown reported on the FOREMAN � COMMITTEE foreman coittee meeting held this past Friday MEETING Mr. Church moved that Mr Joe Dobler and Mr Ted Paquette arrange to double shift work on the trucks after the road V TRUCKS LE SHIFT surfacing is over Carried Mr Poole oved that the foremen's report be accepted and filed I Carried The report of the recent shop committee meeting was read SHOP TTEE and discussed at length and a number of motions made in COMMIMEETING regard to machinery as follows- 1 Mr Po le moved that the Municipal District of Kneehill put its name in a list to purchase one or two motor graders from R Angus and Company, Coneco or Ferguson Supply. Car ied 2 Mr Sciunelke moved that the Shop Committee be authorized to go aheal and get furnaces for the new shop. Carried 3 Mr. Ch rch moved that Mr Paquette have authority to have a new cement floor put in the old Butler storage building. I Carried 4 It w Dodge at on the t 5 Mr F new grave M, ck or Wh noted that we should check with Southridge ed Deer regarding the credit for the sales tax gravel trucks bought last s+ 1=cL- rguson moved that we call for bids for one being Ford, G M C , Kenworth, truck with the make te°i d )y Carre 6 6 Mr Ca machine co replacemen crew pulls COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 25th 91974 W pbell moved that letters be written to the panies to find what is available as a for the Wagner being used with the road g packers Carried 7. Mr. Bauer moved that machine companies be contacted to see what is available in crawler type tractors in the 120 drawbar horse power range Carried 8 Mr Po le moved that we contact Ferguson Supply and - R Angus tget prices, etc , on a new ITS 14 or 627 Cat Carried 9 Mr Fer uson moved that the Three Hills School Division bE contacted to see if they will have one or t-ro used school buses for sale Carried 10 It waE agreed that the shop committee check into prices for a large hot water heater and chairs for the Three HillE Shop li. Mr F rguson moved that Keith Smith and Allan Hazel ;fir the existing tools and that they come up with ' recommenda- ions of a tool allowance schedule Carried 12 It wa agreed that Allan Hazel come in and help Keith Smitli after complet _on of surfacing work 13 Mr Pole mored the change over to the use of Cat hoses Carried 14 Use of a punch clock «t the shop was discussed, but this was hardly practical �n view of the costs that would be involvel. 15 Mr Ferguson moves: that a letter be sent to Robert Cranston telling him that he must be at work at the shop at the correct time of 8 CO A M , and that we include in this letter that coffee breaks are 20 minutes only and are not to be extended Carried 16a It wa3 agreed that Ted Paquette get information regarC.ing a small packer for use with the road patch crew Council aSin discussed the type of road dust treatment to be put 'n Grantville Mr, Bauer moved that the emulsion t pe of surfacing be put on the streets in Grantville Carried Mr Poole noved that Mr, Ted Vandenber be advised. that the road between Sections 34 and 35 in 29 24 4 is not on this year's program, but it will be reviewed for 1975 Carried FO 1 P CIA V' J COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 26th91974 Mr Brovm moved that a letter be written to Alberta AcG TEast Road Government Telephones urging them to remove the telephone poles on the Acme East road as soon as possible and that we ask for the possible completion date Carried Correspondence from the Bridge Branch was read in regard to the follcwing BRIDGE BRANCH 1 Van Ovc;i Culvert — The Bridge Branch advises that two feet of covr is sufficient and they will supply the new culverts bu the Municipal District must install it at municipal e pense L FORM Ti 149-P SPECIAL Letter froin the Association as received from Crown Tire TIRES suggested that tires be ordered soon. Mr Paquette s advised that some had been ordered Mr. Church moved that this Do accepted and filed Carried Mr. Joe Do ler left the meeting at this time J DOBLER Letter from Manco Industrial Supplies advised that the Pacal blades for a 16 foot moldboard are now quoted at PACAL $126 00 p r. seta This price is only good until Au 51 BLADES 30th It was noted that the price last May was $$ 00 l.er sets J•on we purchased some Mr Bauer moved that d ° formation this be f le dsin Carried /n a 20 Watt Co lee — The Bridge Branch will supply a 609° culvert ` 16$ feet long and delivery should be expected about the end of September 3a The request list for bridges and culverts for 1975 should be submitted soon. Mr Poole moved that this the following be tabled til the next meetings but with noted* 1 W/NW 24 _ Ziegler 29 24 4 g 2 W/M,11 23 31 24 4 — Ranostay on old highway #21 should �. be checked as the top is now very uneven. ,3, Merle A derson9s south culvert should be included in the new list Carried Letter frog the District Engineer advised that the Trochu TROCHU the responsibility EAST ROAD East road Ips Municipal been completed and is now District Mr Campbell moved that this of our be noted, tut that a reply be sent stating that the road is settling at one large fills and that the contractor or is the Department should be responsible if further work needed. Carried Letter of ugust 1Li-th from the District Engineer advised rate for municipally RENTAL RATE that offecive hired equiinformation immediately the rental ment will be at full rate Mr Schmelke moved that this be noted and filed Carried L FORM Ti 149-P SPECIAL Letter froin the Association as received from Crown Tire TIRES suggested that tires be ordered soon. Mr Paquette s advised that some had been ordered Mr. Church moved that this Do accepted and filed Carried Mr. Joe Do ler left the meeting at this time J DOBLER Letter from Manco Industrial Supplies advised that the Pacal blades for a 16 foot moldboard are now quoted at PACAL $126 00 p r. seta This price is only good until Au 51 BLADES 30th It was noted that the price last May was $$ 00 l.er sets J•on we purchased some Mr Bauer moved that d ° formation this be f le dsin Carried /n a COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 26th,1974 P $ Mr Fergus- moved that Council approve of the road OVERPASS ROAD agreements ncluding crop damage, etc , for the AGREEMENTS overpass ar a south of Linden as submitted Carried Mr Schmelke moved that Council approve of the RON TOEWS hiring on Ron JohnsonToews oEast W est roadlacing a ht being a t of gravel o being2 miles just north west of j^1i.mborne Carried Mr Bauer m ved that Ron Toews be paid for gravel ,/ RON TOEWS work done f r the Municipal District to date Carried Mr Church owed approval of payment to Berlando v/ BERLANDO Communicate ns Limited of its account for $294M0 Carried A/C LJ C7 FORM T1 149-P SPECIAL Mr Church moved that Council approve Mr. S hiring some gravelling done on the worst jobs area Mr Ted P quette then left the meeting C Schmelke ,GRAVELLING in his `� Carried Mr Churc4 moved that the July minutes of C.R P Ca be accepted d filed Carried T PAQUETTE C.RPC. MINUTES Mr Fergu on moved that Council authorize cancellation ✓ ACCTSCANCZLLATION of the ac ounts for the New Ghost Pine Coal Company which werD levied in with regard to Roll # 6991 for $9 49 an ��6Carried m the AAMD & C was read in regard to AAMD & C Correspondence fro the cony tion and other matters Mr Bauer moved that CONVENTION reservat ons be made at the n'�acDonald Hotel for 12 double rooms for officals from this Municipality with the intentior that this cover all Councillors then in office plus two from the office staff and Ted Paquette and Mr. Schm lke and his wife and perhaps one other former Councill r, if there is any change Carrie. Mr Schm lke moved that the minutes of the Three Hills MINUTES 00 9 SCHOOL DIV Mr Paquette advised that no hot mix plant will get in be ® to this arca before October 15th, and this will at the Goosen Coulee COOLEE rather latE on the to put on the top coat ROAD Acme north spot near the sewage lagoon v -COLD MIX and Mr Brown moved that Council approve Ted Paquette the said arranging to put a cold mix application at Carried locations Mr Paquet e advised that the small crew is now working WILLIAM asked at the project just north of Arnold Larsen and with special reference GIBSON EAST what fob t ould be taken next, ROAD JOB Gibson East This was listed in the to the Wil program as Liam requiring about 10 days work Mr Poole thelf+jilliam Gibson moved that the small crew next go to East fob a previously horized Carried LJ C7 FORM T1 149-P SPECIAL Mr Church moved that Council approve Mr. S hiring some gravelling done on the worst jobs area Mr Ted P quette then left the meeting C Schmelke ,GRAVELLING in his `� Carried Mr Churc4 moved that the July minutes of C.R P Ca be accepted d filed Carried T PAQUETTE C.RPC. MINUTES Mr Fergu on moved that Council authorize cancellation ✓ ACCTSCANCZLLATION of the ac ounts for the New Ghost Pine Coal Company which werD levied in with regard to Roll # 6991 for $9 49 an ��6Carried m the AAMD & C was read in regard to AAMD & C Correspondence fro the cony tion and other matters Mr Bauer moved that CONVENTION reservat ons be made at the n'�acDonald Hotel for 12 double rooms for officals from this Municipality with the intentior that this cover all Councillors then in office plus two from the office staff and Ted Paquette and Mr. Schm lke and his wife and perhaps one other former Councill r, if there is any change Carrie. Mr Schm lke moved that the minutes of the Three Hills MINUTES 00 9 SCHOOL DIV COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 26th91974 School Divi ion meeting of August 14th, 1974 be Apwftk accepted an filed Carried Quotations from Silverline regarding fire trucks was read an it was noted that the price was approximate y $309000 00 for one unit Mr Campbell mo ed that this information be filed Carried 6r QUOTE FIRE TRUCK Time of Adjournment - 6°45 P M. --mss Peeve jL � Secretary -Treasurer Next regul -r meeting of Council --- Monday, September 9th91974 at 9 00 A M FO..M 149 SPECIAL Mr Church -eported that there is a problem in regard ACCESS to access tD certain lands in Section 359 2$ 21 49 He authorized to PROBLEM 35-28-21-4 involving V'ckers and Lowen was investigate further iegardin; this Mr. CampbelL advised that the Town of Trochu Council. TWO WAY RADIOS had approve' of the installation of a two way radio n Church that this be FIRE TRUCKS the Trochu installed at ire truck. Mr moved Municipal expense and that Council approve of a similar installation or an alternate arrangement at Three Hills Carried ADJOURNMENT Mr Poole moved that this meeting adjourn Carried Time of Adjournment - 6°45 P M. --mss Peeve jL � Secretary -Treasurer Next regul -r meeting of Council --- Monday, September 9th91974 at 9 00 A M FO..M 149 SPECIAL