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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-10-27 Council Minutesa 11 lu AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING - OCTOBER 27th,1975 ---------------------------------------------- 1. Election Reeve 2. Election of Deputy Reeve 3 Approval of Minutes of Meeting October 14th 1975 4 By -.-Law Grants for 1975 R Salvation Army, etc. 5 Taxes, etc SW 32-301-21-4- 6. 2-tl34-21-4-.6. Alberta Environment - Wimborne Mater Works Grant Received 7 Municipal Affairs -, Assessment of Slell site equipment, etc 8 Starland Council Here for meeting Wednesday November 5/75 10 00 9. Minutes of Three Hills School Division Meeting October 6'th,1975 10. Taxation of Golf Courses 11 Power, pipe and telephone line extensions and crossings 12 C R P C Proposed Public Reserve Policy 13. C R.P.C. Subdivision Agreement -SW 32--29-25 r. 14. C R P C. _ Development Control 15 Building Permits approved 16 Linden Trading Co -Op Lease of ht of twl 20-30-25 17. Harvey Matson •--- Location for mobile home 18 H Robanske - Cooler Building for Beef in Wimborne 19 Report of Keiver Lake Expenses for 1975 20 A S B Minutes - Meeting of October 20th,1975 21. Proposals regarding nuisance grounds 22 Brief •-- R TXT Brown .- re- Highways and Rural Urban Counties 23 Jacob Klassen - Roadway south of his farm 24 Ted Vandenbor - Request for road improvements 25. Report regarding Ben Schmidt account 26 Clarify policy regarding approaches 27 Alberta Transportation - report of new roads inspected 28 Report of Foremen's Committee meeting October 23rd, 1975 29. Discussion of Policies referred from meting with Employees 30 Alvin Koch Sick Pay and or other compensation 31 Review of 1975 committees and decision regarding same for 1975-76 32. Report regarding new bridge for I -IM -a 21-31-22- McLean 33. Resolutions 34 Caraganas - 7walwell - Barry Brodie 35 General public, works projects reports etc. 36. Miscellaneous Arm, COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 27th,1975 P.1 A regular meeting of the Council of the Municipal District of Kneehill #48 was held in the Municipal Office, Three Hills, on Monday. October 27th, 1975, commencing at 9.00 A M. Councillors present for this meeting were PRESENT Mr G A Berdahl Div 1 Mr C W Poole Div 2 tsr. R.W. Brown Div 3 Mr. A W Bauer Div. 4 Mr T A Ferguson Div. 5 Mr L Litz Div 6 Mr R.G.Campbell Div 7 NOMINATION FOR At this was the organizational meeting of Council, Mr. G.G. REEVE King,as Secretary -Treasurer, called for nominations for Reeve for the ensuing year ELECTION REEVE Mr Campbell moved that Mr R W Brown be elected as Reeve. There were no other nominations, and Mr. Brown was declared elected. Mr. Brown took charge of the meeting, and thanked Council for the continued support. ELECTION DEP Mr. Brown called for nominations for Deputy Reeve, for the REEVE ensuing year Mr Ferguson moved that Mr C W Poole be elected as Deputy Reeve. There were no other nominations, and Mr. Poole was declared elected APPROVAL MINUTES Mr Poole moved approval o= the meetings of October 14th, OCT 14/75 1975, as circulated. Carried Mr Poole moved that Council meet again on Wednesday, Nov November 5th, 1975, at 9°CO A M for discussion of general municipal business and that they meet here with the Council from the M D of Starland at 10°00 A L4 on that date, and that Calgary Regional Planning Commission be invited to have representatives here at 2..00 P M. on that date Carried Considerable discussion i,.00k place in regard to grants for charitable purposes, and other purposes for the year 1975. Mr John Jeffery suggesL��d that consideration be given to a grant to Cystic Fibrosis, in view of the fact that there are children from this area that are benefiting from this program, and mzy benefit further from research lir Ferguson moved firs- reading to by-law number 779 this being a by --law authorizing the following grants for the year 1975 Salvation Army $500.00 Canadian National Institute for the Blind $200 00 Cystic Fibrosis Association $100 00 Drumheller Agricultural Society $200 00 Hudson's Bay Route Association $ 25 00 Unifarm District of Kneehill $100 00 IITotal 5/75 COUNCIL MEETING WITH STARLAND ETC I 1975 CHARI GRANTS & BY-LAW NO. 779 n h $1125.00 l COUNCIL PnEETING OCTOBER 27th,1975 P 2 Mr Bauer moved second reading to this bylaw Mr Berdahl moved third reading to this by --law Carried Unanimously Carried Unanimously Letter of September 23rd, 1975: from Alberta Energy and' Natural Resources advised that Surd 32-34-21-4 was bought by the Government as a part of the Buffalo Jump Provincial Park and it was therefore not subject to taxation nor grant in lieu of taxes Mr Litz moved that Council authorize the cancellation of the 1975 levy of $94 05, made against this property Carried Council was advised that Alberta Environment has paid $2132.60 as a grant for the installation of the water well in the Hamlet of. Wimborne This will be credited to that project Mr Bauer moved that this information be accepted and filed Carried Mr Litz mentioned that Gerald Dube is now living in the former Glass House in Wimborne and should be billed for neater. Minutes of the meeting of the Three Hills School Division of October 8th,1975y were reviewed briefly Pir Campbell moved that these be accepted and filed Carried Mr. Leon Walasky met with Council in regard to the requirements of C.R.P.0 for his subdivision in NE 20-31-25 In particular in regard to the need for approaches or culvert for the inlet road from the north side It was noted that the road on the north side of the property is not developed at this time, but may need to be graded if someone moved onto the north 11.0 acres Mr. Poole moved that this Municipal District waive any requirement for culvert and approaches to the said subdivision. Carried Some general discussion took place in regard to the service road requirement for the T-Talesky subdivisions but it appeared that nothing could be done by the r1 D as the service road had been demanded through Planning Authority. Mr. Walesky thanked Council and left the meeting Mr H Henderson, Assessor, met with Council. Correspondence from P"unicipal Affairs regarding assessment of well site equipment, etc , was read. This asked for opinions regarding depreciation, and it appeared that the majority of municipalities were granting 10% a year to a maximum of 50%. but there is no real authority , nor need for that high a rate Mr. Henderson read a copy of the reply he had sent regarding this; stating it appeared to be setting a prescedent and others would demand similar treatment Por Ferguson moved that Council support the reply of Mr. Henderson, as submitted Carried DISPOSITIOI SW 32-34-21— & CANCELLATION TAXES GRANT RECD WIMBORNE WATER WELL GERALD DUBE WATER A/C .. 3 THREE BILLS SCHOOL DIV MINUTES LEON WALSKY SUBDIVISION ASSESSMENT WELL SITE EQUIP ETC AnK sw [A 11 COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 27th,1975 Correspondence regarding assessment and taxation of golf courses was read and then discussed Mr. Bauer moved that this municipality continue to exempt the golf courses at Trochu and Acme as neither are revenue producing Carried Mr. Henderson then left the meeting Mr Poole moved that Council approve extension of power lines, and for road crossings for gas line, etc , in accordance with our regulations and as per applications received Carried Mr Campbell moved that Council approve of the building permits as issued, for the following 1. Marvin Penner NE 23--30-25-4 Garage & Private workshop P 3 TAXATION OF GOLF COURSE'S POWER LINE EXTENSIONS ETC BUILDING PERMITS 2. Dennis Gagyi - SW 14--34.23 4 Machine Shed 3 Roy Rankin - SW 20-30-25-4 Residence - Single Wide Mobile Home 4 Gordon Fischer - STN 16-29-26-4 - Dwelling 5. Mrs. A Judt -- nw 14-34 26-4 --• Dwelling Carried Council was advised that the total cost of the , operation of Keiver's Lake thus far for 1975 was IVER S LAKE $2,380 65 This included all capital expenditures LA plus time spent by our employees and with our trucks, ON EXEEN�SES etc. Mr Berdahl moved that this information be accepted and filed. Carried Some discussion took place on the pres and cons POSSIBLE of buying an Avedex spreader to be owned by the PURCHASE M D and rented out for use by the farmers of the AVEDEX area No definite decision was made SPREADER The provision and operation of nuisance grounds was discussed briefly Nor G King advised that NUISANCE Mr. Charles Lau of the Drumheller Health Unit, GROUNDS and Mr Lyndon Davies of Alberta Government had given some further information regarding possible procedures The new suggestion is that the garbage be hauled to a local place and put through a compressor, and would then be hauled from there by truck to a disposal site at Drumheller Local expenses would only include the hauling to the local site: and the hauling from this site to Drumheller There are no specific details regarding costs, etc Council meeting adjourned for dinner from 12 00 Noon to DINNER 1 00 P r1 Pyr Poole advised that the Village of Carbon has asked. CARBON that the Municipal District dig a new pit without NUISANCE charge for the Carbon Nuisance Grounds Carbon GROUNDS would be supplying the land fsr Brown moved that the M D agree to do the work for the Carbon nuisance grounds if so desired by Carbon; but that a charge be made at regular rates Carried el� 4 1W 0 COUNCIL MEETING a OCTOBER 27th,1975 P 4 Mr. Poole moved that the Municipal District request TEMPORARY a permit to operate a nuisance grounds at the Torrington GROUNDS - gravel pit; as a temporary measure TORRINGTON Carried TRAVEL PIT Mr R W Brown had prepared a brief for the Alberta Land Use Forum reglydinq highways and rural urban counties. The councillors had been given copies of the brief, and this brief received some general discussion, for interest sake only No other action was taken Mr Ted Paquette, Public Works Superintendent,; and Joe Dobler, Gravel Foreman met with Council at 1 30 P M Council was advised that Mr. Jacob Klassen had telephoned to say that someone had ploughed a portion of the road allowance west of Section 16, 31, 26, 4 Mr Klassen wanted to make sure that that road allowance was kept available for him and others who might wish to drive cattle along it, or use it in other general ways Mr. Bauer added some information and stated that the report to him was that Mr Leroy Reimer was the one who had ploughed up that area It was agreed that Mr. Reimer be contacted as to his intentions Request of Ted Vandenbor made verbally for road improvements, west of 26 and 36 in 29-24-1 was discussed Tor Poole reported that this would be quite a big job He could see the need for it but other roads had to be considered in regard to the overall program. Mr. Poole moved that this be reviewed when the 1976 road program is being drafted Carried Mr Campbell reported that out approximately 40 rods allowance west of Trochu, could be done. Mr Ferguson moved that Mr in full settlement of his may have been used Roy Enzie had taken of fence along a road so that better backsloping Roy Enzie be paid $87.50 work and any materials that Carried Mr Campbell also reported that Mr Roy Enzie had spent three hours labor;, fencing at a washout on the Trochu West road Mr. Brown moved that Mr Enzie be paid $15 00 in full settlement. Carried Mr Campbell advised that he has not as yet seen Mr Ben Schmidt regarding his account, but will do so later Council was asked to clarify its policy regarding approaches and or culverts, to be supplied, within the Municipal District Mr Ferguson moved that the policy be amended to clarify it,: ao as to show that 1 On any quarter section with an occupied dwelling, Council will, if needed, supply two cressing:, either #V� R. W BROWN BRIEF J KLASSEN ROAD ALLOWANCE WEST of 16-•31 26-4 TED VANDENBOR REQUEST FOR ROAD IMPROVE- MENTS ROY ENZIE FENCE RE OVAL, BEN SCHMIDT ACCOUNT CULVERT & APPROACH POLICY ....5 C+] M COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 27th,1975 P 5 with or without culverts 2 On any other quarter section, Council will supply, if needed,: one approach, with a culvert, and one further approach, if no additional culvert is needed for it Carried Report of the District Engineer was read in regard to the standard of roads completed by the Municipal District for grant purposes, on the Gorr Road and on the Trochu West road Both reports were very favourable. Mr Litz moved that this information be accepted and filed Carried Minutes of the Foremen's Committee meeting of October 23rd, 1975, was referred to briefly In regard to Item Number 2, Mr C W. Poole moved that Mr Dobler be authorized to purchase a new furnace v In regard to Item Number 3, (re the shortest way to get to work) Mr. R.G Campbell moved that we ratify this Carried It was agreed that the next employee meeting is to be on November 13th,1975, at 7.30 P M ;` and the next Foremen°s meeting is to be held November 13th,1975 at 300 P M DIST. ENG REPORT ON NEW ROADS FOREMEN'S CO11MI TTEE MEETING MIN Ilr A 11 Bauer moved to accept the minutes of the Foremen's meeting Carried The Minutes of the Employee Meeting of October 2nd, 1975 EMPLOYEE were reviewed briefly MEETING HIN Item A The employees had reported that the main crew has been short of men all summer, due to operators staying home, with the result that some machinery had a lot of unnecessary shut down time Mr Paquette explained that the crawler hour meters run on RPM while the scraper hour meters are electric In other words, it is possible for a crawler to idle three hours for one hour on the hour meter C.uncil was advised that it may only be possible to have one welder apprentice for each of the two persons employed by the M D , now qualified as welders. However there is a possibility that one extra would be accepted Mr. Ferguson moved that the application for apprentice welders of Earl McRae and Doug Knapp be submitted, if only one can be accepted, that Earl McRae be the one chosen by senority. Carried Discussion took place regarding the hours of work for 1976. The effect this will have on wage negotiation and other matters was also discussed Main discussion seemed to favcur negotiating on the basis of the 10 hour working day,, with overtime, only after 176 hours per month It was agreed that up to date regulations concerning hours of work, etc., be obtained from the Board of Industrial Relations �qh1 6 COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 27th,1975 P 6 It was also noted that those employed in the shop will likely require overtime pay after 8 hours in any day Air Litz moved that the report of the Employee's Meeting be accepted Carried Mr E. Hauser of Hauser Tractor and Equipment met with Council They had demonstrated the Ford Wheel Loader H;XSER at Downe°s Pit last Friday He stated the loader TRACTOR could be equiped with a bucket size up to three cubic it yards. The loader is now in the Hesketh pit and will be there until tomorrow noon Petr Ilauser stated they also had for sale a Ford Track Excavator with up to five cubic yard bucket, and will have a motor grader coming later Price of the wheel loader is approximately $65,000 00 less some discount. Mr Dobler remarked that he had operated the machine briefly and particularly noticed that it was very quiet inside the cab. Mr. Hauser then left the meeting Council was advised that Mr. Alvin Koch had six days -� sick pay credit, at the time of his sudden death ALVIN 1► They were asked if they favoured making any payment KOCH, DEC. in regard to this SICK PAY Air Poole moved that Airs. Delores Koch be paid for the sick days due to him Carried Council was advised that the Bridge Branch telephoned to state that the present bridge west McLEAN Nw 21-31-22-4 - McLean - will be taken out this BRIDGE week, and construction of the new bridge should NW 21-31-22 start about November 15th During that time the approaches for the new bridge must be built ur, by the ri D , and we must consider whether or not a detour is needed. Air Paquette stated that he would be able to arrange for the required work. Mr Bauer moved that this report be accepted, and Mr Ferguson and Mr Paquette be authorized to decide on whether or not a detour is needed and to arrange for same Carried Mr Poole reported that the hedge at the residence of Barry Brodie (unoccupied) in Swalwell is blocking HEDGE vision at the corner. fir King stated he had BARRY BRODIE contacted Mr Brodie Mr Brodie will be out in RES early November, and will meet with Municipal STIALWELL representatives to discuss this matter Mr Paquette advised that he will be able to do NUISANCF some required clean up at the Torrington and Linden GROUNDS Nuisance Grounds within about one week CLEAN UP The need for further snow fences was discussed Mx Ferguson moved that Council authorize ordering SNOW one truck load (up to fifty rolls of 100 foot long s) FENCE of snow fence and the required steel posts, to be PURCHASES distributed amongst Divisions 1,, 4, 5, 6 and 7 Carried ..7 P i� M Ln COUNCIL MEETING - OCTOBER 27th,1975 P 7 various signs were discussed with Mr Paquette and he made notes of suggestions. PASTURE. LAND Mr Poole reported that the M D owns a small portion of T -W 9-30-V- pasture land on the north side of the read in rT.7 9-30-24--4 p BAFRG at Swalwell. This has been rented to Peter Baerg at $10 00 per year During recent installation of a large culvert, the fence was removed Some decision should Y be made about having the fence replaced, either by the M D. or by Mr Beerg, and how it affects the rent Mr Brown moved that fir Baerg be advised that he may have 10 years free rent. starting in 1976. if he agrees to look after the fencing of this small area. Carried Mr Poole moved that one further request be made 1976 in regard to culverts for 1976, namely SSE 17-30m24-4 BRIDGE Carried REQUEST Mr. Ferguson reported that Linden Contractors LINDEN are at the Garson Pit, but have been doing repair CONTR work, and will perhaps start crushing today CRUSHING A committee of Mr. G. A Berdahl, C W. Poole and G G King had met with Mr and Mrs Schmidt at their farm location �P jj ROAD - F � on the East side of SE 34-281,22-4 on the S -es South ws'SCHMIDT Road. The meeting had been this past Saturday afternoon SE 3428 They reported on their discussions and offer to the Schmidts for road improvements and the effect on that land They had offered $100.00 for some land required at the end of the culvert, including any general damages, and the right to remove humps of dirt along the fence line; on condition that the M D replace the top soil and also replace the fence where it is removed. There was no guarantee that the work could be done in 1975 Considerable discussion took place about whether or not the land should be bought Mr Litz moved that the report be approved in principle; but that negotiations continue to make the payment without any actual land purchase so as to avoid the cost of legal survey, and with no caveat to be filed against the land Carried The same committee stated they had discussed with Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt the possibility of a road east west along the south side of Section V--28-22-some time in the future They may be willing to donate the land required, if the Municipal District wishes to build the road. This would depend on whether or not they decide to live in that area. There are lands to V the west that only have access by a round about route through Sharples at present Mr Poole moved that Council approve of this general discussion in principle Carried 22-1 11 COUNCIL MEETING - OCTOBER 27th, 1975 Mr Berdahl reported that he had checked regarding any use of tha old road diversion in SW 13a-29-•23-4 Harris He stated that it is not used and there is no bridge across the creek so it is unlikely that there would be any public use of that particular roadway The acreage is 0 86 of an acre and Mr Harris has offered $100 00 to $150 00 per acre for this. It appeared that the same diversion continues into the South East of 11 and is not needed either Mr. Berdahl moved that the Secretary -Treasurer prepare a by-law for the next Council meeting involving the cancellation of the unused road diversion as referred ta, with the price of $100.00 per acre Carried Mr G King advised Council that Mr Bob Fraser and a few others had inquired about signs to show where the turn ins are at Grantville Some discussion followed and it appeared that there is no easy solution as to any adequate signs y Mr Poole moved that Council reply that in its opinion no special signs are necessary. Carried Mr Bauer asked to be recorded as opposed. ROAD DIVERSION SW 13-29-23-4 HARRIS SIGNS GRANTVILLE TURN INS Mr Berdahl suggested that signs for yield or YIELD SIGNS dead ends, etc , could be put back on the ETC PLACEIIENT fence lines, out of the way It was agreed that X the Secretary -Treasurer check to find if there is any specific regulations Mr R Campbell mentioned that Albert Kimmel was interested in buying the old oil house owned by the ALBERT KIMHZL M.D , which is located at Trochu It is on skids PURCHASE OIL on the School Division property Mr Campbell v HOUSE + ADV moved that this be advertised for bid for two weeks. FOR BIDS Carried Mr Cr.mpbell also mentioned that Council should see Bruce Hastie in regard to the approach road, etc., APPROACH ROAD for Stanley Cirankpl:;icz on the road east of Trochu S CIRANKEWICZ Mr Berdahl brought up for discussion the matter of the present divisional boundaries and also the locations DIVISIONAL where the motor graders are being stationed. ✓ BOUNDARIES Fxplanations were given, but no specific action taken Mr Berdahl also referred to members on the Bo-�rd of the Rosebud Seed Plant Hu was advised that v ROSEBUD Council names one member, and others are appointed SEED PLANT at the annual meeting. MEMBERS Questions had been raised about the use of the Municipal tracavator for private work and particularly in regard. USE OF to digging a basement for Doug Knapp this past Saturday MUN. EQUIP. in Three Hills Mr Paquette advised that the work had been done for Mr Knapp and previous wort- had been done for Alan Hazel, on the farm He is to submit the accounts, and bills would be sent in the usual manner Council advised lar Paquette that municipal equipment should not be used for work where private equipment is available He agreed to check further in regard to these matters as he did not have the full details in regard to the basement digging. 9 dl�it COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 27th,1975 P 9 lair Paquette and Mr Dobler then left the meetinq Mr Brown read to Council a short brief he had BRIEF RAIL LINE prepared in regard to rail line abandonment with ABANDONMENT particular reference to the Acme Drumheller line Mr. G King advised that Air Brian Lang, Assistant D A , at Three Hills was getting further information in regard to the policies for the hearings, etc It was agreed that the committee named to prepare a brief from the M D , delay a meeting until further information is available Mr G King advised Council that he had been named G. KING as President of the Central Association of Senior PRES SENIOR Citizen Homes, and as a director on the Provincial CITIZEN HOMES Board A provincial convention is in Edmonton ASSOC on November 6th and 7th, and he asked Council for ,. permission to attend This was agreed without motion Mr. Reg Campbell gave some further information regarding the grave cover and prices of same PRICES ON GRAVE Further information is still to come from Emil COVERS, ETC Kletke of Trochu A polish grey granite may cost about $580 00. Mr. Bauer moved that this meeting do now adjourn ADJOURNMENT until Thursday, October 30th; 1975, at 9.00 A it Carried Reeve Secretary--,Treasur r - Pteeting to continue Thursday October 30th,1975 and to include meeting with the Board of the Three Hills School Division and any other business Time of Adjourrmea t 6 50 P tq M