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Home My WebLink About1976-03-15 Council MinutesE* • E COUNCIL MEETING - MARCH 15th,1976 (CONTINUED FROM MARCH 8th, 1976 ) PAGE 10 The Council meeting that had adjourned from March Sth,1976, was reconvened in the Municipal Office, Three Hills, at 9.00 A M on Monday, March 15th,1976 with all Councillors again in attendance. It was noted that the combined meeting with the Agricultural Service COMBINED MEETING Board was scheduled for Thursday, March 11th, and had been called off AG SERVICE BOARD due to weather conditions It was agreed that the combined meeting with the Agricultural Service Board be rescheduled for Wednesday, March 24th, 1976, at our office commencing at 9 00 A M. Mr Poole moved that the proposed agenda for the annual meeting of the AGENDA FOR ANNUAL MEETING electors this afternoon be adopted and presented to that meeting for approval Carried Some discussion took place - egarding plans for sanitary land fill at a central location, or for use of the location adjacent to Acme Other matters pertaining to this were also discussed. A special meeting with other representatives will be held this evening in connection with this matter. Langshaw Studios of Trochu, took a picture of Council members and staff at time of the morning coffee break. Mr Alex Curringham met with Council. '.fie stated that the convertor for the two way radio was in at Ralph Brown's house The cost was $196 00 He also stated that component parts costing about $15 00 for one set are on order., and he will en3eavour to make a convertor suitable for this use, but it will not be a factory type of job Mr Brown stated that he will reimburse the Municipal District for the $196.00 referred to above The minutes of the annual meeting of electors held on March 31st, 1975 were reviewed briefly Mr Berdahl moved that details of the revenue and expenditures portion of the 1975 financial statement be made available to those attending the annual meeting this afternoon Carried Letter from the auditors dated March 11th, 1976 was read to Council This referred to the levy made in 1975 for the school foundation tax and the fact that an overcharge of some 1'90,000 00 had been made Mr G King explained that this was because of a change in the system and an under estimate of the assessment that would be subject to that tax. The money goes to Municipal funds and thus does not actually affect taxpayers adversely Mr Ferguson moved that Mr G King give an explanation regarding this at the meeting this afternoon, and explain that the amount is actually a part of the 1975 surplus. Carried SANITARY LAND FILL PICTURE TWO WAY RADIO DISCUSSION ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES 1975 LETTER FROM AUDITORS OVER LEVY SCHOOL FOUNDATION TAX Council was advised that a fatal accident had occured at the road intersection 2 miles west and 4 miles south of Three Hills during the FATACL past week A half ton truck with driver and passenger coming from the ACCIDENT south had collided with a large truck with a hi boy loaded with pipe which was travelling westerly One person in the half ton died as a result of the accident and therpassenger is in critical condition Rd r, e � 1-7& The District Engineer has been asked to make a report regarding the vision at that intersection. Mr John Dorn has inspected the intersection and stated that the big truck would be visible from a distance of almost 900 feet Mr Berdahl referred to the request from the Carbon and District Chamber CARBON SHARPLES of Commerce regarding improvements for the road from Carbon easterly to ROAD IMPROVEMENTS Sharples He suggested no promise should be made, but it should be given fair consideration, when the road program is drafted N • COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 15th,1976 Mr Poole moved that this meeting do now adjourn Time of Adjo rnment• 11.45 A M --- -- / -------- - - - - -- - -- ---- ---- -- Reeve P 11 ADJOURNMENT Carried Secretary- Treasurer J NOTE. Annual meeting of electors was held at the Three Hllls Community Center, Three Hills the afternoon of Monday, March 15th:.1976 NOTE Combined meeting of Council and Agricultural Service Board - Wednesday, March 24th; 1976. commencing at 9.00 A M. Next Regular Meeting of Council Monday, March 22nd 1976 commencing at 9.00 A M W AGENDA -- ANNUAL MEETING MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL NUMBER 48 MARCH 15th, 1976 1 Call to Order - Reeve Brown 2 Nomination and election of Chairman of Meeting 3 Nomination and election of Secretary of Meeting V-4. Minutes of Meeting - March 31st, 1975 Business from the Minutes 5 Municipal Inspector's Report 6 Proposed Agenda 7 Introduction - Council and Staff 8 Long Service Awards 9 1975 Auditor's Financial Report 10 Report of Reeve Brown 11 Report of Agricultural Service Board -- Norman Soder 12 Report of Auxiliary Hospital and Nursing Home A W Bauer 13 Report of Golden Hills Lodge - G G King 14. Introduction of Visiting Officials 15 Report of Kneehill Ambulance Society - T A Ferguson 16 Report of Drumheller Health Unit - G A Berdahl 17 Report of Utility Officer 18 Levy for Recreation 19 General Questions and Discussion 20. Votes of Thanks 21 Adjournment MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL NO 48 1975 REVENUE Returns on Investments, Interest Dividends - Association Misc Penalties - Sewer Other Commission - Tax Rebate Insurance Misc Province Mobile Equip Licence Act Municipal Assistance 2 Fines Federal E M 0 Province E M 0 Roads A.S Board Cemeteries Utility Officer Olds Hospital Debenture Cemetery & Step Sale of Services Certificates & Search Fees Misc Fire Calls Tree Spraying Cattle Spraying A.S Board Custom Work A S Board - Other Other. Carbon Lots - Ihey Twining Acreage - Parker Wimborne Lot -- Ehrmann Cemetery Plots Other Licences & Permits Building Permits Drilling Rigs /1 i 181 95 8,298 66 20.00 65 61 $8,566 22 1.,164 43 a a4n r15 Ro-ntals Taxes Grants 1975 REVENUE CONTINUED Irass Seeder kz 14 00 Scales 204 00 P W Equipment 10,,327 40 Health Unit 5,300 00 Surface Lease well 200 00 Elmer Bauer ___150_00_ 16,195 40 Less - Cattle Shute 60 00 $16 135 40 Residential 56.284 76 Industrial 116 787 61 Farmland 1,516,922 61 Frontage 2,435 67 Business 4-375 20 Electric Power 20 317 24 Pipeline 432 607.25 $2,149 730 34 Alberta Government Telephones (Should be Prov Not Federal) Sale of Goods- Chemicals Grass Seed Coyote Bait Misc Gravel Culverts 9 Installation Other Printing 9 Stationery History Books Pounds Others OVERALL TOTAL 16,183 15 1,921 92 281 22 30 00 105.00 Debit 30.495 88 14,_369 90 721 41 1,465.46 109 65 152 40 55 50 49,498 34 l I�N 1 W, $2,828,736 83 MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL NO 48 EXPENDITURES - 1975 General Government Councillors Fees Councillors Expenses Administration - Salaries Janitor & Other Wages Administration - Employee Benefits Staff Expenses Freight Postage & Telephone Advertising & Nl. r - r =.r Accounting & Legal Insurance Association Fees Maintenance of Equipment Land Titles Office Utilities - Water Janitor Supplies Utilities Printing & Stationery Misc Fixed Assets Election Expenses Total 14,933 00 16 704 66 67;754 00 4,764 70 6 780 01 3,392 17 117 35 4 055 29 4 576 25 9 847 50 1,616 00 1,161 00 2 695 66 349 55 316 82 380 14 1,816 84 5 756 13 706 95 376 22 148,100 24 Protective Services Fire Protection 6,025 86 Utilities Officer Salary 15,000 00 Benefits 1.432 09 Expenses 2 009 55 Radio Equip & Supplies 6 580 42 Capital -- Radio - - -- Civil Defence 1,275 00 Total $32,322 92 Transpovxation Services Salaries & Wages $679,435.93 Employee Benefits 55,760 86 Employee Expenses 2,192 56 Freight Telephone & Advert 4 005 91 Surveys 16,674 30 Insurance & Licences 21,998 45 Building Repairs -- Gravel Crushing 103,803 91 Equipment Rentals 14,819 67 Other 24,066 67 Utilities & Street Lights 12,118 89 Materials 244,580 58 Repairs 181,090 97 Fuel 114;196 90 Tools & Shop supplies 20,465 67 Fixed Assets "-- Other 279 94 $1 495,491 21 .. --- 7 Mwowwww"w—w- 1975 EXPENDITURES CONTINUED P 2 Environmental Health Services Sewage & Garbage Disposal 2,408.08 Public Health Cemeteries 8:1076 72 Social Welfare 22 54 8,098 26 Environmental Development Services A S B Wages 41.,185 18 Employee Benefits 3:,365 36 A S B Members Meetings 1,,471 10 A S B Mileage; Meals, etc 2 457 32 Telephone 587 32 Pounds etc 1;405 87 Equipment Repairs 2,909 03 Material 10 598 50 Fuel 2„022 87 Shop & Tools 345 95 Capital -- - Wild Oat Incentive 4.,177 43 Total $70,525 93 Recreation, 31 633 57 Fiscal Services. Debt Charges 24 093 97 Cancellations, etc 8,392 43 Requisitions 690:,300 25 Transfers to Own Reserves 178 385 75 Total 901,172 40 OVERALL TOTAL t $2,689 753 61 11 1 ANNUAL MEETING OF ELECTORS MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KNEEHILL NO 48 Monday; March 15t;j, 1976 P 1 The annual meeting of the electors of the Municipal District of Kneehill #48 was held at the Three Hills Community Center on Monday; March 15th, 1976. commencing at 1 30 P M Reeve R W. Brown called the meeting to order and asked for nominations for a chairman Mr Floyd Weis was nominated by Mr Walter Anderson There were no other nominations He was declared elected by acclamation and he then took charge of the meeting Mr Weis as Chairman called for nominations for a secretary for the meeting Mr G King was nominated by Mr A Keim There were no other nominations and he was declared elected as secretary Mr G King read the minutes of the annual meeting of March 31st, 1975, Adoption was moved by Mr Joe Kubinec and seconded by Mr H McLean Carried Mr G King explained that a break down of the expenditure portion of the financial statement had not been mailed out to ratepayers as requested at the meeting one year ago due to the lack of time to complete this It is hoped that the matter can be looked after for' the coming year Reeve R W Brown read the report of the Municipal Inspector of November 26th to 28th, 1975 It was noted that the report was very favourable to the administration Adoption was moved by Mr F Penner and seconded by Mr J Klassen Carried Mr R Kerns asked about the 1974 financial deficit Mr. Brown explained that this was due to unexpected costs and the operation of a double shift in the road crew The 1975 statement shows a surplus which recovers the 1974 loss, to a great extent. Mr H McLean moved that the agenda as proposed for this meeting be adopted Seconded by Mr R Kerns Carried Reeve R W Brown introduced his fellow councillors, Mr G A Berdahl -, Mr C W. Poole, Mr A W. Bauer, Mr T A Ferguson, Mr L Litz and Mr R G Campbell He also introduced the following that were present, Mr G G King, Mr. J Jeffery, Mrs. V Hart and Miss Margaret Caswell of the office staff. Mr Norman Soder; Mr Glenn Smyth, both of the Agricultural Service Board Mr Alex Cunningham, Utility Officer, Mr Harold Howe, as a Member of the Agricultural Service Board, Mr Harold Henderson, Assessor: and Mr Ray Ehrmann Public Works Employee Reeve Brown paid tribute to those with long service and presented a 15 year certificate to Mrs Violet Hart.; and a 20 year seal to Ray Ehrmann for his certificate He also stated that Mr Oris Rodger is entitled to the 15 year certificate; but he was not present to receive same It will be given to him later Reeve R W Brown explained that the form of the financial statement makes it very difficult to understand but that form is drafted by Alberta Municipal Affairs, and with Bureau of Statistics and various Federal Agencies also involved j ,Mr. Ferguson replied that the Droiect considered at Linden has been ANNUAL MEETING MARCH 15th 1976 P 4 1 Mr Don Reynolds stated he is in favour as long as it is not a duplication in the Trochu area rw 2 Mr Donald Dau asked how this would be administered He was advised that the details had not been worked out 3 Mr Jack Gorr suggested that people receive the benefit and perhaps it should be charged to people and not to land He also asked how much an average taxpayer paid for recreation purposes within a town Mr G King replied that he could only give his own figures and stated that he paid about $60 00 for taxes for recreation purposes, last year 4 Mr John Smyth asked if the decision would be made strictly by Council or by plebisite Reeve Brown replied that it could be done either way 5 Mr L Vasselin stated that no one wants a tax increase, but it is accepted if justified He felt that something should be done He was willing to leave it to Council to decide how much should be done and how 6 Mr Stan Gibson spoke of the advantages of such things as a longer swimming season and helping the children in matters pertaining to safety 7 Mr R Loosmore stated that his daughter had worked as a lifeguard and mentioned that twice as many country users as town people used the swimming pool at Three Hills 8 Mr George Appleyard felt that the rural people should give help 9 Mr C W Poole mentioned that the Council want some guidance from this meeting 10. Mr. N Thurn asked if there was a possibility of taxation on buildings He was advised thatthis might come in the future but there is no legislation now under consideration 11 Mr Ed Bauer asked how the money would be distributed He was given details of the distribution of money to the towns and villages under our present by -law number 765, and also information regarding money allotted to the rural communities. 12 Mr N Wagstaff stated that some people of the Trochu area had opposed the special recreation levy for the swimming pool, but he felt that they now all feel the value 13 Mr N Thurn asked how much revenue an additional two mills would provide Mr Brown replied that it would be approximately $46,000 00 in total The following resolution was then moved by Mr Ralph Loosmore and seconded by Mr D Reynolds We the ratepayers of Kneehill No 48 recommend to our Council that they place an additional two mill levy for recreation either by approval of this meeting or by a decision made by plebisite The motion was voted on, and declared carried. It was noted that the above motion received quite strong support, but no actual count was made C7 0 lu ANNUAL MEETING -- MARCH 15th,1976 P 5 Reeve Brown introduced Mr Russ Horvey, District Agriculturist who had just come in to the meeting The meeting was then thrown open for general discussion Mr Theo Harsch asked about the accounts receivable for the ambulance Mr Ferguson gave the figure of the amount receivable, but stated that certainly most of these would be collected Mr Pat Carney questioned Mr R W Brown regarding statements in the report of the Land Use Forum in respect to foreign buying of land Mr Carney stated that he felt that the increase of prices to some $500 00 an acre is unfair to the young buyers. Mr Brown replied that this is not Council business, but he was a member of the Land Use Forum and he gave a reply He stated that a province could give control by residency only and he stated that it appeared there was need for foreign money for such things as housing to keep up our balance of exchange and for other matters He stated that the Federal Foreign Investment Review Act means that any purchases exceeding $250,000 00 must be given close scrutiny He felt this should be under the Province instead of the Federal Government He also referred to the recommendation by the Land Use Forum regarding a special tax on extreme profits by those selling Mr Loosmore stated that he again felt that he should report that the road maintenance south of Three Hills near his farm has been very poor He stated that it took three weeks to spread some gravel and he also mentioned about chunks of dirt, etc being pushed into the ditch Reeve Brown replied that this will be given consideration He also stated that the men are on shorter hours now and thus cannot accomplish as much in one day as previously Mr Loosmore also asked why mileage was not paid to the motor grader men Mr Ferguson reported that this is done and the operator in Division 5 has a fuel tank in the country and often leaves his machine out there Mr Theo Harsch asked about stories that are going around about a provincial highway more or less straight south from the Content Bridge He was advised that we have no information concerning this. The meeting was advised that Alberta Transportation has stated it will not pave Number 27 east this year and that the Swalwell access road will be designed this year, and perhaps graded next year This is the road from Swalwell out to Highway 21 Mr Albert Keim also placed complaints about lumps of dirt, etc being shoved into the ditch and making it impossible to do a good job of mowing Mr Ed Bauer referred to the poor condition of the huiaance grounds south of Torrington, and stated that much of the stuff does not even get to the nuisance grounds Reeve Brown replied that new proposals are being considered Mr Poole moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman Carried with a handclap Mr Harold Howe referred to the dedicated work being done by the ambulance volunteers, and he moved that a letter of thanks be sent to them This was carried also by a hearty handclap Mr Joe Kubinec moved a vote of thanks to the Councillors and to the staff of the Municipal District, and stated that he felt they are generally making a good job Mr W Anderson invited all electors to the annual meeting of the Three HIlls School Division to be held at Linden this coming Wednesday, March 17th, at 7 30 P M Mr J Smyth moved that the meeting adjourn Carried Time of Adj....- :.t 4 40 P M Approximate attendance 65 to 7,Q. -- G G Kings Secre ary/( I 11 e REPORT OF SANITARY LAND FILL MEETING MARCH 15th, 1976 P 1 A meeting of the representatives from the various towns and villages and Municipal District was held in the Municipal Office Three Hills on Monday, March 15th,1976 to discuss the matter of a sanitary land fill site The meeting commenced at 7 30 P M The following persons were present M D Kneehill R W Brown C W Poole A W Bauer, T A Ferguson, L G Litz R G Campbell J C Jeffery Village of Torrington - Max Hutton John Lehmann,, Harold Ehrmann Province of Alberta, Solid Waste Management Branch - Ken Simpson Provincial Board of Health - Lyndon Davies Disposal Ltd -- Lynn Bishop Village of Acme - Elmer Rogers Town of Three Hills - Pauline Jasman David Shipclark Drumheller Health Unit - Charles Lau City of Drumheller -- Art Russell Work Superintendent Prairie Waste Management - John Ogilvie Village of Carbon - Walter Perman, Sid Bramley Town of Trochu - Albert Hannah Mr Lau of the Drumheller Health Unit reported that the Provincial Government budget has been cut and that they definitely only have money for land for a sanitary land fill site The County of Wheatland and Town of Strathmore are very interested in a Drumheller located land fill site Mr Ogilivie from Prairie Waste Management Company gave a brief report stating that by hauling from Kneehill, Wheatland. and Starland, the costs would be fairly close with one land fill site at Drumheller, with transfer stations at Three Hills and Strathmore Mr Lau stated the cost per capita would be less to have the land fill site located at Drumheller rather than one at Kneehill,, one at Starland and one at Wheatland Mr Ogilvie estimated that with transfer stations at Three HIlls and Strathmore and the land site at Drumheller:... the cost would be approximately a quarter of a million dollars Mr Lyndon Davies reported that the Provincial Government would prefer one site, and also stated that government regulations now are no burning Mr Simpson from Alberta Environment stated that the grant situation is very poor There will be no money available at present except for land sites, and he would advise that a quarter section of land would be required to start with Mr Brown reported that the M D of Kneehill did have a quarter section of land reserved at Acme for a proposed possible site Mr Russell from the City of Drumheller advised that the City is in financial trouble, and that there is not much land available in Drumheller /Cµ REPORT OF SANITARY LAND FILL MEETING MARCH 15th,1976 P 2 i Mr L Bishop from Central Disposal Ltd , gave a brief report He stated his company would invest money and provide the equipment for -Lhe collection in towns and rural area He stated in a rural area, either at farms or container system He further recommended that we not go the transfer station route He recommended 25 curio yard disposal unit trucks with compactors He feels the regional land fill site is the only way to go He would charge a flat monthly -rate and suggested 40 yard containers placed around the area He also stated it would cost approximately $10 00 per capita per year based on the population that he received from Mr Lau, which would not include the City of Drumheller Central Disposal would operate the site provide equipment and i would only assess the municipalities and not individuals Mr Simpson stated the province wide aierage in cities would be $8 00 to $10 00 per capita. and in smaller areas $16 00 to $20 00 per capita Mr Brown asked about priorities, could we start now and p`-.,-se in slowly, as the west side of our municipal district with approximately 2500 to 3000 people is in dire need of a regional site at present Mr Simpson said this is very possible Mr Hannah from the Town of Trochu stated that at the per capita cost of $10.00 Trochu would probably be very interested but would like to phase in probably three to eight years down the road Mr Hannah also expressed concern about the employees the town now have Mr Bishop from Central Disposal stated he would like to work with the area people, and possibly even Prairie Waste i Management Mr Ogilvie gave a brief report regarding his company He stated the estimates he had given us would remain the same, even if some dropped out He discussed briefly the idea of rotating land fills with one machine at Acme Three Hills and possibly Wimborne He stated that under 5000 population the fills must be covered not less frequently than three months and over 5000 population they must be covered three times per week Mr Simpson stated these regulations will probably be tightened very i quickly Mr. Ogilvie stated there would Probably be relaxation for dirt coverage during the winter months from November 15th to April 15th, with no compaction necessary during these time periods Mr Brown asked for comments from the different areas Acme felt that one central location would be the best, and Mr Rogers reported there would be no choice in Acme participating Town of Three Hills stated they would co- operate all the way Mr Simpson reported that he did not know if the ;,_ ent would lease the Three Hills site, but doubted it very much Village of Torrington - reported in favour of one central site at Three Hills Town of Trochu - felt undecided and not in a position to comment at this time Village of Carbon - favour one central site at Three Hills f Mr Simpson reported that by using Section 118 of the Municipal Government Act, + the different areas could set up a point committee passing a by -law for the x sanitary land fill committee giving the committee members some authority to work out details Mr Davies again mentioned that if the Three Hills site was decided on, the population would probably be over 5000 and the regulations must be followed Mr Simpson stated that the government could possibly provide engineering services from the Crows' Nest Development and further that there may be funds available for a roadway into the site Mr Lau stated he would like to invite the secretary - treasurers to the next meeting It was agreed that all Councils would pass a by -law according to Section 118 of the Mun Government Act to appoint representatives to the Kneehill Regional Waste Management Authority It was decided +he next meeting would be April 19th 1976 at 7 30 P M in Municipal District of Kneehill Office Themeeting then adjourned at 10 30 P M ---------------- - 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