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REPORT OF SANITARY LAND FILL COMMITTEE MEETING
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11th 1976
The meeting was held at the office of the Municipal District of Kneehill
in Three Hills, on the evening of Wednesday, August llth.;1976, commencing
at approximately 8 00 P M.
Present for the meeting were
Mr R W Brown - M D of Kneehill
Mrs Pauline Jasman - Town of Three Hills
Mr Walter Permann - Village of Carbon
Mr Elmer Rogers and Mr Bruce Hannah - Village of Acme
Mr Rick Leyland, Drumheller Health Unit
Mr G G King; acting as Secretary
Those present were advised that Trochu has decided not to participate
in the combined program at present Contractors who had submitted
bids for the garbage collection had been invited to attend and were
present
Mr Pon Thiessen as President, and Mr Ike Bishop of Central Disposal
met with the committee
Revisions to their original bid were discussed and they were advised
that the meeting is interested in a tender for approximately 2 years
to expire when the existing; contract of Three Hills terminates
They stated that they would revise their quote to the following
Collection from each residence and business $2 40 per month each
This would provide once a week collection A compaction truck
would be used A count of the places served could be taken monthly
They further asked for an increase after the first year in line
with the cost of living to a maximum of 8% plus the additional cost
for fuel as may be calculated at that time, due to increases in
fuel prices. Their headquarters will be in Calgary, but they
also have a contract at Strathmore, and guarantee good service
They left the meeting briefly
Mr. John Oglivie of Prairie Waste Management then met with the
committee He stated that the prices as previously quoted for
the four towns and villages would remain the same, but that the
price for all the hamlets named would be reduced to $655 00 per
month in total He also asked for an escalation clause at the start
of each calendar year He also stated he would use a compaction truck
and be prepared to give a collection service once per week He then
left the meeting briefly
The previous
quotation of Prairie Waste
is summarized as
follows-
Town, Village
# of Pick ups
Price
per MOnth
Average Per
or Hamlet
Pick Up
Acme
159
$424
04
$2 67
Linden
126
$296
50
$2 35
Torrington
80
$222
72
$2 78
Carbon
183
$565
96
$3 09
Hamlets
157
$655
00
$4 17
705
$2164
22
$3 07 Average
Assuming that the count is reasonably accurate, the difference in cost
would be approximately $472 00 per month with Central Disposal being
the cheaper
The meeting was also advised that E & L Disposal Service of Irricana
had submitted a quotation received July 29th.,1976, but their price
per residential unit was $4.40 and thus they had not been invited to
the meeting., as the price was much too high
Mr W Permann moved that a contract be entered into with Central
Disposal for garbage collections subject to the terms etc., as outlined
earlier in this report, with the co tract to be effective as soon as
can be arranged Carried
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Mr E Rogers moved that Mr G King get a by -law form which
each municipality may pass to participate in this scheme and
that he be authorized to get legal advice if considered
necessary,, and with the proposal to start September lst, 1976
if this can be arranged.
Carried
Mr John Ogiivie of Prairie Waste Management was advised
of the decision of the meeting He then thanked the group
and left the office
Mr Thiessen and Mr Bishop then again met with the meeting
and had further discussion regarding the proposals They
were advised of the motions as made, and stated these terms
were entirely acceptable to them They suggested that street
front pick up might be best, but were told that this could
perhaps be done only where considered necessary They asked
that a letter of confirmation be sent to them, and they would
then be prepared to enter into the agreement and to start by
September 1st, 1976 They also submitted a one page agreement
form; which appeared acceptable subject to minor amendments to
co
bring it down to our local level This will be reviewed further
They thanked the group and left the meeting
Letter from Kedon Equipment of Calgary was read in regard to
machinery to do the compaction and other work at the Sanitary
Land Fill No price was quoted in the letter which had been
sent to the Municipal Office Mr Leyland had a letter which
Kedon had sent to Mr Charles Lau of the Drumheller Health Unit
in which they had stated a rate of $27 50 per hour for a steel
wheeled dozer - compactor and a front end loader of approximately
2 cubic yard capacity These prices were based on a mimimum
40 hour week, so were notconsidered practical by our meeting
The matter of a supervisor for the sanitary land fill location
was discussed briefly, but no specific action was taken The
group will later have to decide what charges are to be made for
those who bring in their own garbage and what days
the nuisance grounds will be open, etc
Mr Lynn Bishop of Central Disposal had not been able to attend
this meeting, as he was away on holidays, but he is to be back
by the first of next week., and will then be in touch in regard
to the contract and other matters
It was agreed that the villages of Linden and Torrington be given
special information regarding this meeting, as they had no
representative present, and also agreed that the next meeting be
on Wednesday; August 25th;1976, commencing at 8.00 P M sharp
Mr W. Permann moved that this meeting adjourn
Carried
Time of Adjournment 9.20 P M
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G G. King, Secretary to the
Meeting
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