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Home My WebLink About1976-10-22 Council Minutesto • L -] AGENDA - ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF COUNCIL - ------ FRIDAY,-OCTOBER-22nd,-1976 -------------------------- - - - - -- 1 Election of Reeve Election of Deputy Reeve Banking Resolution - Motion Set Up Committees for 1976 -1977 year By -Law for Court of Revision 2 Approval Minutes - October 12th 1976 3 Appointments. J Jordon - 2 30 P M 4 Items Tabled from October 12th Agenda Item 43 and Item 10 - Planning Matters and Item 11 Building Matters - see Item # 12 and 13 on Agenda Item 17 - By -law #424 - Possible Advertisement Item 18 - Ed Lacombe - Sunnyslope Garbage Pick Up Item 42 - Harvey Schimke -- Re Garbage & Sanitary Land Fill Site Item 19 - H W Hanses - Spraying Account - still owing Item 20 - Letter of Thanks - Prairie Bible Institute Item 21 - Letter from Alta Finance Corporation re Debentures Item 38 - Report from Alex Cunningham - Training Program Courses Item 39 - Letter from Kneehill Ag Advisory Committee 6 Minutes 5 Advertisement - Sanitary Land Fill - Brief - R W Brown 6 Report - Tool Replacement Costs 7 Report - Cancellation of Road Diversion -- WSW 29- 31 -22 -4 8 Report - Work done by J Hart - Cemeteries ^an Western Natural Gas - Entice Gas Supply Tie Ins 10 Alta Government Telephone - Buried Facilities - P B I 11 Alberta Power Ltd - Line Extensions SW 25 28 -23 -4 LSD 16- 34- 31 -24 -4 12 Planning Matters (a) P J Toole & Cote - Letter re subdivision information (b) Letter from Schumacher, Maden - re Rowbottom Subdivison (c) Report on Permann and Hare Subdivision and Request for direction re. Lots 12 to 14, Block 2 Hesketh (d) Subdivision - SW 2- 29 - -24 -4 Lumont Farms 8 356 acres (e) Report -- R W Brown - Sweet Subdivision - 6 Safety (f) Approval - Res Covenant - Beagrie Subdivision - NW 9- 32 -24 -4 (g) Report on Barg - Lammle Subdivision - Grantville (h) Letter from Alta. Prov Planning - Re Resolutions 1 & 2 (1) Minutes of C R P C regarding subdivisions in area (j) Report from Secretary re F May Subdivision Ruarkville ik) Report re. Vernon Court - Swalwell Subdivision (1) Report on Decision -- L G Forrest Sub - SW 18- 28 -24 -4 (m) Report on Decision - V Court Subdivision - Swalwell 13 Building Permits (a) Report re Seminar - Edmonton or Calgary - Building Standards (b) Building Permits Issued E R Wacker -- SW 17-30-24-4 Tractor Shed F Wiebe SW 25- 30 -26 -4 - Cattle Shelter D C. Sullivan - NW 24- 33 -27 -4 - Double Car Garage (c) Requests for Building Permits (a) Pt NE 8-3323-4 - Block C J Beekman - Residence (b) SE 22- 33 -24 -4 - J F Ross - Addition to Existing Home (c) NW 18- 29 -25 -4 - G Neufeld - 2 • (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (k) (1) (m) (n) AGENDA ---OCTOBER -22nd, - 1976 -------------------- - - - -- NW 9- 31 -22 -4 - A Kopjar Garage NW 27- 30 -25 -4 - Noah Isaac Machine Shed Lot 15 Blk 5 Grantvi.11e F Pachta - ^ar Lot 14, Blk 2 Wimborne G Dube - Porch to Sharples Plant- Office - Can Western Nat Pt NW 9-32-24.4 K Beagrie - Residence NE 26- 30 -26 -4 - Claude Wiebe - Shop SW 23.33 -26- -4 - Gerald Brown - Residence Huxley Alta Wheat Pool Elevator - Fert Pt NE 32- 34 -24 -4 - B Hogg - Dwelling - Lot 17, Blk 2 Wimborne - A Buchart - Week Port Existing Home Gas Shed - Second Residence end Residence (o Lot 2 & 3 Blk 5 Swalwell - B Roberts - Hobby Shop (p) SE 13- 31 -24 -4 Alton Parker - Machine Shed • (o) Complaint from B Roberts Swalwell re B Brodie Property -junk 29 14 Report re Damage - Acme Grads at Keiver Lake Gen Liability Policy 15 Report - Aerial Photo for Assessment Purposes from Secretary 16 Request for Grant - Hudson Bay Route Association 31 17 Minutes - Three Hills School Div - Oct 13/76 Block 3 Swalwell 18 Report from C P Rail - Branch Line Subsidy 11 1 ^1 19 AAMD & C - Information re late resolutions for Convention Board Meeting - Oct 18/76 20 Minutes - Reg Resources Project - Sept 21/76 to Elks Rodeo 21 Letter from Carbon & Dis Rec Board - Re Reg Meeting 22 Employment Opportunities - Stettler & Barrhead 23 Application for Employment - John Falk 24 Meeting with Councils - at M D Starland Office - Wed Nov 10/76 at 10 00 A M 25 Report on Fire Agreements with Towns and Villages and assessment figures for Wimborne - Torrington Area 26 Alta Environment - Pollution Report - Wimborne 27 Report - Lapel Pins Received - Costs etc and Any Charge for Same 28 Public Work Items (a) Report on Sewer Lines Carbon and Trochu Area (b) Report - Save Harmless Agreements - Carbon, Trochu & Acme (c) Report r_ ^om Foremen's Meeting - Oct 22/76 (d) Request for meeting with Committee by Employees (e) Letter from Workers Compensation Board - Les Kinch (f) Report on Nakaska, Gorman Road Agreements (g) Report on Road Tour - Oct 15/76 (h) Letter from C N Railway re- Three Hills Underpass (i) Request from Village of Linden - Work on Village Streets (j) Request from P B I - signs etc (k) Report re Ruarkville Sewer and Water System (1) Report re ": >bs Drainage Project (m) Report on Orkney Hill Road Erosion Problem (n) Report re Max Bear - Snow Fence - Grantville • (o) Complaint from B Roberts Swalwell re B Brodie Property -junk 29 Letter from Jubilee Insurance re- Gen Liability Policy 30 Report from Secretary re Journal Entries Required 31 Report on Lots 41 & 42 Block 3 Swalwell - �2 11 1 ^1 of Minutes - Ag Service Board Meeting - Oct 18/76 33 Account to Elks Rodeo for machine work i J r a i 0 is COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22nd, 1976 The organizational meeting of the new Council was held in the Municipal Office, Three Hills on Friday, October 22nd= 1976 commencing at 11 00 A M Those present were PRESENT Gilbert A Berdahl, Div 1 T A Ferguson. Div 5 Clifford W Poole Div 2 Ralph W Brown Div 3 Leonard Litz, Div 6 Art W Bauer Div 4 Reg Campbell Div 7 G G King, Secretary - Treasurer John C Jeffery, Assistant Secretary - Treasurer Jean Wilkinson CALL TO OR The Secretary -- Treasurer called the meeting NOMINATION to order and called FOR REEVE for nominations for Reeve for the ensuring year Mr. Campbell nominated Mr Brown The Secretary called three times for further nominations There w, -re no further nominations, so Mr Brown was declared elected as Reeve for the ensuing year, and after signing the official oath of office, he took the chair Mr Brown then called for nominations for Deputy Reeve NOMINATIONS for the ensuing year. Mr. Bauer nominated Mr Poole FOR DEPUTY Mr Brown called three times for further nominations ✓ REEVE No further nominations were received, so Mr Poole was declared elected as Deputy Reeve for the ensuing year, and he signed the official oath of office Mr Poole moved we continue banking with the Alberta Treasury Branch in Three Hills, and continue with the BANKING same signing officials, as in previous years, namely- RESOLUTION Reeve or Deputy Reeve together with Secretary - Treasurer or Assistant Secretary - Treasurer Payroll signing authority - Secretary- Treasurer or Assistant Secretary - Treasurer The matter of committees for the ensuing year was then 1976 -77 discussed COMMITTEES Also brief discussion was held as to what road work could be decided by the local councillor and what should be brought to Council It appeared generally agreed that a Councillor should be able to authorize small fobs, such as installation of culverts and work that can be done by a grader only, in his own division Any work that must be done by the main crew should come to Council for authorization Common sense must prevail It was noted that amalgamation of the shop and foremen's committee appeared to be working out satisfactorily, but perhaps the council members on the committee should be taking more interest in the operation of the shop There was also discussion about apparent lack of communication Mr Campbell moved that Norman Soder's name be added to the Shop and Foremen Committee Carried Discussion was held about the Ag. Service Board Committee Mr Howe has been on the committee for three years, and should be replaced under Council's desire to bring in new men It was noted that the same Councillors have been on this committee for a number of years The meeting then adjourned for dinner from 12.00 to 1 00 P M The meeting discussed the opinion that a Councillor when not able to attend a committee meeting, should perhaps be able to appoint an alterna to attend in his place This could not apply to Court of Revision, Alta Ag Development Corporation, Auxiliary Hospital or the Drumheller Health Unit 2 r r • • COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22nd, 1976 P 2 It was moved by Mr Poole that the following be the committees VA for the year 1976 -1977 1 Auxiliary Hospital Nursing Home 8 Road Committee (Three-Year-Term) -- ------ - - - - -- - ----- ------ -- --------------- R G Campbell G A Berdahl T A Ferguson G G King A. W Bauer Local Councillor when necessa 5 Drumheller Health Unit ----------------------- G A Berdahl T A Ferguson 6 Employee- Committee -- R W Brown R G Campbell L G Litz 7 Recreation Boards --------------- - - -- Acme - Linden - R W Brown Torrington, A W Bauer, L Litz alternate Three Hills - T A Ferguson Trochu - R G Campbell Carbon - C W Poole G A Berdahl - alternate 12 Emergency Measures R W Brown G G King, Deputy Co- Ordiratc Carried COURT OF REVISION BY -LAW Mr Bauer moved the first reading to By -Law Number 809 No 809 to set up the members for the Court of Revision for the coming year as follows R W Brown, T A Ferguson, G A Berdahl, L Litz, C W Poole A W Bauer and R G Campbell - Committee Members Carried Unanimously Mr Berdahl moved second reading to this by -law Carried Unanimously Mr Poole moved third reading to this by -law Carried Unanimously 3 i I Y 9. Finance Committee 2. Ambulance ----------------- ---------- R W Brown T A Ferguson G A Berdahl L Litz 3 Calgary Regional planning Comm ------- - - - - -- - ----------------- 10 Fire Committee R W Brown ----------------- A W Bauer - alternate R W Brown T A Ferguson 4 Campgrounds A W Bauer R G Campbell C W Poole A W Bauer 11 Golden Hills Lodge R G. Campbell --------------- - - - -- Norman Soder G A Berdahl 5 Drumheller Health Unit ----------------------- G A Berdahl T A Ferguson 6 Employee- Committee -- R W Brown R G Campbell L G Litz 7 Recreation Boards --------------- - - -- Acme - Linden - R W Brown Torrington, A W Bauer, L Litz alternate Three Hills - T A Ferguson Trochu - R G Campbell Carbon - C W Poole G A Berdahl - alternate 12 Emergency Measures R W Brown G G King, Deputy Co- Ordiratc Carried COURT OF REVISION BY -LAW Mr Bauer moved the first reading to By -Law Number 809 No 809 to set up the members for the Court of Revision for the coming year as follows R W Brown, T A Ferguson, G A Berdahl, L Litz, C W Poole A W Bauer and R G Campbell - Committee Members Carried Unanimously Mr Berdahl moved second reading to this by -law Carried Unanimously Mr Poole moved third reading to this by -law Carried Unanimously 3 i I Y i C 9 0 COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22nd, 1976 P 3 Mr. Berdahl moved that the members of the Ag Service Board for the ensuing year be• R G Campbell, Chairman, L Litz, Councillor Member Harold Mueller, Ratepayer Member and one of the three following names for the second ratepayer member. Neil Hempel, Larry Gerry or Allan Becker e b \V- r One Member from Alberta Agriculture Norman Soder (Glenn Smyth as alternate to Norman Soder) and J C Jeffery Secretary Carried Mr Poole moved that a letter of thanks and appreciation be sent to Mr. Harold Howe for his work over the past three years on the Agriculture Service Board Carried Mr Litz moved that the remainder of the committees for the ensuing year be as follows 13 Land & Fence Agreements, etc ------------------------------- Local Councillor T C Paquette Member of Office Staff (if requested) John Dorn (alternate for T C. Paquette) 14 Pounds Two nearest available Councillors not including Councillor from Division affected 15 Rural Road Study ------------------ R W Brown A W Bauer 16 Regional Resource Project --------------------------- G A Berdahl 17 Seed Cleaning Plants --------------- - - - - -- Rosebud - G A Berdahl KIBA - Beiseker -- C W Poole Three Hills & District - T A Ferguson A W Bauer 18 Foremen's Committee & Shop Committee - ---------------------------------------- R W Brown, L G Litz, T A Ferguson Ted Paquette, Keith Smith, Joe Dobler, John Dorn, Robert Cranston, Norman Soder J C Jeffery 19 Three HIlls School Division Div 6 - November Div 7 - December Div '_ - January Div 2 - February Div 3 - March Div 4 - April Div 5 - May Div 6 - June Div 7 - July Div 1 - August Div. 2 - September Div 3 October 4 Mal 0 • • • COUNCIL MEETING 20 Executive - Central AAMD & C ----------------------------- R W Brown C W Poole (alternate) OCTOBER 22nd, 1976 21 Alberta Agricultural Development Corporation C W Poole 22 Nuisance Grounds Committee --------------------------- R W Brown R G Campbell ( alternate) 23 Hospital Study Committee R W Brown 24 Co- Ordination Education Council --------------------------- - - - - -- R W Brown Carried P 4 a APPOINTMEN ALTERNATE Mr Campbell moved that a Councillor unable to attend a meetingMEMBER may appoint an alternate member to act in his place on all committees except 1. Auxiliary Hospital , Nursing Home 2 Drumheller Health Unit 3 Court of Revision 4 Agricultural Service Board Carried APPROVAL MINUTES Mr Poole moved approval of the minutes of the meeting of October 12th, 1976 as circulatd Carried It was noted that an -il slick was also occuring on the Pope Lease Road and was noted again on Highway 21 The latter matter has been referred to Alberta Transportation Mr Brown mentioned that load limits should be in conformity with Provincial load limits, if possible (consider 80,000 pounds) He also noted that the by -law should possibly not come into effect until March 1st, 1977 5 r 4 7 k 6� • • n U COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22nd, 1976 P 5 POSSIBLE The possible advertisement of by -law number 424 was discussed, ADV and it was moved by Mr Berdahl that advertisement BY -LAW NO of the by -law be delayed untiltHe situation regarding 424 the sanitary land fill site can be more fully assessed Carried LETTER TO Mr Bxcwn read his proposed letter to the ratepayers which RATEPAYERS outlines the reasons for the sanitary land fill site RE. SAN and closure of the nuisance grounds It was noted LAND FILL that at the present time there will be no SITE ETC individual charge for hamlet residents., and the charges will be paid from general revenue There was also discussion regarding the roll off containers, costs, Ptc. Mr Campbell moved that the letter as prepared by Mr Brown be printed in the Three Hills Cgmtal Carried The meeting also discussed the possible advertisement POSSIBLE of the minutes of the meetings of Council ✓� ADV OF No decision was reached COUNCIL MINUTES The matter of garbage pick up for Ed Lacombe who resides on a parcel of land 2 mile west of Sunnyslope was discussed Mr Bauer moved this request be GARBAGE PICT referred to the contractor, Central Dispose All for UP ED its consideration LACOMBE Carried A letter from Harvey Schimke regarding closure of nuisance grounds and sanitary land fill site was read to Council LETTER RE- Mr Poole moved this letter be referred to the Sanitary r SANITARY Land Fill Committee for their consideration LAND FILL Carried ETC It was noted that perhaps the land fill site should be open to the public three days or five afternoons a week ✓' The matter of the account owing by H W Hanses for spraying in the sum of $360 00 was discussed The H W account had been turned over to the solicitors„ but HANSES nothing has been forthcoming Mr Berdahl moved ✓ ACCOUNT OWIN that Mr King have authority to go and see any person who has an outstanding account of $100 00 or more which is more than six months old and attempt to collect same Carried A letter from Prairie Bible Institute was read to P B I Council in which they thanked Council for the grant THANKS of $6000 00 Mr Poole moved this correspondence be FOR GRANT accepted and filed Carried Mr Brown mentioned that he had been requested by Mr Imbach of P B I , to meet with a gentleman doing a survey for the School He spent over an hour with the man discussing the role of the school with the town, and area The man mentioned that the administration of the school was very good A letter from Alberta Finance Corporation was discussed and points of information brought up for the Council Mr Ferguson moved this letter be accepted and filed as V11 information Carried I ALTA FINANCE INFORMATION RE- DEBENTUI S • • r] k COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22nd, 1976 Em. A letter from the Kneehill Agricultural Advisory Committee LETTER was read to Council Mr Poole moved that this letter be vi KNEEHILL referred to the Kneehill Sanitary Land Fill Committee AG ADVISOR' Carried COMMITTEE The minutes of June 16th and October 6th meetings of the Kneehill Adasory Committee were referred to briefly It was moved by Mr Ferguson the minutes be accepted and V filed Carried A brief report on tool replacement costs was given to Council The budgeted amount was $6000 00 and about one half has been spent to date Mr Smith felt that some expense has occured because of mismanagement of the tools and also some have been stolen The tools are marked It was noted that the Foremen felt this loss of tools should be brought up to the employee meeting 1/1 which is being held this evening It was generally agreed that the cost of controlling tools by any method would be more expensive than the costs involved now The system is not good, but no better alternative is available. There have been 55 purchases of tools to date Mr Bauer moved accpetnace of the report Carried It was reported by the Secretary that the old road diversion in WSW 29- 31 -22 -4 has been carmlled and the owner of the quarter has title to 161 acres Mr Ferguson moved to accept and file the report Carried 6 MINUTES TOOL REPLACEMENT COSTS REPORT ROAD V DIVERSION CANCELLATIO] WSW 29 -31 -2: Various pictures of the cemeteries in the area were presented to Council It was noted that there have been many good comments on the work done this summer Mr Bauer mentioned that the building at the Rempfer Cemetery is an old church built around 1905 The Town of Innisfail is looking for an old church to restore for their museum, and they would like to purchase the building, However the Church Board decided not to sell the building, if the M D wis goin*, to restore the building as had been rumoured Mr Ferguson moved to accept and file this report and that a letter be sent to Johnston Hart extending thanks for a f� job well done Carried REPORT ON CEMETERIES THANKS TO J HART FOR JOB WELL DONE Plans for road crossings for the Entice Gas Supply tie in were submitted to Council from Canadian Western Natural v' ROAD CROSSI� Gas As the road crossings were both on Provincial highways, C W N Mr Poole moved this matter be referred to Alberta GAS Transportation Carried Plans for buried facilities on P B I property by A G T A G T were briefly discussed; and Mr Bauer moved that 1 G T ✓^ BURIED be advised we have no objections to this i.rstallati.on FACILITIES Carried P B I Line extensions by Alberta Power Ltd ., to SW 25- 28 -23 -4 and ALTA POWER LSD 16 in 34- 31 -14 -4 were reviewed; and Mr Poole moved f LINE acceptance of the line extensions as per plans submitted EXTENSIONS Carried Mr Campbell moved =approval of the building permits as issued BUILDING to E R Wacker - SW 17-30 24 -4 for a tractor shed, to F Wi.ebe PERMITS 7 ✓' ISSUED y fG Ll e �J COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22nd, 1976 P 7 SW 25- 30 -26 -4 - cattle shelter and to D C Sullivan NW 24 -33 -27 4 for a double car garage Carried A request for a building permit for a residence on J BEEKMAN Pt NE 8- 33 -23- -4 Block C by J Beekman was considered, and BUILDING Mr Campbell moved this request be tabled pending ✓ PERMIT receipt of further information regarding completion of NE 8 -33 -23 a survey and possible flood damage in the area Carried Mr Bauer advised the meeting that the Village of Torrington are considering the purchase of a radar gun and RADAR GUN wondered if the M D would be interested in attending a PURCHASE demonstration of the gun and possible co- operation VILLAGE with the village in the purchase of the same TORRINGTO] Mr Ferguson moved that the M D would not be able to attend such a meeting Carried A report on the M D lapel pins was given to Council The PRICE costs of the pins was noted, and it was moved by Mr vi LAPEL PINS Campbell that the pins be sold at a price of $2 00 each on a first come first serve basis to any pErson who is interested in purchasing one Carried It was agreed that Mr A Harder be sent a lapel p -n in appreciation of his work on the crest design Mr Poole moved that the buildin permits numbered BUILDING 13 (c) subsection b, c; d, e, g h i j k m,o and ✓A PERMITS p on the Agenda be approved, subject to detarmination of APPROVED ownership of lot in regard to permit number g Carried The building permit applicatinn submitted by F Pachta �F PACHTA for a car port for Lot 15, Block 5 Grantville was tabled I CAR PORT pending receipt of further information /� GRANTVILLE It was moved by Mr Berdahl that the permit submitted by Alberta Wheat Pool for a fertilizer shed in the hamlet ALTA WHEAT of Huxley for the storage of fertilizer be approved, V'I POOL FERT subject to compliance with all provincial and federal SHED regulations BUILDING Carried PERMIT It was moved by Mr Litz that a temporary pwmit for a period of one year be granted to Mr A Buchart TEMPORARY for a week - -end residence on Lot 17, Block 2 PERMIT Wimborne 7015 E F A BUCHART Carried WIMBORNE It was moved by Mr Brown that a building permit for the Kneehill Christian School near Linden be KNEEHILL approved CHRISTIAN Carried SCHOOL PERM] Mr Brown gave a report on the course he and Mr Kin¢ attended at Jasper recently They felt the course was JASPER very worthwhile and Mr King mc>ntioned Mr Brown was COURSE honoured at the course in that on his arrival he was requested to be a member on the panels ✓� Various problems of financin7 for municipalities were discussed and also the possibility of rural urban counties, and regional projects Discussion was held on perpetual care of cemeteries and also the danger of municipalities getting- into financial difficulties because of too large a debenture debt and continually overspending 8 Ll EA 1-1 n COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22nd, 1976 WWII There was a further discussion of costs of recreation and user fees The City of Calgary has attempted to establish a policy whereby adult recreation facilities would be required to pay their own way an( children's recreation facilities should pay 500 of its costs It was noted that the cost of figure skating in many areas is increasing every year The Town of Olds has received a request to impose an additional 5 mill tax levy to cover recreation costs The difficulty arises in deciding the amount of user fees for recreational projects Mr Brown mentioned that the Town of Hinton puts a very large load on the pulp mill for recreation costs Mr Ferguson moved to accept and file this report Carried A report was given to the meeting on damage done at Keiver's KEIVER Lake by the recent graduating class from Acme No repairs LAKE have been undertaken by the class A list of the DAMAGE graduating class has been received The damage was not BY ACME extensive., but wilful It was moved by Mr Litz that GRADS a letter be sent to the Acme Student's Union with a copy V/ to the principal, advising the upcoming class that they should consider the consequences of actions of this nature Carried It was agreed no further action be taken regarding the existing damage The Secretary advised the meeting that Mr H Gerlock of AERIAL Municipal Affairs has brought in the balance of the aerial PH MS photographs No total price for the photographs has been received There is some problem about the payment for v same, and obtaining the promised grant of 25% It was moved by Mr Poole to accept and file this report Carried The request from the Hudson Bay Route Association for a grant REQUEST was considered, and Mr Poole moved that this request FOR GRANT be considered at the time the annual grants are made %` HUDSON BAY ROUTE Carried The minutes of the Three Hills School Division meeting of THREE HILLS October 13th were briefly reviewed, and Mr Bauer moved to,) SCHOOL DIV accept and file the same MINUTES Carried A report from C P Rail regarding branch line subsidies was C P RAIL received Mr Ferguson maed to accept and file the report �. REPORT as information Carried A letter from the AAMD & C was read to Council It was AAMD 6 C concerning the procedure required for late resolutions P LETTER to come to the convention Mr Campbell moved to accept and RE LATE file the letter as information RESOLUTIONS Carried The minutes of the Regional Resources Project were read to REG RES Council These were briefly discussed and particularly in s PROJECT regard to the Trochu projects It was moved by Mr. Poole MINUTES to accept and file the minutes Carried A letter from the Carbon and District Recreation Board MEETING was read to Council This outlined the time and place and REC BOARDS date for the semi annual regional recreation supper meeting NOV 4/76 at Carbon on November 4th, 1976 It was moved by Mr Berdahl to accept and file this letter as information Carried J COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22nd 1976 P 9 Two letters regarding employment opportunities with the EMPLOYMENT County of Stettler and County of Barrhead were read to OPPORTUNITE Council Mr Poole moved that these be accepted and filed. Carried The application for work from John Falk was referred to and moved by Mr Poole that this be referred to Mr Paquette WORK Carried APPLICATION The M D of Starland has invited the M D Council to attend the annual get together meeting- at their office in Morrin on ANNUAL GET Nc.vember 10th 1976, commencing at 10 00 A M ; if this is �, TOGETHER suitable Mr Bauer moved to accept this information, and MEETING to advise the M D of Starland that the date is acceptable and AT MORRIN all councillors be authorized to attend Carried The report on fire agreements with Three Hills, Trochu and REPORT Linden were reviewed briefly; and it appears that the only FIRE A/G committment the M D has with the urban centers is towards payment of wages for rural firemen Mr Campbell moved this report be accepted and filed Carried It was noted that the agreement with the Village of Linden •regarding rural fire protection should be officially signed It was also mentioned that the annual meeting with the fire volunteers will be coming up in January„ and it was agreed that the date required for annual meetings to be held will be looked into A report was also given on assessment figures for the Wimborne ASSESSMENT Torrington area with a view to setting up a rural fire FIGURES protection area The total assessment for the proposed area WIMBORNE is approximately $3,100 000 Mr Bauer reported that the Torrington TORR Lions Club had a supper meeting recently to discuss the matter AREA He attended the meetin,- along with Mr Campbell and Bruce Guard, Fire Chief of the Trochu Fire Department The club is looking into the possibility of setting up such a fire area and will be approaching_ the Village of Torrington about possible storage of a vehicle, etc They discussed the possibility of obtaining a used fire truck There has been no request for committments from the M D in this matter as yet, but the meeting generally agreed that it would probably be treated in the same manner as other areas Mr Litz moved to accept and file the report Carried ✓ POLLUTION The pollution report on the Wimborne Gas plant from Alberta REPORT Environment was reviewed briefly and Mr Berdahl moved to accept and file as information Carried Mr Litz requested the use of the Wimborne Shop for a Powder WIMBORNE Puff Mechanic Course sponsered by the Handicraft Club Mr SHOP USE Poole moved it would be acceptable for the group to use FOR COURSE the Wimborne Shop for this course at no charfTe Carried XMAS PARTY The annual Christmas party for M D employees was discussed Dates were considered, and Mr Poole moved that the M D pay all costs Vi for the party„ includi.nT food, hall expenses and nusic but not including cost of liquor or mix Carried FUEL TANKS, Mr Campbell brought up the matter of location of fuel tanks in IN TOWNS 6 towns and villages, and what is the legal distance Mr Campbell VILLAGES agreed to obtain further information and report back to Council • ADJOURNMENT Mr Bauer moved this m�et.ing do now adjourn until 9 00 A M , Monday, October 25th;1976 Carried Time of Adj n nt 5 30 P M ,•�'f - - -- - - - - -- - �c��¢� -tit, ' F --- - - -e - - -_F,. ---- Secreta y- --- - - - - -- - Reeve � - - - - -- r � � r ' Treasurer }