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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-11-08 Council Minutesi �1 G 1 d 9 1 1 a s AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING - NOVEMBER 8th,1976 ---------------------------------------- - - - - -- 1 Approval of Minutes - October 22nd, 1976 and October 25th,1976 2 Financial Statement month ending October 31st,1976 3 Accounts 4. Appointments- C R P C - 1100 AM Foremen - 1.30 P M 5 General motion to adopt policies 6 Allowance for Fall Convention of AAMD 6 C 7 Reports by R W Brown Association Meeting re County Act Annual Unifarm %eti.ng Three Hills Hospital Planning Commission Kneehill Recreation Boards 8. Prices of 9 Letter re 10 Troy Oils 11 Report of 12. Report J., 13 AAMD & C Letterheads with crest design Tolman Park Ltd - Pipelines Alex Cunningham - gas line damage Jeffery - Grants to Seed Plants - Salary Survey Liability and Truck Insurance Resignation of Clifford Noble 14 Carbon Recreation Board - Minutes of October meeting 15 C R P C - Restrictive Covenant NW 9- 32 -24 -4 - Beagrie Amendment to Preliminary Regional Plan Proposed subdivision -- NE 19- 32 -23 -4 - Olson 16 Building Permits Approved. SW 6- 30 -25 -4 - Harvey Steiger - Quonset 29- 30 -25 - -4 - Dorothy Toews - Residence SE 7- 33 -26 -4 - Caroline Brown - Residence Ned 7- 30 -26 -4 - Kenneth Hope - Residence SE 3- 29 -25 -4 - Myrtle Sweet - Residence 17 Building Permits R.equesa-ed Frees Pachta - Grantville - Car ^srt Grant Elliott - SE 15- 30 -24 -4 - Residence J Beekman - Pt NE 8- 33 -23 -4 - Residence 18 Report - G G King - Hold Harmless AGreements - H W. Han,ses Account Collected - Litterin on Pope Lease Road 19 Reports - Gordon Taylor - MLA 20 Report re. 4 25 acres - NE corner of NW 14- 33 -23 -4 21 Alberta Transportation - By -laws 804 and 806 22 Letter from Allan Warrack , M L A 23 Alberta Environment - Wimbornct Fish Pond 24 Alberta Government Telephones - Acme Exchange - buried cable 25 Sanitary Land Fill Meeting - Oct 26/76 26 Alberta Disaster Services - Peacetime Emergency Operation Plan 27 Report re C' crossing - Huxley 28 Gravel Account - Lutheran Church - Trochu 29 Report re Vernon Court - Buildings 30 Ben Sept - rocks cleaned up along road 31 Twister Pipe - culverts 32. Marvin A. Kirk- Work application 33 By -law - Load Limits 34 Consideration of Speed Limits 35 ndex Oil - Road apprc '_ies and miscellaneous 36 Reports re gravel and leases 37. Cost summary - 1976 public works projects 38 Neil Hempel - acceptance of appointment to A S.B. 39 Miscellaneous 40 Report -- Horseshoe Canyon Corner 1 ��t, Approved by the Department of Municipal Affairs Form No T1 -252 (42) QV 1-1 =1 , MONTHLY STATEMENT (SEC 61 V M.D Act. R.S.A 1955) COUNTY OF MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF�- Kneehill #48 No. Net Balance at End of Previous Month Receipts for the Month (less Loans) Loans Received Sub Total LESS;— Interest Disbursements for the Month Loans Paid -fix IT fge Net Balance at End of Month Balance at End of Month —Bank —Treas Br *Cash on Hand at End of Month Sub Total Less Outstanding Cheques Net Balance at End of Month Month Ending_ October ___31_ _____ ________ __ __ __ 1g__ 76 ACCOUNT 1382,109. 101 (Cheques No 29088 to 2 228) I Savings 75 25,231 89 9049 10 OUTSTANDING CHEQUES 1,394 831 9049 10 23,837.06 -0- No. Amount No j Amount I No. 1528 69 1528964 1662 611 8 2907 1664 1015 18 2907 1665 980 68-29094 1666 741 07 2912 1667 1005 67 2917 1668 1169 01 2917 1669 1001 85 2918 1671 725 53 2919 1672 985.90 2920 1674 - 743 -18 2921 9049 10 2922 i 2922 12 00 1 8 134 7 50 0 100 00 100 0Q I 150.0 300 0 66 6 94 8 96 6 100 00 188 20 1394 8� -I TOTAL 8 *Cash on Hand Deposited .................................... ....................... 19........ Amount TOTAL 20,687 11 382,109 10 544,796.21 2,521 10 258,741 06 1 255,000 00 28,533 20 u -.- Tax Sale es 686 0- 3806 36 38,777 13 1 200 00 200 00 38,977 13 - - 10,443 93 Qti nl 3806 36 28,533 20 OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Amount 142,000.00 _k Estimate of Accounts Payable, not rendered TOTAL Submitted to Council this ------ g th -------- - - - - -- -Day of November ---------- - -..19 76 - Re xe Secret �j'_rer ( SEE OVER FOR EXPENDITURE CONTROL ) R is COUNCIL MEETING -- NOVEMBER 8th, 1976 A regular meeting of the Council of the Municipal District of Kneehill #48 was held at the Municipal District Office, Three Hills, Alberta, on Monday, November 8th 1976 commencing at 9 15 A.M. Those present for the meeting were- PRESENT Gil6e_2t A Berdahl Div 1 Clifford W Poole Div 2 Ralph W Brown, Div 3 (Reeve) Art W. Bauer Div 4 T A Ferguson Div 5 Leonard Litz Div 6 Reginald G Campbell Div 7 Mr G G King, Secretary - Treasurer was present and the minutes were recorded in part by Mr King and in part by Jean Wilkinson, Stenographer Mr J. C. Jeffery, Assistant Secretary- Treasurer was also pres nt for portions of the meeting TRUCK Immediately prior to the commencement of the meeting, Councillors met with DEMO Mr Ken Berglund of Peterbilt Trucks of Calgary, who had brought a truck out from Calgary for the Councillors to see Brief discussion regarding the truck was held There was also brief discussion regarding the public reserve strips along creeks, etc. APPROVAL Mr Bauer roved approval of the minutes of the meeting of October 22nd, 1976 MINUTES and the minutes of the continuation of that meeting on October 25th,1976, as circulated. Carried There was a brief discussion regarding the employee meeting minutes FIN Mr G King read the financial statement for the month ending October 31st, STATEMENT 1976, which showed a net balance of $28,533 20, with $142,000 00 owing OCT /76 on loans. Mr Poole moved acceptance of the financial statement as presented Carried Mr Poole moved that Council adopt for the ensuing year all policies ADOPTION OF which were in effect in September of 1976, subject to revisions which GENERAL may be presented and approved at any Council meeting POLICIES Carried FOR ENSUING YEAR Mr Berdahl moved that the following rates apply for those attending the AAMD 6 C Fall Convention this month- CONVENTION RATES Councillors $475 00 each Other Employees authorized to attend - $275 00 each Carried R W BROWN Mr Brown gave brief reports on four meetings which he had recently attended, REPORTS 1 AAMD & C meeting in Edmonton regarding the County Act and changes proposed There was a very good representation from the counties and a few Municipal Districts were represented A committee had been appointed to study the Act and this meeting had been set up to study their recommendations for changes There was lengthy discussion of their proposals and much information was brought out Mr Ferguson moved to accept and file the report Carried 2 Annual Unifarm Meeting at Hesketh Community Hall. Councillor Berdahl attended the meeting also The speaker talked VA about the Grain Stabilization Program and answered many questions raised 2 J v COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1976 by those in attendance The Unifarm Association receives poor support from its members The donation made by the Municipal District to the Association is much appreciated Mr. Campbelled moved to accept and file the report Carried 3 Three Hills Hospital Planning Committee Meeting There are now 4 doctors in Three Hills and the hospital is very busy again The committee felt the hospital board should now apply for better status from the Provincial Government Mr Ferguson pointed out that the Town of Stettler have built a new hospital and the old hospital is used for doctors' offices, and for quarters for the Health Unit. There was also brief discussion about the need for a nursing home in this area. It was noted that Mr Art Taylor is now Chairman of the Hospital Board Mr Bauer moved to accept and file the report Carried 4 Kneehill Recreation Boards - Meeting at Carbon Councillors Berdahl, Poole, Bauer and Ferguson attended along with Mr Brown Mr. Roy Archibald from Provincial Recreation Department spoke on recreation grants It was noted that there is a lack of interest in the recreation boards Mr Litz moved to accept and file this report. Carried The Secretary quoted prices for letterhead stationery with the M D crest in color Mr Ferguson moved that we purchase 10,000 sheets of letterhead with the crest in color, at a cost of $321 85 plus 12% sales tax Carried The Secretary read a letter of thanks from the MacLean family of Calgary for providing the Tolman Park Mr Campbell moved to accept and file the letter Carried The Secretary read a letter from Troy Oils Ltd , requesting approval of road crossings in N2 9 29 -23 -4 and SW 3- 29 -23 -4. Mr Poole moved approval for the road crossings as per plans submitted by Troy Oils Ltd Carried There was a brief discussion regarding the problems of untidy well sites, and poor road crossings, and it was noted that these can be referred to the Surface Reclamation Board Mr. Jeffery entered the meeting and presented the accounts for consideration After considerable discussion regarding the account of R Angus, and agreeing that this should be checked with Consumer Affairs for their comments, Mr Poole moved approval of the accounts Carried P 2 0 VA LLi Laxxc AD & CREST LETTER OF THANKS RE- TOLMAN PARK ROAD CROSSING ROY OILS 2 9- 29 -23 -4 etc ACCOUNTS Mr gray, Mr Fairbrother and Mr Jordon from Calgary Regional Planning C. R P C Commission entered the meeting at this time. I IN The Secretary briefly outlined to Council the letter from Schumacher BEAGRIE Madden and Company of Drumheller requesting approval from Council SUB for the restrictive covenant regarding for the K Beagrie subdivision in NW 9- 32 -24 -4 This covers the proposed 10' strip of public reserve NW E S 4 -4 PUBLLIC IC RE along the creek Mr Wray from C R.P.C. outlined the reasons for requiring a public reserve strip and noted that normally Alberta Environment STRIP requires a 100 f ©et strip along any creek, but because the M D. stated this was not necessary, it was reduced in this instance to 10 feet 3 IN G EW n U COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1976 P 3 Dir +':ray noted that in the future there may be a Regional Recreation System and these public reserve strips could be used for walkways, or other recreational facilities for public use In this instance the 10 foot strip would only provide for access to the water The was discussion about a general policy to be established in this regard Mr :ray further pointed out that in future to purchase access to water ways would cost many many dollars and Council should take this into consideration in establishment of any general policy It was noted by the meeting that the general public do not have any respect for private land It was also noted that Council did not wish to take title to the 10 foot strip as they would then be responsible for maintenance of the land etc , and it would also be taken off the tax roll However Mr Wray pointed out that the Crown will not take title to the land as they feel it is a local responsibility It was pointed out to C R P C representatives that there are miles of creek running through the Municipal District which at some times of the year are nearly dry Perhaps the policy of public reserve should apply along the Red Deer River only With regard to the subdivision in question, it was pointed out to C R P C that the subdivided title will commence at a point 10 feet back from the cre bank and it is Council's wish that the 10 feet be left in title with the remainder of the quarter section This would allow for disposition of the 10 feet should any further subdivision ever be requested by the owner of the balance of the quarter section Mr i.? ^ay agreed that they would take this back to the Commission meeting for their consideration Mr Ferguson moved that in any subdivision in future the following POLICY general policy will apply* RE PUBLIC it That no public reserve strip be taken by the Municipal District but J` RESERVE the land remain in title with the balance of the quarter section, and LAND ALONG the subdivided parcel commence at a point at least 10 feet back from the CREEK BANKS cree' bank Carried Mr Poole moved that Council have no objection to proposed amendments to the Preliminary Regional Plan by -­ 7^ over cnt District No 8 f Carried The proposed su',:-.rision for NE 19- 32 -23 -4 by H Olson was considered by the meeting Mr Olson proposed to subdivide out his homestead including two houses and all other buildings This would be a 32 acre parcel. His application noted that he washes to retain the building site for semi retirement purposes and sell the remainder of the land J` It was noted that the two houses arEG both liveable Mr Gray pointed out that a similar subdivision in the Drumheller area was approved on condition that the older house not be used for human habitation After discussion of this matter, Mr Berdahl moved that this application be tabled pending discussions with Mr Olson later today if possible Carried PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO PREL REG PLAN H OLSON SUB NE 19- 32 -23 -4 It was noted there are three alternatives 1 Take out only the new house and a smaller acreage 2 Leave the old house in with the balance of the land 4 3 Approve the subdivision as proposed on condition the old house not be used for human habitation There was also brief discussion regarding the need for road widening in that area, and discussion about the cash in lieu of public reserve It was noted that as this was an isolation of a homestead, full cash in lieu should be taken The meeting adjourned for dinner from 12 00 noon to 1 00 P M DINNER '6 / 1 4 , I is 0 0 0 COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1976 P 4 The Secretary briefly reviewed building permits which had been approved as follows- BUILDING PER - 1 SW 6- 30 -25 -4 - H Steiger - Quonset MITS 2 NE 29- 30 -25 -4 - Residence - D Toews 3 SE 7- 33 -26 -4 - C Brown - Residence 4 NW 7- 30 -26 -4 - K Hope - Residence 5 SE 3- 29 -25 -4 - Myrtle Sweet - Residence Mr Campbell moved acceptance of the said building permits. Carried The Secretary then reviewed the following building permits which have been requested 1 Fred Pachta - Grantville - Car Port Mr Bauer moved approval of this permit, subject to Mr Pachta being responsible for the building safety factor Carried 2 Grant Elliott - Swalwell - SE 15- 30 -24 -4 - Second Residence V-11 Mr Poole moved that a temporary permit for a period of one year be granted for this second residence a building inspector. There was a brief discussion regarding a 4 25 acre parcel in 4 25 the north east corner of NW 14- 33 -23 -4, which the Municipal District ACRES holds under tax recovery proceedings The road committee had NW 14 -33 -23 looked at the parcel and its recommendation was to hold the land and not offer it for sale at this time Sale of the parcel would cause access problems, and possible school bus problems, etc Mr Poole moved that the parcel be retained by the Municipal District and not offered for sale at this time Carried A discussion was held with the C R P C representatives regarding V COURT the problem of buildings located on property of V Court in Swalwell SWALWELL without building permits or subdivision of same The general opinion OLD BUILDING was that the matter should be discussed again with the owner of the ETC property pointing out the contraventions of the by- laws,and if nothing is done by the owner after a reasonable time, the matter should be turned over to the solicitors for action Mr Berdahl moved that Mr King be authorized to see Mr Court and advise him of the contraventions involved, and if nothing is done within a reasonable time, the matter is to be turned over to the solicitors for their consideration and necessary action Carried The Huxley sewage lagoon subdivision was discussed with the representatives HUXLEY SEWA of C.R P C and it was noted that there is an access problem to the site LAGOON Access at the present time is obtained through the C N R right of way SUBDIVISION There was also discussion about the closure by the C N R of a & ACCESS private railway crossing to the north of the site PROBLEMS respite the numerous problems involved in negotiating with the C N R, and costs for a su it was generally agreed that an easement is not considered as legal access to a site, and Council should attempt to obtain a dedicated road or a public crossing and a road into the site/ Mr Brown moved that the road committee look into the situation and meet with representatives of the C N.R to discuss the private crossing and access to the sewage lagoon, as the subdivision will not be allowed until the access problem is solved Carried i 5 Carried 3 J Beekman - Pt NE 8- 33 -23 -4 - Residence After discussion of this matter regarding survey requirements and access problems, p1 Mr Berdahl moved this permit application be tabled pending receipt of further information Carried Mr Wray pointed out that there are retired building inspectors in the City of Calgary who e%)uld possibly be willing to do part time work, if the M.D should ever require a building inspector. There was a brief discussion regarding a 4 25 acre parcel in 4 25 the north east corner of NW 14- 33 -23 -4, which the Municipal District ACRES holds under tax recovery proceedings The road committee had NW 14 -33 -23 looked at the parcel and its recommendation was to hold the land and not offer it for sale at this time Sale of the parcel would cause access problems, and possible school bus problems, etc Mr Poole moved that the parcel be retained by the Municipal District and not offered for sale at this time Carried A discussion was held with the C R P C representatives regarding V COURT the problem of buildings located on property of V Court in Swalwell SWALWELL without building permits or subdivision of same The general opinion OLD BUILDING was that the matter should be discussed again with the owner of the ETC property pointing out the contraventions of the by- laws,and if nothing is done by the owner after a reasonable time, the matter should be turned over to the solicitors for action Mr Berdahl moved that Mr King be authorized to see Mr Court and advise him of the contraventions involved, and if nothing is done within a reasonable time, the matter is to be turned over to the solicitors for their consideration and necessary action Carried The Huxley sewage lagoon subdivision was discussed with the representatives HUXLEY SEWA of C.R P C and it was noted that there is an access problem to the site LAGOON Access at the present time is obtained through the C N R right of way SUBDIVISION There was also discussion about the closure by the C N R of a & ACCESS private railway crossing to the north of the site PROBLEMS respite the numerous problems involved in negotiating with the C N R, and costs for a su it was generally agreed that an easement is not considered as legal access to a site, and Council should attempt to obtain a dedicated road or a public crossing and a road into the site/ Mr Brown moved that the road committee look into the situation and meet with representatives of the C N.R to discuss the private crossing and access to the sewage lagoon, as the subdivision will not be allowed until the access problem is solved Carried i 5 i i i , E-11 E COUNCIL NOVEMBER 8th,1976 P 5 Mr Jordon requested further information about the subdivision of Lot 15 from title with Lots 12 to 14 in Block 2, Hesketh HESKETH There was concern expressed for the need for an entirelot for SUBDIVISION access to the Hare property It was pointed out that the Lot 15 street fronting on Lots 24, 25 & 26 cannot be developed due BLK 2 to high cut banks, and access from these lots is obtained through V/` Lot 15 to the next street, and it was generally agreed that there was no need to split Lot 15 and retain a portion of that lot for the community center area Mr Brown thanked the representatives for attending and they then left the meeting, at approximately 1 55 P M Mr Dobler and Mr. Paquette then entered the meeting. The Secretary gave a brief report from Mr Cunningham regarding Damaged the damaged gas line It appears that the line was not buried Gas Line to its proper depth, but also there was some fault on the part f Report of the crew because they did not request location of the line W 14- 32 -24 -4 Mr Ferguson moved that the report be accepted and filed Carried There was a brief discussion about problems in getting persoiO out to locate lines for companies, in particular Alberta Gas Trunk Tine There is a fob that is not yet completed because they cannot get the company to come out and move their installation to allow the `n road crew to complete their work A salary survey has been received from AAMD & C Mr Litz SALARY moved that each councillor be given a copy of the survey for study SURVEY Carried The Secretary gave a brief report regarding insurance ;;,e exclusions, notice of which were received and discussed at the LIABLITY last Council meeting It appears that the exclusions as noted INSURANCE for airports and gas utilities only apply if the facility EXCLUSIONS is owned by the Municipal District The Municipal District is still covered by liablity insurance for work done by the M D ^quipment at the airport, because the airport is owned by the Town of Three Hills, and also for the utility officer, as the M D does not own the gas facilities Mr Bauer moved to accept and file this report as information Carried A letter has been received f-om the Association advising that RESIG*?^TION Mr C Noble has resigned Mr Berdahl moved to accept and file C NOBLE the letter as information. `n AAMD & C Carried The minutes of the Carbon & District Recreation Board meeting CARBON held in October were referred to briefly, and Mr Poole moved to REC BOARD accept and file the same MINUTES Carried Mr King advised the meeting that he had seen Mr Ross, solicitor HOLD HARMLESS in Drumheller regarding the hold harmless agreements which we require AGREEMENTS from Trochu, Carbon and Acme, and he will prepare an agrec— nt for us He requested some guidelines and the AAMD & C has forwarded a copy of an agreement which they have on file to him for his assistance in this regard Mr Poole moved to accept and file the report Carried The Secretary reported that he was successful in collection of COLLECTION the outstanding account for spraying owing by H W Hanses OF ACCOUNT Mr Poole moved to accept and file the report f H W HANSES 1 Carried r411 H Ef., m COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th,1976 P 6 The Secretary gave a brief report regarding the littering on LITTERING the Pope Lease Road The R C M P have traced the owner of the f POPE LEASE truck, and are looking into the matter having regard to possible ROAD stolen goods Mr King reported that further discussions were held with Mr Taylor G G KING M L A , regarding the Braaz -Lowen road access dispute REPORTS and he advised Mr Taylor that the M D could not afford to provide access to the Lowen land for such a small parcel of land He further advised Mr Taylor that the M D does not have any information available about the Dumphy Ski Hill Road Mr King pointed out that he had forwarded maps to Mr Taylor and Dr Warrack, courtesy of the M D , and had received thanks from both for same Mr Ferguson moved to accept and file the report Carried There was a brief discussion regarding the increase in premium for our liability insurance The Secretary read a letter from Alberta Transportation in which AMENDMENTS they requested amendments to our by -laws number 804 and 806 to more TO BY -LAWS properly described the road diversions which will'be closed 804 6 806 CLOSURE OF Mr Campbell moved that By -law Number 804 be amended to show ROAD DIVERSIONS the following land descriptions in paragraph 2 following the words - "attached sketch" a) The road as shown on registered plan no 6359 B M in the V NE 35- 32 -22 -4 containing 3.93 acres more or less. b) The road as shown on registered plan number 6359 B M in the SE 35- 32 -22 -4 containing 4 01 acres more or less Carried Mr Berdahl moved that By -law Number 806 be amended to show the following land description - in paragraph 2 following the words "attached sketch" a) All that portion of the road as shown on registered plan number 293 B M in the SW 29- 27 -20 -4 which lies east of the production north easterly of a line established 66' distant easterly from monuments IPPR 8 to IPPR 31 S 450 441W containing 3 34 acres (b) The road as shown on registered plan number 293 B M in the SE 29- 27 -20 -4 containing 1 43 acres more or less V (c) The road as shown on registered plan number 293 B M , in the NE 29- 27 -20 -4 containing 2 66 acres more or less (d) The road as shown on registered plan number 293 B M in the h'W 29- 27 -20 -4 containing 3 67 acres more or less Carried The Secretary read a letter received from Alberta Environment in LICENCE FOR which they enclosed the official licence for the Wimborne Fish '* WIMBORNE FISH POND Pond Mr Litz moved to accept and file the correspondence Carried - Plans submitted by A G T for buried facilities in the Acme exchange area were considered Mr Brown moved approval of the location of the burled facilities as per plans submitted in Sections 34 and 35, Township 29, Range 24, West of the 4th Carried 7 A G T BURIED CABLE V/� Sec 34 & 35 in 29 -24 -4 1 L-1.] C COUNCIL NOVEMBER 8th,1976 P 7 Mr Campbell advised the meeting that the Lutheran Church at Trochu obtained 8 cubic yards of gravel from the Riep stock pile, for use at the church in the Town of Trochu �Ip GRAVEL Mr Campbell moved that this account be cancelled LUTHER;:N Carried CHURCH TROCHU The Secretary advised the meeting that Mr Ben Sept advised him the rocks which were dumped near the culvert BEN SEPT in W25- 32 -25 -4 had been removed Mr Paquette V11 ROCKS advised that there are still some small rocks in and near the CULVERT culvert which will wash down in the spring, but the culvert W 25- 32 -25 -4 is open Mr Poole moved to accept and file this report Carried The Secretary read a letter from Twister Pipe Ltd LETTER Mr Berdahl moved to accept and file the correspondence TWISTER PIPE Carried The application for work from Marvin A Kirk was referred to APPLICATION Council, and Mr Ferguson moved this be turned over to Mr Payue'cLe tiP FOR WORK Carried M A KIRK The Secretary read to Council the drafted by -law for changes of load limits on Municipal roads Following lengthy discussion it LOAD LIMIT was agreed that more information should be obtained from Alberta V BY -LAW Transportation, if possible today, and the matter be considered again later in the meeting There was discussion then regarding possible change =n speed limits and making the speed limit the same for all roads in the Municipal SPEED LIMITS District It was agreed that this speed limit should conform to — incial regulations and other municipal speed limits if possible and further consideration should be givenia the matter, by discussion with other areas at the convention, and information being obtained from Alberta Transportation Mr Poole and Mr King gave reports regarding various discussions with Andex Oil Company regarding road approaches, dust control ANDEX OIL etc The problem with the road approach at 6 of 27- 30 -24 -4 will PROBLEMS be checked into further by the companj and they will contact the office later "4r Bauer moved acceptance of the report Carried Mr Ross Fraser of Carbon has inquired about the status of the GRAVEL PIT agreement he has with the Municipal District for a gravel pit ROSS FRASER on his land It was noted that the term of the agreement has LAND expired Testing was done in this area last fall and there is gravel available, but there is approximately 30 feet of sand which would have to be stripped The test showed approximately 14 feet of gravel below the land It is not particularly good gravel ✓ It would require a dozer and scraper to do the stripping; Discussion was held regarding possible re- testing the area Mr Dobler pointed out it is difficult to get a drilling rig in the area to do the testing Mr Berdahl moved that negotiations be undertaken with Mr Fraser to renew the agreement Carried There was a brief discussion regarding gravel royalty at 15� being - sufficient Mr iCiile advised the meeting that he and Mr Campbell had met with HOPKINS Mr Tony Hopkins of Hopkins Construction at noon He has offered to ✓ CONSTRUCTION remove gravel from the Red Deer River at the Elvin location with a dragline, REMOVAL dump the gravel on shore to drain, reload it and haul to the stock pile GRAVEL FROM site for 80� a cubic yard Discussion was held regarding the amount of gral ;;V LER 8 "h �t� I • 0 COUNCIL r',nnl.Livv NOVEMBER 8th,1976 .] available in the area, and it was agreed generally that the price quoted is a reasonable price Mr Ferguson moved that Mr Campbell and Mr Dobler be authorized to meet with Mr Hopkins this afternoon at the site and negotiate a minimum - maximum amount of gravel to be removed from the river Carried Mr Cunningham entered the meeting and discussed with Council the matter of hook -ups for their radios for use in their homes to eliminate the need for a battery He was authorized to obtain a price for 8 such hook ups The price he obtained by telephone was $225 00 for each hook up with 8 to 10 days delivery Mr Bauer moved that the Municipal District purchase the required hook up equipment for 8 units and ow-iership of the equipment would remain with the Municipal District Carried Mr King advised the meeting that the agreement with Raymond Megli for the Megli gravel pit has expired The terms of the agreement were briefly reviewed and it was noted that stripping will have to be done at the pit next year Some testing has been done and it appears there is still good gravel available in the N2 of 10- 30 -25 -4 Mr Brown moved that the Secretary negotiate renewal of the agreement with Mr Megli and advise Linden Contractors and W & T Downe that their stock piles will have to be removed prior to next June to enable the stripping to be done Carried Mr King advised the meeting that Mr Neil Hempel had accepted the V11 appointment to the Agricultural Service Board Mr King gave a brief report on the need for a stop sign coming out from the view point at the Horseshoe Canyon Road Mr Berdahl also pointed out that a sign further to the east blocks vision on the road Mr Campbell moved this report be accepted, Mr Paquette be authorized to check the same, and the report be filed Carried Mr Dobler gave a brief report on the work of the gravel crew He advised that they will be moving to the Garson Pit to stock pile before the weather gets bad He noted the price at the Garson Pit is $2 55 which is perhaps too high Mr Ferguson moved that the price of /gravegdat the Garson Pit be reduced to $2 05 a cubic yard, effective immediatley Mr Litz moved that Council review all gravel prices at the next meeting Carried RADIO HOOK UP MEGLI PIT AGREEMENT RENEWAL NEIL HEMPEL ON A S B HORSESHOE CANYON ROAD REPORT GRAVEL CREW REPORT PRICE AT GARSON FOR GRAVEL REVIEW GRAVEL PRI Mr Campbell asked about the $5 00 charge for disposing of car bodies CHARGE at the Sanitary Land Fill site He wondered if there should be a FOR DISPOSAL charge at all. Following discussion of the matter, it was agreed that OF CAR BODIE, this be referred to the next sanitary land fill committee meeting for AT SAN LAND their consideration FILL SITE Mr Campbell and Mr Dobler left the meeting at this time Mr Jeffery gave a report to Council on costs of surfacing for the year SURFACING 1976 He noted that total surfacing costs were $269,525 99 or an COSTS average of $8625 00 a mile The cost of the oil to date this year is 1976 $177,815 55, which is very close to the amount budgeted for oil There was a general discussion on public works projects, and it was V noted that all the crews will be finished their present projects by Wednesday If the weather holds the stripping at Megli' would require a dozer and 1 or 2 scrapers and the rest of the crew could go on with another road project There was discussion regarding the Fred Art location 9 f 0 • 0 COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th,1976 P.9 and it was noted that the Bridge Branch do not have the installation of a bridge at that locaton scheduled for this winter There was also brief discussion regarding lay off of certain employees Mr King reported to the meeting that Alberta Power Ltd are installing a heavy power line for Lariat Oil And Gas Company into the gas plant on NW 16- 31 -23 -4 and are having a problem determining the actual location of the surveyed road It ✓ that the road may not be built in the right location It was agreed that Mr John Dorn, Mr Ted Paquette, Mr G King and Mr T A Ferguson meet with the representatives at the Ross Cullum farm November 9th,1976 at 9 00 A M to discuss the problem Jean Wilkinson left the meeting at this time, approximately 4 30 P.M., V-1 and Mr King took minutes for the remainder of the meeting Mr Harvey Olson entered the meeting to discuss his subdivision proposal He stated that he wishes a separate title for 32 acres in NE 19- 32 -23 -4 to include both dwellings and all other buildings He further stated that he was granted a permit for the new house on condition that the old house continue to be used for farm purposes and there is no change proposed After further discussion Mr Olson left the meeting Mr Bauer moved that Council recommend approval of the Olson subdivision as per above, with reserve to be 1% in cash on the value of 32 acres at $500.00 per acre and with the balance deferred ROAD PROBLEM N W 16- 31 -23- LARIAT OIL & GAS - PLANT H OLSON SUBDIVISION NE 19 -32 -2 Mr Jeffery advised that Mr E Majore of Torrington is complaining because he cannot buy gravel while he is on our black list for non E - payment of a fire call It appeared that he was trying to buy gravel from BLACK Linden Contractors so this was not municipal business LIST A/C There was considerable discussion with Mr Paquette about his procedure EMPLOYEE in deciding which employee should be laid off Special reference was LAY OFF made to the fact that Joe Fredericks,a new employee, was kept on, although he had less seniority than Gary Ensminger Wally Rasmussen had also been kept on Mr Paquette explained that he and Joe Dobler had discussed this IP matter and he had kept those that he felt would be most suitable for work this winter and next year on certain fobs Further work is now authorized by Council so Gary Ensminger could be kept on for a longer period of time Mr Litz moved that Council agree to keep Gary Ensminger employed at least until the end of November Carried Mr Ferguson moved that the proposed by -law regarding load limits be tabled LOAD LIMIT and further information obtained about legal gross weights on double tandem BY -LAW trucks Carried Mr Poole asked Mr Paquette to have our sign man check regarding the sign MIS PUBLIC on the road just north of Grainger A WORKS ITEMS It was also suggested that some uniform way of marking our signs should be devised so that they could be identified if removed Mr Poole moved that Council consider closure of the road in POSSIBLE the South part of the SE 30- 30 -23 -4, when the new road is completed on ROAD the east west road allowance, and that the diversion be ..._,..:::d to the said CLOSURE quarter section SE 30- Carried 30 -23 -4 Mr Paquette was advised that the oil tanks from the Gulf Oil Bulk ✓` GULF OIL station in Three Hills should be dug out as soon as they have been emptied BULK TANKS Mr Jeffery stated it is the obligation of the town of Three Hills to fill the holes and reclaim the site Mr Berdahl referred to the following items 10 (P-, Ix COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th,1976 P 10 1 Culverts are partly plugged on the road north of Ivan Berreth's and he requested Mr Paquette to check this 2 G Snell had left large bales in the ditch south of Sharples Mr King advised that he had telephoned and left a message with Mrs Snell regarding; having these bales removed before winter Mr Paquette was asked to endeavour to get some holes filled in the surfacing near Guttridges, Dale Fox, Richard Maerz and others It was mentioned that some ratepayer had asked about having a list of committees put in the Capital Mr King stated this could be done PUBLIC WORK ITEMS �n Mr. Reg Campbell came back into the meeting at this time - 5.45 P M „-I Mr Litz asked why the foremen had refused to loan the transit to an employee Mr Paquette stated that it is very sensitive and easily damaged and not of use unless the employee is experienced in using it Mr Campbell reported that he and Mr Dobler had met with Mr Tony Hopkins GRAVEL and had looked at the gravel in the river in Part of Section 30- 32 -21 -4 FROM Hopkins C... ....ction price for stock piling is 80� per cubic yard, unless P RIVER a cat and ripper may be needed to break frost HOPKINS CONST Mr Poole moved that Mr Campbell and Mr King have authority to deal with Mr Hopkins for the gravel stock piling Carried It was also noted that an agreement should be made with Joe DeBeaudrap for entry to the gravel site on the river, and that Mr Paquette should ✓ l arrange for some minor stripping there soon. Mr Paquette left the meeting at this time - 6.00 P M Mr Poole asked that our Surface Reclamation Board be advised that the gas plant location in NE 9- 29 -23 -4 is in an untidy condition SAN LAND Mr Jeffery briefly outlined the minutes of the Sanitary Land Fill meeting n FILL held on October 26th,1976 Mr Poole moved that these be accepted MINUTES and filed Carried Mr Ferguson moved that Council approve of the Peace Time Emergency t PEACE TIMF Operation Plan under Alberta Disaster Service Act as per details submitted EMERGENCY f Carried PLAN Mr Poole moved that the meeting do now adjourn Carried ✓� ADJOURNMED Time of Adjournment 6 05 P M - - - -- -==�/ - - - - - -- - -- -- --- - -- Reeve Secretary - Treasurer Next Regular meeting - November 22nd, 1976 E U 1� • a ACCOUNTS -PRESENTED -TO -COUNCIL --NOVEMBER -8th,1976 ---------------------------------- - - - - -- 1662 Margaret Caswell 800 00 611 87 1663 Alexander Cunningham 1375 00 1018 02 1664 Joe Dobler 1404 17 1015 18 1665 John Dorn 1404 17 980 68 1666 V Hart 1050.00 741.07 1667 J.C. Jeffery 1404 16 1005 67 1668 G G King 1679 16 1169 01 1669 Ted Paquette 1512 50 1001 85 1670 Cancelled Leonard Ensminger 947 62 740 1671 Glenn Sr.,yyh 1000 00 725 53 1672 Norman Soder 1333 33 985 90 1673 Peter Spilchen 1333 33 988 79 1674 M Jean Wilkinson 950 00 743 18 1675 Keith Smith 1051 90 781 59 Steno Ut Officer Gravel Foreman Foreman Steno Assist Sec Sec -Treas Superintendent Assist Ag Fieldman Ag Fieldman Assessor Steno Partsman 1676 Robert Cranston 1544 25 1057 47 Foreman 1677 Robert Dau 1358 48 971 06 Labor 1678 Joe Dobler 270.00 270.00 Overtime 1679 Edward Duncan 1207 80 852 33 Labor 1680 Raymond Ehrmann 1435 19 893 49 Labor 1681 Ruban Ehrmann 1288 26 927.40 Labor 1682 Gl-:rj Ensminger 1067.32 793 28 Labor 1683 Leonard Ensminger 947 62 740 70 Labor 1684 Glen Enzie 1264 83 967 90 Labor 1685 Dan Frere 1284 78 924 97 Labor 1686 Joe Fredericks 1277.90 966 66 Labor 1687 Trev. Friesen 1304 53 912 52 Labor 1688 Lyle Gelinas 1301 46 910 35 Labor 1689 Karl Gundlach 1329 66 982.12 Labor 1690 Robert Gundlach 1358 48 975 04 Labor 1691 Johnston Hart 1180 88 965 43 Labor 1692 Vernon Haskell 1311 86 986 60 Labor 1693 Alan Hazel 1253.92 880 92 Labor 1694 Harvey Jesske 1371 83 954 02 Labor 1695 Albert Kimmel 1374 48 947 36 Labor 1696 Doug Knapp 694 65 850.49 Labor 1697 Dennis Kober 254 56 943 37 Labor 1698 Otto Kurta 1316 79 1043 99 Labor 1699 Dale Leslie 986 40 839 18 Labor 1700 Miles Maerz 1165 08 882 73 Labor 1701 Bernie Milan 1275 93 954 10 Labor 1702 Earl McRae 1371 83 954 02 Labor 1703 Neil Penner 1076.63 875 46 Labor 1704 Brian Plant 1323 96 999 Labor 1705 Ken Quinlan 672 98 738 91 Labor 1706 Wallace Rasmussen 1255 32 940 85 Labor 1707 George Rempel 1427 55 988 82 Labor 1708 Milton Rempfer 1081 97 647 94 Labor 1709 Hugo Robanske 1483 96 1180 37 Labor 1710 Oris Rodger 1324 68 985.27 Labor 1711 Ernest Scheunert 1156 38 877.10 Labor 1712 Brian Sow -rby 1314.70 941 27 Labor 1713 Elton Street 850 25 675 18 Labor 1714 Ken Thompson 1324 41 1018 93 Labor 1715 John Trentham 1294 92 906 55 Labor 1716 Jack Tutt 1324 68 762 98 Labor 1717 Roger Tutt 494 00 431 21 Labor 1718 E M Vickery 1242 21 956 00 Labor 1719 Dale Weigum 1354 05 968 30 Labor 1720 Lil Weigum 391 20 358.20 Labor 2 Ird 0 i Ed �1 1721 1722 ACCOUNTS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL NOVEMBER 8th,1976 2 Alexander Williams 1324 68 753 62 Labor Vernon Bitz 1324 68 977 20 Labor 29091A Three Hills School Div 100,000 00 Requisition 29092A iii D Kneehill 11,768.34 Payroll 29093A M D Kneehill 41,481 00 Payroll 29229 Alta Wheat Pool 114 73 A S B Fert 29230 R.G Arthurs 2,778 10 Surveys 29231 Allied Tools Ltd 9 40 Tools 29232 Acklands Ltd 106 44 Tools, Shop 29233 A G T 31,500.00 Cut lines 29234 A G T 7 50 Directories 29235 Alta Power 365 82 Moving Lines 29236 A G.T. 592 77 Accounts 29237 Eric Bowhay 198 00 San Land Fill 29238 Vern Bitz 3 90 Heater Switches 29239 Brenda Auto 351 33 Tools, repairs 29240 C. Berg Industries 12 00 Repair Hitch 29241 Brake Dome Ltd 204 12 Inventory 29242 Elmer Currie 100 00 Can Thistle 29243 Clarence Currie 100 00 Can Thistle 29244 C N R 294 38 Grainger Crossing 29245 Clean Sweep Products 168 00 Shop supplies 29246 Casterland 21 48 Shop 29247 Crown Mart 980.01 Materials, etc 29248 Alex Cunningham 48 00 Mileage 29249 Can Western Natural Gas 26 95 Account 29250 Calgary Power Ltd 6 10 Account 29251 Can Ofrex Ltd 187 20 Office Supplies 29252 Village of Carbon 11 40 Water & Sewer 29253 Ruben Ehrmann 27 40 Mileage 29254 Raymond Ehrmann 100 00 Mileage 29255 Glen Enzie 20 80 Mileage & meeting 29256 Farmers & Merchant Trust 163 92 Employee Pension 29257 J D. Fraser Equipment 38 40 Repairs 29258 J E Frere & Sons 14 61 A S B etc 29259 Gestetner Ltd 141 85 Office supplies 29260 Lyle Gelinas 24 00 Employee Meeting 29261 Garrett Motors 27 90 Fuel I 29262 Joseph Gorman 10 00 Road Compensation 29263 Gulf Oil 10,236 71 Fuel 29264 Gibson Petroleum Ltd 325 00 Hauling 29265 Huttons Ltd 191 72 Repairs, etc 29266 Frank Hugo 802 50 Road Compensation 29267 H T Howe & Son 272 83 Inventory, etc. 29268 Hugo Farms Ltd 187 50 Crop Damage 29269 John W Hailer 175 00 Borrow Pit 29270 Bill Howard 81 68 Can Thistle 29271 Gordon Howard 78 79 Can Thistle 29272 Imperial Oil 2409 72 Fuel 29273 Imperial Oil 38 14 Fuel 29274 Imperial Oil 21 00 Fuel 29275 Jubilee Insurance Agencies 16020 00 Insurance Prem 29276 J C Jeffery 53 30 Petty Cash 29277 G G King 21 60 Mileage & Meals 29278 T &T Kubenic 187 50 Crop Damage 29279 Kneehill Ambulance Service 1016 35 Revenue 29280 Albert Kimmel 20 80 Mileage ox 3 ACCOUNTS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL NOVEMBER 8th,1976 ------------------------------------------ - - - - -- 'I 29281 Long's Auto Sales 4 20 Inventory 29282 Linden Motors 37 04 Linden R F P 29283 Linden Agri Center 29. 28 A S B repairs, etc 29284 Dale Leslie 16 00 Employee Meeting 29285 Linden Trading Co -Op 91 00 Kneehill San Land Fil 29286 Linden Nuring Home 200 00 Grant 29287 Public Service Pension 6357 06 Pension 29288 Mainline 7.50 Shop supplies, etc 29289 Macleods 23 46 Tools, Materials etc 29290 M & S Ranches 48 00 Cult Trees A S B i 29291 Earl McRae 16 00 Employee Meeting 29292 Howard McKee 100 00 Can Thistle Program 29293 McGregor Filtering 64 50 Inventory 29294 Edward Nakaska 1000 00 Road Compensation 29295 0 K Tire Store 67 50 Repairs, A S B 29296 Oliver Industrial 2703 74 Inventory, Tools, etc 29297 Pye Electronics Ltd. 264 43 Radio Equipment -9298 Pioneer Machinery Ltd 59 03 Inventory 29299 Plains Western Gas 73 25 Accounts a 29300 Prairie Bible Institute 85 39 Grantvilh Water Clamp etc 29301 Pounder Emulsions 34084 67 Asphalt 29302 Rockville Stock Farms 100 00 Can Thistle Program ® 29303 Russelsteel Ltd 76 61 Repairs /-9304 Reuben Spady 7 85 Repairs 29305 Rollie's Motor Products 2128 66 Fuel 29306 Peter Spilchen 179 10 Mileage & Meals 29307 Select Printing 5 44 Office supplies 29308 Snap on Tools 113 40 Tools 29309 Brian Sowerby 28 00 Employee Meeting & Mileage 29310 Saskatoon Fire Engine Co 151 20 Linden R F P 29311 Sproule Bearing Supply 456 74 Inventory 29312 W T Shea 100 00 Can Thistle Program 29313 Paul Strohschein 250 00 Road Compensation 29314 Trochu Tire & Battery 35 00 A S B 29315 Three Hills Automotive Service 4 00 Three Hills R F P 29316 John Trentham 16 00 Employee Meeting 29317 Town of Three Hills 1363 43 Water & Sewer 29318 Three Hills Seed Plant 607 50 A S B Budget 29319 Trans Canada Glass 22 75 Inventory 29320 Timac Tire Sales 199 75 Repairs 29321 Town of Three Hills 2535 65 Kneehill San Land Fil 29322 Taylor Pearson & Carson 214 58 Repairs, Shop etc 29323 Gary Trentham Excavating 507 00 Gas Line Repairs 29324 Three Hills Pop Shop 46 50 Freight 29325 Roger Tutt 2433 75 Machinery Rental 29326 Three Hills Supermarket 3 28 Shop supplies ,i 29327 Trentham Transport 153 10 Office freight etc 29328 Union Tractor 391 18 Inventory & Repairs 29329 Underwood, McLellan & Assoc 772 49 Huxley Sewer 29330 Universal Sales 66 22 Inventory 29331 Vaughns 49 33 Tools, Shop etc 29332 Willson Office Specialty 249 35 Office supplies 29333 Waterous G M Diesel 112 02 Inventory y 29334 Walbern Industries 9 89 Linden R F P 29335 W & T Downe Sand & Gravel 1539 00 Cement - Huxley Sewer 29336 Workers Comepnsation Board 1781 25 Account i ACCOUNTS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL NOVEMBER 8th,1976 P 4 29337 Dominion Life 240 79 Employee Benefits 29338 Manulife 295 78 Employee Benefits 29339 Alta Health Care 550 40 Employee Benefits 29340 Alta Power 820 18 Accounts 29341 R W Brown 809 09 Council Fees 29342 G A Berdahl 458 54 Council Fees 29343 Alta Blue Cross 154.56 Employee Benefits 29344 R Angus 3777 75 Repairs 29345 G G King 252 00 Jasper Park Seminar 29346 Edwin Heer 40 00 Huxley Sewer - Fencing 29347 Huxley Motors 20.30 Huxley Sewer 29348 AAMD & C 18866 82 Repairs, Inventory, etc 29349 T A Ferguson 533 73 Council Fees 29350 A W Bauer 332 74 Council Fees 29351 R.G Campbell 540 58 Council Fees 29352 C W Poole 377.86 Council Fees 29353 Adolph Judt Jr 350 00 Fence Agreement 29354 J W Meers 350 00 Fence Agreement 29355 Russell Smith 350 00 Fence Agreement 29356 Clarence Meers 350.00 Fence Agreement 29357 Bill Stanton 550 00 Fence Agreement 29358 Herb Ensminger 350 00 Fence Agreement 29359 Leonard Litz 380 46 Council Fees 29360 Receiver General 17210 97 Income Tax, etc f' i 9 6 9 - -Qmm 0 7_.. 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