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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-12-28 Council MinutesMUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KN££HILL #48 AGENDA DECEMBER 28th,1976 1. Approval of Minutes - December 13th,1976 2 Report Employer- Employee Committee Meeting - Dec 14/76 and Finalization of Wage Agreements 3 Set Date for 1977 Annual Meeting 4 Report re Combined Meeting of Government Officials set for Jan 19!77 5 Recommendation from Kneehill Ag Advisory Committee 6 Report from Alberta Municipal Affairs - Annual Inspection 7 Letter to Alberta Municipal Affairs - Extension of Time - Completion of Assessment Work 8. Report regarding Save Harmless Agreements and Required By -laws 9 Jubilee Insurance - Master Buildings and Contents Policy 10 Letters of Thanks for Grants 11 Report regarding 1976 Telephone allowance paid 12 Letter from Alberta Municipal Financing - 1977 Capital Requirements 13 Alberta Power Ltd - Extension to NW 28 -30 -25.4 14. Alberta Government Telephones - Swalwell Area 15. C R P C - Decisions on Subdivisions Amendment to Prel Reg Plan - Strathmore Building by -law etc. 16 Building Permits - George Hibbs - Workshop SE 30- 34 -22 -4 G Dube - Addition to Dwelling - Wimborne W. Rasmussen - Inquiry re. Huxley 17 18 19 20. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27. 28 29 30 31. 32 33 34 35 36. 37 38 Three Hills School Division - Minutes - Dec 8/76 Letter of Thanks - Alice Ferguson AAMD & C - Dividend Statement Workers' Compensation Board - Rates etc. Engineering Canada Associates - Carbon Sewer Alberta Solicitor General - Enforcing weight restrictions Apprenticeship Board - Knapp & Quinlan Art Bauer - Report - Gerald Hazel - Use of Road C Poole - report on stop signs - Swalwell and Old 21 Course in Traffic Control By -law 808 - Swalwell Street District Engineer - Previous Letter re Orkney Alberta Transportation - Talk of Hendrickson Dr H Horner - Comments re- road requests By -law 803 - Kostrosky Road Closure Alberta Transportation - Bridge Completed WNW Gravel Lease - Ross Fraser Alberta Labour - Location of Fuel Tanks Shop Committee Report - December 23/76 Miscellaneous Dr Foulon - Dev Permit Road 23- 31 -24 -4 Alta Agriculture - Stray Animals Act - Jan 2/77 SEASONS GREETINGS r COUNCIL -MEETING -- -DECEMBER -2.8th,1976 -------------------------- - - - - -- A meeting of the Council of the Municipal District of Kneehill #48 was held in the Municipal Office, Three Hills, on December 28th,1976, commencing at 9.00 A M Those present for the meeting were, PRESENT Gilbert A Berdahl Div. 1 Clifford W. Poole Div 2 Ralph W Brown Div 3 (Reeve) Art W Bauer Div 4 Leonard Litz Div. 6 Reginald Campbell Div 7 It was noted that Councillor Ferguson was absent for a doctor's appointment in Calgary today G G King, Secretary - Treasurer, and John C Jeffery, Assistant Secretary - Treasurer were present for the meeting, r Jean Wilkinson was present and recorded the minutes APPROVAL Mr Bauer moved adoption of the minutes of the meeting of MINUTES gin' December 13th, 1976, as circulated DEC 13/76 Carried EMPLOYER - Mr Jeffery, Assistant Secretary - Treasurer reviewed the Employer- EMPLOYEE Employee Committee Meeting minutes of December 14th,1976 COMMITTEE and pointed out the various changes in the agreement as agreed MEETING upon by the committee, particularly the 36� increase per hour Dec 14/76 rather than the 354 per hour as previously offered. There was also discussion of the 1 day per month sick day which is increased from ;Z day per month, and the possibility of not allowing the 1 sick day per month to employees until they had worked for a WAGE certain length of time It was agreed that this should be kept NEGOTIATION; in mind for 1978 wage negotiations. i i Mr Poole moved adoption of the minutes of the meeting of December f 14th, 1976, with changes to the wage agreement as outlined in same Carried Mr. Brown advised Council of the Committee' negotiations with salaried employees It was noted that a percentage increase favours the higher paid employees, and a straight across the board raise favours the lower paid employees The committee had worked out a combination of these two methods, on the basis of a $300 00 basi.d increase to all salaried employees and a percentage increase of the balance of the allowable 6% increase under Anti Inflation guidelines Mr Jeffery outlined the basis G G King increase T. C Paquette increase John Dorn increase Joe Dobler increase J C Jeffery increase Keith Smith increase Alex Cunningham increase Glenn Smyth increase Norman Soder increase Jean Wilkinson increase Violet Hart increase Margaret Caswell increase increases which would be paid on this to $21 500 00 to $19,185.00 to $17,830 00 to $17,830 00 to $17,830 00 to $17,375 00 S to $17,465 00 to $12,775 00 to $16,950.00 to $12,200 00 to $13,400 00 to 10,400 00 Mr Brown pointed out that Glenn Smyth had requested an increase in his wages to decrease the difference between his wages and Mr. Soder's However his wages are above average for Assistant Ag Fieldman and the Committee could see no justification for such an increase The committee had compared wages with other employment in the area and it was agreed that the higher paid employees are losing ground in accordance with the averages for the 1� i ...2 COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 28th,1976 province P 2 Mr King, Mr Jeffery and Jean Wilkinson left the meeting at this time and Council discussed the proposed increases, Mr King, Mr Jeffery and Jean Wilkinson then re- entered the meeting. Mr. Poole moved that the report of the Employer Committee be accepted and increases be granted as outlined above, to the salaried employees. Carried Mr G A Berdahl wished to be recorded as opposed It was noted that the wages for Peter Spilchen, Assessor had been established at the time of hiring in September, to be effective until March 31st,1977 Following discussion of this matter, Mr Bauer moved that Mr Spilchen be granted an increase of $80.00 per month effective April 1st, 1977 Carried Mr Berdahl wished to be recorded as opposed ANNUAL The date for the annual meeting of the Municipal District of MEETING Kneehill #48 ratepayers was set for March 21st, 1977 to be MAR 21/77 A held at the Three Hills Community Center, commencing at 1 30 P M , on motion by C W Poole Carried It was noted that the annual combined meeting of ANNUAL MEETING local governing officials is set for 1.30 P M January LOCAL 19th 1977 OFFICIALS It was noted that Reeve Brown will not be present for this meeting Mr Brown pointed out that he had gathered information together about the possible benefits of a rural urban county and suggested this information might be of interest to the meeting of local officials There was brief discussion of lack of funds for hospitals and closure of beds in nearly all hospitals in Alberta, and it was agreed that the reports as gathered by Mr Brown should be reviewed and brought to the meeting RECOMMENDATION A recommendation from the Kneehill Agricultural Advisory Board KNEEHILL for each Councillor to hold a meeting with interested persons from AD. BOARD his own division, as Councillor Ferguson does each year, was discussed and Mr Berdahl moved that each Councillor could hold such a meeting if he felt it would be of benefit to his division Carried It was agreed that the Advisory Board be advised of this decision. The report from the to Council by Reeve that the report be report be referred on March 21st,1977 Municipal Affairs inspector was read Brown It was moved by Hr Litz accepted, and acknowledged, and the to the annual ratepayers' meeting Mr Campbell moved that to allow an extension of completion of our annual Carried MUN INSPECTOR REPORT 0 EXTENSION I LIMIT FOR Alberta Municipal Affairs be requested time to January 31st, 1977 for COMPLETION ASSESSMEN assessment T Carried �r 3 1977 COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 28th,1976 P.3 The Secretary reviewed the Save Harmless Agreement prepared by SAVE Mr Ross, Solicitor of Drumheller with regard to the Carbon HARMLESS and Trochu Sewage systems and the Acme water well The by -laws AGREEMENTS authorizing the signing of the save harmless agreements were also BY LAWS reviewed Mr Poole moved first reading to by -law number 817, this being BY -LAW a by -law authorizing the Reeve and Secretary- Treasurer to enter 817 into a save harmless agreement with each of the Village of Acme, Village of Carbon and Town of Trochu in connection with their respective sewage lines and water well situated on municipal roads Carried Unanimously Mr Campbell moved second reading to by -law number 817 Carried Unanimously Mr Berdahl moved third reading to by -law number 817 Carried Unanimously The Master buildings and contents policy from Jubilee Insurance MASTER Company Ltd was reviewed by the meeting, and it was noted BUILDING A that the deductible is $250 00 and there is a 7% increase in INSURANCE premium rates POLICY Mr Bauer moved that this information be accepted and filed and the premium be paid. Carried Letters of thanks for grants paid recently were noted, and Mr Litz moved to accept and file the letters LETTER OF Carried THANKS The telephone allowance of $45 00 paid to various employees was reviewed and it was noted that the telephone rental had TELEPHONE increased $17 00 over the $45 00 paid Mr Poole moved ALLOWANCE / that the extra $17 00 be paid to the employees entitled to same Carried A letter from Alberta Municipal Finance Corporation regarding ALTA MEN FINANCE 1977 capital requirements was read and it was moved by Mr Poole CORP that this matter be tabled until the meeting of Council on January 24th,1977 LETTER Carried A letter from Alberta Power Ltd , requested approval of line ALTA POWER extensions to NW 28- 30 -25 -4 - Linden Nursing Home LINE EXTENSION Mr Brown moved approval of the line extension as per plans submitted by Alberta Power Ltd Carried A G T A letter from Alberta Government Telephones requested BURIED approval of installation of buried cable north of CABLE Sections 9 and 10 in 30 -24 -4, as per plans submitted 9 6 10 in It was noted that there will be possible road contruction 30 -24 -4 and paving of the road in this area in the near future Mr. Poole moved that A G T be requested to put their cable back 125 feet from the center line of the road for the portion of the Line which will be on the north side of Section 10, so as to avoid problems with the proposed construction and paving work to be done in the future Carried Various correspondence from C R P C were referred to the C R P C meeting as follows. MATTERS 1 Harvey Olsen - NE 19- 32 -23 -4 - Subdivision was refused because of the two houses on the proposed parcel ✓1 2 Clearvalley Farms Ltd - Proposed amendment regarding the 10 foot strip along the creek was defeated and the applicants have filed an appeal against this decision Mr Berdahl moved to accept and file the above as information Carried ...4 I i COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 28th,1976 P 4 3 Huxley Sewage Lagoon - Subdivision - Pt NW 17 and SW 20 in 34 -23 -4 Application for subdivision to accomodate the sewage lagoon site Mr Campbell moved Council recommend approval of the subdivision as proposed Carried 4. Herbert Ziegler - Proposed subdivision - Pt SW of 12- 32 -27 -4 This is a proposed subdivision of 40 acres for a residential site It was noted there is good access to the site and the land is brush and not good farm land Mr. Bauer moved that Council recommend approval of the subdivision as proposed, with deferral of public reserve, and culverts and approaches to be installed to M D standards at the applicant's expense Carried 5 F G Pryor - NW 30- 31 -24 -4 - Subdivision application was refused Mr Bauer moved to accept this decision as information Carried r 6 Proposed Amendment to Preliminary Regional Plan as submitted by Town of Strathmore was considered and Mr Poole moved that this Council has no objection tothis proposed amendment Carried 'he Secretary advised the meeting that tentative arrangements had been made with C R P C to have Mr Karl Nemeth meet with Council on January 10th, 1977 to discuss Development Control by -laws and proposed building by -laws After discussion of this matter and the possible need for a building inspector, it was moved by Mr Brown that the meeting with Mr Nemeth be delayed until after the meeting of local governing officials which is to be held January 19th,1977 Carried It was agreed that discussions should be held with the other municipalities about the possibility of hirin-T a building inspector to serve several areas. A letter from Ross, Clozza & Todd regarding proposed development permit for a residence on Pt NE 22- 28 -20 -4 was read to Council It was noted that C R P C. and Alberta Transportation had not been able to do anything to speed up the issuance of the required permits for this development Mr Campbell moved this letter be accepted and filed as information Carried The policy of advertising development permits which have been approved by the Development Control Officer was considered by the meeting. Mr Berdahl moved to make no change in the policy Carried BUILDING Building permits as issued were referred to the meeting PERMITS 1 George Hibbs, SE 30- 34 -22 -4 = Workshop ✓r 2 G Dube - Lot 14, Blk 2, Wimborne - Addition to Residence Mr Litz moved to accept the two buildings permits as issued Carried It was noted that the inquiry from W Rasmussen with regard to moving a house into Huxley was not being proceeded with perhaps until spring The minutes of the Three Hills School Division meeting of THREE December 8th were referred to briefly Mr Bauer moved to ✓� HILLS accept and file as information SCHOOL DIV. Carried ... .5 COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 2 A letter of thanks from Mrs Alice Ferguson was read, and ALICE Mr Campbell moved to accept and file BY -LAW 818 FERGUSON Department in enforcing weight Carried LETTER OF 6 ENFORCEMENT There was a discussion regarding changes to be made THANKS A statement of the 1976 dividend received from the AAMD & C was read to the meeting, and it was noted that a 1975 -76 1976 DIV dividend of $7117 52 had been received n AAMD 6 C Mr Poole moved to accept and file same as information District, as follows. 80,000 pounds on all Carried A letter from the Workers' Compensation Board was read to Council and it was noted that a 30� increase in rates W C BOARD is necessary INCREASE IN Mr Bauer moved to accept and file same as information RATES Carried A letter from Engineering Canada Associates Ltd VILLAGE CARBON was read and they advised that the Village of Carbon REPAIR will repair the culverts damaged and regravel the CULVERTS & road as requested Mr Berdahl moved to accept and file ROAD the letter as information Carried A letter from Alberta Solicitor General was read to LOAD LIMIT Council. They wish to know if this M D will require BY -LAW 818 assistance from their Department in enforcing weight restriction by -laws 6 ENFORCEMENT There was a discussion regarding changes to be made in OF SAME the load limit by -law, taking into consideration provincial limits and tolerance allowed Mr Campbell moved first reading to by -law number 818, this being a by -law to establish new load limits for roads within the Municipal District, as follows. 80,000 pounds on all heavy pavement and gravel roads except where otherwise posted, and 59,000 pounds on all light coat surfaced roads Carried Unanimously Mr Litz moved second reading to this by -law Carried Unanimously Mr Bauer moved third reading to this by -law Carried Unanimously There was a discussion regarding speed limits on M D roads and it was agreed that no change be made in the by -law at this time. Mr Bauer moved that Alberta Solicitor General be advised the M D will require assistance in enforcement of its weight restriction by -law, on all roads in the M D , with particular concentration on the surfaced roads Carried STRAY ANIMAL A letter from Alberta Agriculture regarding proclamation of ACT the Stray Animals Act was read to Council The act goes PROCLAIMED into crforc����,On January 2nd, 1977 It was noted that Alf Lourance of `�`3's the only person in our area who is named as an inspector under this Act, and he along with the R C M P are the persons to contact for assistance in handling stray animals Mr Poole moved that this information be accepted and filed, and the poundkeepers be notified accordingly Carried The meeting hen discussed increase in PAY g pay for councillors COUNCIL After lengthy discussion, Mr Poole moved that the mileage rate and per diem rate be left at 20� per mile and $32 00 per diem plus $16.00 c, 6 COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 28th,1976 per diem subsistance The rates for hotel rooms and meals was then discussed. Mr Berdahl moved that if the rate for a hotel room exceeds $25 00 per night, the M D will pay the actual rate, otherwise the rate will remain at $25 00 per night, The rate for meals is also to remain at $4 00 per meal Carried Mr Paquette, Public Works Superintendent entered the meeting. There was a brief discussion regarding rates for snowplowing and it was noted that the rate is presently $28 00 per hour with a $5 00 minimum charge No change was made in the existing policy. Correspondence from the Apprenticeship Board regarding Ken Quinlan and Doug Knapp was read to Council It was noted that Ken Quinlan is now a journeyman welder and he received 10C extra per hour effective December 1st, 1976 Mr. Brown moved to accept and file this information and to send a letter of congratulations to Mr. Knapp and Mr. Quinlan for obtaining good marks Carried HOTEL & MEAL RATES SNOWPLOW RATES APPRENTICE QUINLAN & KNAPP Mr Bauer reported further regarding the request from G Hazel G HAZEL to lease a portion of unused road allowance in NE 16- 32 -25 -4 UNUSED No further action was taken by the meeting in this matter. /I RD ALLOWANCE STOP SIGNS Mr Poole reported regarding the requested move of stop signs SWALWELL on the Swalwell Road and the old 21 highway There is more traffic moving east and west and therefore it appears the stop signs should be on the north south road Mr Poole moved that the stop signs be changed to the north south road, that stop ahead signs be also installed; and the change be effective when the signs are erected Carried Mr Poole reported that the Swalwell Town and Country Club DUMPING have requested Council to consider installation of a dumping STATION station at the Swalwell Dam It was agreed that this would SWALWELL be a very expensive item, without connection to a sewage system.DAM These facilities are available in Acme and Three Hills Mr Poole moved that the Swalwell Town and Country Club be advised that Council does not consider it practical to install a dumping station for trailers and motor homes at the Swalwell Dam, due to the expense involved, and the fact that these facilities are available in Acme and Three Hills Carried It was noted that the Swalwell Town and Country Club should be advised that the stop signs will be changed as they requested. A report regarding a course being offered in Traffic Control by the University of Alberta in Red Deer in February was reviewed by the meeting Mr Litz moved that no delegate be sent to this course Carried A letter from Alberta Tansportation regarding By -law 808 was to Council. This concerns the proposed closure of Wacker Avenue in Swalwell TRAFFIC f CONTROL COURSE CLOSURE I read BY -LAW 808 WACKER AVENUE Mr Poole moved that this matter be tabled and Mr King contact Mrs K Elliott for further information about their proposed use of the land Carried n �VAI� COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 28th,1976 Mr King read a letter which was previously received from Alberta Transportation (L J Hempsey) in regard to the erosion of the Orkney Hill Road It was agreed that a copy of this letter be referred to the Councillor for that area Mr Berdahl moved to accept and file this information and this matter be checked again in the spring Carried Mr Emerson Sept of Three Hills entered the meeting He is attempting to purchase land for relocation of his business and wished Council to know of his plans as any land which he may acquire would in all likelihood have to be annexed to the Town of Three Hills He requires approximately 10 acres of land Discussion was held about land around the town which would be suitable and available Mr Sept advised the meeting that he may be submitting a subdivision application to C R P C in the near future and Council agreed that the matter would be considered again at that time Mr Sept then left the meeting P 7 ORKNEY HILL v EROSION PROBLEM E SEPT RELOCATION BUSINESS PAPER ON A letter from Mr Hempsey of Alberta Transportation VA TRANSPORTATION was referred to Council Mr Hempsey forwarded a copy of SEMINAR a paper presented by Mr H Hendrickson, Director, Motor Transport Branch, at a recent transportation seminar held in Grande Prairie Mr Bauer moved to accept and file this as information Carried A letter from Dr Horner, Minister of Transportation, was SECONDARY read to Council This was in connection with possible ROADS paving of secondary roads in 1977 `� PAVING 1977 Mr Poole moved to accept and file this as information Carried A letter from Alberta Transportation regarding closure of road allowance in SW 28- 29 -24 -4 and S� 29- 29 -24 -4 (By -law 803)was read to Council The road allowance has been closed for lease purposes only, and cannot be sold without further approval from the Department After lengthy discussion of this matter, including possible price to be asked for the land, it was moved by Mr Litz that Mr Poole discuss this matter further with Mr Kostrosky, and Mr Gieck to see if they would be willing to pay for the land Carried Alberta Transportation Bridge Branch have advised that the Bridge located at WNW 23- 31 -24 -4 is now completed and is accordingly turned over to the Municipal District It was noted that the bridge is in use, but is not completely finished Mr Paquette advised that they are to come back in the spring to finish the job Mr Bauer moved that this bridge be accepted on the condition that the finishing work which is required be done by the Bridge Branch next spring Carried Mr Ross Fraser has notified the office that he is only willing to lease his land for gravel exploration - NW 10- 29 -22 -4 for a period of one year as he is anticipating selling the land Mr Berdahl moved that Mr Fraser be again contacted to see if a five year lease could be arranged Carried 8 CLOSURE ROAD WACKER AVENUE SWALWELL BRIDGE WNW 23 31 -24 -4 f R FRASER GRAVEL LEASE X 14 % Mr Jeffery gave a brief report regarding the Shop Committee SHOP COMMITTEE meeting held December 23rd, 1976 MEETING They discussed holding a meeting with the Workers' Compensation Dec 23/76 Board and having Mr Zimmerman, Public Relations man as a speaker It was noted that Mr Zimmerman will be in Three Hills in January for a meeting being arranged by the District Agriculturists Council agreed that if the M D employees could loin in this meeting, this would be satisfactory The meeting discussed tungste^ blades for the graders and also decided to keep the Kelly Ryan wheels for the time being The insurance coverage on equipment was discussed and it was agreed that 75% of present values would be sufficient for insurance purposes Snow blowers and other items were discussed as well as a sub foreman for the other gravel crew It was recommended that Trev Friesen be the sub foreman on the other gravel crew during the double shifting Mr Litz moved that George Rempel La sub foreman on one crew and Trev Friesen be the sub foreman on the other crew during the double shifting, of the gravel crew Carried The remainder of the minutes of the meeting were referred to k�-A briefly and there was a lengthy discussion about the need for repairs to the Carbon shop doors etc Mr Berdahl moved that bids be called for a crew cab half ton f R 11 Wa on and that the bids be for either instead of or a a y g standard shift or automatic transmission Carried Mr Bauer moved that the call for bids for the 4 x 4 truck be for e_� <rr standard shift or automatic transmission Carried It was noted that the bid for the packer has not been completed as yet as further information is required Mr. Campbell moved to adopt the minutes of the Shop Committee meeting Carried RIDGING Council's policy for ridging snow in fields to assist in SNOW IN preventing drifting snow on the roads was discussed FIELDS L/ Mr Poole moved that Council's policy of ridging in fields POLICY where it is deemed necessary be advertised and those taxpayers who object to the graders going on their fields should notify their Councillor or the office Carried Mr Campbell requested a truck for use as a water truck for the Trochu Rural Fire Department as done in previous WATER TRUCK years and Mr Paquette agreed to have one ready for him TROCHU in a day or two FIRE DEPT It was noted that Alex Cunningham is the new Fire Chief for the Three Hills Fire Department and Jim Schneider is Deputy Fire Chief Mr Berdahl mentioned the problem of sanding hills in his SANDING HILLS division, and felt that perhaps a salt storage shed should HIV 1 be put in Carbon to cut down travelling time between his area and Three Hills, where the salt and sand are now stored No decision was made on this matter, but it was agreed that some sand and salt could be stored in Carbon to alleviate the problem this winter 9 t �J COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 28th,1976 P 8 FUEL TANKS A letter from Alberta Labour was read to Council This IN HAMLETS is in regard to location of fuel tanks in towns, villages and ETC hamlets Mr Campbell moved that this matter be tabled pending receipt G' of further information and further investigation Carried 14 % Mr Jeffery gave a brief report regarding the Shop Committee SHOP COMMITTEE meeting held December 23rd, 1976 MEETING They discussed holding a meeting with the Workers' Compensation Dec 23/76 Board and having Mr Zimmerman, Public Relations man as a speaker It was noted that Mr Zimmerman will be in Three Hills in January for a meeting being arranged by the District Agriculturists Council agreed that if the M D employees could loin in this meeting, this would be satisfactory The meeting discussed tungste^ blades for the graders and also decided to keep the Kelly Ryan wheels for the time being The insurance coverage on equipment was discussed and it was agreed that 75% of present values would be sufficient for insurance purposes Snow blowers and other items were discussed as well as a sub foreman for the other gravel crew It was recommended that Trev Friesen be the sub foreman on the other gravel crew during the double shifting Mr Litz moved that George Rempel La sub foreman on one crew and Trev Friesen be the sub foreman on the other crew during the double shifting, of the gravel crew Carried The remainder of the minutes of the meeting were referred to k�-A briefly and there was a lengthy discussion about the need for repairs to the Carbon shop doors etc Mr Berdahl moved that bids be called for a crew cab half ton f R 11 Wa on and that the bids be for either instead of or a a y g standard shift or automatic transmission Carried Mr Bauer moved that the call for bids for the 4 x 4 truck be for e_� <rr standard shift or automatic transmission Carried It was noted that the bid for the packer has not been completed as yet as further information is required Mr. Campbell moved to adopt the minutes of the Shop Committee meeting Carried RIDGING Council's policy for ridging snow in fields to assist in SNOW IN preventing drifting snow on the roads was discussed FIELDS L/ Mr Poole moved that Council's policy of ridging in fields POLICY where it is deemed necessary be advertised and those taxpayers who object to the graders going on their fields should notify their Councillor or the office Carried Mr Campbell requested a truck for use as a water truck for the Trochu Rural Fire Department as done in previous WATER TRUCK years and Mr Paquette agreed to have one ready for him TROCHU in a day or two FIRE DEPT It was noted that Alex Cunningham is the new Fire Chief for the Three Hills Fire Department and Jim Schneider is Deputy Fire Chief Mr Berdahl mentioned the problem of sanding hills in his SANDING HILLS division, and felt that perhaps a salt storage shed should HIV 1 be put in Carbon to cut down travelling time between his area and Three Hills, where the salt and sand are now stored No decision was made on this matter, but it was agreed that some sand and salt could be stored in Carbon to alleviate the problem this winter 9 t �J a N COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 28th,1976 P 9 Mr Litz mentioned a problem which has arisen about a drainage ditch located in the SE 13- 33 -25 -4 The land is now owned by Edward Siltala and he has requested damages DRAINAGE for -tie water which is running across his land from the ✓ DITCH drainage ditch PROBLEM It was agreed that Mr Litz follow up this matter and SE 13 -33 -25 obtain further information about the matter Mr Paquette left the meeting at this time V'\ Jean Wilkinson left the meeting at this time, and Mr G King vi recorded the balance of the minutes Mr Berdahl stated that the garbage pick up has been made GARBAGE at Hesketh only every 2 weeks This is satisfactory to the ^ PICK UP people:, but the Committee should check to see that it is HESKETH paid accordingly It was suggested that a garbage pick up at the Swalwell GARBAGE P U Park be considered for the summer by arrangements with PICK PICK LL Central Dispose All, and perhaps Keiver Lake Park & KEIVER could be included also LAKE Mr Poole moved that the meeting do now adjourn ADJOURNMENT Carried ✓' Time of A "o nment. 4'40 P M I - - - - -- - - - - - -� ---------- - - - - -- -- - - - - -- - -�\ - - - - - -- Reeve Secretary-Trea Sul It was noted that Mr Brown will be away on holidays from January 4th to January 26th,1977 V Next Regular meeting of Council -- January 10th,1977 commencing 9 00 A M L