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Home My WebLink About1977-01-24 Council Minutes12 Planning Matters- a) Appeal - R V Melwood - Set Time for Hearing, Swalwell Letter b) Appeal - Tony Seiler - Dev Permit 17 -77 - Set Time for Hearing c) Report from G G King regarding Swalwell matters d) Report on Development Control By -law Resolutions and other items e) Set date for Special Planning Meeting to consider various items held in abeyance , including Building By -law etc f) Beagrie Subdivision - NW 9- 32 -24 -4 13 Consider Long Service Award Certificate for Volunteer Firemen 14. Correspondence from Engineers regarding Village of Linden Sewage Lagoon and also Village of Acme Sewage Lagoon 15 Lots 12, 13 & 14 , Blk 3 Hesketh - Hesketh Community Association Price for Lots 16 recreation Reports. - Financial Statements Town of Trochu - Swimming Pool Town of Trochu - Recreation Department City of Drumheller Swalwell & District Curling Club & Community Center Three Hills Rural Community Association Mount Vernon Community Association 17 Report - G G King on Annual Alberta Disaster Services Conference 18. Building Permit Issued - Pt NE 22- 28 -20 -4 Dr Foulon 19 Approval for Lease - Sand & Gravel - 30 & 31 in 32 -21 -4 20 Correspondence from Znidar Bros Equipment Co. 21 Letter from Alfred Kostros} -y - Re. NW 20- 29 -24 -4 22. Letter from C N Railway - reconstruction of CN Underpass 23 Report from Apprenticeship Board Dale G Leslie 24 Letter from Alberta Solicitor General re Weight Restriction £nforeement Policy 25 Report regarding plugging off flowing wells ENE 24- 34 -24 -4 26 Third Reading By -law 820 27 Report on Machinery - 28 Price List on Courtney Berg boxes and hoists 29 G A Berdahl - report on M Anderson Bridge 30 Letter from Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd 31 Memo from AAMD & C - price on scraper cable 32. Applications for Work - R 0 Hildebrand and Murray Milan 33 Report on 1976 Gravel Work - ". Report - Stock Pile Site - E Heer a5 Miscellaneous 36 Report on Railway Crossing - Huxley Z�? AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING - M. D KNEEHILL #48 JANUARY 24th,1977 1 Approval of Minutes - Council Meeting - January 10th,1977 A.S B Meeting - January 17th,1977 Report of Shop & Foremen Committee Meeting - Jan 19/77 Report of Combined Meeting - Jan 19/77 2 Final Financial Statement for month ending December 31/76 3 By -law to authorize borrowing for 1977 4 Correspondence from Ross, Clozza & Todd regarding Carbon - Save Harmless Agreement 5 Letter of Thanks from St John's Lutheran Church, Trochu 6 Three Hills School Division - Minutes Meeting Jan 12/77 7. Application for Work in Office - Debbie Trentham, Nadine Sexton 8 Correspondence from Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation 9 Notice of Spring Convention - 1977 - Calgary March 29th and 30th,1977 10 Correspondence from Milner & Steer, Solicitors for C W N G 11. Alberta Power Ltd - Proposed Power Line Extensions LSD 11- 22- 31 -24 -4, LSD 6- 1- 29 -23 -4 LSD 10- 23- 30 -24 -4 12 Planning Matters- a) Appeal - R V Melwood - Set Time for Hearing, Swalwell Letter b) Appeal - Tony Seiler - Dev Permit 17 -77 - Set Time for Hearing c) Report from G G King regarding Swalwell matters d) Report on Development Control By -law Resolutions and other items e) Set date for Special Planning Meeting to consider various items held in abeyance , including Building By -law etc f) Beagrie Subdivision - NW 9- 32 -24 -4 13 Consider Long Service Award Certificate for Volunteer Firemen 14. Correspondence from Engineers regarding Village of Linden Sewage Lagoon and also Village of Acme Sewage Lagoon 15 Lots 12, 13 & 14 , Blk 3 Hesketh - Hesketh Community Association Price for Lots 16 recreation Reports. - Financial Statements Town of Trochu - Swimming Pool Town of Trochu - Recreation Department City of Drumheller Swalwell & District Curling Club & Community Center Three Hills Rural Community Association Mount Vernon Community Association 17 Report - G G King on Annual Alberta Disaster Services Conference 18. Building Permit Issued - Pt NE 22- 28 -20 -4 Dr Foulon 19 Approval for Lease - Sand & Gravel - 30 & 31 in 32 -21 -4 20 Correspondence from Znidar Bros Equipment Co. 21 Letter from Alfred Kostros} -y - Re. NW 20- 29 -24 -4 22. Letter from C N Railway - reconstruction of CN Underpass 23 Report from Apprenticeship Board Dale G Leslie 24 Letter from Alberta Solicitor General re Weight Restriction £nforeement Policy 25 Report regarding plugging off flowing wells ENE 24- 34 -24 -4 26 Third Reading By -law 820 27 Report on Machinery - 28 Price List on Courtney Berg boxes and hoists 29 G A Berdahl - report on M Anderson Bridge 30 Letter from Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd 31 Memo from AAMD & C - price on scraper cable 32. Applications for Work - R 0 Hildebrand and Murray Milan 33 Report on 1976 Gravel Work - ". Report - Stock Pile Site - E Heer a5 Miscellaneous 36 Report on Railway Crossing - Huxley Z�? Approved by the Depart ent J Municipal Affai FINAL Form No. T1 -252 (42) O MONTHLY STATEMENT (SEC. 61 V M.D Act, R.S.A. 1955) COUNTY OF MUNICIPAL DISTRICT O F� ------------------------------- - -n -------- - - - - -- - - - - -- -- - N c 4 . ------ -- Month Ending Pe,_- e�xb•e-r 3.1- s- t-------------- 19 --- 7 -6. -- GENERAL ll 1 C Tax Savings TOTAL I ACCOUNT Pa roll es Tr. Net Balance at End of Previous Month .5190,036.49 192,449 10 Receipts for the Month (less Loans) I 619,000 00 Loans Received Sub Total 2, 001 , 485 5 9 LESS• — Disbursements for the Month to Ch q u e N umb e 29716 1, 0 41 , 137 79 I I 619 , 000 0 0 Loans Paid Net Balance at End of Month 341 5 347 80 Balance at End of Month —Bank � — Treas. Br x+55, 276 27 5. 887 804 07 66 4 686 3 75 X03 4 5 466 261 3 13 7 51 4 5 *Cash on Hand at End of Month 313 7 I 469,398 96 Sub Total I I Less Outstanding Cheques 122,163 36 5,887 8 0 12 8, 0 51 16 1 - - - 41.07 66 3 75 Net Balance at End of Month 333,112 91 -0- ,---- OUTSTANDING CHEQUES OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE _— Amount No Amount No. Amount No Amount _ NIL... /e �" - -�= l_� 8 �._ ._. 980.64 Cheq es as peT prel'minary 1789 1005.75 stat men, 987.37 1790 1169 09 Plus cheques as per 1791 1001 85 stat ment attached i 115,175 99 – '793 725.53 122,163 36 1795 100494 5887 80 I Estimate of Accounts Payable, I I not rendered TOTAL TOTAL Submitted to Council this ---- 2.4 -0- TJayof January 19.77 L� Reeve "Cash on Hand Deposited ----------------------------------- _ ---------- _ --- ..------ 19 . ( SEE OVER FOR EXPENDITURE CONTROL ) Secretary- Treasurer i c� I e 1 r r COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 24th,1977 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Municipal Office, Three Hills on Monday, January 24th,1977, commencing at 9 00 A M Those present for the meeting were PRESENT Gilbert Berdahl Div 1 C W Poole Div 2 (Deputy Reeve) T. A Ferguson Div 5 Leonard Litz Div. 6 Reginald Campbell Div 7 A W Bauer, Councillor for Division 4 entered the meeting at approximately 11.30 A M Mr G G King, Secretary- Treasurer, was present for the major portion of the meeting, and Mr John Jeffery, Assistant Secretary - Treasurer was present for portions of the meeting Jean Wilkinson was present and recorded the minutes In the absence of Reeve Ralph W Brown, Deputy Reeve C W Poole chaired the meeting APPROVAL MINUTES The minutes of the meeting of January 10th,1977 were reviewed, and it was noted that on page 2, in the report on Swalwell��mattrsions" regarding Block 7, the word "property" should read "possessions" Mr perguson moved approval of the minutes of January 10th, subject to the above noted correction Carried In as much as the Councillors have not yet received their copies of the Agricuitural Service Board meeting minutes of January 17th,1977, it was agreed to leave consideration and approval of the minutes until the next meeting NORMAN SODER However the request for permission to join the Three Hills REQUEST TO JOIN Fire Department by Norman Soder was considered at this time FIRE DEPT It was noted that he wishes to join the department and requests time off from work for this as required for attendance at fires L and also use of the A S.B truck for transportation if required De Litz toausertheoAeS Be permission to Departure required Carried Mr Berdahl moved to table the balance of the A S B. minutes until the next meeting Carried Mr Ferguson moved to table consideration of the minutes of the meeting of Local Governing Officials of January 19th 1977 until the next meeting Carried r INAL 1976 AI STATE - The final financial statement for the month of December 1976 MENT was read to the meeting and it was noted this showed a balance of $341;347 80 Mr Campbell moved approval of the financial statement as presented Carried BORROWING The matter of a borrowing by -law for 1977 was then considered BY -LAW 821 Mr. Poole moved first reading to By -Law #821 this being a by -law to authorize the borrowing of up to One Million Five Hundred VA Thousand Dollars as required Carried Unanimously. )'', / 2 COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 24th,1977 P 2 Mr Berdahl moved second reading to by -law number 821 Carried Unanimously Mr Campbell moved third reading to by -law number 821 Carried Unanimously Correspondence from Messrs. Ross, Clozza & Todd regarding the CARBON Village of Carbon and the save harmless agreement was SAVE read to the meeting HARMLESS A/G It appears that the solicitor for the Village of Carbon disagrees with some of the terms of the save harmless agreement. After discussion of the matter, Mr Ferguson moved that no change be made in the save harmless agreement as prepared by Mr Ross and Mr Ross to be advised accordingly Carried It was to be specially noted that at no time was any indication, given to the Village that the agreement was to be limited to a specific length of time, but was to continue for as long as the installation was on municipal land A letter of thanks from St John's Lutheran Church at Trochu ST JOHN'S for gravel donated was read to the meeting Mr Campbell moved CHURCH to accept and file the correspondence LETTER OF Carried THANKS The Three Hills School Division minutes of meeting of January THREE HILLS 12th,1977 were read to Council Mr Berdahl added comments SCHOOL DIV as he had attended the meeting Mr Litz moved to accept and file the minutes as information MINUTES Carried Applications for work in the office as received from Miss WORK Debbie Trentham of Three Hills, and Nadine Marie Sexton of APPLICATIONS Torrington were referred to the meeting Mr Berdahl moved to retain the applications on file as there are no openings for work at present Carried A letter from the Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation BORROWING which was previously tabled was again brought to the meeting ESTIMATE It was agreed that an estimate for possible water and sewer ALTA MUN installation in Ruarkville should be included in the estimate FINANCE of financing required for 1977 Mr Ferguson moved that upon receipt of further information' from the engineers, Mr King be authorized to advise Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation of the estimated amount required for possible installation of water and sewer in Ruarkville Carried It was noted that the report must be filed prior to February 16th,1977 Mr King advised the meeting of the dates of the AAMD & C AAMD & C Spring Convention which will be held March 29th and 30th SPRING CONV. at the Palliser Hotel in Calgary It was agreed that reservations be made for all councillors, G G King and J C Jeffery, for the night of the 29th of March, 1977 Mr Ferguson moved that all councillors be delegates to the convention, and Mr. G. G. King be appointed as alternate delegate in the event of the absence of any of the councillors Carried A letter from Milner & Steer, Solicitors for Canadian Western RATE INC Natural Gas was referred to the meeting They are making C W N G application to the Public Utilities Board for a change in rates Mr Poole moved to accept and file the correspondence Carried 3 l! i COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 24th,1977 P 3 Correspondence from Alberta Power Ltd regarding power line extensions to LSD 11- 22- 31 -24 -4; LSD 6- 1- 29 -23 -4; and LSD ALTA 10- 23- 30 -24 -4 were considered ✓` POWER Mr Berdahl moved approval of the line extenmons as per plans EXTENSIONS submitted Carried The meeting then reviewed various planning matters and it was SPECIAL agreed that a special meeting should be held to finalize COUNCIL certain matters in regard to planning MEETING Mr Litz moved that a special meeting of Council be held FOR on Monday February 7th,1977, commencing at 9 00 A M PLANNING MATTERS Carried The appeal submitted by R V Melwood of Swalwell with regard to storage of old vehicles on property in Swalwell was PLANNING considered Mr King also advised the meeting that many of the ITEMS residents of Swalwell have signed a letter stating their ob3ect.ions to the storage of vehicles on this property Mr Campbell moved that the Development Appeal Board hear the appeal filed by Mr. Melwood at 10 30 A M , Monday, February �4 7th,1977 and notice of the time date and place of the hearing be sent to Mr Melwood and all land owners within a half mile radius Carried Mr Ferguson moved that the appeal filed by Mr Tony Seiler of Acme in connection with refusal of Development Permit 17 -77 be heard at 1 15 P M , Monday, February 7th 1977 and notice ^ of the time, date and place of the hearing be sent to Mr Seiler and all land owners within a half mile radius Carried Mr King advised the meeting that consideration of a new building by -law will be placed on the agenda for the special meeting to be held February 7th 1977, and requested Council's opinion as to whether representatives of C R P C , and Alberta BuRding Standards should be asked to attend Mr Ferguson moved that representatives of C R P C and Alberta Building Standards Branch be requested to attend this meeting Carried Mr King also advised the meeting that Mr and Mrs K Beagrie have obtained an extension of six months from C R P C to complete their subdivision in NW 9- 32 -24 -4 It was also noted that the Provincial Planning Board have refused to hear Mr and Mrs Beagrie's appeal in connection with this subdivision as their time for appeal had expired Mr Berdahl moved that our office submit further information to Provincial Planning Board in regard to this matter, outlining dates, etc , and request they re- consider the Beagries' right to have their appeal heard Carried Mr King advised the meeting that Resolutions Number 1 and 2 under Development Control By -law have been approved by the Provincial Planning Board. The matter of wording on the long service awards for volunteer firemen was consida^ed, and it was noted that the certificates on hand are for employees of the M D of Kneehill //Ili� V V V LONG SER V1 AWARDS FIREMEN COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 24th.,1977 Mr Campbell moved that the wording on the long service award certificate be changed in an appropriate manner ,. to be applicable to firemen and a reasonable supply of the revised certificates be purchased, Carried Correspondence and plans from Strong, Lamb & Nelson Ltd regarding the upgrading of the Village of Linden Sewage Treatment Lagoon wereconsidered After discussion of the plans, Mr Ferguson moved approval of the plans as submitted by the engineers, subject to full compliance with provincial regulations Carried Correspondence and plans from Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd , regarding the upgrading of the Village of Acme Sewage Treatment Lagoon were considered After discussion;, Mr Ferguson moved that this matter be tabled pending the return of Reeve Brown from holidays, and receipt of further information regarding the project Carried Reports and financial statements from various organizations and recreation departments were considered. 1 Town of Trochu Swimming Pool - it was noted the share of the deficit to be paid by the M D is $3436 70 Mr Berdahl moved to accept and file this report and to authorize payment of the Municipal District's share of the deficit Ca.rried 2 Town of Trochu - General Recreation Department - Mr Campbell moved that this report be tabled pending receipt of further information regarding the statement Carried 3 City of Drumheller After consideration of this statement, Mr Berdahl moved to accept and file same Carried Mr Ferguson mentioned the Young Canada Works Program recently set up by the Federal Government and stated that the Three Hills Recreation Board has recommended to the Three Hills Council to apply for the grant and use the same to up grade the town cemetery 4 Swglwell and District Curling Club Mr Poole moved to accept and file this report Carried 5 Three Hills Rural Community Association - Mr Ferguson moved to accept and file this report Carried 6. Mount Vernon Community Association Mr Ferguson moved to accept and file this report. Carried r i 5 P 4 V V✓ LONG SERV AWARDS FIREMEN LINDEN UP GRADING SEWAGE LAGOON ACME UP GRADING SEWAGE LAGOON FINANCIAL REPORTS FROM VARIOUS ORGANIZATION J COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 24th,1977 P 5 A building permit was issued to Dr Foulon for his DR FOULON new residence on Part NE 22- 28 -20 -4, subject to VA BUILDING certain conditions, as no appeals had been received PERMIT in regard to the Development Permit Number 16 -76 Mr Berdahl moved approval of the building permit as issued Carried A sand and gravel lease for removal of sand and SAND & gravel from the river in the North East of 30 and the GRAVEL South East of 31 in 32 -21 -4 was considered by the LEASE meeting 1/ 30- 32 -21 -4 Mr Campbell moved acceptance of the lease and authorization for the Reeve and Secretary- Treasurer to sign the lease on behalf of the Municipal District Carried A memo received from Znidar Brothers Equipment Company ZNIDAR BROS of Edmonton regarding selling and purchasing surplus ✓1 EQUIPMENT equipment was reviewed briefly Mr Campbell moved to accept and file as information Carried Mr Alex Cunningham entered the meeting at this time V1\ A report on the 1976 Annual Disaster Services conference held recently was given by Mr Campbell, Mr King and ANNUAL DIS. Mr Cunningham The matter of the chain of command SERV CONF in any disaster was discussed, and it was agreed that this matter should be clarified & MEETING It should be quite clear who is qualified to declare MARCH 1/77 a disaster situation and who is responsible for damages DIS SERVICES which may be caused during such a situation By -law 752 was reviewed Mr Cunningham mentioned other items regarding peace time l disaster plan, etc , and noted that a tentative date of r March 1st, 1977 at 7.30 P M has been set for a Disaster Service meeting, and local representatives from the councils, hospitals; fire departments, etc would be invited to attend Mr Campbell moved acceptance of this report Carried Mr A.W Bauer entered the meeting at this time - approximately J' 11 30 A M Mr Campbell and Mr Cunningham gave a report on the Huxley HUXLEY railway crossing situation Mr Campbell Mr Cunningham RAILWAY and Mr E Heer had met with a Mr Young, from C N R , and CROSSING discussed the matter of closure of this railway crossing REPORT Mr Young advised them that the letter sent to Mr Heer regarding the closure was not correct and should not have been sent It appears that there was no lease for this crossing and therefore no rental could be paid After discussion of the situation, it was agreed that the M D. should perhaps apply for a temporary private road crossing at this location, which could, if approved by the C N , be used until such time as application could be made for a public crossing Application for a public crossing must be made to the C T C If a private crossing "was granted the M D would be responsible for it, including maintenan.;ce and erection of the necessary signs If a private crossing was allowed, its use is to be strictly on a limited basis for emergency vehicles, etc 41� 6 L� COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 24th,1977 Mr Campbell moved that Council request the C N R i--stall a temporary private crossing at the previous location in Pt NW_17- 34 -23 -4 Carried There was a brief discussion regarding the Huxley sewage lagoon subdivision and it appears that the C N R will recommend to C R P C that the M D take a lease on the existing C.N R road past the Huxley elevators in order to gain access to the sewage lagoon site This would give the required legal access to the site and facilitate completion of the subdivision Mr Litz moved to table this matter until further correspondence is received from C R P C Carried The meeting then adjourned for dinner between 12 700 Noon and 1 00 P M P 6 HUXLEY SEWAGE LAGOON SUB DINNER The necessary approvals have been received from Alberta 'l,nicipal Affairs and C R P C to complete the transfer of Lots 12, 13 & 14 Block 3, Hesketh 4267 S C , to the Hesketh Community Association The purchase price of $150 00 for the lots was discussed, and Mr Litz moved that the Hesketh Community Association pay the sum of $75 00 to the M D , being one half of the purchase price, and the Municipal District pay the sum of $75 00 as a donation to the Association Carried The letter sent to Mr. A Kostrosky regarding purchase price for road allowance being closed north of NW 20- 29 -24 -4, was read to Council and it was noted that Mr Kostrosky was in agreement to the terms of purchase Mr Bauer moved acceptance of this report Carried Due to a change in road diversions it be given to by -y -iw road diversions in Mr Ferguson moved procedure for was noted that 820 being a b the East half third reading closure of unused third reading should y -law to close unused V11- of Section 1- 30 - -26 -4 to by -law number 820 Carried Unanimously Mr King advised Council that he had attended a gathering in High River on Sunday, January 23rd to honour Leonard Van Tighem on his retirement from the M D of Foothills It was also noted that the M D rink taking part in the Association bonspiel at Castor on January 21st,1977,lost by 2 1 ^ts to the M D of Starland rink for the trophy Mr Poole noted that there should be a Parks Committee meeting set up to discuss the 1977 parks program Mr Campbell, Mr Bauer and Mr Poole are on this committee After discussion with Mr Soder, it was agreed that a meeting be held on Thursday, January 27th,1977 at 10 00 A M Mr Paquette entered the meeting at this time / 141,11 7 LOTS 12 13 & 14 Blk 3 Hesketh r t, KOSTROSKY ROAD ALLOW CLOSURE NW 20 -29 -24 THIRD READIN( BY -LAW 820 E2 1- 30 -26 -4 L VAN TIGHEM RETIREMENT M D FOOTHILL: CASTOR BONSPIEL PARKS COMM. MEETING Jan 27/77 COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 24th,,1977 P 7 A letter and plans from the C N R regarding reconstruction of the underpass at Mile 65 0 Three Hills Subdivision C N R UNDERPASS were considered �1 Mr Ferguson moved approval of the plans as submitted, RECONST and requested that the C N R be advised reconstruction of the underpass is urgent and should be done as soon as possible Carried A report from the Apprenticeship Board regarding Dale Leslie was rea to the meeting Mr Leslie D LESLIE completed his third year school with a mark of 80% SCHOOL Mr Berdahl moved to accept and fib this report and MARKS a letter be sent to Mr Leslie congratulating him on his good work Carried A letter from Alberta Solicitor General, Law Enforcement Branch regarding weight .restriction WEIGHT enforcement policy was read to the meeting RES Mr Bauer moved to accept and file this letter as POLICY information Carried The meeting was asked if the new signs for load limits under by -law 818 should be in metric After discussion LOAD Mr Campbell moved that a letter be sent to Alberta V SIGNS LIMIT Transportation requesting the proper conversion of our load limits to the metric system, and the new signs be prepared in metric weights Carried The matter of plugging off the flowing wells at ENE FLOWING 24- 34 -24 --4 had been referred to the land owners of the WELLS area, and Mr Arnold Jensen and Mr Shirley Fawcett ENE 24 had both registered objections to the wells being plugged ✓� 34 - -24 -4 off, as this water supply is used for livestock in ad]oini.ng pastures Mr Campbell moved that Alberta Environment be advised that Council does not wish the wells plugged off; and the land owners involved be advised of this decision Carried HIGH Mr Jim Wright of Three Hills entered the meeting to PRESS discuss with Council the possible installation of a WASHING high pressure washing system at the M D shop The installatio§ YSTEM would be complete with hot water, soap and 1700 pounds pressure, and estimated cost would be $200 00 a month Mr Wright would ,7 be responsible for all maintenance and installation of the WRIGHT system There would be 100 feet of hose so the washing could be done outside the shop It would supply 5 gallons of hot water per minute, and soap would be dispensed as required It would require 220 wiring which Mr Wright would be responsible for The system would be run by a 7k horse power motor j He carries parts for the system so repairs would not be a problem V The utilities would be the M D 's responsibility Mr Wright advised he would be willing to sign a 5 year contract at $200 00 a month rental Mr Wright then left the meeting Council discussed this matter and it appeared the general feeling was that the costs would be too hi -7h for the amount of use it would get Prices have been obtained from Massey Ferguson and John Deere on smaller units with less pressure and there is one other company which may be quoting a price on their system ' Mr Litz moved that Mr Wright's proposal be referred to the Shop Committee for their consideration, and their recommendation be brought back to Council Carried 8 COUNCIL MLETING JANUARY 24th,1977 P 8 A price list from Courtney Berk* Industries was briefly C BERG considered and Mr Ferguson moved to accept and file PRICE this as information LIST Carried Mr Berdahl gave a report regarding* the Merle Anderson M ANDERSON Bridge, as he had met with the engineers recently vl\ BRIDGE They are proceeding with the survey work and construction of the bridge is planned for 1978 Mr Bauer moved acceptance of this report Carried A letter from Ford Motor Company regarding Cold LETTER weather steering efforts on F100 -250 Four Wheel Drive � FROM FORD Trucks was referred to briefly Mr Berdahl moved MOTORS to accept and file as information RE TRUCKS Carried A memo from the AAMD & C regarding scraper cable prices SCRAPER was read to the meeting Mr Paquette advised Council CABLE that they do not use much of this cable anymore, and '� PRICES would not require much cable in stock Mr Campbell moved this letter be referred to Mr. Paquette for his information Carried Two applications for work were received, one from WORK R 0 Hildebrand and one from Murray Milan APPLICATIONS Mr Poole moved these applications be referred to Mr Paquette Carried Mr Paquette gave a brief report on the gravel crew GRAVEL They are presently working at the Megli pit, stockpiling CREW gravel, and will soon be going to the Torrington Pit REPORT Mr Jeffery entered the meeting and gave a report on the gravel crew's work in 1976, as prepared by Mr Dobler Mr Campbell moved to accept and file this as information Carried Mr Campbell advised the meeting that he had spoken to E HEER Mr Heer regarding the proposed stock pile site STOCK in 32-33-23-4 Mr Heer felt that use of the PILE SITE intersection at this location would not be safe. and wondered if Alberta Transportation would allow ✓ 32- 33 -23 -4 a temporary approach on to the highway at the top of the hill, approximately 300 feet south of the east west road Mr Campbell moved that we request permission from Alberta Transportation for a temporary approach as noted above Carried Mr Jeffery gave a verbal report on the Shop and Foremen SHOP & Committee meeting held January 19th,1977 Mr Paquette is still looking into the availability of used low boy trailers FOREMEN and prices of same Mr Smith had requested a temporary Comm wall be installed in the parts room to provide for better MEETING storage of tools and a closed off area which could be kept clean for working on transmissions, etc He felt this would eliminate a lot of traffic through the partsroom f. Mr Ferguson and Mr Litz advised the meeting that they had ' looked at the parts room and felt that by moving the steel bin r = -k over and panelling the back of the rack to provide for storage of tools; it would accomplish the same idea without the need for building a wall 9 COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 24th 1977 . Mr Berdahl moved that the partsman be authorized to move the rack over and panel the back to provide for storage of tools Carried Mr Cunningham had advised the Shop Committee about stand by generators to provide electricity in case of power failure in emergencies. Three generators ., would be required, one for the office one for the radios and one for the radio tower It was noted that the office would be headquarters should a disaster occur in this area and should have an alternate source of electricity to maintain communications, etc Mr. Litz moved that the purchase of these generators be tabled until -after the Alberta Disaster meeting which is to be held on March lst.,1977 Carried Mr Soder had asked the Shop Committee if the A S B. 1 ton truck wi.11 be replaced this year They discussed the use of this truck for a welding truck and disposal of T -4 No decision on this was made by Council The Shop Committee request recommendations from Council regarding the set up of the crews for 1977 in order to better plan the work program for 1977 Does Council wish smaller crews and double shifting in order to get more work out of the construction machinery SHOP COMMITTEE REPORT CON'T X The report prepared on machinery costs for 1976 was referred to, and each councillor was given a copy of the report It was agreed that each councillor should consider possible ways of settin-* up the work program for 1977 and report back to the next meeting It was noted that the costs for repairs on the TS18 scrapers were very high compared to the amount of work being done by the machines, and in comparision to the costs for the smaller scrapers Mr Bauer moved to accept the Shop and Foremen Committee report Carried a Mr Campbell advised the meeting there is quite a problem HUXLEY with the springs near the road going to the Huxley Hutterite RUTTERITE Colony Up to now the crew has managed to keep the water COLONY ,�. off the road, but something must be done to solve this problem RCAD Mr Campbell feels that a pipe should be bored under the road PROBLEM to drain the water off to the north, during the winter and a valve WITH system would be required so that the water could be held on the SPRINGS south side of the road during the summer as the Colony require it for livestock watering A pipe could be installed now Mr Poole moved that prices be obtained for boring the road from companies that do this type of work and the road committee look at the area involved with a representative of a construction company, and bring a report back to Council Carried Mr King outlined his proposal for correction of the problem, and it was agreed that this solution be considered as well Mr King will obtain fuFther suggestions about the problem and its solution from Mr Cunningham Mr Campbell advised the meeting that we now have approval foi ;ravel testing in the river in Section 2 34 -22 -4, and discussion of the matter it was agreed that Mr Paquette Mr Campbell have a look at the area to determine what is to get machinery in there to test for the gravel v after GRAVEL and TESTING required V 10 COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 24th 1977 Mr. Bauer stated that Mr Ralph Kientz contacted him about a possible gravel supply on his land across from the Torrington Gravel Pit - at SW 15-- 32 -26 -4 It was agreed tha-, perhaps gravel testing should be done in this area, if Mr Kientz was agreeable to signing a lease with the M D Testing could not be done until summer Mr Ferguson moved that a lengthy lease be obtained from Mr Kientz with a royalty of 15� a yard and with the M D to be responsible for any stripping work required Carried Mr Poole requested Mr Paquette to check on the old shop being torn down in Carbon, with regard to safety P 10 v Mr Berdahl asked about the road closure in Section 29 -- 27-20-4 - M Biggs and was advised the matter is pro ?ressing satisfactorily It was noted the next meeting of Council is to be February 2nd,1977, at which time tenders for trucks and graders v^ are to be opened The meeting commences at 9 00 A M The regular Council meetings will be February 14th and February 28th and a special meetin; of Council will be held on February 7th,1977, at which time various planning and other matters will be discussed Mr Paquette left the meeting at this time Mr Poole gave a report on a recent KIAB Seed Plant meeting held in Beiseker The prices for cleaning will be increased this year Land for the proposed new plant has been bought and paid for Employees wages have been increased Mr Ferguson and Mr Berdahl also wave comments on the Three Hills Seed Plant and the Rosebud Plant Mr Berdahl mentioned that the Rosebud Plant will be making improvements this year so will be asking for a ; matching grant Mr Berdahl moved that the meeting do now adjourn Carried �r Time of ZAdurnment 4 10 P M Reeve - - - -- - - - - -- GRAVEL TESTING SW 15- 32-26-4 MEETINGS OF COUNCIL IN FEB KIAB SEED PLANT REPORT ETC J\ PDJOURNMENT _ --=� -- - - - - -- -- - - -- - - - - -- Secretary- Treasu er/