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Home My WebLink About1977-02-14 Council MinutesApprnoed by th Depart ent of Municipal Affai MONTHLY STATEMENT Form No T7 -252 (42) (SEC. 61 V M.D Act, R.S.A. 1955) COUNTY OF� MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF Kneehill NO _4$ ----- ------------------------------- - - - - -- ---- - - - - -- ---------- - - - - -- -- Month Ending_ -- __.January 31 19__ Z GENERAL ACCOUNT Net Balance at End of Previous Month Receipts for the Month (Less Loans) Loans Received Sub Total LESS Disbursements for the Month Loans Paid TOTAL 341,347 80 139,708.03 Nil 481 055 83 Ch 29602 cancelled +6. Ch 29,71 -18 12,642.�� Bank Conf rmation 3 50 Safety De' ,__box I Net Balance at End of Month OUTSTANDING CHEQUES OUTSTANDING ACC6UNTS PAYABLE 46 8 Balance at End of Month —Bank is is is —Treas Br -Term 300 avi . 300,000 1614076 5 0 gs Pub 5,339 02 Res Tax 17 66 686 s ►vings ale 03 3 75 c' OF oZ cr i' 171,623.04 TAW *Cash on Hand at End of Month 50.00 • ..... .. 3,158 2 3,158 20 Sub Total 1843 1845 1013 12 29514 785 64 29590 5339 02 ,29610 29635 129651 150 00 41.40 11.40 151 22 70 50 174, 781.24 Less Outstanding Cheques 1,030-97 5,339.02 75 00 11 90 6,369 99 16o.045.61 NIL 45.17 66 686 3 -68. 411, Net Balance at End of Month February 1 77 -� *Cash on Hand Deposited ... ................................. ....................... 19........ ( SEE OVER FOR EXPENDITURE CONTROL ) I � OUTSTANDING CHEQUES OUTSTANDING ACC6UNTS PAYABLE m unt R�I �, No G Amount Amount No IPA Amount No N 1833; 666.36 29094 50.00 _ 1835 1840 1055 41 29394 1054 35 29416 29510 10 00 40 00 75.00 1843 1845 1013 12 29514 785 64 29590 5339 02 ,29610 29635 129651 150 00 41.40 11.40 151 22 70 50 '29664 129672 75 00 11 90 !29702 344.55 1030 97 Estimate of Accounts Payable not rendered TOTAL I� Submitted to Council this --------- 4th _ ----- --- - - - -- --Day of - - - -- E0Jb- u�rY------ ------- - - -_ -- 19.7 -7_ . _ I Reeve r urer TOTAL 6369 99 February 1 77 -� *Cash on Hand Deposited ... ................................. ....................... 19........ ( SEE OVER FOR EXPENDITURE CONTROL ) I � AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th „1977 1 Approval ofMnuaryo24th 1977 Meeting February 2nd and February 7th Meetings 2 Report of combined meeting of Local Governing Officials Jan 19/77 3 Financial Statement - Month ending January 31st, 1977 4 Accounts 5. Appointments 10 00 A M - Three Hills Seed Plant Representative 1 °30 P.M Foremen - John Wright of R Angus Truck Warranty 6 Cash Register for Office 7 Alta Mun Finance Corporation - Proposed Borrowing Interest Rates 8 Alta Disaster Services Advanced Rescue Course 9 Starland Annual Meeting - March 15th, Delia Legion Hall 10 Consideration of putting minutes in local paper 11 Alta Energy & Natural Resources - Title to Creek Land, etc 12. Building Permits Prairie Bible Institute Roy Rankin 13 Pipeline Crossings 14 Alberta Power Ltd - Line extensions 15 Hudson Bay Route Association - Conventinn at Brandon 16 Report of Fire Committee Meeting January 27th,1977 17 Report of Park Committee Meeting - January 28th,1977 18 Three Hills Municipal Hospital - Nursing Home 19 Three Hills School Division - Minutes, etc.. 20 Janice L Tetz -- Summer Employment 21 Recretion Reports and Letters 22. Provincial Fire Chiefs Association - Annual Meeting etc 23 Impa^ial Oil - Anhydrous Ammonia 24 Tax Cancellation - Pt SE 32- 34 -21 -4 25 Briefs from Alberta Land Use Forum 26 Drumheller Health Unit - Regional Garbage Collection 27 Regional Resources Project - Minutes January 18th, etc. 28 County of Leduc - Association By -laws 29. AAMD & C Circulars 30 Alberta Environment - Reclamation Standards 31 C N R - Right of Way - Huxley Sewage Lagoon 32 Assessment Equalization Board - 1977 Figures 33. Cost Summary - Gravel Crew 34 Costello Equipment - Hyster Compaction Seminar 35 L A Vasselin Borrow Pit 36 United Stablization Chemicals Ltd. - Prices 37 Acme SewagE Lagoon 38 Stock Pile NW 32- 33 -23 -4 and Access 39 R Angus - Truck Warranty 40 A G T Cost of Line Moving 41 Alberta Environment - Drainage Ditch - SE 13- 33 -25 -4 42 Trochu Fairgrounds - Machine Work 43 Metric Conversion 44 Report re Gibbs Drainage 45 Drainage Problem - at Carbon Hecktor Approach 46 Road Diversion - SNW 36- 30 -24 -4 47. Alberta Transportation - Load Limits on Bridges 48 Application for Work - 49 Old Miscellaneous Items r I� MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th 1977 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Municipal Office, Three Hills, on Monday February 14th, 1977, commencing at 9 00 A.M Those present were- Gilbert A Berdahl Div 1 Ralph W Brown Div. 3 (Reeve) T. A Ferguson Div 5 Reginald Campbell Div 7 PRESENT 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 ss noted M Jean Wilkinson was present and recorded the minutes Mr Brown moved that the daily per diem and mileage be paid PER DIEM to any Councillor delegated to attend any municipal function CHARGES VA and mileage paid to any member of the staff authorizes to & MILEAGE attend any municipal function Carried Fr Ferguson moved that Mr Ralph Brown be paid at regular rates for Council work for attendance at the Agricultural Service LA Board in Red Deer on February 22nd, 23rd and 24th:, or such portions as he attends carried POSSIBLE Mr Brown advised Council that people from the Carbon, Acme CLOSURE OF and Linden area are very concerned about the possible loss HIGH SCHHOLS of their high schools, and are considering possible ways of keeping their schools opened if the School Board finds W-11 it necessary due to costs to close any one of them Mr Brown reviewed the mill rates charged over the last 6 years It was noted that the School Board had a larger deficit in 1976 than anticipated They are however anticipating increasing the student teacher ratio this year in an attempt to balance their budget APPROVAL OF Mr Ferguson moved approval of the minutes of the meetings MINUTES of January 24th; February 2nd. and February 7th Carried circulated % Air Ferguson moved approval of the report of the meeting_ of Local Governing, Officials of January 19th, 1977. Carried FINANCIAL The financial statement for the month ending January 31st STATEMENT 1977 was referred to the meeting it showed a balance JAN /77 of $463 411 25 Mr Lerdahl moved approval of the financial �- statement as presented ^� CASH Mr King; advised Council that he had placed an order for REGISTER a new cash receipting machine for the office, as previously OFFICE fI authorized by Council The machine should be delivered shortly Mr Campbell moved approval of this report and authorized the purchase of the machine. ESTIMATE GF Carried ;sir Kind; advised Council that he had filed an estimate of capital requirements for 1977 with Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation for possible water and sewer system for Ruarkville, based on figures supplied by the engineers CAPITAL -...., r„r *Rr rr mC COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th, 1977 He also read a circular from Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation regarding.; interest rates for 1977 Mr Berdahl moved approval of this report P 2 1977 INT RATES STARLAND Mr King advised Council that the r D of Starland is ANNUAL holding its annual meeting at the Delia Legion Hall n MEETING on March 15th, 1977, commencing, at 1 00 P M MAR 15/77 Mr Ferguson moved acceptance of this report and authorized any Councillor to attend this meeting if they so desire Carried It was noted that this matter will be reviewed at the Council meeting on March 14th, REPORTER The Three Hills Capital have asked if a reporter from the AT COUNCIL MEETINGS paper could sit in on all council meetings in order to better report the M D news. There was discusson about publishing the minutes in the paper in order to give better coverage It was noted that the M D of Starland prints a summary A of their minutes in the Drumheller paper The M D of Rocky View also print a summary of their minutes in the Rocky View News Mr Berdahl moved that this matter be discussed at the annual meeting of ratepayers Carried ALTA ENERGY & NAT RES A letter written to Alberta Energy & Natural Resources OWNERSHIP regarding their claim to ownership of all water covered OF WATER areas under Section 4 of the Public Lands Acts was read COVERED AREAS to the meeting This was as a result of a subdivision decision from C R P C , regarding the South West of 12- 32 -27 -4 under which it was not deemed necessary to take ,/i public reserve along the shore of a lake which was partly on the land being subdivided This was given to Council as information and will be taken into consideration in future when other subdivisions of this type come up. It was noted that no further information has been received kr. in connectinn with the Beagrie subdivison in NW 9- •32• -24-4 BUILDING Building permits were then discussed PERMITS Mr King read a letter which had been received from Prairie Bible Institute regarding commencement of phase 2 of the Cunningham Memorial Residence It was noted that P B I had previously received a building permit covering the entire project and it was agreed that no further permits would be required. A building permit had been issued to Roy and Margaret Rankin for a machine shed and double car garage on Pt SW 20-30- -25- -4 � N,r Brown moved approval of the building hermit as issued Carried UP GRADING Mr Ferguson gave a brief report to Council regarding SEED PLANTS Provincial government grants which are available for up grading pROV seed cleaning plants The cost sharing basis is 1/3 to be GRANT supplied by the plant, 1 /3rd by the Municipal District and 1 /3rd by the Provincial Government up to a maximum of $45,000 00 3 V COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th, 1977 P 3 The grant is available until 1980 Mr Bruce Ruby and Mr. Sulo Luoma entered the meeting at 10 20 A M to discuss with Council the plans for up parading the Three Hills Seed Cleaning Plant Mr Ruby outlined the plans tentatively drawn up for up grading the existing plant over a three year period It is planned to spend approximately $15,000 00 a year for the three year period The first year they would install a new lamer main leg, build a loading shed and install an indicating system on the bins The second phase would be the installation of a 30 ton metric scale The third phase would be building an annex on the east side of the plant to house machinery and give more shop and storage area Mr Ruby left with the meeting a copy of the Provincial Government guidelines for this upgrading program. There was discussion about the other seed plants requesting assistance for up-grading purposes Mr Ruby noted that the terms of agreement under which the plant was set up stated the plant must operate very close to its costs as it was not set up as a profit making scheme However the Board has sufficient funds available to meet its share of the costs for up grading as outlined above Mr Ruby further pointed out that the Three Hills Plant has been well maintained and up--graded in some manner every year since its commencement It was noted that they do not have too many long standing bad debts General discussion followed Mr Ferguson moved that the Municipal District of Kneehill support Phase One of the Planned Renovations for the Three Hills Seed Cleaning Plant with the Municipal District's share of costs not to exceed $5500 00 Carried Yr Brown moved that letters be sent to the Rosebud Plant and to the K I B A Plant advising that if they anticipate requesting a grant from the Municipal District of Kneehill this year, such request must be submitted prior to March 31st 1977 so these can be considered in the 1977 budget plans Carried Mr Ruby and Mr Luoma were thanked for coming to the meeting, and they then left the meeting ..P.. V1 FOREMEN COMM VA The next meeting of the Foremens Committee is to be held on Friday MEETING February 18th 1977 at 9 00 A M Mr Jeffery, Assistant Secretary - -Treasurer presented the accounts ACCOUNTS Mr Campbell moved approval of the accounts as presented to the meeting Carried A letter from Alberta Disaster Services was referred to the meeting and it was noted that Mr Cunningham is attempting V4 to find someone who would be interested in taking the offered advanced rescue course A letter from Cominco regarding installation of an anhydrous ammonia storage tank on SE 27 32 25- -4 was read to the meeting After discussion; Mr Ferguson moved that Cominco be requested to apply for the necessary development permit for this installation Carried !U ADV RESCUE COURSE COMINCO DEV PERMIT SE 27- 32-25-4 COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th,1977 P 4 Letters from Macdonald Engineering & Associates Ltd , and Paddon Hughes Development Co Ltd , regarding road crossings at locations as per plans submitted were reviewed by the meeting; It was noted that Mr Cunningham had checked both locations and they appeared satisfactory. Mr Ferguson moved approval of the road crossings as per plans submitted subject to compliance with Municipal District regulations Carried Alberta Power Ltd., submitted plans for power line extensions to LSD 4 of5, 8 of 5 and 4 of 9 in 31 -23.4 to LSD 7 of 2 - - - -33 25 - -4 and LSD 11 of 22-31 24 4 Mr Ferguson moved approval of the line extensions as per plans submitted Carried l ROAD CROSSINGS ALTA POWER LTD LINE EXT A letter from Hudson Bay Route Association regarding the annual BAY HUDSON convention of the Association was read to the meeting ASSOC Mr Campbell moved that no delegate be sent to the convention CONV and the letter be filed as information Carried A report of the Fire Committee meeting of January 27th, FIRE 1977 was briefly reviewed, along with the policy of Council COMM with regard to sharing costs for loss of wages for men REPORT attendin¢ fire school After discussion it was agreed that Mr Campbell discuss this matter with Walt Regehr of the Linden Fire Department to determine what policy would be most suitable for their area Mr Campbell mentioned that the Town of Three HIlls is looking into the possibility of purchasing a new fire truck Following a lengthy discussion of costs involved, existing vehicles, etc , it was agreed that the fire truck situation should be reviewed again when the Town has made its decision rep,- -rdinr the actual purchase of a new truck The meeting adjourned for dinner between 12.00 A M and 1 °00 P M DINNER Mr Ted Paquette and Mr Mr Campbell advised the the fire departments had After discussion of this Kenneth Hoppins should b Mr Brown moved that Mr 200 miles at 20(,, a mile Joe Dobler entered the meeting meeting that several members of made a trip to Calgary recently matter it was agreed that Mr e paid mileage for this trip Fioppins be paid mileage for Carried The matter of truck warranty problems with R Angus was reviewed It was noted that two more engines have failed since the original problems arose Mr John Wright and Mr Brian Chaney from R Angus Ltd , entered the meeting at this time Mr Wright advised the meeting that the Caterpillar Factory have now agreed to pay the M D of Kneehill the sum of $1000 as a policy allowance in connection with the motor which originally caused the warranty problems This is a total Of $2300 00 allowed as a policy adjustment on this motors. $1000 00 originally have been allowed by R Angus Mr Wright also advised Council that the reason for failure the motor in Unit T-20 was the installation of a handmade gasket which allowed dirt to be sucked into the manifold Ni of R ANGUS TRUCK WARRANTY I;' 911" y a IEL COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th 1977 P 5 R Angus would not accept any responsibility for this failure lPhe other engine which blew up had a rear main bearing seized on e shaft, and therefore whatever warranty is due to the M D on this motor will be honoured There was no fault on the part of the M D for this failure There was a brief discussion about another motor which failed dust recently but this was taken to Red Deer for repairs as R Angus in Red Deer had just worked on the motor two or three days prior to the failure Mr Wright and Mr Chaney were thanked for coming to the meeting and they then left There was brief discussion about this apparent problem with the motors in the trucks and Mr Dobler suggested that maybe the fuel is causing some of the problems Several circulars from the Alberta Association of M D & C were read to the meeting 1 The Association is moving into its new office on February 8th The address is 4504 - 101 Street Edmonton, Alberta 2 The Master Bond & Crime Policy was renewed for the year ,11977, and was referred to Council for their inf,_. .ion 3 The deadline for resolutions to be printed for distribution at the Spring convention is March 15th, 1977 4 The Association office is going on data processing in 1977 The Association staff will no longer check invoices for errors, and the onus will be on the Municipal District or County to ensure no errors are occur.ing in the invoices 5 Circulars from the Hotel Macdonald and Hotel Palliser were received, which outlined rates for rooms for 1977 AAMD & C CIRCULARS 1/1 n Mr Campbell moved to accept and file the circulars as information Carried RECLAM j� STANDARDS A letter from Alberta Environment regarding reclamation standards was read to the meeting Brief discussion of the regulations v? was held Mr Berdahl moved to accept and file the same as information Carried HUXLEY Correspondence from the C N R regarding the Huxley sewage SEWAGE lagoon site and access to the same was read to the meeting LAGOON In one letter the C N R forwarded two copies of a lease ACCESS to the M D of the elevator road for execution ETC The second letter stated that the C N R would not lease the road to the M D , but would grant it permission to use the road as it is a public road Mr King had received a telephone call from Underwood, McLellan and Associates today and they advised that C R P C had approved of the subdivision for the sewage lagoon site without resolving the road access problem, so there appeared to be t/ no need to proceed with the proposed lease of the road Following discussion of this matter and also the matter of public reserve in this subdivision, and possible compensation to Mr Heer in lieu of payment for public reserve now, Mr Ferguson (moved that this matter be tabled until the written decision !regarding the subdivision is received from C R P C Carried 1977 The 1977 assessment figures from the Assessment Equalization Board ASSESS were referred to the meeting It was noted that these were FIGURES up somewhat from 1976, and it appeared to be in keeping with our actual figures Mr Berdahl moved to accept and file this �. as information Carried 6 COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th,1977 P 6 A cost summary of the gravel crew expenses for 1976 was referred to the meeting and Mr Jeffery outlined the procedure used in arriving at these figures This matter was discussed at some length The pros and cons of doing the work ourselves and contracting the work was also discussed, as well as the loss experienced in gravel stockpiling from the crusher A letter from Costello Equipment Ltd , regarding a hyster compaction seminar being held in Calgary on February 28th March 1st and March 2nd, 1977, was read to the meeting The seminar is aimed at the foremen and the practical aspect of compaction After discussion of this matter, Mr Brown moved that Mr Dobler, Mr Dorn,, Mr Paquette and Mr Jack Tutt attend this seminar, with first choice for date being Tuesday, March 1st, and second choice being Wednesday March 2nd Carried A borrow pit agreement with Mr Lawrence Vasselin was referred to the meeting Mr Ferguson moved that the borrow pit agreement be approved and payment of $325 00 be authorized and paid to Mr Vasselin Carried A letter from United Stabilization Chemicals Ltd was read to the meeting and outlined prices for purchase of the chemical prior to March 1st, 1977 Mr Paquette noted that we ordered about 200 gallons in 1976, for experimental use We will not have any idea of its usefulness until after spring break up It was noted that the County of Mountain View have used this chemical on their roads for three or four years The provincial government has also used it, but apparently do not feel it is of much use Mr Ferguson moved that a representative from the comapny be invited to attend the next meeting of Council on February 28th to discuss the product with Council Carried IVA The Acme Sewage Lagoon project was then reviewed for the meeting by Mr Brown Proposal number 4 as prepared by Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd for the Village is the one most suited for their needs, and Mr Brown noted that the lagoon would be a good 200 feet back from the municipal road in this proposal Mr Brown moved approval of the proposal number 4 as outlined by the engineers for the Village of Acme; and also noted the M D should request the Village of Acme to consider putting in a crossing over the water channel in Pt NW 29- 29 -25 -4 to allow access to the parcel separated by the water channel from the balance of the land Carried Messrs Albert 6 Edwin Heer of Trochu have signed a stock pile agreement with the M D for a parcel of land in NW32 -33 23 -4 and Alberta Transportation have granted approval for a temporary approach onto Highway 21 to allow for safer access to Highway 21 from the site Mr Ferguson moved acceptance of this report and It was agreed that Mr Doblerand Mr Campbell have a look at the site again to determine if the temporary approach is actually needed Carried it COST SUMMARY 1976 GRAVEL CREW HYSTER COMP SEMINAR L VASSELIN BORROW PIT UNITED CHEMICALS LTD ACME SEWAGE LAGOON HEER GRAVEL STOCK PILE SITE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th 1977 P 7 A G T A letter from A G T regarding costs for moving facilities COSTS was referred to briefly Rates for moving pole lines and FOR MOVING buried cables,etc , have been increased for 1977 LINES Mr Berdahl moved to accept and file this as information ETC Carried A letter from Alberta Environment regarding the drainage DRAINAGE ditch in SE 13- 33 -25 -4 was referred to briefly, and it was DITCH noted that no signed agreements were obtained for this SE 13-33 - pro3ect 25 -4 Mr Campbell moved that this matter be tabled until Mr Litz is present, as this project is in his division Carried 3 Work to be scheduled by Mr Paquette so there will be no interference with Municipal work. Carried Correspondence regarding -the metric conversion were referred to the meeting ;;_,'': ":C:-C Mr Duncan; Sign man for the M D wishes direction CONVERSION regarding new signs - are they to be prepared under the new metric system Following disucssion of this matter, Mr Brown moved to accept and file this correspondence as information Carried Mr Campbell moved that the new load limit signs �/^ LOAD required under the new load limit by -law be prepared LIMIT in pounds SIGNS Carried r It was noted that new speed signs should be prepared ✓ in kilometers Mr Paquette reported to the meeting regarding the Gibbs GIBBS Drainage Pro3ect near Acme He advised that John Dorn DRAINAGE and he had met with two representatives from Alberta Environment PROJECT at the site They discussed the project and agreed that levels should be obtained Mr Berdahl moved acceptance of this report Carried Mr King reported to the meeting that there was a recent CARBON %W emergency problem at the Village of Carbon with a culvert FLOODING freezing up and verflowing down the hill into the village 8 ✓1 TROCHU A letter from £ W Clemans Chairman of the Trochu Fairground FAIR Committee was read to the meeting The committee have planned GROUNDS renovations to the fairgrounds and would like to rent one of RENTAL the Municipal District's earthmovers to level the grounds OF EQUIP They stated that Mr Dennis Kober has agreed to operate the machine for them It was noted that Mr Kober had run the earth mover in previous years and further that the work would have to be scheduled so as not to interfere with municipal work Mr Campbell moved that the Municipal District would rent the earth mover to the Trochu Fairground Committee on the following conditions 1 The machine must be operated by an employee of the Municipal District qualified to run the machine 2 The rate charged for the machine would be First 20 hours half of regular rate Hours in excess of 20 hours - normal rates 3 Work to be scheduled by Mr Paquette so there will be no interference with Municipal work. Carried Correspondence regarding -the metric conversion were referred to the meeting ;;_,'': ":C:-C Mr Duncan; Sign man for the M D wishes direction CONVERSION regarding new signs - are they to be prepared under the new metric system Following disucssion of this matter, Mr Brown moved to accept and file this correspondence as information Carried Mr Campbell moved that the new load limit signs �/^ LOAD required under the new load limit by -law be prepared LIMIT in pounds SIGNS Carried r It was noted that new speed signs should be prepared ✓ in kilometers Mr Paquette reported to the meeting regarding the Gibbs GIBBS Drainage Pro3ect near Acme He advised that John Dorn DRAINAGE and he had met with two representatives from Alberta Environment PROJECT at the site They discussed the project and agreed that levels should be obtained Mr Berdahl moved acceptance of this report Carried Mr King reported to the meeting that there was a recent CARBON %W emergency problem at the Village of Carbon with a culvert FLOODING freezing up and verflowing down the hill into the village 8 ✓1 COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th,1977 P 8 The approach that appears to be causing the problem is going into land owned by Dale Hecktor It is difficult to determine whether the approach is actually in the Municipal District or within the limits of the village Alberta Transportation was contacted and they sent a steamer over from Beiseker to thaw out the culvert. but this was only a temporary solution Mr Dorn looked at the site and he felt the approach should be taken out and the area allowed to drain This was satisfactory to Mr Hecktor, as long as the approach was put back in by sprint as he required it there for access to his land Mr Paquette did not feel that the approach could be taken out at this time Mr Campbell moved acceptance of the report Carried Mr Paquette and Mr Dorn are to look at the location again and determine what should be done to eliminate the problem in future, and further to determine if the approach is actually within the municipal district The matter of possible closure of the roadway south TM of the North West 36- 30 -24 -4 was referred to the meeting It was noted that a letter had been sent to Cullum Farms Ltd Siegfried Schmidt and Park Brothers requesting their comments about the proposed closure No replies were received by the office but Mr Cullum had contacted Mr Ferguson and advised him that he was interested in obtaining the land if the road was closed Mr Ferguson moved that Cullum Farms Ltd be offered the two acres of land at 15 times the assessed value and if agreeable, the sale to be subject to obtaining; the necessary ar,r,:,..1 from the Provincial Government for closure of the road allowance and sale of same Carried IN A letter from Alberta Transportation regarding load limits on bridges was referred to the meeting The various limits were discussed Mr Brown moved first reading to by -law number 822., this being a by- -law to establish load limits for bridges in the Municipal District as outlined below File 2475 NE 22- 31- -24 -4 20 Tons File 1276 NW 14- 30 -23 -4 17 Tons File 2119 WSW 6- 31 -25 - -4 15 Tons File 1876 NW 10- 30 -25 -4 6 Tons File 1703 SSW 2- 30 -25 -4 17 Tons File 70976 SW 17- 29 -22 -4 19 Tons File 8856 NW 12- 29 -22 -4 17 Tons File 6848 NE 15- 29 -24 -4 18 Tons File 6595 NE 1$- 30 -26 -4 19 Tons File 8574 SE 22- 27 -21 -4 19 Tons File 8210 SW 29- 27 -20 -4 16 Tons File 7473 WSW 17- -30 -22 4 21 Tons and to post the bridges accordingly Mr Berdahl moved second reading to this by -law ROAD C LOSUFS SNW 36 -30- 9 24 -4 �A LOAD LIMITS BRIDGES l Carried Unanimously Carried Unanimouslyl Mr Ferguson moved third reading to this by -law Carried Unanimously 9 � i i N COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th,1977 P 9 ceived from David Swanson, Applications for work were re Huxley, Alberta, Brian E Campbell, Three Hills, Peter Joe Kinch Three Hills, Miles Maerz Three Hills, Trevor Lee Murray Calgary Marvin A Kirk Three Hills, Wayne M Tourneur, Three Hills, Ernie Scheunert, Trochu, and Len Ensminger of Wimborne Alberta Mr Ferguson moved that these applications be referred to Ted Paquette Carried It was noted that Frank Sherring had been advised that the M D would sell him the old cast iron stove from t'ie Carbon shop for $10 00 but to date he has not paid for same Mr Paquette advised that the stove had been removed from the building It was agreed that an account be sent to Mr Sherring for the stove V1 WORK APPLIC ACCOUNT FRANK SHERRING OLD STOVE It was also noted that the R C M P in Drumheller had R C M never given a final report regarding the chesterfield VA P discarded in the ditch east of Carbon:, and the chesterfield LITTERING is still in the ditch It was agreed that another letter REPORT be sent to the R C M P regarding this matter There was brief discussion about three buildings which GR ;VARIES ETC T00 had been placed too close to the road It appeared that Ij CLOSE one had been moved back as requested but there was no TO ROADS information about the other two This matter will be followed up again It was also noted that Mr Jack Lowen still has not completed LOWEN a gravel lease agreement, but it appears that he has been GRAVEL very ill lately This matter will be held in abeyance for LEASE the time being Mr Berdahl mentioned there is a culvert that should be replaced at SE 25- 28 -22 -4 Mr Brown mentioned a small parcel of land at Birdham which is part of the road, and it appears that this parcel would be large enough for a residence if it could be subdivided off the road allowance Mr King was requested to obtain farther information about the size of the parcel and distance required for a residence from a railway track etc Mr Paquette advised Council that the new Champion had been delivered to the shop Council then discussed the need for fans or other similar systems for the cabs It appears that the men do not expect an air conditioned cab but would like a fan to take the dust out of the cab and cool the air Massey Ferguson and John Deere dealers both sell this type of a system Mr Paquette stated that the price would not exceed $300 00 each Mr Berdahl moved that this matter be referred to the Shop Committee with power to act Carried SMALL PARCEL LAND ✓� BIRCHAM V1 MIS PUBLIC WORKS ITEMS The high pressure washer for use in the shop was again discussed Mr Paquette suggested a pump and motor could be purchased for about $1000 00 and extra costs for wiring -� ✓� plumbing etc should not bring the total to over $2000 00 It was agreed that the Shop Committee have power to act on this matter Mr Paquette also stated that they need a 2 to 21-2 kilowatt per hour plant for operating the electric fuel pumps Costs 10 J would be in the vicinity of $600 00 Mr Campbell moved h , COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th 1977 P 10 that Mr Paquette investigate this item further and report to the Shop Committee, and that it have power to act Carried Mr Jeffery outlined the dates for the first aid DATES course and defensive driving courses as follows. V1 DEF DRIVING First Aid - February 11+, 15, 16 21st 22nd, and 28th & FIRST AID COURSES and March 1st 1977 - 7 00 P M Defensive Driving Tentative February 21st, 24th, 28th and March 3rd, 1977 - evenings Mr Campbell stated that he and Mr Dorn went up the river RED DEER from the Tolman Bridge to see if gravel could be hauled down RIVER along the shoreline This is not practical as the river comes GRAVEL tight to the bank for nearly 1 mile and the banks are some 25 feet high If gravel is located, it appears a road up the river hill would be needed Decision is to be made after testing for gravel is done DUG OUT Some discussion took placeregarding a dug out recently constructed by Ron Toews in SW 6 32 -24 -4 No permit was obtained from the office Set back distance is to be checked Std 6 -32- 24 -4 Mr Campbell suggested a road ban should soon be placed on all light coat surfacing He moved that effective 12 00 noon ROAD BANS -- Wednesday, February 16th,1977, a road ban be placed on all light coat surfaced roads within this Municipal District to � allow a maximum gross vehicle weight of 45,000 pounds; with no truck to exceed 750 of its legal axle load and with requests for over loads to be considered depending on need and conditions Carried CARBON Mr Berdahl mentioned that the Carbon East Road may ROAD EAST require some regravelling because of work done by the Village of Carb 'i.n respect to its sewer line The necessary work ,mot will be lone and the Village billed Mr Ferguson mentioned the following items MIS ITEMS 1 The Orkney Hill is rough - he asked Mr Paquette to have this maintained three or four times when the weather is warm 2 From the School Board Meeting - request for school bus loading 1-1 signs near Rankins south of LInden Mr Paquette will check this Mr Brown suggested that it might be a good idea to widen the approach to let the bus pull off the road slightly AIM Agenda Item 17 - report on Part Committee was order tabled until the next meeting as members of that committee were not present A letter from the Three Hills Municipal Hospital was read regarding a nursing home area Mr Ferguson moved that the proposal be supported Carried THREE HILLS The minutes of the Three Hills School Division meeting of January SCH 24th and January 27th, were referred to briefly Mr Ferguson DIV MIN advised that its annual meeting will be at the Jessie Young School V1 in Three Hills on Wednesday., March 23rd 1977 commencing at 7 30 P M Mr Berdahl moved that these be accepted as information Carried 1 COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 14th,1977 P 11 TABLED ITEMS Agenda items 21 and 22 were ordered tabled - Recreation reports.. Annual meeting of Fire Chiefs Association • Mr Campbell moved that the application of Imperial Oil f IMPERIAL to distribute anhydrous ammonia at Equity be proceeded OIL with as a development permit DEV PERMIT Carried EQUITY iMr Brown moved that the 1976 taxes of $34 53 levied on Part of SE 32-- 34 -21 -4 R:)i� 4914 be cancelled as CANCELLATION that land was included in tie Dry Island Buffalo Jump "1 TAXES Provincial Park Carried SE 32,34 21 The meeting was advised that copies of the briefs from the Alberta Land Use Forum are now av- ilable free of charge Mr Ferguson moved that this information be accepted and filed Carried Mr Campbell moved that Mr Brown be named as our delegate to DELEGATE attend the Regional Garbage Collection and Sanitary Landfill REG SAN V-1 meeting which is being held on March 9th.1977 at 10 00 A M LAND FILL at the Drumheller Health Unit in Drumheller MEETING Carried Minutes of the Regional Resource Project meeting of January REG RES 18th were reviewed briefly and notice read regarding meeting MINUTES in Drumheller on February 15th 1977 This also involves & MEETING municipal administration Mr Campbell moved that Mr G NOTICE King be delegated to attend as well as Mr Berdahl our regular member Carried ASSOCIATION A letter from the County of Leduc stated that its Council BY -LAW supports proposed amendments to the Association by -laws as AMENDMENTS V1 submitted from this Council Mr Berdahl moved that this be accepted as information Carried Mr Ferguson moved that the meeting do now ad3ourn ADJOURNMENT V) VW /' Carried -- - - - ----- ----- ----------- - -_- - - -- -- - - - -- - ----- - Reeve Secret ary- Treasurer �t of Council February The next regular meeting Y 28th,1977 = 9 00 ii V/1 I. ACCOUNTS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FEBRUARY 14th,1977 1833 Margaret Caswell 866 66 666 36 Steno 1834 Alex Cunningham 1455 42 1098 39 Ut Officer 1835 Joe Dobler 1485.33 1055 41 Foreman 1836 John Dorn 1485 33 1030.41 Foreman 1837 Violet Hart 1116 66 780 88 Steno 1838 J C Jeffery 1485.33 1055 41 Assist Sec 1839 G G Kin? 1791 66 1238.04 Sec Treas 1840 Ted Paquette 159E 75 1054 35 Superintendent 1841 Keith Smith 1447 91 1006 96 Partsman 1842 Glenn Smyth 1064.53 764 14 Assist. AR Fieldman 1843 Norman Soder 1412 50 1013 12 Ash Fieldman 1844 Peter Spilchen 1333.33 10263 55 Assessor 1845 Jean Wilkinson 1016 66 785 64 Steno 1846 Vernon Bitz 1430.70 978 92 Labor 1847 Robert Cranston 1488 27 1013.97 Shop Foreman 1848 Robert Dau 1365 35 1015 44 Labor 1849 Edward Duncan 1315 71 908 39 Labor 1850 Raymond Ehrmann 1434.73 381 39 Labor 1851 Ruben Ehrmann 1424 94 1000 39 Labor 1852 Gary Ensminger 1304 56 931 27 Labor 1853 Glen Enzie 1354.32 1020 74 Labo 1854 Dan Frere 1022 53 751 30 Labor 1855 Joe Friederick 1261 60 905 18 Labor 1856 Trev Friesen 1406 57 964 33 Labor 1857 Lyle Gelinas 1332 66 913 83 Labor 1858 Robert Gundlach 1374 56 973 74 Labor 1859 Vernon Haskell 1364 77 1021 38 Labor 1860 Alan Hazel 1316 51 908 97 Labor 1861 Harvey Jesske 1480.65 1009 50 Labor 1862 Albert Kimmel 1549 76 1054 78 Labor 1863 Dourylas Knapp 1528 13 1136 13 Labor 1864 Dennis Kober 1437 51 983 09 Labor 1865 Dale Leslie 1385 67 976 35 Labor 1866 Earl McRae 1446 88 988 EO Labor 1867 Brian Plant 1343 07 950 17 Labor 1868 Ken Quinlan 1396 12 985 36 Labor 1S369 Wallace Rasmussen 1392 86 985 31 Labor 1870 George Rempel 1453 20 995 93 Labor 1871 Milton Rempfer 1249 16 943.76 Labor 1872 Oris Rodger 1405 65 1021 70 Labor 1873 Brian Sowerby 1421 55 1049 40 Labor 1374 Ken Thompson 1321 56 1003 88 Labor 1875 John Trentham 1396 12 1023 23 Labor 1876 Jack Tutt 1428 71 802 70 Labor 1877 E M Vickery 1438 43 1066 77 Labor 1878 Dale Weigum 1380 16 973 11 Labor 1879 Lil Weigum 415 00 380 73 Janitor 1880 Alexander Williams 1406 55 793 36 Labor 1881 Karl Gundlach 1403 67 1024 19 Labor 46920 15 ACCOUNTS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FEBRUARY 14th,1977 29721 M D Kneehill Payroll 34,342.49 29722 P 2 29717 J C Jeffery,Petty Cash 65 32 Fuel, Postage 29718 M D Kneehill Payroll 12 577.66 Payroll 29719 G G King Petty Cash 65 34 Postage, etc 29720 Rec General 300 00 Postage 29721 M D Kneehill Payroll 34,342.49 29722 R Angus 283 20 29723 Alberta Health Care 582 40 29724 Alberta Blue Cross 394 80 29725 A G T 554 29 29726 Alta Power Ltd 295 31 29727 Alta Power Ltd 1,191 24 29728 Accurate Auto Body 3 20 29729 Allied Tools Ltd 98 95 29730 Alta White Trucks Ltd 90.09 29731 Acklands Ltd 47 65 29732 Albatross Radiator 74 00 29733 Acme Hardware 2 05 29734 Burroughs Business Machinesl,955 30 29735 Brenda Auto Supply 395 68 29736 Eric Bowhay 177 00 29737 Vernon Bitz 16 60 29738 Beaver Lumber 17 72 29739 Bowman Products 43 53 29740 Big Country Farm Center 6 10 29741 Can. Western Natural Gas 259 63 29742 Alex Cunningham 58 60 29743 Village of Carbon 11 40 29744 Crown Mart 1,575 89 29745 Can Salt Co 2,624 70 29746 Calgary Power Ltd 6 96 29747 Chinook Auto 70 89 29748 Crown Mart 24 30 29749 Calgary Truck Parts 484 59 29750 Calgary Stamp 6 Stencil 20 90 29751 Cn Nat Railway 284 99 29752 Capital Printers 134 05 29753 Central Dispose All 29754 Dominion Life 29755 Joe Dobler 29756 Ken Dawson 29757 Farmers 6 Merchants Trust 29758 Festival Ford 29759 Gehring Transport 29760 Gulf Oil 1,510 60 235 16 14 40 33 27 173 80 210 44 48 55 4,576 55 29761 Garrett Motors 118 40 29762 H T Howe 6 Son 20 56 29763 Huxley Hutterian Brethren 12 50 29764 Huttons Ltd 268 86 29765 Hauser Tractor 6 Equip 102 43 29766 Imperial Oil 677 38 29767 Imperial Oil 6 65 29768 Imperial Oil 12 25 29769 Jacks Service 98 65 29770 Jubilee Insurance 10,566 00 Payroll Repairs Employee Benefits Employee Benefits Shop account._ etc Moving Power Lines Accounts Three Hills R F P Tools Inventory Repairs, etc Repairs Repairs Office Repairs, etc San Land Fill Mileage Materials Inventory, repairs Repairs Accounts Mileage Water Account Materials, etc Road Salt Account Inventory Framing Material Inventory Office supplies Crossing Mainten Advertising - Dept Agriculture San Land Fill Employee Benefits Mileage 1975 Min Ben.Claim Employee Benefit Inventory Freight Fuel Fuel Inventory & Reps Straw Bales Inventory Inventory & Reps Fuel Fue 1 Fuel Fuel Insurance Prem ACCOUNTS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FEBRUARY 14th,1977 P 3 29771 Kneehill Ambulance Society 1,033 45 Amb Rev 29772 Kirk's Sheet Metal 11 20 Repairs 29773 Albert Kimmel 29 20 Mileage 29774 R 0 Keglowitsch 335 00 Surveys 29775 Long's Auto Sales 21 34 Inventory 29776 Linden Motors Ltd 10 60 Linden R F.P 29777 L& R Tire 65.33 Shop 29778 Manulife 323 38 Employee Benefits 29779 Mainline Farm Sales 306 35 Inventory & Reps 29780 Municipal Finance 6 00 Dues 29781 Macleods 13 50 Tools 29782 McGregor Filtering Equip 30 00 Inventory 29783 Pearl MacDonald 36 22 1975 Sch Tax Rebate 29784 Nahanni Industries Ltd 184 80 Inventory 29785 0 K Tire Store 3 50 Repairs 29786 Basil O'Rourke 200 00 Borrow Pit 29787 Plains Western 475 24 Accounts 29788 T C Paquette 16 00 Meals 29789 Pardee Equip Ltd 21 66 Inventory 29790 Rollie's Motor Products 2,247 02 Fuel, Inventory,etc. 29791 Reliable Engine Services 2,347 35 Inventory & Reps 29792 Richardson Culverts Ltd 7,147 80 ce)as3 Culverts 29793 Ross Clozza & Todd 110 00 By -law etc 29794 Renn Cupit Industries 30 46 Inventory 29795 Oris Rodger 16 00 Meals 29796 Norman Soder 44 00 Meals, etc 29797 Saskatoon Fire Engine 42 12 Linden R F P 29798 Schumacher, Madden & Co 30 10 San Land Fill 29799 Neil Siemens 12 75 Office repairs 29800 Peter Spilchen 129 00 Mileage 29801 Snap On Tools 25 05 Tools 29802 Sharps Theater Supplies 43 95 A S B. Camera Case 29803 Spadys Sharp Shop 32 20 Repairs 29804 Sparrow Safety Service 32 15 Repairs 29805 Select Printing 461 96 Offiee supplies 29806 Trochu Motors 14 45 Fuel 29807 Three Hills Pip Shop 81 30 Freight 29808 Trentham Transport 90 65 Freight 29809 Three Hills Community Center 190 00 Office - Hall Rent 29810 Taylor, Pearson 8 Carson 252 65 Inventory & Reps 29811 Three Hills Pharmacy 9 35 Shop Supplies 29812 Town of Three Hills 392 35 Fire Phone 29813 Town of Three Hills 954 54 Water Accounts 29814 Thornhill Ranching 17 20 A S B Repairs 29815 Town of Trochu 3 436 90 Share Deficit Trochu Pool 29816 Three Hills Lucky Dollar 15 83 Janitor Supplies 29817 University of Alta 60 00 A S B Soil Course Registration 29818 Union Tractor Ltd $896 34 Inventory 6 Reps 29819 Universal Sales 86 62 ��`� Inventory 29820 U F A 114 43 San Land Fill .. 4 i f IN 3 s i S a� �11�1�11� 29821 29822 29823 29824 29825 29826 29827 29828 29829 29830 29831 29833 29834 29835 29836 29837 29838 29839 29840 ACCOUNTS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FEBRUARY 14th,1977 P 4 Underwood McLellan 673 02 Huxley Sewer Vaughns 65 67 Repairs, etc Richard B Vance 56 82 1975 Sch Tax Rebate Waterous G M Diesel 954 03 Inventory t Tools Weich Industries 14 37 Repairs Wesley Service Center 172 10 Repairs Otto Wirch 50 92 1975 Sch Tax Rebate C W Poole 243 25 Council Fees Reg Campbell 330 29 Council Fees G A Berdahl 294.01 Council Fees Ralph Brown 32 40 Council Fees AAMD & C. Local Authorities Board A W Bauer T A Ferguson Leonard Litz Receiver General G G King J C Jeffery Russ Horvey 43,162 09 7 134 33 355 61 353 81 351 89 17,001 66 79 80 107 00 30 38 Inventory, Repairs culverts, etc �ounciol Fees Council Fees Council Fees Inc Tax, C P P 6 U I C Mileage, meals Mileage, meals Soils Course, etc