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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-02-28 Council MinutesA G E N uA COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28th, 1977 1 Approval of Minutes of Council Meeting - .February 14th,1 -977 2 Appointments- 10.15 A M - Norman Soder 11.00 A M - Bob Hall - C R P C 11.00 A M - Mac Hutton, Mayor of Torrington 1 30 P M. - Foremen 1 30 P M - Representative - United Chemicals Stabilization Ltd 3 Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd. - Village of Acme Sewage Lagoon 4. Planning Items Date and Time for Appeal Hearings Acme Motors Ltd - Letter re- Tony Seiler's Business Proposed Amendments to Preliminary Regional Plan Proposed subdivision - SE 4- 31 -26 -4- Godlonton NW 26- 34 -25 -4 - Moran SW 1- 32 -24 -4 - D Pryor Energy & Natural Resources - Land along Creeks, etc Schumacher & Company - NW 9- 32 -24 -4 - Beagrie Subdivision Secondary ?toad Meeting - Report re. Road acreage adjacent to Bircham C R P C decision re Huxley Lagoon Site - Report of Annual Meeting of C R P.C. Building Permits Issued - P Borsheim - Pt. SW 27�- 29 --21 -4 Tony Seiler Pt NE 22- 2-9-26 -4 Proposed Amendment to Dev Control By - -Law 789 5 A S B Grant Application Date to discuss A.S.B program, minutes, Park Committee report, etc 6 Imperial Oil - Anhydrous Amnonia at Equity 7 Torrington - Proposed Annexation 8. hosebud Seed Cleaning Plant - request $5000 00 from M D. 9 Alberta Agricultural - Improvements - Three Hills Seed Plant 10 Consideration of Reclamation Projects 11 Reports of Recreation Boardr, etc 12. Hold Harmless Agreements 13 Three Hills School Division Minutes of February 7th, 1977 meeting 14 Report of Fire Committee Meeting - Convention 15 By -Law for Tax Penalty 16 Drumheller Health Unit - Sanitary Land Fill 17 AAMD & C - Spring Convention 18 Alberta Environment - Drainage Ditch S£ 13- 33 -25 -4 19 Negotiation for Water & Sewer - Ruarkville 20 A G T - Linden Home 21 Pipeline crossings 22 Matters pertaining to roast loans 23 Re- Organization - Alberta Tr•ai.srortation 24 Work & Gravel - Authorized for Bridge Branch 25 Union Tractor - March 17th and 18th School 26 Drainage Ditch -- Carbon 27 Earl McRae - SAIT April]Bth,1977 28 Ferguson Supply - Thanks for Order 29 United Stab 'ization Chemical 30 McLean Construction Ltd - Equipment for Hire 31 Overhead Door Sales Ltd., - Quotation 32 Town of Three Hills - Paving Program 33 Applications for Work N. Hunter., Roger Hammer, Neil Penner, Connie Kopjar, Royllanne Ladewig Laurie Brosseau 34 Jim Barkman - Mobile Home Licence Fee 35 Repeal of By -law 808 - Wacker Avenue 36. Report from Shop & Foremen Committee Meeting 37 Employee Meeting - March 16th - Should others be invited? i COUNCIL MEETING - FEBRUARY -28th, -1977 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Municipal Office, Three Hills, on Monday, February 28th, 1977, commencing at 9.00 A M Those present for the meeting were, Gilbert A Berdahl Div 1 Clifford W Poole Div. 2 Ralph W Brown Div 3 (Reeve) Art W Bauer Div 4 Tom A Ferguson Div 5 Leonard Litz Div 6 (after 9 15 A M ) Reginald Campbell Div 7 Mr G G King, Secretary - Treasurer, and Mr John Jeffery were present for the meeting Jean Wilkinson was present and recorded the minutes. Mr Berdahl moved approval of the minutes of the meeting of February 14th, 1977 as circulated Carried Mr. Poole requested information about the proposed grants for Seed Cleaning Plants and he was given this information Mr Litz entered the meeting at this time (Approximately 9.15 A M ) IA letter from Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd , regarding the Village of Acme sewage lagoon was read to the meeting They do not see any need for the proposed crossing over the water channel in the NW of 29- 29 -25 -4 Mr Brown pointed out the reasons for requesting the crossing Mr Brown moved that the M D request the crossing be installed as previously outlined, unless the Village of Acme or its agents obtain the consent of the land owner of the NW of 29 that the crossing is not required Carried Mrs Betty Dau and Mrs Ada Major from the Three Hills Capital entered the meeting at this time Mrs Dau .introduced Mrs Major and outlined their reasons for attendance at the Council meetings They wish to publish a report on Council busyness each meeting There was a brief discussion about the publication of the entire minutes from both Council and A S B meetings Mr. Brown mentioned that the matter of publication of the minutes in some form will be discussed at the annual meeting. Mrs Dau then left the meeting Mr Norman Soder then entered the meeting (at approximately 9.25 A M ) Mr Brown suggested that perhaps a special Council meeting should be set up to discuss the actual A S B budget Mr Soder agreed to this, but requested Council's consideration at this time of the A S B. grant programs Mr King reviewed the 1977 -78 A S.B Program expenditures and grants as tentatively prepared There was brief discussion regarding the Extension Division Program Planning budget, which is set at $1000 00 The grant available from the 40$ government for this program is $600 00, so the M D. pay of any expenditures made under this program There was also discussion regarding the continuation of the Canada Thistle Program which was started last year The government is attempting to do away with all programs which result in a direct subsidy to individual farmers, but this does limit the programs available to the A S B Mr Ferguson. moyPd approval of th � program expenditures and grants as outlined Carried .2 COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th,1977 P 2 Mr Jeffery then requested that Council set a date for a meeting with the A S B to discuss the budget It was agreed that a special meeting be held Mr Bauer moved that a special meeting of Council be held with the A S B on Monday, March 7th, 1977, commencing at 9 00 A M to J1 discuss the A S B budget, and whatever business may come before the meeting Carried Mr Soder requested that Council consider writing a letter to the Minister of Agriculture either directly or through the AAMD & C to request some concrete direction for the A S B program, and some definite ideas for the grant programs He mentioned that any A S B program is in some manner a direct subsidy to an individual farmer He further pointed out that no one person or department in Alberta Agriculture is totally responsible for the A S B programs J He further pointed out that a global budget would be more satisfactory as this would allow transfer of funds from one grant program to another X Mr Poole moved that a resolution covering these points be drafted and submitted to the next meeting of Council for its consideration Carried A letter from Alberta Transportation regarding Imperial Oil Ltd installation of an anhydrous Ammonia tank at Equity was read to Council They have granted Imperial Oil permission for installation of the tank at this location However to date Imperial Oil has not submitted an application for development permit to our office, as required under Development Control They have been a3vised of this requirement Mr Bauer moved that this report and correspondence be accepted as information Carried A letter from the Rosebud Seed Cleaning Plant Ltd was read to the meeting They have requested a grant of $5000 00 from the M D of Kneehill for up grading; improvements to their seed plant under the provincial grant program All the renovations will be done in 1977 This is a matching grant with the Provincial Government, Council of Wheatland and plant shareholders Mr Poole moved that the M D of Kneehill pay up to $5000 00 for the renovations as outlined for the Rosebud Seed Cleaning Plant in the year 1977 Carried A copy of a letter from Alberta Agriculture addressed to the Three Hills & District Seed Cleaning Plant was read to the meeting It was noted that tentative approval has been given by the Province for the renovations to the plant in 1977 Mr Ferguson moved that a letter be sent to Alberta Agriculture advising them that the M D. has agreed to pay up to $5500.00 for renovations to the Three Hills Seed Plant, and the letter from Alta Agriculture be accepted and filed Carried Mr King advised the meeting that Alberta Environment had called the office about any possible reclamation projects in this area As the government requires title to the project to be trarsferred to the government, the expense involved f would be too high Mr Litz moved that no action be taken in this regard. Carried 3 ), COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th,1977 Reports from various recreation boards were then referred to the meeting, as follows, Grainger Community Hall, Hesketh Community Hall Association Cross Roads Community Hall, Sarcee Butte Social Center, Town of Trochu Recreation., Parks & Cemetery, ' Mr Berdahl moved acceptance of the reports as filed Carried im A letter from the Town of Three Hills Recreation and Parks Advisory Board was read to the meeting They would like to know if all the recreational areas within the M D are utilizing their recreational grants They also wish such areas to be aware that grants can be transferred to another area P 3 There was discussion regarding available matching recreation grants Mr Ferguson moved that the Advisory Board be advised that recreation grants paid by the M D to various organizations are being used Carried The minutes of Carbon and District Recreation Board meeting of January 10th were referred to the meeting, and discussed briefly Mr Campbell moved acceptance of the minutes of this meeting as presented Carried It was agreed that the agreements with the various Recreation Boards and the M D of Kneehill entered into in 1968 should be reviewed, in particular with regard to the term of office of directors The minutes of the Torrington & District Recreation Board held December 23rd, 1976 were referred to the meeting Mr Litz moved acceptance of the minutes as presented Carried The Minutes of the Three Hills Recreation & Parks Adv4sdry Board meeting of January 18th were referred to briefly and Mr Bauer moved approval of the minutes as presented Carried A letter from the Wimborne Arts and Crafts Guild was read to the meeting Mr King advised that he had discussed this matter with Mrs Margaret Smith President by telephone and clarified the questions which were raised Mr Ferguson moved that a letter of explanation be sent to the Wimborne Arts and Crafts Guild with regard to grant structures Carried Mr Robert Hall from Calgary Regional Planning Commission entered the meeting at this time -- approximated 10 55 A M The date and time for an appeal hearing by the Development Appeal Board was discussed Mr Dale Glenn Tetz of R R #2, Trochu has filed an appeal against the decision of the Development Officer in connection with Development Application 31 -77 There is also a possible appeal pending on Development Application 23 -77 4 . r FAR \/n A A COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th 1977 P 4 Mr Poole moved that the Development Appeal Board hold a hearing on Monday, March 21st, 1977, commencing at 9 00 A M in connection with the appeal filed by Mr Dale Glenn ✓� Tetz,and notice of the date time and place for the hearing be circulated to those within a half mile radius of the proposed development He further moved that if other appeals are received and proper notice of the date, time and place can be given to the appellant and those within a half mile radius of the development, these appeals may be heard on Monday, March 21st, 1977, commencing., at 9 30 A M allowing a time of 30 minutes for each such appeal Carried Mr Mac Hutton, Mayor of the Village of Torrington, and Mrs Nina Fobes, Secretary- Treasurer of the Village entered the meeting at this time - Approximately 11 00 A M Mr Hutton advised the meeting that the Village of Torrington wish to purchase approximately 3 5 acres of land from Mr Norman Schimke and annex the same to the village This would provide an additional 15 building bts The land is adjacent to the east boundary of the village and lies to the south of the school There was discussion about the possible annexation of additional land to the village at the same time Mr Campbell moved that Council does not have any objection to the proposed annexation of the land described as follows, 140 feet south of Second street South and 140 feet east of 3rd Avenue - to the Village of Torrington Carried There was a brief discussion with Mr Hutton regardng the proposed Regional Sanitary Land Fill Site and the need for a local meeting to appoint a representative from this area to sit on such a committee This meeting would involve the M D and all the towns and villages in the M D area It was suggested that the M D host such a meeting with the towns and villages and a representative be appointed at that meeting to represent the M D and the towns and villages on a Regional Land Fill Committee The Regional Land Fill committee would then hold a meeting; later in April Mr Brown also suggested that following such a meeting the representatives on the Local Sanitary Land Fill Committee might hold a brief meeting to discuss certain items of business Mr Ferguson moved that a tentative date for such a meeting be set for 7 30 P M , Wednesday, March 9th 1977. Carried IiIt was noted that as many as possible of the Councillors attend this meeting Mr Hutton and Mrs Fobes then left the meeting Mr King read a letter from Acme Motors (1976) Ltd , regarding Appeal Hearing No 2 -77 - Tony Seiler Garage Business on farm land Following discussion of the matter it was notk.d that the building will be assessed and he will also pay business tax Mr Ferguson moved that letter be sent to Acme Motors Ltd explaining the situation and outlining the restrictions imposed on the business Carried V 5 ./\ Iv Im %x COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th,1977 P 5 A proposed amendment to the Preliminary Regional Plan by the Town of High River was referred to the meeting Mr Campbellmoved that Council does not have any objections to this proposed amendment Carried A proposed amendment to the Preliminary Regional Plan by the Town of Turner Valley was referred to the meeting Mr Berdahl moved that Council does not have any objections to this proposed amendment Carried A proposed subdivision application for SE 4- 31- 26 -4 -by C Godlonton was referred to the meeting He wishes to separate his existing homestead from the quarter section as he is semi - retired and will be selling the balance of the land to his daughter The daughter and son -in -law will be moving a mobile home on to the balance of the quarter section Mr Bauer moved that Council recommend approval of the subdivision subject to the following conditions 1 The sum of $500 00 an acre be used as a figure to calculate cash in lieu of reserve 2 Taxes are to be paid in full Culverts and approaches to be installed at the developer's expense Carried A proposed subdivision application for NW 26- 35 -25 -4 was then referred to the meeting Mr M V Moran wishes to take a 27 acre parcel out of the NW 26 35 -25 -4 The land use would not change Mr Litz moved that the subdivision be recommended subject to the following conditions 1 Deferral of public reserve 2 Consolidation of the 27 acre parcel with Mr Moran's quarter section to the south west .- namely the SE 27- 34 -25 -4 3 Installation of all culverts and approaches at the owners expense 4 Taxes to be paid in full Carried A proposed subdivision for SW 1- 32 -24 -4 was referred to the meeting Mr Don Pryor wishes to subdivide a 20 acre parcel from this quarter section and possibly create 4 parcels of varying size in this 20 acre site Mr Hall from C R P C , spoke on the application and stated there are many problems involved in this application such as service roads design problems., rezoning of the land to highway commensal, possible annexation to the Town of Three Hills etc Mr Brown moved that Council recommend the 20 acre parcel subdivision subject to relaxation of the minimum parcel size continuation of the existing service road along the south boundary of the parcel and cash in lieu of reserve to be calculated on the basis of the selling price of the land 1 1 -11 N Carried It was noted that Council would consider the reclassifcation bi of the land to a high den 42rty highway commercial zone if the subdivision is approved The meeting then ad3ourned for dinner from 12.00 Noon to 1.00 /P PM 6 ;' COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th,1977 P 6 A letter from Alberta Fnergy & Natural Resources regarding land in lakes and creeks was read to the meeting Mr Bauer moved to accept and file this letter as information Carried A letter from Schumacher, Madden& Company regarding the J Clearvalley Farm subdivision in NW 9-32.24 -4 was read to the meet in F. A letter from W D Isbister Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs regarding this subdivision and possible appeal to the JProvi.nclal Appeal Board, was also read to the meeting It was noted that there is no appeal from the decision of C R P C , and in order to complete this subdivision the M D must take title to the 10 foot strip of land Mr Berdahl moved that the Municipal District will accept under protest the 10 foot strip of land along the Three Hills Creek in the NW 9- 32 -24 -4, in order to allow the applicants, Mr and Mrs Karl Beagrie to complete their subdivision Carried .7 1 Mr Brown moved that the M D look into the matter of obtaining permission to sell the 10 foot strip of land back to the original owner, Clearvalley Farms, at such time as title to the land is received Carried It was also agreed that Council should consider a resolution for presentation through the Association to the government in regard to this problem and others that may arise when the new Planning Act comes into force A letter fromC R P C advised that the annual road study committee meeting will be held in mid March The likely date will be March 16th or March 23rd. They requested that our representative be advised of these tentative dates There was a brief discussion regarding roads which might be designated as secondary roads It was agreed that perhaps the road from Nacmine to #9 which is approximately 5 miles should be classified as an approach road, but not necessarily as a secondary road Mr Berdahl moved that a letter be written to Alberta Transportation to see if this stretch of road into Nacmine from #9 Highway could be classified as a direct access road Carried Mr Pnole moved that rilberta Transportation be requested to let us have a copy of their 1977 road program as this will �I have a bearing on planning our 1977 road program Carried Mr Campbell asked about the possibility of having Secondary Road 836 extended from SW 17- 33 -22 -4 north about 4 miles After brief discussion, it was agreed to leave this matter in abeyance for the time being There was also discussion bout the road running north from Secondary Road 587 at SW 14-34 -25 --4 Mr Litz moved that a letter be sent to the County of Red Deer for comments about this road and their plans for the road commonly known as the Pine Lake Road Carried P 0 V Mr Brown discussed the matter of a possible subdivision of land being about 11-2 acres of land adjacent to the hamlet of Bircham The Title to the land is presently dedicated as road There would be about 1 6 acres not required for the actual road and if this area could be taken off the road it possibly could be used as a residential site It would require approval from Alberta Transportation for closure of that portion of the road and possibly survey and subdivision application 1 J J 7 8 COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th,1977 P 7 After discussion, Mr Bauer moved the matter be tabled until the next road tour so that the site could be looked at Carried The decision of C R.P C regarding the Huxley sewage lagoon site subdivision was discussed and it was noted that conditions of approval forthe Gubdivision included the dedica *'on of a 33 foot right of way running north and south, but makes no mention of the dedication of the access being by way of easement rather than actual survey and dedication of the road It was noted that the C N.R will not lease the access road to the M D past the elevators, but have agreed to allow the use of their road for access to the lagoon site, Therefore the 33 foot easement from the elevator road running west into the lagoon site would be aceeptable However C R P C feel that the access should be provided north and south as well in the event the C N R should at any time in the future shut off access on their elevator road Mr Poole moved that Council appeal the decision of the Planning Commi.ssi.nn to the Provincial Planning Board and request deletion of the requirement for dedication of the 33 foot right of way and that such access being obtained by means of an easement running west from the V existing elevator road into the lagoon site and if necessary by means of an easement running north along the side of the elevator road Carried It was noted that the annual meeting of the Commission was held in Calgary on Friday February 25th, 1977 A report on building permits issued was given to the meeting, as follows Pt SW 27- 29 -21 -4 - P Borsheim Drumheller - Single Family Residence Pt. NE 22 -29 26-4 - Tony Seiler - Acme, Repair Work and Storage Building Mr Berdahl moved to accept the permits as issued Carried The matter of a proposed amendment to Development Control By --law 789 was briefly discussed This amendment would change the by -law so that a single family dwelling unit would not require a development permit excepting under certain circumstances and locations Mr Ferguson moved that this matter be tabled until such time as comments can be obtained from C R P C this amendment Carried Mr Hall agreed to look into this matter Mr Hall asked if Council's general policy regarding reserve strips along creeks, etc ; will be censi.stant, that being that the reserve strip be left in the balance of the quarter section and separate title not to be issued in the name of the M D It was generally agreed that this was Council's feelings Mr Hall left the meeting at approximately 2 °00 P M Mr Paquette, Mr Dobler and Mr Jack Quinton from United Stablization Chemicals Ltd , entered the meeting at this time O Mr Quinton then gave a talk to Council on the merits of his company's products - Terrazyme and Aquatain The use of terrazyme in road building flattens the surface tension of the water and allows for better penetration and better compaction The County of Mountain View has used this product on various roads in their area and to date the roads appear to be standing; up very well 1 ��U r. ��t 0 COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th,1977 It is of benefit in dust control as well Mr Quinton gave the Councillors a brochure about the products He offered a price of $6 50 a gallon for a mi.nimun order of 1000 gallons, which would do about 10 miles of road Mr Poole moved that we place an order for 1000 gallons of Terrazyme at a price of $6 50 an gallon, and the product be used on various roads throughout the M D this year Mr Quinton thanked Council for their time and the order and then left the meeting The matter of road ban and load limit was then discussed The County of Mu.;4 -,uin View has put on a 20,000 pound limit on their light coat surfaced roads Mr King advised the meeting that the Motor Vehicles Branch at Drumheller will check any possible infactions of the ban upon being, advised by the M D Mr Jeffery reported that Mr Fred Penner who is located just 100 yards past the start of the light coat surfacing north of the P B I ' has requested permission for feed trucks, etc , to come into his farm over t'ie 100 yards of light coat surface at a weight of 59,000 pounds Mr Bauer moved that Council allow the requested overload permits for Mr Penner Carried it �h r Following further discussion of the load limit, no change was made in the maximum load limit allowable during the ban, namely 45 000 pounds A memo was received from Mr Hempsey of Alberta Transportation in Red Deer regarding the reorganization of Alberta Transportation, and its various departments Mr Campbell moved to accept and file as information Carried Mr King advised the meeting that he had authorized Mr Oris Rodgers to do some work for Alberta Bridge Branch with the traxcavator on the Ghost Pine Creek bridge south of Huxley He had also authorized Alberta Bridge Branch to obtain some pit run gravel from the Torrington Pit Tor Ferguson moved to accept and file this report as information Carried A letter from Union Tractor Ltd regarding a technical seminar for Municipal shop foremen to be held March 17th and 18th in Edmonton was referred to the meeting It was noted that two men attended the school last year Mr Campbell moved that Keith Smith, Robert Cranston and Ted Paquette be authorized to attend the seminar as noted above Carried ✓I Mr King advised the meeting that he and Mr Paquette had had another look at the drainage ditch at the top of the hill going into Carbon, and the ditch is in fact within the M D The ditch is now open and draining However the culverts are full of silt It appears that probably a 48 inch culvert should be installed to allow for proper drainage of the area Mr Berdahl moved that a letter be written to Alberta Transportation requesting their assistance in correction of this problem as construction of their road in this area has caused some of the problems Carried i J` COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th 1977 P 9 Alberta Advanced Education and Manpower has notified the office that Mr Earl T McRae is to attend his second year welder's school commencing April 18th; 1977 V1 Mr Litz moved to accept and file this as information Carried A letter of thanks from Ferguson Supply Ltd , for the order of the Champion motor �-rader was read to the meeting Mr Poole asked for clarification of the prices of the V1 graders recently puncc?sed, and he was given this information A letter from McLean Construction Ltd , of Drumheller was read to the meeting They have road building equipment available for hire ." This information is to be kept on file A quote received from Overhead Door Sales of Calgary for new doors for the Carbon shop was read to the meeting; The price is $2370 00 The doors have been ordered ,, Mr Campbell moved to accept this as information and to authorize the order for the doors Carried A letter from the Town of Three Hills regarding their 1977 paving program was read to the meeting The Town of Three Hills have requested the assistance of the M D in oiling two roads -- one being west of the railway vA tracks and in front of the M D Shop and the other from the Three HIlls School to the end of the town limits Tnere was brief discussion about the approach into the A S B shop Mr Ferguson moved that the M D do this work for the Town of Three Hills, subject to price negotations Carried Various work applications were referred to the meeting Mr Bauer moved that the applications for work on the public works crew be referred to Mr Paquette and the applications for office work be retained on file Carried The minutes from the Shop and Foremen Committee meeting ,mfr, have not been typed as yet Mr Poole moved that the report be tabled until the next meeting of Council Mr. jeffery asked Council to consider two items from the report, both of which involved wage increases The committee recommended that Arx, Ken Quinlan be paid as a senior operator for thew} which would make his rate $6 95 an hour He is presently earning $6 43 an hour plus seniority pay The committee also recommended that Mr Oris Rodgers be increased 10� an hour, which would give him $7 10 an hour while operating and $6 83 during non - operating; hours This would put him in a special category, as he works by himself all the time, and also does mechanic work Mr Brown moved that Oris Rodgers rate of pay be increased 10� per hour Carried Mr Litz moved that Ken Quinlan be increased to a senior operator's rate of $6 95 Carried � f, i COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th 1977 P 10 There was discussion regarding calling for fuel tenders and Mr Litz moved that tenders be called for supply of diesel fuel delivered F 0 B to our work sites anywhere in the M D , with tenders to close at 12 00 N000n Mar,- 28th 1977 Carried Mr Ferguson moved that tenders be called for supply of gas for our motor vehicles with tenders to close at 12.00 Noon, March 28th., 1977 Carried The meeting to be held on March 16th at the Three Hills Community Center was then discussed This is a labour relations seminar and the morning portion of the meeting will be of benefit to foremen and councillors and the afternoon portion will be directed more towards the employees The M D is allowing the employees the afternoon off work to come to the meeting and the M D is supplying dinner for the employees Discussion was held as to whether - ^7r.ces or councillors from the towns and villages or employees from the School Division would be interested in atterding Mr Campbell moved that an invitation be extended to the towns and villages in the area and the school division and dinner be supplied for those who come Carried isr Paquette suggested that road work could start somewhat earlier this year as there is not much frost in the ground now Work could be started on acquiring the road right of way required for the M Anderson Bridge if Alberta Bridge Branch has the survey under way Mr Berdahl moved that the office contact Alberta Transportation for information about the survey for this bridge installation, and if possible proceed with negotiations for the right of way required VIA P;r Dobler mentioned a warning ticket received by one of the gravel trucks for spilling gravel on the highway as the load VI\ was too high The loads have been reduced He estimated they have stock piled approximately 32 000 yards durin(T January and February and will require an additional 15 000 yards which will be done during the month of March Mr Paquette mentioned that the two miles of road built Last fall at West of 28 and 33 in 31 -24 4 could now be gravelled Mr Berdahl mentioned that there is a defensive driving course being offered at Hesketh on March 15th, 17th 22nd and 24th in the evenings commencing at 7 30 P M , and there is room for IA more participants It was noted that Mr Gundlach and Mr Sowerby n L.;h � e interested Pr King advised the meeting that the Village of Acme have signed the hold harmless agreement and returned same for signature by the M D The Town of Trochu have not yet returned their agreement, nor has the Village of Carbon Following discussion of this matter, Mr Ferguson moved that a letter be sent to the Village of Carbon requesting immediate action in connection with the hold harmless agreement, and also a request for the Village to pay for gravel supplied to their contractor for the sewer line work in the sum of ;$451 00 and blade work of 15 hours for a total cost of $420 00 The minutes of the Three Hills School February 7th were referred to briefly these be filed as information Carried Division meeting of and Mr Campbell moved Carried 11 r� V �1 E IN COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th 1977 P 11 A report of the fire committee meeting was referred to the meeting There was discussion regarding compensation paid to persons attending the fire school at Vermilion in lieu of lost wages, etc Mr Campbell mentioned that this matter could be discussed at a meeting being held Wednesday evening March 2nd, at Trochu between the various fire departments and he will bring comments on this matter back to the next meeting Mr Bauer moved to accept and file this report as information Carried Mr Campbell mentioned the matter of the Town of Three Hills purchasing a new fire truck If the town goes ahead with the purchase of a new truck it will be strictly used as a town truck and would not be suitable for a rural fire truck If the M D is interested in going together with the Town of Three Hills to purchase a truck jointly for use in both town and rural areas, this should be discussed with the town at this time Jean Wilkinson left the meeting at this time, and Mr J Jeffery, Assistant Secretary- Treasurer recorded the balance of the minutes Mr Campbell moved that we contact the Town of Three Hills and discuss with them the possible joint purchase of a fire truck for use in both the town and rural areas and the sale to the Town of a half interest in our existiAg rural fire truck Carried Mr Campbell then gave a brief report from the Directors meeting of the Provincial Fire Chiefs Association and he noted there was some concern regarding Bill 220 Mr Poole moved to accept and file the report Carried Mr King gave a report regarding the Provincial Fire Chiefs Convention being held in Medicine Hat* June 12, 13th and 14th and he noted that our membership fee of $20 00 is now due Mr Poole moved that the membership fee be paid and also that we send two delegates to the convention, one to be Mr Reginald Campbell and the other to be named at a later date Carried Mr Paquette re- entered the meeting and reported that he had purchased one fan with a filter for $160 00 from Wheat Belt Industries and had it installed in Division 5 motor grader After discussion of this matter Mr Berdahl moved that we purchase 9 more fans for the other motor graders Carried Mr Paquette then left the meeting Mr Kind; reviewed by -law 787 which is a by -law respecting penalty on taxes This by -law is only valid for the years 1976 and 1977 After discusson of the matter, Mr Poole moved first reading to by -law number 823 this being a by -law which is to remain in effect until repealed by Council, to levy tax penalties as follows - 10% to be added as a penalty to all taxes owing as of February 1st each year and a 2% penalty to all taxes owing as of December 1st in each year Carried Unanimously Mr Bauer moved second reading to this by -law Carried Unanimously Mr Litz moved third reading to this by -law Carried Unanimously Mr King gave a brief report regarding the subjects on the agenda for the AAMD & C convention. March 29th and 30th; 1977 12 IN V11 COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th,1977 P 12 Discussion followed Mr. Ferguson moved to accept and file this as information Carried Mr King gave a report regarding a drainage ditch in SE 13 33 25 -4 He stated that there had been correspondence `front iilberta Water Resources and this office, but no signed agreements can be located It was agreed that Mr Litz contact Mr Stan Schrnelke and Mr Siltala the owner of the .quarter involved, and bring a report back to the next meeting of Council Mr Bauer moved to accept and file the as informatinn Carried Mr King gave a brief report regarding the water and sewer system in Ruarkvi.11e He stated that he believed P B I would co- operate in the project and that the Town would sell us water and sewer service along the same lines as Grantville Estimated total costs for the project is $175,000 00 to $200,000 00 Mr Poole moved to accept the report and to continue with the negotiations Carried Mr King read a letter from A G T regarding buried cable to be installed in the Linden area - Section 29- 30 -25 -4 . -,,ved that we approve of the installation as per plans submitted Carried Mr King read a letter from Simons McBean Ltd , regarding Andex Oil Co Ltd , and various road crossings in the M D , and also a letter from Mobil Oil regarding a road crossing between NE of 2- 34 -26 -4 and NW 1- 34 -26 --4 Mr Poole moved that the crossings be approved as per plans submitted, sub-;e -t to compliance with our regulations Carried v� Mr King referred a mobile home licence fee owing by Mr Jim Barkman of Linden in the sum of $375 16 for the years 1975 and 1976 to the meeting Mr Barkman has requested that this licence fee be cancelled on the basis that he is a farmer Discussion followed Mr Poole moved that Mr King check into this matter and ascertain what Mr Barkman's main source of income is from Carried It was also agreed that Mr Spilchen check regarding a mobile home located on SW 30- 31 -23 -4 Discussion was held concerning by- -law 808 regarding the proposed closure of Wacker Avenue to the hamlet of SwIellAs it was agreed not to proceed any further with this proposed at this time - Mr Berdahl moved first reading to by -law 824 this being a by -law to repeal by -law 80Carrieds entirety Unanimously Mr Poole moved second reading to this Carried unanimously Mr Ferguson moved third reading to this by-law Carried Unanimously Mr Pocle asked about the sale of reclaimed nuisance grounds at Swalwell and other areas It was agreed that Mr Jeffery obtain information frcm the Provincial Government reg —ding this matter and report back to the next meeting %W 13 %i V/A COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 28th 1977 P 13 Discussion was held on miscellaneous accounts and it was decided that Mr King should go and see Mr Levi Boese regarding �-* his outstanding account Discussion was also held concerning the dugout on the farm of Mr Ron Toews Mr Bauer reported the edge of the dug out is 110 feet from the middle of the road and he had advised Mr Toews that he may be responsible for the erection of a barricade of some nature around the dugout Mr Litz moved that the matter be tabled until the next road tour r Carried Mr Brown gave a brief report from the Further Education Council and he mentioned that there are 61 classes now being held in the area He has offered one of our offices to the Further Education Co- Ordinator for approximately two days a week The Further Education Council would like Mr King to act as a member of this committee Mr Campbell moved that we provide office space for the co-ordinator free of charge for two days a week Carried Mr Poole moved that permission be granted for Mr King to join the Council Carried Mr Litz asked about Block R in Wimborne The Wimborne United Church owns the land now, and pressure is being put on Mr Litz to provide lots in Wimborne for development Mr Litz wondered if the M D could purchase the land from the Church and subdivide the land into two or three building sites It was agreed that Mr. Litz obtain a price and particulars on the land and report back to Council at the next meeting Mr Litz moved that the meeting-, A M , Marc ly3th _ , 1977 --- - -- - -- --------------- Reeve Time of Adjournment - 6 00 P M do now adjourn, until 9.00 Secretary -Tr asur r