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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-08-28 Council MinutesL�l C 0 AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 28th, 1978 1 Apptova2 ob Mtinute�s - Counc t Meeting August 14th, 1978 w.c th coAAectc Speci,ae Counc t Meeting August 17th, 1978 2 Appointment . 11.00 A M (Tentatc.ve) Dan Reynie ze C R P C (May be tateA tin P M ) 1 30 P M 1=o)Lemen 2 30 P M Alta TtcawspoAtatcon - Be Late Kathot, Ivan Pe&tch 9 Wayne Kt 3 Repotct - Kneeh c e e SanA taAy Land F GU Committee Meet in Aug 17178 9 LetteA Ae• Meeting ob Reg Comm.c ttee Sept 5178 4 Co"es pondence - Reg conae Re/soutce.6 Pto jest 5 CnAe s pondence - Rutte t CAa�s h Coate s et6 G Financcae RepoAt Acme Recuatc.on Boated 7 Atta N'unLcipa.e Abbacu - Gu tde to Inbotmatc.on on muvic.c c.pae.c tc.et6 8 Lettetc County Red Deets Ae• tax penattty by -Zaw 9 Letttet o b appacat%on - Linda ShevLtaw 10 Atta Loeae AuthoAA tc.ez Boatd - tepotct on Town ob Thtee H-c 22z Annexatc.or 11 Repotct to PuAcha6e ob Equcpment bon Rezcue TAuck 12 LetteA M D State Band - Peaee tome Bmetcgeney Atid Agreement 13 RepoAt - CoAbon RuAae FcAe TAuck 14 Request - Bd HV- - peAmtis�S ian to hooFi up to Huxeey t�ewetc 15 ThAee Httt,6 Gay Co -Op - ftne changes kn P B I 9 Ruat kvtUe 16 Letters btom AAMD 8 C ,tegoAdting toad�skde tspAaycng 17 Repoxt to Aep.?.c.ez eommeAccae use ob tots kn Swaewete 18 Subdivision appticatio" W% 10- 31 -25 -4 Levti Boe�se NW 3- 34 -22 -4 - 19 ► uttdting pehmk tt6 tz s ued 20 RepoA,t ,Le C N R UndeApa s - 21 RepoAt te. Swaewett SeweA Ptojeet Tenders 22 1979 BAt-dge Requests 23 Report - Atta TAays pottatc.on to • SR 585 TAO ehu Bast 24 Lettete - Roy Rankcn - dtedgcng x4-veA gAavet Robert VettvL - pozz,( bte gAavet zouAce NW 27- 31 -26-4 25 Cuccutatc Jubilee Iwsutance - u. i"mance Aenewat 26 Request to ctoze and 4ett oAkgknae Aoad ce eowanee NW 15 8 NB 16-29-24-4 27 Atta TAanspottatc.on - AA.tc.eeez ob Agreement teeeived 28. GoAbage dumped kn bmtow ptt SE 15- 32 -26-4 29 Repott on .cvspectc.on ob Ke.c.veA Road etc 30 Atta TAanzpotctatcon - SchooZ Bu/s Awatcenes/s Ptogtam 31 Atta TAan poAtat%on - Benketman Te /sts 32 Request - G UngeA - gtavet on approach Lot 9 BZk G RuatLkv.( -Ue 33 Appacatc.ows bat Wotk - B R Knapp, McAv P Riegetc, Ruzz Jewett Cowstidetc Tabted Appacatc.on - TtevoA Lee Mutctca.y - Bnbotcement Cannot Obbticetc 34 Repotrt - C W Poole Meetc.ng CAAMD 8 C 1 n �410 Ew El Y 3 a m 0 e O z E 0 LL COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 28, 1978 P 1 A regular meeting of the Council of the Municipal District of Kneehill #48 was held at the Municipal Office, Three Hills on August 28, 1978, commencing at 9 00 A M Those present were Mr. Gilbert Berdahl Mr. C W Poole Mr. R W Brown Mr. A W Bauer Mr. T A Ferguson Mr. Leonard Litz Mr. R G Campbell Mr. J C Jeffery Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 (Reeve) Div 4 Div 5 Div 6 (from 9 45 A M Div 7 Municipal Administrator Mrs V Hart recorded the minutes Mr Alex Cunningham & Associates came into the advised that the tenders f this past Thursday, August Mr Bergman The tender of was the tender recommended Bergman as noted later) and Mr Max Bergman of Underwood, McLellan meeting at this time Mr Jeffery Dr the Swalwell sewer project were opened t 24th, and perused by Mr Cunningham and Richardson Bros in the amount of $253,154 60 to Council by Mr Cunningham and Mr The following is the list of 1 Richardson Bros 2 Northside Construction 3 El -San Industries 4 Terrain Construction 5 Bachand Construction 6 Last Mountins Development 7 Labman Construction 8 Su -Lyn Investments tenderers and their $253,154 60 281,480 00 287,514 00 324 315 75 326,821 50 331,895 05 363,280 50 367,226 00 bids SWALWELL SEWER PROJECT After discusion, Mr C W Poole moved that the Swalwell Sewer project be given to Richardson Bros as the above quotation, subject to the approval of the Local Authorities Board Carried As the Councillors had not had time to read their copy of the minutes of August 14, 1978, Mr Gilbert Berdahl moved that the approval for these minutes be tabled until next meeting of Council Carried On August 22nd/78, various members of Council had met with members of the Canadian Transport Commission, Alberta Transportation;4Canadian National Railways regarding the proposed CNR underpass south of Three Hills for a discussion of same Members attending from the Council were. Mr. T A Ferguson, Mr Gilbert Berdahl and Mr R G CNR UNDER - Campbell PASS Mrs Jean Wilkinson had also attended and had left a concise report of the meeting This was read to the Council by Mr Jeffery at this time It was noted that members of Alberta Transportation are to attend this meeting later in the day, but Mr Cronkhite Deputy Minister of Transportation, wished to discuss this on the telephone this morning, and so it was brought to the meeting at this time There had now been some discussion that a protected level crossing might be considered instead of an underpass Council discussed this at some length Mr. Campbell moved that Mr Jeffery telephone Mr Cronkhite with Mr Ferguson on another line to discuss the proposal with him at this time, but that this item be tabled until later in the meeting when the members of Alberta Transportation are in the meeting Carried Mr Leonard Litz came into the meeting at this time - 9 45 A M f 2 V r L J • O C O z O LL COUNCIL MEETING Aug 28 1978 P 2 A meeting of the Kneehill Sanitary Lan 11 Committee had been held at the Municipal office, Three tills on August 17, 1978 with members of the Councils of the various SANITARY Towns and Villages present in addition to M D Council members and representatives of the Drumheller Health Unit LANDFILL The minutes of that meeting were reviewed at this time A letter was read from Drumheller Health Unit advising that a solid waste transfer system proposed by Neufeldt Industries Ltd is the most suitable and practical system for allNNmunicip alit ies within their area,XKXXXXXXNXXXXXXXX $gMXX Aeeter wasuasoerewdlTromgenownlo?l�rociu after Sept 1/78 advising that they do not wish to participate in the proposed Landfill changes at this time A letter was also read from Central Disposall Ltd thanking Council for being able to serve the M D in the past Mr. Jeffery advised that an additional meeting will be held on September 5/78 to discuss a detailed cost sharing analysys and that all Councils should be rep- resented at that time Mr. Jeffery also advised that Mr Robert Cranston has been hired to dig a new pit at the Landfill site as the present one is full His price is $45 00 per hr After discussion Mr Leonard Litz moved that all of the above be accepted as reports and that all final decisions regarding the Kneehill Sanitary Landfill site be filed UNTIL after the September 5th meeting Carried The minutes of the Regional Resources Project #1 REG RESOURCES meeting of July 17/78 were then referred to Council along with a statistical comparisons chart showing various breakdowns regarding water & sewer,etc Mr T A Ferguson moved that these be accepted and filed Carried Various Rutter Crash Courses outlines of which had been received in the office, were then outlined to Council Mr A W Bauer moved that these be filed for information Carried The Financial Statement of the Village of Acme regarding Recreation was then read to the meeting by Mr Jeffery Mr Berdahl moved that this be accepted and filed. Carried RUTTER COURSES ACME RECREATION A letter from Municipal Affairs was read, and the Guide to Information on Municipalities which was enclosed GUIDE TO with it was referred to Council Mr Poole moved that this INF ON be accepted and filed in the office for further persual by MUNIC the staff. Carried A letter from the County of Red Deer advised that they are considering changing thier penalty structure and PENALTIES asking for information regarding our penalty set up Mr A W Bauer moved that this be filed for information Carried At this point in the meeting, a meeting was set up for the Parks Committee at Keiver's Lake on Thursday, PARKS August 31st at 9.00 A M with Mr & Mrs Horley in COMMITTEE attendance Mr Soder is to be notified A letter was read from Miss Linda Shearlaw asking that she be considered for the position being vacated by Mrs V. Hart at the end of December This was discussed, and Mr T.A Ferguson moved that it be considered after other applications have also been received Carried 3 yJ D9 R 0 a C z E LL i I A letter from the annexations by the Town Order No 10769 awarding map showing those lands, moved that this be filed COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 28/78 Local Authorities of Three Hills was certain lands to was then perused for information P 3 Board regarding ANNEX then read Board -3 Hills the Town , and a Mr R G Campbell Carried A letter from A A M D re roadside spraying and the ROADSIDE reply by Mr Norman Soder was then referred to Council Mr T A Ferguson moved that this be filed for information SPRAYING Carried An inquiry has been made into the possible commercial use of some of the lots in Swalwell which were not sold recently, mainly lots 11 - 26, Blk 7 Mrs Wilkinson had circulated a letter to some of the residents who COMMERCIAL USE would mainly be affected b}a commercial development SWALWELL LOTS The only ob4ection had been a verbal one from Mrs Ottley Mr PooleKthat this be filed for information as no definite permits had been applied for at this time Carried Mr. Alex Cunningham came into the meeting at A Cunningham this time. Mr. Cunningham reported regarding purchases of equipment made for the Rescue Truck It was also noted that the Ambulance Service owes the M D $1929 00 for RESCUE purchases which should have been charged to them TRUCK Mr. Ferguson also gave a report re air bags which have recently been demonstrated to the Ambulance Meeting and purchased A letter and Agreement from the Municipal District of Starland regarding Peacetime Emergency Mutual Aid MUTUAL AID was then referred to Council Mr Cunningham enlarged AGREEEMENT- and explained some of the details of the Agreement STARLAND Mr. A W Bauer gave lst Reading to By -Law No 86�T -LAW NO this being a by -law to enter into an Agreement with the Municipal District of Starland for Peacetime Emergency Mutual Aid,4s set out as details of the Agreement enclosed with these minutes Carried unan Mr. Leonard Litz moved 2nd Reading to this by -law Carried unan Mr. C W Poole moved that a 3rd Reading be given to this by -law at this meeting Carried unan Mr. R G Campbell moved that 3rd Reading be given to by -law No 864 Carried unan Mr Jeffery advised that a payment of $12,938 has been paid to Superior Emergency Equipment as a part pay- ment on a Fire Truck to serve the Carbon Rural Fire Area This has yet to be equipped and will likely be about 6 weeks until delivery An Agreement has not yet been signed with the Village of Carbon and this will be drawn up in the near future Mr A W Bauer moved that the above be accepted for information Carried Mr. Ed Heer of Huxley has asked Mr Cunningham if he can now tie in with the sewer hook up in Huxley Mr Cunningham would like some direction as to charges, frontage tax, etc It was noted that Mr Heer had been very co- operative when the laggon was put on his land last year Mr. T A Ferguson moved that Mr Heer be charged at cost for the price of the materials , and that he be charged frontage tax on a 50' basis, and that Mr Cunningham oversee the installation of same Carried 4 ED HEER HUXLEY SEWER N �11* F--,1 LJ C] Y 3 a m n e z C O LL COUNCIL MEETING 4 AUGUST 28/78 A letter was read from Mr Fred Penner, Chairman of the Three Hills Gas Co -Op requesting approval of changes needed to the lines in the P B I - Ruarkville area Mr Cunningham explained the situation and showed Council a map of the area and the proposed changes Mr A W Bauer moved that Three Hills Gas Co -Op be given approval to move such lines as shown on their map, but that they be advised that if road construction is needed in the area in the future, they will be responsible for the cost Carried COUNCIL ADJOURNED FOR DINNER FROM 12 NOON UNTIL 1 P M Building permits for the following were then reviewed CDC Oil & Gas Co Ltd - Compressor building on NW- 4- 28 -20 -4 Nick Wiens - addition to residence - Pt SW -17- 31-26-4 R W Vickery - Residence on NW- 9- 34 -25 -4 J Leonard Loewen - Machine shed on SE- 2- 31 -25 =4 L Schindel - residence on SW- 25- 28 -24 -4 Brown's Farms - turkey shelter on SW- 26- 29 -26 -4 Mr C W Poole moved that the above building permits be approved Carried A letter from Jubilee Insurance Limited advising that Pink Cards will be late in being mailed out due to the fact that they have not yet decided who the auto policy will be placed with Mr T A Ferguson moved that this be accepted and filed Carried Mrs Wilkinson had left a note that Mr E Miller has asked if Council would consider closing the road allowance between NW -15 and NE- 16- 29 -24 -W4 and sell it to him He wished to use if for part of his cattle feed- lot setup It was believed that he wished to put cement slabs on the property Mr Berdahl moved that Mr Miller be advised that Council have no objection to his use of the road allowance, but it is not M D policy to sell road allowances, and that, if he wishes to put in cement slabs he not put them on the road allowance Also if he places any structure on the property, it would have to be moved at his own expense in the future Carried 3 Hills GAS CO -OP BUILDING PERMITS JUBILEE INS E MILLER use of rd allowance Mr Jeffery advised that Articles of Agreement for 1978 have now been received from Alberta Transportation ARTICLES OF Mr T A Ferguson moved that these be now signed, sealed AGREEMENT and mailed back to Alberta Transportation Carried The Central Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties had met in our office last Friday, August 25th, and Mr Poole had attended that meeting He now gave the following report The Fall meeting of CAAMD & C will be held at Didsbury on October 6th at 10 A M Resolutions for the Fall Convention will be considered at that time Mr Poole also reported that a representative of the Motor Vehicles Branch,(@verloads)had also attended the meeting and discussed problems re overloads and trucks on roads Various other problems had been discussed Mr Campbell moved that the above report be accepted and filed Carried h�i�e'✓ P CENTRAL A A M D MEETING N CJ V 3 0 M z E 0 LL COUNCIL MEETING 5 AUG 28/78 The application of Mr Trev Murray for Enforcement Control Officer was again reviewed This had been tabled from the meeting of Aug /14/78 After some discussion, Mr T A Ferguson moved that Mr Trev Murray be advised that the M D of Kneehill 448 will not be hiring an Enforcement Officer at the present time Carried Mr. T C Paquette and Mr John Dorn came into the meeting at this time Mr. Paquette advised that Mr Joe Dobler is in the hospital at the present time Mr. Jeffery then asked the Councillors to list their Bridge requests by divisions and the following list was then drawn up by priorities 1 Anderson Bridge - 47473 - SW- 17- 30 -22 -4 2 Megli Pit south - #70377 - W/NW- 2- 30 -25 -4 3 Haining 41703 - S/SW- 2- 30 -25 -4 4 Hastie - 4413480 - SE- 35- 33 -25 -4 5 Hesketh += 48856 - In NW- 12- 29 -22 -4 6 Beynon - 48210 - In SW- 29- 27 -20 -4 7 Allingham - 471175 - W/NW- 26- 31 -26 -W4 8 Vickery - 47361 - W/NW- 21- 34 -25 -W4 Councillors also noted the following for government culvert inspections #1 Jack Gordon - In Sec - 12- 29 -24 -4 #2 Manor Bridge - E- 31- 31 -22 -4 #3 Braunberger - W- 20- 28 -20 -4 Mr. Gilbert Berdahl moved that the above list of Bridge requests and priorities be approved Carried A letter written to Mr M McGregor, District Engineer at Hanna regarding Secondary road 4585 and the cracking and worsening situation was reviewed at this time Mr. Jeffery had discussed this on the phone with Mr McGregor and he suggests digging out three or four holes and filling with hot mix while the paving crew is in Trochu. Also keep up the crackfilling The cracks are too large for frog coating Mr Campbell advised that there is a very bad spot at the end of the Bridge Mr Campbell moved that this report be accepted Carried Mr. Campbell also asked if the river hill had been checked, but there was no further information A letter was then read by Mr Jeffery from Roy Rankin offering to dredge gravel from the Red Deer river for the M D He states that he has been in the dredging industry for the past 14 years and feels he has the most economic method of doin this He quoted a price of 65� for the initial 5000 yards and 50(� for all further yardage drained His offer was made subject to his being able to obtain financing Mr Jeffery advised that the M D is at an impasse with Mr and Mrs Tom Lynch as far as getting gravel from the river is concerned Mr T A Ferguson moved that this offer be tabled for the present time, and that Mr Jeffery and Mr Campbell investigate further Carried Mr Jeffery advised that Mr Bob Vetter feels there is a possibility of gravel in NW- 27- 31 -26 -W4 on approx 20 acres Mr Paquette gave further information regarding this Mr Leonard Litz moved that Mr Art Bauer and Mr T C. Paquette investigate further. Carried 6 TREV MURRAY BRIDGE REQUESTS SEC #585 CRACKING 1YIN4 RANKIN GRAVEL BOB VETTER GRAVEL 8 N �J E-j Y 3 a a r O LLz E 0 COUNCIL MEETING 6 AUGUST 28/78 Mr. Jeffery advised that Trev Friesen had told him GARBAGE there had been garbage dumped in the borrow pit at SE -15- «'`DUMPED 32 -26 -W4 - E Meier Mr T C Paquette will check this At 2 45 P M , Mr Bernie Kathol, Mr Ivan Perich and Mr Wayne Krause of Alberta Transportation came into the meeting, mainly to discuss the CNR underpass south ALBERTA of Three Hills, but other information was exchanged as TRANSPORTATION noted Mr. Jeffery advised them of the previous discussions regarding the CNR Underpass and they had discussed this with Mr Cronkhite before coming to the office Mr Kathol advised that, if our Council were willing to go ahead with the plan to apply for the underpass, they were also willing to approve of this, and give the support of Alberta Transportation They suggest that a letter should go to UTAP advising that Council still feel that the grade structure is needed and that they will still go for the underpass rather than the level crossing Costs for a level crossing would be in the vicinity of $100 000 00 - $150 000 00 with signal light protection If this road was ever connected up with Hwy #27, and improved, there would be a lot of heavy traffic The cost of a grade separation crossing will be in the vicinity of $450,000 00, and Mr Donald Eckford of the Canadian Transport Commission had suggested that it seemed a lot of money to spend if a level crossing would do Further discussion took place regarding funding for either project, and cost sharing,etc Mr. T A Ferguson moved that Council go ahead with the original plan for the underpass and that all letters of application,etc be now made to the differant authorities Carried CNR UNDERPASS Mr. Brown then asked the men from Alberta Transportation about getting gravel from the river dredging etc and RIVER roads into the river bed He also asked if a Crown lease GRAVEL was ever refused or cancelled Mr Kathol noted that the Minister can cancel a lease of Crown land at his discretion, but would probably be reluctant to do so Other questions were asked and answered regarding various roads within the M D Mr. Ivan Perich advised that the Buffalo Jump road BUFFALO has been severely underbudgeted The worst portions JUMP RD are being done this year and he is asking for a bigger budget for next year to do further work He agrees that a lot of work needs to be done Some discussion re the Anderson Bridge - Bridge details and plans will be coming within the next couple of weeks It was noted that work was not planned to commence there until 1979, but Mr Perich advised that he will try to get things underway a little faster Mr Kathol Mr Perich and Mr Krause then left the meeting at approx 3.55 P M The Keiver road was then discussed and Mr Bauer and Mr Paquette agreed that it was not in good condition Mr Bauer suggests that the Patrol should go in to clean up the ditches, the rocks should be picked up, and the culvert at the approach needs attention The fence was also broken in two places Mr Poole moved that this report be accepted Carried ANDERSON BRIDGE A Keiver Rd i n LJ I E. COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 28/78 P 7 Mr Jeffery advised that the road committee had looked at the Cullum road They agreed that ip had been surveyed, CULLUM there is a slight bend in it, ate' =' -_ _- - - -" RD �L'st off the road allowance A letter from Alberta Transportation re School Bus SCOOL BUS Awareness Program was perused at this time Mr Bauer AWARENESS moved that this letter be sent to the Three Hills School PROGRAM Division office at Trochu Carried Mr Ferguson left the meeting at this time - approx 4 10 P M Mr Jeffery read a letter from Alberta Transportation BENKELMAN re Benkelman tests taken on Sec roads #585 805 and 806 TESTS Mr Berdahl moved that this be filed for information Carried Mr Jeffery advised that Mr Gerry Unger of Ruark- G UNGER ville has requested that, in place of a culvert at his - GRAVEL property, he be given gravel instead Mr Bauer moved that Mr Paquette look at this and do whichever is required Carried Applications for emjployment have been recdived from M F Rieger, Russ Jewell, B R Knapp Mr Paquette advised that he has hired Russ Jewell Mr Poole moved that the applications be referred to Mr Paquette Mr Paquette also advised that he has hired Harold Lunn and Robert Tindel Mr Bill Little has quit without notice, and three other employees went back to school Mr C W Poole left the meeting at this ti&9 - approx 4 15 P M John Dorn advised that Mr Morris Charleton will pick rocks at $30 00 per hr and he could use that help at this time Mr Campbell moved that Morris Charleton be hired to pick rocks at $30 00 per hrCarried Mr Paquette advised that the gravel crew are at Hwy #21 and 427 at the present time, but will go next to Heers and Paulsons Mr Berdahl noted that there are going to be many problems with roads when the school busses start next week APPLICATIONS RE EMPLOYMENT M CHARLETON PICK ROCKS GRAVEL CREW Mr Jeffery was asked to check with the County MARSHMAN of Wheatland to ask if this M D could borrow 3,000 GRAVEL cu yds of gravel from the Marshman S/P to be replaced this winter Mr Litz noted that there is a problem getting into land near the old Torrington Nuisance ground since one quarter of land near it has been sold There was some discussion, but no motions were made Mr Berdahl advised that Mr Colberg had asked if the old Gatine road could be maintained once He was advised that he ask Karl Gundlach to do this if necessary John Dorn reported that a grader had rolled back J DORN into his truck and had hit it back of the box He is TRUCK DAMAGE to get an estimate from Accurate Autobody on the damage - he thinks it will be approx $150 00 �u�7 EAt \J E_ 3 a 0 z F `o LL COUNCIL MEETIN G P 8 AUGUST 28/78 Mr Paquette advised that they are working on the S Huxley road at the present time, but will then move to the south Carbon road After various other discussions re public works, Mr Ted Paquette and Mr John Dorn left the meeting - time 4 50 P M Mr Norman Soder came into the meeting at this t ime Mr Soder reported that there is a Beaver problem BEAVER at SW- 30- 34 -25 -4 and Mr Bill Howard's land is being PROBLEM flooded As this M D did not enter into the Grant System with Alberta Agriculture, they are not willing to help at this tim- Mr. Brown advised that Mr Matishak of Three Hills seems to be willing to trap beavers, Mr Soder will contact him Mr. Campbell asked if anything more had been done WOOD FOR regarding hiring someone with a chain saw to cut wood CAMPS for the campgrounds during the winter Mr Soder mentioned that Otto Kurta might be interested, and he will speak to him again The following subdivision applications were then reviewed W2- 10- 31 -25 -W4 - Levi Boese Mr Bauer moved SUBDVNS that CRPC be advised that our Council have no objection Carried NW- 3- 34 -22 -W4 - Magnusson - Mr Berdahl moved that our Council recommend that there be no subdivision as there will be no access - Carried Mr. Jeffery advised that a letter had been D METZGER received in our office today re the Donald Metzger road , and he will phone Norman Tainsh, Solicitor tomorrow Mr. Berdahl moved that this meeting do now adjourn - time - 5.20 P M Pc tai