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Home My WebLink About1981-04-06 Council MinutesSPDCIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL_ APRIL 6th, 1981 -------------------- - - - - -- A special meeting of Council of the M D of Kneehill #48 was held in the Municipal Office, on Monday , April 6th, 1981, commencing at 1.00 P M , with the following councillors present G A Berdahl Division 1, Reeve Otto Hoff Division 2 Robert E Boake Division 3 Richard A Maerz Division 4 T A Ferguson Division 5 Bruce Hastie Division 6 R G Campbell Division 7 All councillors signed a waiver of notice of the meeting which was called to discuss cost sharing with the towns and villages for fire departments and to discuss the 1981 wage negotiations held with the M D. outside employees The minutes of the meeting of the Employee Committee held on March 30th, 1981 were then reviewed along with the proposed 1981 wage contract with the outside employees The following clauses were changed from the 1980 contract and the proposed changes were discussed as follows- Clause 2• Hours of Work Grader Operators Shop Workers A S.B Workers All other employ - 9 hours per day 45 hours per week year round - 9 hours per day 45 hours per week year round - 9 hours per day 45 hours per week aes - 9 hours per day - winter time frame 11 hours per day - summmer time frame The employees noted they felt 11 houx:s per day was too long and would prefer 5 10 hour days in the summer time frame and 9 hour days in the winter time frame Alternatively they would like 9 hour days in the winter and 4 11 hour days and 1 9 hour day in the summmer time frame They also noted they were unhappy with the quitting time being set at 5 00 P M as they would like to start earlier in the summer time frame and quit earlier After discussion of this clause, Mr Maerz moved that the hours of work be set as follows. Grader Operators, Shop Workers and A S B Workers - 9 hours per day 45 hours per week Main Crew and Gravel Crew - Winter time frame 9 hour days 45 hours per week Sumer Time Frame 11 hour days 55 hours per week MOTION DEFEATED Mr Campbell moved that the hours of work for the contract be set as follows- Grader Cr, �..: Shop Workers, A S B Workers 9 hours per day 45 hours per week Year Round Main Crew, Gravel Crew, Paving Crew Winter Time Frame 9 hours per day 45 hours per week Summer Time Frame 4 (11) hour days & 1 (9) hour day - 53 hours per week WITH time frame dates to be determined by motion of Council CARRIED Simi Mr Ferguson then moved that quitting time for the gravel crew, main crew and paving crew be established in the 1981 contract as 5.00 P M , during the summer and winter time frames,EXCEPT on Fridays when the crews are working the 4 (11) hour days and 1 (9) hour day and on those Fridays quitting time will be 3.00 P M It was noted that the other portions of Clause 2 were satisfactory as outlined in the 1981 preliminary contract SPECIAL METING OF COUNCIL APRIL 6th, 1981 P 2 Clause 4 - Wage Rates. The increase of $1 00 per hour for the various positions and classifications was reviewed as outlined in the preliminary 1981 contract and it was agreed these were satisfactory and the raises would be retroactive to January lst, 1981 The wage rate for subforemen was the next item and Mr Maerz moved that he be excused from discussions and voting on this matter due to a possible conflict as his cousin is a sub - foreman Carried Mr Maerz left the meeting The wage rate for sub - foreman Ken Thanpson and Rick Vickery was then reviewed Mr Thompson is sub - foreman and is in charge of the small crew when it is in operation Mr Vickery is sub - foreman on the main crew and is in charge of the crew during those tunes when Mr Dorn is not present It appears Mr Dorn will be away from the crew more and more as he will be picking up portions of the responsibilities formerly undertaken by the public works superintendent Mr Thompson receives 30� an hour as sub - foreman on the small crew, whsle Mr Vickery receives only 15% an hour as sub - foreman on the main crew After discussion of this matter, Mr Hastie moved that Mr Vickery's classification remain as a sub - foreman , but because of the increased responsibilities, his sub - foreman rate of pay be increased from 15� per hour to 30� per hour Carried Mr Maerz returned to the meeting Clause 6 - Holidays After discussion of the wording of this clause, Mr Ferguson moved that the wording of the clause remain the same as the 1980 contract Carried The mechanics are still unhappy with designation of the winter time frame- as their slack period and after discussion of this matter, Mr Maerz moved that the mechanics' slack time remain as the winter time frame Carried Clause 11- Benefits It was noted that all employee benefits are now subject to a 9 month waiting period • The remaining clause of the contract appeared satisfactory It was noted that the Councillors on the Employee Committee had met briefly with both Mr Soder and Pair Cunningham regarding their 1981 salaries Mr Ferguson moved that the proposed 1981 contract with changes as outlined above be approved, and further moved to accept the minutes from the Employee Committee Meeting of March 30th, 1981 Carried Mr Maerz moved that Council discuss a borrow pit problem on NE 2- 32 -25 -4 at this time Carried Unanimously Mr Maerz noted that during construction of the Gorr Road a few years ago, a borrow pit was taken from a hill on NE 2- 32 -25 -4 The land is owned by Alfred & Adeline Zelke who live in B C The land is farmed by Brian Tetz Since lowering the hill water is now draining across the land, and creating a washout problem AFter discussion of the problem, Mr Boake moved that the M D undertake is whatever work is necessary to correct the drainage problem (by ditching if necessary) and further to fill in the washout on the field, such work to be undertaken upon receipt of written permission for the M D to enter on the land, from the landowner as well as the tenant Carried 9b'a,b SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL APRIL 6th, 1981 P 3 Mr Campbell moved that Council discuss the folllowing items at this meeting. 1 Need for a new tractor for the A S B , or repair of the old Massey Tractor 2 Need for up -grading an M D road allowance Carried Unanimously Mr Campbell noted that Don Kober wishes to construct a road on M.D road allowance west of SW 28- 33 -22 -4 He is proposing to build a new house on SW 28- 33 -22 -4 and there is no road access to this quarter on the west However he does not require a road built to M D standards of a 26 foot top It was noted that the road would be constructed on road allowance only to the first coulee and then Mr Kober would construct a private access road to reach the house on his own land After discussion of this matter, Mr Hastie movedthat Mr Kober be given permission to construct a suitable blade grade road on M D road allowance up to the first coulee, on condition that Mr Kober ensure the road construction is actually on M D road allowance Carried It was agreed that Mr Campbell should contact both Mr Kober and Mr Sich, the land owner on the west side, regarding the proper location for the road construction Mr Soder and Mr Thomas then entered the meeting The A S B wish direction from Council as to whether a new tractor should be purchased to replace the old Massey tractor, or whether the Massey should be repaired It will require approximately $2800.00 worth of repairs The Tractor is 15 years old Mr Soder and Mr Thomas reviewed prices they had obtained for replacement tractor in a 40 -45 Horse Power Range The prices for the John Deere Model 1040 and Massey 243 were comparative taking into consideration various options It was agreed that Mr Soder and Mr Thomas should obtain a quote from Case Equipment in DRm- Keller and they left the meeting They shortly returned and Mr Thomas noted that a Case Model 1190 would be the size required and a demo machine with 100 hours was available at a price of $16,500 00 with trade in of the old Massey • at $1800 00 or a net price of $14,700 00 After further discussion of this matter, Mr Boake moved that the A S B be authorized to purchase a John Deere Model 1040 Tractor from Guards Imple-nents in Trochu at a price not to exceed $15,000 00, with a trade in of the Old Massey Tractor There was then lengthy discussion about the requests from the towns and villages for increased cost sharing from the M D towards fire costs The towns and villages are generally requesting increased honorium for the firemen and sharing of utility costs by the M D It was agreed that Mr Jeffery should check with M D Starland for information as to how they arrange their agreements with Rtunsey, etc , and Mr Maerz moved that this matter be tabled until the April 13th meeting of Council Carried Mr Ferguson moved that this meeting do now adjourn Carried Time - 6.30 P M Reeve Mini' i nistrator a1PIj0=. PAYROLL - MARCH 1980 5164 CUNNINGHAM, Alex 1,844 98 Utilities Officer 5165 SODER, Norman 1,714 68 Agricultural Fieldman 5166 THOMAS, Arthur 1,395 33 Asst Agricultural Fieldman 5167 DUNAY, Edward 1,820 72 Assessor 5168 1a-k RY, John 2,638 63 Municipal Administrator 5169 MARTENS, Herman 1,715 06 Accountant 5170 SAILER, John 1,325 43 Asst Assessor 5171 SHEARI-XI, Linda 1,465 21 Steno 5172 THOMSON, June 1,336 38 Computor Operator 5173 WILKINSON, Jean 2,291 10 Asst. M![un Administrator 5174 DORN, John 1,578 20 Grade Foreman 5175 RaIPEL, George 2,101 31 Gravel Foreman 5176 RODGER, Oris 1,863 66 Small Crew 5177 SMITH, Keith 1,573 82 Shop Supervisor 5178 DORN, John 380 96 Grade Foreman - correction 5179 Cancelled 1,061 57 Labor 5180 BITZ, Vernon 1,342 74 Grader Operator 5181 EfM'7N, Raymond 1,241 61 it it 5182 ENSMINGE, R, Gary 1,251.44 Labor 5183 FLANAGAN, David 1,345 61 " 5184 FRIEDERICH, Joe 1,244 67 " 5185 GASCON, Dan 354 20 5216 5186 GELINAS, Lyle 1,230 75 " 5187 GRANT, Cameron 1,211 29 5188 GUNDLACH, Karl 1,297 67 Grader C-pV !. -.,.. 5189 GUNDLACH, Robert 1,243 09 Labor 5190 HASH, Vernon 1,341 46 " 5191 HAZEL, Alan 1,219 51 " 5192 HOLT, Oroville 1,095 31 5193 JESSKE, Harvey 1,334 12 " 5194 KENNEDY, Robert 1,299 35 Signman 5195 KIMMEL, Albert 1,314 50 Grader Operator 5196 KNAPP, Douglas 1,479 60 Mechanic 5197 KOBER, Dennis 158 57 Labor 5198 MAERZ, Miles 1,223 45 " 5199 DEDING, Alan 1,107 32 it I 5200 DIEDING, Brian 1,030 83 ' 5201 MCCOOK, Leonard 1,212 23 if 5202 RTft�' W:MU, James 1, 270 89 5203 MCRAE, Earl 1,471.90 Mechanic 5204 Cancelled 1,237 33 5205 RASMUSSEN, Wallace 1,249 67 Labor 5206 REMPFER, Milton 1,237 21 " 5207 SOIAMMY, Brian 1,264.52 Grader Operator 5208 TETZ, David 1,182 37 Labor 5209 THOMPSON, Ken 1,343 72 " 5210 TUPPER, John 136 '62 5211 TUI'T, Jack 1,256 19 5212 VICHERY, R Michael 1,284 16 " 5213 '�\aGSTAFF, Glen 1,154 60 " 5214 WIENS, Henry 968 30 " _ 5215 WEIR, Sandy 1,308 25 " 5216 BALZIAN, Brian 1,048 94 Grader Operator - 5217 PLANT, Brian 1,234 22 if " 4 Q o�1 C: • ACCOUNTS AS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL March 9,1981 37136 M D of Kneehill #48 350,000 00 Term deposit - T D 37161 37162 C N R C N C P Telecommunications 15 00 1981 Hansard subscription 37137 Provincial Treasurer 39 00 renewal for 1981 37138 37139 Alberta Report Chinook Auto Electric 799 51 to correct cheque #37097 37140 M D of Kneehill #48 28,548 41 Payroll 37141 M D of Kneehill #48 39,072 09 Payroll 37142 Postmaster General for Canada 210 00 ASB Postage- bulletin 37143 Acklands 200.11 00 00 Repairs 37144 Acme Agricultural Society 78 00 hall rental -ASB 37170 Danco Equipment Ltd 1,892 80 Line Removal for road constr 37145 A G T 37146 Agrigas Services Ltd 44 00 Shop supplies 37147 Alberta Attorney General 3.50 70 Land titles office Linden RFP & Direct line 37148 Alberta Government Telephones 277 37149 Alberta Health Care Insurance Comm 743 1 058 90 88 Medical Office,shop,street lights 37150 Alberta Power 37151 Alberta Rural Municipal Admin Assoc 37152 Beaver Lumber Co Ltd 37153 Ivan Berreth 37154 Vernon Bitz 37155 William H K Blott 37156 Brenda Auto Supply 37157 Burroughs Business Machines 37158 Caldraft (1977) Ltd 37159 C A A M D & C 37160 Calgary Power Ltd 60 00 Membership fees 47 07 Framing material, sign mater 5,000 00 Torrington RFP 77 44 Mileage 553 38 inventory,shop supplies 358 58 inventory,repairs,shop 1,042 40 Envelopes 1,699 45 Transit,tripod & Tape 100 00 membership fees 87 09 Acme,Bircham street lights 37171 D & D Fire Extinquishers 37172 Day & Nite Answering Service 37173 Dominion Life Assurance Company 37174 Drumheller Radiator 37175 T A Ferguson 19 35 Carbon RFP 22 50 ASB Typing- metric course 3,828 82 Group ins, Dental, L T D 16 50 Repair heater core 9 00 Ratepayers meeting advertis 37176 Gehrings Transport 30 00 Easement - Huxley Sewage 37161 37162 C N R C N C P Telecommunications 18 50 Road Ban advertising 37163 C P Rail 10 00 Wimborne sewer easement 37164 Canadian Western Natural Gas 485 68 Utilties 37165 Capital Printers 10 00 ASB- Extension 37166 Carbon Valley Hardware 26 71 Repair & Shop Supplies 37167 Chinook Auto Electric Ltd 105 17 Inventory 37168 Civic Spring & Steering Ltd 115 550 00 00 repairs Legal fees -Union neg 37169 Cook, Snowdon & Laird 37170 Danco Equipment Ltd 22 30 Inventory 37171 D & D Fire Extinquishers 37172 Day & Nite Answering Service 37173 Dominion Life Assurance Company 37174 Drumheller Radiator 37175 T A Ferguson 19 35 Carbon RFP 22 50 ASB Typing- metric course 3,828 82 Group ins, Dental, L T D 16 50 Repair heater core 9 00 Ratepayers meeting advertis 37176 Gehrings Transport 96 07 Freight Feb 37177 Vernon Haskell 28 00 meals Jan & 37178 Jack Hazelwood 36 13 ASB Coffee,cream,sugar 37179 H T Howe & Son Farm Equipment 26 05 Repairs,inventory 37180 Huttons Ltd 87 96 inventory 37181 Imperial Oil Ltd 37182 J C Jeffery 37183 J C Jeffery Petty Cash 37184 Kneehill Ambulance Services 37185 Lammle Electric & Refrigeration 2,595 37 fuel 7 00 meal 38 70 frames,fuel,cards,snow shovel 2,043 83 February revenue 328 68 Repair supplies 37186 Linden Agri- Centre Ltd 52.88 27,500 00 repair supplies gravel crushing - Megli Pit 37187 Linden Contractors 136 25 Linden RFP 37188 Linden Motors 9,775 06 fuel, repair supplies 37189 Linden Trading Co -op 200 00 equipment maintenance 37190 Looker Office Equipment 37191 Loomis Courier Services Ltd 37192 Maclin Ford 37193 Mainline Farm Sales (80) Ltd 37194 Raymond Megli 37195 Mery & Rons Service Ltd 37196 McGregor Filtering Equipment 37197 0 K Tire Store 37198 Oliver Agricultural Supply 37199 T C Paquette 37200 Peterson Auto Body Ltd 4 95 freight 147 62 Inventory 121 40 inventory 1,750 00 royalties- crushed gravel 13 00 3 -Hills RFP 304 29 inventory 852 00 repairs, inventory 126 50 ASB Material 41 00 Meals, phone rental 15 00 repair supplies Page 2 Accounts as presented to Council March 9,1981 PAGE 2 37201 Pollock Surveys Ltd 2,200.00 Wimborne Sewer 37202 Provincial Treasurer of Alberta 2 25 Traffic Act 37203 Public Service Pension Administration 6,729 67 February remittance 37204 Receiver General for Canada 25 00 P 0 Box rental 37205 Red Deer Welding Supplies Ltd 90 29 repairs,shop supplies 37206 George Rempel 21 00 dinners - February 37207 Rollies Motor Products 353 94 77 85 inventory Business cards, envelopes 37208 Select Printing 37209 Shaw GMC 20.45 Inventory 37210 Simson - Maxwell 362 88 inventory 37211 Snap -on -tools 201 10 tools 37212 Norman Soder 69.00 meals,repairs,medical,P &S 37213 Reuben Spady 14 00 Repairs 37214 Norman L Tainsh 146 00 legal fees 37215 Taylor,Pearson, Carson 53 31 repairs 37216 Three Hills School Division 25 20 27.90 Photocopy paper Kneehill Sanitary Landfill 37217 Town of Three Hills 37218 Three Hills Bakery 20 00 Cake -T C Paquette 37219 Trentham Transport 207 96 Freight 37220 Trochu Tire & Battery Ltd 41 25 Repairs, inventory 37221 Union Tractor Ltd 288 57 repairs inventory 37222 Universal Sales & Service Ltd 445 91 Inventory,shop supplies 262 38 Office,shop supplies,Ag Exten 37223 Vaughns 535 00 Janitoral work - February 37224 John Voytechek 1,200.00 repayment- portion Swalwell pui 37225 Walter Wedel 37226 Weich Industries 65 69 machine repairs 37227 Welcome Ford 52 93 Inventory 37228 Welders Supplies 89 10 machine repairs 37229 Western Wheel & Parts 137 72 inventory 37230 Wilmac Equipment 166 78 Inventory 37231 G A Berdahl 966 99 Council fees 37232 R E Boake 760 71 it if 37233 T A Ferguson 857 11 37234 Bruce Hastie 436 73 37235 Otto Hoff 572 99 37236 Richard Maerz 657 49 37237 Receiver General For Canada 22,496 05 U I.C,CPP, Income Tax • LJ TOTAL 524,286 78 �yai -ACCOUNTS-PAYABLE MARCH 23,1981 ------------------------- - - - - -- 37238 Crown Trust Company 2,500 00 Allen Fuller Estate,lease 37239 Provincial Treasurer 361 00 Licence renewals 37240 A A M D & C 20,845 81- Inv,sign,repairs shop,tools, 37241 Acklands Ltd 53 71 °' inventory 37242 Aggregate Machinery Ltd 211.62-' 10'� inventory 37243 ACT 419 99-'- March accounts 37244 Alberta Power Ltd 281 82--l' March accounts 37245 Allied Tools 16 90'_ tools 37246 Adolf Baumgart 37247 Berlando Communications 37248 Border Paving Ltd 37249 Caldraft (1977) Ltd 37250 Calgary Regional Planning Commission 163 06 _' 1,650 00" 128 25 20 00 240 501-'/ School tax rebate Radio capital Road surfacing Fieberglass tape- Assessors Land -use by -laws 37251 Canadian Pacific Ltd 584 291 Equipment rental 37252 Capital Printers Ltd 31 80- P/W Advertising 37253 Village of Carbon 22 50- Water for shop 37254 Canadian Western Natural Gas 60.28 66✓ Utilties - Acme Inventory 37255 Danco Equipment 25 10'� 375 37256 The Drumheller Mail 18 00'� advertising 37257 Wilbert Faught or Bearer 192 28'-" School Tax Rebate 5 37258 T A Ferguson 26 10-"" Division meeting 37259 Weldon Gales 63 59w`^ Minimum benefit 37260 Garrett Motors 51 75." Inventory 37261 John Hamm 150 54— Minimum benefit 37262 Hesketh Community Hall Association 10.00-'- Division #1 meeting 37263 John Ibbotson 73 96-'' minimum benefit 37264 Lloyd Jackson 26 46t,' Minimum benefit 37265 Kourier 7 00 -' freight 37266 Mascot Truck Parts Ltd 479 4W-' Inventory 37267 John Molendyk 110 88" ASB Meeting 37268 Norwesco Industries Ltd 399 66 ✓ inventory 37269 Joe Oleynik Footwear 16 50v"� ✓ shop supplies 37270 Plains Western Gas & Electric 1,289 85 March accounts 37271 Russelsteel 254 29_ � ____ repair supplies 37272 Standens Ltd 387 60 inventory 37273 Sweda International 304 00-1 Maintenance agreement 37274 Norman L Tainsh 3 50✓ legal fees - Grainger Comm 37275 Taylor, Pearson & Carson 139.73 ✓ shop supplies 37276 Art Thomas 3,999 39 25-" medical,meals,mileage 37277 Three Hills `Bakery 39 60✓ Division 6,7 meeting 37278 Three Hills Foodarama 36 66✓ Division meetings 37279 Three Hills 0 0 R P 375 00''' Dept of Extension -meal 37280 Three Hills Pop Shop 100 151/ freight course 37281 Three Hills School Division 3,999 881/ fuel 37282 John Toliver 70.97 minimum benefit 37283 Torrington Gas & Oil Supply 20 00 ✓ Torrington RFP 37284 Torrington General Grocery & Giftware 62 92-,"' Dept of Extension 37285 Town of Three Hills 69 61✓ Kneehill Sanitary Landfill 37286 Triple Seven Fuels (Trochu) Ltd 3 50 ' Trochu RFP 37287 Underwood McLellan (1977) Ltd 501 62-,-- Swalwell sewer 37288 Welders Supply Ltd 115 39v, machinery repairs 37289 Jean Wilkinson 8 32v' mileage- Ambulance meeting 37290 Will Farms Ltd 147 36- school tax rebate 37291 Workers Compensation Board ____8.344_47e---' ___ 8.344_ 47e--`' Installment for first quarter TOTAL $45,556 42 'S' Q 'R