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Home My WebLink About1981-07-27 Council MinutesU COUNCIL MEETING JULY 2 7,1981 1 Approval of July 13,1981 Council meeting minutes 2 Appointments. Martin Murphy Ace Ashpalt 10 30 am Kent Berg - Alberta Water Resources 11.00 am (see #2) CRPC - Linda Yakimishyn - See item #3 2.00 pm i 3 C R P C - Planning Raymond Megli Nz- 10- 30 -25 -4 - William B Hansen - Allingham Lots 9 -14 Blk -2 741102116 - Notice of Board Annexation Hearing - Torrington - Rural Residential policy - Miles Cullum 4 Building Permit report & Appeal re Permit #517 -81 5 Alberta Transportation Orkney Hill and Sec 837 6 Village of Acme - request for scarifying - see R E Boake 7 1981 T.,ci,. L.L)_ tation Grant - New Horizons request 8 Huxley Water 9 Road Crossings 10 PBI Addition to Girls residence 11 Recreation reports - Arthurville, Torrington 12 Village of Linden - Lights - See R E. Boake X13 Request Bud Reed - snowfence - See R A Maerz 14 Old River Hill east of Trochu on 585 decision as to what to be done Buffalo Jump road 15 Red Deer River Gravel - report J C Jeffery re conversation C Osterman 16 Foremens Minutes 17 A.S B minutes 18 Decision on Planning Act - see G.A Berdahl 19 Damage to bridge - North and East of Trochu - See R G Campbell 20 Reports 21. Misc Council Meeting July 27,1981 A regular meeting of Council was held July 27,1981 in the M D of Kneehill #48 office commencing at 9.00 am with the following present. G A Berdahl Otto Hoff R E Boake R.A Maerz T A Ferguson R G Cambpell J C Jeffery Linda Shearlaw Division #1 Reeve Division #2 Division #3 Division #4 Division #5 Division #7 Municipal Administrator Recording Secretary Mr Berdahl called the meeting to order. Mr Maerz moved that the Minutes of the July 13,1981 meeting be approved Carried RECREATION Discussion followed 'regarding the Recreation Boards After lengthy discussion, Mr Maerz moved that the Recreation Boards consist of a minimum of 7 members (3 rural members and 4 urban with one Town or Village Councillor and one Municipal Councillor from each,respectively). There may be a maximum of 9 members on the Recreation Board (4 rural and 5 urban with one councillor from each of the Town or Village and Municipal District, respectively) Carried BUILDING PERMIT After some discussion Mr R G Campbell moved the building permits as attached be accepted as approved by Mr Cunningham. Carried APPEAL- #57 -81 Mr Jeffery read a letter of appeal against the Development Officer's decision regarding Permit #57 -81. Mr R G Campbell moved this appeal hearing be set for 9.00am August 10,1981 Carried SEC 837 Mr Jeffery noted that Mr McGregor of Alberta Transportation had contacted the office regarding the possibility of lifting the ban on Secondary 837 as they will be requiring this road and will restore it to the original condition when completed Mr Boake moved that this ban be lifted Carried It was also noted that Mr McGregor had advised that the a roximate cost for guard rail will be $10 00 per foot and Transportation would ��QIZjCNC like to know how much will be required Mr Ferguson and Mr Kennedy 14 «A will be staking the area needed Tuesday morning and will give Mr Jeffery 6ufig) an approximate footage of the guard rail needed Mr Boake moved that ® the guard rail be installed at this site at an approximate cost of $10 00 per foot Mr Jeffery noted he had been advised that Alberta Transportation does not make a common practise of doing this type of work for Municipalities and Counties. VILLAGE request was read from the Village of Acme for assistance iA/scarifying RaSPEc *31e FG;ad ,y ;t - "- -' They would like this road scarified as the Provincial Government is considering paving A��gni Avg along this street at a later date but something must be done about it soon After lengthy discussion, Mr Ferguson moved that the equipment Tff needed be supplied to the Village at a cost $35 00 per hour Carried �0 To S�,�oou PST �0 FF�cc OF ACME NEW HORIZONS A request was read from the New Horizons Group of Carbon for a portion of the Alberta Transportation grant After discussion Mr Ferguson moved that the M D. match any amount of dollars given by a Town or Village to a project such as this to a maximum amount of $1,500.00, with a statement of expenditure to be submitted to the M D at the end of the year. Carried The bills are to be submitted to the appropriate town or village and the M D will pay them the M.D. share of said account HUXLEY -WATER Mr Jeffery reviewed the By -Law #947 regarding the authorization of the M D of Kneeh.ill to incur an indebtedness on behalf of the said Hamlet of Huxley for the purpose of a Water supply system. Mr R G Campbell moved first reading of this by -law Carried ge 2 40 COUNCIL MEETING - July 27,1981 Page 2 ROAD CROSSSINGS Mr Jeffery reviewed the power line extensions which have been received by the office in the last two weeks Trans Alta Utilities - SW 27- 30 -26 -4 Tom Baerg Alberta Power Ltd - SE 25- 32 -24 -4 Leo Stankievech Alberta Trans - approval of SE 25- 32 -24 -4 Stankievech Mr Boake moved to accept and file the above Carried PBI ADDITION Mr Jeffery reviewed the comments from Alberta Labor regarding the new addition to the PBI Girls residence Mr Ferguson moved this be accepted and filed as information Carried RECREATION BRDS The report of the Arthurville Community Association for 1980 was reviewed Also reviewed were the April 23,1981 minutes of the Torrington & District Recreation Board and the Financial Statement for the Village of Torrington & District Recreation Board for 1980. Mr Maerz moved these be accepted and filed. Carried. LINDEN - LIGHTS Mr Campbell moved that the letter from the Village of Linden requesting a study to determine the need for lights at the intersection of Secondary 806 and the main west entrance to the Village be tabled until such time as Mr Boake has a report Carried REED - SNOWFENCE Mr Maerz moved that the request by Mr Reed for snowfence be tabled until such time as he may report further information Carried RED DEER RIVER Mr Jeffery advised Council that Mrs Connie Osterman, MLA had notified him that the River Engineering was not allowing anyone to take gravel from the portion of the river under discussion between themselves,Alberta jJTransportation and the Municipality A report is to be forthcoming outlining the reasons why Mr Boake moved this report be accepted and filed Carried SHOP & FOREMENS MIN Mr Jeffery reviewed the Shop and Foremens minutes and Mr Boake noted the Acme project needs gravel ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT Mr James K Puskas, District Engineer for Water Resources Administration Branch entered the meeting at this time (11 00am) to discuss the Provincial Grant program (Position paper #5) which came into effect April 1,1981 and may have some effect on the cost for the Kneehill Creek dam Mr Puskas noted that the provincial government will cost share on a 750 -25o basis for the engineering costs and capital costs for a project but not the land The Local Authority must be responsible for the purchase of the land and right of ways as well as maintenance PFRA is doing a preliminary cost estimate for Water Resources Mr Puskas stated he would check and see if this project could be classified as a Major Management Water project, in which case there would be less cost tothe Municipality, as the Government would pay a larger share of costs Mr Puskas left the meeting at this time (11 15am) SHOP & FOREMENS Gravel was then discussed and Mr Campbell moved that the next time the paving crew moves, Mr Jeffery, Mr Rodger and Mr Maerz arrange to have the gravelling done which is necessary and the gravel at the Acme project be spread at 250 yards per mile even if the paving crew must shut down for a day or two Carried Council adjourned for lunch from 12 pm to 1pm Mr Cunningham and Mr Matts Bergman entered the meeting at 1pm to discuss the Three Hills Water Project They noted they had met with Mr Jenkins of the Town of Three Hills to discuss the figuires being used and how the Town had arrived at them. After lengthy discussion is was suggested that a meeting should be held with the Town and Municipality and PBI with Mr Bergman present to discuss this and ensure that everyone understands what is taking place regarding grants available and the possible costs Mr Cunningham will try to arrange a meeting August 4,1981 at 10.00 am with the above present. Mr Jeffery, Mr Maerz, Mr Ferguson, Mr Cunningham and Mr Bergman are to meet in the M D office approximately 8 30 to discuss any problems th y have. ge 3 • Council meeting - July 27,1981 Mr Campbell moved that Mr Bergman draw up the approval forms for the Huxley Water System Page 3 HUXLEY WATER plans and necessary Carried Matts Bergman left the meeting at this time (2.00 pm) Linda Yakimishyn and Dale Prince from CRPC entered the meeting at this time (2.00 pm) RAYMOND MEGLI Miss Yakimishyn advised that she has been in contact with Mr Megli and his agent Mr Penner regarding the proposed sub - division N,- 10- 30 -25 -4 and they are willing to apply for an isolation of farmstead as this is generally what they are looking at now .instead of intensive use After discussion Mr Maerz moved that this sub - division be approved on the condition that the subdivision be the 66' adjacent to the quarter section line on the West side and the balance of the area to be from the North east section and this must be deemed to be from the NE quarter only-which will allow for future sub - division of the North West quarter where there is a gravel pit Carried Mr Ferguson moved that the re- designation fee of $100 00 be refunded to Mr Megli as this is not necessary Carried WM HANSEN An application for consolidation of lots in Allingham has been submitted by Mr Wm Hansen As Allingham does not have Hamlet status it is classified as farmland and according to the land use by -law this would not be possible Mr Boake moved this be tabled for further information Carried TORRINGTON ANNEXATION A notice of the board annexation hearing for the Village of Torrington was read for 34- 32 -26 -4. Mr Otto Hoff moved that Councillor Maerz attend this meeting, September 2,1981 at 11.00 am at the Village of Torrington office on behalf of the M D of Kneehill Carried RURAL RES POLICY Mr Ferguson moved that Mr Miles Cullum meet with Council to discuss the draft copy of the Rural Residential Policy on August 10,1981 at 9 30 am Carried Miss Yakimishyn and Mr Prince and Alex Cunningham left the meeting at this time. (3.25pm) With reference to the s the air conditioners in had also approached him courses at Olds College obtain more information SHOP & FOREMENS aggestion that Mr Knapp be taught how to repair vehicles, Mr Jeffery also noted that Mr McRae regarding the possibility of taking night to learn this It was suggested that Mr Jeffery regarding these courses and report back DUMPING IN DITCHES It was noted that dumping garbage and rocks in ditches is illegal and a notice should be put in the paper in this regard A letter should be sent to Mr Dennis Poffenroth regarding the rocks dumped at the N- 33- 31 -26 -4 Mr Jeffery is to check with Mr Dorn and Mr Cunningham regarding the meals charged for in Drumheller Mr Jeffery is to check with Alberta Transportation regarding the side slope requirements. BURDEN -PAY Mr Ferguson moved that Mr David Burden be demoted to Junior Laborer for the month of July,1981. Carried HIRED VEHICLES Mr Campbell mentioned that the servicing of hired vehicles should be watched next year. a f E Au C- M muTES FOP, C4.19RIF /C Mr Hoff moved that the balance of the shop and foremens minutes be cFCo' approved Carried Page 4 nn i.W Council minutes - July 27,1981 Page 4 PLANNING ACT Mr Berdahl noted that we still have no control over industrial sub- divisions, CRPC must still approve all sub - divisions We should have something giving written support of court action and this should be followed up with a phone call to Mr Ryder of Rockyview Mr Ferguson moved that we support the M.D. of Rockyview Carried Mr Campbell reported that the Trochu (W of 33- 33 -23 -4) was moved that he be excused from Mr Ferguson moved this bridge cost of repairs will be $110 00 BRIDGE DAMAGE damage to the bridge North and East of paused by Brian Anderson Mr Campbell the discussion and voting on this matter Carried. be repaired by the Municipality The total Carried MULLINGER -CULVE Mr T A Ferguson noted there is no culvert by the oil well north of Eric Mullingers The Road Committee will look after this SALE- STARLAND �IMr Ferguson reported on the auction sale conducted by the M D of Starland to which the M D of Kneehill contributed some items There was very little information available at the sale on the items and therefore, possibly did not bring as much income as they could have The M D of Starland �is holding a cheque in the amount of $783 00 to be picked up Mr Boake moved the reports and ASB minutes,July 20 be tabledand that the meeting do now adjourn Carried. The meeting adjourned at 6 25pm .17 2 Q Q L _ Z.'L- - - - - -- ' R eeq e, - -- - ��---- - - - - -- �u� Aom,NI%- rRPr-oR, 1 Aarne Luoma 2 E R Wacker 3 V C Greig 4. Robert Penner 5 Doug Kirk 6 Leo Philipsen 7 Don & Alice Howes 8 John Folkman 9 Keith Harvey 10. D.R. Craig BUILDING PERMITS APPROVED FROM July 13 to July 27,1981 NW 20- 32- 23 -W4th Fertilizer Storage SW 17- 30- 24 -W4th Grain storage NE 8- 33 -22 -4 Single family residence to replace trailer NW 5- 31 -25 -4 Dwelling Lot 4 Bk 5 Ruarkville Single Family Residence SE 20 -29 -26-4 Calf & Cow barn SW 6- 31 -24 -4 5,000 bu Bin SE 11- 32 -26 -4 Single family residence & Garage Lt 3 -4 Blk 8 Sunnyslope Garage Pt SW 18- 29 -22 -4 singe family residence 'j, /> k '37878A 37879 CHEQUES PRESENTED TO COUNCIL T J Phillips July 27/1981 800 00 M D of Kneehill #48 21,103 25 Equip Rental Payroll - monthly 37880 Acklands 47 70- Inventory 37881 Alberta Power Ltd 433 4o- Power 37882 E A Bauer & Sons 2,325 26 Truck Rental 37883 Beaver Lumber 2 70- Building Repair h,37884 Ivan Berreth 10,233 06 Radios & Repair Parts 37885 Border Paving 1,751 21- Cold Mix 37886 Ed Busby 87 50 Bury Dead Animal 37887 Calgary Power Ltd 7 72 Power Bircham 37888 Caltronics Communications Ltd. 22 45- Radio Repairs 37889 Canadian National Railways 1,945 69- Crossing Mtce 37890 Cam Gard Induatrial Electronics Ltd 219 28` Radio Repairs 37891 Chevron Asphalt Ltd 54,567 16 Road Oil 37892 Dominion Life Assurance 2073 50- Medical Plan 37893 Dow Chemical of Canada 13,560 0o- Tordon Herbicide 37894 Eltrohills Society 11,914 00 Tran Grant 1980 37895 Eskimo Refrigeration Ltd 39 35- Inventory 37896 J E Frere & Sons 122 20 Invnetory 37897 I C G Utilities (Plains Western) Ltd 165 49-- Heating Fuel 37898 Lloyd Jackson 16 50- Refund Hand Gun 37899 Jassman Plumbing Ltd 30 00 Dump Station Swal 37900 Kimberly Flowers Ltd 10.00- Flowers Jean 37901 Lan nles Electric Ltd 3,223 00 Office Lights & Mach 37902 Linden Contractors Ltd 2,947 8o- Truck Rental 37903 Macleods 70 42' Repairs & Tools 37904 Monroe Ltd 825 00 Off Equipment 37905 Red Deer Welding Supplies 128 80' Machine Repairs 37906 Reimer Industries Ltd. 10 00 Washed Rock Sidewalks 37907 Rockwell Chemical 378 of Fire Fighting Foam 37908 Snap -on -tools 184 75 Tools 37909 Superior Disposal Ltd 652 00- June Service 37910 Three Hills Pop Shop 144 00 Freight 37911 Town of Three Hills 3,382 69, Water & Sewer 37912 Arthur Thomas 65 84- Meals & Mileage 37913 U F A Co -op 21 60- Shop Supplies 37914 Village of Carbon 26 00 Water For Shop 37915 John & Linda Voytechek 535 00• Janitor Work 37916 Westside Trucking Ltd 3,046 94 Truck Rental 37917 Workers Compensation Board 61885 00- August Payment & Pen 37918 Mert M McGhee 892 00 July Timesheet 37919 Alta Assoc of M.D & Cty. 13.60 Gold Globes -Mr. Berdahl TOTAL - 144,509 87 �a� EMPLOYEE PAYROLL MONTH OF JULY 5487 Alex Cunningham 1527 05 Utility Officer 5488 Norman Soder 1410 00 Ag Fieldman 5489 Art Thomas 978 28 Assist " 5490 Karen Boese 790 62 Office Steno 5491 Fd Dunay 1777 84 Assessor ' 5492 J. Jeffery 1791 38 Administrator 5493 H Martens 1652.97 Accountant 5494 John Sailer 978 28 Assessor Assist. 5495 Linda Shearlaw 1415 30 Steno 5496 Jean Wilkinson 1676 49 Assist Adm 5497 John Dorn 1850 68 Grade Foreman 5498 George Rempel 1834 74 Gravel Foreman 5499 Oris Rodger 1986 02 Utility " 5500 Keith Smith 1433.62 Shop Foreman 5501 Walter Corry 984 01 Labour 5502 A J Greke 1062 82 Labour 5503 N Nicholson 601 38 Labour 5504 M Tourneur 1009.84 Labour 5505 Leon Walesky 831 75 Labour 5506 Tim Arnold 1491 03 LABOUR 5507 Brian Bauman 1280 20 Labour 5508 Dennis Bramley 1351 81 Labour 5509 Dave Burden 1011 78 Labour 5510 Joe Csakany 1491 47 Labour 5511 Joe Csakany, Jr 1183 24 labour 5512 John Dorn 1286 17 Labour 5513 Pay Ehnnann 1458 72 Labour 5514 Gary Ensminger 1472 72 Labour 5515 Glen Enzie 1008 97 Labour 5516 Derrick Finlay 1688 21 Labour 5517 David Flanagan 1352 30 Labour 5518 Joe Friederich 1425 48 Labour 5519 Dan Gascon 1335 28 Labour 5520 Glenda Gascon 1278.52 Labour 5521 Lyle Gelinas 1437 85 Labour 5522 Karl Gundlach 1494 19 Labour 5523 Robert Gundlach 1704 39 Labour 5524 Greg Harsch 1318 17 Labour 5525 Bud Haskell 1947 85 Labour 5526 Connie Hastie 870 98 Labour 5527 Alan Hazel 1758 42 Labour 5528 Oroville HOlt 1865 54 Labour 5529 Harvey Jesske 1489 33 Labour 5530 Robert Kennedy 1539 03 Labour 5531 Albert Kimmel 1536 85 Labour 5532 Valerie Kitching 1181 96 Labour 5533 Bradley Knapp 1353 47 Labour 5534 Douglas Knapp 1789.65 Labour 5535 Dennis Kober 1454 95 Labour 5536 Joan Kubinec 1317 90 Labour 5537 Sandra Litz 294 20 Office 5538 Miles Mearz 1780 67 Labour 5539 Alan Meding 1486 53 Labour 5540 Brian Meding 1622 21 Labour 5541 Leonard McCook 1659.32 Labour 5542 James McMurtry 1492.39 Labour 5543 Earl McRae 1929 45 Labour 5544 Lori Perks 874 31 Labour 5545 Brian Plant 1455 89 Labour 5546 Wallace Rasmussen 1495 62 Labour 5547 Ryan Rear 1353.47 Labour 5548 Garry Schneider 1411 46 Labour 5549 Fred Slootweg 1315 36 Labour 5550 Linda Smyth 1322.97 Labour 5551 Brian Sowerby 1446.60 labour 5552 David Tetz 1255 12 Labour 5553 Dan Thiessen 1725 16 Labour 5554 Dan 'Thomas 1402 96 Labour 5555 Ken 'Thompson 1634 18 Labour 5556 John Tupper 1584 84 Labour d 5557 Jack Tutt 1511 38 Labour ) 0 C EMPLOYEE PAYROLL MONTH OF JULY CONTINUED 5558 R. Michael Vickery 1529 63 Labour 5559 Glen Wagstaff 1356.10 Labour 5560 Sandy Weir 1639 22 Labour 5561 Henry Wiens 1135 01 Partsman 5562 Nick Mamona 1200 97 Parks 5563 Vernon Bitz 1559 51 Labour �,Q -i? ■ J C j.irrha,,Y REPORT TO COUNCIL JULY 27th to August 10/81 1 Three Hills Chamber of Commerce putting up sign east of town Okay by Alberta Tranposrtation Okay by G.A. Berdahl and T.A. Ferguson - Location 3 to 400 feet west of 21 2 Discussed roadside slopes with Alta Transportation they recommend local roads no less than 3 1 side slopes and 3 1 backslopes 3 Advised Alta Transportation - no ban on north two miles of #837 4 Advised Rockyview (W.Ryder) by phone July 28th, 1981 we would support court action 5. Alberta Transportation to put in 425' plus 100' guard rails on Orkney Road approximate cost $5250.00 6 Advised Robert Kennedy okay for him to drill two holes for Three Hills Chamber of Commerce - for new sign - see .item #1 7 Advised Robert Kennedy okay for him to drill 8 holes for Heritage Day Demolitian Derby 8 Loaned Stan Young 4 used bridge timbers for moving a garage until weekend of July 31st, 1981 9 Advised George to gravel West of 24 & 13 in 28 -20- - Complaint received from Ken Hiron 10 Merle Anderson has signed new stock pile agreement BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED 1 Florence Boisjoli - Swalwell - Interior Renovations $15,000 00 CORRESPONDENCE JULY 27th to August 10, 1981 1 Letter from Alta Power - Line Extension - NW 35- 34 -23 -4 approved and gave approved copy to Alta Power Three Hills Filed 2 Letter to Mrs. Anhorn with 85th Seal - Filed 3 Letter to Scion Petrolum - approving road crossings 10- 8- 33 -23, 16- 24- 32 -22, 1- 25- 33 -24, 9- 36 -33- 26,14- 21- 30 -26, 15- 12- 31 -26, 15- 12- 31 -26- and 5- 2 -33 -27 Filed 4 Letter from Patchwork Enterprizes - seismic work in 32 -26 and 32 -27 - 12 miles Filed 5 Letter to Alta Agriculture - grant application - A S B 6 Letter from Andex asking approval of lease site - 6- 7- 29 -23 -4 & Alex approved same - filed 7 Letter frcin Town of Three Hills re. rubble pit - advised John Dorn to undertake work requested - filed 8 Dennis Kober - reinstated on all M D benefit plans - What to do about his holidays? 9 Letter from Alta Power line Extension - NE 29- 30 -25 -4 - approved filed 10 Letter from Alta Power line extension - 3- 27- 31 -24 -4 Oil Well filed 0,