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Home My WebLink About1981-12-22 Council MinutesCOUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 22nd 1981 A special meeting of Council of the M D of Kneehill #48 was held in the M D Office on Tuesday, December 22nd, 1981, commencing at 9 00 A M , and it was noted that proper notice of the date for the special meeting had been forwarded to the councillors Those present for the meeting were G A Berdahl Otto Hoff Robert E Boake Richard A Maerz T A Ferguson Bruce Hastie R G Campbell Division 1 (Reeve) Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 Division 7 PRESENT J C Jeffery, Municipal Administrator was present and also recorded the minutes George Rempel, Gravel Foreman, John Dorn, Grade Foreman, Oris Rodger, Utility Foreman Keith Smith, Shop Foreman Ken Thompson, Small Crew Foreman, Rick Vickery Main Crew Sub Foreman Alex Cunningham Utility Officer Norman Soder Ag Fieldman were also present PAVING OPERATION The paving operation for 1982 was discussed with the following points noted 1 Paving equipment is in good shape as long as Council wish to operate program in the same manner as in 1981 2 M D should consider policy of shaving roads to 28 feet oiling 30 feet and chipping a full 28 feet 3 M D has 18,000 gallon storage, but can actually only make use of 15 000 gallon storage because of size of loads Should have 20,000 gallons storage in 1982 particularly if the supplier is based in Edmonton If the supplier is located in Calgary, 15,000 gallons will be sufficient After lengthy discussion it was agreed as follows PAVING OPERATION POLICY 1 All future paved surfaces are to be trimmed and chip coated to 28 feet with a 30 foot surface to be oiled if necessary 1981 -82 CAPITAL ------ =UTRE,=- The 1982 Capital Rquirements were then discussed at length and Mr Maerz moved that specification sheets be drafted for the following items and referred back to Council for final approval PAVING CREW 1 One Hopper $5000 00 2 One new Single Axle Diesel Truck with box & hoist - Unit to replace T -31 which will be moved into the fleet $40 000 00 GRAVEL CREW 1 One new loader - trading AC 645 B $70,000 00 2 One new Tandem gravel truck and trade to be decided later $70,000 00 3 One new bucket for Cat Loader $ 6,000 00 AG SERVICE BOARD 1 One new half or 3/4 ton truck no trade $10,000 00 2 One 5th Wheel Trailer $ 5,000 00 MAIN CREW 1 One new motor scraper - trade R -6 TS 18 $250,000 00 2 One Small 4x 4 Tractor - trade in Massey 202 $ 25,000 00 ,'-kQQO COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 22nd, 1981 3 One new 42 inch and one 60 inch sheepsfoot packer Trade in CP 7 and CP 17 $ 17,000 00 4 One new motor grader - trade in P -7 $150 000 00 5 One new 1800 gallon water tank to be fitted to T -12 $ 6,000 00 6 One new Hi Lift Rock Picker - trade in existing rock picker $ 10,000 00 7 One 2 ton truck complete with hoist and rock deck Trade T -27 - $ 20,000 00 8 One hydraulic auger for J D Tractor $ 3,000 00 9 One used (complete) fuel truck $ 15,000 00 10 One angle dozer for D -6 crawler- trade in straight dozer $ 5 000 00 UTILITY vt x .L1. n, 1 One new half ton - possible trade in or pass into fleet $ 10 000 00 2 Ten new radios - sell 10 old radios $ 12,000 00 Fes* 1 One floor jack $ 1,300 00 2 One 50 ton air jack $ 1,600 00 3 One used tine changer $ 500 00 4 One used service body $ 1,000 00 OFFICE 1 Computer 2 Desk 3 Walls 4 Photo copier K9 $100,000 00 $ 1,000 00 $ 3,000 00 $ 5,000 00 The meeting then adjourned for dinner between 12 00 Noon and 1 00 P M DINNER All foremen left the meeting at this time ALKALI SLOUTH Mr Morris Charlton of Didsbury entered the meeting at 1 00 P M and discussed M with council the problem with a alkali slough on land near his farm CHARLTON Mr Charlton indicated that the culvert in the old road diversion (in the lake) is approximately 3 feet too high and he asked if the M D could fill the slough with water by bringing in a backhoe and opening up some springs There was a suggestion about planting some type of crop in the slough bottom to keep the dust from blowing Mr Charlton asked if the M D could assist in the project and he was advised that the Ag Service Board and the Road Committee would inspect the area Mr Charlton thanked Council for their time and left the meeting The 1982 Road Program was then discussed in detail 1982 ROAD PROGRAM MAIN CREW Mr Campbell moved that the 1982 Road Program for the Main Crew be as follows .i ,,s %-UUA ,1L NlLh1.LACT DECEMBER 22nd 1981 P 3 Opposed - T A F z.. 6 - ::..... Mr Ferguson moved that the DeBeaudrap Project - West of 2 & 11 in 32 -22 -4 1 mile be added as Project 14 to the 1982 Main Crew Road Program MOTION DEFEATED SMALL CREW PROGRAM ------- - - - - -- Mr Campbell moved the 1982 Small Crew Road Program be tabled until the next meeting of Council Carried APPROACHES Mr Ferguson advised that the Manor Project requires two more approaches FOR NE 31-31 - on NE 31- 31 -22 -4 - north and south of the bridge The approaches were not --------------- replaced when the project was completed TABLE -& ADJOURN Mr Boake moved to table the balance of the agenda and further moved that this meeting do now adjourn Carried Time -430 PM Reeve Municipal Administrator ROAD PROGRAM MAIN CREW 1982 MILES 1 Krusky Project - South of 15 & 16 in 32 -24-4 2 miles 2 Kester Project - West of 25 & 36 in 32 -24-4 2 miles 3 Walker Project - South of 28 & 29 in 33 -24 -4 30 & 31 in 33 -24-4 2 2 miles miles 4 Hastie Project - West of - J 5 Ginther Project - 'Vest of 1 in 35 -25 -4 1 2 mile \ "` 6 Gogel Road - West of 25 & 36 in - 33 -24 -4 2 miles miles 7 Reip Revel - West of 29 & 32 in 33 -22-4 - 8 T A Ferguson - North - West of 5 & 8 in 31 -22-4 12 miles 9 Harsh- Sharp Project - West of 13 & 24 and West of 36 r in 28 -23-4 3 miles 10 Poffenroth Project - West of 26 & 35 in 29 -24-4 2 miles )J' \� 11 Halstead South - West of 29 in 29 -23-4 1 mile ) r� 12 Acme Cemtery North Project - West of 30 & 31 in 29 -25 -4 2 milesk�t \0 13 Wittstock Project - South of 1 & 2 in 30 -26-4 2 miles Mr Ferguson requested a recorded vote -aer' t InFavour - Otto Hoff, R G Campbell, R E Boake, Bruce Hastie R A Maerz, -� G A Berdahl Opposed - T A F z.. 6 - ::..... Mr Ferguson moved that the DeBeaudrap Project - West of 2 & 11 in 32 -22 -4 1 mile be added as Project 14 to the 1982 Main Crew Road Program MOTION DEFEATED SMALL CREW PROGRAM ------- - - - - -- Mr Campbell moved the 1982 Small Crew Road Program be tabled until the next meeting of Council Carried APPROACHES Mr Ferguson advised that the Manor Project requires two more approaches FOR NE 31-31 - on NE 31- 31 -22 -4 - north and south of the bridge The approaches were not --------------- replaced when the project was completed TABLE -& ADJOURN Mr Boake moved to table the balance of the agenda and further moved that this meeting do now adjourn Carried Time -430 PM Reeve Municipal Administrator