HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-12-12 Council MinutesEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT DECEMBER 12th, 1991
The Executive Committee of Robert Boake and Harold Mueller met
at 9 05 A M on Thursday, December 12th, 1991, at the M.D. of
Kneehill administrative offices in Three Hills.
John C Jeffery, municipal administrator, was present
Mrs Jennifer Deak, assistant accountant, was present and
recorded the minutes
The following items were reviewed:
1 Alberta Transportation Public Assistance Transportation
Grant
The 1991 Alberta Assistance Public Transportation Grant
amounted to $15,538 00 To date, a total of $4,940 00 has been
paid out to the following.-
City of Drumheller $1,500 00
Village of Linden $1,048.00
Village of Acme $ 892 00
Town of Three Hills $1,500 00
The Village of Carbon has submitted a request for funding in the
amount of $850.27, which will be paid on the next cheque run.
There have been four requests for funding from the remainder of
the grant monies Requests have been received from Valley Bus
Society in Drumheller, Town of Three Hills, Drumheller Regional
Health Complex and Eltrohills Dats Society in Trochu.
Executive Committee recommend allocation of the remaining
grant monies be on a percentage basis with fifteen percent to
Valley Bus Society, fifteen percent to the Drumheller Regional
Health Complex, thirty percent to the Town of Three Hills and
forty percent to Eltrohills Dat Society
2 Letter from A A M D & C re- Rail line abandonment
Alberta Transportation has requested the A.A.M D. & C to
compile information from its membership with respect to rail
line abandoned right of ways which have been left in
unsatisfactory and /or unsafe condition
Concerns were expressed about the abutments not being sloped
when the culverts and bridges were removed from the
Carbon /Drumheller line It was also noted the fencing along the
line is deteriorating, due to lack of repair, and should be
removed.
Executive Committee recommend a letter be sent to the A A M D &
C. expressing concerns over this abandoned rail line
3 October 1991 letter received from Gladwin Toews
A letter was received from Mr Gladwin Toews concerning the
conditions which were imposed upon his $10,000 00 deposit
Mr Boake reported he had spoken to Gladwin and recommends that
this matter be tabled until December 31, 1991, the deadline date
for the conditions to be met.
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Executive Committee recommend to accept and file the letter
until December 31, 1991
4 Alberta Transportation Traffic Counts for 1990
A summary report, prepared by Mr Jeffery, of traffic
counts within the M D of Kneehill was reviewed and discussed.
Executive committee recommend to accept and file the report as
information and that each Councillor be given a copy of the
summary.
5 Gravel Crushing at McNair Pit
Mr Jeffery reported that the M D will require
approximately 10,000 yards of 3/4" crushed gravel to be crushed
for 1992 Linden Contractors is currently crushing at the
McNair Pit and could crush gravel for the M.D while their
equipment is still there.
Executive Committee recommend that Linden Contractors be engaged
to crush 10,000 yards of 3/4" crushed gravel at the McNair Pit
for the M D of Kneehill.
6 Letter from Village of Linden re- M D recreation grants
The Village of Linden has forwarded a letter to the M.D.
expressing disapproval over the new M D policy to calculate and
distribute recreational grants to the towns and villages within
the municipality The M D now uses a base of $2,000.00 per
urban centre with additional monies for arena and pool
facilities Since Linden has neither of these facilities their
grant is the basic $2,000 00 In previous years the basic grant
was $5,000 00 and Linden received this amount
Mr Jeffery noted that the M D has also reviewed and made
changes to the rural recreation grant structure
To date, Crossroads Community has negatively complained about
the new distribution policy and the Town of Three Hills has
positively responded to this policy
Mr Jeffery remarked that Mrs Tainsh of the Allingham Community
Association had been in the office and he had discussed the new
policy with her and had received neither favourable nor
disfavourable comments.
Executive Committee recommend to table this matter until the end
of February 1992 and review any further concerns expressed by
community associations at this time
7 Letter from Robert Hahn re Rural Assessment
Mr Hahn, a farmer from the Edmonton area, claims the new
assessment procedures are unfair and discriminatory He is
attempting to solicit support to his claim by launching a letter
campaign to the provincial government
Executive Committee recommend to accept and file this letter as
information
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8 Esso Recycling Program
Esso Imperial Oil is now recycling, at their cost, all
returned. lube oil and grease pails The grease pails must be
cleaned out but the lube pails will be accepted, as is, as long
as no other material has been refilled in the pail
Executive committee recommend empty Esso lube oil and grease
pails be returned to Esso for recycling
The meeting adjourned at 10.10 A M
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