HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-01-02 Council MinutesEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JANUARY 2nd, 1992
The Executive Committee of Otto Hoff and Lawrence Hogg met at
9.30 A M on Thursday, January 2nd, 1992 at the M D of
Kneehill administration office in Three Hills
John C Jeffery, Municipal Administrator, was present
Mrs Jean Wilkinson, Assistant Administrator, was present
and recorded the minutes
The following items were reviewed
1 Central Association of AAMD & C
The directors of the Association will be holding a directors
meeting in Three Hills on Friday, January 10th, 1992 at 10.00
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Executive Committee recommend to accept and file and a copy of
the agenda be given to Reeve Marz
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2. 1991 Bridge Report - Robert Kennedy
Mr Jeffery reviewed the report prepared by Mr Kennedy with
regard to bridge work done in 1991 The crew carried out
washing of numerous bridges, sign review and up -date,
installation of struts in 11 culverts, removal of beaver dams,
installation of beaver stop control cages, installed new wear
surface on one bridge, installed new deck on 1 cattle pass, and
repaired decks on two bridges, repaired guard rails on one
bridge and filled scour holes, up- graded rip rap and undertook
minor repairs to six culverts, installed one new culvert, put
temporary strutting in one culvert in December (this culvert
will be replaced in the spring) undertook 33 inspections and
submitted necessary reports to Bridge Branch
Executive Committee recommended to accept and file and a copy of
the report be given to each councillor.
3 AAMD & C Notice of Motion to Spring Convention
AAMD & C have forwarded a copy of a notice of motion which will
be put forth at the Spring convention The proposal deals with
amending the association's by -laws to allow establishment of an
annual membership fee at the spring convention for the next
fiscal year and to allow the Executive to establish a fee
schedule for circulation to all members prior to the spring
convention
Executive Committee recommend to accept and file as information
4 AAMD & C Penaltv Date and Amount Survev Results
AAMD & C conducted a survey of the members regarding the amount
of penalty levied and date for levying same 49 jurisdications
responded 35 of 49 jurisdications levy penalties at the
same or later date than the M D , 14 jurisdications levy
penalties earlier than the M D , 8 ares give discounts
One area gives an 8% discount for payment January 1st
This would likely improve cash flow by bringing money in much
earlier in the year and would also allow the Administrator to
know how much the discounts given would affect the current
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year's budget, as opposed to having a discount date after the
budget had been set
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Executive committee recommend the administrator look at the idea
of implementation of a first quarter discount and bring a report 13"1
to council at a later date
5 Government Position on Abandoned railway lines
AAMD & C has received information from Minister of
Transportation regarding disposition of abandoned railway
lines There is no formal agreement with either C N or C P
with regard to how the land would be disposed of The informal
process is the provincial government has been offered the first
opportunity to purchase the right of way followed by
municipalities and utility companies, and finally the general
public. AAMD & C position is - disposition of these properties
should be determined on a case to case basis with no blanket
requirement that all abandoned right of ways must be retained
as public corridors This position is supported by the Minister
of Transportation
Executive Committee recommend to accept and file as information
6 Alberta Assessment Department has forwarded information
regarding_ the completion of the 1992 general assessment for the
cur n
They advise the general assessment can be put on the
roll for 1992 and Mr Dunay's work has been completed in a
very satisfactory manner. However until an assessment run can
be done by the office it is difficult to tell how the new
general assessment will affect the overall area
Executive Committee recommend to accept and file as information
7 AAMD & C summary of Rainbow Report Government Recommendations
AAMD & C prepared a summary paper of the government responses to
the Rainbow Report on Future Health Care for Alberta
Executive Committee reviewed the responses from the Government
Executive Committee recommend to accept and file as information
and a copy of the summary paper be given to each councillor
8 1992 Membership Fee for Bia Country Tourist Association
Big Country Tourist Association has forwarded an invoice for the
1992 membership fee Cost is $1249 00
Council had just recently contributed additional funding to the
association due to government funding cutbacks. 1
Executive Committee recommend the membership fee be paid PG7,✓
9 Levi Boese File
Mr. Boese forwarded a letter to the Alberta Law Society
concerning his dispute with the M D of Kneehill Mr Welsh was
requested by the Law Society to provide them with a report
concerning this matter Mr Welsh discussed the matter with Mr
Jeffery and they agreed no further expense should be incurred
and the Law Society could review Mr Welsh's and the M D 's
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files if necessary and Mr Welsh responded to their letter
outlining what had transpired and indicating the files were
open for their inspection if they wished further information
Executive Committee recommend to accept and file as information
and the M D files be made available for reading by any of the
parties involved as well as any of the Church members.
10 Alberta Road Management - LS2000
ARM has forwarded copies of letters sent to Wayne Stankievech,
Bert Cullum, Drew Cahoon, and Don Pryor These parties have not
paid for the application of LS2000 to the road in front of
their residences in the summer of 1991
ARM wished the M D to be aware they would be pursuing
collection of these accounts through their solicitors if
necessary
Executive Committee recommend to accept and file as information
The meeting then adjourned
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