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Home My WebLink About1992-03-10 Council MinutesL rl N N AA AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 10th, 1992 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Council Minutes - February 10, 25 and 26 meetings 3 Bank Reconciliation for the month of February Net Cash Position Comparison 4. John C Jeffery Report - February 25th to March 10th, 5 Executive Committee Report 5a Approval of Accounts APPOINTMENTS 1.00 P.M. - Oris Rodger 2 00 P M - Palliser Planning 3.00 P M - Public Hearings See Item No 20 4.00 P M - Development Appeal Board Meeting - See Item 25 4.45 P.M - Development Appeal Board Hearing - See Item No 24 PRIORITY ITEMS TABLED ITEMS• nil GENERAL ITEMS. 6 Appoint auditor for 1992 7 Review by -law re penalty dates, etc Needs third reading 8 Review 1992 recreation by -laws and report re. funding provided by other areas 9 Report from R A Marz re- KEDA 10 Request from Swalwell Residents for Meeting 11 Survey from AAMD & C re Council Committee Appointments 12 Report from Harold Mueller re Orkney View Point Garbage 13. Meeting with Edward Dunay re. general assessment process TRANSPORTATION ITEMS. 14 Road Committee Report 15 Report re M D Vehicle Inspection Licence 16 Report re. priorized Capital Items for 1992 17 Review comments from employees from February 10th meeting UTILITY OFFICER ITEMS• nil A S B 18 A S B Minutes - February 18th meeting PLANNING ITEMS. 19 Red Deer River Study - Report 20 Public Hearings - Proposed Changes to M D. land use by -law LATE ITEMS 1 .ti°t AGENDA gOUNCIL MEETING MARCH 10th, 1992 21 Report Harold Mueller - Louis Lemay E 19- 32 -22 -4 22 Review Account from Welsh and Company 23 Review M P C procedure - Subdivision and Dev Permit 23a Review Huxley Community Plans re- ball diamond, etc DISCUSSION ITEMS- Committee Reports ADJOURNMENT NOTE. Meeting scheduled for this evening for Fire Departments and M D Fire Committee - 7-30 P.M. ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD HEARINGS - 24 Alberta Wheat Pool - 4.45 P M DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD MEETING. 25 Meeting 2 f a W; t i t 3 COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 10th, 1992 A regular meeting of the Council of the M D of Kneehill was held in the M D Office in Three Hills on Tuesday, March 10th, 1992, commencing at 9:00 A M The following were present for the meeting Reeve Richard A Marz Division Four Councillors• J Finlay Code Otto Hoff Robert E Boake Harold Mueller (until 12.00 Noon) Richard M Vickery Lawrence Hogg Division One Division Two Division Three Division Five Division Six Division Seven Mr John Jeffery, Municipal Administrator Mrs Jean Wilkinson, Assistant Administrator was present and recorded the minutes Reeve Marz called the meeting to order. There were requests to add the following items to the agenda 13a Various letters received today 17a SR 583 - George Friesen Mr Vickery moved approval of the agenda subject addition of the above noted items CARRIED PRESENT ADD TO nrrhinA to APPROVAL AGENDA Mr. Hoff moved approval of the February 10th and 25th APPROVAL council meeting minutes MINUTES CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed the bank reconciliation statement for the month of February as well as the net cash comparison statement. Mr Boake moved approval of the bank reconciliation APPROVAL statement for the month of February, 1992 BANK CARRIED STATEMENT Mr Jeffery reviewed his report and various items were i C discussed in detail Item Number 22 on the agenda and an JEFFERY item from Mr Jeffery's report regarding the amount of the REPORT account from Welsh and Company in connection with the Kneehill Ambulance was discussed Mr Mueller moved approval of Mr Jeffery s report, and the k, �Ic account owing to Welsh and Company be paid - 'y%xa+e CARRIED P "C The Executive Committee report was reviewed and various EXEC items discussed COMM REPORT 1 a I i i COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 10th, 1992 Mr Jeffery and Mr Marz reported on the status of the sale of the M D lot in Grantville The residents of Grantville wish to retain the lot as a park area They have submitted a letter to this effect to the Town as well as to the M D The previous discussions with the Town of Three Hills regarding the lot were also reviewed Mr Code moved a committee of Robert E Boake and R A Marz GRANTVILLE consult with the Town of Three Hills again to try to work PARK out some suitable arrangements with regard to the Grantville LOT lot and the garbage transfer site CARRIED �e h ids Mr Jeffery read a letter received from the Drumheller Passion Play organization On March 20th they are planning DRUMHELLER their first annual Spring Review to review the plans and progress of the Canadian Badlands Passion Play They extend SKI an invitation to council members to attend The meeting HILL will be held at 7 30 P M in the Drumheller High School Auditorium It was agreed those councillors who can attend the meeting The proposal worked out to allow 4 of the office workers to FLEX make use of flex time in order to have a scheduled day of f TIME every second month was discussed Whether flex time could OFFICE be used by the shop, grader operators or other staff was Health Unit which indicated under certain circumstances also discussed It was agreed to try this flex time UNIT proposal in the office for this year to see how it will moved the M D continue to appoint a work member to sit on the Drumheller Health Unit Board Mr Code moved Council agree to meet on April 15th, 1992 commencing at 9 - 00 A M to review the M D Policy Book and SPECIAL if it is necessary to have another day for Court of COUNCIL 3 Revision it be held on April 15th as well MEETING CARRIED The need for the shop to purchase a freon recovery unit was discussed FREON Mr. Hogg reported on the recent Wild Rose East Central UNIT Community Futures Association meeting he attended on March WILD ROSE 5th, 1992 in Rockyford. EAST Mr Code reported on the letter sent out by the Drumheller CENTRAL Health Unit which indicated under certain circumstances HEALTH members on a health unit board do not have to be elected UNIT There was lengthy discussion about this letter LETER Mr. Code moved the M D continue to appoint a council member to sit on the Drumheller Health Unit Board CARRIED The possibility of having an audit done on our Workers W C B compensation rates by an independent firm was discussed AUDIT Mr Code moved the M D obtain more information from Workers Compensation Board regarding the M D 's levy in err relation to the claims charged to our experience } c' CARRIED There was discussion regarding the abandoned C P railway ABANDONED property and what will ultimately happen to that property RAILWAY LINES 2 14i N COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 10th, 1992 Mrs Louise Feltham's office provided a telephone number in Montreal for the legal advisor to C P Rail Mr Mueller moved the M.D look into the possibility of the M.D obtaining title to all the abandoned railway line property in the M D of Kneehill CARRIED Mr Boake moved approval of the Executive Committee report CARRIED Mr Mueller moved approval of the accounts presented for payment today, subject to further review of Otto Hoff and J Finaly Code CARRIED Mr Mueller reported he has arranged with Kathy Bell of the Orkney area to pick up the garbage from the Orkney View Point on a weekly basis for a contract rate of $20 00 per week for a six month period of time (likely May to October) He agreed that the M D would provide the necessary garbage bags and one more garbage can for the site Mr Code moved the M.D. approve of these arrangements CARRIED Mr Oris Rodger entered the meeting at this time - 10.30 A.M Mr Jeffery reviewed the February 10th council meeting minutes It was agreed the list of concerns from the employees be prepared the discussed by Council at a later date Council also reviewed the study done on the hours spent working on M D equipment and charged out on work orders Keith Smith entered the meeting at this time and discussed the work order hours and other issues with Council Oris Rodger and Keith Smith left the meeting at this time Mr Mueller discussed with Council a drainage problem on the South East of 19- 32 -22 -4 The problem actually concerns the two landowners involved and is not a responsibility of the M D It was suggested because there is a natural drainage course involved Alberta Water Resources be requested to review the matter with the two landowners It appears the natural drainage had been stopped because of a build up of drift soil and a ridge of dirt which has been pushed up between the two quarters. w �\ C G APPROVAL EXEC COMMITTEE I?FPnDT ACCOUNT ArrNINTq GARBAGE PICKUP ORNKEY VIEW POINT Ne hetlxr 60... CA b� ►< Wit\ FEB 10TH COUNCIL MTNIITFq SHOP DISCUSSION DRAINAGE PROBLEM F 10_17 -77 Mr Mueller then moved the M D request Alberta Water Ic��er Resources to .inspect this location to determine if there is a stoppage of a natural drainage course CARRIED Mr Mueller moved to table Item Number 17 on the agenda to the next meeting of council TABLE i3 CARRIED The meeting adjourned for dinner between 12.00 Noon and 1.00 P M DINNER 3 Rl-'��2---Lt L 0 Dq n COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 10th, 1992 Mr Mueller left the meeting at this time The meeting reconvened at 1 20 P M Mr Hogg moved Kangas and Ablett be appointed as the M D. 1992 auditor for the year 1992 AUDITOR te""_5 CARRIED By -Law Number 1250 being a by -law to provide for a 4% discount for prepayment of taxes and different penalty BY LAW rates was reviewed and discussed at length PENALTY The by -law had received first and second readings at the AND DISCOUNTS February 25th meeting NO 1250 Mr Hogg moved 3rd reading be given to this by -law at this time CARRIED � r"� }P� There was lengthy discussion regarding the need to pass the annual recreation by -laws The study of recreation grants REC paid by other rural municipalities was also discussed BY LAWS Mr Code moved first reading to by -law 1251, this being a by -law to authorize payment of the following grants to rural communities NO 1251 Allingham Community $350 00 Crossroads Agricultural Society $500 00 Ghost Pine Athletic Association $300 00 Hesketh Community Hall $500.00 Huxley Community Hall $2600 00 �"y-�°► Mt Vernon Community Association $350 00 Orkney Athletic Association $350 00 Over The Hill Community Association $350 00 Sarcee Butte Social Center $250 00 Sunnyslope Community Association $500 00 Swalwell Community Association $2600 00 Three Hills Rural Community Association $350 00 Wimborne Community Association $2600 00 Total $11,600 00 Payable in 1992 CARRIED Mr Boake moved second reading to this by -law CARRIED Mr Hogg moved third reading be given to this by -law at this time CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Mr Vickery moved third reading to this by -law CARRIED The proposed by -law for recreation grants for the urban centers was then reviewed b f_l�w Mr. Hogg moved first reading to by -law number 1252, this AC'Ae being a by -law to authorize payment of the following grants NO 1252 to the urban centers in 1993 once their 1992 financial statements are received- 4 P_ ___v N r*1 EAW COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 10th, 1992 Town of Three Hills $25,299 00 Town of Trochu $14,077 00 Village of Linden $ 2,000 00 Village of Torrington $10,336 00 Village of Carbon $ 9,482.00 Village of Acme $ 9,482 00 City of Drumheller $ 6,324 00 Total $77,000 00 Mr Hoff moved second reading to this by -law CARRIED Mr Code moved third reading be given to this by -law at this time CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Mr Boake moved third reading to this by -law CARRIED Mr. Marz reported on the recent KEDA meeting he attended Revenue and cost sharing for possible economic developments KEDA locating in the area was discussed at length It appears from their proposal the urban centers would not be interested in revenue sharing with the M D. for any projects they might obtain within their jurisdications or for any spin off benefits they might obtain and further S 5 '4 they would not want the KEDA group to pursue getting these projects for them, they would do this themselves However they would want to revenue and cost share with the M D. for any projects located in the M D s Mr Marz noted he felt there should be cost sharing as well as revenue sharing between the municipalities for any project which KEDA might bring into this area Mr Alex Cunningham, Development Officer, and Mr. Craig Davies from Palliser Regional Planning entered the meeting at this time - 2.00 P M Mr Hogg moved the M D not accept the revenue /cost sharing proposal put forth by the urban centers and any cost sharing and or revenue sharing for any project which locates in the KEDA area, (with the exception of any residential or oil industry assessment), as a direct result of work done by the KEDA group be shared on some equitable basis to be worked out between the municipalities involved CARRIED Mr Davies and Mr Cunningham briefly reviewed with Council the proposed area structure plan for the Dunphy, Kirkpatrick area RED DEER R T VFR 'rTI IIIY Mr Hogg moved this matter be tabled and discussed again at the next meeting of Council, and a public meeting be held �`,` with the area residents directly affected by the proposed nR�A +� plan on Tuesday, April 14th, 1992 at 7 30 P M in the Orkney Community Hall c �.u"J CARRIED The procedure used by the Municipal Planning Commission MPC PROCEDURE G ,o i COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 10th, 1992 when dealing with development permits and or subdivision proposals when a redesignation is required was discussed It was agreed this matter be discussed at the next Municipal Planning Commission meeting Mrs Wilkinson noted the Huxley Community Club and the Huxley Curling Club are amalgamating their two societies and have requested the M D release the curling club's duplicate titles so the transfers can be made to the new society It was noted the Province requires the M D to hold the duplicate titles to the community center and curling club as provincial recreation money was put into the facilities HUXLEY COMMUNITY CLUB Mr Hogg moved the M D release the duplicate titles for �e� r a0's the Huxley Curling Club to Mrs Jeannie Brown of Huxley on + F condition the duplicate titles to all property owned by the new society are returned to the M D prior to July 1st, st4 1992 CARRIED The request from the residents of Swalwell to meet with the M D of Kneehill municipal planning commission and development officer was discussed The M D litter by -law SWALWELL was reviewed and Mr Cunningham noted Section 40 of the MEETING M D land use by -law might be of some assistance in addressing the concerns of the residents about the untidy LcDr��o condition of some areas of the hamlet. It was suggested v Ic the develoment officer take some pictures of those areas tuGa �en}eA which appear to be a problem r+o + "P " Mr Code moved the Municipal Planning Commission and the Development Officer meet with the residents of Swalwell on Wednesday, April 8th, 1992, at 1.00 P.M. at the Swalwell Hall CARRIED Mr. Hoff moved council meeting adjourn in order to hold the public hearing scheduled for today at 3-00 P M PUBLIC CARRIED HEARING Mr Boake moved Council meeting do now reconvene, the public hearing having been completed CARRIED Time 3.35 P M Council discussed the proposed amendments to the M D Land Use By -law in detail. The first amending by -law provides for a change to Section 35 (3) Rural Development Subdivision Rural Industrial Development Subsection (e) by deletion of the word shall and replacing it with should Also Subsection (e)(iii) is amended by deleting the words but are not labour intensive" Mr Vickery moved first reading to by -law 1253 CARRIED Mr Hoff moved second reading to this by -law CARRIED Mr Boake moved third reading be given to this by -law at this time 01 LAND USE BY LAW AMENDMENTS BY LAW 1253 �i U I 1 V-4 n COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 10th, 1992 CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Mr Code moved third reading to this by -law CARRIED The various changes proposed for the second amending by -law were discussed It was agreed to delete auto wreckers from the proposed additions to discretionary uses in Section 21 of the Agricultural District There was also discussion about home occupations, when a use is not a home occupation and what constitutes a home occupation It was suggestd a home occupation should only be one that is carried on within the residence and those which require outside storage or use of an accessory building such as a quonset, should not be considered a home occupation, but a commercial use It wa agreed to also delete Sections 6, 7 and 8 from the proposed amending by -law and these sections be given further study before changing the land use by -law Mr Vickery moved first reading to by -law number 1254, as amended CARRIED Mr Boake moved second reading to this by -law CARRIED Mr Hoff moved third reading be given to this by -law at this time CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Mr Hogg moved third reading to this by -law CARRIED Mr Hogg moved to table Items 11 and 13 on the agenda to the next meeting of Council CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed a Three Hills Hospital press release Due to a short fall in their funding 10 active beds will be closed on a temporary basis Mr Code and Mr Cunningham discussed with Council the new hospital performance index rating This will be used to determine hospital's funding in future and once Three Hills in on the system their funding should increase BY LI T TABLE C THREE HOSPIT Mr Code moved the M.D. send a letter to the Premier of lekZP Alberta requesting the Province to provide additional S° funding for the Three Hills Hospital at this time rather than forcing the hospital to wait until their hospital performance rating is received CARRIED Mr Gordon Taylor has forwarded a letter requesting the M D relax the requirement to provide a real property GORDON report in connection with a boundary adjustment subdivision He is doing the boundary adjustment in order TAYLOR to accomodate the encroachment of one of Mr Ken Lowen's SUBDIVI buildings and access road onto his property There was discussion about this request 7 a i i i i t 'r ;t :c COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 10th, 1992 Mr Hogg moved the M D not relax the requirement for the real property report Mr. Code requested a recorded vote In Favour - R E Boake, Lawrence Hogg, Otto Hoff, Richard M Vickery Opposed - J Finlay Code, R A Marz MOTION WAS CARRIED Mr Davies then reviewed the proposal for development of the old Torrington gravel pit once all the gravel has been removed It appears the area would make an excellent park and fishing site The sketch prepared by Palliser Planning for development of the area was discussed in detail Mr Boake moved to table this matter to the next meeting of council CARRIED Mr Hof f moved to table the balance of the agenda and this meeting do now adjourn CARRIED Time 4.45 P.M. ---- - - - - -= - - - - - = - - - - -- Reeve 8 Munic pal Ad nistrator 1� } YN ' OLD TORR PIT C -13 ADJOURN • JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT COVERING THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 25th, 1992 to MARCH 10th, 1992 BALANCE -0- CORRESPONDENCE. 1 Letter from Welsh and Company re. Ambulance board problem and enclosing account $1210 67 2 AAMD & C News Highlights 3 Letter from National Transportation Agency advising new rates for maintenance of railway crossing Monthly charges are $554 00 or $468 00 per month 4 National Citizens Coalition Request for funding 5 Minutes and Information from Big Country Tourist Association - Date for annual meeting, etc 6 Commissioner of Offical Languages forwarded information about official language policies and programs 7 A G T advise new Custom Calling Services - Call Display Call Again and Call Return are not available in this area 8 Alberta recreation News 9 Letter from Elfrieda Enterprises - not coming to spring convention 10. Received Big Country Visitor's Guide 11 AAMD & C News Highlights BUILDING PERMITS nil 1 FORWARD J e, f d : i N J i i REPORT TO COUNCIL FROM THE FIRE COMMITTEE MEETING MARCH 10th, 1992 A meeting was held on Tuesday, March 10th, 1992 commencing at 7.30 P M The following were present for the meeting Finlay Code, Robert E Boake, John C. Jeffery, Alex Cunningham, John Gavin and Gordon Snell, Carbon, Garnet Bauer, Torrington, Lawrence Hogg, Roy Enzie, Ken Wohl from Trochu, Darwyn Moon, Lorne Toews and two other volunteers from Linden Reports were reviewed and the following comments noted- Carbon is moving their radio system over to the M D tower M D may get the regional disaster services grant in 1992 to help improve the communication system for the entire M.D Various priorities for the departments were noted The Fire Chief's meeting will be held in Red Deer June 21st, 1992 The Association is fighting the requirement to replace straps on breathing apparatus after five years as it is very expensive. There was brief discussion about the 1992 budget reports The meeting then adjourned -- ------ - - - - -- John C Jeffery, unicipal Administrator 1992 BUDGET REVIEW• Three Hills Trochu Linden Drumheller Torrington Carbon 72,096.00 1991 Actual 58,000 00 1991 Budget Proposed by M D 15,000 5,000 12,500 1,000 8,500. 14,000 Requested by Department 15,000 7,012 13,838 1,000 11,110 16,532 56,000 63,492 Shortfall -0- (2012 ) (1338 ) -0- (2610 ) (2532 ) (7492 )