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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-09-03 Council MinutesC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1992 The Executive Committee of Richard A Marz and Otto Hof f met on Thursday, September 3rd, 1992, at the M D of Kneehill administration office in Three Hills, commencing at 9 00 A M John C Jeffery Municipal Administrator was present and Mrs Jean Wilkinson was present and recorded the minutes The following items were reviewed. 1 Gerald Dube - Lots 23 and 14 in Block 1 Wimborne Mr Dube was given until the end of August, 1992 to remove his personal property from this property The M D has acquired title to the property under the tax forfeiture act He has not complied with this direction but has advised he will `P� be forwarding a letter to council regarding same ,�Mv To date this letter has not been received Executive committee recommend Mr. Dube be given a further time to respond and Councillor Vickery contact Mr Dube to discuss the matter 2 Edmonton Municipal Airport Letter Representatives of the Edmonton Municipal Airport have forwarded a letter requesting both moral and financial help from municipalities to aid them in their fight to save the Edmonton Municipal Airport Scheduled passenger service in and out of the airport will only continue with this support Edmonton City Council voted in support of consolidation of all scheduled passenger service at the Edmonton International Airport by 1997 A referendum vote will be held in Edmonton on October 19th to give the city voters a voice on this decision. A campaign is under way to ensure the voters are informed about this issue and funds are required to assist with this campaign Executive Committee recommend to accept and file as information.�id 3 Letter from AAMD & C re* Select Special Committee on Electoral Boundaries President Gordon Miller of the AAMD & C met with the Legislature Select Special Committee on Electoral Boundaries on August 18th and presented to that committee the AAMD & C's position with respect to development of new provincial electoral boundaries A copy of his presentation has been sent to all municipalities Executive committee recommend to accept and file as information 46ka and a copy of the presentation be made available to any councillor who wishes one 4 AAMD & C Letter re. Resoltuion #10 - Federal Government Proposed Wade Protection Plan - Bill C -22 AAMD & C has received a response from the Federal Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Honourable Pierre Blais, regarding the resolution passed at the Spring Convention requesting the Federal Government to exempt municipalities from 1 /&41� EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1992 paying the proposed employer payroll tax as municipalities do not normally go bankrupt. The Minister has indicated he has split Bill C -22 by taking out the provisions for the Wage Claim Payment Program to allow the bill which covered other aspects of bankruptcy to be passed into legislation Bill C -22 has been given royal assent without the Wage Claim Payment Program The Minister is committed to finding a long term solution to provide wage earner protection and will be proposing establishment of a Special Joint Committee of Parliament to study the issue and to report by June of 1993 on how this issue could be addressed Executive Committee recommend to accept and file as information. r 5 R C M P and Fall Convention Sgt Tugnum of the local R C M P has advised senior RCMP management will be available at the Fall Convention to meet with any municipality who wishes to discuss police matters He wishes to know if the M.D want to meet with them Executive committee recommend to accept and file as information and Sgt Tugnum be advised the M D will not want to meet with • the RCMP at the convention. 6. Letter from Ralph Klein, Minister Environment re. Keivers Lake Pumping Project Ralph Klein, Minister of Alberta Environment advised the Province has approved a grant of $46,500 00 in the 1992/93 budget for Keivers Lake Water Supply Study This is the final grant required to complete the study Executive Committee recommend to accept and file, a letter of t B thanks be sent to the Minister, and further that the Parks Committee review the entire pumping project and bring a recommendation back to Council as to whether the project should be continued 7 Altreck Industries Ltd , Brochure Altrek Industries is a company which among other things prepares advertising brochures for municipalities Executive Committee recommend to accept and file as information �J"d 8 Request for Tax Cancellations Mr Dunay has requested consideration of the following tax cancellations. Account 1618500 - Tracy Trentham - Pt N W 31- 30 -21 -4 Acreage was previously in the name of John Watt, as life estate owner This life estate was removed from the acreage prior to 1992, but M D did not receive notification until after assessment roll was completed Mr. Trentham has sufficient other farm land to offset assessment on the house Mr Dunay recommends cancellation of $1021 45 improvement taxes Account 756710 - Delmar Adie - Lot A Plan 8311439 2 being the i EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1992 Mr Adie did not advise Mr Dunay about other land which he owns He is entitled to an exemption of $22,490 off the house assessment He was given only a $600 00 exemption Mr Dunay recommends cancellation of $597 09 improvement taxes Gov't W`t • d p e \�a Executive committee recommend to accept these recommendations. c.G� ell' �$ t.tet'S' 9 Abandoned C P Rail line - Carbon to Drumheller The Executive Committee had previously recommended the M D write to the Provincial Government indicating the M D would be interested in acquiring the abandoned railway line as such time as the land is gifted over to the Province However there was no indication who the letter should be sent to kk Executive Committee recommend the letter be sent to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources 10. CAAMD & C Directors Meetinq CAAMD & C advise the directors of the CAAMD & C will be holding a meeting in Three Hills on Friday, September 11th, 1992 at 10.00 A.M. Executive Committee recommend R A Marz attend this meeting, and if not possible for him to attend, Otto Hoff attend i 11 AAMD & C Letter re Surface Reclamation Officers I Alberta Environment has requested the Association to consider with its members the possibility of making greater use of local reclamation officers in carrying out inspections of pipeline and well site reclamations Environment expect the need will increase in the coming years because of the new Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act and the winding down of the oil industry in many part of the province. Environment will continue to reimburse municipalities for costs as is done now, and the Department would implement a standard provincial per diem rate and expense schedule The government would also ensure proper training courses are provided Issuance of the reclamation certificate would continue to require point signatures with the province, thereby limiting the liability of the local authority AAMD & C has forwarded questionnaire for municipalities to complete Questions are- would you support or oppose the increased use of local reclamation officers, etc and would you be willing to accept the implementation of a standard provincial rate schedule for per diem and expenses. Executive committee recommend the M D advise the association it would have no objection to this proposal subject to the following conditions• a Government continue to reimburse the local areas b. Government remains totally liable for any damages, etc c Per Diem rate is consistent and does not exceed the rate paid to our local councillors 12 Town of Three Hills - Transfer Site Hours The Town of Three Hills has agreed to the change in the hours for the Three Hills Transfer Site and Rubble Pit, on condition the change does not go into effect until October 4th, 1992. This would mean the site would be open Tuesday to Friday 3 C t Lee s .,t • • I' i EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1992 from 1 00 P M. to 6 00 P M. and from 10.00 A M to 6 00 P.M on Saturdays Total of 28 hours per week Executive committee recommend this change be implemented commencing October 4th, 1992 13 Date for Organizational Meeting 1992 -93 E Executive Committee discussed a date for the annual organizational meeting A previous motion indicated the organizational meeting should be a full day Executive committee recommend the organizational meeting be held wT-X-4 �6 on Monday, October 26th, 1992 and all councillors (and candidates for councillors) be so advised after nomination day, and further the regular meeting of council be held on Tuesday, October 27th, 1992 i i Executive committee meeting then adjourned (Mrs Jean Wilkins Assistant Administrator n " U PARKS COMMITTEE REPORT, AUGUST 10, 1992 The Parkz Committee met at 1^00 pm to review and inspect the part facilities operated by the M D of Kneehill The following members we/e piesent; Otto Hoff i Lawrence Hogg Arthur Thomas 1 Keiver's Lake Park Operation - [he committee ashed the Park Attendant, Allan Mills, to accompany them on a tour of the par! The committee felt that the overall operation of the paik wl-.� good and that a number of Positive comments have been received from part useis (Happy Campers) Otto commended Allan on the job he was doing as Park Attendant Allan replied that he would be znteiested in returning as Part- Attendant again for 1903 Inspected Playground - equipment in good repair Blearhers - reLommendpd not get bleachers for the baseball diamond Recreation Lquzpment - recommended not pu)cha.e any additional items (Volleyball net etc ) Fiiewood recommended OP to rent a wood splitter for a maximum of 3 days to cleanup woodpile 2 Swalwell Dam Park Basic farzlzties adequate and in qood ieoair ParF use is m o 7r r D o0 D Z c) m M Z ° O rD o -s n *: O (/) D z Z L7 n O O (f) D o Z G7 v 0 p� D Z o m Z p o T O -Zi U) C/) _ 2 N -I VII U11 O ti ti a y a y 7 n t n b b y h 7 Co VI N D N -I VII U11 N W Z -< 4�b Ln CT1 O Ili � X (D- r 00 tD Z C) 00 W = n 2 a Pb CD im o in (J1 U1 W O 00 00 o O m CD N o w 0 m 00 m N m O O 0 j O 00 m N � .p z m m Z 00 00 m Z Z O N --I m O O M p �' N N v p N 4b OT A U1 D } 0- o c I� 00 1< Z D° 0 ' t-�n1 -� t0 a UF O O o M 0 m z cn p 0 cam+ m( 0 U) 0 _ 0 °0 0 v 0 0 0 U) 0 0 O ti ti a y a y 7 n t n b b y h 7 Co D -I Z -< (p k p n X (D- r Z C) = n 2 a Pb Z in O o ,_ . 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W Q) 4'b D I' a r m i 0 + (n ,f ' ill i. 4,ii 1 iii I�iU: � m O Q - I f I Y! u is ' Z ff o z C/) EL O ti ti a y a y 7 n t n b b y h 7 E E 0 OUTSTANDING PAYROLL CHGQUL•S C 1-1 [ Q U C S As Ar AUGUST GL-NLRAL CHE-QUGS 31 , ,)92 GENI3RAL CIIL;QUI-S CII AMOUNT CK f AMOUNT CK 0 AMOUN'1 #6021 $ 866 92 #16039 $ 7 00 #16237 $ 64 42 16071 416,669 00 16238 80 20 16127 90 00 16239 8,461 40 16157 120 00 16242 483 11 16164 2 017 50 16245 150 00 16166 961 00 16246 27 29 16168 2 575 75 16247 1,215 29 16178 1,555 25 16250 40 80 16179 2,929 48 16253 18 80 16197 428 86 16255 870 45 16199 873 10 16258 298 19 16200 7 38 16259 75 27 16201 696 92 16262 150.00 162Q2 165-00 $ 503,172-32 16203 97.88 16206 294.22 16207 25 57 16210 13,045 44 16211 83 86 16215 124 83 16218 43 245 09 16220 1,099 97 16221 2 094 06 16222 1,019 68 16223 123 59 16224 192.60 16225 109 72 16231 387 31 16232 34 34 16235 162 70 TOTAL OUTSTANDING PAYROLL CHEQUES S _ 866 92 'TOTAL OUTSTANDING GENERAL Cl- IL-QUa S 50.3.172 __32 TOTAL S 504,039 24 OUTSTANDING LOANS $ NIL— CASH ON HAND DEPOSITED $ 12, 21 S, F)R- SUBMIT`I'L'•D TO COUNCIL THIS 8th DAY Or September 1992 REEVE MUN ADMIN