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Home My WebLink About1992-09-22 Council MinutesAGENDA COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Council Minutes - September 8th, 1992 3. John C Jeffery Report 4 Executive Committee Report Review report from Alex Cunningham re. office and chair replacement, etc 5. Approval of Accounts APPOINTMENTS 10.30 A M. - Oris Rodger and Bud Haskel 1 00 P M - Personnal Committee - KCR Board (FCSS) PRIORITY ITEMS 5a Report re- Nomination Results 5b Set rate of pay, meals and mileage for Returning Officer, Deputy Returning Officer and Poll Clerks TABLED ITEMS. GENERAL ITEMS 6 Review new agreement for Alberta First Call 7 Letter from Mary Dyck re taxes 8 Review Councillors Fax Machines, Filing Cabinets and Need for committee re councillor retirement gifts 9 Letter from AAMD & C re Bill 41 Regional School Divisions 10. Set reserve bids for property going into 1992 tax sale 11 Report from R A Marz re- Kneehill Ambulance - Rescue Unit and Mechanic Work 12 Report from R M Vickery re Gerald Dube 13. Report re Ken Rowe Property - Swalwell - Possible Next Steps 14 Review Levi Boese File - Next Step - Do you wish to add legal fees to the tax roll 15 Meeting with FCSS Personnal Committee 16. Letter from Municipal Affairs re Assessment Changes TRANSPORTATION ITEMS. 17. Review request for double payment for loss of crop - H King 18 Grade Crew Cost Summary 19 Letter from Neil Silver - re- borrow pits 20 Review rental grader agreement - do you wish to purchase Review purchase of graders for 1993 21 Letter from Bridge Branch re. File 7361 WNW 21- 34 -25 -4 22 Review bids received for pull scraper 23 Review applications received for Utility Foreman Position 24 Review annual road access payments - Request from J Finlay Code re. Andrews Access Problem with Helen Lowen 25 Discuss meeting with Alberta Transportation - at Fall Convention 26 Review gravel crushing requirements UTILITY OFFICER ITEMS nil 1 i I I AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING SEI A S B nil PLANNING ITEMS• 27 Letter from Palliser Regional Planning - Shared Building Inspector l 28 Review need for third reading By -Law 1264 Land Use By -law amendment PARKS: jj LATE ITEMS 29. Report from A S B re Old Curling Club land in Wimborne 30 Need Motion to cancel portion of Road Plan - SW 3- 32 -23 -4 31 Request from Allied Land Services for Renaissane Relaxation of setback from forced road diversion in N E 11- 32 -33 -4 (Kubenic Land) 32 Alberta Work Site Service Report - Main Crew 33 Request to cancel taxes - $744 32 Levied in error Vern Brost • 34. Letter from Can Western Natural Gas re 1992 taxes 35 Review Survey Plan for SR 836 - North end DISCUSSION ITEMS• Committee Reports ADJOURNMENT ----------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC HEARING 1 I i 2 I� i COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 199: A regular meeting of the Council of the M D of Kr was held in the M D Office in Three Hills on Ti: September 22nd, 1992, commencing at 9 00 A M The following were present for the meeting Reeve Richard A Marz Division Four Councillors. J Finlay Code Division One Otto Hoff Division Two Robert E Boake Division Three Harold Mueller Division Five Richard M Vickery Division Six Lawrence Hogg Division Seven J C. Jeffery, Municipal Administrator Mrs Jean Wilkinson, Assistant Administrator was F and recorded the minutes Reeve Marz called the meeting to order Mr Code asked to have the road committee meet with Dale Merkel regarding concerns he has with the SR 837 road project It was agreed the road committee of Mr Code and Mr Hoff meet with him on Thursday, September 24th. Requests were made to add the following to the agenda 26a Brushing Required Road South of 2 in 34 -25 -4 26b Road South of 15- 29 -24 -4 16a Report re- Hovercraft Tour Mr Vickery moved approval of the agenda with addition of the above noted items CARRIED Mr Mueller moved to table consideration of the September 8th council meeting minutes until after lunch today CARRIED Mr Jeffery's report was reviewed It was agreed council should discuss the Sharples Bridge Project with Transportation during the Fall Convention. The offer from Keith Smith to do lathe work for the M.D. was discussed at length It was agreed this will be discussed later today when Bud Haskel is present for the meeting Mr Mueller reported to council about the condition of the Kesterke dirt road Farmers use the road during harvest and the road was impassable Opinac has 4 wells in this area and the product must be hauled out He felt a blade grade should be constructed to serve the farmers and the oil company and suggested both the M.D. and the oil company provide a grader to construct the road and the M D provide the culverts and gravel The project would be about 1 1/2 miles He asked if the road committee would look at the road and if the project could be done he would discuss same 1 )V,01� DALE MERKLE RD COMM ADD TO AGENDA APPROVAL AGENDA TABLE MINUTES J C JEFFERY REPORT LATHE WORK M D KESTERKE DIRT ROAD T � E COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 with the oil company There was discussion about this request Mr Mueller moved the Road Committee be given authority to approve construction of a blade grade at West of 16 & 21 in 33 -22 -4 for a distance of 1 1/2 miles, if after making an inspection, the committee are of the opinion a blade grade would be suitable CARRIED Mr Hogg moved approval of Mr. Jeffery's report, with the exception of Items 3 and 5, which will be discussed later today with Bud Haskell CARRIED The Executive committee report was reviewed and various items discussed The inability to licence a mobile home owned by a legitimate farmer, but sitting on land he does not own, was discussed The Province has been requested to address the inequity between the Taxation Act and the Mobile Home Licencing Act as soon as possible as this could create a considerable loss of tax revenue Mr Code moved a resolution regarding this issue be drafted for presentation at the up- coming CAAMD & C general meeting CARRIED Mr. Hoff moved approval of the Executive committee report CARRIED Mr Vickery moved approval of the accounts presented for payment today, subject to further review by the finance committee of Otto Hoff, Harold Mueller and J. Finlay Code CARRIED BLADE GRADE W 16 & X22 -4 APPROVAL J C JEFFERY RFPnRT EXEC COMM REPORT MOBILE HOME LICENCE FEES a o r, e- APPROVAL EXEC REPORT APPROVAL ACCOUNTS The rate of pay for the Returning Officer, Deputy Returning PAY Officers and Poll Clerks for the up- coming election was FOR discussed ELECTION CLERKS Mr. Boake moved the Returning Officer be paid the sum of $110 00 per day, the Deputy Returning Officer and Poll mid v,s`ed Clerks be paid the sum of $100.00 per day, and the meal reimbursement rate be set at $10 00 per day, and mileage be paid at the rate of 30 cents per kilometer CARRIED The Nomination Day results were reviewed and discussed NOM No nominations were received for Division 1, Otto Hoff has DAY 1 been returned as councillor for Division 2, Robert E Boake RESULTS for Division 3, Richard A Marz for Division 4, James Hanger for Division 5, Richard M Vickery for Division 6, and there will be an election held in Division 7 - Candidates - Lawrence Hogg and Glen Wagstaff Mr Mueller gave a report to council regarding the Golden GOLDEN Hills Lodge occupancy rate and the number of people who are HILLS on the waiting list. There was discussion about where new LODGE facilities should be contructed - in a town where there are services available - such as doctors, etc , or in a COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 P-�' 14AIlt- smaller location which would require the residents to travel to a larger center for services. Mr. Boake moved to accept the report from Councillor Mueller CARRIED i • There was lengthy discussion concerning Glen Wagstaff He has declared by submitting his nomination papers that he is GLEN no longer an employee of the M D of Kneehill Section 22 WAGSTAFF (1) (c) of the Local Authorities Election Act states - A NOM person is not eligible to be nominated as a candidate in an PAPERS election under this Act if on nomination day he is an employee of the local 3urisdication for which the election is to be held, unless he is on a leave of absence granted under this section Therefore it was felt that he should no longer be kept on the M D employee benefit package It was agreed this matter would be discussed again after lunch Bud Haskell entered the meeting at this time - 10 30 A M There was discussion with Mr Haskell about the offer from LATHE Keith Smith to do lathe work for the M D and the rate per WORK hour for doing that work It was noted he would be doing FOR this work during his normal M D work hours. MD KEITH Mr Code moved the offer from Keith Smith to do lathe work SMITH for the M.D. be refused, with thanks CARRIED The request from Oris Roger to hire Cranston Consruction to CRANSTON do the necessary reclamation work for two additional stock CONSTRUCT. pile sites was discussed Cranston Construction has RECLAIM already been hired to reclaim the Silver and Penner sites STOCK at a rate of $1250 00 per site The other two sites PILE involved are the Jantz and Parry sites SITES Mr Hoff moved Mr Rodger be authorized to hire Cranston Construction to do the necessary reclamation work at the two additional sites at a cost not to exceed $1250 00 per site CARRIED Mr. Jeffery noted Harold King has asked if the M D would DOUBLE be prepared to pay him double crop damage for the S W CROP 33- 31 -22 -4 on the SR 836 project He had seeded canola LOSS and underseeded it to clover, so he will be losing the COMPENSATION canola crop if it is not harvested prior to the road work H KING being done, and will also lose the clover crop next year There was lengthy discussion about this request Mr Vickery moved the request be denied and Mr King be compensated only at the rate of $175 00 per acre for any crop loss he may suffer CARRIED It was agreed the crop damage compensation policy be reviewed and an explanation for the above decision be drafted, reviewed by council and added to the policy as information The grade crew cost summar y prepared by Mr Jeffery was GRADE reviewed and discussed It was suggested there shold be a CREW standard method used when calculating operational costs for COST • SUMMARY 3 P-�' 14AIlt- is • P1 L—A ID COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 crews when this information is to be provided to the public. There are many different ways to calculate costs and unless a job is totally engineered from start to finish it is difficult to arrive at totally accurate costing figures Mr Boake moved to table this matter until the total costs for the SR 836 project are available and costing figures for project are worked out CARRIED The letter received from Neil Silver regarding the borrow pits on his land - S.W and S E 16 in 34 -24 -4 was discussed Mr Silver has requested more compensation from the M D for loss of crop from the two borrow pit areas The borrow pits were taken during construction of SR 587 by Riverton Construction last year The M.D. had offered to re -rip the borrow pit areas again, but he was not sure this would solve the problem He had put manure on the land but still feels the crop production from these two areas is much less than the production on the rest of these quarters It was agreed the landowner may have suffered some crop loss but did receive other benefits as a result of this project The M D has provided him with a new fence and he was paid general land damage, borrow pit and crop loss compensation and has access to a better road The M D 's offer to re -rip the areas again is still open to him. Mr Hoff moved Mr Silver be advised the M D 's offer to re -rip the borrow pit areas on the S W and S E. 16 in 34 -24 -4 is still available to him, but no further crop loss compenstion will be paid to him CARRIED There was discussion about the J D 770 grader which the M D rented from Twin Tractor this spring If the M D wishes they can purchase the grader and up to six months rental will be applied against the purchase price Mr Haskell noted no serious problems have arisen with this grader, it is good for slopes and borrow pit areas, but not for pushing dirt The price is about $163,000 00 It was agreed to continue this discussion after lunch The meeting adjourned between 12.00 Noon and 1 00 P M Ron Wilson, Ron Lumb and Kathleen Soltys entered the meeting at this time to discuss with Council the Kneehill Community Resource Board program and the proposed pay grid system established by the board Mr Jeffery read the letters from the Village of Carbon and the Village of Linden, which also indicated their concerns about establishment of a pay grid system Mrs Soltys noted the top salary paid to the workers now does not come close to what was paid to the top worker in 1990 and 1991 The Board feel they are being responsible in dealing with the salaries for the workers Because the board now only have 3 workers instead of 4, this has resulted in a large saving to the municipalities involved. 4 I�a NEIL SILVER BORROW PITS J J D GRADER PURCHASE DINNER MEETING WITH KCR BOARD MEMBERS RE GRID PAY SYSTEM ��)Iec • COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 It was noted if the M D is party to a grid system for this program their own employees would also expect an automatic scheduled pay raise every year and this is not acceptable. Mrs Soltys noted the pay increase is only 4% per year There was discussion about pay equity for the workers, and the economic problems which the farming and oil industry are facing It was noted the schedule indicates all workers will receive an automatice pay raise of $1000 00 per year Mr. Lumb noted there is a different funding arrangement in place for this program and the workers are not direct employese of the M D He felt there was very specific differences between M D employees and these workers There was discussion about the make up of the Kneehill Community Resource board and the number of elected officials on the board as compared to non - elected people Mr Lumb noted this program has the least amount of local funding provided of the 4 programs operating in his area and he felt this program was very worthwhile and deserved to be retained and funded Mr Marz suggested if the provincial funding for the program was cut back or eliminated it would be more difficult to fund the program because of the economic problems facing all people today Mrs Soltys noted the Board has completed a review of this program and the report will be released by the Board this evening. She noted various groups and people were interviewed and most feel the program is very worthwhile and an important resource for the area Council noted whether the program would be continued or not is not the issue, the issue is the granting of an automatic pay raise Mr Wilson noted the Town of Three Hills does not grant automatic pay raises, but increases are based on merit However he felt after review of the wages paid to the workers and the fact they were below the average wage for this type of work, and the top of the grid was below what was being paid to the previous workers, they should establish the pay schedule so the workers would know what they could expect He also felt the raises would be granted partly on the basis of merit, and having the schedule in place would help the budgeting process It was noted there was no indication at the last board meeting that these raises would not be automatic every year, and there was no discussion about merit being involved, but perhaps the personnel committee had discuss this at a subsequent meeting. Mr Marz again stated as long as the M D is a partner in this program they have a concern about granting automatic pay raises to any employee is COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 Mrs Soltys noted there is a concern about keeping the workers if their salaries are not brought up closer to the industry standard, and that the experience the workers gained from last year should be recognized. It was again mentioned that the M D is arguing about the principal of granting an automatic five year pay increase and establishment of a grid system The M.D cannot afford a grid system with merit and automatic pay increases and it was suggested the M D could not commit to a salary increase more than one year at a time There was discussion about the fact that the M D tries to keep its employees as near as possible to the average rate of pay for the jurisdi.cations which surround the M.D Mr. Lumb noted there is concern about the possibility of discontent among the workers because their salaries are lower than their industry standard and he reviewed information he had obtained about salaries for resource or similar workers working in areas near the M D Mrs Soltys, Mr Lumb and Mr Wilson were thanked for coming and they left the meeting Time 1 30 P M. Mr Bud Haskell returned to the meeting at this time There was discussion about the capital budget, whether there is capital funding available and whether the M.D should purchase the J D 770 grader which is rented from Twin Tractor. Mr. Boake moved to table this matter to the next meeting of council and Mr. Rodger and Mr Haskell bring their recommendation regarding purchase of the grader to that meeting CARRIED It was also agreed the capital committee should meet to review the 1992 capital purchases in the near future Mr. Jeffery read a letter from Alberta Bridge Branch regarding the Busby Bridge - File 7361 WNW 21- 34 -25 -4 Bridge Branch will install a 10 meter precast span to provide a 8 23 meter roadway at the existing elevation with no skew However this would be done only on the understanding that the M D will agree not to change the road alignment in the next few years and want the bridge moved or changed at that time Mr. Mueller moved the M D agree to installation of the precast bridge as suggested by Bridge Branch CARRIED 11 Mr Jeffery noted no bids were received for the hydraulic I� pull scraper Mr Hogg moved the scraper be kept and traded in on some other equipment some time in future. CARRIED 6 CAPITAL BUDGET ?PURCHASE GRADER BUSBY BRIDGE FILE 7361 WNW 21 34 -25 -4 v NO BIDS HYDR SCRAPER COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 Applications received for the Utility Foreman position were opened Applications were received from Robert Gundlach, Dan Platt and Doug Knapp UT FOREMAN Mr Hogg moved the applications be reviewed by Mr Rodger, POSITION Mr. Haskell and Mr Jeffery and a recommendation be brought - �- back to the next meeting of Council G CARRIED Mr Code noted Len Andrews had again discussed with him the need for them to cross half mile of Mrs Helen Lowen's land to get to their land If they cannot go through her LEN ANDREWS property they must drive 7 or 8 miles around Council ACCESS reviewed the annual rentals paid by council for other road PROBLEM access Mr Boake moved the M D. offer Mrs Helen Lowen an annual rental of $175 00 per acre for a public access route sPn� through her land, and further moved the annual payments Jc, made to G Garson, Clifford Klamski and R Charlebois for vi road access be re- calculated and paid at the rate of $175.00 per acre CARRIED Mr Jeffery noted council will be meeting with Alberta from Ed Miller's Transportation personnal at the fall convention There was discussion about some of the M D secondary roads which MEETING need to be repaired and the section of SR 836 south of SR WITH 575 which has not yet been brought up to secondary TRANSPORTATIOt standards It was agreed this mater be discussed again AT CONVENTION before the fall convention It was also suggested the SOUTH possibility of expanding the cost sharing program with the noted the Hesketh back road also requires Province to include base course and chipping, in addition tograde construction, should be discussed with the department, with the idea of negotiating the best possible cost sharing arrangement similar to the one negotiated for SR 836 this year Mr Vickery moved to table this matter to the next meeting of council CARRIED Mr Jeffery discussed with council the 1992 gravel crushing requirements 1992 GRAVEL Mr Hoff moved Mr Jeffery, Mr Rodger and Mr Haskell CRUSHING review the gravel requirements for the 1992/93 road program and bring a recommendation back to the next meeting of council with a cost estimate TG:� CARRIED Mr Vickery noted there is some brushing work required on 1 mile of the east west road South of 2- 34 -25 -4 BRUSH There was discussion about this request WORK SOUTH 2-34 - Mr Vickery moved this project be put on the 1992 winter 254 brushing program CARRIED Mr. Hoff noted the road from Ed Miller's east - South of 15 in 29 -24 -4 - needs gravel There is a considerable GRAVEL amount of truck traffic on the road and he suggested using FOR ROAD some of the 1 1/2 inch gravel stockpiled at the Marshman SOUTH pit. Mr Code noted the Hesketh back road also requires 15- 29 -24 -4 7 i' I� I� COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 some gravel and the 1 1/2 inch gravel would be good for that road as well Mr Code moved the gravel crew be authorized to use 1 1/2 inch gravel from the Marshman pit on the Hesketh back road and the road south of 15- 29 -24 -4 CARRIED There was discussion about the need to prior.ize some the jobs which are outstanding It was suggested the list be discussed at the organizational meeting of council and see NEED TO if some of the jobs still need to be done. Mr Haskell PRIORIZE noted the crew is short staffed again because some of the VW temporary people have left to go back to school PROJECTS There was discussion about the paving done by Border Paving at the SR 585 and SR 836 intersection. The compaction of the hot mix is not good and it will be necessary to discuss the job with the company The problems must be corrected before the lines are painted on the road The road committee should inspect the projects before Border Paving is paid for the work Mr Haskell noted there is a bad spot on the Linden West road and it will take about 2500 yards of gravel to firm up the road before it can be paved BORDER PAVING JOB INTERSECTION 585 & 836 LINDEN Mr Vickery moved Mr. Haskell be authorized to put up to WEST ROAD 2500 yards of gravel on this road to correct the problem CARRIED Mr Haskell noted the dirt road West of 33 and 26 in 32 -26 -4 is in bad shape There is alot of oil traffic on the first half mile and it needs gravel ROAD WEST � 33 -&26 Mr Boake moved the first half mile of the road West of 33 32 -26 -4 in 32 -26 -4 be gravelled as time permits when the crew is in the area. CARRIED Mr Haskell noted there is a slide on the road east of the Ha.ining Bridge - North of 35- 29 -25 -4 They have corrected SLIDE the slide twice, but it keeping falling away ROAD Mr Rodger has suggested the road will have to be moved NORTH over to correct the problem There are two A G T 35- 29 -25 -4 pedistals in that area It was agreed the Road Committee should look at the site and bring a recommendation back to �a council „n Mr Jeffery noted there have been no nominations received for Division 1 and there will be an election in Division Seven NO NOM FOR DIV There was further discussion about Glen Wagstaff and 1 whether he is still considered to be an employee of the M D or not GLEN WAGSTAFF Mr Marz moved all employee benefits accruing to Glen Wagstaff, as a result of his employment with the M D of Kneehill, immediately cease because Mr Wagstaff has filed nomination papers for the position of councillor for Division 7 in the M.D of Kneehill and Section 22 (1) (c) of the Local Authorities Election Act states a person is not eligible to be nominated as a candidate in any election M. TFRMTNATTnN C7 0 0 COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 under this Act if on nomination day he is an employee of the local jurisdiction for which the election is to be held unless he is on a leave of absence granted under this section, and as he has not been granted a leave of absence he would be in contravention of the act, and further moved Mr Wagstaff no longer be considered as an employee of the M.D of Kneehill and he be so advised by registered mail Mr Hogg moved he be excused from voting on this motion v CARRIED ! A vote was taken on the motion. i MOTION WAS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Time 3.55 P M I Reeve Marz noted as both Councillor Mueller and Code are retiring this year he would like to extend a formal invitation to them at this time to attend the M D COUNCILLORS Christmas party this year RETIRING There was discussion about returning filing cabinets, radios and fax machines to the M D. office by the retiring councillors It was noted Mr Code has purchased his filing cabinet as allowed under policy Reeve Marz appointed R E. Boake and Otto Hoff as a committee to look after retirement gifts for the retiring councillors There was discussion about the appra.isel done by Edward Dunay on the properties which will be going in to the 1992 tax sale TAX SALE Mr Hogg moved the reserve bids for these properties be set PROPERTIES as follows RESERVE 1 Lots 3 to 7 in Block 2 Huxley 6680 A P $3250 00 BIDS 2 Lots 31 to 35 in Block 2 Plan 5050 A K $4000 00 3 Lots 27 to 29 in Block 7 Plan 5050 A.K $ 750 00 CARRIED Ij Mr Marz discussed with council the rescue units presently in the M D The Three Hills Fire Department has a fully equipped unit, and the Kneehill Ambulance also has a unit RESCUE However rescue units are more commonly connected with a UNITS fire department and training courses are usually offered in conjunction with fire training courses He asked Council a u r►e how many rescue units the M.D is prepared to fund It a clv+se� has been suggested the Kneehill Ambulance rescue unit be turned over to the Linden Fire Department Does the M D wish to have a rescue unit located in each town or village v ,I or only where there is an ambulance stationed. I) Mr Hogg noted the Trochu Fire Department has rescue equipment but it is kept on their fire truck, they do not have a separate unit, and he believes this is the case in Torrington and possibly Carbon, so there is rescue equipment available in most areas. I I 1 Mr. Marz also asked if the M.D would allow the mechanics at the M D shop to work on the two Kneehill ambulances which are stationed in Three Hills It was noted if this 4 M D SHOP DO MECH blORK KNEEHILL AMB 0 COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 was permitted the shop would have to treat any work on the ambulances as a priority item Mr Mueller moved to table discussion regarding the rescue units to the next joint meeting with the fire departments CARRIED There was further discussion about the M D mechanics at the shop doing repair and servicing work on the two ambulances stationed in Three Hills Mr Code moved the M D shop be authorized to do the servicing and minor repair work on the two Kneehill ambulances stationed in Three Hills on a "priority basis" but not major overhaul work, as this should be done by a licenced dealer CARRIED There was discussion about the new road survey for SR 836 There are some spills off the 99 foot surveyed road and it will be necessary to buy these extra areas The surveyor wishes to know if it is the intention of council to return the land no longer required for road access in the N E. of 9 to the balance of the quarter Mr Vickery moved any land presently used for road widening in the N.E. 9 - 33 -22 -4, which will no longer be required for public access, be returned to title with the balance of the quarter and further the M D contact the owner of the N W 10- 33 -22 -4 and arrange an agreement to purchase the land necessary to accommodate the road widening in the north west corner of the quarter CARRIED Mrs Wilkinson reviewed with council the new road survey for SR 583 as it affects the S W 3- 32 -23 -4. The area which was not purchased from Mr Dau some years ago, and taken in error, will now be returned to him However it will be necessary to pass a motion to close that portion of the road widening and authorize return of the land to title with the balance of the quarter TABLE RESCUE UNIT DTSCIISSTONS APPROVAL MECH WORK AT SHOP FOR AMBULANCES a ROAD SURVEY SR 836 NORTH END Wm �a dat�e- NEW ROAD SURVEY SR 583 SW 3- 32 -23 -4 Mr Boake moved the Council of the Municipal District of Kneehill hereby close the road widening as shown on Road Plan 5693 I C as it affects the South West Quarter of Section 3, Township 32, Range 23, West 4th Meridian in the � Province of Alberta and return the land no longer required . for public access to title with the balance of the quarter CARRIED Allied Land Services on behalf of Reniassance Energy have requested a relaxation of setbacks from an undeveloped RELAXATION forced road in the N E 11- 32 -22 -4 They wish to locate a SETBACKS compressor site immediately adjacent to the north boundary RENIASSANCE of the undeveloped forced road and immediately adjacent to COMPRESSOR the east boundary of the north south road allowance Any SITE buildings on the site will be located in such a manner as to provide the 100 foot setback from the north south road allowance. Mr Mueller moved Reniassance Energy be granted a total relaxation of the 100 foot setback from the undeveloped forced road in the N.E. 11- 32 -22 -4 for any developments to be located on the proposed compressor site on condition the 10 vZ COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 company maintain the necessary 100 foot set back from the north south road allowance situated on the east side of the proposed site CARRIED Mrs Wilkinson explained a problem which has arisen with regard to taxing mobile home units which are not owned by the land owner If the person living in the mobile home owns the trailer, but not the land, and is a bona fide farmer, due to a loophole in the Municipal Taxation and Municipal Government Act the trailer cannot be assessed to the land owner nor a licence charged to the farmer who owns the trailer Mr Vern Brost was charged taxes for the trailer located on his land which is owned by his brother Ken Ken is a full time farmer The taxes amount to $747 40 There was discussion about this matter and the need to get the government to make the appropriate changes in legislation to cover this situation VERN BROST TRAILER TAX CANCELLATION SW 28- 29 -24 -4 Mr. Hoff moved the taxes of $747 40 levied against Ken kc�Ler Brost's trailer, which is located on Vern Brost's land - sere S W 28- 29 -24 -4 - be cancelled. CARRIED Mr Jeffery read a letter from Canadian Western Natural Gas They expressed concern about the large increase in C W N GAS their 1992 taxes over 1991 Mr. Jeffery advised council he CONCERN will respond to this letter and will advise them what RE, TAXES happened with the assessment and that the M.D mill rate actually went down Mr Hogg moved Mr. Jeffery send a letter of explanation to -!'o Canadian Western Natural Gas Vr,4e CARRIED �e F } l' r The Agricultural Service Department recently mowed the OLD former Wimborne Curling Club property which the M. D now WIMBORNE owns The old buildings were torn down but the hole was CURLING not filled in and all the cement was not removed It will CLUB be difficult to mow the area and keep it neat PROPERTY CLEAN UP Mr Boake moved the crew be authorized to complete the i- 8VIsca clean up of this property and the area be filled and levelled, with the work to be done as time permits v CARRIED Mr Jeffery read an inspection report from Alberta Occupational Health and Safety with regard to the operation OCC HEALTH of the main crew The report suggested the crew should MAIN CREW have flag people even through the road was closed INSPECTION Mr Code moved to accept the report as information CARRIED By -Law Number 1264 was then discussed No further information from the people of the area has been received ADI 3RD RENG since the last meeting BY ! RE 12NG Mr Code moved third reading to by -law 1264 CARRIED Mr. Jeffery read a letter from Palliser Regional Planning Commission The Town of Three Hills asked the commission to BUILDING INSPECTOR 11 COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 i investigate the possibility of hiring a building .inspector to serve the commission area The town was concerned that the Provincial Building Inspectors did not have time to make sufficient inspections Mr Hoff moved the Commission be advised the M D is not interested in pursuing this proposal at this time se�� CARRIED i The condition of the Rowe property in Swalwell - Lot 5 and Part of Lot 6 in Block 5, Swalwell 5050 A K was discussed It was suggested the road committee should ROWE inspect the property Mrs Wilkinson also noted a letter PROPERTY had been received today from Mr Rowe SWALWELL LOT 5& Mr Hof f moved to table this matter to the next meeting of PT LOT 6 council BLOCK 5 CARRIED C �� The agreement submitted to the M D by Alberta First Call was reviewed and discussed The agreement is to replace REPLACEMENT the original agreement signed when the M.D joined the AGREEMENT association Mr. Cunningham and Mrs Wilkinson have ALTA reviewed the agreement and the agreement appears FIRST CALL satisfactory i Mr Vickery moved the Reeve and Municipal Administrator be keLLP'- authorized to sign the agreement with Alberta First Call CARRIED Mr Jeffery read a letter from Mrs Mary Dyck of Three MARY DYCK Hills regarding their tax situation TAXES Mr Boake moved Mrs Dyck be advised the M D is always prepared to accept monthly payments on taxes, but are not � 'c tEer_ able to grant any reduction or cancellation of taxes or Sent penalties CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed the letter from the AAMD & C in which they outlined their concerns about sections of Bill 41 BILL 41 which will allow for creation of regional school REG divisions Their main concern is it may result in the end SCHOOL ofthe present county system There was discussion about DIVISIONS this matter and it was noted the issue will likely be debatedat the Fall Convention The M D would likely be prepared to provide support to the counties if they request same �i Mr Hogg moved to accept and file as information. CARRIED Mr Mueller gave a brief report on the Hovercraft Tour situation The company has accessed the money from the HOVERCRAFT Drumheller Chamber of Commerce and there may be another TOUR $200,000.00 required to get the boat into Canada It appears completion of the project is still somewhat in doubt. Mr. Mueller moved to accept his report as information CARRIED Mr Mueller moved approval of the September 8th council APPROVAL meeting minutes MINUTES 12 I I� i AVL COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 CARRIED Mr Boake moved to table the balance of the agenda and this ADJOURN meeting do now adjourn CARRIED Time 5.00 P.M Ree;1' -7 ------------ 13 Municipal Admiistrator JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT COVERING PERIOD SEPTEMBER 8th, to SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 REPORT - Balance Forward $187 72 1. Sharples Bridge could be coming in the fall of budgets and our priorities If so would need to do road prior to the fall of 1993 1993 depending on some work on the w 1\ "S PORT 2 Linden West Bridge 6588 - It appears this bridge will not be '.I ' replaced until at least 1994 le.L 3. Keith Smith is purchasing a steel lathe for himself He would be willing to do any lathe work for the shop (very minimual amount required) His rate would be $15 00 per hour and he would do the work during regular work hours The work is presently done at FTS Diamond Machine Works in Calgary or at Ron Smith at Wimborne Henry remembers approximately $1500.00 as maximum this year and maximum of $5000 00 in any year (guess only) Do you have any problem with this? 4 Have applied to Alberta Transportation for $36,000.00 for 750 tonnes of hot mix for SR 585 and SR 583 patch work Original motion authorized only $20,000 00 Advised Oris to go ahead and get the work done - all councillors other than Rick Vickery were agreeable 5 Oris would like permission to hire Bob Cranston to reclaim^�`� the Parry, Jantz, Silver and Penner stock pile sites Council o.dvkse.4 O K T(- already approved hiring him to do Silver and Penner sites cost F-1 $1250 00 each 6 I authorized Oris to haul gravel with hired trucks to fill holes on the Kesterke Road so farmers could use for harvesting Friday, September 11th, 1992 - road was impassable with a half ton i Balance Forward $187 72 CORRESPONDENCE - 1 Big Country Recreation Up-Date Newsletter 2 Fines to be received $1079 00 3 Groundwtaer Monitoring Product News 4 AAMD & C News Highlights 5 Letter from Deputy Minister Mun Affairs - no referendum with municipal elections 6. Carbon Recreation Board Agenda - Meeting Sept 14/92 7 Received Fines $272 00 F 8 Brochure from Consumer and Corporate Affairs re- Landlord and Tenants Act 9 Brochure re. 1992 Alberta Feed Industry Conference 10 AAMD & C News Highlights 11 Drumheller Solid Waste Minutes - August 20/92 BUILDING PERMITS 1 Britestone Hutterian Brethren - 2 residences - N W 33- 28 -23 -4 $400,000. 2 Britestone Hutterian Brethren - power plant /reservoir - N W 33 28 -23 -4 - $80,000 1 (� 12itli i 0 0 JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT COVERING PERIOD SEPTEMBER 8th, to SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1992 3 Britestone Hutterian Brethren - slaughter house - N W 33 28 -23 -4 - $70,000 4 Bri.testone Hutterian Brethren - barn - N W 33- 28 -23 -4 $150,000, Farrowing Barn $150,000 , Feeder Barn $150,000 5 Richard Charlebois - Lot 29 Block 2 Plan 4267 C S addition to residence $30,000 6 Randy Kennedy - Lots 23 & 24 in block 2 Huxley - two door garage $5,00. 7. Alfred Kettenbach - N W 4- 29 -20 -4 - dugout for stock water 8 Daniel Worbeck - Pt N E 29- 30 -25 -4 - addition to residence garage, greenhouse, veranda, etc $8000 9. Ian Hazel - SW 29- 32 -25 -4 - garage $15,000 2 4 a