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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-12-09 Council Minutes0 0 M D OF KNEEHILL #48 AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING December 9, 1997 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes 3 J C Jeffery Report 4 Executive Committee Report 5 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS. 9.00 A.M Lonnie D McCook Public Works Superintendent PRIORITY ITEMS. 6 1996 Census, 1998 Divisional Boundaries, Equalized Assessment Report 7 Agricultural Service Board a Approval of Oct 14/97 Minutes b Summary of ASB Discussion and finalization of ASB make up and reporting structure c Approval of Oct 21/97 Minutes d Approval of Nov 14/97 Minutes e Manure Management Seminar f Motion to appoint Ag Fieldman g Review of Ag Fieldman position TRANSPORTATION ITEMS. 8 Public Works Superintendent Report 9 AgPro Grain Inc Tax Concession Request 10 1997 Road Program 11 Bridge File 6595 Berry Bridge (ENE 13 30 26 W4) 12 Carbon Transfer Site 13 A. Winther Road Icing Problem (SE 15 & SW 14 34 24 W4) GENERAL ITEMS. 14 Notice of Motion re Recreation Grant 15 CAAMD &C Bonspiel LATE ITEMS 16 Hold Harmless Agreements 17 Mt Vernon Water Co -op Association Ltd 18 1998 Elected Officials Meeting January 12 1998 19 January 1998 Council Meeting Date Changes 20 Public Hearing Date to be set re Application to Amend Land Use Bylaw Redesignation Pt NW 06 32 23 W4 21 Village of Torrington Dissolution Matters 22 Committee Reports Kneehill Housing Corporation Kneehill Adult Learning Society Special Places 2000 Three Hills Airport Commission Health & Safety Committee Kneehill Regional FCSS Kneehill Ambulance Snowfluent Tour Elected Officials Disaster Services 1 M.D. OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES December 9, 1997 A regular meeting of council was held in the M.D of Kneehill office 232 Main Street, Three Hills Alberta, on Tuesday, December 8 1997 commencing at 8 30 A.M The following were present for the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff Councillors Marylea Lowen Robert E Boake Marjorie Vetter James M Hanger Richard M Vickery M Glen Wagstaff Division Two Division One Division Three Division Four Division Five Division Six Division Seven John C Jeffery Administrator Jennifer Deak, Assistant Administrator was also present and recorded the minutes Mr Hoff called the meeting to order at 9 30 A.M A request was made to add the following item to the agenda 15a Elnora Fire Mr Boake moved approval of the agenda with the above noted addition. CARRIED Mrs. Vetter moved approval of the November 28, 1997, Council meeting minutes CARRIED Mr Jeffery's report, including the pending report, was presented Mr Wagstaff moved approval of Mr .leffery's report CARRIED The Executive Committee report was presented Under report item #8 (Village of Torrington Open House), Mr Boake inquired if any member of council could attend this open house It was agreed any member of Council could attend this function, scheduled for January 5/98 from 1 100 A.M until 2 00 P M at the village office in Torrington Under report item #11 (Letter from town of Olds re Gathering of Elected Officials), Mr Hoff asked those present if they had any agenda items for discussion at this meeting Mrs Vetter requested the matter of voting on dissolution applications by both the dissolving municipality and the municipality that would be accepting the dissolved jurisdiction be addressed Currently, only the dissolving municipality can vote on this matter PRESENT CALL TO ORDER ADDITION TO AGENDA APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF JCJ REPORT EXEC. COMM. REPORT TORRINGTON OPEN HOUSE ELECTED OFFICIALS MEETING Mr Vickery moved to table the administration report, regarding senior staff salaries, until the first council meeting in February 1998 SALARIES TABLED CARRIED Glb Mr Vickery moved approval of the Executive Committee report. APPROVAL OF CARRIED EXEC COMM REPORT Mr Vickery moved approval of the accounts presented for payment to -day, subject to a review by the Finance Committee of Councillors, Hoff, Vickery, Lowen and Wagstaff APPROVAL OF CARRIED ACCOUNTS Mr Lonnie McCook, Public Works Superintendent entered the meeting time 9 45 AN The Public Works Superintendent report was presented JD✓!MN i PWS INTO MEETING M.D. OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES December 9, 1997 Under report item #3 Linden transfer site, it was reported in addition to the two new cells, there may be sufficient space for an additional two cells, a large and a small one The life expectancy of this site was estimated at three years A discussion followed on the future options of this transfer site, expansion of the current site or relocation Under report item #5, reporting on the winterizing of the fire hydrants in Huxley Equity and Swalwell, a request was made for Mr McCook to meet with the village of Torrington public works personnel to review the public works of the village including the winterizing of the fire hydrants Under report item #6 request for Transportation Committee meeting a date of Wednesday, December 17/97 was scheduled for this meeting Mr Boake moved approval of the Public Works Superintendent report. CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed the AgPro tax concession request and the policies of other M.D s and Counties regarding these types of requests It was noted there could be condominium type grain storage on site It was further noted under the Municipal Government Act section 291 (1) an assessment must be prepared for a property and amount of development That is, the assessment on the facility would be staged if only 50% of the facility was completed in the first year, the assessment would reflect same Mr Jeffery noted the M.D had agreed to 50/50 cost sharing for a one mile rebuild on the gravel road accessing the site east of Highway 21 A discussion followed on the need to treat all assessments equally and not provide advantages to select individuals or parties Mr Boake moved to confirm the agreement for 50150 cost sharing on the one mile gravel rebuild road project for the gravel road accessing the AgPro site, east of Highway 21 and further, the assessment on the AgPro development be a staged assessment, that is assessed as percentage of completion CARRIED PWS REPOR LINDEN TRANSFER SITE HAMLET WINTERIZING TRANS. COMM DATE -' AM« _ � , IL APPROVAL OF PWS REPORT AGPRO REQUEST FOR TAX CONCESSIONS Mr Jeffery reviewed the Road Program, as approved to date It was reported the developer's agreement with AgPro had been signed and Council agreed the AgPro project (S of 5 33 23 ROAD PROGRAM W4) should be a priority road project on the local road program Mrs. Vetter moved the Hazel Project be redefined as a seven mile project, extending from the Gorr Road to SH 805 and further the following hvo projects be added to the local road program for Division Four firstly, the Correction Line project (4 miles) and secondly the Golf CourselKeith Leonard Road project (6 miles) CARRIED Mrs. Lowen moved to table the Division One road program projects until further notice. CARRIED Mr Wagstaff noted the Meding project was a 4 '/z mile project and requested the land locations for this project be checked Under agenda item #11, Bridge File 6595 Berry Bridge (ENE 13 30 26 W4), a discussion followed on the provincial government s downloading of bridge services to the local authorities and the provincial policies and criteria if any of determining the future maintenance of these bridges Mr Vickery discussed the need to set some fair and equitable criteria and guidelines to determine the future maintenance of local bridges to ascertain whether the bridge should be repaired or replaced with a low level crossing It was agreed to write to Alberta Transportation and Utilities Bridge Branch, to inquire and obtain information about criteria and guidelines for bridges Mr Boake moved agenda item #I1, Bridge File 6595, Berry Bridge (ENE 13- 30- 26 -W4), be tabled for more information JDIWN HAZEL PROJECT EXTENDED & ADDITION OF CORRECTION LINE & GOLF COURSE /LEONARD PROJECTS DIV I ROADr�� PROGRAM TABLED e-/,6 BRIDGE MAINTENANCE Z--"-7"- + . � D Sao ,6Eerra, iY1cJ BRIDGE FILE 6595 TABLED 14 z M D OF KNEEHILL No. 48 COUNCIL MINUTES December 9, 1997 CARRIED Mr Boake reported the Drumheller and District Solid Waste Management Association would be sending a letter to the village of Carbon regarding the manned operating hours of their transfer site (two half days per week) and advising the M.D is willing to share, on a 50/50 basis, these costs providing the site be open to all residents (urban and rural) during these hours A copy of this correspondence will also be forwarded to the M.D CARBON TRANSFER SITE Mr Hanger moved to table this matter TABLED CARRIED Mr Wagstaff and Mr Vickery reported they had met with Mr Allan Winther to review and discuss the road icing problems at SE 15 and SW 14 34 24 W4 There appears to be icing on the road at this location this year, there was no icing on the road last year because of the snow cover Mr Wagstaff advised he had contacted Mr "Lewis Lousana Water Wells Ltd., who 'gypp r �9� had indicated there may be two options to address this problem drilling a hole to find a relief for n '3 >6s Alx,E the water and diverting same or installing a perforated culvert and diverting the water Mr Lewis would inspect the site and advise on possible solutions Mr Vickery noted he asked Mr Winther about water problems at his home and Mr Winther had advised he no longer had water problems at his home since installing a pump Mr Wagstaff noted Mr Winther had indicated he was willing to work with the M.D to address the road concern The possibility of receiving a grant from AB Environment to address the road icing problem was discussed along with the WINTHER ICING requirement to have Mr Winther sign an agreement to allow the M D onto his property and to PROBLEM SE15 & allow any diversion of water onto his land sw 14 - 34 -24 -W4 Mr Hanger moved this matter be referred to the Transportation Committee. CARRIED Mr Vickery advised he would not be able to attend the Environmental Resource Committee meeting rescheduled from January 22/98 to January 21/98, at Brooks, AB REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Fas 75 7�s Mrs Lowen moved Mr Wagstaff replace Mr rickery and attend this meeting along with Mr ERC MEETING Hanger ► - : �1 CARRIED A short recess was held from 1040 A.M 10 55 A.M. Mr McCook was not present when the meeting continued Mr Hanger reported AgPro Grain Inc. had extended an invitation for Council to have a tour of their new facility construction site south of Trochu and view the cement pouring for the grain terminals A representative from AgPro Grain Inc would be available to meet with Council at 1.00 P M to day It was agreed to tour this site after lunch Mr Jeffery reviewed the ward boundaries of the M.D presenting new ward boundaries to address the new census and population figures and conform with the population variance criteria The population variance between the proposed new ward boundaries meet the 25% variance criteria Mr Jeffery advised where the ward boundaries split townships the population for partial townships was an estimate only using previous census information, as the current census information only provided population totals for complete townships It was noted, the Municipal Government Act provides for 180 day notice subsequent to a local authorities election for the changing of municipal ward boundaries Mrs. Lowen moved first reading to Bylaw #1384, this being the bylaw to provide for new ward boundaries within the M D of Kneehill for the purpose of electing councillors to the 1998 general electron. CARRIED It was noted this bylaw would require advertising, as per Section 606 of the Municipal PWS OUT OF MEETING AGPRO GRAIN INVITATION ��.5 ni /YlinttJf�1 DIV. BOUNDARIES BYLAW 1384 WARD BOUNDARY BYLAW Jf"�W 3 M.D. OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES December 9, 1997 Government Act and further, the bylaw could be petitioned within sixty days of the last date of publication of the bylaw notice, as per of Sections 222 to 226 of the Municipal Government Act Mr Jeffery distributed the 1998 Equalized Assessment Information report noting the M.D 's equalized assessment of $603 664 177 00 represents 77 41% of the total municipal equalized assessment of all the towns and villages within the M D boundaries It was noted the purpose of the equalized assessment is to bring all jurisdictions to the same assessment level for comparison purposes requisitions and grant allocations The current taxable live assessment, which is the actual M.D taxable assessment, is $599,107,760 00 Mr Wagstaff moved to accept this report. CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed the decisions of the village of Torrington regarding the disposal of lots, building, equipment and the offer to purchase same along with the severance packages to the employees The village has requested the employee severance packages be paid to the employees in 1998, out of Torrington funds Mrs. Lowen moved to accept this report and to agree to pay the Torrington employee severance packages in 1998, from Torrington funds. CARRIED A discussion followed on the future status of the Torrington fire department Mr Vickery advised he had received comments about amalgamating the Trochu and Torrington fire departments Mr Jeffery advised he was awaiting the Ministerial Order for the dissolution of the village of Torrington. It was agreed once this Ministerial Order is received the Dissolution Committee of Mr Jeffery and Councillors Hoff, Vickery and Vetter arrange to meet with the Torrington fire department It was agreed this meeting should be scheduled as soon as possible Possible meeting dates of December 19`h or 23rd was provided for this meeting Mr Jeffery reported the village of Linden had concerns with clause 1(d) of the M.D 's Hold Harmless agreement The village had referred this agreement to the AUMA who in turn, had referred the agreement to Brownlee Fryett Brownlee Fryett had originally drafted this agreement for the M.D The city of Drumheller has now provided the same agreement for the M.D to sign as part of the winter road maintenance agreement Clause 1(d) states 1. In consideration for the M.D undertaking the work and /or providing the services to the Municipality as described in Schedule A hereto, the Municipality covenants and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the M.D , its employees agents successors and assigns from any and all liabilities damages fines suits claims demands, actions, costs and expenses (including legal fees on a solicitor and his own client basis) of any nature or kind whatsoever for which the M.D may suffer or incur arising in any way out of the work or services provided to the Municipality by the M.D including but not limited to d) The negligence or willful act of the Municipality, its servants, agents employees contractors successors or assigns in any way relating to this Agreement It was noted this clause has the town or village indemnifying and being held hold harmless for the actions of the M.D 's employees, agents, etc or vice versa, as applicable to the Drumheller/M.D agreement It was agreed this was not the intent of the Hold Harmless agreement Mr Wagstaff moved clause 1(d) of the Hold Harmless Agreement be removed and deleted from this agreement. CARRIED It was noted the January 1998 council meeting dates would have to be rescheduled to accommodate the Provincial ASB Conference set for January 27 29/98 Mr Vickery moved the January 1998 council meeting dates be re- scheduled for Tuesday, January 6, 1998 and Tuesday, January 20, 1998, and the required notices for these date if^9N EQUALIZED ASSESSMENT REPORT Fes: TORRINGTON DISSOLUTION/DISP OSAL OF ASSETS TORRINGTON FIRE ! DEPARTMENT .SQrP 7c0 !'1 'OuiGr HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT AMENDMENT TO HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT JAN /98 COUNCIL MEETING DATES a changes be advertised M.D. OF KNEEHILL No. 48 COUNCIL MINUTES December 9, 1997 CARRIED CHANGED It was agreed to hold an Executive Committee meeting on January 15/98 and hold no Executive .IAN /98 EXEC. Committee meeting prior to the January 6/98 council meeting COMM. MEETINGS Mr Jeffery update council on the Mt Vernon Water Co op Ltd and the information requested and provided to the legal counsel of the water project contractor Logan Porter MT VERNON WATER COOP Mr Boake moved to accept and file this report. REPORT CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported an application had been received to amend the Land Use Bylaw designation on Pt NW 06 32 23 W4 from Agricultural' to `Country Residential' designation PUBLIC HEARING Mr Hanger moved a date be set for Tuesday, January 20, 1998, at 130 PM for a Public DATE RE Hearing to hear this application for redesignation and further, the necessary notices be sent REDESIGNATION to all involved parties. NW 6- 32 -23 -W4 CARRIED Af AWSWO044 Mr Jeffery reported the M.D of Clearwater would be hosting the Central Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (CAAMD &C) annual bonspiel on January 16, 1998 at Rocky CAAMD &C Mountain House Councillors Lowen and Wagstaff confirmed their attendance at this event and BONSPIEL it was agreed to make up the balance of the team with M.D staff members m4 "44 The meeting recessed for lunch from 11 45 A.M until 2 00 P M., during which time Council LUNCH RECESS toured the AgPro Grain Inc facility and the AB Pool facility sites north of Three Hills AND TOUR OF AGPRO�,, Mr Jeffery requested a late item 13a Letter from Hon Walter Pacszkowski re SH 806, be added to the agenda It was agreed to add this item as a late agenda item LATE AGENDA ITEM SH 806 Mr Jeffery reviewed the Agricultural Service Board (ASB) matters that had been tabled from previous council meetings ASB REVIEW Mr Boake moved approval of the October 14197ASB minutes CARRIED APPROVAL OF ASB MINUTES OCT Mr Jeffery reviewed the ASB strategic planning session and chairman's comments regarding 14/97 ASB member composition, that is the entire council being part of the ASB It was noted, at the Te mano 7 Rs6 Organizational Meeting two councillors and two members at large were appointed to the ASB A discussion followed on whether the AB Agriculture representative should have voting privileges on this board Mr Hanger moved the matter of ASB membership and voting and non voting privileges of ASB MEMBERSHIP members be referred to the ASB. REFERRED TO ASB CARRIED 7c „' ,$ "''' `L.5 Mr Boake moved approval of the October 21197ASB minutes A 0,991311 Mr Boake moved approval of the November 14197 minutes with the exceptions of the ASB recommendations regarding policy 12 -a (Scale Rental) and this be set at $50.00 per day and policy 12 -b (Rate of Pay for Farm Members on ASB) and this policy remain unchanged CARRIED The merits of having the administrator attend the ASB Conference and ASB Tour were discussed It was agreed a much broader perspective of agricultural issues could be realized from attending these events ASB OCT 21/97 MINUTES APPROVED 7c ffbb Ass NOV 14/97 MTNTrrrq A , EXCEPTIONS Rae ADMIN. TO ATTEND ASB TOUR JD/MIN 5 i M.D. OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES December 9, 1997 Mr Vickery moved Mr Jeffery and his spouse attend the 1998 Provincial ASB Tour, scheduled for .Iuly 14 -17/98 and hosted by the County of Flagstaff CARRIED Mrs Lowen moved the M D donate a door prize of $100.00, representing one admission, towards the Manure Management .Seminar, sponsored by Landwise Inc and AB Agriculture, ASB TO DONATE scheduled for January 14 -15/98 and further this matter be referred back to the ASB. DOOR PRIZE AT CARRIED MANURE MGMT SEMINAR Mrs. Lowen moved to table agenda items 7f and 7g CARRIED he November 25/97 Notice of Motion regarding the recreation operating and capital grants were reviewed A discussion followed on clarifying and defining the following as they pertained to this recreation grant specifying where the grant monies were to be spent (i e pools and indoor arenas) specifying a time limit for all the towns and villages to reach consensus as to the distribution of this grant, clarifying that this grant does not include the Trochu pool as this pool is addressed under a separate agreement (and by plebiscite), specifying the need to have uniform user rates for similar type facilities A discussion followed on addressing the urban centres that do not have pool or indoor arena facilities (i e Linden) It was noted this recreation grant would be in addition to the $2 000 00 grant paid to each of the rural community associations of Wimborne, Huxley and Swalwell, the separate agreement regarding Trochu pool (MD shares 50% of operating costs via a special tax levy), and the M.D s own costs to maintain its municipal parks (Keivers, Swalwell and Braconnier) and ball diamonds, etc It was agreed this Notice of Motion would be further discussed at the Elected Officials meeting in January/98� Mr i"ickery moved the Notice of Motion, regarding the recreation grant, be amended as follows The M D. of Kneehill commit $100, 000 00 per year, commencing in 1998, for the next five years, for recreation operating and capital grants, for swimming pools and indoor ice arenas, excluding the Trochu swimming pool which is addressed under a separate agreement, with the understanding a committee, comprising of three members from each urban jurisdiction, NOTICE OF that being one member of the recreation board, one councillor member and one MOTION RE. administrative employee along with two members from the Torrington Ag Society, that being RECREATION Darryl Bauer and Clint Mason, representing the Torrington arena, sit on a Recreation GRANT Board, with the M D providing one administrative staff member to this Board The purpose of this Board will be to unanimously agree upon the disbursement of this M.D recreation grant and this decision is to be ratified by June 30, of each year And further, it be understood this grant commitment be in addition to the already approved capital recreation grant to the town of Three Hills for Phase H of the arena redevelopment project, in the amount of $59,675 00 CARRIED Mr Jeffery advised the town of Three Hills had passed a motion their entire council and town manager be authorized to attend the Elected Officials meeting on Jan 12/98 The town has also suggested the venue for this meeting be changed to the Three Hills Community hall or another such location to better allow for a more "round table" discussion type set up The town has requested the following agenda items regional disaster services director regional fire chief discussion on regional water study A discussion followed on agenda items for this meeting ELECTED Mrs Lowen moved the MD, in the essence of economics, continue to offer to host this OFFICIALS meeting in the M D council chambers and, to better allow for a more "round table" MEETING discussion, propose the reeve and all mayors be invited to sit around at the council table and ` ' ;, 0,1 .4141W utilize the M D is new audio system, the recording secretary sit across from the council table and take minutes and all other attendees be seated in the gallery, and have access to the floor loor microphone. r:. 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JD/A9N 6 i M D OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES December 9, 1997 CARRIED It was agreed the first order of business on the agenda after the welcoming address by Reeve Hoff, would be the nomination of a Chairperson followed by a decision on luncheon arrangements It was agreed lunch could be ordered in, with each person paying for their own lunch It was noted, in addition to having a recording secretary the meeting could be taped for AGENDA- future reference and /or clarification Other agenda items to date include regional disaster ELECTED services director regional fire chief and safety codes officer (fire discipline), regional water, OFFICIALS recreation, special constable, invoicing for structural fires It was agreed any other agenda item MEETING requests be added after these agenda items It was further agreed another request for agenda items be included in the letter to the towns and villages regarding the location of this meeting Mr Jeffery advised he had contacted the Torrington fire department and the meeting date of December 19/98 at 10 00 A.M appeared to be agreeable to all parties and would be confirmed TORRINGTON FIRE by the fire department as soon as possible. MEETING DATE Mr Jeffery read a letter from Mr Dale Perry Elnora Fire Department expressing concerns regarding the time frame and notification to the fire department to attend a motor vehicle accident Mr Perry cited a specific incident in his letter as an example of his concerns PERRY LETTER Mr Vickery briefly left the meeting and returned with Mr Rinus Onus ambulance operations director time 3 15 P M R. ONUS INTO MEETING Mr Onus updated council on the events of the specific incident referred to in Mr Perry's letter noting the location of the vehicle accident was reported incorrectly to the ambulance personnel, the radio system went down during this time frame and the ambulance personnel had to use a cellular telephone, making calls to their people first and then to the Elnora fire department and Guardian Ambulance Mr Onus explained the procedures used by the ambulance personnel AMBULANCE during emergencies It was agreed Mr Onus address, to a letter, the concerns expressed by Mr PROCEDURES Perry and this letter be referred to the next ambulance meeting with copies of same to Guardian DISCUSSED Ambulance and the Innisfail fire department Mr Vickery then reported comments had been received regarding the length of time (40 minutes) taken to respond to an injury at the Trochu arena last Saturday Mr Onus noted all ambulance calls are logged on a call recorder The time of the call the time the ambulance leaves the ambulance hall, the time of arrival on the accident scene and the time of arrival at a hospital, if applicable are all recorded and logged Mr Onus noted the time logged for this particular accident from receiving the call to arrival on scene, was seventeen minutes Council thanked Mr Onus for the information and Mr Onus left the meeting time 3 25 P M. R. ONUS OUT OF A recess was held from 3 25 P M 3 40 P M MEETING Mr Jeffery read the letter accepted as a late agenda item, from the Hon Walter Paszkowski, Minister of Transportation and Utilities, regarding the M.D 's Secondary Highway Partnership Program and the SH 806 road project from north of Linden to SH 583 This letter states the SH 806 issue has been presented several times over the past year and it is now time to conclude the matter The Minister acknowledges the concerns for possible traffic growth the maintenance SH 806 NORTH implications and the benefits the residents would receive from Alternate No 3 but notes this ROAD PROJECT information is not substantially different from previously presented information Alberta Transportation and Utilities maintains its position that funding more than one project as described as Alternate No 1 (selective reconstruction and overlay), is not warranted The letter goes on to state, should the M D chose Alternate No 3 (staged grading, base course and ACP) the additional costs for this option would be total M.D costs and not be funded under the Secondary Highway Partnership Program The letter concludes by requesting the M.D contact Mr Rob Penny Regional Director, to discuss the project details and scheduling so that construction can commence in 1998 Mr Lonnie McCook re entered the meeting time 3 45 P M MIMIN 7 M.D. OF KNEEHILL No. 48 COUNCIL MINUTES December 9, 1997 MCCOOK BACK A discussion followed on the lengthy negotiations over this project and the numerous concerns INTO METING and considerations of same It was acknowledged that Council recognized the concerns expressed by the residents and it was regrettable the province did not concur with the M.D s recommendations for this road project Mr Vickery requested a copy of this letter be placed in the 1998 Divisional meeting file Mr Hanger moved the H D proceed with the SH 806 road project, from north of Linden to SH 583, under the Secondary Highway Partnership Program, that being selective APPROVAL SH 806 reconstruction and overlay, as recommended by Alberta Transportation and Utilities. NORTH PROJECT CARRIED UNDER SH PARTNERSHIP It was agreed the above motion was made with regret and further agreed the Public Works PROGRAM Superintendent keep a record for future reference, of all maintenance costs and accidents on this�o' portion of road Mr McCook left the meeting time 3 55 P M MCCOOK OUT OF MEETING The Committee Reports were presented Mrs Vetter reported on the Kneehill Housing Corporation, advising Mr Hanger is on the COMMITTEE human resources committee and herself on the finance committee of this corporation the REPORTS administration will no longer be collecting for cable TV it will be left to the residents to look after same, the Torrington manor only has one resident and will be renting out their senior units on a market value basis rather than an ability to pay basis in an attempt to attract more renters KNEEHILL postal boxes will be installed at the Golden Hills Lodge HOUSING CORP Mrs Vetter reported, due to prior commitments she had been unable to attend the last Kneehill Adult Learning Society (KALS) meeting but had spoken with several board members about the M D s concerns KALS Fes. The Special Places 2000 Update #3, was reviewed and it was noted the next Special Places 2000 meeting was scheduled for December 18/97 at the M.D office, commencing at 1 00 P M Mr Wagstaff, the M.D s representative, confirmed he would be attending this meeting SPECIAL PLACES 2000 The November 25/97 Three Hills Airport Commission meeting minutes were presented and it r, was noted the paving of the parallel taxiway is now complete and total costs for same are $56 661 00 plus GST, the fuel dispensing system costs are $45,000 00 with the town and M.D equally advancing these funds and Prairie Aviation advancing the costs for the fuel inventory, the AIRPORT fuel surcharge will be $0 18 per litre with $0 15 going towards repayment of the system and COMMISSION $0 03 going into a fuel inventory account r' —Z Regarding the November 13/97 Health and Safety committee meeting, Mrs Deak advised she had not yet compiled the information to clarify the PIR and PILR refunds and would do so for the next meeting HEALTH & SAFETY COMM. It was reported, under the Kneehill Regional Family and Community Support Services (FOSS) program all jurisdictions had approved the FCSS agreement and bylaw, total FCSS funding for 1998 will be $231 192.50 of which $184 954 00 will be provincial funds and $46,238 50 local jurisdiction funds, with the M.D s share being $20 544 25 The December 2/97 FCSS Steering REGIONAL FCSS Committee minutes were also reviewed Mr Vickery reported on the November 26/97 Kneehill Ambulance Service Board meeting advising at the Organizational Meeting Loretta Ling was elected Chairperson Rick Vickery Vice Chair regular meetings continue to be scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month, ambulance rates remain the same for 1998 as in 1997, Dr Webb has replaced Dr Husband as medical director, Mr Onus will be taking his paramedic courses and will complete same by July KNEEMLL 1999, the town and villages proposal for the M.D to take over ambulance operations has been AMBULANCE !DIWN $ M.D. OF KNEEHILL No. 48 COUNCIL MINUTES December 9, 1997 tabled until the ambulance ground task force report is issued (scheduled for release by February 1998) Mr Vickery farther reported Mrs Lowen Mr Hoff and he had attended the Elected Officials Disaster Services workshop, at the M.D of Rocky View on December 3/97 Mr Vickery proceeded to review the disaster services for the municipality, suggesting all of council, instead ELECTED of only the Reeve and Deputy Reeve, be involved to disaster services, noting this would be OFFICIALS beneficial should a disaster occur at a time when both the Reeve and Deputy Reeve were absent DISASTER from the municipality Mr Vickery also recommended the first page of the disaster services SERVICES manual contain a listing of where the keys to various locations and equipment can be located and WORKSHOP the names and telephone numbers of the persons having keys to offices fire trucks etc It was F, agreed to further review the Disaster Services manual at the next Executive Committee meeting Mr Boake advised Mr Cunningham and he had attended a Snowfluent Tour Nov 27 28/97 at Swift Current Mr Boake noted he had pamphlets and a video demonstrating this technology Due to the time restraints, it was agreed to place this report as the first report on the agenda SNOWFLUENT Committee Reports for the next meeting TOUR TABLED r� Mr Wagstaff moved Council adjourn. Time 4.25 P M Reeve !DIWN CARRIED r f' - �- - -- - - - -- Mu� ip Admini for ADJOURNMENT