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Home My WebLink About1997-12-02 Council Minutes1�1 C J e EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - December 2 1997 The Executive Committee of Otto Hoff and Richard M Vickery met on Tuesday December 2 1997, at the M.D of Kneehill office in Three Hills, commencing at 9.45 A.M Mr John Jeffery, Administrator, and Mr Lonnie McCook Public Works Superintendent were also present along with Mrs Jennifer Deak Assistant Administrator who recorded the minutes The following items were reviewed 1 Street Improvement Program (SIP) Torrington An application has been submitted to Alberta Transportation and Utilities for a SIP grant for the Torrington streets Mr Rob Penny has advised of the option to defer this grant The M.D has further corresponded with Alberta Transportation and Utilities requesting the option to defer this grant and access it at a later date to allow time for the M.D 's engineer to evaluate the water and sewer systems of Torrington Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. F,_L 2. Alberta Trail Net The May 21/97 minutes of the Alberta Trail Net Central Zone meeting along with the agenda and information for the December 11/97 meeting has been received It is noted in this documentation the Trans Canada Trail Foundation has one representative negotiating with C.P Rail to acquire all abandoned right of ways across Canada including the nght of ways from Drumheller to north of Wimborne The object of this group is to provide a walking trail along the abandoned rail way right of ways Mr Jeffery reported he had contacted C.P and the AAMD &C regarding this matter and the AA D &C advises there is no provincial government body involved and recommends C.P Rail be contacted directly Executive Committee recommends a letter he sent to C.P Rail expressing the MD 's 4-"� jam`" 7 concerns about the abandoned rail Ines from Drumheller, Acme to iimhorne and requesting further information on this matter Pau 3. Alberta Special Constable Association At the recent AAMD &C Convention information was obtained on the services of this organization P Executwe Committee recommends arrangements he made to have this organization make a presentation, not to exceed 1 % hours, at the upcoming Elected Officials 1,ar, An' Meeting, scheduled for January 12198 at the M D. office. Mr McCook left the meting time 10 10 A.M. 4. Canadian Firearms Centre The Canadian Firearms Centre has forwarded information on the firearm regulations that were been tabled Oct 30/97 Executive Committee recommendv to accept and file and, upon request from a councillor, provide copies of this documentation. e'er 5 Nov 25/97 Letter from Town of Three Hills re ReLnonal FCSS The town of Three Hills Council has passed a motion and bylaw to accept and sign the Kneehill Family Community Support Services Agreement The town also extends its thanks to the Regional FCSS Steering Committee for the excellent job they have done in bnnging the regional FCSS program to a reality in such a short time Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. FL: 6 Reeves' Meeting AAMD &C Fall Convention 1997 The minutes from the Nov 17/97 Reeves' meeting has been received C/MD/ Minute/ cI997.doc Page 1 1 E u 0 a EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - December 2, 1997 Executive Committee recommends to accept and file and, upon request from a councillor, provide copies of this documentation. 7. Kneehill Community Resource Board (KCRB) Request At the November 27/97 KCRB meeting a request was made to continue to hold the KCRB meetings (third Thursday of every month) at the M.D office (effective Jan 1/98 the school division will be assuming the administrative services for the KCRB) and also to have the M D continue to provide secretarial services (keeping meeting minutes and doing related correspondence) to the KCRB The school division has offered to pay for these services //- �-:- Executive Committee recommends approval for the KCRB to continue to hold its 1--T7&z 4.rr monthly board meetings at the M.D. office and further, the secretarial services or the -" 4.0 t 40,*V, KCRB no longer be performed by the M D but transferred with the administration services to the Golden Hills Regional Division #15 8. Village of Torrington Open House A date of January 5, 1998, from 11 00 A.M 2 00 P M., at the Torrington village office has been set for an open house for the residents of Torrington Executive Committee recommends Councillors Vickery and Vetter, Reeve Hoff and staff members John .leffery, Jennifer Deak, Ed Dunay, Lisa Paget, John Rushng, Dawn Fortin and Lonnie McCook (if he so wishes) attend this open house along with the former village of Torrington councillors and administrator and further a letter be sent to all Torrington residents inviting them to attend this open house. 9. Official Population An official population report has been prepared from the recent census information The official M.D population is 4 887 which will increase to 5,064 as at Jan 1/98 when Torrington becomes part of the M.D The total population for the entire M.D is now 11,004 of which the M.D population is 46 02% of this total Executive Committee recommends a copy of this report be given to each councillor 10 M.D. of Kneehill Agriculture Census Ms Dawn Fortin has compiled a M.D of Kneehill Agriculture Census from information obtained from the Alberta Agriculture 1996 Census Mr Vickery requested a copy of this information be placed in the 1998 Divisional Meeting file Executive Committee recommends a copy of this information be provided to each councillor 11 Dec 1/97 Letter from Town of Olds re Gathering of Municipal Elected Officials Mayor Alan Taylor town of Olds, has advised the Hon Iris Evans Minister of Municipal Affairs, has set aside Monday December 15/97, between the hours of 11 30 A.M 1 30 P M for an informal luncheon meeting with local municipal elected officials from Mountain View, Kneehill Big Horn Carstairs, Didsburv, Three Hills, Trochu, Acme 41"P,1 of c e,,,6A« 4F,-- 's 1q-7 -6co r,c/97 Cremona Linden and Torrington MLA Richard Marz will also be in attendance The 41m-P• o< luncheon will be held at the Olds Legion and agenda items have been requested along with a confirmation of attendance by December 6/97 Executive Committee recommends Reeve Hoff and Deputy Reeve Vickery attend this meeting 12. Office Staff Salaries A recommendation has been made to the Executive Committee regarding the office staff salaries Executive Committee recommends an increase of $7,500 00 for the office staff salaries, as per recommendation, and further this amount come out of the momes set C: /MD /X1inu1e /EC 1997.doe Page 2 • 0 C 0 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - December 2 1997 aside as per Oct 10194, Dec 6194 and Jan 10195 motions .setting up $12,892 00 with the balance of these monies still ai,ailable for the same direction as original motions Mrs Deak left the meeting time 11 05 A.M 13. Council Minutes The Executive Committee edited the November 25, 1997 council minutes for publication in the newspaper T1 (r J, c: /M1 Executive Committee recommends these minutes, as edited, be published in the 00,u novspaper