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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-01-20 Council Minutes• M D OF KNEEHILL #48 AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING January 20, 1998 I Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes Need Dec 22/97 and Jan 6/98 minutes edited for publication 3 J C Jeffery Report 4 Executive Committee Report 5 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS 9 00 A.M Lonnie D McCook Public Works Superintendent 10 00 A.M Alex Cunningham see agenda item # 6 11 30 A.M Angus & Marilyn Park see agenda item # 9 1 30 P M Public Hearing see agenda item # 16 2 00 P M Tom O Gorman, Fire Commissioner's Office Red Deer Alex Morrison Southern Alberta representative and Keith Martin, Three Hills Fire Chief see agenda item #20 GENERAL ITEMS. 6 Disaster Services Manual 7 Elected Officials Meeting 8 Herman Epp Retirement Invitation 9 Angus Park Presentation 10 Mountain View County Celebration of Agriculture Dinner 11 Kneehill Interagency Group TRANSPORTATION ITEMS. 12 Public Works Superintendent Report 13 Road Program 14 Proposed Guidelines for Future Water Projects in the M D of Kneehill PLANNING TEMS: 15 Set Public Hearing Date re Application to Amend Land Use Bylaw 16 Public Hearing Redesignation NW 06 32 23 W4 COMMITTEE REPORTS. 19 Committee Reports Kneehill Community Resource Board A.S.B Kneehill Regional FCSS LATE ITEMS. 20 Rescue and Fire Protection 21 Unregistered Forced Road Pt SE 15 28 22 W4 22 Financial Reports 1 0 1J C M D OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES January 2041998 A regular meeting of council was held in the M.D of Kneehill office 232 Main Street, Three Hills, Alberta, on Tuesday January 20 1998 commencing at 8 30 A.M The following were present for the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff Division Two Councillors Marylea Lowen Division One Robert E Boake Division Three PRESENT James M Hanger Division Five Richard M Vickery Division Six M Glen Wagstaff Division Seven John C Jeffery Administrator was present along with Jennifer Deak, Assistant Administrator who recorded the minutes Councillor Marjorie Vetter was absent from the meeting Mrs Lowen reported on the CAAMD &C bonspiel hosted by the M.D of Clearwater and held in Rocky Mountain House on January 16/98 Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 40 A.M CALL TO ORDER The following items were requested to be added to the agenda 23 Late correspondence items (AAMD &C and Travel Alberta) 24 Signs ADDITIONS TO and under agenda item #19 Committee Reports, Special Places 2000 AGENDA Mr Vickery moved approval of the agenda with the addition of the above noted items. APPROVAL OF CARRIED AGENDA Mr 13oake moved approval of the .1anuary 6, 1998, council minutes CARRIED Mr Jeffery s report along with the Pending Upcoming Dates were presented Mrs Lowen moved approval of these reports, as presented CARRIED The Executive Committee Report was presented Mr Lonnie McCook, Public Works Superintendent entered the meeting time 9 00 A.M Under Executive Committee report item #23, Media Policy Mr Jeffery advised he would not be quoted nor make comments to the media on behalf of the M.D on any issue but would provide upon request to any news reporter, any required background information to further clarify the M.D s position Mr Wagstaff moved the following he adopted as the M D. of Kneehill's Media Policy The Reeve or Deputy Reeve be appointed as the official spokesmen for the municipality However, under certain circumstances, Council may designate a councillor to be the Official MD spokesperson on a specific issue. Any councillor, not designated by council as an official spokesperson for the M D , that has contact with the media must very specifically state their comments are personnel comments only and do not reflect the positron nor opinion of the municipality CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY APPROVAL OF MINUTES APPROVAL OF JCJ REPORT PwS INTO MEETING MEDIA POLICY Under Executive Committee Report item #25, Alberta Trail Network Public Meetings Mr Wagstaff indicated he would be attending the public meeting scheduled for this evening AB TRAIL NET MMIN u • 0 M D OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES January 20, 1998 at the Red Deer college Mr Boake moved approval of the Executive Committee Report. APPROVAL OF CARRIED EXEC. COMM REPORT Mr Boake moved approval of the accounts presented for payment to -day, subject to review by the Finance Committee of Councillors Hoff, rickery, Lowen and Boake. APPROVAL OF CARRIED ACCOUNTS The Public Works Superintendent report was presented Under report item #1,Road Icing Problems (SE 15 & SW 14 34 24 W4) Mr McCook PWS REPORT reported he had spoken with Mr Allan Winther about the water run off at this location and Mr Winther had expressed his willingness to take the water onto his lands to facilitate his cattle operations but was concerned about possible excess water and storage of same It was noted a backsloping agreement would have to be signed by Mr Winther to allow the M.D equipment onto his land to undertake ditch work at this location WINTHER ROAD Mrs Lowen moved Mr McCook and Councillors Wagstaff and rickery meet with Mr ICING PROBLEM Winther to discuss this matter and negotiate a backsloping agreement to address the SE 15 & SW 14 water problems at this location (SE 15 & SW 14 - 34- 24 -W4) 34 -24 -W4 CARRIED Under report item #2 a discussion followed on the maintenance and repair requirements for the Torrington fire equipment and fire hall TORRINGTON Mr Vickery moved the Torrington water and fire truck be referred to the Capital FIRE DEP'T Committee and the balance of the repair and maintenance recommendations, as CAPITAL & contained in the .1anuary 20, 1998, Public Works Superintendent report, be undertaken MAINTENANCE as soon as possible. REQUIREMENTS CARRIED Under report item #5, a Capital Committee meeting date was scheduled for Monday, CAPITAL & February 2/98 at 8 30 A.M and a Safety Committee meeting scheduled for Monday, SAFETY COMM. February 2/98 commencing at 1 00 P M MEETING DATES Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the Public Works Superintendent report. APPROVAL OF CARRIED PWS REPORT ��mEro �PuL Mr Jeffery reviewed the Secondary Highway Road Program analysis noting for budget purposes it would require $2 million per year to maintain the secondary highways in the municipality, assuming a twelve year life for pavement overlay Total secondary highway maintenance projects to the year 2007 total $5,308,325 00 Under current 75/25 cost sharing arrangements with Alberta Transportation and Utilities the M.D 's share of this budget allocation would be $500,000 00 per year Mr Vickery requested a copy of this report be placed in the 1998 Divisional Meeting file Mr Hanger moved the Secondary Highway Road Program, as presented, be adopted as the MD 's secondary highway road program for long term budgeting purposes and SH PROGRAM referred to the Finance and Budget Committees �K�cr ! - -z CARRIED 4w/,j � E� The proposed guidelines for future water projects in the municipality, prepared by the committee of Mr McCook and Councillors Hanger, Vickery and Boake, were presented to council A discussion followed on the intent of the guidelines and it was recommended PROPOSED M.D projects and projects by private parties be addressed separately GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE WATER Mr Alex Cunningham Development Officer entered the meeting time 10 00 A.M LINES JDAIIN 2 0 0 M.D. OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES January 20, 1998 Mrs Lowen moved this matter be referred back to the Committee to re -define the guidelines for M. D owned and privately owned water projects in the municipality. CARRIED A short recess was held from 1005 A.M 10 15 A.M Mr Cunningham distributed a condensed version of the M D of Kneei; ll's Municipal Emergency Plan to all present and proceeded to review same, including objec ves of the plan, municipal organization, direction and control and potential emergencies and .heir risk assessments and mutual aid agreements It was noted Mr Cunningham was the M.D s current Director of Disaster Services the M.D had no Assistant Director of Disaster Services, since Mr Paul Ehmann had left the M.D employment Mr Vickery inquired whether Mr Cunningham would be interested in remaining as the M.D 's Director of Disaster Services after his retirement in April 1998 and Mr Cunningham indicated he would be willing to do so It was also noted the M.D would require a staff member to be involved in disaster services and Mr McCook advised he was looking into this matter and would be bringing a recommendation back to Council It was agreed each Councillor review the condensed version of the M.D s Municipal Emergency Plan and refer further disaster services discussions to the next council meeting Mr Cunningham left the meeting time 10 50 A.M Mr Wagstaff moved to accept Mr Cunningham's report and table the appointment of a Deputy Director of Disaster Services CARRIED Mr Vickery moved Mr Alex Cunningham remain as the MD 's Director of Disaster Services after his retirement from the municipality and further, an honorarium be paid to Mr Cunningham for this position with the amount of the honorarium to be determined at a later date. CARRIED P4walia Al� M.D. DISASTER SERVICES & EMERGENCY PLAN DEP. DIRECTOR OF DISASTER SERVICES TABLED ,:-/'3 APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF DISASTER i SERVICES ! 4-w Mr Jeffery reviewed his January 16/98 Fire and Rescue report, noting every motor vehicle accident is responded to with a rescue and fire truck It was agreed this matter would be FIRE & RESCUE further discussed later in the day with the staff from the Fire Commissioner s office REPORT Mr Hanger moved to table agenda item #21, Unregistered Forced Road (Pt. SE 15-28 - 22-W4), pending further information. TABLED AGENDA CARRIED ITEM GAB Mr McCook left the meeting time 11 05 A.M Mr Jeffery reviewed the minutes of the January 12/98 Elected Officials meeting, noting a recreation meeting date had been scheduled for February 26/98 at the village of Carbon It was noted the Torrington Ag Society representatives, Daryl Bauer and Clint Mason should be notified of this meeting date Continuing with the review of the Elected Officials meeting minutes, Mr Jeffery noted no decisions had been made regarding the Special Constable presentation but the village of Linden had indicated they would like to utilize these services A discussion followed on the cost effectiveness of a Special Constable and the potential savings in road maintenance from enforcement of road bans Mr Jeffery noted the following dates had been scheduled at the Elected Officials meeting March 19/98 Fire Committee meeting, at the village of Linden Mr Boake and Mrs Lowen to attend Regional Water meeting February 19/98 at the M.D office commencing at 7 00 P M meeting open to whoever can attend Mr Vickery discussed the recent ASB minutes regarding the placement of a gate sign at the Angus and Marilyn Park residence in recognition of Mr Park s induction into the Alberta 4 H Hall of Fame, and recommended Council give consideration to a point cost JD/MIN PWS OUT OF MEETING ELECTED OFFICIALS MEETING REVIEW Sip L o�m „�o >�s l� SPBGq[. '4a+K. >M6rd ASB GATE SIGN RECOGNITION 3 n M.D. OF KNEEHILL No. 48 COUNCIL MINUTES January 20, 1998 sharing with the ASB for gate signs recognizing individuals who receive provincial or federal agricultural based awards such as Mr Jim Christie, who was inducted into the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame and Mr Wilf Evans who was inducted into the Canadian Hereford Hall of Fame It was agreed to further discuss this matter with other jurisdictions at the upcoming ASB Conference in Edmonton, January 27 29/98 Mr Hanger moved to table this matter until the next Council meeting CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported an invitation had been received to attend the retirement dinner for Mr Herman Epp who retired as of December 31/97 after 37 years of service with Mountain View County, the last ten as Commissioner Reeve Hoff noted he would be unable to attend due to a prior commitment and Mr Jeffery noted he would be away It was agreed Mr Vickery and his spouse, Mr Hanger and his spouse and Mrs Deak attend this function and further, Mr Vickery present Mr Epp with a plaque in recognition of his service to Mountain View County Mr Jeffery reported Mountain View County will be presenting `A Celebration of Agriculture' on March 14/98 at Olds College Alumni Centre Sponsorship tables for eight guests are available for $160 00 which includes display areas for sponsors Individual tickets for this event are available at a cost of $12 50 per person ASB GATE SIGN RECOGNITION TABLED G/e HERMAN EPP RETIREMENT PA7v1 T Aow,sE Mr Hanger moved the MD sponsor a table, in the amount of $160.00, for the CELEBRATION OF Celebration of Agriculture event on March 14198 at the Olds College Alumni Centre. AGRICULTURE CARRIED SPONSORSHIP GHCdvE lZ,� It was agreed each Councillor advise, at the next meeting whether they will be attending ? this event so that additional tickets can be ordered if necessary 1 14 Mr Jeffery reported an application had been received to amend the Land Use Bylaw designation on the SE 7 29 20 W4 from Agricultural Conservation ( "AC ") to Agriculture ("A „) Mr Wagstaff moved a date be set for Tuesday, February 10, 1998, at 130 PM for a Public Hearing to hear this application for redesignation and further, the necessary PUBLIC HEARING notices be sent to all involved parties DATE SET CARRIED 4wg Mr Tim Shearlaw Three Hills Capital newspaper, and Mr and Mrs Angus Park entered the meeting time 11 40 A.M On behalf of Council Mr Hoff welcomed Mr Shearlaw and Mr and Mrs Park to the meeting PRESENTATION Council members extended congratulations to Mr Park on receiving the prestigious To MR. PARK RE. recognition of being inducted into the Alberta 4 H Hall of Fame It was noted Mr Park has INDUCTION INTO dedicated many years to the 4 H program serving as a local leader and also on the 4 H HALL OF provincial council On behalf of the M.D , Mr Hoff presented Mr Park with a plaque and FAME on behalf of the Agricultural Service Board (ASB), Mrs Lowen, the ASB Chairperson F� presented Mr Park with a plate and inscription recognizing his achievements The meeting then recessed for lunch from 11 50 A.M 1 00 P M LUNCH RECESS Mr Shearlaw and Mr and Mrs Park were not present when the meeting continued Mr Jeffery presented the December 31/97 financial reports, including the budget comparison report bank reconciliation and net cash comparison report APPROVAL OF Mr Vickery moved approval of the financial reports, as presented FINANCIAL CARRIED REPORTS JD/ARN 4 4 v M.D OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES January 20, 1998 KNEEHILL Mrs L owen moved to refer the Kneehill Interagency Committee's request for funding to INTERAGENCY update their Community Services Directory to the Kneehill Regional FCSS Board FUNDING CARRIED REQUEST The Committee Reports were presented Mr Hanger moved to accept and file the December 11197 Kneehill Community Resource COMMITTEE Board (KCRB) minutes REPORTS CARRIED KCRB REPORT Mr Boake moved to accept and file the January 7198 Kneehill Regional FCSS minutes F,I CARRIED Mr Vickery moved Council recess in order to hold the Public Hearing scheduled for 1 30 PM CARRIED Mrs Lowen moved Council do now reconvene. CARRIED Time 1 45 P M Mr Alex Cunningham, Mr John Ruslmg and Ms Lisa Paget, all from the M.D planning department, were present when the meeting reconvened Mr Wagstaff moved first reading to Bylaw #1385, this being the bylaw to redesignate a portion of the North West Quarter of Section 6, Township 32, Range 23, West of the 4`" Meridian (Pt. N W 06- 32- 23 -W4) form Agricultural (A) District to Country Residential (CR) District CARRIED Mr Boake moved second reading to this bylaw. CARRIED Mr Hanger moved third reading he given to this bylaw at this time CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Mr Vickery moved third reading to Bylaw #1385 CARRIED Mr Cunningham Ms Paget and Mr Rusling left the meeting time 1 50 P M Mr Jeffery then reviewed the January 16/98 Fire Codes Safety Officer report noting a fire department has a duty to report to the Safety Codes Officer any fire which results in an injury, death or loss of property exceeding $1 00 in value The Safety Codes Officer (fire discipline) investigates the cause of the fire and submits a report to the Fire Commissioner's office It was noted the MD s Quality Management Plan (QMP) for fire is through the Municipal Safety Codes Inspection Agency (MSCIA) in Ft Saskatchewan Mr Keith Martin fire chief for Three Hills has been designated a Safety Codes officer through the MSCIA, Mr Lawrence Hogg, fire chief for Trochu is an accredited Safety Codes Officer but has not been designated powers by either Trochu or the M.D It was noted some confusion exists regarding the designation of Safety Codes Officers and the requirements to have these officers investigate and report on fires Mr Tom O'Gorman, Fire Adviser, AB Labour, Mr Alex Morrison, Manager of Safety Services, AB Labour and Mr Keith Martin Three Hills and District Fire Chief, entered the meeting - time 2 00 P M Mr Hoff welcomed these gentlemen to the meeting and introductions were made uz,•rn FCSS REPORT uFrFec Fnu PUBLIC HEARING BYLAW 1385 REDESIGNATION PT. Nw 6- 32 -23- W4 FIRE CODES SAFETY OFFICER 5 �J lim M D OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES January 20, 1998 Mr Jeffery briefly reviewed the M.D 's understanding of the Safety Codes Officers role and current status of same within the M.D Mr 0 Gorman noted a distinction should be made between fire suppression the role of the fire department, and the Safety Codes Officer, whose role is investigation fire reporting inspections, securing fire scenes and FIRECODES unsafe conditions A discussion followed on the process and procedures required to SAFETY OFFICER designate a Safety Codes Officer and the status of same within the municipality Mr 0 Gorman advised the M.D is accredited through MSCIA and using Keith Martin as the Safety Codes Officer, Three Hills is accredited as a stand alone and use Keith Martin Acme Linden, Trochu and Carbon are jointly accredited and also use Keith Martin as their Safety Codes Officer It was noted the M.D has its own QMP and could designate its own Safety Codes Officer without going through MSCIA Mr Vickery moved the M D designate Mr Keith Martin and Mr Lawrence Hogg as the Safety Codes Officers ire disc iphne) for the M D. and submit the necessary application forms and fees to the Safety Codes Council for these designations and further, a letter be sent to each town and village in the municipality advising of these appointments and FIRE SAFETY stating all fires in the municipality must be reported to either Safety Codes Officer for CODES OFFICER proper processing and reporting to the Fire Commissioner's Office. DESIGNATION CARRIED n� ,om'O" 4W.. Smarr i.J 7 ine rrdae�.v+ 5�.re Mr Jeffery then discussed the Torrington fire department, noting the village of Torrington had applied for and received dissolution, as at December 31/97 and effective January 1/98, was a part of the M.D A discussion followed on fire department standards and the potential liability that may result should equipment and vehicles not be up to standards Mr Vickery moved the M D request AB Labour to inspect and assess the Torrington fire department to ensure equipment and maintenance are up to standard, adequate provisions for replacement and maintenance is included in the hudget and to FIRE DEPT recommend any improvements to the overall fire operations that would enhance the INSPECTIONS equipment and facilities to provide, for the allocated budget, the most effective and T Mm�c efficient fire service and further, subject to approval by the towns and villages in the Z —C M.D., have AB Labour also inspect and assess the balance of the fire departments in the municipality. CARRIED A discussion followed on pump testing and recertification standards It was noted the request for inspection and assessment should be directed to Mr Morrison Mr 0 Gorman noted an inspection would include an inventory a list of members and training and a fire rescue inventory Also, a hydrant flow test could be conducted in the spring Mr Morrison noted he was available to assist in all the safety codes areas and requested copies of the M.D s QMP to administer the fire code be provided to Mr Martin and Mr Hogg Mr Hoff thanked Mr 0 Gorman Mr Martin and Mr Morrison for meeting with Council ELECTED and discussing and clarifying the fire discipline safety codes These gentlemen thanked OFFICIALS Council for meeting with them and left the meeting time 2 50 P M MEETING Mr Jeffery continued with the review of the January 12/98 Elected Officials meeting and the discussion continued on the need of a Special Constable for the municipality SPECIAL CONSTABLE Mr Hanger moved to table the matter of a Special Constable until May 1998 TABLED CARRIED P &lc" :: � 1 _ I- Mr Wagstaff advised the Special Places 2000 Committee had requested comments and input from Council regarding the areas designated for the Special Places 2000 Mr SPECIAL PLACES Wagstaff then displayed a map of the designated areas for the Special Places 2000 The 2000 REPORT following issues and concerns were discussed by Council JDAIIN 6 0 M D OF KNEEHILL No. 48 COUNCIL MINUTES January 20, 1998 ■ Coles cabin - not located along river banks Why has it been singled out for Special Places 2000? • Access • Facilitate the AB Trail Net through the Special Places 2000 areas • If renter is leasing crown land that is in Special Places 2000 there should be rules and regulations in place re access, etc • So many yards from the river bank should be public • Should be local people deciding on local lands designated for Special Places • How will you deal with the influx of people once area designated? Should only be foot travel through these areas • From the M.D 's perspective concerned about resource extraction loss of revenue (no more developments allowed in these designated areas) • What about gravel, coal resources in these areas? • Who is going to police these areas? • What about the impact on surrounding private land the devaluation/valuation of land values? • If land not used properly, it may become a fire hazard • How are the Special Places boundaries going to be marked for people travelling via the river? A recess was held from 3 10 P M 3 20 P M Mr Hanger was not present when the meeting continued Mr Jeffery reported the Spring 1998 AAMD &C Convention would be held on March 30 - April 1/98 at the Edmonton Inn Edmonton SPECIAL PLACES 2000 CONCERNS GOP /E6 OF !gyp ,�,t.LS I�.ac-rad AAMD &C SPRING 1998 Mr Boake moved all Councillors, the Administrator, Assistant Administrator and Public CONVENTION Works Superintendent attend this convention. Q CARRIED It was noted all Councillors except Mr Hanger would be attending this convention without their spouses It was agreed, if accommodation could not be obtained at the Edmonton Inn for the M.D convention delegates, one room at this hotel be requested for the Reeve Mr Jeffery reported the AAMD &C, in response to a resolution passed at the 1997 Fall Convention is establishing a special advisory committee with a mandate to develop a Terms of Reference for selecting a consultant to review the impacts of environmental requirements on municipal construction projects This committee will be comprised of representatives from each AAMD &C District, as well as the M.D of Clearwater, the sponsor of the resolution The AAMD &C is requesting each District to consider the issue of representation on this Committee and advise of nominations Each District, and the M.D of Clearwater is being requested to nominate one elected official and one administrative official to serve on the Committee AAMD &C Mr Wagstaff moved this matter he referred to the upcoming CAAMD& C meeting, COMMITTEE scheduled for February 20198 NOMINATIONS CARRIED REFERRED TO CAAMD & C Mr Jeffery reported Travel Alberta was requesting municipalities to complete an Alberta event organizer describing any local summer mayor events or happenings This information would be published in the Travel Alberta Spring/Summer 1998 Events Listing A request was made to ensure the town of Three Hills would be promoting the 1998 Senior TRAVEL Games in this events listing ALBERTA 1998 EVENTS LISTING Mr Jeffery continued with the Committee reports, reviewing the January 14/98 ASB minutes In response to the minutes it was noted Mr Russ Horvey is a voting member of the ASB and the M.D is in the process of GIS and if any monies for this process can be JD/MIN 7 M D OF KNEEHILL No. 48 COUNCIL MINUTES January 20, 1998 accessed through an the AESA program it should be applied for Mrs Lowen reported Mr Hanger, Mr Horvey and herself were in the process of reviewing the ASB operations It was noted the costing is now all transferred to the Public Works department and the ASB is in a strategic planning process Mrs Lowen noted she had not reviewed Ms Fortin s timesheets and was planning on spending some time with Ms Fortin It was noted Mr Jeffery and Mrs Lowen could review Ms Fortin s timesheets and salary after Mrs Lowen has spend time with Ms Fortin Mrs Lowen noted a manure management workshop was scheduled for February 25 26/98 at the Acme hall and the next ASB meeting was scheduled for February 19/98 Mr Wagstaff moved to accept and file the ASB Committee Report Mr Boake moved the meeting adjourn. Time 3 35 P M Reeve / ipal Administr or :::1 � ASB MINUTES & AG FIELDMAN REVIEW APPROVAL OF ASB REPORT ADJOURNMENT JD/MIN 8 JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT January 7 20, 1998 REPORT Balance Foi-w,i d $000 Dale Miller AB Municipal Affairs has advised on the name change from M.D of Kneelull to Kneehill County Usually the name change becomes effective when the Order in Council is signed This will probably be in February The M.D 's motion for the name change was to be effective July 1, 1998 I advised Mr Miller we had no problems with the effective date being the date of the Order in Council CORRESPONDENCE. 1 Jan 9/98 RC0030071 AB Treasury $257 00 fines distribution 2 Dec 15 & 31/97 AB Gazette 3 Jan 13/98 Golden Hills Regional Division No 15 Meeting Agenda 4 Jan 5/98 News letter from the Office of the commissioner of Services for Children. 5 4"' Quarter 1997 G.F 0 A newsletter 6 Dec 1997 Municipal World magazine 7 Fall 1997 Rural Routes magazine 8 Prosperity south newsletter 9 Dec 1997 EPIC News & Views newsletter 10 Winter 1997 Imperial Oil Review newsletter 11 Fall 1997 Local Services Review newsletter 12 Nov 1996 ULS Report newsletter 13 Jan Jun 1998 KALS course information 14 Employment Opportunity Business and Public Affairs Coordinator Parkland County 15 Employment Opportunity Assistant Engineer, City of Cranbrook 16 Employment Opportunity Superintendent of public Works City of Cranbrook 17 Employment Opportunity Chief Administrative Officer, Village of Teslm 18 Conference advertising VLTs and Electronic Gambling Issues and Impacts 19 Course advertising University of Alberta Environmental Education 20 Seminar advertising Troubleshooting Maintaining and Upgrading PC's 21 Course advertising University of Alberta Applied Sciences 22 Advertising Capital Youth Ambassador Newsletter 23 Advertising Beckford Consulting ltd 24 Advertising Volvo Trucks of Calgary 25 Jan 12/98 newspaper The Journal of Commerce 26 Dec 23 31/97 & Jan 7/98 newspaper The Olds Albertan 27 Jan 7 & 14/98 newspaper The Capital HOME OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS 1 REIMER, Randy Pole shed 2 CULLUM Dwight Barn turkeys (no increase in numbers) 3 GAUTHIER, Gordon Move in residence, addition and garage SW 34 30 25 W4 $63 00000 SW 21 31 23 W4 $58 000 00 SW 20 33 22 W4 $55,00000 Minute /jej report I 997doe 1 u Ad" UPCOMING DATES January 20 1998 January 21 1998 January 21 1998 January 23 1998 January 23 1998 Jan 27 29, 1998 February 3 1998 February 4, 1998 Feb 4 5, 1998 February 5 1998 February 9 1998 February 10, 1998 February 11 1998 February 12 1948 February 19 1998 February 19 1998 February 19, 1998 February 20, 1998 February 24 1998 February 25 & 26 1998 JD/PENDING.DOC PENDING FILES AS A T .1anuary 20 1998 Kneehill Regional FCSS meeting M.D office 7.00 P M. Environmental Resource Committee (ERC) Callaghan's Inn, Brooks, AB 9:30 A.M. 3 30 P M. Kneehill Ambulance meeting M.D office 7.00 P M. Deadline for Community Lottery Board applications MLA Richard Marz at M.D office 9.00 A.M 12:00 Noon Provincial ASB Conference Mayfield Inn Edmonton AB Community Lottery Board M.D office 7.30 P.M Community Lottery Board (if required) M.D office 7.30 P M. ASB Agrifuture Red Deer Executive Committee M.D office 9:00 A.M 1998 Division 6 & 7 meeting Huxley Hall 7.00 P M Council Meeting M.D office 8.30 A.M. 1998 Division 4 & 5 meeting M.D office 7.00 P M. 1998 Division 12 & 3 meeting Carbon Community Centre 7.00 P M. Executive Committee M.D office 9:00 A.M. KCRB meeting M.D office 7.00 P M. Regional Water meeting M.D office 7.00 P M. CAAMD &C Zone meeting Three Hills Community Centre Council meeting M.D office 8:30 A.M. Manure Management Workshop Acme Memorial Hall I ,f TRANSPOR TA TION AND UTILITIES REPOR T January 20, 1998 1 Mr Allan Winther came into the office on January 15/98 to talk over the agreement letter he had received from the M D of Kneehill Mr Winther is receptive to taking the water he can handle for his cattle operations, but is concerned with the excess water that can occur He figures a dugout or some sort of storage area for the excess water should be cost shared or a deal made to this effect, because this really is not his water problem He had concerns about permits, etc for the dug out and water that SAP would be entering onto his land I told him I would bring this up in Council and Mr 177"W-le- Wagstaff would be getting in touch with him to discuss further concerns and how Council will be addressing them 2 On January 19/98 I met with Mr Garnie Bauer at the Torrington fire station to address building maintenance The two big doors on the east end of the building need to be reset and weather stripped The little walk in door on the north side needs new weather stripping The big overhead door on the north wall should be taken out and re bricked solid All of the overhead heaters should be re done or taken out and a big one put in The sliding door to the furnace and hot water tank needs to be replaced Also I feel a bigger water line into the fire hall side should be installed in the spring It I now an ordinary '/2" tap size and should be 3" so these guys can fill their trucks I had a look at their fire trucks and they re something to be proud of The majority of fire calls are stubble fires or grassfires out in the country I feel we should look at getting rid of the old truck and replacing their old water truck with a tank truck like T 39 and then they are set to fight out in the country 3 The gravel crew is stockpiling at Marshman's now The last time I talked to the insurance adjusters about the truck that flipped over it was too close to call so I'm waiting to see if we fix it or not 4 The graders are plowing now and cutting grass in some areas and blading roads on others We had the graders and gravel trucks down for a couple of days in the real cold weather Would like to set up a Capital Committee meeting and a Safety Committee meeting of before month's end if possible m „O°>E_ Lonnie D jd/pwsreport.doc blic Works Superintendent k