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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-02-10 Council Minutesa L_ J U M D OF KNEEHILL #48 AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING February 10, 1998 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes 3 J C Jeffery Report 4 Executive Committee Report 5 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS. 8:30 A.M. Patti Dundas Kneehill Regional FCSS Director 9.00 A.M. Lonnie D McCook Public Works Superintendent 10:00 A.M Phyllis Wilson see agenda item # 7 1 30 P M Public Hearing see agenda item # 18 TABLED ITEMS. 6 Administration Report GENERAL ITEMS. 7 Wildrose Economic Development Corporation 8 Letter from Trochu & District Community Hall Development Committee 9 Torrington Bylaws 10 Fire Department Budgets 11 Market Value Assessment 12 Bleriot Ferry Provincial Recreation Area TRANSPORTATION ITEMS. 13 Public Works Superintendent Report 14 Feb 2/98 Capital Committee Report 15 Feb 2/98 Safety Committee Report 16 Letter to Hon Walter Paszkowski re SH 806 PLANNING TEMS. 17 Set Public Hearing Date re Land Use Bylaw and Municipal Plan Amendments re Torrington 18 Public Hearing Redesignation Pt S.E. 7 29 20 W4 COMMITTEE REPORTS. 19 Committee Reports Kneehill Regional FCSS Community Lottery Board Kneehill Ambulance LATE ITEMS. 20 A.S.B Manure Management Course 21 Newspaper subscription 22 Letter from Golden Hills Regional Div #15 re. SH 806 23 Letter from Three Hills & District Arts Festival 24 Letter from AB Transportation re Rural Transportation Grant 25 Invitation from Trochu Dance Troupe 1 A C. M.D. OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES February 10, 1998 A regular meeting of council was held in the M.D of Kneehill office, 232 Main Street Three Hills, Alberta, on Tuesday, February 10 1998 commencing at 8 30 A.M The following were present for the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff Councillors Marylea Lowen Robert E Boake Marjorie D Vetter James M Hanger Richard M Vickery M Glen Wagstaff Division Two Division One Division Three Division Four Division Five Division Six Division Seven Jennifer Deak, Assistant Administrator, was also present and recorded the minutes Mrs Patti Dundas Kneehill Regional FCSS Director, entered the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 35 A.M PRESENT FCSS DIECTOR INTO MEETING CALL TO ORDER A request was made to add to agenda item #19, Committee Reports the February 9/98 ADDITIONS TO Division 6 & 7 Divisional Meeting Report AGENDA Mr Vickery moved approval of the agenda ivith the addition of the above noted item. APPROVAL OF CARRIED AGENDA On behalf of Council Mr Hoffwelcomed Mrs Dundas and introduced her to those present Mrs. Dundas thanked council for the opportunity to meet with them and proceeded to discuss the Kneehill Regional FCSS program and the FCSS funding criteria Mrs Dundas distributed an information sheet outlining the FCSS funding requirements and providing REGIONAL FCSS examples of program eligibility Mrs Dundas reported there is approximately $231 000.00 UPDATE of provincial and local government FCSS funding for the region and advised the Kneehill G FCSS board had indicated financial support for the Kneehill Community Resource Board program and the Seniors Outreach program with other funding priorities to be given to regional programs Mrs Dundas noted she had attended some of the towns and villages council meetings to introduce herself and discuss the FCSS program and had received very positive responses from the various councils Mr Hoff thanked Mrs Dundas for meeting with council and discussing the Kneehill Regional FCSS program Mrs Dundas thanked council for the opportunity to discuss the program and left the meeting - time 8 45 A.M Mr Jeffery's report was presented APPROVAL OF JCJ Mr Boake moved approval of this report, as presenters REPORT CARRIED Mrs Deak reported eight registrations had been received for the Manure Management workshop, scheduled for February 25 & 26/98 at the Acme Community Hall and presented by Land Wise Inc An optimum number of participants for the two day workshop is MANURE between eight and fifteen people The registration fee of $53 50 includes lunch, the M.D MANAGEMENT would pay for coffee, muffins and hall rental costs, estimated at $145 00 Mr Russ Horvey wORKSHOP has indicated he could chair this workshop It was agreed to proceed with this workshop and mention same at the Divisional meetings The Executive Committee report was reviewed EXEC COMM REPORT Mr McCook, Public Works Superintendent, entered the meeting time 9 00 A.M Under Executive Committee Report #20 (January 21/98 Letter from Diversified Animal JDIMIN L N E • M D OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES February 10, 1998 Management Ltd.), it was agreed to have Mr Rusling contact the company to obtain more DIVERSIFIED information regarding their location search for an alternate livestock abattoir and processor ANIMAL MAGMT facility Mrs Lori Wildeman briefly entered the meeting (time 9.05 A.M.) and informed Council Mrs Phyllis Wilson had telephoned to advise she would be unable to meet with Council to- WREDC day as scheduled, due to illness Mrs Wildeman then left the meeting time 9.05 A.M It APPOINTMENT RE was agreed to try to re schedule the appointment with Mrs Wilson for the next Council SCHEDULED meeting. a oS�+ 'z P Council then discussed with Mr McCook the contract grader requirements and contract renewal of same, as reported under Executive Committee report item #1 It was agreed to DIV 1 & 5 report at the Divisional meetings, the contract graders were under review and no decisions GRADER regarding contract renewal had yet been made CONTRACT A discussion followed on the gravel requirements for the municipality Mr McCook reported 25 000 yards of gravel had been purchased from the Bauer Brothers and the gravel GRAVEL crew is currently stockpiling this gravel at the Wimborne and 21 & 27 stockpile sites REOUIREMEN. Mr Hanger moved approval of the Executive Committee Report. APPROVAL OF CARRIED EXEC COMM REPORT Mr rickery moved approval of the accounts presented for payment to -day, subject to revieiv by the Finance Committee of Councillors Hoff, Vickery, Wagstaff and Lowen. APPROVAL OF CARRIED ACCOUNTS The Public Works Superintendent report was presented PWS REPORT Under report item #3 regarding the gravel trailer write off by the insurance company, a request was made to look into the option, if available, of insuring equipment at depreciated GRAVEL TRAILER cost (market value) rather than original purchase price INSURANCE W/O Mr Vickery moved approval of the Public Works Superintendent report. APPROVALOF CARRIED PWS REPORT 7GJ /Y1r�ra y Qe2iS Mr McCook reviewed the February 2/98 Capital Committee report Under report recommendation #2 it was reported a price of $5 950 00 plus GST had been quoted for a 24' frost bucket Under report recommendation #3 Mr McCook noted the road crew shack is an old one (1964/65) and can no longer be certified The Capital Committee would be looking into a good used 45 ft one that is certified Under report recommendation #5, it was noted it is a 1995 Champion grader in Division 6 CAPITAL COMM. Under report recommendation #7 it was noted the gravel crew needs to get its fleet back up REPORT to five trucks Under report recommendation #I I it was noted the cell phones are for Miles Maerz Ian Martens and Henry Wiens Under report recommendation #12 & 13, it was reported the quote for the computer requirements (3 computers and two printers) is $10,588 00 plus GST Under report recommendation #14 it was noted prices will be obtained for fixing the old five bay grader shed (doors, insulation, etc.) in addition to obtaining prices for a new five bay storage building Mr Boake moved approval of the February 2198 Capital Committee report including APPROVAL OF approval to purchase the frost bucket and computer requirements, as per the Capital CAPITAL COMM Committee recommendations REPORT & CARRIED CAPITAL PURCHASES The February 2/98 Safety Meeting report was reviewed BAs JD/MIN 2 01 C01 • s M D OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES February 10, 1998 Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the February 2198 Safety Meeting minutes, as presented CARRIED The January 29/98 draft letter, for discussion purposes only to the Hon Walter Paszkowski Minister of Transportation regarding the comments by the local MLA, in the local newspaper, concerning the SH 806 road project (north of Linden to SH 583) was reviewed A discussion followed on the provincial governments Secondary Highway Partnership Program, the M.D s reserves and the need to allocate same allocations for future replacements and needs Mr Vickery requested agenda item #22 Letter from Golden Hills Regional Div #15 re SH 806, be discussed at this time Mrs Deak reported the school division has requested, based on the need for safety for the loading/unloading and transportation of school students along this road, the M.D delay the planned pavement overlay for the SH 806 project (north of Linden to SH 583 6 miles) until 1999 in order to facilitate widening this section of road from 8 5 metres to 10 0 metres The school board notes it is making this request in the interest of bus safety only, as there are currently four pick up /drop offs on this stretch of road, and it is felt the extra width is required Mr Vickery advised Council Mr Ken MacLean transportation supervisor for the school division had dropped off a school route map for the SH806 and between Linden and SH 583 According to Mr MacLean, there is one student pick up location on the west side of the road two pick up locations accessed by a service road off SH 806, and a fourth pick up from a residence, on SH 806, but accessed from the driveway south of the yard onto the light coat surface road It was noted the costs for the extra road width (10 metres) on the SH 806 six mile road project would be approximately $800,000 00 and this cost would have to be borne entirely by the M.D as the provincial government would not cost share the widening of this portion of road It was further noted the M.D had already postponed this road project one year in its attempts to obtain approval under the Secondary Highway Partnership Program for the extra road width and cost sharing of same, the road would probably not last for another one year delay Mr Vickery moved to table, and address after the Divisional Meetings, the January 29198 draft letter, for discussion purposes only, to the Hon. Walter Paszkowskc regarding the six mile SH 806 road project from north of Linden to SH583 CARRIED It was agreed to re address agenda item #22 letter from Golden Hills Regional Div #15 later in the meeting Mrs Deak reported the proposal for the operating of the Bleriot Ferry Provincial Recreation Area had been received and reviewed by Mr McCook. McCook then reported on same, noting the restrictions on the facility operations imposed by the provincial government A discussion followed on the location of the park the requirements to keep the park maintained and the restrictions placed by the province on the park s operations Mr McCook recommended the M.D not pursue this proposal. Mrs Deak advised Mr Ray Romanetz, manager, town of Drumheller, had advised the town s Chamber of Commerce was interested in keeping the campground open to facilitate the tourists to the Drumheller valley region Mrs. Lowen moved the M D decline to submit a proposal for the operations of the Bleriot Ferry Provincial Recreation Area and further refer this matter to the town of Drumheller CARRIED A recess was held from 10 30 A.M 10 50 A.M APPROVAL OF SAFETY MINUTES LETTER TO HON PASZKOWSKI RE SH 806 SCHOOL DIV LETTER RE SH 806 p 0f104'rxz LETTER TO HON. PASZKOWSKI RE 806 TABLED &/6. BLERIOT FERRY PROV. RECREATION AREA PROPOSAL L£ »"5zr Mr McCook reported he had spoken with Mr Jim MacLean, Walax Industries, the GRADER Champion grader dealer, and negotiated an offer to trade the Division 2 grader (1995 REQUIRFi ws JD/MIN 3 �J 0 is • M.D. OF KNEEHILL No. 48 COUNCIL MINUTES February 10, 1998 Champion) for a 1998 Champion grader for a net trade of $46,000 00 plus GST The proposal includes a five year, 7500 hour warranty the V plow and scarifier are also included in the deal along with a no charge for travel time on warranty work A discussion followed on the Capital Committee grader recommendation to purchase a Cat grader for Division 6 was discussed along with the Champion grader proposal Mr McCook noted the price for the Cat grader was $268,691 00 plus GST It was further noted delivery would take approximately two months for each grader APPROVAL TO Mr Wagstaff moved approval to purchase a new Cat 160H grader for Division 6 and PURCHASE approval to trade the Division 2 Champion grader for a 1998 Champion 740A grader for GRADERS FOR a total net cost not to exceed $320, 000.00 plus GST Dry 2 & 6 CARRIED �e-7'1 »,��"o - '�`Iy Mr McCook left the meeting time 10 55 A.M Mr Vickery moved Council go "in camera. " CARRIED Mrs Deak left the meeting time 10 55 A.M. IN CAMERA Mrs Deak re- entered the meeting time 11 30 A.M Mr Boake moved Council go "out of camera. " CARRIED APPROVAL FOR Mr Hanger moved the Administrator's base salary be increased $S, 000 00 retroactive to ADMINISTRATOR January] 1998 SALARY CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY INCREASE Mrs Deak reported a letter had been received from Mr Brian Diack Trochu and District Community Hall Development Committee (a sub committee of the Trochu Agricultural Society) regarding the proposed construction of a new community hall in Trochu The letter has requested the M.D provide the use of equipment required for site preparation supply screenings and /or gravel, and any donation in kind, monetary or otherwise Mr Wagstaff reported he had been contacted to attend a meeting on Thursday evening (February 12/98) and Council agreed he attend same Mr Vickery reported he had received in his mail a notice for a meeting on February 25/98 to discuss the future of the Trochu curling club A discussion followed on various options to accommodate these facilities and possibly tie same into the school expansion and other community needs including a new fire hall It was noted the original Trochu Community Hall was built in TROCHU 1946/47 with the addition constructed in 1967 A discussion followed on the options of COMMUNITY renovating versus a constructing a new facility HALL DEVELOPMENT Mr Wagstaff moved to table this matter until the next meeting COMM. TABLED CARRIED alz The meeting recessed for lunch from 11 45 A.M until 1 05 P M LUNCH RECESS Mrs Deak reported Mr Jeffery had reviewed the bylaws of the former village of Torrington Mr Boake moved first reading to Bylaw #1386, this being the bylaw to repeal certain bylaws of the former village of Torrington. CARRIED BYLAW #1386 TO REPEAL Mr Hanger moved second reading to this bylaw TORRINGTON CARRIED BYLAWS JD/MIN 4 N E, op M.D. OF KNEEHILL No. 48 COUNCIL MINUTES February 10, 1998 Mrs Vetter moved third reading be given to this bylaw at this time. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Mrs. Lowen moved third reading to Bylaw #1386 Mr Wagstaff moved to table agenda item #10, fire department budgets. CARRIED FIRE DEP'T BUDGET TABLED D�B Mrs Deak reported the Executive Committee had referred a January 30/98 letter from the AAMD &C, regarding market value assessment to Council The letter requests comments on the impacts of market value assessment on agricultural property A discussion followed and the following comments were noted market value assessment fluctuates need an assessment that is fair and equitable to the economy; in the rural areas, where there are agriculturally based economies if the assessment is based on market value food production costs could not fluctuate to meet the changing market value assessments and still compete in world markets municipalities that are not agriculturally based and surround urban centres could better adapt to a market value assessment, currently, assessment is a consistent factor, based on standardized factors, a market value driven assessment would not provide a AAMD &C standardized base for assessment consistency would be lost REQUEST RE. MARKET VALUE Mr rickery moved the M.D. respond to this issue and send a letter to the AAMD&C ASSESSMENT reflecting the above noted comments Z&7y'V-' &VON�) CARRIED F``-` Mrs Deak reported Alberta Transportation and Utilities has advised the final payment of the M.D 's 1997/98 Rural Transportation Grant in the amount of $187 188 00 is currently AT &U RURAL being processed TRANS. GRANT Mrs Lowen moved to accept and file. CARRIED Mrs Deak reported an invitation had been received from the Trochu Dance Troupe to attend an appreciation night on February 12/98 at the Trochu Valley School gym The appreciation night is to thank all parties that sponsored the troupe in the opening ceremonies TROCHU DANCE at the Alberta Winter Games It was noted the appreciation night is scheduled on the same TROUPE evening as the Divisional Meeting for Divisions 1, 2 and 3 INVITATION Mr Boake moved to accept and file. CARRIED Mrs Deak reported a letter, dated February 6/98, had been received from the Three Hills & District Arts Festival requesting financial support, in the amount of $500 00, from the M.D REQUEST FROM for this Arts Festival THREE HILLS ARTS FESTIVAL Mrs. Vetter moved this request be submitted for consideration to the Community Lottery REFERRED TO Board LOTTERY BOARD CARRIED z"6` >6H6, Mr Hoff advised Council he had to attend a funeral and left the meting time 1 25 P M HOFF OUT OF Mr Vickery took over as Chairperson of the meeting MEETING Mrs Deak reported the M.D s planning department has requested a Public Hearing be held to discuss the proposed amendments to the M.D s Land Use Bylaw and Municipal Development Plan to address the new hamlet of Torrington PUBLIC HEARING Mr Wagstaff moved a date be set for Tuesday, March 10, 1998, at 130 P M for a DATE SET Public Hearing to hear this application and the necessary notices be sent to all involved pLEK 4014CM G4 MIMIN 5 N N 0 0 parties. M.D. OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES February 10, 1998 CARRIED Mr Hanger moved Council recess in order to hold the Public Hearing scheduled for 1 30 PM CARRIED Mrs Lowen moved Council do now reconvene. " I 1 Time 1 50 P M Mrs Deak reported the M.D 's subscription contract renewal, with Capital Printers Ltd., has been received Mr Tim Shearlaw, President of Capital Printers, has advised, due to substantial increased in postage and printing costs since the contract was last negotiated, the single unit subscription price has increased from $2 00 to $4 00 for Canadian subscribers US subscriptions are now $120 per week, it is now necessary to reinstate the advertising portion of the contract which has been waived since 1992 and due to future postage increases, the contract can only offered for renewal at these rates for a year term The total renewal for the contract is $11,796 64 It was noted the last contract, for a three year term, was a total of $12 910 62 A discussion followed on having a user pay newspaper subscription It was noted the subscription rate to the Capital newspaper is currently $16 05 per year for delivery within a forty mile radius and $23 54 for subscriptions outside this radial distance RECESS FOR PUBLIC HEARING NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL Mr Boake moved the M D obtain prices from other local newspapers for providing this subscription service and also obtain prices for only publishing the M.D.'s minutes and notices, without paying subscriptions for M D ratepayers CARRIED It was agreed to obtain prices from the following local newspapers Capital Printers Olds (two newspapers), Five Village Weekly, Red Deer Advocate, Drumheller Mail and the Innisfail newspaper The letter received from the Golden Hills Regional Division #15, regarding SH 806, and --3 h?��tv9ES discussed earlier in the meeting was re discussed Mr Hanger moved a letter be sent to the Golden Hills Regional Division #15, advising them of the SH 806 road project (from north of Linden to SH 583 - 6 miles) situation, noting the M D is fulfilling its commitment under the Secondary Highway Partnership Program and advising it is the province that sets the criteria for the road projects under this program. Further, advise the school division on the actual number of pick ups /drop offs on this section of road and inquire whether the school division is willing to fund the costs for the extra road width for this road project CARRIED Mrs Deak reported Ms Dawn Fortin had requested a letter of reference It was unanimously agreed not to provide a letter of reference to Ms Fortin Mr Hanger discussed the situation with the Agricultural Service Board (ASB) noting the process the ASB went through in hiring the former Ag Fieldman, Ms Dawn Fortin Mr Hanger noted no one knew Ms Fortin she relocated to the area to take on the Ag Fieldman position Mr Hanger suggested Mr Bruce Sommerville, an applicant for this position, be considered for Ag Fieldman Mr Hanger further noted Mr Sommerville was part of the M.D 's ASB previously was an aggressive person, did lack formal education but had extensive practical experience is a local person who knows the people and area of the municipality Mr Hanger noted spring is approaching, an Ag Fieldman is required, Councillors will be too busy with seeding to go through the hiring and interview process again Mr Hanger recommended Mr Sommerville be approached and given the JDMIN RESPONSE TO SH 806 FORTIN LETTER D6'REFERNECE REQUEST F� ASB DISCUSSION AG FIELDMAN REPLACEMENT Na r 0 M D OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES February 10, 1998 opportunity for the Ag Fieldman position Mr Hanger further noted it was his understanding Mr Sommerville was currently seeking alternate employment Mr Wagstaff inquired whether Mr Sommerville had his certificate for spraying Mr Hanger noted he did have one and would have to check if it was still valid Mr Hanger reported he had asked Mr McCook about working with Mr Sommerville and Mr McCook had noted he had no problems in this area Mrs Deak left the meeting briefly and returned with the employee records for Mr Thomas a former Ag Fieldman and Mr Sommerville a former Assistant Ag Fieldman Mrs Deak reported Mr Sommerville worked for the M.D, as a temporary employee from 1989 until 1994 and was earning $13 21 /hr ($28 239 60) at his time of departure, Mr Thomas was earning $19 28 /hr ($40 503 08 /year) at his time of departure last year Ms Fortin was hired last year at the starting salary of $32,000 00 A discussion followed on the salary for the Ag Fieldman and it was agreed should Mr Sommerville accept the position a salary of $35 000 00 be offered Mr Hanger briefly left the meeting to telephone Mr Sommerville 2.25 P M., returned at 2 30 P M and reported Mr Sommerville would meet with Council at 3 00 P M to day Mrs Deak inquired how many additional tickets would be needed for the Celebration of Agriculture event on March 14/98 at the Olds Alumni Centre The M.D has approved the sponsorship of a table (eight tickets) Mrs Lowen, Mrs Vetter and Mr Hanger all indicated they and their spouses would be attending this event Mr Boake and Mr Vickery indicated they and their spouses would tentatively be attending this event and would confirm same at a later date It was noted Mr Hoff should be contacted about attending this event ASB DISCUSSION AG FIELDMAN REPLACEMENT CELEBRATION OF AGRICULTURE TICKETS Mr Boake moved approval of the .January 20198 council meeting minutes and the APPROVAL OF February 6/98 special council meeting minutes, as presenters MINUTES CARRIED The following committee reports were presented Jan 7/98 Regional FCSS Minutes Feb 3/98 Lottery Nominating Committee meeting Feb 2/98 Kneehill Ambulance meeting and Feb 4/98 follow up letter re radio system COMMITTEE Kneehill Housing Authority meeting highlights presented by Mrs Vetter REPORTS Mr Vickery reported the Division 6 & 7 Divisional meeting was held on Monday evening (February 9/98) A total of 24 ratepayers attended along with all councillors no real issues or concerns, no support for special constable Mr Bruce Sommerville entered the meeting time 3 00 P M. SOMMERVILLE INTO MEETING Mr Vickery welcomed Mr Sommerville to the meeting and thanked him for meeting with Council Mr Vickery advised Mr Sommerville the Ag Fieldman position for the M.D had become vacant and inquired whether Mr Sommerville would be interested in taking this position Mr Sommerville indicated he was interested he did not know how long his current position with the P &H feed mill would last, he was looking for 10 15 years of work Mr Vickery noted this would be a full time position with a probationary period of six months An inquiry was made whether Mr Sommerville had his applicator's licence and AG FIELDMAN Mr Sommerville indicated he did hold a valid licence these licenses are renewable every POSITION OFFER five years A discussion followed on the time period Mr Sommerville would require to TO MR. provide sufficient notice to his current employer Mr Sommerville noted he wanted to deal SOMMERVILLE fairly with his present employer and provide sufficient notice whether it be two three weeks or a month Mr Sommerville inquired about required computer skills for the position, noting he did possess basic skills. Council advised Mr Russ Horvey and AB Agriculture put out the agricultural newsletter and the Ag Fieldman s role in this process is to submit an article to AB Agriculture. Mr Vickery noted Council felt Mr Sommerville possessed good commonsense qualifications and had a good perception of the job requirements Mr Vickery inquired whether Mr Sommerville was satisfied with the salary offer and he replied he was as long as there was room for improvement Council indicated there was room for improvement Mr Sommerville inquired about benefits and Mrs Deak explained, as a full time permanent employee he would be required to participate in the Local Authorities JD/MIN 7 N 0 • M D OF KNEEHILL No 48 COUNCIL MINUTES February 10, 1998 Pension Plan and group health plan In response to an inquiry Mr Sommerville advised he had been employed by the P &H since November 1996 Mr Sommerville noted he had already arranged a week of holidays for August and inquired if it would be possible should he accept the position, to still take this week off work Council indicated it would not be a problem Mrs Deak noted the ASB had changed since Mr Sommerville worked in the department, the ASB was undergoing strategic planning and was in the process of setting and formulating new directions Council requested Mr Sommerville be provided with a copy of the programs requested for funding under the AESA program Mr Vickery thanked Mr Sommerville for meeting with them Mr Sommerville indicated he would discuss Council s proposal with his spouse, Darlene, and advise of his decision the following day Mr Vickery indicated Mr Sommerville could relay his decision to Mrs Deak Mrs Deak left the meeting to photocopy the documents for Mr Sommerville - time 3 10 PM Mr Sommerville left the meeting time 3 10 P M Mr Hanger moved the meeting adjourn Time 3 15 P M Reeve JD/MIN Muni al Admimstra AG FIELDMAN OFFER TO MR SOMMERVILLE ADJOURNMENT 8 N N C JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT January 21 - February 10, 1998 REPORT. Balance Forward $000 1 John Rusling has requested approval for Lisa Paget to attend the MPC and Public Hearing at Mountain View County on Feb 18/98 to further her experience and training in the development permit area The M.D has processed several subdivisions but only processed 11 development permits since last November Jen has approved Lisa attending Mountain View on Feb 18/97 as the experience will assist her with her job 2 Jan 21/98 Gave 4 maps to Lawrence Hogg for Trochu Fire Dep't $4280 3 Jan 26/98 Gave 4 maps to Kneehill Ambulance $4280 BALANCE $8560 CORRESPONDENCE. 1 Jan 16/98 RC0030101 - AB Treasury $46,237 00 FCSS Grant 2 Dec 31/97 AB Gazette 3 Jan 17/98 Alex Cunningham received telephone call from John Taylor advising to move his garbage to the front of his residence for pick up would be a hardship, an extra walk of 30 40 feet wind would blow can down the street dogs would get into it need to keep alley clear for garbage use 4 Jan 5/98 Letter and Newsletter from AB Office of the Commissioner for Children with overview of the redesign of children's services 5 Jan 20/98 Letter from CLGM re Mentoring Program 6 Letter from AB Community Development re Community Lottery Board facilitation. 7 Jan 17/98 Information from CLGM re available funding towards Local government Leadership Program at the Banff Centre 8 Employment Opportunity - Municipal Secretary Treasurer town of High Level 9 Employment Opportunity Senior Supervisor Lifeguard Instructor town of Innisfail 10 Employment Opportunity Director of utilities and Environmental Services Leduc County 11 Employment Opportunity Superintendent of Public Works Leduc County 12 Feb /98 AB Community Development Community Focus newsletter 13 Jan 12/98 Canadian Firearms Bulletin #12 14 Municipal Safety News newsletter and course information 15 Dec /97 Alberta planning Exchange newsletter 16 Winter 1998 Lifelines newsletter 17 Travel Alberta Events Organizer 18 Dec /97 Connexion newsletter 19 Dec /97 Epic News & Views newsletter 20 Jan/98 Brownlee Fryett Municipal Law Bulletin. 21 AgCall Human Resources Recruiting Update 22 Wildrose Foundation Year in Review 1996 -97 23 Jan/98 Risk Spective newsletter 24 Jan/98 AUMA Urban perspective newsletter 25 Winter 1997 Access West newsletter 26 Seminar advertising Interpersonal Communication Skills 27 Seminar advertising - VLTs and Electronic Gambling Issues and Impacts 28 Seminar advertising Management Skills for the New and Prospective Manager 29 Conference advertising Opportunities in the New Electricity Marketplace 30 Seminar Advertising Effective Construction Contract and Field Administration 31 Seminar advertising - Interpersonal Communication Skills 32 Seminar advertising Centrifugal Pumps 33 Course advertising University of Alberta. 34 Conference advertising Composting Integrated Waste Management 35 Conference 98 Course advertising 1998 Banff Management Course 36 Course advertising Environment Business 1998 in Edmonton 37 Course advertising - Administrative Assistants & Executive Secretaries Muwtc /j cjrcport 1997doc U CIwl • JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT January 21 February 10, 1998 38 Course advertising Dalhousie University 39 Course advertising DeVry 40 Course advertising Geoengmeermg A Focus on Government 41 Advertising Microsoft Windows 42 Advertising Office Depot Advertising Foothills International Trucks Ltd 43 Advertising Fort Garry 44 Advertising - Business Week 45 Advertising - Fantasyland hotel 46 Advertising Newslink Network 47 Advertising Directory of Canadian Municipalities 48 Advertising Western Chev Olds 49 Advertising Bridge Brand 50 Advertising -Food Cellar 51 Dec /97 Capital youth Ambassador Newsletter 52 Advertising Calgary Stampede 53 Jan 14/97 newspaper The Olds Albertan 54 Jan 21 & 28/98 newspaper The Capital HOME OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS. Nil M inute /j cj report 1997doc 2 Se�P,a oP in „"I” TRANSPORTATIONAND UTILITIES REPORT February 10`x`, 1998 r 1 The graders are shut down for a while until we get snow or it turns warmer where we `r can blade roads The boys are either using up holidays, working on bridges or working on a bit of brushing 2 The gravel crew is working on hauling out of the Bauer Pit stockpiling at 21 & 27 and Wimborne d 3 The insurance company wrote off the gravel trailer The pay out will be $17,000 00 !? less the $1 000 00 deductible for a total of $16 000 00 4 We have proceeded to fix up T 58 and get it back on the road as quickly as possible 5 Feb 2/98 we had a capital Meeting in the morning and a Safety Meeting in the ti afternoon M 4 6 I m still getting information on most of the equipment and capital items ., Lonnie D McCook, Public Works Superintendent jd/pwsreport98.doc i Se�P,a oP in „"I”