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Home My WebLink About1998-04-23 Council MinutesEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - April 23 1998 The Executive Committee of Otto Hoff Richard April 23 1998, at the Kneehill County office in John C Jeffery Administrator and Mr Lonnie were present Ms Vickery and Three Hills, D McCook Marj Vetter met on Thursday, commencing at 8 55 A.M Mr Public Works Superintendent Brosseau was also present and recorded the minutes The following items were reviewed 1_ April 3, 1998 letter from MSCIA regarding request from Central Alberta REA Ltd to the Municipal Safety Codes Commission The REA wishes to do their own compliance monitoring on the lines that are within Kneehill County The Commission approved the REA's request on March 20 1998 Approval is limited to the inspection of the REA lines within the County and does not extend to service connections or other electrical installations Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. 2. April 3, 1998 letter from the Village of Linden declining Recycling Grant � psof Linden does not have a recycling program and therefore requests their portion of the grant be distributed among the neighbouring communities for their recycling programs Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. F�- 3. Media Release earlier this month from Drumheller & District Solid Waste re ardm a load of scrap metal showing very low radiation levels Landfill was closed due to the detection of radiation Staff was screened by health authorities landfill was reopened at 3 00 p m the same day and the area suspected was closed off Industry specialists will determine if the source is naturally occurring or resulted from improper disposal of commercial radioactive wastes Naturally occurring radiation is handled by the Province and refined radioactive materials are controlled by the Federal Government Results will be known shortly Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. 4 Mr. McCook reported that Mm Christie had called regardmg an accident mvolvm2 two of her children on Tuesday E_vecutine Committee recommends to accept and file. 5. Request to have Kneehill County perform regular servicing on Three Hills Seed Cleanmg Plant vehicles Executwe Committee recommends the Shop do the regular servicing of the .Seed Cleaning Plant's vehicles at a shop rate of $50.00 per hour on a non priority basis Mr McCook left the meeting Time 9 10 a.m Mr Onos entered the meeting Time 9 15 a.m 6 meeting on May 11, 1998 at 9.30 a m in Kneehill County's meeting room F� �rlv� a Pc1s Executive Committee recommends Mrs Lo>ven and Mr Hoff represent the County at this meeting 7 Blue Cross allowable mileage rate increase of 3% �� S nF %i%pk7TEd E.vecutwe Committee recommends Kneehill Ambulance mileage rate for Blue Cross rates be increase by 3% from $2 08 per km to $2 14 per km and that this increase be documented in Kneehill County's report to the Kneehill Ambulance Board JD /Minute /EC980423. doe az -;9U,/ NASN Page 1 a 0 i EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - April 23 1998 8. Memorandum of AL3,reement between Health Authority 5 and Kneehill Ambulance Service Three Hills for the transfer of in atients and emergency atients Mr Jeffery reviewed the agreement -11 Executive Committee recommends changes to the agreement he made as follows Background - require clarification on "For transfers that may be the responsibility of a third party, Kneehill Ambulance Service must invoice all other sources for payment, ie. Blue Cross, secondary ambulance companies, auto insurance, W C.B., etc After all other sources of payment have been thoroughly exhausted, then Kneehill Ambulance Service may invoice Health Authority S " Process Item 1 - add "Advanced Life Support could possibly be available in the fall of 1999 " Item 5 1 - change to read "Pre - booked patients, will respond at the time requested when more than four hours of notice are given, unless all units have responded to other emergencies " Item 8 - add "A transfer vehicle will he available, in addition to the ambulances, at a rate of $.70 per km and waiting time of $30 00 per hour for the driver /attendant " Item 9 - change to read "In order for the Health Authority S Medical Advisory Committee to monitor facility transfers, the Kneehill Ambulance Service will provide the Medical Advisory Committee physician designate ivitlr a copy of the Patient Care Report with the understanding that this report will not be further released without the approval of Kneehill Ambulance Service. " Further to the matter of using the Explorer to do non - emergency transfers at a lower rate, Executive Committee recommends Mr Onos check with other services regarding this type of transfer and then to draft up a policy to bring hack to Council �Nd >Es 9. Reports from Mr. Onos, Oneratlons Director for Kneehill Ambulance Service Executive Committee recommends Mr Onos prepare the above report for Council to review at their regular meetings and that these reports be included in the County's 14 report to the Kneehill Ambulance Board s�p.Gmf /y9,,,�d9Es 10 Kneehill Ambulance, Linden and Acme Fire emergency number (546 3777) "911" is requesting a list of all the emergency numbers for their dispatchers Kneehill Ambulance Linden and Acme Fire departments currently have the same number which is creating a problem Kneehill Ambulance would like to keep the number for approximately a year because some people may still call that number in an emergency situation They would like to monitor the calls for a year Acme and Linden Fire Departments also wish to keep this number Executive Committee recommends Kneehill Ambulance keep this number since they gets at least five times the calls the fire departments gets and their calls are, as a rule, more life threatening, however if the fire departments are umvilling to change, the Committee recommends Kneehill Ambulance change to a different numberP 11 Third Annual Golf Tournament Executive Committee recommends the Third Annual County Golf Tournament be held .Lune 26, 1998 Low e1i 144dsem 12. Draft letter to Ralph Kline regarding the Vriend issue Mr Jeffery reviewed the draft letter Executive Committee recommends the letter be sent as drafted Mr McCook left the meeting time 9 45 A.M JD /Mi nute /I?C980423. doe Pagc 2 Fk EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - April 2,33 1998 13. Kn_eehill Regional Water Commission A meeting was held on April 22, 1998 The Commission is requesting the various municipalities to outline their vision of the Commission Executive Committee feel the following would summarize the County's vision a) The mission of the Commission would be to provide potable water, firstly, for household use and, .secondly, for agricultural use b) Wherever an urban centre is connected to the system, a meter would be installed Each urban centre would be responsible for distribution of water from the meter into their system. c) The Commission would be responsible for all rural connections, including Mt. v E ernon, quity and individual farms D) Irrigation of treated water from the system would not be allowed %YfiNJ >6t 14 S.H. 836 goin g through the Village of Carbon Mr Hoff stated there was a problem with the stretch of this highway that goes into Carbon The road becomes extremely rough and, in some places, dangerous E_recutwe Committee recommends Mr Vickery and Mr Hoff meet with Mr Marz on May 15, 1998 at 130 in the County office to discuss the possibility of drafting a Provincial resolution stating that, whenever a secondary highway is rebuilt and that highway passes through an urban centre, the urban municipality must rebuild their portion of the secondary at the same time and to the same specifications as the rest of rn, M,4 the secondary ?os�9,•r 15. Agreement between Doris Mays and the County to eliminate or control the scentless chamomiles weed infestation at NW 17 -30 22 W4 and SW 20 30 22 -W4 Mr Milan, executor for Ms Mayes has refused to sign this agreement He wants the renter to be responsible for the costs Mr Hanger and Mr Sommerville explained to him that the agreement must be with the actual landowner ,qs,b Executive Committee recommends Council advise the Agricultural Fieldman to issue a weed notice to Mr Milan, executor for Ms Mayes, and then, if no satisfactory arrangement can be made with Mr Milan, the Fieldman proceed with steps to control this weed problem and to recover the costs of doing so. 16 Letter from Molson Breweries regarding their community initiative, "Local Heroes" `Local Heroes' recognizes the contribution of everyday Canadians who want to improve recreational opportunities in their communities Funding would be given to adults who take the initiative to repair, revamp or revitalize existing facilities and help reclaim facilities and create new opportunities in their community They would like us to make residents aware of this program Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 17. Ulster Petroleums Ltd openhouse report Mr Hoff attended the openhouse and Dwayne Spence, Ulsters's Senior Surface Landman indicated Ulster would be interested in cost sharing some infrastructure costs and emergency services A Executive Committee recommends Ulster be invited to meet with Council at one of d their regular meetings to discuss possible cost sharing Z a— Sri i 18. Joint Fire Meetin , March 19, 1998 Executive Committee recommends Mr Cunningham and Mr Onos follow through on minute items involving radio, "911'; etc. and then to accept and file 19 Dispatch Service Meeting, March 4, 1998, Red Deer �Ac The purpose of the meeting was to discuss what is involved (technology, time frame JD /Minute FC9R0423.doe Pagc 3 • • A EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - _April 23 1998 costs etc.) and a plan to pursue full dispatcher service further if enough communities are interested Red Deer Emergency Services will submit a business plan to Council It was suggested that a small committee get information out to all parties within two months and a survey be sent to all fire, ambulance and municipal governments within the City of Red Deer call answer areas, to determine current costs and service level Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. r11'r 20. 1998 Fire Budgets There needs to be a letter of agreement sent to the Village of Carbon, copy to Carbon Fire Department, stating that the County is willing to assume all costs of the Carbon Fire Department including capital costs Carbon's portion of the costs will be insurance and storage, including insurance on the second pumper truck if it is kept in Carbon Executive Committee recommends the above letter of agreement be sent to the pillage of Carbon, copy to Carbon Fire Department.�� OF�%in 21. Council Meeting on Mav 12, 1998 Mrs Lowen and Mr Boake will be at the Alberta Fire Convention Should the above meeting be rescheduled since it is seeding time and two councillors are already missing? Executive Committee recommends the May 12, 1998 council meeting not he rescheduled IC!"46r 22 1998 Recreational Grant Need a motion to give each urban centre a $2,000 grant to offset expenses of their community hall Executive Committee recommends each urban centre he given $2, 000 for their community centre as per approved budget. The County would ask that the urban centres, excepting the village of Linden, but including the Torrington Ag Society meet prior to ,tune 30, 1999 to ratify the 1999 disbursement if the $100, 000 00 recreation grant. Y�Zar1 9 &14 23. Kneehill Housing Corporation 1998 Requisition of $38,690 00 Executive Committee recommends the 1998 requisition for Kneehill Housing of $38,690 00 be accepted 24 Pending Files as at April 14, 1998 Executive Committee recommends all councillors, if possible, attend the Didsbury Planning meeting on May 14, 1998 and that this item be added to the "Upcoming Dates" schedule 0,600,- fll,.Ju7&s Mr McCook entered the meeting Time 1 30P m. File review Administrative Items Item 2 Cross Boundary Garbage Dumping Executive Committee recommends Mr Boake update. 6�, Item 3 Red Deer River Corridor Integrated Management plan next meeting will be on May 28 1998 2.,- f� Item 5 Invoicing for Structural Fires Executive Committee recommends to accept and file Item 9 At &U Secondary Partnership Program Review Request Nothing further to report - Executive Committee recommends to accept and file F� Item]] Ag Exhibition Group Item 10 Executive Committee recommends the .i D /Minute / GC 9 80423. doc Page 4 • • EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - April 23 1998 County contact all those who donated funds to the Group and see what they wish us to do with the money Item 12 - Traffic Fatality South and East of Village of Acme Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. Item 14 Land Use By law 1061 Review and file. Executive Committee recommends to accept F� Item IS CP Rail Line Abandonment Executive Committee recommends a letter be sent to .lack Ramsay and Myron Thompson regarding the poor job CP did when removing the railway crossings and the problems occurring as a result of the° of abandonment of railway right of ways. Item 17 Diversified Animal Management - Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. Item 21 Radio system upgrading Executive Committee recommends Mr Cunningham provide update F« Item 22 Special Places 2000 A meeting is being held today in the council chambers Executive Committee recommends Mr Wagstaff update Item 24 Kneehill Ambulance Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. Item 32 Bylaw Enforcement /Special Constable Executive Committee recommends to table until the Organizational Meeting ee-<,�-' 41e& to rG '<X Transportation Items Item 1 AAMD &C Petroleum Products Buying Group Lonnie checking out Item 3 Bleriot Ferry contract Lonnie is getting hold of Ledcor to review contract Item 4 Crestar Energy Crestar is not willing to pay - Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. Item 5 - Winther icing problem SE 15 34 24 W4 Lonnie is experimenting with hi hoe Item 6 Equipment storage facility Executive committee recommends to accept and file Item 7 Roadata Services Mr McCook recommends we do not use the services of Roadata Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. Item 8 Torrington Infrastructure Grant shop has sold so there is no need for grant Executive Committee recommendd to accept and file. Item 9 Save Harmless Agreement Three Hills and Trochu have signed Carbon Linden and Acme have not Executive Committee recommends no work be clone for Carbon, Linden and Acme. 25 Reinhold Muench complaint regarding the Countv's decision to not pay for out of Province Capital subscriptions Mr Muench feels this is discrimination and is very upset F-recutive Committee recommends a letter be written to Mr Muench stating that the reason the County is no longer sending the Capital to taxpayers out of Province is strictly a cost issue and not a matter of discrimination. This matter was brought up at the annual meeting and ratepayers were in agreement with this cost cutting measure.„ 26. AAMD &C request for feedback on the Spring convention Executive Committee reviewed the questionnaire and rated the overall convention as good, registration desk excellent resolutions session good keynote speaker excellent Hon Iris Evans good, current assessment issues workshop good, electrical deregulation (need comments from Mr Boake), Natural Heritage Act /Special Places 2000 poor, panel session with Ed Stelmach fair, panel session with Walter Paszkowski fair, panel session with Ty Lund good, social events generally good trade show good and the trade show "� , function fair IriQfL 27 Letter, 1998 budget brochure and three -year business plan for Alberta Municipal Affairs from Iris Evans F-vecutive Committee recommends to accept and file after a copy is given to each !!O'Wzs councillor C-,V+ e "Ce4w JD /Minute /EC980421doc Page 5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - April 23, 1998 28 Letter and Ouestoonnaire from Patricia Black, Minister of Economic Development Executive Committee recommends copy of questionnaire be sent to Torrington�� Tourism, c% Diane Kurta and to accept and file -50OVIZI, 29 Map outlining new boundaries for the M D of Bonnyville subsequent to it's restructuring into Municipality A and B Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. 30. Letter from Wild Rose Economic Development Cor oration reeardin2 the Southern Alberta Youth Entrepreneurship Camp Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. 31. Circular from AAMD &C regarding a new Membership Communication Strategy This strategy represents both a formalization of the many communication initiatives already undertaken by them, and a commitment to some new communication efforts designed to respond to concerns raised by members. Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. 32 Minutes from the March 30, 1998 Reeve's Meetin Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. 33. Circular regarding the AAMD &C Scholarship Program As to past years AAMD &C is offering a $1 000 00 scholarship to one secondary student from rural Alberta F� Fes` first year, post Erecutwe Committee recommends the scholarship program be published in the County section of the Capital M 34. Calgary phone review Alex Cunningham has done a review of the various options for the Calgary line Without spending a lot of money it appears the most economical option would be to continue with the present system with Centrex Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. 35 Disaster Services Course in Drumheller Ms Deak Mr Cunningham and Mr Martens will be attending this course E_recuhve Committee recommends to accept and file. 36 Stress Management Workshop in Doff, May 22, 1998 Ms Deak is registered for this course E,xecutwe Committee recommends to accept and file. 37. AAMD &C Survey on Education/Reauisitions VS Provincial Grants S & -AF7�4 f D"'V—= do�u= Executive Committee recommends Mr Jeffery fill out the questionnaire and forward it onto AAMD&cC. 38. Council Minutes The Executive Committee edited the April 14 1998 council minutes for publication in the newspaper Executive Committee recommends these minutes, as edited, be published in the newspaper JD /Minute /r 0980423. doc Page 6 • E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - April 23, 1998 The Executive Committee meeting then adjourned Time 2 45 p m LAURIE BROSSEAU JD /Minute /1?C980423.doe