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Home My WebLink About1998-05-26 Council MinutesCJ KNEEHILL COUNTY AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING May 26, 1998 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes 3 J C Jeffery Report 4 Executive Committee Report 5 Financial Reports 6 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS 9 00 A.M Lonnie D McCook, Public Works Superintendent TRANSPORTATION ITEMS. 7 Transportation & Utilities Report 8 May 22/98 Road Committee Report 9 Letter to Hon Walter Paszkowski 10 Request re Pontmam School GENERALITEMS 11 Trochu Swimming Pool 12 Kneehill Regional FCSS Budget 13 Equalized Assessment Process Meeting Report 14 Regulatory Options for Intensive Livestock Operations 15 Revised Mill Rate Bylaw 16 1998 Election appointment of Returning officer 17 Radio Upgrading Tender COMMITTEE REPORTS. 18 Committee Reports Kneehill Adult Learning Society - May 21/98 Meeting Report, Membership List, Constitution March 1998 Financial Report, Kneehill Housing Corporation April 7/98 Minutes Three Hills Senior Games 1998 Society May 4/98 Minutes Kneehill Community Resource Board April 23/98 Minutes May 21/98 Meeting Agenda, May 21/98 Meeting Report LATE ITEMS 1 L] 1i KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTE May 26, 1998 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Kneehill County office, 232 Main Street Three Hills Alberta, on Tuesday, May 26 1998 commencing at 8 30 A.M The following were present for the meeting Reeve Councillors Otto Hoff Marylea Lowen Robert E Boake Marjorie D Vetter Richard M Vickery M Glen Wagstaff Division Two Division One (after 8 35 A.M.) Division Three Division Four Division Six Division Seven John Jeffery, Municipal Administrator was present along with Jennifer Deak, Assistant Administrator who recorded the minutes It was reported Councillor James M Hanger attend to day s meeting Division Five, had advised he was unable to Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 30 A.M Mr Jeffery requested late agenda items #19 #26 be added to the agenda PRESENT CALL TO ORDER ADDITIONS TO AGENDA Mr Boake moved approval of the agenda with the addition of the above noted late items APPROVAL OF CARRIED AGENDA A clarification was requested from the previous meeting minutes regarding the County logo It was agreed the logo approved at the April 28/98 meeting be the new logo and the municipality proceed to digitize the artwork for same It was further agreed the May 12/98 Council minutes be amended by removing, the last sentence of the first paragraph on page seven (Remove Mrs Vetter noted she would revise the logo approved at the last meeting, to include a dinosaur and bring this logo to the next meeting ') Mrs Lowen entered the meeting time 8 35 A.M and apologized for her tardiness Mr Vickery moved approval of the May 12198 minutes with the above noted amendment and with the confirmation the County logo, as approved at the April 28198 Council meeting, remain as the approved logo for the municipality CARRIED Mr Jeffery's report was presented Mr Wagstaff moved approval of Mr Jeffery's report CARRIED The Executive Committee Report was presented Under Executive Committee #12, Vehicle Overweight Violations on County Roads it was reported overweight violations on County roads, resulting in fines had been issued to vehicles operated by a Hutterite colony a local fertilizer company and other parties In one case, the vehicle was overweight by 12,450 kg A discussion followed on the damages caused to local roads from overweight vehicles and the need to preserve the road surfaces and eliminate abuse of same It was further noted a large portion of the County s budget is expended on roads and preservation of same would save road maintenance costs and in turn taxpayer dollars JD /MIN AMENDMENT TO APRIL 28/98 MINUTES LOWEN INTO MEETING APPROVAL OF AMENDED iy1 „v�Es MINUTES APPROVAL OF JCJ REPORT EXEC. COMM. REPORT ROAD OVER WEIGHT VIOLATIONS REFERRED TO 0 • KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTE May 26. 1998 Mr Vickery moved this matter he referred to the Organizational Meeting ORG. MEETING CARRIED Under Executive Committee #15 Garbage Contract, Mr Jeffery reviewed the hamlet garbage pick up contract, noting the original contract price was based upon two bags of garbage per household, with each bag not to exceed 45 lbs It was noted concerns had been HAMLET received from the residents of Torrington about this bag limit and when contacted the GARBAGE contractor had indicated a three bag per household limit A discussion followed on CONTRACT promoting the recycling of grass clippings rather than disposing of them via garbage pick up Under Executive Committee #22 Office Security, it was noted the County office building is a public building It was further noted the offices located on the lower level are not in use all the time staff are out in the field It was agreed the access to the lower level offices, from the main entrance be secured during the day with access only available to the OFFICE SECURITY public area of the lower level Mr Boake noted he would check into the prices of a surveillance system for the office Mr Lonnie McCook, Public Works Superintendent entered the meeting time 9 00 AN PWS INTO MEETING An inquiry was made as to whether security /surveillance mechanisms were required at the County shop and yard area Mr McCook noted he did not consider this an issue at this time Under Executive Committee #26, May 7/98 Wild Rose Economic Development Corporation Minutes, it was noted the Executive Committee's recommendation to accept EXEC. COMM. and file was omitted from the report ADDENDUM Mrs Lowen reported she had attended a meeting of the Rosebud Seed Cleaning Plant and an inquiry had been made about the status of the Three Hills Seed Cleaning Plant Mr Vickery the County s representative on the Three Hills Seed Cleaning Plant board SEED CLEANING proceeded to update Mrs Lowen on the Three Hills Seed Cleaning plant s activities PLANT REPORT Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the Executive Committee report CARRIED The Transportation & Utilities Report was presented Mr Boake moved approval of the Transportation & Utilities report. CARRIED The May 22/98 Road Committee report was reviewed It was agreed to defer Road committee items #2 #10 and #11 until the Planning department was present APPROVAL OF EXEC. COMM. REPORT TU REPORT ROAD COMM REPORT 6o� -,v 1.olsk-1 HOB tog A short recess was held from 9 25 A.M 9 35 A.M RUSLING & Mr John Ruslmg and Ms Lisa Paget Planning Department were present when the PAGET INTO meeting continued MEETING A discussion followed on the County providing access to new residences /developments and the need to provide and clarify the County's road building policies on the development ROAD BUILDING permit so that developer s expectations were realistic POLICIES Road Committee item #2, First time gravel request West of 26 28 21 W4 (Doug Lowen), MIMIN N 0 C KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES May 26, 1998 was reviewed It was noted this development, for an oil tank cleaning business was approved as a home occupation Mr Rusling noted there was clearly no intention to build a residence when this permit was taken out it was only for a cement pad and a holding tank It was agreed this should have been re zoned industrial Mr Jeffery proceeded to review the County's Policy 13 20A Requests from Ratepayers to Build Roads on Undeveloped Road Allowance, noting the policy is required as an addendum to the planning and development process Mr Rusling noted the authority for the conditions on a development permit come form the County's Land Use Bylaw and further, the Land Use Bylaw would have to be amended to include the provisions of this policy A lengthy discussion followed on the need to have consistent and clear conditions for developments, especially developments that included access issues and for these conditions to be an attachment to the development permit GRAVEL REQUEST LOWEN W OF 26 28 21 w4 POLICY 13 20A REQUEST FOR ROADS Road Committee items #10, Vern Sept Approach Request (SE 2 32 25 W4) and #11 SEPT APPROACH Gordon Park Request for Road (SW 17 32 24 W4) were reviewed in detail It was agreed SE 2 32 25 w4 the Transportation Department needed to be involved, after conditional approval on � P " r subdivision and development permits to look at access and approaches to verify these meet County policy for side slopes, sight distance, width etc The Evans development permit (NW 7 29 21 W4) was then reviewed and it was noted there is a blade grade on the books for access to this location conditional upon evidence of the residence being constructed Ms Paget note the Evans' intend to build a garage /shop on the edge of the coulee and their residence at the bottom of the coulee The garage will also serve as a temporary residence during the winter months if the private road down to the residence cannot be accessed It was agreed a definition of `evidence of residence was required this development had been ongoing for over two years the County s policy is that any approved road construction is conditional upon evidence of the residence construction Ms Paget advised the Evans were in the process of purchasing land from the adjacent landowner in order to acquire land to access their proposed residence location It was agreed the conditions of subdivision approval could address the access Ms Paget was requested to get the development file for this development permit Ms Paget left the meeting time 10 50 AM Mr Vickery moved Policy 13 20A, Requests from Ratepayers to Build Roads on Undeveloped Road Allowance, be amended to include a `development as follows The MD of Kneehill will pay fifty percent (509b) of the costs, to a maximum of $15,000 00, to build a road, to MD standards, on undeveloped road allowance for a ratepayer requesting a road to access a residence and/or development, providing these road construction costs are included in the M D budget and the work will be undertaken by a bid contractor This policy will be included as an addendum to the planning and development process CARRIED Mrs Lowen moved Policy 13 -20A, as amended, apply to the May 22198 Road Committee Report item #11, Gordon Park request for road (SW 17 -32 24 W4) CARRIED Mr Wagstaff moved Road Committee item #10, Vern Sept Approach Request SE 2 -32 25 W4 be tabled until the next meeting and further, the balance of the Road Committee report be approved CARRIED Ms Paget re entered the meeting time 10 55 AM and proceeded to review the Evans JD /MIN EVANS DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NW 7 29 21 w4 POLICY 13 20A ADDENDUM PARK REQUEST FOR ROAD SW 17 32 24 W4 SEPT APPROACH SE 2 32 25 w4 %6 3 E KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES May 26, 1998 development file, noting the original development permit was taken out on July 30/96 Another permit was issued for relocating the garage /workshop to the top of the coulee Mr Wagstaff moved the County only proceed with the Evans blade grade project when evidence of construction of the permanent residence, as indicated on the building and development permit, is provided and further, `evidence of construction of permanent residence' be defined as construction of the permanent residence to the `lock up stage', that being completely framed, with all the doors, windows and roof in place and in such a stage of construction that the building is completely sealed from the outside elements. CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported an application had been received to amend the Land Use Bylaw designation for NE 08 31 25 W4 from Agricultural Conservation (AC) designation to Agricultural (A) designation Mr Vickery moved a date be set for Tuesday, June 23, 1998, at 130 PM for a Public Hearing to hear this application for redesignation and further the necessary notices be sent to all involved parties CARRIED Mr Rusling and Ms Paget left the meeting time 11 00 A.M Mr Jeffery read the draft letter to the Hon Walter Paszkowski regarding the Secondary Highway Partnership road projects and recommending, where these projects involve more than one municipality, the province contract the project as one project It was noted this recommendation would save money in mobilization costs and supplies as an economies of scale would be realized by having one contractor for the project Mr Boake moved approval for this draft letter to be sent to the Hon Walter Paszkowski, Minister of Transportation, and further moved a copy of same be forwarded to Mr Richard Mar, MLA CARRIED Mr Jeffery left the meeting time 11 03 A.M Mr McCook reported he had met with Trochu school division personnel to discuss the request, received from Mr Les Denomme, for any assistance for a bus /fire lane (1,000'x20 22 ) at Pontmain School Mr Jeffery re entered the meeting time 11 06 A.M EVAN• PERMIT DEFINED RE. EVIDENCE OF RESIDENCE h 7G Ti�7�fa 7lct I�dT PUBLIC HEARING DATE RE. REDES. NE 8 31 25 w4 TGJ/176/io�lsaa Pt1�> LETTER TO HON. PASZKOWSKI RE. SEC. HIWAY PARTNERSHIP ROAD PROJECTS Mr McCook further noted the Trochu fire chief had inspected this location and advised the lane way was required to address safety concerns It was noted Mr Denomme probably made this request for County support, based on how things were done in the past, when the�fv�o�> municipality paid the school requisition directly to the school division and not to the i-;Ov �s province Mr Boake moved a letter be sent to the Golden Hills Regional Division #I5, advising the County is also concerned about public safety at the school and recommends the school division address this issue as expediently as possible and further, copies of this letter be sent to the town of Trochu, Trochu Fire Department and Mr Les Denomme CARRIED Mr McCook reported on the Miller road project noting Mr Richard Metzger had requested dust control in front of his residence as a condition to signing the agreements for this project It was noted Mr Metzger is a land owner along the proposed road project but JD /MIN GOLDEN HILLS SCHOOL DIV REQUEST RE. PONTMAIN SCHOOL FIRE LANE 46,jr 4 • • 0 • KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTI May 26, 1998 his residence is located a mile north of the project road It was noted this request ex( County policy the County has an agreement in place with the Intensive livestock opc for dust control, and Mr Metzger should deal directly with this operator The need dug outs along this project and locations for same were reviewed with Mr McCook Mrs Lowen moved to table this matter until Mr McCook re assesses the options for dirt locations for dug outs for this road project CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported the Minister of Transportation s approval had been received for Bylaw #1380 Road allowance closure West of NW 11 & SW14 29 23 W4 Mr Vickery moved second reading to Bylaw #1380, this being the bylaw to provide for the closure of road allowance west of sections NW 11 and SW 14 29 23 WI Mr Boake moved third reading of Bylaw #1380 CARRIED CARRIED Mr Jeffery advised the County s employee golf tournament was scheduled for June 26/98, at the Three Hills Golf Course, commencing at 9 00 A M and inquired which Councillors would be attending this event Mrs Lowell indicated she would be golfing and possibly her spouse would attend the supper Mr Hoff noted he would attend, but not participate in the golf and his spouse, would attend the supp(,r Mr BoakL indicated he had a prior engagement and could not -attend Mr Vickery indicated both he and his spouse would golf Mrs Vetter noted she and her spouse would golf Mr Wagstaff indicated both he and his spouse would golf Mr Jeffery noted he would contact Mr Hanger for his response MILLER PROJECT TABLED TC.�/rlB�IO T ftxls' I BYLAW 1380 ROAD ALLOW. CLOSURE NW11 & sW 14 29 23 w4 &.1) 11111111 " d- Qvr..t�inOJYS icJO� 7 7�Gas EMPOYEE GOLF TOURNAMENT Mrs Vetter moved to accept and file CARRIED WS OU Mr McCook left the meeting time 11 30 AN PLvWS T OF OUG Mr Wagstaff reported he had spoken with Ms Maureen Malaka administrator, town of Trochu, regarding the capital expenses for the Trochu pool Ms Malaka is going to speak to her Council and auditor to determine a definition of capital expenditures A discussion followed on the definition of these expenditures and it was noted, under the County s bylaw for paying the pool s operating and capital expenditures capital expenditures had been capped and this amount reached Operating expenditures were reimbursed at 50% of total annual costs It was noted the County had a policy in place to define operating and capital expenditures and Mr Jeffery proceeded to review same TROCHU POOL Mr Boake moved table this matter until more information is received front the town of TABL ED Trochu CARRIED The meeting recessed for lunch from 11 45 A M until 1 00 P M LUNCH RECESS Mr Jeffery read the May 15/98 letter from the Kneehill Regional FCSS board regarding the 1998 FCSS budget noting the board is recommending the Director contract of 1 040 !lours per annum be increased to 1,560 hours per annum retroactive to January 1/98 The board notes this position is a new position and the extent of work required to undertake tho needs assessments for the entire area as well as the evaluations of the programs receiving funding were unknown at the time of hiring the FCSS Director Mr Jeffery then proceeded to review the 1998 proposed budget, including the details of all the projects that have been JD/MIN 5 0 • KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTE May 26, 1998 approved for funding to date Mr Vickery inquired about the funding approved by the FCSS in the amount of $300 00, for the Reed Ranch Before and After School Care, requesting this funding be reviewed next year Mr Wagstaff moved the 1998 Kneehill Regional FCSS budget, as presented, be approved. CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported on the May 15/98 Equalized Assessment Process meeting, hosted by the city of Calgary, and attended by Mr Vickery and himself Mr Jeffery noted Calgary is appealing its equalized assessment is frustrated over the appeal process noted AB Municipal Affairs is the reporting body for both the Municipal Government Board (MGB) and for municipalities, feels the equalized assessment should be fair and consistent feels education should not be funded through the property tax base wants market value assessment for all properties if all properties were assessed at market value, there would be no need for equalized assessment feels the local municipalities should control the assessment of the power and pipelines Calgary is committed to its principles and may be passing a resolution expounding same and possibly requesting support for these principles from all local municipalities Both Mr Vickery and Mr Jeffery noted the meeting was well attended by a diverse group of local municipalities and the meeting contents and discussions were excellent Mr Boake moved approval of Mr Jeffery's report on the Equalized Assessment Process meeting CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported on the Regulatory Options for Livestock Operations, noting Mr Brian West AB Agriculture Food and Rural Development (AAFRD) has advised he or someone from his department would be willing to discuss targets in the permitting process for these regulations It was agreed all types of operations should be regulated in a consistent manner with no specific operations targeted Mr Boake noted he had given his copy of these regulations to Mr Allan Toles who was reviewing same and passing along his comments to Mr Boake Mr Vickery discussed setting up open houses public letters etc to educate people about this issue noting all municipalities should have equally fair regulations Mr Vickery moved to accept this report and further Mr West's invitation to meet and discuss these regulatory options be referred to the Municipal Planning Commission, along with the recommendation all operations be regulated in a consistent manner CARRIED Mr Jeffery presented a revised mill rate bylaw, noting the former bylaw and tax /mill rates required amending due to a computer program error Mr Vickery moved first reading to Bylaw #1393, this being the bylaw to repeal Bylaw #1392 and to establish the 1998 tax rates for Kneehill County. CARRIED Mr Wagstaff moves second reading to this bylaw CARRIED Mr Boake moved third reading be given to this bylaw at this time CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY JD /MIN APPROVAL OF FCSS 1998 BUDGET REPORT ON EQUALIZED ASSESSMENT MEETING WITH CALGARY SEr1),R REG. OPTIONS FOR LIVESTAOCK OPERATIONS BYLAW 1393 1998 TAX RATE BYLAW ,Bl�,�J r!jo,.;Pea>E4 rol MIM /N 7 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES May 26, 1998 Mrs Vetter moved third reading to Bylaw #1393 CARRIED • The April 30/98 bank reconciliation and cash comparison reports were distributed Mr Boake moved approval of these financial reports, as presented APPROVAL OF CARRIED FINANCIAL REPORTS Mr Vickery moved approval of the accounts presented for payment to day, subject to review by the Finance Committee of Councillors Hoff, Vickery, Boake and Vetter CARRIED .APPROVAL OF Mr Wagstaff moved Kneehill County appoint Mrs Jennifer Deak Returning Officer and ACCOUNTS APPOINTMENT OF Mrs Jean Wilkinson Deputy Returning Officer for the 1998 municipal electron RETURNING CARRIED OFFICERS LZ7 "� ' Mr Boake moved the radio tenders be referred to Mr Alex Cunningham for review CARRIED RADIO TENDER ® Mr Jeffery reported Mr Len Cunningham, Councillor for the village of Carbon had REFERRED TO CUNNINGHAM advised the council of Carbon unanimously approved the County s proposal to pay all the Carbon fire department costs A letter will be forthcoming Also a meeting date will be CARBON FIRE scheduled to discuss the purchase of the fire truck when same came be arranged with the DEP T Carbon fire chief Mr Brian Holsworth ACCEPTANCE OF COUNTY Mr Vickery moved to accept and file PROPOSAL CARRIED F� Mr Hoff reported on the progress of the new hospital in Drumheller The new site requires approximately 300,000cu yards of dirt to build up the land base The M.D of DRUMHELLER Starland has donated a gravel hill and a contract has been awarded to Ledcor, the low I- IOSPITAL bidder to haul the dirt to this site REPORT Mr Jeffery reported the Huxley Community Association has requested a letter of support from the County for its application to the Community Lottery Board (CLB) for funding to ® repair the roof on their curling rink Last year, the community association had received a letter of support from the County to access funding from the Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) grant for these repairs The community association has not HUXLEY COMM. applied for this CFEP funding yet and now wish to channel this request through the CLB ASSOC N Mrs Lowen moved this request frond I- Iuxley Community Association be denied as the REQUEST FOR LETTER OF County is also requesting the Community Lottery Board to consider their request for SUPPORT TO CLB funding for the upgrading of the communication system for the E911 emergency service /,E776e� CARRIED The following Committee Reports were presented ■ Drumheller Hospital report already presented by Mr Hoff COMM. REPORT ■ Kneehill Adult Learning Society (KALS) May 21/98 meeting report membership list constitution March 1998 financial reports ■ Kneehill Housing Corporation April 7/98 minutes xALS ■ Three Hills Senior Games 1998 Society May 4/98 minutes Mrs Vetter further reported she had volunteered and attended a fundraising casino in Calgary KNEEHILL HS r Kneehill Community Resource Board (KCRB) April 23/98 minutes and May 21/98 �■ i meeting agenda Mrs Vetter further reported on the May 21/98 meeting, noting her SENIOR c.ANIE f, MIM /N 7 ./l'R 01 EA KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES May 26, 1998 concerns with the lines of authority of the KCRB ■ Three Hills & District Seed Cleaning Plant - Mr Vickery reported the board members KCRB have agreed the County provide the secretary to their board meetings Mr Wagstaff moved the County provide the secretarial services to the Three Hills Seed Cleaning Plant board. CARRIED It was agreed and understood Mrs Deak would be providing these services initially until the board had its policies and procedures in place ■ Kneehill Regional Water Commission May 14/98 minutes It was noted the only elected representatives at this meeting were the County s representatives (Mr Boake and Mrs Vetter) An inquiry was made why the other urban centres were not present who called the meeting, why the next meeting was scheduled for 9 00 A M on June 25/98 if the morning time lines were not agreeable with the other members of the Commission why the secretary to the Commission Ms Wendy Barber administrator village of Carbon was not willing to record the minutes but only willing to send out any correspondence arising from the minutes, why a decision was made at this meeting to invite Beiseker to participate when the other urban centres were not present to express their opinions was this a meeting of the Commission or a Committee of the Commission meeting? Mr Vickery moved a letter a letter be written to the Kneehill Regional Water Commission outlining the following points 1 If Ms Barber does not wish to fulfill all the requirements of secretary to the Commission, including the recording of the minutes, then another administrator from a member jurisdiction be appointed secretary 2 A quorum of elected officials is required to hold a meeting Should the next scheduled meeting date of June 25198 at 9 00 A M not be convenient for a meeting, this meeting be re- scheduled to accommodate a quorum. 3 The first order of business at the next meeting will be the appointment of a Chairperson as Mr Vickery, the current Chairperson, has been replaced by another Kneehill County Council member, Mrs Vetter 4 The minutes of the May 14198 meeting should be reviewed at the next meeting Mr Vickery further moved, copies of this letter be provided to all towns and villages in the County CARRIED ■ Mt Vernon Water Co op Meeting Mr Boake reported on the May 25/98 meeting he and Mrs Vetter attended noting approximately 12 people were in attendance the Co op has joined the Alberta One Call the new motel in Three Hills (Super 8) requires water and is interested in hook up a contractor has been hired to address the ditches gravel has now been twice placed in the driveways and anyone with problems is to contact Mr Vern Crawford the $3 000 00 penalty for late hook ups will be waived in an effort to encourage more users to the system letters will be forthcoming to all members advising the builder liens have been removed from their property titles Mrs Vetter noted there was no mention of the lawsuit in the financial statements and when an inquiry about this was made, the Co op responded by noting this matter had taken place after the year end (December 31/98) Council noted this contingency should have been disclosed and included in the notes to the financial statements Mrs Vetter further noted an outstanding invoice had been recorded at the cost the Co op felt was owing not the invoiced amount and this too should have been disclosed on the financial statements Mrs Vetter noted both she and Mr Victor Howard had requested copies of the Co -op s minutes Mr Wagstaff inquired about the $30 00 riser fee and both Mr MIMIN APPROVAI COUNTY SECRETAF SEED CLEF PLANT L -c77F� KNEEHILL REGIONAI. WATER COMM CONCERNS ✓GARiFi� tnAY /449 JYJv� >w1G � Comm�lTd MT VERNON WATER COOP MEETING F,= 8 0 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTE May 26, 1998 Boake and Mrs Vetter indicated they had no information on this issue Mr Boake noted the price for water supply varies between the different organizations receiving the water from the town, the projected water usage for the Mt Vernon water line is estimated at 5 7 million gallons per year The Co op also discussed the possibility of joining the Kneehill Regional Water Commission ■ Fire Convention Mr Boake reported he and Mrs Lowen had attended the AB Fire FIRE Convention May 10 13/98 in Canmore noting he had spoken to a lot of people about CONY the merits of a diesel fire truck A discussion followed on same and it was noted the REPO', increased cost of a diesel fire truck is not warranted for those fire departments having low vehicle mileage For example Carbon and Torrington fire trucks had only 5 000 km in 20 years on their vehicles Mrs Lowen also noted the lessons learned from the experiences of the fires down south (M.D Willow Creek) was to document everything calls, actions, etc in case of future liability of legal actions Mr Boake moved the meeting adjourn Time 2.50 P M MIM /N Municipal Administrator /- Z--- CARRIED ADJOURNMENT W u C� JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT May 13 26, 1998 REPORT. Balance Forward $ 441 96 BALANCE $ 441 96 CORRESPONDENCE 1 May 19/98 RC #0030713 AB Treasury $172,257 74 ASFF Overpayment Refund 2 April 1998 Fines Disbursement 3 May 15/98 AB Gazette 4 May 12/98 Infonnation from M.D of Starland re Open House in Drun-licllcr May 13/98 - Regulatory Options for Livestock Operations 5 May 1998 Municipal World magazine 6 May 12/98 Letter from AB Community Development rc.1998 Energize Workshop information 7 Canadian Firearms Centre Bulletin # 17 8 May 1998 Status Report newsletter 9 May 1998 Canadian Speeches magazine 10 May 7/98 AUMA package 11 Mar /Apr 1998 Focus on Youth Opportunity newsletter 12 Employment opportunity Planning Technician Regional District of East Kootenay 13 Conference Advertising Creating Youthful Communities 14 Seminar Advertising Career Track 15 Conference Advertising Environmental Law & Regulation in Alberta 16 Seminar Advertising Conquering Workplace Negativity 17 Conference Advertising Conservation Easements and Land Stewardship 18 Advertising Toshiba 19 Advertising Successorics 20 Advertising Focus business Solutions 21 Advertising IBM 22 Advertising Lucas Bowker & White 23 Advertising Nesbitt Burns 24 Advertising The City View Software 25 Advertising Pereira & Associates Consulting Services Inc 26 Advertising Team Canada For Unity 27 May 1 I & 18/98 Journal of Commerce newspaper 28 May 13/98 The Drumheller Mail newspaper 29 May 13 & 20/98 The Capital newspaper HOME OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS 1 D & L Oilfield Services Oilfield Tank cleaning & Storage 2 PENNER Earl & Tamara 1575 sq.ft bungalow 3 DPH Engineering Motor Master Control Building & Test Separator Building 4 PRICE, Scott Residence 1392 sq.ft with attached garage 5 KLASSEN, Gary Minutc /jcjrcport 1998doc Pt SE 27 28 21 W4 $10,000.00 Lot 3 Blk 6, Pin 7810530, Swalwcll $140 000 00 LSD 12 34 28 21 W4 $48,82500 SW 23 31 23 W4 $125,000.00 SE 20 30 25 W4 C JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT May 13 26, 1998 Housc (1866 sq ft.) 6 KEEWEST Construction Storage Shcd 30 x40' 7 CLARK, Mervin Garage 8 BAYES Harold & Glenda House single family dwelling 9 MORAN Willie Replace existing residence Minute /j cjreport 1998doc $120,00000 Blk A Pln 1554LK NE 22 28 20 W4 $14 000 00 NW 15 28 21 W4 $18,00000 SE 21 32 25 W4 $300,000.00 NW 27 34 25 W4 $160 000 00 2 • • • TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES MAY 26/98 1 South rock would like to start paving 841 towards the end of the week. I will have to lift the 75 % ban on the road in order to do so. 2 We will also have to lift the ban on 836 after 841 is done in order for them to haul down towards the bridge If the weather holds as it is now I see no reason the clop seal roads won t have the bans lifted by zlazf Mx , 75" AX Thursday May 28/98. 3 The agreement has been sent to AgPro Grain for them to sign and get back to us on the water crossing.This is not a fast process due to permits required from the railway and utilities, along with the paper trail that goes along with it. 4 We put an add in the paper advising people of the bridge work that will be happening on the 575 bridge at Nacmine this summer There will be width restrictions and traffic delays during this construction. 5 Stopped at the Three Hills school division to talk with Les and he wasn't in. I grabbed Jerry Cambel and we went down to the school to have a look at what is wanted These guys are looking for an all weather road that goes in behind the school on the east side up to the north for about 1200 feet. The Trochu boys have been after the Golden Hills people for some time to get this done because of the closure of Torrington school and the increase in bus traffic. They're using the argument of fire safety and bus traffic for better accommodations into the school It seems strange that the school division can close a school and bus kids into another,and tell people how they are saving money,yet they can't accommodate traffic expense 6 On Thursday May /22 we had a pre- tender meeting on 806 with all the contractors that took bids It s going to be a pam in the you know what to work around the bridge file (pipe) at Toews To get a little different view of the problem, Colin and Steve went to see Alan and his Mrs. He told Colin that if the driveways were fixed up and the old borrow straightened out,along with some other backsloping, there won't be a problem. He asked Colin about a cattle pass through the culvert,and I told Colin that is one thing the County won't be paying for Colin figures Mr Toews will sign.Bob and Colin went out to see Mr Toews Monday morning at 10.00 am. 7 Road committee looked at a few chip seal roads and felt some of these roads will have the ban lifted on Thursday of this week,dependmg on tests. 8 I would like to clarify a few things with development and planning about roads when the road committee report comes up 9 The road crew is up on the Wimborne project They were rained out on Fnday,along with most of the graders 10 The gravel crew is out in Torrington hauling north. 11 The boys are still out crackfilling and patching pavement. This will go on all summer 12 We have gone into the fisher / Davis road digging soft spots out on the north two miles. This will be a yearly outing .S52rP.a M o <m_071C-4