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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-06-09 Council MinutesCJ 0 40 KNEEHILL COUNTY AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING June 9, 1998 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes 3 J C Jeffery Report 4 Executive Committee Report 5 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS. 9 00 A.M Lonnie D McCook, Public Works Superintendent TRANSPORTATION ITEMS 6 Transportation & Utilities Report 7 Dry Island Buffalo Jump Park 8 Wimborne Cemetery Expansion 9 Sept Approach 10 Miller Road Project GENERAL ITEMS. 11 Trochu Swimming Pool 12 Legal Update 13 Letter from AAMD &C 14 Letter from Parkland Savings & Credit Union Ltd 15 Letter from Rose Country Communications Ltd 16 Three Hills Exhibition Group 17 City of Calgary Equalized Assessment Process Meeting PLANNING ITEMS. 18 Development Agreement 19 Planning Fees COMMITTEE REPORTS. 20 Committee Reports Red Deer River Corridor Integrated Management Plan Special Places May 27/98 Local Committee Minutes Three Hills Senior Games 1998 Society June 1/98 Meeting Report Kneehill Community Resource Board LATE ITEMS. • • • KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 9, 1998 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Kneehill County office 232 Main Street, Three Hills, Alberta on Tuesday, June 9, 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 John Jeffery Municipal Administrator, was present along with Jennifer Deak, Assistant Administrator, who recorded the minutes Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 30 A.M Requests were made to add the following late items to the agenda Task Force on Infrastructure Three Hills Airport Commission Proposed Assessment Amendments 1998 Assessment Review Board Budget Report Committee Reports Kneehill Regional FCSS, Kneehill Water Commission and Kneehill Interagency Mr Boake moved approval of the agenda with the addition of the above noted late items CARRIED Mrs. Lowen moved approval of the May 26198 minutes CARRIED Mr Jeffery s report was presented along with the Pending Report It was clarified the Reeve, Administrator ASB Chairperson, ASB Vice Chairperson and Ag Fieldman would all be attending the June 29/98 Rosebud River and Service Berry Creek Water Meeting scheduled for June 29/98 at Wheatland County, commencing at 10 30 A.M It was agreed to meet at the County office at 9 00 A.M and pick up Mr Hoff and Mrs Lowen en route at Mr HofF's residence at 9 30 A M The General Pending File items were reviewed and it was agreed to file the following items #4 Braconnier Park 45 Recreation Grants, # 10 Carbon Transfer Site # 14 Alberta Trail Net #19 Closure of Road Allowance W of NW 11 & SW 14 -29 23 W4 #20 M.D of Rocky View Fire Suppression/Mutual Aid Agreement, #21 AT &U Surplus Properties, #22 Bill C65, #24 Schmautz Land Lease, #29 Wendell Hannah Request for Annexation to County It was also noted item #9 Ag Exhibition was being addressed through item #16 on the agenda, item #8 and item #23, Kneehill Regional Water Commission could be consolidated and item #11 and item #26, Abandoned Rail Crossings, could also be consolidated It was further noted under item #18 Torrington Office Space the lease agreement had been signed by the Torrington Tourism Action Society but not witnessed It was agreed to file this item It was decided to review the Transportation Pending Items when Mr McCook was present Mr Vickery moved approval Mr .leffery's report, including the recommendations for the General Pending Items. Jl) /A11N CARRIED PRESENT CALLTO ORDER ADDITIONS TO AGENDA APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES JCJ REPORT & PENDING REPORT APPROVAL OF JCJ & GENERAL PRNDiNG ITEMS CJ KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 9, 1998 The Executive Committee Report was presented Under Executive Committee #6 SH 806 Road Project it was noted the potential start up date for this project was July 1/98 It was reported concerns had been expressed about access along SH 582 during road construction, a resident along this road had scheduled a farm sale and was concerned people would not be able to access his farm site for the sale because of this construction It was noted the contractor should be completed the project prior to this sale date and this information had been conveyed to the landowner Under Executive Committee #9 Road Damage Policy the concerns, problems and possible solutions to address road damages were reviewed It was agreed to concur with the Executive Committee recommendation and further discuss this issue at the Organizational Meeting Mr Lonnie McCook Public Works Superintendent, entered the meeting time 9 00 A.M Under Executive Committee #11 1998 2001 Secondary Road Program and Secondary Priority, Council reviewed the priority list for the secondary roads It was noted the province is giving priority to paving projects, as reflected on the priority list It was agreed to concur with the Executive Committee recommendation to adopt the priority list as the three year Secondary Highway program A discussion followed on tying in these secondary projects with the surrounding municipalities It was noted the County s SH 585 road project ended at its boundary (Red Deer River) but could also be addressed by Starland County the abutting jurisdiction It was agreed continuing road projects, across municipal boundaries, was a common sense matter An example cited was the SH 841 road project Kneehill was paving its portion of this road and Wheatland County had ripped up its portion of the same secondary highway This provided inconsistent driving surfaces on the same road EXEC COMM. REPORT SH 806 PROJECT SH 582 PROJECT ,97�- ROAD DAMAGE POLICY TABLE TO ORG.MEETING PWS INTO MEETING Mr Wagstaff moved the surrounding mumcipahti'es he notified of Kneehill County's Z�>7--zc 4o,)7 1998 - 2001 Secondary Highway Road Program and further, discussions to facilitate these projects, with the surroundrng,/urisdictionc, he addressed. CARRIED 1998 2001 SH ROAD PROGRAM Mr Vickery moved to accept the Secondary Highway Priority projects, as presented, that being the final paving projects, along with the affected bridges and culverts involved with these projects, as the County's .Secondary Highway Priority Protects for the years A> v y �ea,�.✓c�c f 1998 through to 2001 CARRIED It was agreed to defer the balance of the Executive Committee report until later in the meeting The Transportation Pending Report items were reviewed with Mr McCook who advised, under report item #1, a report was forthcoming from the AAMD &C regarding the Petroleum Products Buying Group It was agreed to file transportation pending items #3, Bleriot Ferry Agreement, and item #5 Save Harmless Agreements APPROVAL OF Mr 13oake moved approval of the Pending Report Transportation items, including the TRANS PENDING recommendations for filing report items #3 and #S ITEMS CARRIED The Transportation & Utilities Report was presented T &U REPORT Under report item #7, Mr McCook reported the scoping and cleaning of the water and sewer lines in Torrington was underway TORRiNGTON Under report items #9 and #10 a Road Committee meeting date was scheduled for Friday LiNE SCOPiNG A)MIN 2 1J r1 L---A 0 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 9, 1998 June 19/98 commencing at 8 30 AN to be followed by a Water Committee meeting to the ROAD COMM & afternoon WATER COMM. Under report item #8 Wimborne Road Project Mr McCook advised Mr Russell Smith MEETING DATES was not willing to sign the agreements for this project and this portion of the project would be straight cut WIMBORNE Under report item #2, it was reported the contract amount for the SH 841 would be PROJECT (SMITH) increasing by approximately $48 000 00 due to the increase in material quantities to address the weak subgrade and the digging out of the soft spots SH 841 PROJECT COST OVERRUN Mrs Vetter vowed approval of the Transportation & Utilities report. CARRIED APPROVAL OF Mr Wagstaff discussed the Special Places 2000 Local Committee and the Dry Island T &U REPORT Buffalo Jump Park inquiring about Council's intent for this park and noting the Special Places Committee was of the opinion people should be concentrated more in the park areas rather than on the leased land areas It was noted a letter had been sent to the province inviting them to discuss possible partnering opportunities for the development of the park area A discussion followed on the future plans of the park the partnering with the province to develop the park for possible camping, the costs for the development of the park providing tenting facilities at the park to accommodate people canoeing down the river and providing better road access into the park Mrc Lowen ►roved a letter he sent to the Vpecial Places Local Committee outlining the SPECIAL PLACES County's interest to enter into a partnership with the province for the development of REPORT & DRY this park and the general long term intentions for the development of this area, ISLAND BUFFALO including provisions for limited camping and accessibility JUMP PARK CARRIED A short recess was held from 9 50 A.M 10;05 A.M It was reported Mr Leonard Litz had advised of a verbal agreement he had made with Mr Alex Cunningham whereby he would undertake all the preparation work on the Winiborne cemetery expansion (removal of trees and roots hauling of dirt to fill slough area preparing site and grassing of same) in lieu of receiving gravel for the Wimborne Hall campground WIMBORNE CEMETERY Mr Boake moved to refer this matter to the Road Committee and further, the Road EXPANSION & L. Committee arrange to meet with Mr I itz to discuss this matter LITZ A/G CARRIED n '0"s Mr Vickery moved to refer the Sept approach (4E 2 32- 25 -W4) to the Road Committee. SEPT APPROACH CARRIED REFERRED TO ROAD COMM Mr Hanger moved to table the Miller protect. CARRIED MILLER PROJECT TABLED Mr Jeffery reported the AAMD &C was requesting all member municipalities to complete a survey providing input on how any additional funding for transportation be allocated to best meet rural transportation needs Council then proceeded to review discuss and respond to AAMD &C SURVEY the survey questions, indicating the priority be towards the secondary roads partnership RE. TRANS. program It was agreed to return the survey, as completed NEEDS Mr Wagstaff reported on the Three Hills Airport Commission noting things were happening very quickly at the airport The Commission had inquired about the possibility of the County providing a garbage container and garbage pick up service at the airport The parking lot was in dire need of gravelling and grading and would the County be willing to THREE HILLS do this work It was noted the County receives approximately $4 500 00 in taxes per AiRPORT REPORT JDAl11N 0 �J C E KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 9, 1998 annum from the hangers and had incurred approximately $235 000 00 in costs to upgrade the road out to the airport Mr Wagstaff noted the Commission members wanted no increase in current requisition levels A discussion followed on alternate sources of revenue for the airport such as user fees to cover costs Mr Boake moved a letter he sent to the Three Hills Airport Commission requesting they re- assess their o)vn revenue sources to ensure their users are paying their_fair share of costs before requesting assistance from the local jurisdictions recommend the town of THREE HILLS Three Hills look into a dunipster garbage service for the airport as they currently have a AIRPORT contract for this type of service and with costs for this service to he charged hack to the REQUEST FOR users, and further, the Commission he advised the County is not willing to consider any ADDITIONAL increases to the airport requisition at this time SERVICES CARRIED It was agreed to have Mr McCook check out the parking lot at the airport and advise on3 r e_rr7A;.f, ;55 PC-B same Mr Wagstaff requested the letter to the Airport Commission be given to him to present at the next airport meeting Mr Hanger expressed concerns about the number of office keys given out to personnel Mrs Deak was requested to provide details of this matter and it was agreed to further discuss this issue after lunch Mr McCook left the meeting time 1 1 10 AN Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the accounts presented for payment to -day, subject to review by the Finance Committee of Councillors Hoff, Vickery, Lowen and Vetter CARRIED The review of the Executive Committee continued Under Executive Committee # 15 Employee Wage /Salary Increase, Mr Jeffery provided the requested information to Council regarding the proposed wage and salary increases, noting an increase of one percent equated to $15,500 00, based on actual 1997 wages and salaries It was further noted the Budget Committee had provided for an overall four percent increase in wage and salary provisions for the year Mr Hanger moved approval./or a hvo and a half percent )Page and salary increase for permanent County employees, effective .fuly 1 1998 CARRIED Under Executive Committee #18 1997 Kneehill County Fact Sheet it was noted Mr Hanger's old cellular telephone number not his current cellular telephone number was recorded on this sheet Mr Hanger moved approval of the Executive Committee Report CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported a letter had been received from the town of Trochu advising the town will proceed with a non capital maintenance project for their pool in the amount of $14 550 00 It was noted the town had in an earlier letter, classified this project as a capital project and as such the County could not cost share same under the terms of the pool agreement Mr Jeffery then proceeded to read aloud both letters received from Trochu the first letter indicating this $14 550 00 was a capital expense and the second letter indicating this project was an operating expense It was noted the agreement for the Trochu pool costs were capped for capital funding, with this cap being reached and paid The operating JW IN OFFICE KEYS aE�(;Scs irL,xrrsj PWS OUT OF MEETING APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS EXEC COMM. REVIEW 1998 WAGE &t SALARY INCREASE 1997 FACT SHEET APPROVAL OF EXEC. COMM REPORT TROCHU POOL CAPITAL /OPERAT ING BUDGET 4 0 0 • KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 9, 1998 expenses are shared 50/50 between the town of Trochu and the rural residents of the Trochu recreation area A discussion followed on the definition of capital expenses and the arrangements for the paying of pool expenses Mr Wagstaff noted he, as a resident in the Trochu recreation area, paid for the Trochu pool plus the other pools in the municipality, the other residents, not living in the Trochu recreation area paid towards all pools except the Trochu pool It was noted the Trochu pool costs were addressed through a plebiscite and agreement Mrs. Loiven moved to table this matter pending further information and clarification TROCHU POOL from Trochu on their definition of capital and operating expenses BUDGET CARRIED CLARIFICATION RWUEST The meeting recessed for lunch between 11 50 A.M. - 12 55 P M Mr Jeffery reviewed the list of personnel who had office keys Mr Hanger expressed LUNCH RECESS concerns that fourteen keys were given out when Council s intent was to have only four to six keys given out Mr Hanger noted he wanted Council to be aware of this matter Mr Hanger then expressed concerns about non permanent personnel being provided with keys Mr Jeffery noted on February 19/98, the Executive Committee had authorized keys be provided to Mr Cunningham and Mr Ian Martens Mr Cunningham needed access to the building to look after the radios and also in the capacity of Director of Disaster Services, OFFICE KEYS Mr Ian Martens required access to the building to look after cemetery plots, should anyFof plots be required during those times the office was closed Mr Hanger noted he was of the opinion Mr Cunningham had handed in his keys when he retired in April A discussion followed on issuing non duplicate keys to office personnel computer security and information protection, the need to control and monitor who accessed the office building, the need to trust personnel accessing the building, and the need to address concerns regarding trust and budding access Mr Boake moved the office buildling security and the computer security also he included in the previous meeting's motion to look into security dlevuces for the office. CARRIED BUILDING SECURITY Mr Hanger moved authorization he given _for seven keys to be given out for the office building and further, arrangements made and a roster kept./or signing out keys to personnel requesting pernussion to access the building after operating hours. MOTION LOST OFFICE KEY DISTRIBUTION A discussion followed on disaster services and the need to access the building in such emergencies It was noted emergency reporting would soon be under the E911 service Mr Vickery moved to table the balance of these discussions and concerns until the Organizational Meeting DISASTER CARRIED SERVICES TABLED Mr Jeffery reviewed the topics covered by Brownlee Fryett at their 1998 Emerging Trends in Municipal Law seminar attended by Mrs Deak and himself on June 4/98 Mr Jeffery noted the seminar was most informative and recommended council members attend the next LEGAL SEMINAR legal seminar Mr Jeffery then proceeded to briefly update Council on the topics covered at REPORT this seminar internal trade agreement year 2000 considerations bylaw prosecutions, MGA rlz amendments and personal liability of Councillors Mr Boake moved a policy be drafted, for the next Council meeting, addressing DRAFT POLICY provisions for unbudgeted ewpendutures• RE UNBUDGETED CARRIED EXPENDITURES JDIAHN 5 • 0 0 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 9, 1998 Mr Jeffery reported the AAMD &C has advised the County has won free registration for the AAMD &c 1998 AAMD &C's 901h Anniversary Convention November 16 19, 1998 in Edmonton The FALL County's name was drawn from a list of municipalities that returned their Spring 1998 CONVENTION Convention Evaluations prior to May 15/98 /— S15;1✓i Mr Vickery moved to accept anti file this information. CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported Parkland Savings & Credit Union Ltd., had extended an invitation to PARKLAND GOLF host a golf tournament for the administration staff, Councillors and respective spouses It TOURNAMENT was agreed a date of August 17/98 be approved for this event �7Z_':zs� -r Mr Wagstaff moved to accept anti file. CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported Rose Country Communications Ltd had forwarded a copy of a new brochure promoting the village of Carbon ROSE COUNTRY COMMUNICATION Mr Boake moved to accept and file. /-/21;S CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported a letter had been received from Linda Whitehead, treasurer of the former Three Hills Oilmen, requesting their donation to the Exhibition Group Committee be forwarded to the Kneehill Riding Club for the purchase of siding for their storage facility It was noted this donation had been set up in a special trust fund Mrs. Vetter moved approval. for the_ funds to the trust account for the Exhibition Group EXHIB. GROUP he forivartled to the Kneehil Riding Club TRUST ACCOUNT CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed the meeting minutes from the May 15/98 Equalized Assessment Process meeting, hosted by the city of Calgary, and attended by Mr Vickery and himself and numerous representatives from various municipalities in the province 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 has CITY OF prepared a resolution requesting the Minister of Municipal Affairs to establish a committee CALGARY representative of the diversity of stakeholders to review and make recommendations to the EQUALIZED equalized assessment process and that the committee's recommendations be made with a ASSESSMENT view to ensuring this process results in the fair and equitable collection of education funding MEETING among all Alberta taxpayers REPORT Mr Hanger moved to accept and file. CARRIED Mr Jeffery then reviewed in detail the draft Development Agreements prepared for Mr Ed Miller, Echo Sand Ranching and Mr Bob Penner noting the differences in the agreements in addition to the standard clauses A discussion followed on the need to have a standard Development Agreement with provision to add additional clauses as required It DEVELOPMENT was noted none of the agreements reviewed contained provisions for addressing potential AGREEMENT JI)I fIN 6 • 0 0 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 9, 1998 road damages Mr Jeffery noted both Ms Paget and Mr Rusling, from the County planning and development department were satisfied with the intent of these agreements Mr Wagstaff moved to accept the draft Developinent Agreements, as presented, for Mr Ed Miller, Echo Sands Ranching and Mr Boh Penner CARRIED Mr Jeffery advised a revised list of planning fees had been received from Mountain View County Mrs Lowen moved to refer flits matter to the Municipal Planning Comnussion for a recommendation. CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported a letter had been received from the town of Trochu requesting a meeting with the County to discuss proposed financial sharing for the building of a new fire hall Trochu's representatives will include Mayor Jean Ashcroft Councillor Tom Laubman, Administrator Maureen Malaka Fire Chief Lawrence Hogg and another fire department representative It was noted there was a possibility of Trochu combining the fire hall building with another facility (community hall) It was agreed to commit and facilitate funding for a fire hall and, should a point use facility be constructed, to specify the County's funding was towards the fire hall portion of the facility Mr Hanger moved a Committee comprising of the Administrator, Mr .leffery, and Councillors Vickery and Wagstaff, meet with Trochu to further discuss this matter CARRIED The following committee reports were presented • Red Deer River Integrated Management Plan Mr Boake reported he had attended a meeting on May 28/98 the plan is being tied in with Special Places 2000 need to involve planning department and the County's Area Structure Plan for region Agreed to have Mr Rusling review this matter • Special Places 2000 Local Committee Mr Wagstaff reported Fording Coal had made a presentation to the Committee the Committee had discussed the designation of natural areas the Committee will be making draft recommendations that will be presented to council minutes were available to anyone requesting same In response to questions Mr Wagstaff advised the main issues were liability on leased land and access to leased land • Senior Games Committee Mrs Vetter reported billets were still needed, four municipal and four Canada flags would be required for the ceremonies Mr Marz MLA had provided provincial flags In response to an inquiry Mrs Vetter noted the Committee is working within its budget • Kneehill Community Resource Board (KCRB) Mrs Vetter reported Mr Ireland, Chairperson of the KCRB had requested she sit on the interview committee for the selection of a temporary resource worker to fill in for a maternity leave (one year period) Mrs Vetter then advised she had been informed this interview committee would include two school principals (Trochu and Carbon) noting these people were not part of the KCRB It was agreed to have Mrs Vetter telephone Mr Ireland to discuss this matter and further to have both Mrs Vetter and Mr Hanger, who were both KCRB representatives attend and participate in this interview process Mrs Vetter then left the meeting time 3 30 P M The Committee reports continued ■ Kneehill Regional FCSS Board Mrs Lowen reported the FCSS Director Mrs Patti JDARN APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS PLANNING FEES REFERRED TO MPC X10 7L,csii TROCHU FIRE HALL MEETING COMM. REPORTS RED DEER RIVER INT. MGMT PLAN SPECIAL PLACES 2000 SENIOR GAMES roil' KCRB 7 • • KNEEHILL COUNTY_ COUNCIL MINUTES June 9, 1998 Dundas, had tendered her resignation effective June 30/98 Mrs Dundas and her fam were relocating to Edmonton The position for Director was being advertised witf date of June 19/98 scheduled for short listing of applications and June 22/98 at 1 P M scheduled for interviews Mrs Vetter re entered the meeting time 3 35 P M ■ Kneehill Regional Water Commission Mr Jeffery advised clarification had I— received regarding the last Water Commission meeting, noting this was a Committee meeting, not a full Commission meeting and the secretary had recorded the meeting minutes As a result of this information the previous meetings motion was not followed through Kneehill Interagency Kic'N Stress a letter has been received thanking the County for their support of the 1998 Wellness Conference, scheduled for November 20/98 at the Three Hills Community Centre Mrs Vetter and Mr Hoff left the meeting time 3 40 P M Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the Committee reports, as presented CARRIED Mr Jeffery distributed the May 31 1998, Budget Comparison report requesting all Councillors review same Mr Jeffery briefly reviewed the proposed assessment regulation amendments highlighting the proposals for the use of market value for unregulated property definition of farming operations provisions to allow the Minister to make regulations setting conditions under which a council may appoint a panel of one for an Assessment Review Board and a panel of one for the Municipal Government Board Mr Jeffery reported the assessment and tax notices had been mailed, with July 10/98 being the last day to appeal assessment notices A date was required to be set for the Assessment Review Board, which had been established at the Organizational Meeting through Bylaw #1382 with Councillors Vetter, Vickery, Wagstaff Hanger and Boake appointed to this Board Mr Boake moved a date of August 25, 1998, he scheduled for the 1998 Assessment Review Board Mr Boake moved the meeting adjourn Time 3 40 P M Reeve .)/)/A 11N -r"- - M CARRIED CARRIED KNEEHILL WATER COMM. F� KNEEHILL INTERAGENCY APPROVAL OF COMM. REPORTS BUDGET COMP REPORT F,, ,r PROPOSED ASSESSMENT REGULATION 1998 ARB DATE ADJOURNMENT 8 �J E, t...' JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT May 27 June 9. 1998 REPORT: Balance Forward $ 441 96 Pending Report see attached BALANCE $ 441 96 CORRESPONDENCE. 1 May 29/98 RC #0030780 AB Treasury $67 650 00 ASB Grant 2 May 30/98 AB Gazette 3 Golden Hills Regional Division No 15 May 12/98 Minutes & June 998 Agenda 4 Canadian Firearms Centre Bulletin #18 5 Spring 1998 WCB Newsletter 6 June 1998 Profit magazine 7 Employment Opportunity CAO M.D of Pincher Creek 8 Employment Opportunity Assistant Manager/Development Officer Financial Officer Superintendent of Public Works, Administrative Support /Administration Administrative Support/Public Works and ASB M.D of Bonnyville #87 (Lakeland County) 9 Conference Advertising 1998 Western GFOA Conference 10 Conference Advertising Housing Symposium 11 Conference Advertising Celebration of Youth 12 Conference Advertising BC Aviation Conference 13 Advertising Brisbin & Sentis Engineering Inc 14 Advertising The Ken Roberts Company 15 Advertising Sportswear Imprinting 16 May 20,27 & June 3/98 The Drumheller Mail newspaper 17 May 27 & June3 /98 The Capital newspaper HOME OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS 1 Valleyview Colony 2 6 unit residences 2 Gallant Alvin M 'x40 SW 16 32 26 W4 $480,000.00 SW 03 33 26 W4 $15,000.00 Thane & Strohschem, Gloria K NW 26 33 23 W4 home (2 "d residence) $17000.00 Ic 1 • C� E PENDING FILEN AS A T .tune 9 1998 UPCOMING DATES June 10 1998 ASB Meeting Schmautz Pit (screenings only) June 19 1998 Kneehill County office 8:30 A.M June 11 12, 1998 Elected Officials Symposium Kneehill Regional FOSS Meeting Red deer Lodge, Red Deer June 11 1998 Kneehill Housing Corporation Meeting Kneehill County office 1 30 P M June 23 1998 7.00PM June 16 1998 Municipal Planning Commission Public Hearing 1 30 P M June 25 1998 Kneehill County office 8:30 A.M June 16 1998 Fire Meeting Kneehill County Golf Tournament Village of Carbon office 1 00 P M June 17 1998 Kneehill Ambulance Meeting Wheatland County 10:30 AN July 2 1998 Kneehill County office 7.00 P M June 18 1998 Fire Chiefs Meeting June 18 19 1998 Gravel Days Schmautz Pit (screenings only) June 19 1998 Executive Committee Kneehill County office 8.30 AN June 19 1998 Kneehill Regional FOSS Meeting Kneehill County office 4:00 P M June 22 1998 Kneehill Regional FCSS Meeting Kneehill County office 1 30 P M June 23 1998 Council Meeting Kneehill County office 8.30 AN Public Hearing 1 30 P M June 25 1998 Kneehill Regional Water Commission meeting Kneehill County office 9.00 AN June 26 1998 Kneehill County Golf Tournament Three Hills Golf Club 9-OOA.M. June 29 1998 Rosebud River & Service Berry Creek Water Meeting Sky, Wheatland County 10:30 AN July 2 1998 Executive Committee meeting Kneehill County office 8.30 AN July 7 1998 Council Meeting Kneclull County office 8.30 AN July 14 17 1998 ASB Provincial Conference County of Flagstaff July 17 1998 Executive committee Meeting Kneehill County office 1 30 P M July 21 1998 Council Meeting Kneehill County office 830 AN .n�!i�ervn►NC.nc�c 1 E �J �J PENDING FILES AS AT June 9, 1998 S���ofaJ'�x ►'� PENDING FILES RECAP 1 Linden Rubble Pit Bob Boake arranging meeting with Acme and Linden to investigate purchase of land for expansion of Linden site. If land cannot be acquired for reasonable price will relocate to Schmautz. 2 Cross Boundary Garbage Dumping (May /97) Awaiting Drumheller & District solid Waste Management Ass n engineering report 3 Red Deer River Integrated Management Plan Awaiting report on May 28/98 meeting 4 Braconmer Park Transfer of title to Kneehill in progress Water hydrant to be installed overnight camping rate $5.00 per night. 5 Recreation Grants Paid out for 1998 and letters sent re 1999 grant. Approved motion to look at possible inflation /cost of living increase to the grant amount for next year Linden not to be part of $100,000.00 grant decision making nor receive any of these monies. Each urban centre and rural communities of Huxley Swalwell Torrington and Wimborne to receive $2,000.00 annual grant towards cost of operating their community hall /facility 6 AB Senior Summer Games Feb /98) Proceeding Kneehill paid in Dec /97 $10 128.00 grant ($2.00 per capita) and offered use of municipal parks (camping ball diamond etc.) 7 Buffalo hump Park (Jan/98) Wayne Pedr►m advised park is part of Special Places 2000 and should wait for their report. G 8 Regional Water Committee Next meeting June 25/98 9 Ag Exhibition Group Wrote to Three Hills Oilmen asking what to do with their donation of $792.40 f� %10 Carbon Transfer Site Agreed to pay full costs to have site open on Saturdays 8:00 A.M 5:00 P M with review after four months Ceas W� :u ,11 CP Rail Line Abandonment (Dcc /97) Awaiting response to letter re abandoned right of ways May /98 wrote to MPs about concerns 12 FOiP Act Jen to attend workshop July 15 17/98 in Calgary 13 Lionel Brisson Torrington (Mar /98) Awaiting Mr Brisson s response to Kneehill s letter for specifics x,14 Alberta TrailNet Received response to inquiry Matter referred to Glen Wagstaff 15 Radio system upgrading Tenders received and referred to Alex Cunningham for review 16 Special Places 2000 Trying to identify boundaries, looking at liability issues and keeping the leaseholders from being liable looking at a recommendation for existing highway widening through designated areas 17 Alberta s 100 °i Anniversary & Kneehill Logo and Road Signs (Mar /98) Agreed ample time for planning 100 "' anniversary celebrations. Logo approved Will address road signs after new logo approved F�6 --;18 Torrington Office Space Lease signed by Tourism Society RECOMMEND FILE THIS ITEM F!-, X19 Closure of Road Allowance W of NW 11 & SW 14 -29 23 W4 Received AT &U approval Gave bylaw 3 "i reading F.� X20 M.D of Rocky View fire Suppression/Mutual Aid Agreement (Apr /98) Awaiting response from Rocky View re "no charge" agreement with Kneehill 21 AT &U Surplus Properties Pt. SW 28 29 24 W4 (Mar /98) Awaiting response from AT &U re offer to purchase this 1 59 acre parcel for $1 00 RECOMMEND FILE THIS ITEM F - -- 22 Bill C65 Have received Bill and given to Mr Alan Hazel RECOMMEND FILE THIS ITEM liar, eg - - 3 23 Kneehill Regional Water Committee (Apr /98) Committed $1 00 per capita for water feasibility study ,,24 Sclmnautz Land Lease Lease awarded to low bidder Rick Leibel for one year terin at $6 700 00 (May 1/98 April 30/99) RECOMMEND FILE THiS ITEM 25 Bylaw Enforcement /Special Constable Tabled until Organizational Meeting C+we 2-6 Abandoned Rail Crossings (Mar /98) Letters sent to CN & CP re condition of abandoned rail crossings •it municipal intersections 27 Office Security Referred to Bob Boake 28 E911 Central Dispatch Letter sent to Red Deer inquiring about costs Letter sent to CLB notifying them of possible application for funding to upgrade communication system for E91 1 Letter sent to all towns •ind villages updating on same 29 Wendell Hannah Request for Annexation to County Motion approved to accept property into County conditional upon approval by the Minister 30 1998 Municipal election Jen appointed Returning Officer and Jean Wilkinson Deputy Returning officer Both to attend election workshop June 17/98 in Strathmore sp,,2mrrvi,� Transportation Items. s,�p�2orin v ? 1 AAMD &C Petroleum Products Buying Group (Mar /98) Laurie B preparing a 6 month comparison report 2 Schmautz Pit (Mar /98) Two observation wells for AB Environment to be drilled F� — Yi Bleriot Ferry Agreements drawn up approved and forwarded to Ledcor and AB Transportation 4 Winther Icing Problem Lonnie experimenting with in hoe ---)5 Save Harmless Agreements with Towns and Villages Three Hills and Trochu have signed Acme Linden and Carbon have not Exec Comm Recommendation no work be done for Acme, Linden •ind Carbon 6 Mt. Vernon Water Advised Co -op County not willing to provide any freebies. Co -op responsible for seeding and restoration of the ditches Road Committee to follow up. JDTFINDiNC DOC