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Home My WebLink About1999-06-22 Council MinutesKNEEHILL COUNTY AGENDA COUNCIL MEETIN June 22, 1999 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes 3 J C Jeffery Report 4 Executive Committee Report June 17 1999 5 Financial Reports 6 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS. 9 00 A M Lonnie D McCook Public Works Superintei 1 30 P M Public Hearing See Agenda #12 1 45 P M Public Hearing See Agenda #13 2 00 P M Public Hearing See Agenda #14 2 30 P M Doug Hazelton TABLED ITEMS 7 Fire ByLaw/Fire Permit 8 RHA 5 Grant Request Drumheller Ambulance 9 MLA Effective Representation Questionnaire 10 M.D Rockyview Education Taxes Resolution GENERAL 11 Regionalized Emergency Services PLANNING 12 Public Hearing MPC Discretion 13 Public Hearing Redesignation S W 27 34 25 W4 Morandale Farm 14 Public Hearing Redesignation N E.29 28 21 W4 Hutterian Brethren Church of Hillview 15 Motion for Public Hearing July 27/99 @ 1 OOP M TRANSPORTATION ITEMS 16 Transportation and Utilities Report 17 Councillor s Radios GENERAL 18 County Hats Shirts, Jackets 19 Brost/Piepke Caretaker Permit 20 County Sign 4H Request 21 Alberti Comparison High School Diploma Exams COMMITTEE REPORTS 22 Wildrose Economic Development June 3/99 Minutes 23 Drumheller and Solid Waste is low a KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 22, 1999 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Kneehill County office 232 Main street Three Hills Alberta, on June 22, 1999 commencing at 8 31 A.M The following were present at the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff Councillors Marylea Lowen M Jane Allan Marjorie D Vetter James 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, and Jennifer Deak, Assistant Municipal Administrator were present along with Barbara Long who recorded the minutes Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 31 A.M Requests were made to add the following to the agenda I I (a) Assessment Review Board 24 Kneehill Housing Committee Report 25 Cosway Meeting Report Mrs Allan moved approval of the agenda with the above noted additions. CARRIED The following amendments were noted regarding the June 8, 1999 minutes ■ Page 4, paragraph 9 should state Mr Wayne Pedrim instead of Mr Ron Pedrim ■ Page I paragraph 5, should state Mrs Allan, not Mr Wagstaff, entered the meeting at 8 33 a.m Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the June 8, 1999 minutes, with the above noted amendments Mr Jeffery s report was presented Mr Hanger moved approval of Mr Jeffery's report, as presenter CARRIED Mr Hoff presented a cheque to Kneehill County from Keith Bramley in the amount of $250 00 for the purchase of an old water tank Kneehill County had for sale at Carbon Mr Hoff also advised Mr Bramley he could clean up the site The Executive Committee report was reviewed Under Executive Committee #6 ,Linden Rubble Pit, it was agreed the issue of garbage /rubble should be discussed at the 2000 Divisional meetings Under Executive committee #11, Further Working Relationships Mr Jeffery reported the possibility of partnering assessment and planning services was to be discussed with Mountain View County and Wheatland County at an upcoming meeting PRESENT AGENDA - APPROVAL APPROVAL OF MINUTES JCJREPORT -M,9,, EA SALE OF d ec'& 1P7 C C CARBON WATER TANK EXECUTIVE COMM. REPORT Mr Vickery moved approval of the Executive Committee Report with the exception APPROVAL OF of Executive Committee #1, which will be addressed later in the meeting EXEC COMM CARRIED REPORT Mr McCook, Public Works Superintendent, entered the meeting and Mrs Deak left the JD/MIN KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL" T''TE June 22. 1999 meeting time 9.00 A.M The Transportation and Utilities report was presented T &U REPORT 40 Under report item #6, request for underground power across municipal road (N W 15 k 6r'r' k s1, 29 24 W4), it was recommended that poles be put in and the power go overhead CC. LK Mr Hanger moved Kneehill County not allow underground power to be placed on road allowances and that a letter be sent to Highway 21 Feeders advising of this WGROUND decision. POWER LINES CARRIED ACROSS ROW Under report item #9 a Road Committee date was set for July 26, 1999 at 8 30 A.M "'E"o j ` Al Under report item #11 Mr McCook recommended starting the process on the OAD COMM. proposed site for the new transfer site It was agreed to put this item on the June 29, DATE 1999 Municipal Planning Commission meeting SCHMAUTZ Under report item #12, Mr McCook inquired about tendering the old Torrington fire TRANSFER SITE truck TORRINGTON Mr Hanger moved the County tender the old Torrington fire truck. FIRE TRUCK —JNM CARRIED TENDER r n Mr McCook discussed a request from Griffin Valley Ranch, NW 32 30 26 W4, to fence off a road diversion to graze horses GRIFFIN RANCH Mrs Lowen moved Griffin Valley Ranch be allowed to graze horses on the road REQUEST RE. allowance at NW 32- 30 -26 -W4 GRAZING AT CARRIED N.w.32 -30 -26 leis .R -5&'�jr V&A&sy The Capital Committee report was presented CC- `M A request was made by the Capital Committee to have authority to a certain dollar figure to make purchases when a suitable item is located CAPITAL COMM Mrs. Vetter moved the Capital Committee have authorization to purchase three half REPORT �L M emv tons up to a maximum total amount of $100, 000.00 plus CST (Fw,,tvB M& � ro S. >V► CARRIED APPROVAL RE TRUCK Mrs. Lowen moved the Capital Committee have authorization to purchase a tool PURCHASE j-b /nr:m0 shack up to a maximum amount of $15, 000 00 plus GST F g- &tGel ) �Z 1. M CARRIED TOOL SHACK Under report item #6, Mr McCook reported he had a quote on a fire truck for the PURCHASE Village of Torrington from Phoenix and asked if he should obtain a quote from Fort v 4) rneYO a Garry as well Mr Bauer Torrington Fire Chief, has requested the old fire truck be kept To as an extra for the County fleet and advised there is room to house it at the Torrington Fire Department QUOTESFOR Mr Hanger moved the Capital Committee obtain quotes, from both Phoenix and NEW Fort Garry, for comparisons on the price of a new fire truck and this informetion be TORRINGTON brought back to Council.for further discussion FIRE TRUCK CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported a letter had been received from the Village of Acme, agreeing that REGIONAL the investigation of a Regional Emergency Service should be pursued and advising that DISASTER Mr Glen Rieger has been appointed as their representative on this Regional Emergency SERVICES Services Committee .01MIN KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 22, 1999 Mr Vickery moved to accept and file. CARRIED Council discussed the appointment of a representative to the Regionalized Emergency DISA o ERL Services Committee SERVICES COMM APPOINTMENTS T Mr Vickery moved Mrs. Allan be appointed as Kneehill County's representative on �r�� si• APPOINT 1� the Regional Emergency Services Committee. CARRIED It was agreed a letter be sent to all the towns and villages informing them of Kneehill County s representative and enclosing a copy of the letter received from the Village of Acme A recess was held from 10 20 A.M to 10 30 A.M Mr McCook advised Capital Committee item #7, purchase of side mount mower deck SQ m+=m a To was not applicable and should be removed from the report Under Capital Committee item #8, a request was made to purchase a replacement gravel box for T 25 from Fort Garry Industries T 25 GRAVEL Mr Hanger moved the Capital Committee be authorized to purchase a gravel box BOX PURCHASE for T -25 with this amount not to exceed $6,200.00 plus GST � b ,,hr--,"o , o , m CARRIED Ft j.e'> ( i&w—E , -)- Mrs. Vetter moved approval of the Transportation and Utilities and the Capital Committee report, including the deletion of report item #7 (purchase of side mount mower deck) from the Capital Committee report. CARRIED Mr McCook requested approval to pave the railway crossing on S.H.575 South of 27 29 24 W4 reporting the wooden planks were in very poor condition Mr Vickery moved approval for the application of hot -mix on the railway crossing south of 27 -29 -24 W4 on S.H 575 CARRIED Mrs Deak re entered the meeting W- -,, Discussion ensued regarding the possession of radio s by Kneehill County Councillors Although the policy states each Councillor be provided with a radio it was decided that as each Councillor had both a land line and a cell phone, radios were not necessary to insure adequate communication Mr Hanger moved the Councillors return their radios to the Kneehill County office at the .July 6, 1999 Council Meeting CARRIED Mr Hoff requested that his radio be picked up from his residence The negotiations between Kneehill County and Doug Hazelton of Linden Contractors Ltd. regarding the purchase of approximately 20 acres of land and gravel at the SE 16 ,+ 32 26 -W4 were discussed It was agreed that Mr Hanger act as spokesperson for Council, and that he Mr Vickery and Mr Hoff meet separately with Mr Hazelton at 2 30 P M and report back to Council Mr Hanger moved approval to purchase Pt. SE 16 32- 26 -W4, containing 20 0 acres more or less, from Linden Contractors Ltd for the purchase price of $20, 000. 00 for JD-III.N APPROVAL OF T & U REPORT AND CAPITAL COMM REPORT D Memo %t.Yil R/R CROSSING PAVING s/o 27 -29 -24 w4 Tb fterv,o COUNCILLOR RADIOS (RETURN TO OFFICE �D nlcmo fv � M +s a /N pE ob i VG HAZELTON GRAVEL LEASE 4w' COUNTY COUNCIL June 22, 1999 land and $154, 000.00 for gravel for a total purchase price of $174,000 00 plus any applicable GST with the understanding the gravel price will be based upon $100 per cubic yard Further agreed Linden Contractors Ltd May receive this amount in equal annual installments over a period of time not to exceed four years. Further agreed should Kneehill County extract and crush all the gravel from this site prior to the final payment for the land and gravel to Linden Contractors Ltd, the County shall adjust the price for gravel to correlate with the actual amount of gravel crushed and either pay or deduct accordingly for this crushed gravel at the rate of $100 per cubic yard Mr McCook left the meeting at 11 25 a.m CARRIED r,Le�- AE ii. P HAZELTON GRAVEL LEASE/ PURCHASE PT.S.E 16-32 - 26-W4 Mr Jeffery reviewed the proposed Fire Bylaw/Fire Permit and discussion followed It C A5BL-,),--x49"i was felt the bylaw as presented, was too restrictive pk "D►pjr� Mr Vickery moved the Fire Bylaw /Fire Permit be reviewed by the Agriculture Service Board then referred back to Council to be re- drafted and presented at the 2000 Divisional Meetings to allow for input from County ratepayers. CARRIED ' Mr McCook and Mr Onos entered the meeting time 11 37 A.M Mr Onos Kneehill Ambulance Operations Director, reported that Red Deer has offered to provide Kneehill County with full 911 emergency dispatch for $1500 00 per month., which works out to 15 cents per capita per month or $1 80 per year, based on a population base of 10,000 Mr Onos advised that this would provide better client service, as there would be direct contact with dispatch by radio A discussion followed on the merits and the method of payment of the $18,000 00 per year It needs to be determined whether the County will pay for the service or if the price would be added to the phone lines It was agreed to further consider this issue and discuss same at a future date Mr McCook and Mr Onos left the meeting at 11 50 A.M The meeting recessed for lunch from 11 55 A.M to 1 00 P M The May 31 1999 bank reports were presented and reviewed Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the financial reports, as presented CARRIED Mr Rusling and Mrs Schnuelle entered the meeting at 1 30 P M Mr Vickery moved Council recess in order to hold the Public hearing scheduled for 1 30 PM CARRIED Mrs Lowen moved Council reconvene, the Public Hearing portion of the meeting being completed Time 1 36 P M CARRIED Mr John Rusling planner and Mrs Lisa Schnuelle, Development officer were present when the meeting reconvened Mrs Lowen moved first reading to Bylaw # 1405, this being a bylaw to amend Land Use Bylaw #1061 Part III, Development Permit Application, sub - section 9, by adding Section 9(11), to allow the Municipal Planning Commission to approve an application for a development permit notwithstanding that the proposed development FIRE BYLAW & PERMIT REFERRED TO ASB C P E C J a E911 FULL DISPATCH LUNCH RECESS APPROVAL OF FIN REPORTS PUBLIC HEARING JU 1MIN t KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 22, 1999 does not comply with this Bylaw or is a non - conforming building if, in the opinion of the Municipal Planning Commission the proposed development would not unduly interfere with the amenities of the neighborhood, or materially interfere with or ® affect the use, enjoyment or value of neighboring parcels of land and the proposed development conforms with the use prescribed for that land of building in this BYLAW #1405 Bylaw This Section will apply to permit applications not covered in Section 9(3) MPC FLEXIBILITY RE CARRIED DEV PERMITS �t Mr Hanger moved second reading to this bylaw b�,g 'nen. CARRIED rnOT)oN Arnm&nZi 0(- Mrs Allan moved third reading to' this bylaw at this time. by 9 9 CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Mr Vickery moved third reading to Bylaw #1405 CARRIED Mr Jeffery requested Council to set a date for the annual Assessment Review Board mE►no M,1J Mrs. Allan moved the Assessment Review Board be held on Tuesday, August 10, E D 1999 CARRIED ASSMT REVIEW Mr Jeffery reported an application had been received from Leonard and Joan Litz to BOARD DATE amend the Land Use Bylaw designation on the NW 27 -33 26 W4 from Agricultural Conservation (AC) District to Agricultural (A) District J m c m o foi,S�TR Mr Wagstaff moved a date be set for July 27, 1999 at 130 P M for a Public Hearing to hear this application for redesignation and further, the required notices be sent to all involved parties. PUBLIC CARRIED HEARING DATE SET A request has been received from the 4H Club for a new County sign to be used at their Nw 27- 33 -26 -w4 local sales Mrs Vetter moved the 4H Club be supplied with a new County flag and also a plasticized sign be ordered for their use. CARRIED 4 -H COUNTY Mr Hanger moved approval of the accounts presented for payment today, subject to FLAG &SIGN review by the Finance Committee of Councillors Hoff, Lowen, Vickery and Vetter CARRIED APPROVAL OF Mr Vickery moved Council recess in order to hold the public hearing scheduled for ACCTS PAYABLE 145 p. m. CARRIED Mrs. Lowen moved Council reconvene, the Public Hearing portion of the meeting being completed Time Z 05 P M CARRIED PUBLIC Mr Hanger moved the request from the Hutterian Brethren Church of Hillview, to HEARING amend the Land Use Bylaw by redesignating the NE 29 -28 21 -W4 from Agricultural Conservation (AC) District to Agricultural (A) District be denied CARRIED Mr Ruslmg and Mrs Schnuelle left the meeting at 2 10 p m JDi,VIIN REDESIGNATION 5 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 22, 1999 Mr Jeffery reviewed the request to provide a grant to the Drumheller ambulance for the REFUSED-21 -w4 purchase of a new ambulance Mr Jeffery also read his April 28, 1999 letter to Mr Romanetz advising him Kneehill County s decision to not support the above was strictly a fiscal decision Mr Hanger moved Council re- confirm its previous motion to deny the funding tEt'ER 5 cR`a request, from Regional Health Authority #S, for funding towards the purchase of an DRUMHELLER ambulance for Drumheller AMBULANCE CARRIED REQUEST Mr Jeffery reviewed the MLA Effective Representation Questionnaire Council proceeded to discuss the questions in the document and respond to the questionnaire It was agreed to submit the questionnaire as completed Councillors Hanger, Vickery and Hoff left the meeting to meet with Mr Hazelton time 230PM Mr Jeffery presented a letter he had written in response to the May 18/99 Council motion, to the Brost and Piepke families, regarding the Caretaker Permit at Pt SW 28 29 24 W4 and advising of the conditions of this Caretaker Agreement Mr Hoff, acting upon a complaint from the Piepke family approved their request to erect a fence at 80 feet rather than the distance stated in the Caretaker Agreement The fence has been built and Mr Hoff believes it has solved the problem between these adjacent landowners Mrs Lowen moved Council support the decision made by Mr Hoff regarding the division of the County land on the Caretaker Permit for Pt. SW 28- 29 -24 -W4 CARRIED Councillors Hanger, Hoff and Vickery re entered the meeting - time 2 55 P M Mr Hanger advised Mr Doug Hazelton will review the offer by KneeHl County regarding his gravel site It was agreed to table the offer to purchase Pt SE 16 32 26 W4 from Linden Contractors Ltd until a reply is received from Mr Hazelton . ,, . 21'( mAiiED - F� MLA EFFECTIVE REP. QUESTIONNAIRE CARETAKER AGREEMENT PIEPKE /BROST sw 28 -29 24 -w4 rir.,,�, A &fibinla Mr Jeffery reviewed the information compiled by the Committee of Mrs Wildeman and Mrs Lowen on the prices of clothing from Maximum Image, embroidered with HAZELTON PIT is "Kneehill County' as per a request from Council It was proposed the County subsidize LEASE A/G 50% of the cost of those items purchased by County employees TABLED Mrs Allan moved the County offer denim and golf shirts, embroidered "Kneehill N W,,, DEIVAA�) County" to employees, with the County absorbing 50% of the cost for the purchase �Fi �mo;,onu) of a total of two shirts per year per employee, committee representative or Councillor CARRIED COUNTY SHIRTS Mr Jeffery reviewed an article, published in the Calgary Herald ranking performance of all Alberta Schools by high school diploma exam results It was noted in the Golden Hills Regional School District, Acme school ranked in 14`h place in the province with a j% O aY score of 8 6 out of 10 0 The only other schools placing in the 186 mentioned were .4 aO Strathmore with a 7 2, Drumheller Composite with a 5 0 and Three Hills with a 4 8 �,c/ S D,✓ Mrs. Allan moved a letter be sent to the Acme High School congratulating them on their success CARRIED GOLDEN HILLS The following committee reports were presented SCHOOL RANKING ■ Wild Rose Economic Development June 3/99 minutes of regular meeting ■ Drumheller & District Solid Waste June 17/99 agenda/Minutes of April 15/99 JD .VLV KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL M June 22, 1999 ■ Red Deer River Integrated Management Plan June 18/99 Planning Te Meeting ■ Kneehill Housing Corporation June 15/99 Meeting ■ Cosway Meeting June 21/99 Mr Vickery reported on the meeting Mrs Lowen moved approval of the Committee reports, as presented CARRIED r,'_ ` . COMM REPORTS WREDC GARBAGE RED DEER IMP KHC Mr Jeffery presented, as an information item, correspondence received from TRAILNET Participaction regarding a Trans Canada Trail Relay 2000 run being planned in support of Trail Net This presentation was accepted as information only Mr Jeffery presented the request from the M.D of Rocky View to support their Fi D resolution regarding education taxes that was tabled from the May 25, 1999 Council Meeting TRANSCAN Mr Wagstaff moved to accept and file, for information. TRAIL RELAY CARRIED Mr Hanger reported Mr Sulo Luoma had contacted him to advise the Seed Cleaning Plant is interested in purchasing the P & H Elevator, for an approximate cost of i $50 000 00 The facility will be used for moving peas Ag Pro advised Mr Hanger they would deal with the Seed Plant for cleaning peas on a short term basis in order to determine if communication lines with the Plant had been rectified Mr Hanger asked for input from Council regarding any concerns No comments were forthcoming at this time Mrs. Allan moved the meeting adjourn. Time 3 50 P M MW - -- - -- Reeve JD/MIN CARRIED n'ici al Adm i rator ROCKY VIEW RESOLUTION RE. ED. TAXES THREE HILLS SEED CLEANING PLANT REPORT ADJOURNMENT 14ft- JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT June 9 June 22 1999 REPORT. Balance Forward $ 1397 1 Retirement lunch for Smiths and Haskells 104 BALANCE $1501 CORRESPONDENCE 1 May 15 1999 Rec #0035017 AB Treasury Bridge File1876 1276 Level 11 2 June 8, 1999 Rec #35015 AB Treasury Fines Distribution 3 Mn y 1999 Fines Disbursement Report 4 June 17/99 Golden Hills Regional Div #15 Minutes 5 June 17/99 Golden Hills Regional Div #15 Agenda 6 Invitation Membership Parkland Airshed Management Zone Association 7 Request for County Map from Child Find Sent June 2/99 8 Request for input on Local Jurisdiction over Water Use on Recreational Water Bodies 9 Hazardous Product Warning Contaminated Propane 10 Alberta Wage and Salary Survey 1999 11 May 31/99 Alberta Gazette 12 May 31/99 Alberta Gazette 13 Seminar advertising Tax Issues Affecting Alberta Businesses 14 Seminar advertising Collection Law in Alberta 15 Seminar advertising Nature Wealth and the Human Economy in next Millennium 16 Seminar advertising Microsoft Office 17 Advertising MBA through Distance Learning Heriot Watt University 18 Advertising Western Gym and Recreational Supplies Ltd 19 Advertising Subscription LawNow 20 Advertising Dockman and Associates Implementing rural water systems 21 Advertising CAD Resource Centre Opening in Edmonton 22 Catalogue Alberta Association of Architects Register & Firm Index 23 Catalogue North Star Sports 24 Summer 1999 Imperial Oil Review 25 May 99 Healthy Start newsletter 26 May 99 Oilweek newsletter 27 Summer 1999 AOC Today newsletter 28 Summer 1999 The Flag and Banner newspaper 29 June 2 9, 16/99 The Capital newspaper 30 June 9 16/99 The Drumheller Mail newspaper HOME OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS. 1 NIL Mumteljcj report 1999doc C� c i Transportation and Utility Report June 22,19 1 I received a call from Phil from Griffin Valley Ranch, who was wondenn. N W of 32 30 26 W4 They would like to graze some horses on the area Have to go to council for their approval first 2 We have received a letter from Alberta Environment stating that they have at the pit west of Torrington There are a few requirements they would like to see which are no big deal to comply with 3 The road crew has moved over to the correction line at Linden 4 The crews are still crackfilling patching and fencing 5 The two slides down on the Clarke road are being attended to I hired a contractor with a cat hoe and packer Hopefully they will be out of the area this week 6 We have a request from Highway 21 feeders to cros9 under a road allowance with water and power We have an agreement for the water to cross but nothing for power Do we want underground power across road allowances" 7 I was invited to a little sit down with Jack from the town of Threehills last Friday The main topic on the agenda was cooperation and I believe it was aimed at me not cooperating with their public works department After a few things were straightened out on who will be doing what and when with County equipment the meeting went well I told Jack to send the County a letter asking if we would provide services in some areas that they can t do or are trying to get out of 8 I ve had the boys ripping up the dust control on the Trentham road and the zoo road because of potholes etc 9 We should set a date for road committee to look at a few things fr z) M e m Sing R6 (0 4.30 A wt Tv { M +nee, 1O4 10 Capital report 11 We should start the process on the proposed site for the new dump j C) rrnCVno jQ 1,16A 5NOUF+t -E /JvW t kv- s`i"10' 12 We have the old Torrington fire truck in town here now Would you like me to tender it in the papers? 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