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Home My WebLink About1999-06-17 Council MinutesEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JUNE 17 1999 The Executive Committee of Otto Hoff, Richard M Vickery, and Jim Hanger met on Thursday June 17 1999, at the Kneehill County office in Three Hills commencing at 8 45 A.M Also present were John C Jeffery, Administrator Lonnie D McCook Public Works Superintendent and Barbara Long Recording Secretary • l_ DOUG HAZELTON S.E.16 32 26 W4 Doug Hazelton entered the meeting at 9 05 A.M Mr McCook explained the results of the testing completed on the above 20 acres and e> advised he could only guarantee a 15 foot depth of gravel on this site Mr Hazelton felt ' , +CDC the gravel would probably average out to an 18 foot depth Mr Hazelton is willing to sell,>v;; OAA the above property and will come to the June 22 1999 Council Meeting to negotiate with the County Mr Hazelton left the meeting at 9 25 AN 2 Cemetery Plot Arthur Wyndham A letter was received from the Wyndham family requesting that Arthur Wyndham be Tb m Emn buried either on top of or next to his brother Alex Wyndham in the Swalwell cemetery r0 a L plot #SW0121 This plot and 3 others are located on the County road allowance and if road construction were to take place the bodies would either have to be exhumed or more Ct /feat land purchased j, ,,E,, le,.*.)F It �.a.� Executive Committee recommends Arthur Wyndham be placed on top of Alex Wyndham as per regulations with all associated costs being the responsibility of the Wyndhams and if the regulations cannot be met they must locate in the cemetery proper as no additional plots will be allowed on the road allowance 3— Horseshoe Canyon Toilets On June 11 per a telephone call Mr Pedrini advised the toilets for the Horseshoe Canyon parking lot are being tendered F• LE Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 4. Swalwell Campground Stove Maxine Pipke contacted Mr Hoff asking if the Swalwell Town and Country Club could �ra9 have the stove out of the Swalwell Campground as they had donated it to the -•�'-'EN� campground years before Mr McCook advised the County had rebuilt the stove to make it useable Executive Committee recommends the County keep the stove to use at the new camp kitchen planned for Keiver's Lake 4 Gravel Days Request An inquiry has been made as to whether the County will be having gravel days this 110"00 summer Mr McCook advised the only screenings available are at the Schmautz pit /01- M 64' &A fto &1 � Executive Committee recommends a gravel day be set for- July 21 1999 at the cc z M, Schmautz pit for as long as screenings permit, at the cost of $3 00 per yard loaded 5 County Highway Signs Mr Vickery idvised the committee poking into the purchasing of highw,iy signs has gathered prices and information and now need direction from Council CC R� Fir,E.c� �OF�bi� Executive Committee recommends a budget of $16,000 00 to be spent on the purchase of 4 highway signs, two to be placed on highway 21 and two to be placed on high way27 k�Execcomm 1999.doc EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JUNE 17 1999 6.June 3/99 Letter from Alberta Environment re Linden Rubble Pit 3. , �I Ri Y`j` ftOV Alberta Environmental Protection has recommended that the County complete the ®rrm E� expansion of the Linden Class III landfill and then hand over the operation to the Village qy A'4` of Linden SuOca`6� �-/ r7 Executive Committee recommends the County not proceed with development of theAeC_EO- Rug' Linden landfill site and that no rubble be accepted, only household garbage, clean "�� e+Af L--i burnable material, storage of metal, tires etc J-,1) rn e•rno -.0 A- n-*, 7 K. Knievel Flowing Wells NE 09/3-3/a3 Seismic activity on Ken Knievel's land caused flowing wells that they are unable to seal Mr McCook advised he had refused to trench from the site and lower a County ditch to handle the flow of water as the ditch is already a hazard as it collects 3 to 4 feet of water He has a meeting with the owner and the responsible oil company on June 25 1999 Mr Tv M McCook will advise the parties involved that nothing will be done in our ditches and no A money will be spent without consent of Council Fi Executive Committee recommends Council support Mr McCook's first decision in this matter Mr McCook left the meeting at 11 00 A M 8. Kneehill Ambulance Continuing Education Agreement -REP �� ; An agreement with Glenn Bjolverud EMT P to provide training for Kneehill Ambulance R,Nus w.40 S Volunteers for a total of 353 hours at a price of $12 000 00 plus GST was received,gtsto Executive Committee recommends the above agreement, with Glen Bjolverud to provide training for the Kneehill Ambulance Volunteers, be signed 9 Request from J. Jeffery for AHC Coverage through County Mr Jeffery requested that upon retirement he would like to transfer his AHC coverage back to the County His coverage for the past 20 years has been through the Three Hills Health Care Centre Executive Committee recommends to accommodate Mr Jeffery's request to participate in the County's Alberta Health Care benefit program upon his retirement. 10. PSCU Banking Services Proposal /EicR StNl Ir A three year banking services proposal was received from Parkland Savings & Credit Union Executive Committee recommends Parkland Savings & Credit Union continue to provide banking services to the County for another 3 year term ending December 31 2001 11_ Mountain View/ Kneehill Working Relationship J b Nemia Mr Jeffery requested Mountain View Council Administration representatives and ft) 4,c,T Planning and Development staff be invited to play golf with Kneehill County Council and representatives to develop rapport and maintain a good working relationship F' ko) Gk iJ Executive Committee recommends Mountain View Administration representatives, Council and Planning and Development staff be invited to a day ofgolf, with the date being set at the June 22 1999 Council Meeting 12. Farm Consultation Report A report was received regarding assessing issues and the next steps Executive Committee recommends to accept and file for information only Mr McCook left the meeting at 11 30 A.M Execcomm1999.doc EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JUNE 17 1999 13. Earl Hargreaves S W 5 35 -24 W4 Assessment Ad -justment cc E ." 1 raAj As per MGA 305(1) Mr Dunay the assessor has recommended the tax portion on the TVrA 4900 site value of $15,000 00 be removed and the tax amount of $225 45 be canceled Executive Committee recommends to concur with the assessor's recommendation 14.1elus Mobility N W 18 32 23 W4 As per MGA 305(1) Mr Dunay the assessor has recommended the tax portion for the cc Ir 9k, of $256.83 on Roll #3548050 be canceled :j" aa/ iT Executive Committee recommends to concur with the assessor's recommendation 15. Complaint of Telus Communication Inc re Linear Property Assessment of Duct Structures A letter was received from the Alberta Municipal Government Board advising the Fig 1'�:) withdrawal of Telus Communication s complaint Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 16. Junel /99 Land Titles Letter re Changes to Survey Plan Registration Process A letter was received from Registration Services of Land Titles advising of the changes to the survey plan registration process which will result in the elimination of hard copy \ submissions effective December 1, 1999 r �L Executive Committee recommends to accept and file for information 17. June 4/99 ARMAA Letter re Funding Request A request for a donation to help fund the 1999 Conference to be held in Calgary on September 15,16 and 17/99 which is being hosted by Zone 2 ce PIP Executive Committee recommends to contribute $500 00 to help defray the costs of the Conference 18. June 11/99 Invitation Mayors Second Round Table on Economic Development Z-�.Eas1 9 Invitation was received from the Town of Drumheller to attend the second Mayors Round c+�i -�i'eR Table on Economic Development to be held at the Civic l Centre on June 29 1999 at 2 30, b p m p13 7cA),) —CaQP -1 -7 Executive Committee recommends that Otto Hoff and John Jeffery attend this meeting time permitting 19. June 3/99 Town of Drumheller Letter re. Horseshoe Canyon Partnershi Mr Romanetz, CEO of the Town of Drumheller advised they concur with Kneehill County s understanding of the partnership agreement regarding the operation of ri -r 1 Horseshoe Canyon Executive Committee recommends to accept and file F"f.1 1"') 20. June 1/99 Parkland Airshed Management Zone Letter re Membership Kevin Warren program director gave a broad outline of the activities of PAMZ and offered to schedule a presentation to Council on their activities programs and the benefits of membership if desired 6 Executive Committee recommends to accept and file Gxeccomm 1999.doc EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JUNE 17. 1999 21. June 2/99 AAMD &C Letter re. Visioning Task Force AAMD &C announced the representatives of the Visioning Task Force and advised a �� ►> survey will be circulated to gather member input on an updated AAMD &C vision Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 40 22. AAMD &C Spring Convention Evaluation Results %/ k x }�> The tabulated results from the 1999 Spring Convention Evaluation questionnaires were received from AAMD &C C • Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 23. Council Minutes The Executive Committee edited the June 6, 1999 Council minutes for publication in the newspaper Mn ►� n '10, 0 -E- Executive Committee recommends these minutes, as edited, he puhlished in the newspaper The Executive Meeting then adjourned Time 11 40 A.M Barbara J tong Execcomm 1999.doc 4