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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-11-09 Council MinutesC7 KNLEHILL COUNIY AGENDA - +COUNCIL MEETING Novembei 9, 1999 I Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes 3 Administrator's Report 4 Executive Committee Report 5 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS. 10 00 A.M Gordon Stewart City of Red Deer see agenda item #7 1 30 P M Clayton Bruce, AB Land Surveyor s Association — see agenda item # 5 00 P M Kneehill Ambulance Society — see agenda item #6A PRIORITY ITEMS. 6 Joint Services Position Paper 6A Kneehill Ambulance Society GENERAL. 7 E911 Full Dispatch Service ` 8 Assessment Review Board Workshops 9 Trochu Fire Hall 10 .Kneehill Regional Water Services Committee ' 1 l AB Land Surveyor s Association 12 Nov 4/99 Fire Chief's Meeting Report TRANSPORTATION. 13 Transportation & Utilities Report 14 Oct 22/99 Annual Road Tour Report PLANNING 15 Municipal Planning Commission Member at Large Appointment ;", P COMMITTEE REPORTS 16 Oct 20/99 Kneehill Regional FCSS Minutes 17 Oct 7/99 WREDC Minutes and Oct 28/99 WREDC Meeting Report 18 Oct 14/99 Regional Disaster Services Committee Report 19 Sept 22/99 & Oct 27/99 Golden Hills Lodge Reports n 20 Red Deer River IMP Draft Document 21 Oct 15/99 MSCIA Meeting 22 Oct 15/99 CAAMD &C Zone Meeting 23 Oct 21/99 Drumheller & District Solid Waste Management Association Meeting LATE ITEMS 24 JD /MIN /Agcndai999 d KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 9, 1999 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Kneehill County office 232 Main Street Three Hills, Alberta on November 9, 1999 commencing at 8 30 A.M is The following were present at the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff Division Two Councillors Marylea Lowen Division One M Jane Allan Division Three Marjorie D Vetter Division Four James M Hanger Division Five Richard M Vickery Division Six M Glen Wagstaff Division Seven John Jeffery Municipal Administrator Jennifer Deak Assistant Municipal Administrator and Lonnie McCook, Public Works Superintendent were present along with Barbara Long who recorded the minutes Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 27 A.M Requests were made to add the following to the agenda Under agenda item 13 add Road Committee report Under agenda item 24, add Water Quality Under agenda item 25 add Wheatland Meeting Date Under agenda item 26 add County Fire Notice Under agenda item 27, add Public Hearing Minutes Under agenda item 28 add Planning Issues Under agenda item 29 add Letter of Support Request Mr Vickery moved approval of the agenda, with the above noted additions CARRIED Mrs Deak distributed copies of background information on the Kneehill Ambulance Society as well as a chronological report detailing all the Executive Committee and Council approved recommendations since the last Kneehill Ambulance Society meeting which was held on June 16 1999 The contract signed between KAS and Kneehill County gave the County authority to administer all the day to day operations of the Ambulance with the Society being responsible for ratification on decisions affecting the following Level of service provided Ambulance response times Volunteer involvement Location and number of ambulances Mrs Deak explained a problem had arisen regarding Mr Murray Horton s contract which had an expiry date of November 11 1999 Mrs Loretta Ling Chairman of the Kneehill Ambulance Society had arbitrarily extended this contract until November 30, 1999 The County as the administrative body for KAS had already informed Mr Horton that upon expiry of his contract his position would become a salaried position and invited him to re apply allowing him the opportunity to set out his job expectations and address any concerns The decision to move to a salaried position was made in an effort to ensure that all employees would be treated equitably and was done only after seeking legal advice and direction from the Local Authorities Pension Board A meeting had been scheduled between the KAS and Kneehill Council for Tuesday November 9 1999 at 5 00 P M at the Kneehill County office to deal with this issue After lengthy discussion the consensus of council was that Mrs Ling as chairperson of the KAS had not followed the conditions as set out in the annual contract between KAS and Kneehill County JD /MIN PRESENT APPROVAL. OF AGENDA KAS CONTRACT DISPUTE is 14 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 9. 1999 Mr Hanger moved the expiry date of the current employee contract, for Mr Murray Horton, remain as at November 11, 1999 Further, the applications for the ambulance positron be reviewed on November 12, 1999 at 1 05 P M and further an interview committee, comprising of Mr Rick Vickery, Kneehill County representative to the Kneehill Ambulance Society, Dr David Webb, Medical Director of the Kneehill Ambulance Society and Mr Rinus Onos, Operations Director of the Kneehill Ambulance Society, be formed to review these applications and determine a successful candidate CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY A recess was held from 9 40 AM until 9 55 AM Mr Hanger was absent when the meeting reconvened but reentered at 9 56 A.M Mr Onos entered the meeting at 10 00 A M accompanied by Mr Gordon Stewart Reeve Hoff welcomed Mr Gordon Stewart, City of Red Deer, to the meeting and introductions were made Mr Hoff then invited Mr Stewart to address the meeting Mr Stewart advised the City of Red Deer was pleased to provide regional dispatch to Kneehill County as a pilot project This project would provide information on whether Red Deer would want to expand this service to other municipalities and to ensure all the technical capabilities to do so would be in place The cost of $1 00 /per capita would be reassessed at the completion of the first year, once the information on expenses primarily in the area of staffing was tabulated Mr Stewart reported the final cost, for future vears, would be determined by the number of other jurisdictions interested in regional 911 Mr Stewart informed Council the tentative starting date to offer full dispatch to Kneehill Ambulance would be December 1 1999, as the City of Red Deer only needs to install some minor electronic equipment and draft an agreement Council was reassured the system would be reviewed continually throughout the year in order to make improvements Mr Stewart advised the incorporation of the fire departments would take somewhat longer With the key to regional dispatch being uniformity Red Deer would have to draft a Standard Operating Procedure for all the fire departments within Kneehill County to follow and the existing radio towers would need some upgrading Mr Stewart advised he would be faxing a draft agreement to provide regional dispatch for Kneehill Ambulance service for Kneehill County s approval Mr Stewart left the meeting at 10 24 A M Mr Onos advised Kneehill Ambulance Society has at its disposal a grant from the Community Lottery Board in the amount of $10 000 00 to get full E911 dispatch up and running He also reported the time limit for this grant has been extended twice ''� E911 FULL DISPATCH The Public Works Superintendent informed Council all that was needed to ready the radio towers to provide emergency full dispatch for Kneehill Ambulance was to link Red Deer to the Wimborne tower and subsequently to the Linden tower FULL DISPATCH FOR KAS Mrs Vetter moved approval be given to Mr Rinus Onos, Operations Director of Kneehill Ambulance Service, to proceed with the radio upgrades necessary for E911 � R � full dispatch, subject to the approval of the City of Red Deer contract by Mrs Deak, Assistant Administrator and Mr McCook, Public Works Superintendent sod Mr Onos left the meeting at 10 30 A M JD /MIN CARRIED 2 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 9, 1999 Mr McCook recommended clarification of the motion regarding Kneehill County absorbing the cost for E911 full dispatch It was noted the County s intent was to pay for the operation of E911 full dispatch not for the radio equipment replacement and /or modifications Council felt those issues would be covered by the agreements in place Ic and could be addressed as they arise Mrs Vetter reported on the Fire Chiefs meeting held November 4, 1999 Attending the meeting were Kneehill representatives Mr Hanger and Mrs Vetter and Public Works Superintendent Mr Lonnie McCook who explained the stand of the County regarding fire policy ark-i presented background information as to the reason for this decision and explained ,tie role of the Regional Fire Chief would be to coordinate the County's fire interec s could possibly be shared with the neighboring counties The next meeting wa- set for April 2000, to be held at the Kneehill County office Mr Vickery moved approval of the Fire Chiefs meeting report, as presented. CARRIED Mrs Vetter reported on the status of the Kneehill Regional Water Services Committee • The Town of Three Hills on November 1, 1999, provided a written recommendation that the current negotiating process be terminated The Water Committee proceeded to look towards Drumheller as a provider of water November 29 1999 has been selected as a date for a preliminary meeting with the Town of Drumheller Mrs Vetter advised Drumheller appears to be very receptive to the idea of entering into a water system with Kneehill Regional Water Is Discussion continued regarding Kneehill County s position on water It was felt by Council that it should be regional in nature 100% County involvement, the focus should be on providing water for human consumption and funding should be a point venture with the urban centers Mrs Allan moved Kneehill County's position on water be regional in focus, working with the involved urban centers, serving people first and then livestock, with 100% County involvement with representation to reflect this on a per capita user pay basis Funding to be per capita, with per capita being the users of the water system. CARRIED The meeting recessed for lunch from 11 45 A.M until 12 58 P M Mr Jeffery was not present when the meeting reconvened Mr John Rusling and Bruce Sommerville were present when the meeting reconvened Mr Sommerville reported the funding is tight for continued water quality monitoring but there is money available through the federal government s Canada Adaptation and Rural Development Fund He requested direction from council as a meeting of the Rosebud River and Serviceberry Creek Water Quality group made up of the four counties (Wheatland Rockyview, Mountain View and Kneehill) regarding water quality riparian management and better management practices in water sheds, will be held on November 10 1999 and the four counties will be looking at applying for the grant if it is felt the water monitoring should continue In reference to the Kneehill County project he advised funding for next year is available through AESA for monitoring of the 3 creeks on a 75% 25% split (last year the cost was approximately $18 000.00) Mountain View County would like to continue to partner with Kneehill County on this project He would also like to apply to AESA for the producer water shed group representatives to attend a conference to JD /MIN FTRF CHTF.FS MEETING KNEEHILL REGIONAL WATER Ft►.e� JOINT SERVICE POSITION ON WATER 03=4 I ' AG FIELDMAN APPOINTMENT WATER QUALITY FUNDING J KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 9, 1999 gain more knowledge If Council would like to continue for another year he advised he would supply more information at the next meeting JrD ME" Mrs Deak requested Mr Sommerville provide Council with a copy of Madawsca 1-08 S Consulting's report on the water quality monitoring Mrs Allan moved Kneehill County participate in the Water Quality projects for another year and that Mr Sommerville provide the final budget figures for the Kneehill Water Quality project for 1999 at the November 23, 1999 Council Meeting CARRIED Mr Sommerville left the meeting at 1 15 P M Mr Rusling reviewed a subdivision request at the S E 4 35 24 W4 for two parcels one to the east of the County road and one for the existing farm site When the surveyor attempted to survey the appropriate parcels for the subdivision it was discovered the road allowance as set out on the tale does not coincide with the actual placement of the road (it was located east of the actual road plan) Upon review of this matter with Infrastructure and the lawyer, Mr Rusling advised the proper procedure would be to cancel road plan 692CL and have it resurveyed at the municipality s expense In order for the sale of the one parcel to proceed at this time rather than be delayed until the resurvey is completed an agreement between all parties has been drafted by the legal firm of Tainsh Howard Mr Wagstaff moved authorization to sign the agreement that allows the subdivision and sale to proceed pnor to the completion and registration of the correct road plan CARRIED Mr Hanger moved authorization for the closure of Road Plan 692C1 and further the re -survey and registration of the above road be completed at Kneehill County's expense. CARRIED Mr Rusling left the meeting at 1 27 P M Messer s Robin Arthurs Clayton Bruce and Jerry Hooper of the Alberta Land Surveyors Association (ALS) entered the meeting at 1 30 P M ?'V mEma io "P SBDV S.E 4 35 24 W4 ROAD RE SURVEY Mr Hoff extended a welcome and introductions were made Mr Hooper thanked Kneehill County for the invitation to speak on behalf of the Alberta Land Surveryors Association (ALS), to Council regarding the effect the introduction of Title Insurance will have upon municipalities He supplied Council with a history of the ALS and advised proper surveying makes everyone s life much simpler He reported that title insurance was designed to insure a financial institution s mortgage liability while at the same time removing the need for a Real Property Report, thus speeding up the real estate transaction An additional policy would be required to protect the landowner Title insurance masks problems and leaves settlement of them to some future date when they are discovered and the new owner must deal with the title insurance company to solve the problem This guarantee of security of title on a piece of property is already guaranteed by the Alberta Government through the Land Titles Assurance Fund by use of the Torrens System Mr Hooper further advised a Real Property Report is the only true way of knowing exactly where an improvement is located on a parcel of land Only by measuring the property and improvements and comparing the measurements to the legal restrictions of the land use bylaws or JDAWIN TITLE INSURANCE VS REAL PROPERTY REPORTS C 40 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 9, 1999 registered easements can problems be identified Mr Hooper stated," A Real Property Report prepared by an Alberta Land Surveyor is an accurate picture in time and any 7 problems are discovered immediately before any land transactions or developments f `E occur Mr Hooper emphasized the importance of municipalities staying with surveys Ot-5 and Real Property Reports as it protects the purchaser from any problems and makes the seller correct the problem prior to the sale Council advised the current requirement for the County s planning policies is a RPR and will remain as such The delegation left the meeting at 2 00 P M Discussion of Kneehill County s position on the following joint services continued JOINT SERVICES Ambulance — decided to wait until after tonight s meeting with KAS before issuing POSITION a Joint service position FCSS — Countywide program regional in focus funding 80% Provincial government with the 20% shared on a per capita basis by the participating municipalities Maintain current level of service working well Recreation — Maintain current level of service — working well Current funding has $100,000 00 total and the towns and villages decide on disbursement Also provide a $2000 00 grant to community halls KHC — Maintain current level of service — working well Airport — Maintain current level of service — working well Serves the County ratepayers rr. Mr Hanger moved approval of the above Kneehill Countyjoint services positions CARRIED Mrs Deak advised she would prepare a statement on point services to present to Council, for their approval at the AAMD &C Convention prior to advising the towns and villages within the municipality Mrs Vetter moved approval of the minutes of the October 26, 1999 meeting CARRIED Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the Administrator's report, as presented CARRIED The Executive Committee report was reviewed Under Executive Committee #14 Mrs Deak reported a meeting had been arranged with the Hon Ed Stelmach for 4 00 P M on November 16 1999 Administration will draft a letter to be presented to Mr Stelmach expressing the County's concerns Under Executive Committee #22 it was suggested Starland County be contacted regarding their request to Alberta Infrastructure to provide truck climbing lanes on SH 585 at Tolman Mrs Lowen left the meeting at 2.25 P M for another appointment and returned at 4 05 PM A recess was taken from 2 55 P M to 3 15 P M Mrs Deak advised a meeting has been scheduled with the Hon Gary Mar, Minister of the Environment at 11 45 A M on November 18 1999 A letter will be drafted prior to this meeting Under Executive #53 Royal Canadian Mint Coins a committee comprised of Mrs Deak and Mr Hanger, will look into the possibility of using mint coins in place of ,§EE 4 ,C # 5 3 APPRnVAT.OF MINUTES I.%r]!JPM`X fi b AT)M REPORT EXEC COMM REPORT .✓,AiEm0BL- ,6-,E '- t C* 2 a. MEETING ED STELMACH MEETIN G MAR �} &AAFff MINT COINR MIMIN 5 1 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 9, 1999 existing service awards for the year 2000 Under Executive #54, the video overview of the County prepared by the ASB was discussed VIDEO DESK TOP Under Executive #35, Christmas party entertainment, Mrs Lowen advised the cost PROJECTOR would be $475 00 �— Mr Wagstaff moved the request for the purchase of a video desktop projector he Mgmo referred to the Capital Committee APPROVAL OF CARRIED EXECUTIVE Comm Mr Hanger moved approval of the Executive Committee report, with the exception .r DM of Executive #7, which was addressed in the earlier motion selecting the interview 5 committee for the Kneehill Ambulance Society. CARRIED ACCOUNTS Mr Vickery moved approval of the accounts presented for payment today, suhject to PAYABLE review by the Finance Committee of Councillors Hoff Vickery, Vetter and Allan. T & U REPORT CARRIED TORR H2O The Transportation and Utility report was presented METERS Mr McCook added that installation of the Torrington Water Meters would begin on November 15 1999 Council agreed the cost of the meters would be charged to the system In reply to a question from Mr Wagstaff Mr McCook advised the water trucks would tentatively be available for distribution to the fire departments in January 2000 Mr Vickery moved approval of the Transportation and Utility report. CARRIED ROAD COMM The Road Committee report was presented GRIFFIN VALLEY Under item #10 Mr McCook advised Kneehill County owns the road allowance at W RANCH W 4 31 of 4 31 25 W4 and Griffin Valley Ranch will be advised by letter that the fences 25 W4 across the road allowance will have to be removed as per Kneehill County policy 10 ra Mrs Allan moved approval of the Road Committee report CARRIED ANNUAL ROAD TOUR Mr Wagstaff moved the Annual Road Tour he tabled until the next Council '7-4 iiArmo .ro A. meeting ii4LEn CARRIED WORKSHOP A letter was received from Alberta Municipal Affairs Assessment Services, advising ASSMT REVIEW one day workshops will be offered at no cost to the municipality to provide a training BOARD program for Assessment Review Board members and clerks MEMBERS Mr Hanger moved all Councillors, Mrs Deak and Mrs Long attend the November ; "'1 f� k "Y ' `° L' *4 M 30, 1999 Assessment Review Board workshop in Hanna commencing at 9 00 A.M WHEATLAND and that the County van he used to provide transportation MEETING re Pt is Nou 1!3' CARRIED Fec �� A meeting with the County of Wheatland has been set for December 2 1999 at 3 00 JDIWN 6 �J 0 lb KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 9, 1999 n e°r, f 04 P M at Kneehill County Council chambers Council decided they would take 0 TROCHU FIRE Wheatland to supper at the Coffee Break after this meeting HALL MEETING The Trochu Fire Hall Committee meeting minutes were presented by Mrs Deak Discussion arose regarding the dimensions of the new building being increased to 55 x110' and the increase in cost to $290 000 00 The Trochu fire department assured the committee the balance of the funds not covered by the $240,000 00 provided by the Town of Trochu and Kneehill County will be in place prior to construction beginning It was agreed the title would be in point ownership of the Town of Trochu and Kneehill County The Committee is obtaining the building permit and tendering for construction of the building Mrs Deak advised Bylaw 1406 authorizing Kneehill County to loan to the Town of 2' READING Trochu $85,000 00 for the purpose of constructing a fire hall has only had first reading BYLAW 1406 No concerns were received from the required advertising I" ;u M Y'a roSL Mrs Allan moved second reading be given to Bylaw #1406, this being the bylaw to authorize Kneehill county to loan $85,000 00 to the Town of Trochu for the purposes of afire hall 3RD READING BYLAW 1406 CARRIED Mr Wagstaff moved third reading to Bylaw 1406 CARRIED FIRE BAN Mrs Allan left the meeting area at 4 11 P M and returned at 4 13 P M Mrs Deak reported she had received a request from Bert Jackson, Acme Fire Chief to -rb ty) Ern 0 have a fire ban issued Kneehill County Council directed the administrator put into ro 8 L effect a Countywide fire ban effective tomorrow, November 10, 1999 r 'vmkl h 4841--w The meeting was recessed from 4 25 P M until 5 02 P M KAS MEETING WITH COUNCIL Mr Hoff welcomed the representatives of the Kneehill Ambulance Society and other interested parties to the Council meeting As a point of order Mrs Ling wanted it recorded she was not aware this was a Kneehill County council meeting It had been her understanding the request issued by Mrs Deak had been for a KAS meeting The other delegates were under the same impression but a vote was taken and the decision was to remain at the meeting Mrs Deak advised the meeting had been called under the grievance procedure and apologized for any misunderstandings Mrs Lingf requested everything be recorded so there were no further communication errors } Ea Introductions were made and a Kneehill County provided a position paper to the 01 assembly Mr Hoff informed those gathered that Mr Vickery and Mr Hanger had been selected as spokesmen for Council Mr Vickery advised all the representatives of the KAS had signed the annual agreement giving Kneehill County authority to handle all the daily operations of the ambulance service Mr Hanger reported Mr Horton was aware of the expiry date on his contract at the time of signing and as chairperson Mrs Ling could not solely make a decision to extend an existing contract Mrs Ling IN CAMERA advised she didn t feel a three year contract would come under the daily operations and SESSION that perhaps a legal opinion should be obtained if the board had signed away all the rights for firing and hiring Mr Hanger moved the meeting go" in camera" and that only the elected representatives of the Kneehill Ambulance Society and County Councillors remain CARRIED Time 5 20 P M MIMIN • • KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 9, 1999 All those non elected persons present left the meeting room Time 715PM All the non elected persons who had previously left the room reentered at this time ADJOURNMENT Mr Hanger moved the balance of all outstanding agenda items be tabled and the meeting be adjourned CARRIED The meeting adjourned at 7 16P M ;?ni � pal Ad strator JDIMIN 8 ADMINISTRATOR S REPORT October 27 — Novembet 9. 1999 REPORT Balance Forward S 1 62853 1 Nov 3/99 Gave 130 County pins to the ASB Regional Conference BALANCE S 1,62853 CORRESPONDENCE. I Nov 4/99 RC #0037927 $515 580 00 — Reg Road Grant 2 Oct 30/99 AB Gazette 3 Sep /Oct 1999 Canadian Speeches 4 Apr 1998 — Mar 1999 North American Waterfowl Management Plan 5 Fall 1999 Sport and Recreation newsletter 6 AB Justice Information & Instructions Pertaining to the Appointment of Commissioner 7 for Oaths Fall 1999 WCB Insight newsletter 8 Oct 1999 AB Infrastructure Barriers newsletter 9 Oct 1999 Economy in Brief newsletter 10 1999 RMRF By Law newsletter I 1 Nov 4/99 AB Environment News Release re Fire Ban lifted across province 12 Oct 1999 DTHR New Trails newsletter 13 Oct 1999 Healthy Family News newsletter 14 Oct/Nov 1999 AADAC Developments newsletter 15 Employment opportunity — Parks Supervisor — Yellowhead County 16 Employment opportunity — Emergency Medical Technician — Kneehill Ambulance 17 Employment opportunity — Director of Finance and systems — Municipality of Crowsnest Pass 18 Employment opportunity — Manager of Corporate Services — Lacombe County 19 Employment opportunity Public Works Supervisor — Lacombe County 20 Employment opportunity — Purchasing Coordinator — Parkland County 21 Employment opportunity — Municipal Accounting clerk — Town of Coaldale 22 Seminar advertising — Onsite Sewage Treatment Workshop 23 Seminar advertising — Wood Works 24 Seminar advertising — Local Government Seminars U of A 25 Advertising — Augusta University College 26 Advertising — Elfrieda Enterprises 27 Advertising — Cardone Brakes/ 28 Advertising — Home Depot 29 Advertising — London Drugs 30 Advertising — IBM 31 Advertising — Donatec Educational Services 32 Advertising — Bentley F 33 Advertising — Corporate Express 34 Advertising — Bridge Brand 35 Oct 27 & Nov 3/99 The Drumheller Mail newspaper 36 Oct 27 & Nov 3/99 The Capital newspaper C9 )Vimutc /jcjrcport 1999doc ADMINISTRATOR'S RLPOR F October 27 — November 9. 1999 0 NOME OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS 1 George, Wallace Lot 31 Blk 10 Ilan 9910414 Huxley Garage 16x22 $1 000.00 2 Penstock, Brian Lot 33 Blk 7, Plan 5050A1` Swalwe,ll Mobile home 12 x 55 $6 200 00 3 Kulken, Dennis & Naylor Andrew Lot 37 38 Blk 4, Plan �OSOAK Swalwell Move home onto lot (980 sq ft ) $5 500 00 4 Renner, George Pt NE 24 _i0 25 VV4 Farm equipment storage and shop (50x8O) $30 000 00 5 Wlebe Malcolm & Donna Pt SW 12 30 25 W4 • replace existing residence $18000000 0 • Minutdjcgcport 1999doc 0 Transportation and Utilities Report November 9 1999 1 Most of the dirt work will be done at the new dump site next week We will be getting a firm quote from the power company on power to the facility Estimates as of now are $18,942 for overhead and $27 637 0 for underground which I recommend 2 The boys left on the road crew are wanting to take Friday off as a holiday to make a long weekend . I don t see this being a problem 3 The doctor has told Miles he can t return to work for a while until his back heals more 4 I put the card lock on hold down at the shop due to a quote that was not correct The quote was for one machine not two .'b /)izMV 1-0 't M 5 The gravel trucks are still hauling to the Huxley pile 6 The plow trucks are all ready to go with the exception of the tandem that is still hauling 7 Graders are still tickling gravel and getting it into the center of the road 9 1 m expecting the two new trucks in this month The wet kits will be put on in Calgary like the others LI Kneehill Ambulance Society meeting with Kneehill County November; 9, 1999 5 00 P M at Kneehill County Council Chambers toKnechill County has an annual contract with the Kneehill Ambulance Society whereby the Society has contracted the County to administer the daily operations of the ambulance service There will be no requisitions to any other municipality other than Kneehill County during the term of this igreenient Kneelmll to prepare the annual budget for ratification bN the Socicty Am grievance can be addressed by the Count} at am regular inceting of that council providir% an appointment has been made If circumstances warrant it a special meting of the Society can be called by the Chairperson Decisions -affecting a) Level of scr ice provided b) Ambulance response tines c) Volunteer nvolvenient (1) Location ind number of ambulances x% ill be lmight brick to the Socie[N for discussion •ind r­nhfication phis •igi-cci it, nI �� is orwinaIIN signed Apri l Is 1995 ill (I n motion iN-is ipproved it the Febraiary 17/99 Society niccim- to rcnc\% this contmcl for •inothcr one year term 1'lie ,uribulancc society had one employee on a salar (no contract) and the Operations Director ind Mr Horton 'is s:nlaricci eniploNces \\ith an employment contract After seeking legal opinion oil the employment status of these N\orkers ind considernig the correspondence from the Local Authorities Pension Board Kneehill took the position 01.11 ill eniI)IONUs should be treated equitably ind subject to the sonic benefits is their peers Mr hturr•n s I loiton cover ict cxplres Noy 11/99 Green Hit- comments 'Ind concerns expressed by Mr Horton it v•irious tines regarding his employment status and «orkinl., conditions •ind Ilse decision to move to salar •ind benefit employer /eniploNce status Kneehill considered the, terniination elate of Mr Horton s contract in opportune time to have Mr Horton apply for this salary position will the ambulance this «ould provide Mr Horton milli the opportunity to set out ills expectations and for the •iinbidmic(_ scr ice to dc1crnnuic xNhclhcr it could acct these expectations It should be noted Mrs Loretta I inb the chair of the ambulance board was contacted on several occasions and •ipprised of Kneehill s direction ind invited to comment on same Kneehill Count,N approved this course of action it their Oct 26/99 council meeting and a Ictter was sent to Mr Horton on Oct 27/99 On Nox 9/99 •1 letter Ni•ns fazed to •ill the towns -ind villages from Mrs Ling •advising -is Chairperson she was •irbitmrtiy extending Mr Horton s contract to NoN 30/99 to allow time for the ambulance board to revieNN and assess this situation in this letter Mrs. Ling notes her decision was based on the employment status discrepancies ilia( currenik exist between the expiring contract and the proposed position As well the contract of the Operations Director \\hich expired Aug 3 1/99 teas dealt with in a completely different manner Kneclull County finds it incredible -ind unacceptable that the Kneehill Ambulance Chairperson would make this decision without contacting or conununicating with Kneehill County who, by agreement with the Ambulance Society run the daily operations of the unbulance service