HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-12-16 Council MinutesEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - DECEMBER 16, 1999
The Executive Committee of Otto Hoff Richard M Vickery and Marjorie Vetter met on
Thursday December 16 1999 at the Kneehill County office in Three Hills, commencing
at 8 40 A.M Also present were Jennifer Deak Assistant Administrator Lonnie D
McCook Public Works Superintendent and Barbara Long Recording Secretary
Mr Rinus Onos Operations Director KAS was present when the meeting convened
i KNEEHILI. AMBULANCE
Dec 13/99 City of Red Deer Letter on E911 Full Dispatch
Gordon Stewart Fire Chief/Manager of the City of Red Deer, sent a letter advising the
formation of a project team to handle the implementation of regional E911 dispatch
comprised of Deputy Chief Dan Osborne Deputy Chief John Wyatt and headed by
Captain Jeff Lunder During a telephone conversation of December 16, 1999, Mr
Stewart advised Mrs Deak that Dan Osborne will be on this team in a support capacity
for technical background knowledge Mr Stewart advised the ambulance dispatch will
be implemented as soon as the radio equipment is installed When Kneehill County t►V t
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notifies the City of Red Deer that their arrangements with the five Fire Departments
within the County are completed the project team will meet with these departments to f,
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establish consistent operating procedures prior to implementation �J�ad
Executive Committee recommends Mr McCook arrange for a Fire Committee meeting
in the new year, prior to meeting with the Fire Departments
Dec 13/99 Letter from Town of Three Hills re E911 Full Dispatch
The Town of Three Hills requested an update on the implementation of 911 full dispatch
Executive Committee recommends a letter be written to the towns and villages advising i01 SETTER
of the current status and advising they contact Mr Onos or Mr McCook for any �N i
further information
E911 Full Dispatch Implementation
Mr Onos reported they are still working on a few technical problems however Kneehill
Ambulance should have full dispatch provided by the City of Red Deer effective Friday,
morning, December 17, 1999 and recommends arrangements be made to start 1 `?
disconnecting the `3777' emergency numbers at that time
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file as information
Bank Reconciliation Report
For the period ending November 30/99 the Chequing account reconciliation balance was
$78,394.46 and the Donation account reconciliation balance as at Oct.31 /99 was is ;
$11 519 10
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file
Kneehill Ambulance Monthly Budget Comparison Report
Mr Jeffery prepared a monthly budget comparison report and noted it appears the
Kneehill Ambulance service will use a $20 600 requisition instead of $65 500 00 t'
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file
Three Hills Capital — Three Hills Town Council Minutes of Nov 22/99
At the Kneehill Ambulance Society Nov 24/99 meeting the County was advised there
had been no discussions regarding the Ambulance Society by any of the jurisdictions It
was noted in the Dec 8/99 edition of the Capital that the November 22/99 Three Hills
Town Council minutes stated that the Three Hills Town Council went into closed session
from 9 26 P M until 10 20 P M to discuss ambulance and development
Executive Committee recommends to accept andflile
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New Ambulance
Mr Onos requested clarification on whose asset the new ambulance is when purchased as
Kneehill County is issuing the cheque? This issue will be checked with Ablett Kolke,
Chartered Accountants, but the intention of the County is that it will become an asset of
Kneehill Ambulance Service upon payment in full Mr Onos advised Kneehill County
has the cheque in place for payment and the new ambulance is scheduled for delivery
between Christmas and January 1 2000
Request from Mountain View re Change of Ambulance Boundary
A request was received from Tony Martens of Mountain View County for the S.E 5 31 v
27 W4 to be added to the coverage provided by the Linden Ambulance Service This j D `t3f
section abuts the previously approved boundary change R
Executive Committee recommends the ambulance boundary be adjusted as per the
request from Mountain View County:
Dec.8 /99 Letter from Blue Cross re Increase in Ambulance Rates
Alberta Blue Cross advised they will be increasing the ambulance rates effective January
1 2000'
Executive Committee recommends the Kneehill Ambulance increase their rates,
effective January 1, 2000 to correspond with the amounts charged by Alberta Blue
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Cross The new rates will be as follows '0
EMIR base rate $15100 per trip
BLS base rate $188.00 per trip
ALS base rate $226.00 per trip
Charge/km $2.51
Standby Charges $123 00 per hour maximum 3 hours per claim
Response Fee(Where treatment is provided but not transported)) $123 00
Dec 15/99 Dispatch Information Meeting Linden
Mr Onos reported on the dispatch information meeting held at the Linden
Ambulance/Fire Hall on December 15/99 and attended by the Linden Fire Department
Ambulance Linden Council and Administrator and for part of the meeting by Kneehill
County representatives John Jeffery Jennifer Deak and Rick Vickery E911 protocol
was discussed and the answering of the 546 3717 by the Linden Fire Department
Executive Committee recommends Mr Onos send a follow tip letter on this meeting to
the Linden Fire Department and Kneehill Ambulance Also Mr Onos to report future
meetings to the Executive Committee
Concerns re. Y2K
Mrs Deak reported Mr Bert Jackson Acme Fire Chief had expressed a concern that
Telus would not be able to operate in the new year and was concerned about the fire and
ambulance operations should the telephone lines be down Mr Onos has investigated this
concern and reported that Mr Gordon Stewart of the City of Red Deer advised their
dispatch system is Y2K compatible The information the County has received shows all
is in order
Christmas Supper
Mr Onos requested permission to organize a Christmas supper for Kneehill Ambulance
to be held in January
The Executive Committee recommends Mr Onos look into organizing a Christmas
supper for the Kneehill Ambulance personnel
Personnel Matters
Mr Onos advised Scott Wright, EMT has started with KAS on Monday December 13 1110
1999 and Mr Jeffery Hirsch EMT will begin on Monday December 27 1999 RAJ sl a�
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Ambulance Hall — Three Hills
Mr Onos reported a firewall is being installed, between the ambulance office and the area
used for housing the ambulances, to control the contamination of the air caused by the �6 ►�
emission of gasses from the vehicles
Mr Onos left the meeting at 9 20 A.M
2 Purchase of Radio Tower
Mr McCook suggested Kneehill County look into the purchasing of the radio tower in
Linden Mr Onos has done some preliminary investigation into this purchase Also Mr
McCook noted regular upgrading of radio equipment will be required on all towers to
ensure the smooth operation of the E911 full dispatch system
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Executive Committee recommends Mr Onos pursue the possibility of purchasing the
Linden Radio Tower and report back to Council with definite information
3 Town of Trochu — Disaster Plan
An invitation was received from the Town of Trochu to attend a meeting on December
20, 1999 to discuss Trochu s fan out procedures in the event of any disaster as well as a f'
copy of their Disaster Services Plan including contact names and numbers
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file
4 Clarification of Dec 24/99 Closure
Mrs Deak requested clarification regarding the December 24 1999 office closure and LID
remuneration of staff for same 'DaaI �qq
Executive Committee recommends all office staff be paid their regular working hours
for December 24 1999 and that Mr McCook determine the hours for the non office
staff
5.Dec 14/99 Letter from Denver Eitzen re Cancellation of Road Allowance
Mr Eitzen requested cancellation of a road allowance at the N W 9 30 25 W4, as it is
not in use
Executive Committee recommends this matter be referred to the Road Committee
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6 Correspondence re Alberta Trail Net
Letters were received from Denver Eitzen Pat Evans Lorrie Lowen and Allan Be( ker
requesting the County participate in putting a moratorium on the granting of a charitable
tax credit to CPR for its donation of land and to halt any further trail development
Executive Committee recommends a response to these letters be deferred until the legal
opinion from Brownlee Fryett is received
7 Land Title Transfer — from Golden Hills Regional School Division
An Authorization to Sign Affidavit of Transferee was received, to facilitate the Land
Title Transfer providing joint ownership of Lot 1 Block 2 Plan 8810484 (proposed y" iN
Trochu Fire Hall) between Kneehill County and the Town of Trochu C
Executive Committee recommends the signing of this document be deferred until plans
for the construction of the Trochu Fire Hall are finalized
8 Survey re Fire Insurance Grading Classifications
A request was received from the Insurers Advisory Organization to complete a Fire
Underwriters survey fig, L
Executive Committee recommends this survey be referred to Mr Lonnie McCook-,
Public Works Superintendent, for completion'''
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9 Dec.6 /99 Letter from Parkland Airshed Management Zone (PAMZ)
The Program Manager of the PAMZ group has offered to do a presentation to Council on
the Parkland Airshed Management Zone in the hope Kneehill County will again donate to
this organization and apologized for their prior lack of communication !
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Executive Committee recommends to accept and file
10 Nov 30/99 Letter from Ed Stelmach Minister of Alberta Infrastructure re
Secondary Highway Maintenance ODD,v F►Or
A letter was received from Ed Stelmach thanking Kneehill County for their letter rC o �fi9
expressing the County s views on the maintenance of Secondary Highways, and for the
County s effort and level of service in the maintenance of these secondary highways over ri6.t
the years and advising the province will achieve efficiencies through economies of scale
while relieving the municipalities of a financial burden
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file with a copy of the letter being put
in the 2000 Divisional Meeting file
11 Dec 6/99 Letter from Rob Penny re Policing of Secondary Highways
Mr Penny advised the inspection of trucks on secondary highways is currently the CC a "� fc
responsibility of the road authority however effective 2001 the inspection of trucks will
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become the responsibility of Alberta Infrastructure Any other policing matters are and 1`i.1 f6
will remain the responsibility of the RCMP
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file with a copy of the letter being put
in the 2000 Divisional Meeting file
12.Monthly Budget Comparison Report Until Dec 7/99
Mr Jeffery is forecasting a deficit of $710 073.43 and that the County will use 2 1�to�ci =$
million of reserves t
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file, with copies to be provided to all
Councillors
13 Request for Letter of Congratulations — Neil Silver
Mr Vickery requested acknowledgement be given to Neil Silver on his new position as 1
President of Agricore
Executive Committee recommends Mr Vickery provide more information in order that
a congratulatory plaque be ordered and an invitation issued for Mr & Mrs Silver to
attend a future Council meeting for the presentation
14 AAMD &C Survev Results re Movement of Cattle on Municipally Controlled
Roads
The survey results were reviewed with only one respondent of the 49 surveyed having an
existing policy on the movement of cattle on municipally controlled roads
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Executive Committee recommends to accept and file
15.AAMD &C Survey Results re Municipal Board /Committee Compensation
The survey results were reviewed with it being noted Kneehill County s remuneration to
its board members falls within the average range t
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file
16.Mmutes of the Reeves Meeting at the AAMD &C Fall Convention 0
The minutes of the meeting were reviewed and the following items discussed cc S
secondary highway contracting for maintenance ko a3 f9 q
ambulance standards and the cost of that service F, ,E r,
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intensive livestock operations regulations
education tax system
regional governance update
seismic operation update
bridge replacements
election of Chairman Len Mttzel for the 2000 year
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file, and upon request from a
Councillor, provide copies of this documentation
17 AAMD &C Fall Convention Resolutions
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A package containing the resolutions passed at the fall convention was received Dec m �,
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Executive Committee recommends to accept and file, and upon request from a
Councillor, provide copies of this documentation
18.AAMD &C Fall Convention Evaluation
An evaluation of the 1999 Fall Convention was completed f,efco
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Executive Committee recommends return the evaluation of the AAMD &C Fall Rt a
Convention, as completed
19 Dec 1/99 Letter from the Hon.W Paszkowski, T Lund, G Mar re Property Tax
Payment on Crown Lease Land
Bill 31 the Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, and its associated
regulations, comes into effect in early 2000 The intent of this act is to transfer the
responsibility for the payment of land taxes from the leaseholder to the Crown The
Crown will recoup this money in the rental fee charged
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file
20 DoLy Concern - N E.34 29 26 W4
A concern was received from Linda Malowski an acreage owner in Kneehill County
regarding a neighbour s dog She requested Council look into the implementation of a
dog bylaw in the rural area It was noted the current dog bylaw effects hamlets only
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file
21 Health Authority 5 Annual Report and Business Plan
The 1999 2002 Business Plan and Annual Report was received Dec 7/99
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Executive Committee recommends to accept and file
22.Request for Employees to Attend Course
Mr McCook requested permission for Ian Martens and Mark Blackburn to attend a
compulsory landfill course regarding the operation of landfill sites, on January 24" and
25`h 2000 The cost is $400 per person plus accommodation
Executive Committee recommends approval for Ian Martens and Mark Blackburne to � D P4
attend the above noted course on January 24" and 25`h 2000 with all course related mein
expenses covered by Kneehill County
23.Dec 13/99 Letter Town of Trochu re Huxley Cemetery
The Town of Trochu Council passed a motion to discontinue the practise of digging
graves at the Huxley Cemetery1�
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file
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24.Request for Tax Penalty and Arrears Cancellation Gorr Purchase from E � o
Albrecht
Mrs Wildeman entered the meeting to discuss a letter that was received from Norman t,Eife-
Tainsh, requesting the tax penalty and arrears, on the subdivision at 1 33 25 W4 be#�a�
waived for the purchasers Mr and Mrs Gorr, as they did not receive a tax notice from the�,s
County and had in fact been told by County staff that the taxes were paid in full
Discussion resulted regarding the responsibility of the legal representatives and
landowners to ensure the taxes are paid on all land transactions
Mrs Wildeman left the meeting
Executive Committee recommends this tax penalty not be waived
25 Invoice Greatwest Kenworth Purchase of Extended Transmission Warranty
Mr McCook requested extended transmission warranty on the two new trucks be
purchased
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Executive Committee recommends the extended transmission warranty be purchased
from Greatwest Kenworth, for the two new trucks, in the amount of $1,016.50
including GST
26.Letter to Vern Crawford re Mt. Vernon Water Co op
Mrs Deak requested approval to send a letter to Mr Crawford explaining riser costs Erb'
This letterwas requested by Mrs Vetter at the December 8 1999 Council meeting ,Lr�,
Executive Committee recommends the letter, as presented, be sent
27 Divisional Meetings - Div 1,2 &3
Mrs Deak reported the Swalwell Community Center is not available for the February 14
2000 Divisional meeting however the Carbon Community Center can be booked for that o
date'g
Executive Committee recommends the large hall at the Carbon Community Center be, TO
booked for February 14, 2000 to host the Divisions 1,2 & 3 Divisional Meetings
28.Financial Indicators Report - Financial & Statistical Data for 1998
Mr Jeffery prepared a report from the Financial Indicator Graphs received from Alberta
Municipal Affairs comparing the results of Kneehill County to other municipalities with
similar populations r-, ,- I
Executive Committee recommends to accept and file, with copies being provided to all
Councillors
29 Three Hills Capital News Report on Administrative Changes
Mr Vickery suggested the Capital be contacted to do a news article on Mr Jeffery s �aT�
retirement and Mrs Deak s promotion to C.A O of Kneehill County,�c.
Executive Committee recommends Mr Vickery make arrangements for The Capital to
report on the change of CA O at Kneehill County
30.Lousana Rural Crime Watch - Donation Request
Mr Vickery requested clarification of a motion made at the April 13 1999 Council
meeting that a $500 00 donation to be reviewed annually be sent to both the Lou Cana
and Olds Rural Crime Watch Inadvertently a cheque for $500 00 was sent only t( the
Lousana Rural Crime Watch rather than a $500 00 donation being sent to each group 5&r, c r
Executive Committee recommends the April 13, 1999 motion be clarified in that Uouct-r -1-
Lousana and Olds Rural Crime Watch are separate entities and both should receive *
the $500 00 donation, to he reviewed annually.
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31 Horseshoe Canyon ViewPoint - re Signs
A memo was received from Barry Fullerton giving the costs for Crezone signs at
$2,885 17 and aluminum signs at $3,185 17 and inquiring who is responsible for the
installation It was noted that Kneehill County and the Town of Drumheller cost share
Executive Committee recommends aluminum signs, at the cost of $3,18517 be t5 I-' e�r
purchased for Horseshoe Canyon ViewPoint with the town of Drumheller handling the Apt S
installation If Drumheller is unable to install the signs they are to contact Kneehill
County's Public Works Superintendent, Lonnie McCook.
32.Dec 1/99 Letter from Iris Evans re Task Force on Children at Risk -t"h
A questionnaire was received for comments, on the draft recommendations made by the
Task Force on Children at Risk D? t;;3 o -* D
Executive Committee recommends the questionnaire be returned as completed
33.Nov 24/99 Council Meeting Minutes
Mrs Deak inquired whether the November 24, 1999 Council Minutes (Planning Issues
and Joint Services Position) should be published in the Three Hills Capital ?I t'1"
Executive Committee recommends the November 24 1999 Council Minutes not be
published in the Three Hills Capital
Mr Hanger entered the meeting at 11 20 A.M
34.Council Minutes
The Executive Committee proceeded to edit the December 7 1999 Council minutes for M- A% %'�V'�
publication in the newspaper
Executive Committee recommends these minutes, as edited, be published in the
newspaper
The Executive Meeting then adjourned
Time 1140 A.M
Barbara J Long
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