The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About2000-01-13 Council MinutesN 1%1�- KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JANUARY 13, 2000 The Executive Committee of Otto Hoff, Richard M Vickery and James M Hanger met on Thursday January 13, 2000, at the Kneehill County office commencing at 8 45 A.M Lonnie D McCook, Public Works Superintendent and Jennifer Deak, Administrator were also present along with Mr Rinus Onos, Kneehill Ambulance Operations Director The following items were discussed Kneehill Ambulance Service (KAS) The KAS annual post Christmas dinner has been arranged for Friday, January 21, 2000 at the Linden Seniors Care and Share Centre, commencing at 6.30 P M Invitations to this dinner have been sent to all KAS staff, volunteers and board ri F l members Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. Radio Up trade for E911 Mr Onos reported some faulty equipment had been replaced at the Linden radio tower which should solve radio problems Noted letters had been sent to all Jurisdictions in the County informing to ensure effective communications, only authorized persons will be permitted to interfere with the radios and /or radio r ► �� )� system Executive Committee recommends to accept and file as information KAS 911 Call Mr Onos reported a local mother s life was saved when a child dialed the 911 emergency number Mr Onos advised the emergency dispatch centre and the KAS would recognize this child with a presentation and a newspaper article /NG'"f�AAI 19Aoco Executive Committee recommends Mr Onos arrange a presentation and news article in recognition of this child's life saving 911 call and further, the KAS mE D Board consider a policy to recognize children who access the 911 telephone a l�,nws number in emergency /life threatening situations. KAS Staffing Position Mr Onos reported one of the successful applicants hired for the KAS staff position, Jeff Hirsch, has been accepted into nursing school and therefore will be leaving the KAS With the approval of the interview /hiring committee members J � to �D (Dr Webb, Mr Vickery and Mr Onos) another applicant that was short listed � (E D from the original position was offered, and accepted, the KAS vacancy Mr Allen McLeay, a paramedic student will be starting with KAS on January 26/2000, under the same conditions and salary as offered to Mr Hirsch Executive Committee recommends approval of this staff hiring and to accept and file as information. ri c. F- 1) 2 E911 Fire Protocol Jeff Lunder, the Red Deer regional dispatch team leader, is ready to organize meetings to discuss fire protocol for the County's fire departments J% � M PSI' Executive Committee recommends Mr Lunder meet with the County's fire J-A".?� @ /04�1A''n committee to further discuss this issue prior to scheduling meetings with the Y l t t ri A42, County's fire chiefs. 3 Radio Tower Mr Onos reported the power back up system at the County s Carbon and Wimborne towers have been installed The next step will be the installation of the interconnects to complete the radio upgrade contract JD /MIN=/EC20000113 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JANUARY 13, 2000 Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. 0 Mr Oros left the meeting — time 9 10 A.M E91 1 user Group Members Gordon Stewart, City of Red Deer Emergency Services Department has advised a User Group meeting has been planned for Thursday, January 27, 2000 at the Snell Gallery_ , Red Deer Public Library (4818 — 49 Street) commencing at 13 30 hours Agenda items are requested to be submitted to Mr Stewart by Friday, January 14, 2000 Executive Committee recommends Mr Onos attend this meting on behalf of the Co, inty r,,.i• =1� 5 Long Service Awards _ � g � Arrangements are required for the presentation of the mint coin long service 03�"�� awards p n,C. n►a Executive Committee recommends the long service presentations be made at the l U a WS CD I��+ to , February 8, 2000 council meeting and all staff receiving long service awards be Ja�a5/ i C s request ed to attend this meeting at 9 00 A.M for these presentations. 6. Joint Services Policy The following policy has been drafted from the approved motions of Council regarding its joint services position Policy 1 ° Approved November 24, 1999 FIRE — Position is to continue to fight fires within the County's jurisdiction by employing a Regional Fire Coordinator Continue using the five fire areas of Acme, Linden, Carbon Torrington and Trochu as well as the contracted fire fighting services of Three Hills and Drumheller The present fire agreements to remain in place as long as there is mutual consent Currently looking towards partnering with Wheatland (See also Disaster Services) FIRE BUILDING CAPITAL Approved December 21, 1999 Kneehill County will pay 100% of the capital costs for any new fire hall conditional upon 100% ownership of same. Kneehill County is willing to continue to cost share the operating expenses of the fire departments as per an approved budget This position, that being any future new fire hall buildings that the County will be involved with will be solely constructed and owned by Kneehill County, has been approved as the County's future direction This position applies to the proposed new Trochu fire hall facility Kneehill County will be willing to pay 100% of the costs for the new Trochu fire hall building, in return for total ownership of the building including the land title of same The County is also agreeable to continue cost sharing of the Trochu fire department s operating expenses on a 50/50 basis, as per approved budget We feel this position will prove economically advantageous to Trochu while continuing to provide the most effective fire protection services for both the urban and rural residents DISASTER SERVICES — Currently looking into sharing with other too municipalities as well as the towns and villages within Kneehill County s jurisdiction Kneehill County's direction is towards combining the position of Regional Fire Coordinator and Director of Disaster Services into one position that of Regional Fire and Disaster Coordinator Currently looking towards partnering with Wheatland E911— Kneehill County to implement E911 full dispatch at the County's expense, subject to approval of the annual contract with City of Red Deer KNEEHILL REGIONAL WATER COMMITTEE — Position is regional in JD /IvIINUTE/EC20000113 2 r" �41- Ap KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JANUARY 13, 2000 focus, working with the involved urban centers Serve people first then livestock with 100% County involvement and funding on a per capita basis with per capita being the users of the water system The Town of Three Hills, on November 1, 1999 provided a written recommendation that the current negotiating process be terminated Kneehill County has accepted this termination and will no longer be negot ating with the Town of Three Hills GARBAGE — Kneehill County s position is to handle rubble requirements for its ratep<yers at the rubble pits at Ridgeview, Drumheller Linden (until full) and Schur iutz The Schmautz pit to be solely County involvement (open in Spring of 2000) Transfer sites to remain with no changes. The waste service agreement with the Town of Three Hills for sharing rubble services to expire on December 31, 1999 FCSS — Position is reg:onal in focus, with the current level of service being maintained Funding to be 80% provincial government with the 20% remaining being shared by the participating members on a per capita basis RECREATION — Kneehill County to maintain current level of service by continuing funding of $100,000 00 per annum (until 2002) to the towns and villages having an arena or pool with the disbursement being decided upon by the grant recipients and further to continue with the $2,000 00 per annum community hall grant KNEEHILL HOUSING CORPORATION — To continue to maintain current level of service, as it is working well and is serving the county ratepayers THREE HILLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT — To continue to maintain current level of service as it is working well and is serving the county ratepayers AMBULANCE — A motion approved Kneehill County manage and oversee the entire operations of the Kneehill Ambulance subject to the following conditions Kneehill County will oversee the Kneehill Ambulance operations for all the residents, both urban and rural, within the boundaries of Kneehill County Clause #4 in its entirety, be removed from the agreement between the Kneehill Ambulance Society and Kneehill County with the balance of the terms to remain in place Kneehill County will provide this service to the region on a no requisition' basis to the urban Jurisdictions of Three Hills, Trochu, Acme Carbon and Linden Should the above conditions not be acceptable to the urban jurisdictions of Three Hills Trochu, Acme, Carbon and Linden, Kneehill Ambulance Society can assume the management of the entire Kneehill Ambulance operations with requisitions based on a per capita basis Note Clause #4 of the agreement between Kneehill Ambulance Society and Kneehill County states Decisions affecting the following a) Level of service provided b) Ambulance response times c) Volunteer involvement d) Location and number of ambulances will be brought back to the Society for discussion and ratification Note this agreement was renewed for a one year term on April 15 1999 JOINT SERVICE ISSUES KNEEHILL COUNTY IS NOT PREPARED TO DISCUSS AT THIS POINT OF TIME ASSESSMENT — Kneehill County to continue to work towards the partnering with other Jurisdictions in this area Currently meeting with Wheatland and Mountain View to further discuss PLANNING Kneehill County to continue to work towards the partnering with other Jurisdictions in this area. Currently sharing with Mountain View on 50% cost share basis and discussions are underway with Wheatland TRANSPORTATION — At the July 6, 1999 Council meeting a unanimous motion advising the sharing of public works services be placed on hold Reconfirmed November 23 1999 Executive Committee recommends adoption of this policy .Drn-utatrrF/Ec200 of 13 3 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JANUARY 13, 2000 7 Application for Retirement — Brian Bauman Brain Bauman has sent a letter to Council applying for the Early Retirement • Incentive entitlement, as per County policy 7 17 Mr Bauman is proposing to �S�orse retire from the County May 19, 2000 dust prior to his sixtieth birthday and Jai sec" �r e 4li requests Council's consideration in waiving the six month notice requirement by ec, granting his retirement effective May 19 2000 along with the Early Retirement Incentive entitlement for employees retiring five or more years before their sixty �r LLN'n l'"O fifth birthday a 3. 1-- Executive Committee recommends acceptance of Mr Bauman's retirement, including the waiver, as requested in this letter 8 Gcirr Purchase from Albrecht 1 33 -25 W4 Roll #4562000 and 4563000 Mr and Mrs Ron Gorr were in the office on Jan 6/2000 to discuss the above land transaction This was a subdivision and subsequent land sale with a total of three involved parties The Gorrs advised they were in the County office prior to Aug 31/99 to pay their land taxes and inquired about the taxes for the above noted (� voo location and were advised by a County staff member that these taxes were paid In L- .dl" actual fact the taxes for this property were not paid As a result these taxes lqk' (I rh f�l remained outstanding and the 5% and 10% penalties were levied in the amount of Sri is familiar with the County's years had paid these ax the renter of the land Much confusion existed with regard �4�r f to this land transaction on both the part of the County and the respective lawyers Gorr cc i Nosh Tainsh Howard, the Gorrs lawyer, was contacted twice in Nov /99 by County staff led lad about these outstanding taxes F� Execa tive Committee recommends, in light of the misinformation provided to Mr Gorr, the tax penalty in the amount of $85 34 on Roll #4562000 and $74.67 on Roll #4563000 for a total of $160.01 be canceled and further, the Ablunicipal Planning Commission look into a procedure to ensure taxes on subdivision applications that carry over from one year into another are addressed 9 Jan 7/2000 Kneehill Adult Learning Society (KALS) Letter Marie Muddle KALS Coordinator has advised she will be away the week of Jan 10 14/200 In her absence Anne Guard and Bonnie LeMay, KALS board membtirs, will come into the KALS office, in the County building, to answer phones, etc Executive Committee recommends approval of this arrangement. 10 Dec 22/99 AAMD &C Letter re AAMD &C Presentation to the Equalized Assessment Panel A copy of AAMD &C President Jack Hayden's Dec 10/99 presentation to the Equalized Assessment Panel has been provided The presentation notes rural municipalities are party to a number of funding arrangements which utilize equalized assessment, senior housing and provincial education requisition There are also several important tax and assessment issues currently under review that are of significant importance to municipalities (assessment of farm properties intensive livestock operations) The AAMD &C concludes that it believes the current assessment equalization process works well, most concerns regarding the outcome of the assessment equalization process are primarily a reflection of concerns with provincial assessment and taxation policy To ensure this process continues to meet needs the AA D &C has made nine recommendations to the provincial government 1 Continue its current initiatives to address assessment and tax policy issues particularly with respect to education property tax, assessment of farm properties and the development of updated rates for assessment of regulated properties 2 Maintain the current assessment standards as set out in the Standards of JD /MINUTF/EC20000113 4 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JANUARY 13, 2000 Assessment Regulation and maintain current assessment manuals while enabling flexibility to adapt to local circumstances • 3 Maintain the current requirement for the use of an accredited professional assessor 4 Training programs for assessors to continue and to be updated as necessary 5 AB Municipal Affairs to develop an enhanced information manual for better understanding of the assessment equalization process 6 Additional resources to be provided to AB Municipal Affairs to enhance its ability o carry out its mandate with respect to auditing and quality control 7 No s, -,nificant changes to be made to the current frequency or level of detail of assessor ent audits 8 Equalized assessment should not be `capped" but should always reflect the true equalized value of assessments within each municipality 9 Where the province "caps" the education property tax of a municipality this shortfal' in property tax revenue should be paid by the province from general revenues rather than transferred to the other "non capped' municipalities through the equalized assessment process 0 F.xecuti),e Committee recommends to accept and file. 11 Dec 22/99 AAMD &C Letter re. Notice of Motion to Amend AAMD &C Bylaws In response to member comments, the AAMD &C has forwarded a formal Notice of Motion to amend its bylaws which, if endorsed would result in all required Executive elections taking place on the second full day of each Fall Convention (traditionally a Wednesday) The effect of this change would be to move the ) �' elections for Vice President and District Director ahead one full day This proposed amendment will be brought forth to the Spring 2000 AAMD &C Convention Executive Committee recommends approval of this proposed bylaw amendment. 12 Dec 22/99 AAMD&C Letter re Proposed Definition of Navigable Waters In response to one of the recommendations of the AGRA Report on Environmental Management of Road Projects the AAMD &C Advisory Committee on Environmental Issues has drafted a proposed definition of "navigable waters" Once this definition is finalized it will be used as a basis to lobby the federal government for changes to the definition of `navigable waters" as governed by the Navigable Waters Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Definition A navigable water is a water body designated by a government authority as a navigable water for the purposes of managing development (over, ==W*j under and adjacent to it), in a manner that will reasonably protect the navigable water for transportation commercial or recreational uses A navigable water must be, for at least 3 consecutive months of the year, capable of supporting typical floating vessels suited to carry at least one adult in a reasonably safe manner and must be during its period of lowest flow at least 10cm deep It must be at least 2km in length have no restrictions for floating vessels may be a man made or natural occurring water body- must be designated through a process of nomination, public review and provincial approval and nominated for designation as a navigable water by a level of government once designated, the responsibility for issuing permits for development will rest with the relative provincial government The AAMD &C has requested members complete a questionnaire with regard to this definition Executive Committee recommends the questionnaire be completed by recommending the 10cm water depth is not reasonable and it should be replaced with a one metre (Im) water depth limit JD/N11NUTE/EC20000113 f, zE1-!� OL. f n a 5%o le44er Zenf • r] 13 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JANUARY 13, 2000 Dec 21/99 Letter from the Hon Ed Stelmach AB Infrastructure re Meetin at the Fall Convention The Minister has responded to the County s position regarding the maintenance of secondary highways and the resolution regarding same passed at the Fall Convention and advises while it remains government policy not to contract directly to another level of government, the department will not interfere with private sector maintenance contractors in terms of the most effective delivery of highway maintenance That is maintenance contractors will be permitted to enter into working relationships with municipalities in order for contractors to deliver maintenance services in an efficient cost effective manner Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. riLi<r'� 14 Dec 21/99 Letter from Town of Trochu re. 1999/2000 Lev Trochu has forwarded its share of the 1999 and 2000 $1 00 per capita for the Kneehill Regional Water Committee, advising its participation on this committee for the year 2000 is with the understanding that this regional water committee is in the best interest and benefit for all concerned parties Trochu will review and Fi1.0 h assess membership based on these criteria prior to participating in the year 2001 Re-C, Pa a Noted a copy of Trochu s letter has been forwarded to the water committee's secretary Joanne Weller Acme Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 15 CAAMD &C Special Zone Meeting At the request of the AAMD &C, the CAAMD &C has arranged for a special zone meeting for Friday, January 21/2000 at the Three Hills Community Centre f, kE:D commencing at 1 00 P M for a presentation from AB Infrastructure regarding the transition of the secondary highways back to the provincial government Executive Committee recommends Kneehill County host and sponsor this special zone meeting 16 Jan 25/2000 Neil Silver Council Appointinent /Presentation Nlr Vickery has advised Mr Silver will be unable to attend the Jan 25/2000 council meeting due to his relocation Mr Silver will contact Mr Vickery to advise of a future meeting date with Council Executive committee recommends to accept and file. 17 Jan 6/2000 LAPP Letter re. a date Regarding the LAPP Transition Towards Self Governance The Local Authorities Pension Plan (LAPP) Board of trustees has provided an update noting the provincial consultants and the LAPP have agreed on the key elements of the proposed new governance structure and over the next few months will be contacting employers directly about this structure Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 7-08L dkmolroc- 18 Dec 30/99 David Thompson Health Region 1999 Health Report The above report addresses how healthy we are, what makes us healthy and not healthy and how influences on health change with person, place or time F / k e Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. 19 fan 6/2.0.00 Letter to Jim Hanger from Greg Cole AIr Cole has written to Mr Hanger expressing concerns with the draft Red Deer JD/MI1U17', - EC 20000113 C KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JANUARY 13, 2000 giver Integrated Management Plan and feels this draft did not include the agricultural producer's input Mr Cole is a member of the Tolman Badlands is draft Association and advises this group is working to make changes to this draft plan n U El Executive Committee recommends Mr Cole's letter be referred to Terry Krause, provincial coordinator of the Red Deer River Integrated Management Plan. 20 Strathmore Rural lire Hall Mr Ernie Maser, Wheatland County has provided details of the Strathmore rural fire hall construction costs Total contract $178,000 00, building package $55,000 00 (approximate), labour was 95% contract and 5% volunteer the building size is 50'x100' with a 20 x30' mezzanine, wood construction, drywall interior and metal cladding exterior, steel roof concrete floor and forced air heat, outside lot is graveled and will be paved as funds become available, door to the bay areas manually operated, Wheatland County supplied the dirt work and all the pit run and crushed gravel at no charge to the association Executive Committee recommends to accept and file as information. �4nas /rx� tt�owu �' hu- 21 Joint Elected Officials Meeting - January 31/2000, Acme Hall A time slot of 7 30 P M has been provided on the agenda of this meeting for the County's Joint Services Committee to present Kneehill's Joint Services 4e na4 a position/policyna.a Executive Committee recommends the County authorize only the Joint Services Committee members (Rick Vickery and Jim Hanger) along with Jennifer Deak to attend this meeting 22 Murray Woods Comments re Local Road Program Mr Woods read about the County's local road program in the local newspaper and telephoned the office to expresses concerns about these projects Mr Woods is of the opinion the County is biased towards road projects close to Three Hills, feels there is no reasoning behind the project choices there are other roads that are J _ ,b in more need (e.g Linden west, east of Trochu the north/south roads between l3 t-- Linden and SH583 west of SH806 and east of Huxley) The manner in which the d ,r ife- 41125 106 road program is compiled was explained to Mr Woods F, 4kn _ CoA�s s Executive Committee recommends a letter be sent to Mr Woods advising his comments have been received and further to accept and file as information 23 Y2K Costs Further to the request, at the last council meeting, for a total cost for Y2K preparations, Mrs Deak reported Y2K preparations involved the telephone upgrading for $749 00 and an audit of the County's computers for $100 00 Mr McCook noted the public works department expended approximately $55 00 on A `+-- telephone calls regarding equipment Y2K compatibility In all, the County's Y2K CC. rnte4s f7 -fi costs were under $1,000 00 F h�,7 Executive Committee recommends to accept and file with a copy of this information to be placed in the 2000 Divisional Meeting file. 24 Jan 10/2000 Letter to Bob Johnstone re. Weed Control on TradNet Property Mr Bruce Sommerville, Ag Fieldman has prepared a letter to Mr Johnstone outlining his concerns and directions regarding weed control along the TraiiNet property located in the County JD/MINUTE/EC20000113 • .-m IFJW, 13 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JANUARY 13, 2000 Executive ( ommittee recommends this letter be sent, as prepared, to Mr Johnstone 25 Three Hills Fire Department — November Monthly Fire Report During Nov /99 four fires were responded to in the Three Hills rural area, the department had three practices and four fire prevention training sessions 26 Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. RHA #5 Meetini? re Ambulance Requisition Starland County in conjunction with RHA #5 has scheduled a meeting for Jan 20/2000 at the RHA office in Drumheller, commencing at 1 00 P M to discuss an ambulance purchase for RHA 5 and requisitioning for same The CAOs from Starland, Drumheller Carbon, Special Areas and Kneehill have been invited to attend this meeting It was noted last year, when approached by RHA 5, the County had stated its position on this issue that being Kneehill operates its own ambulance within its boundaries with this ambulance service responding with assistance when requested by Drumheller (and vice versa) It was further noted this reciprocal response assistance and support was of considerable more value than a requisition Executive Committee recommends Kneehill decline from attending this meeting and further the County reconfirm its position regarding this matter 27 Jan 412000 Letter from Town of Trochu re Proposed Fire Hall Building The town of Trochu advises Kneehill's committee of Jim Hanger and Rick Vickery met with their council to present the County's funding proposal for the proposed fire hall Trochu has postponed its decision in this matter until after it meets with the Trochu fire department Kneehill s committee members along with Phil Frere will also be attending the fire department s meeting on Jan 5/2000 with Trochu council reviewing this matter at their Jan 17/2000 council meeting and advising of their decision at this time It was also reported in this letter that the tender for the proposed fire hall building has been placed on hold The bill for the design fees for the drawings for this facility is $6,000 00 The title for the property for the proposed fire hall has not yet been transferred Executive Committee recommends to accept and file until the town of Trochu advises of their decision regarding this matter 28 Dec 21/99 Letter from Village of Acme re. Kneehill Ambulance Society KAS Acme has reviewed the County's position regarding the operations of the KAS and advises it has passed a resolution at its Dec 13/99 meeting that Clause 4 of the Kneehill KAS agreement remain as is Acme also agrees that the County carry out the day to day operations, including staffing Executive Committee recommends the County's joint service position/policy be upheld and further this issue be discussed by the County's Joint Services Committee at the Jan 3112000 Joint Elected Officials meeting in Acme. 29 Alberta Fire Chiefs Association Membership for Year 2000 An invoice has been received for membership dues for Jane Allan for the above association Executive Committee recommends a letter be sent to the Alberta Fire Chiefs Association advising of the County's direction with regard to a regional fireldisaster coordinator with this individual to be the County's appointed 1D/N NUTE/EC20000113 FhE h i Rix 44A F►!rNrat.&— ,i3 Atk 1 N S 1") Memo L sPP r.(V, 10 A, hNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JANUARY 13, 2000 representative on the AB Fire Chiefs Association 41 30 Dec 22/99 Town of Trochu Letter re. Provincial Education Taxes A copy of Trochu's letter to the AB Municipalities Association supporting the abolishment of the education taxes from the property tax base has been received Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 31 Seismic Permit SE 20 -32 26 -W4 and E1 /2 16 32 26 -W4 Arcis Geophysical has requested permission to conduct geophysical operations at the above location (old Torrington dumpsite and west quarter of new site) Compensation will be payable to the County t' Executive Committee recommends permission be granted for this seismic u NT, r- ;LT A)i T') permit. 32 Council Meeting Dates in March 2000 " Executive Committee recommends the council meeting dates in March 2000 be See C rn changed to March 7`h and 21" to accommodate the AAMD& C Spring Jana g/ ; °F Convention -�or NnpG- (�p.�Cil 33 Councd Photo Arrangements have been made for a council photograph for March 14/200 at 8 30 A.M Executive Committee recommends this date be changed to March 712000 and J Z) 47 m further the council photograph include office staff and foremen (Lawrie Ross, o 1 Miles Maerz and Alan Medm g) PD s i OFF P'Dws ebip, -(.* n a4 A. m meef) `7 34 HVAC Maintenance Agreement meM °� � R "` a °►w & bd. Samuel Plumbing and Heating Ltd., have prepared the annual maintenance agreement for the heat/cool roof top units This maintenance agreement is for J b r $495 00 per annum and includes two service calls per year plus filters and belts f-, t. _ �anar ytc4 -k1W Executive Committee recommends this maintenance agreement be signed '�f`I' 35 Jan 4/2000 Letter from Mt Vernon Water Co -op Association Ltd The Co op requires an additional pressure reducer on their water system and requests permission to install a manhole and pressure reducer in line at a location approximately 3 5 miles east of Three Hills, on the east side of the Russell T-) i L Stankievech dwelling Given the urgency of this situation the Co op intends to ry-a Yr v , c44Pf- proceed with this installation as soon as it receives the County s approval to do so y Executive Committee recommends approval be given for this installation subject fo this installation meeting County approval re setback requirements, etc and conditional upon the Co-op undertaking this work in conjunction with the app: oval of the County's Public Works Superintendent 36 AB Municipal Health & Safety Association —1999 Audit Quality Assessment The County has received an 88% rating for the above noted audit ► 1 r L Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. 37 SH806 Between Acme and Linden Letters Copies of letters to the Premier listing concerns with this portion of SH806 and JD/TVUN[TrE/EC20000113 9 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT JANUARY 13, 2000 requesting it be rebuilt to 10 metres wide and curves straightened in the year 2000 have been received from Ed and Loreen Gieck, Barry Buchanan and Bruce is McLeod It was noted Acme Councillor Glen Rieger had requested public support and provided a sample letter including mailing list for provincial and local government officials on the Acme ACES newsletter that was distributed to all Acine post office boxes Executive Committee noted it had previously responded 1 =► �ti� to t'us issue and further noted the province would be taking control of the Rig con ;truction and maintenance of all secondary highways April 1 2000 no ot Ext cutive Committee recommends to accept and file 38 Secondary Highway Partnership Investment Ledger In (reparation for the SH Transition Agreement AB Infrastructure has provided 1-� its reconciliation of th' 1 d h is e ger s owmg the County s earned contributions to date rn tMCI for each SH project and requesting confirmation of same Kneehill's balance L-- shows a cr, --dit of $455,375 00 j � Executive Committee recommends the administration department revie)v this ledger and reconcile these costs with the County's records to ensure all SH Q protect costs have been recorded 39 AB TrailNet /Cosway Adiacent Landowners Association fCALA) The following correspondence has been received Dec 20/99 letter from AB TrailNet to CALA responding to TrailNet s issues and setting out some background information on the TrailNet Jan 11/200 letter from CALA enclosing correspondence received from Mountain View and Rocky View, sample CALA letter to TrailNet, sample landowners letter to TrailNet re access unanswered Oct 26/99 E mail With regard to the unanswered E mail, Mrs Deak reported she had spoken with Faye Engler and advised her the County was in the process of obtaining further legal opinion on this matter Also noted the legal opinion would be an agenda item for Jan 18/2000 council meeting Executive Committee recommends this correspondence be deferred until the legal opinion from Broivnlee Fryett is reviewed 40 Minutes The Executive Committee reviewed the January 4, 2000 minutes for publication in the newspaper Executive Committee recommends these minutes, as edited, be published in the % newspaper The Executive Committee adjourned — time 12 05 P M Je iriiier Deak, Municipal Administrator JD /N NU1'E/EC20000113 10