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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-05-09 Council MinutesE, • KNEEHILL COUNTY AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING May 9, 2000 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes (including April 12/00 Planning Meeting LUB ) ' 3 Administrator's Report (including Pending Report) 4 Executive Committee Report 5 Bank Reconciliation Report 6 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS. GENERAL 7 1999 Financial Statements 8 Budget Report 9 Torrington Village Office Lease 10 Power Deregulation I 1 CAAMD &C Golf Tournament TRANSPORTATION I 12 Transportation and Utilities Report 13 Letter to AB Infrastructure i� COMMITTEE REPORTS 14 Apr 6/00 Kneehill Regional Water Committee minutes I' 15 Apr 13/00 Wild Rose Economic Development Corporation minutes 16 Mar 22/00 Health Authority 5 minutes 17 Mar 27/00 Drumheller Area Health Foundation minutes ' 18 Apr 13/00 Kneehill Regional FCSS minutes 19 Feb 28/00 Drumheller Area Health Foundation Minutes LATE ITEMS I I I I i KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES Mav 9, 2000 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Kneehill County office 232 Main Street, Three Hills, Alberta on Tuesday, May 9 2000, commencing at 8 30 A.M The following were present for the meeting l Reeve Otto Hoff Division Two Councillors Marylea Lowen Division One Marjorie D Vetter Division Four James Hanger Division Five Richard M Vickery Division Six Jane Allan Division Three Jennifer Deak, Municipal Administrator, and Lonnie McCook, Assistant Administrator, were present along with Barb Long who recorded the minutes Glen Wagstaff was not present for the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 35 A.M A requests was made to add the following to the agenda Under agenda item 20, Kneehill Ambulance Service Under agenda item 21 Trochu Maintenance Yard Under agenda item 22, Public Hearing Date Mr Vickery moved approval of the agenda, with the above addition. CARRIED The following amendment was noted regarding the April 12 2000 Joint Planning minutes Page 1 should state Mrs Allan was present at the meeting Mrs. Lowen moved approval of the April 25, 2000 minutes, including the April 12, 2000 .Ioint Planning minutes, with the above noted amendment. CARRIED The upcoming dates were reviewed and the Administrator s and Pending Reports were presented In addition the following items were reported Tony Chellick has advised Alberta Infrastructure will assume responsibility for the Bleriot Ferry effective May 1, 2000 the same date as the take over of the secondary highways within the municipality Mrs Deak will be meeting with Ernie Maser of Wheatland County next week to discuss point sharing in the area of assessment Ernie Maser Wheatland County, has approved an inter - municipal grant application with Kneehill County for the joint fire /disaster and assessment departments The role of John Rusling Planner, at Kneehill County was discussed with Harold Johnsrude of Mountain View County and it was decided he be responsible only for the updating of the Land Use Bylaw presently under review The last Joint Council /Planning meeting will be held in June of 2000 and Mr Rusling will draft the changes over the summer months Council decided to reschedule the May 10 2000 Joint Council /Planning meeting for June 14, 2000 at 8 30 A.M - The province has lifted their fire ban for north central Alberta on May 4, 2000 Under the Pending Report the following was noted - Pending Report #1 — CP Rail Line Abandonment/Trail Net — Recommendation to file as the planning department is handling this matter - Pending Report #2 — Highway Signs — Recommendation to file as H Wiens has ordered the signs and will arrange for the installation - Pending Report #5 — Trochu Fire Hall — Recommendation to file as Kneehill County has purchased from Alberta Infrastructure the Maintenance Yard and buildings at Trochu which will adequately meet the needs of the Trochu & District Fire JDAMIN PRESENT CALL TO ORDER AGENDA ADDITIONS AND APPROVAL APPROVAL OF MINUTES & PLANNING MINUTES ADMINISTRATOR & PENDING REPORTS t 0000040 ( 1k KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES Mav 9, 2000 Department - Pending Report #8 — Agricore Concern — Recommendation to file as warning and speed limit signs have been installed by Kneehill County APPROVAL OF ADM & PENDING Mr Hanger moved approval of the Administrator's and Pending Reports, including REPORTS recommendations CARRIED Council decided Mr Hoff Mr Vickery and Mrs Allan will attend the May 19 2000 Executive Meeting Mr Hanger presented a concern regarding the spread of garbage from the town of Three CONCERN RE. 3 Hills Pit, to the adjacent land due to improper containment HILLS GBG PIT Mrs Vetter moved a letter be sent to the town of Three Hills, with copies to Frank Lott r~- of Alberta Environment, voicing Kneehill County's concern regarding the non - containment of garbage at the Three Hills Disposal Pit. CARRIED The May 4 2000 Executive Committee report was presented EXECUTIVE Under Item #32 Torrington Lagoon Drainage it was noted a caveat needed to be placed on COMMITTEE the land title of the adjacent landowner in order for Kneehill County to have access onto the land Under Item #35 Community Hall Grants Council requested the community groups provide financial statements and information regarding the community facility use however it would Sit not be necessary to provide volunteer hours Under Item #38 Appointment of Fire/Disaster Coordinator Newspaper Article, Council requested a picture of Mr Tiller be included with the news article Mrs Long left the meeting from 9.25 A.M until 9.29 A.M Under Item #48, Swalwell Fire Mr Hoff reported another call asking the County to enforce com ensation from th 1 d F e an owner responsible for the fire Council advised this is a civil APPROVAL OF legal matter EXECUTIVE COMITTEE Mr Vickery moved approval of the Executive Committee report, as presented REPORT CARRIED Mrs Allan moved approval of the accounts presented for payment today, subject to APPROVAL OF reweiv by the Finance Committee of Councillors Hoff, Vickery, Lowen and Vetter ACOUNTS PAYABLE CARRIED Mrs Deak presented the bank reconciliation and net cash comparison reports as at March 31 2000 APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL Mr Hanger moved approval of the financial reports, as presented REPORTS CARRIED Mrs Deak presented the surplus and reserve report she had prepared as per request of "` Council and advised she would review in more detail when all of Council is present TABLE 1999 FIN STMNTS AND Mrs Lowen moved the draft 1999 Financial Statements and the surplus and reserve SURPLUS & report he tabled until all members of Council are present. RESERVE REPORT CARRIED JI MIN 2 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES May 9, 2000 Mrs Deak presented the budget report as at May 8, 2000 BUDGET REPORT Mrs Vetter moved approval of the Budget Report as presented APPROVAL CARRIED Mrs Deak read the April 26`h and May P letters received from the Torrington Tourism TORRINGTON Society advising they were interested in accepting Kneehill County s offer to lease the TOURISM ACTION upstairs of the old village of Torrington office for $25 00 per month, including utilities, SOCIETY — OFFER subject to the following conditions OFLEASE FOR a five year lease with the same conditions as the previous lease UPSTRS VILLAGE - use of the bottom south door OFFICE liability insurance (as requested by Kneehill County) will take effect on the day they receive their five year lease and Story Time for Tots will not be covered under their liability insurance the Torrington Fire Department may use the upper room for training if necessary (as requested by Kneehill County), as long as it is not on their meeting night With regard to this proposal the County noted the following �b im �pnD - a need to ascertain the status of Story Time for Tots Their occupancy of this . facility is conditional upon them obtaining liability insurance the County is only agreeable to a one year lease term the County requires Torrington Tourism Action Society to provide a copy of their liability insurance at the time of lease signing Torrington Fire Department to be allowed to use the upper level for training whenever necessary use of the bottom south door to be available to all parties authorized to use the building any problems encountered with these conditions will suffice as a valid reason to cancel this lease A discussion followed regarding this matter and it was noted the County had agreed to approve a one year lease for the upper floor of the old Torrington Village office to Torrington Tourism Action Society and Story Time for Tots, in lieu of the County s lack of notification to the Torrington Tourism Action Society about the leasing of the main office space of this facility to another party Mrs Lowen moved a letter he sent to the Torrington Tourism Action Society advising Kneehill County will approve a one year lease for the upper level of the old Village of Torrington of .fice, for the amount of $25 00 per month including utilities, conditional upon the following, proof of liability insurance by all groups occupying this space, the Torrington Fire Department to he allowed to use this upper level for training whenever necessary, use of the bottom south door to be shared by all parties authorized to use the building and further any problems encountered with these conditions will suffice as a valid reason to cancel the lease. CARRIED TANSALTA SALE OF POWER Mrs Deak reported under the MGA 547(2) municipalities have the right to purchase DISTRIBUTION utilities and TransAlta is selling its whole distribution network consisting of poles, wires, NETWORK operations and maintenance service for 350 000 customers UTILCORP is proposing to buy for a price of $645 million which is 35% above Book Value Mpower had proposed to assist Alberta municipalities in purchasing TransAlta Utilities' existing electrical distribution network by forming a regional services commission comprised of the municipalities This would allow the municipalities to negotiate the level of control, service levels and employment and would have no effect on the rural electrical associations as they own their own wires The idea would be for the municipalities to retain the poles and wires and sell the operations /maintenance and the retail/billing end of the business Mpower has advised RAHN 3 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES Mav 9, 2000 the capital cost would be approximately $400 million however a Regional Services Committee could borrow through the Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation The Public Utilities Board will be holding public hearings with a ruling on the selling of TransAlta's power distribution network, by the end of July, 2000 Mpower has requested letters of commitment from the municipalities in order to proceed any further Larry Goodhope of j the AAMD &C has been advised the urban centers are not interested and has sent a letter to Steve West to further investigate this matter Mr Hanger moved a letter be sent to Mpower advising Kneehrll County is interested in further investigating and obtaining more information regarding the purchase of TransAlta power distribution nethvork. CAAMD &C GOLF TOURNAMENT i CARRIED Mrs Deak reported on the CAAMD &C golf tournament to be held on Friday, May 26, -�D ")i-M0 I 2000 in Eckville The names and average scores of those planning on attending were i recorded Council requested Mr John Jeffery be invited to attend The meeting recessed from 10 05 A.M until 10 15 A.M The Transportation and Utilities Report was presented Under report item # 12 Mr McCook distributed a copy of the design of the Highway Signs for Council approval Council approved the layout of the large sign but decided the smaller signs should only say Kneehiil County not welcome to Kneehill County Under report item #8 High Pressure and Low Pressure Road Crossing Agreements and Pipeline Crossing Pipeline Agreements Mr McCook recommended the following changes The Road Crossing Agreement for High Pressure Pipelines and the Pipeline Crossing Pipeline Agreements be changed to read the Operator shall have a period of three (3) months from the initial notification from the Municipality, within which to relocate or lower the Pipelines within the Crossing Area ( instead of six (6) months - The Pipeline Crossing Pipeline Agreement be changed to read a minimum distance of 60 cm shall be maintained between the external surfaces of the Pipelines (instead of 30 cm) Mrs. lowen moved the above recommended changes be reflected in the High Pressure and Pipeline Crossing Pipeline Agreements ' Under item # 9 Mr McCook advised Randy Tiller, Fire/Disaster Coordinator, has recommended the adoption of a fire bylaw empowering local fire departments to carry out daily business Mr McCook reported he will obtain legal opinion on the draft submitted by Mr Tiller and will present both at a future Council meeting for their input and approval Mr Tiller had also prepared information on burning permits, with the suggestion that the local chiefs be considered the Fire Guardian and as such being empowered with the authority to give permission for a burning permit which would list restrictions and conditions Mr McCook reported he and Mr Tiller will re work the draft burning permmt and present a copy to Council for input at a future meeting Mr Hanger reported on a complaint he had received from a rate payer stating a windrow and large lumps of dirt had been placed in the middle of a County road by a neighbour and had created a very dangerous situation The ratepayer who had tampered with the road phoned Mr Hanger and advised he would not move gravel on a County road again Mr Hanger reported it looked as though it had been done in an attempt to slow traffic (speed bumps) but he will investigate the situation further and report back to Council Mr Vickery moved approval of the Transportation and Utility report. TRANS & UTILITY REPORT HI-WAY SIGNS HIGH PRESSURE AGREEMENT CHANGE PIPELINE CROSSING PIPELINE AGREEMENT CHANGE BURNING PERMIT BYLAW AND FIRE BYLAW DRAFT g� TAMPERING WITH COUNTY ROAD JD/MIN 4 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES Mav 9, 2000 Further to the April 11, 2000 request from Council, Mrs Deak presented a letter drafted to Alberta Infrastructure offering to maintain the secondary highways in the future on a contract basis for Council's approval Mrs Lowen moved the letter, as drafted, be sent to Alberta Infrastructure with a copy being forwarded to R. Marz, MI-A CARRIED A report on the May 4 2000 Kneehill Ambulance Service Policy Review meeting was presented The consensus of the County members attending this meeting was that the tone of the meeting was confrontational to both, Kneehill County and Mr Rinus Onos, Operations Director Several of the changes made to policy reflected a lack of trust in the County and the Operations Director A lengthy discussion ensued on the advantages and disadvantages of remaining a member of the Kneehill Ambulance Society Consensus of Council was a County ambulance service would provide both effective and efficient service that would be more than adequate to meet the needs of the County residents It was recommended that the assets of the ambulance society be distributed on the basis of percentage of member contributions Mr Hanger moved, as at .1une 1, 2000, a year's notice be given for Kneehill County to withdraw from the Kneehill Ambulance Service effective .Lune 1, 2001, with Kneehill County establishing its oivn ambulance service with equipment adequate to meet the needs of the Kneehill County residents CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Mrs Deak reported that on May 4, 2000 after the Kneehill Ambulance meeting Mr Vickery Mrs Ling and herself discussed the new Trochu Fire Hall Mrs Ling accused Mr Hanger and Mr Vickery representatives on the Joint Services Committee, of having a hidden agenda in that they were aware the County was in the process of purchasing the Trochu Maintenance Yard from Alberta Infrastructure when they approached Trochu Council on January 3 2000 to discuss the County s point services policy (proposing the County pay 100% of the cost for the new fire hall building in return for 100% ownership and continue cost sharing on a 50/50 basis) Mrs Ling claimed someone at Alberta Infrastructure had told her the negotiations were ongoing at that time Mr Vickery gave her a copy of Alberta Infrastructure's February 17, 2000 letter and Mrs Deak confirmed this was the first the County had known about this offer In addition to reviewing the history of the County s file, regarding the purchase, Mrs Ling also received a copy of the County s April 26 2000 letter to Trochu advising of the purchase J LETTER TO AB INFRASTRUCTUR E RE, CONTRACT SH WITHDRAWAL FROM KAS i EFFECTIVE JUNE j 1, 2001 Mr Hanger moved a letter be sent to the town of Trochu supplying a time line of the events involved with the purchase of the Alberta Infrastructure Trochu Maintenance Yard, and further to express Council's disappointment with Mrs Ling's comments made on May 4, 2000 to Mr Vickery and Mrs. Deak, accusing the County, in particular Mr Hanger and Mr Vickery, of having a hidden agenda in regard to the Trochu Fire Hall CARRIED The planning department requested a Public Hearing date be set to hear the application for the redesignation of the SW 15 28 22 W4 from Agricultural Conservation to Agricultural Mrs Lowen moved Tuesday, .tune 13, 2000 at 2 00 P M be set for a Public Hearing to hear this application for redesignation and further, the necessary notices be sent to all involved parties. CARRIED MIMIN CONCERN RE TROCHU MAINTENANCE YARD PURCHASE FROM TOWN OF TROCHU �LP KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES May 9, 2000 a: . A> Council recommended the July 1 I" & 25`h, 2000 Council meetings be cancelled and re- P H SW 15-28-22 - scheduled for July 18 2000 Council requested this be advertised in the Three Hills Capital W4 The following Committee reports were reviewed - Kneehill Regional Water Committee — April 6 2000 minutes reviewed It was noted the negotiations with the Town of Three Hills had been postponed A summary of revenue and expenses, from inception to May 8, 2000, was presented by Mrs Deak WildRose Economic Development Committee — April 13 2000 minutes Health Authority #5 — March 22 2000 minutes It was noted Ed Johnston was elected as Vice Chairman - Drumheller Area Health Foundation — March 27, 2000 minutes It was noted they are in the process of applying for Community Lottery Board funds, and will be fundraising for a CT Scan A cheque for $5,000 00 has been contributed to the purchase of two ECG machines - Kneehill Regional FCSS meeting minutes of April 13,2000 Mrs Allan moi,ed approi,al of the Committee reports Mr Hanger moi,ed the meeting adjourn. Time 11 50 A M a.re MIMIN I i unici 1 Admmistrator CARRIED COMMMEE REPORTS 6 • 0 • I� ADMINSTRATOR'S REPORT April 26 — May 9, 2000 REPORT Balance Forward $ 0.00 1 Feb 12/00 Floral arrangement — L Wildeman 5350 2 May 3/00 Took staff out for lunch — Secretary's Day 9000 3 Apr 27/00 Gave 13 hats and 26 pins to Mari Leonard for Cash Dance BALANCE $ 143.50 CORRESPONDENCE 1 Apr 26/00 Rec #0039075 AB Treasury $ 46,240 00 FCSS Grant 2 Apr 15 & 29/00 Alberta Gazette 3 May 9/00 Golden Hills Regional Div Agenda 4 Apr 19 & 26/00 AAMD &C Contact Newsletter 5 April 2000 Hoof Prints newsletter 6 May /June 2000 Community Focus newsletter 7 April 2000 Status Alert newsletter 8 April 2000 Partners A Safety Codes Council newsletter 9 Apr 20 & 27/00 Munimall.net newsletter 10 May 3/00 Telus News Release (Financial Highlights) 11 Apr 20 & 28/00 Armet Report 12 Mar /Apr 2000 Canadian Speeches 13 Spring 2000 Animal Kind newsletter 14 Employment opportunity — Secretary Treasurer — Local Government Administration Association 15 Employment opportunity — CAO — M.D of East Peace 16 Employment opportunity — Works Foreman — Town of Wainwright 17 Employment opportunity — Development Officer — M.D of Northern Lights 18 Employment opportunity — Planning Assistant — Parkland County 19 Employment opportunity — Engineering Assistant — Parkland County 20 Employment opportunity — Planning and Development Officer — M.D of East Peace 21 Employment opportunity — Director of operational Services — M.D of Mackenzie 22 Seminar advertising — AB Crime Prevention 2000 23 Conference advertising — National Petroleum Show 2000 24 Conference advertising — Reinventing Records Management for the Electronic Workplace 25 Apr 19 & 26/00 Drumheller Mail newspaper 12 Apr 26 & May 3/00 Three Hills Capital newspaper HOME OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS. 1 Berniko, Steve Single family dwelling 2 Wiebe, Simon and Marcy 16'x80' 2000 Modulme and 6'x8' shed Minute /idminrcport2000doc NW 06 30 25 W4 $180 000 00 SE 03 33 26 W4 $50,00000 PENDING FILES AS AT May 9, 2000 1 CP Rail Line Abandonment/Trail Net — Kneehill County Position — Kneehill County is of the current position that any change in land use constitutes a development under the Municipal Government Act therefore, the municipality will be requiring development permits for any developments along these abandoned corridors Policy regarding development permits for trail development will be discussed at future Planning meetings 2 Highway Signs — June] 7/99 EC #5 Recommendation approved to budget $16 000 00 for 4 highway signs Memo to MV & RV Quotes received from Alpine Signs in Torrington and McEwan Graphics in Red Deer Jan.4 /00 Quotes requested from three firms for 4 main highway signs and 24 smaller signs for the Jan 18/00 Council meeting Feb 8/00 Council moved purchase the County signs from lowest bidder Feb.24 /00 Request for re -quote on signs of equal size and material so can compare prices and select lowest tender Apr 11/00 Mr McCook awaiting re- quotes Apr 16/00 On Mr McCook's Transportation & Utility report Apr 11/00 Tender to supply signs awarded to Hi Signs as lowest bidder H Wiens has file and is making arrangements 3 Knechill Regional Water Committee — Nov 1/99 Town of Three Hills recommended the current negotiating process be terminated Joint service position ratified Nov 24/99 Dec. /99 Requested $1 00 per capita from participating municipalities for an additional study to extend the water system area Knechill County budgeted $5064 00 for 2000 Jan 12/00 County provided letter of support to accompany a Community Lottery Funding request (File in Vault) Feb 15/00 Kneehill County advised unless something definite in place by Apr 30100 Knechill County will not be participating (this being a petition from ratepayers showing interest) May 9/00 meeting with Drumheller re supply of water 4 E91 1 Central Dispatch Mar 2/00 Ambulance Dispatch Services agreement between Knechill and the City of Red Deer signed Apr 11/00 Fire Dispatch Services agreement between Kncchill and the City of Red Deer for Fire still undergoing negotiations Mr McCook handling radio upgrades and arrangements with fire departments 5 Trochu Fire Hall — May 20/99 EC 423 Recommendation approved to proceed with facilaN with Trochu and Knechill each contributing $120 000 00 and the County loaning Trochu $85,000 00 June 30/99 EC # 13 Recommendation to advertise loaning bylaw at same time Trochu advertises its borrowing bylaw Aug.24/99 Council approved advertising loan bylaw Sep 1 and Sep8 /99 in the Capital in conjunction with Trochu's borrowing bvlaw Nov 9/99 Final reading given to loaning bylaw Cost increased to $290.000.00 Difference needs to be in place along with joint title before Knechill releases anv money Dec 16/99 Signing of land title transfer deferred until plans finalized Dcc.21 /99 motion for Knechill County to pay 100% of costs for new fire hall for 100% ownership of same and continue cost sharing of operating expenses If offer accepted borrowing bylaw must be rescinded. Jan 3/00 Joint Services Committee met with Trochu Town Council and Trochu Fire Department on Jan.5 /00 Jan 18/00 Town of Trochu accepted Kncchill County offer Feb 8/00 Bylaw 1418 to rescind the loan bylaw (to loan money to Trochu to build the fire hall) and the fire hall was referred to Kneehill Countv s Fire & Capital Committee Mar 16/00 Council approved payment of invoice ($7 539 82) to Richards Consulting for blueprints done at the request of the Trochu Fire Hall Committee Apr 25/00 County has ownership of the Alberta Infrastructure Trochu Highway Maintenance Yard which will provide a facility to meet the needs of the Trochu Fire Department Apr 26/00 Fire & Capital Committee met with Trochu Fire Dept representatives to advise of new facility and a letter was sent to the Town of Trochu advising of same and informing the lot donated by the Golden Hills School Division would not be needed RECOMMEND TO FILE 6 Partnership Discussions — MountainView /Wheatland /Kneehill — July 8/99 Meeting re shared joint services Letter from Reeve Hoff to other Councils requesting to further explore the possibilities Nov 24/99 Motion confirming Kneehill County s position regarding joint services Wheatland /Kneehill Dec 2/99 meeting with Wheatland interest shown in sharing of Fire Disaster Assessment, Planning Water FCSS and E911 Dec 7/99 Joint Services Committee formed to represent Knechill comprised of Jim Hanger and Rick Vickery Dec 17/99 joint meeting in area of Fire agreed to share Regional Fire/Disaster Coordinator Regional Fire & Disaster Coordinator Randy Tiller, commenced employment on April 3 2000 7 Planning Issues — Council and the Planning Department will be meeting every second WednesdaN of the month beginning on January 12/99 from 8.30 AN until 12 00 noon and continuing for 6 months to review the Land Use Bylaws 8 Agricorc Concern regarding safety at intersection of Highway 21 and Agricore turnoff Oct 7/99 Letter sent Toni Mammen AB infrastructure Nov 4/99 Complaint received regarding safety at rail crossing Nov 19/99 Letter sent to Transport Canada Railway Dec 7/99 Transport Canada requested County conduct traffic survey and depending on results Transport Canada will decide on a course of action Meeting arranged at site with 9 H 12 13 14 15 11N CPRail for Mar 8/00 Apr 16 /000n Mr McCook s Transportation and Utility Report Apr 11 /00 Lctter sent to Transport Canada advising no problem with County site lines, however Knechill has installed warning and 50 km/hour speed limit signs RECOMMEND TO FiLE Torrington Lagoon Wastewater — Oct.29/99 Frank Lotz, AB Environment advised must have landowner s permission for lagoon discharge to flow across land or could be a contravention of the AB Environment and Enhancement Act and of the Water Act Nov 9/99 Letter sent to Hon Gary Mar to resolve matter Nov 18/99 met with Hon Gary Mar who will investigate and report back Apr 4/00 Letter sent to Frank Lotz, requesting assistance as per advice from the Hon Gary Mar Apr 26/00 Ian Martens and Alan Medmg met with Almer Weisenburger re signing long term agreement and the conditions Mav 4100 Executive Committee recommended approval of landowners requests provided 99 year lease could be signed and registered against land title MSCIA — Effective April 6/00 the contract with the MSCIA has been terminated & the County will be dealing with AB Municipal Affairs Still need to get County records /files from the MSCIA Aerial Photos — Feb 4/00 AB Environment called offering to do new aerial photos of County for approximately $2500 00 Feb.22 /00 Council motion to purchase for no more than $2500 00 Mar 7/00 Quote received has flying and film processing if shared betNvccn the 4 counties at $2,225 00 with prints and enlargements extra Apr 3/00 Orthoshop gave presentation to Planning & Assessment, will be sending quote (Also dealing with Dennis at Wheatland County) May 4/00 Quote from Orthoshop — referred to Executive for the May 18 2000 meeting ,. Neil Silver Presentation Dcc.21 /99 Council motion to present congratulatory plaque and invitation to lunch with Council Mr Silver was unable to attend the Jan25 /00 Council meeting and another date has not been arranged Multi Media projector quotes — Quotes on various models from several suppliers have been obtained Feb 8/00 Council motion to arrange for demonstration of equipment Checked with MountainView and AB Agriculture on the models they had purchased Per Council motion of Mar 21/00 Dorothy Stewart at AB Agriculture checking into demonstrating their projector and into the possibility of sharing with the County Torrington Village Office — Current lease with the Torrington Tourism Action Society expired May 31/99 Jan.5 /00 offer from Donna Manion & Brenda Albrecht to lease for $150 00 per month Feb.22 /00 Upon direction from Council letter sent advising $200 00 per month including utilities and 90 days possession to allow for notice to be given the current leasers Feb.28 /00 Request to see office referred to L McCook Apr 6/00 letter sent to Torrington Tourism giving 90 days notice to vacate the property (effective July 15 2000) Apr 25/00 Lease for main floor office signed by Donna Manion & Brenda Albrecht Apr 25/00 Delegation from Torrington Tourism Action Society and Story Time for Tots at Council Meeting voicing concern on not having been given the opportunity to bid on the expired lease Apr 28/00 Letter sent to Torrington Tourism confirming Council s offer to lease the upstairs of old village office for $25 00 /month including utilities and requesting more information regarding liability shanng and access arrangements ON AGENDA Seismic Permit — Aeries Geophysical was granted permission for a permit at SE 20 32 26 W4 and El /2 16 32 26 W4 on January 13100 Radio System Upgrading — Mr McCook looking after this and looking into full dispatch (Lonnie has file) V J/f 1 . Transportation and Utilities Report May 9,2000 1 The stripping is done at the Trochu hall site It took one full day to complete I 2 The road crew is out on the Braconnier road now 3 The gravel crew is hauling out of 21 &27 to Divisions 5 &7 4 The underground power is in at the main shop 5 The locks have been changed at the shop and the office 6 Marl Otto Jim and myself met with the Trochu fire department building committee on April 26,2000 The fire /capital committee discussed the Transportation site with them i 7 On May 2,2000 1 met with Gary from Ledcor to discuss councils discussion about moving them to our yard He will get back to me after May 1 1,2000 due to meetings with infrastructure 8 We would like to change the road crossing agreements to reflect our concerns 9 I've had the fire /disaster coordinator work on a bylaw for burning This is some ideas and solutions JZ 1t ?x,10 A 10 The service board will be using Davey Tree for the contract sprayer at $25.00 /mile i 1 1 I had Lori W get ahold of the fire chiefs to see how they felt about fire bans The majority want left on for a while longer 12 I'd like council to look at how the county signs are going to look and comment k%C tL)o�Ws Suh- e)ri;F--r zC-R) j