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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-05-18 Council MinutesKNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT May 18, 2000 The Executive Committee of Otto Hoff, Richard M Vickery and Jane Allan met on Thursday May 18, 2000 at the Kneehill County office, commencing at 8 30 A.M Jennifer Deak, Administrator, was also present The following items were discussed I Kneehill Ambulance Service (KAS) a. May 3/00 Letter re. 1998/1999 Training Grant Project and Expenditure Re_ view -- Alberta Health and Wellness has contracted TTG Systems Incorporated to conduct on site project reviews in order to determine if the provision of grant funds is providing the upgrading and continuing education to ambulance attendants in order for them to offer better care to their patients Mr Onos has been provided with a copy of this information Executive Committee recommends to accept and file b. Special KAS Meeting Loretta Ling, Chair of the KAS has called a special board meeting for Thursday, May 25/00 at the Kneehill County office commencing at 7 00 P M to discuss the County s letter and decide where to go from here Executive Committee recommends the KAS County representative and staff members attend this board meeting c Request for May 4/00 KAS Policy Meeting Minutes Helga Price has requested (via fax) the above minutes so she can let some of the KAS members know what was covered Mrs Deak has advised Mrs Price (via fax) that once the KAS board has approved these minutes they will be available and faxed to her Executive Committee recommends to concur with the above 2 Certified Copy of Title & Assignment of Lease of Plan 5087JK Block 3 of SW 17 -33 -23 W4 — A certified copy of title showing ownership of the former AB Infrastructure Trochu Highway Maintenance Yard by Kneehill County was received May 16, L- 2000 Also enclosed is the duly signed and sealed Assignment of Lease Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 3 May 9/00 Letter from City of Edmonton re Capping of Provincial Education Taxes A letter has been received from Mayor Bill Smith, of the City of Edmonton, encouraging Kneehill County to request the province drop the capping program by offering suggestions and opinions through the AAMD &C and directly to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and the Premier It was noted the AAMD &C has set up a Committee to investigate this matter Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 4 May /00 Letter from Alberta Municipal Affairs In an effort to streamline some of the regulations Alberta Municipal Affairs is proposing to consolidate the Assessment Complaints and Appeals Regulation and the One Member Assessment Review Board and the Municipal Government Board Panel Regulation This consolidation of these two regulations will not make any substantial change except to remove some expired or redundant sections from each regulation A draft consolidation can be viewed at MINUTE /EC20000420 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT May 18, 2000 www pov.ab.calma/IPS Mr Dunay has reviewed and feels the consolidation is acceptable Executive Committee recommends to accept and file • 5 Invitation to the Red Deer College Board of Governors Dinner An invitation to an informal dinner with the Red Deer College Board of Governors, scheduled for 5 30 P M Monday, June 12, 2000 at the Red Deer m College, has been received This is to be an opportunity for the Mayors and Reeves of Central Alberta to discuss ways the Red Deer College could better meet the needs of the community Confirmation is requested by June 7, 2000 Executive Committee recommends Reeve Hoff and his spouse attend this event 6 May 3100 Letter from AB Community Development re Energize Workshop and Recreation Volunteer Recognition Awards A letter has been received advising the AB Community Development, along with AB Recreation and Parks Association and the Canadian Parks /Recreation Association are sponsoring the Energize Workshop in conjunction with the CP /RA Symposium and ARPA Conference to be held Oct 22 25, 2000 at Chateau Lake Louise A nomination form and the criteria to nominate an individual who has made significant contributions in the recreation area were attached with a deadline for submission of Friday June 30, 2000 Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 7 AB Agriculture Workshop — Finding Agreement on Difficult Issues Notice was received from Ron Cox, Wild Rose Economic Development Corporation, advising this workshop will be held in Cochrane on June 7ch & 81h, 2000 and will focus on processes to understand and find agreement on difficult issues Executive Committee recommends, scheduling permitting, Council attend a workshop in the fall covering this issue 8 Agenda for the Association of Alberta Co op Seed Cleaning Plants Regional Meetings A copy was received of the agenda for these regional meetings which will be held in 7 locations in the province during the month of June Region 2 meeting has been scheduled for June 14/00 in Carstairs Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 9 Superior Emergency Vehicles Ltd Payment in full ($156,972.21) was made for the purchase of a Triple Combination Pumper from Superior Emergency Vehicles and the fire truck was delivered to Torrington on Tuesday, May 16, 2000 �-� ►??>�1^G Executive Committee recommends a publicity picture be taken with this new fire equipment and the regional fire coordinator, Fire Committee and Torrington fire department. 10 May 9/00 Letter from AB Municipal Health and Safety Association (AMHSA) re: Municipal Partners in Iniury Reduction Program (PIR) A letter has been received advising Kneehill County has met all the program requirements for 1999 but because actual costs exceeded expected costs, there will MMUTE /EC20000420 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT May 18, 2000 no rebate for the municipalities registered in the PIR program for 1999 To P !et the PIR program requirements for 2000 Kneehill County will be required to mM >s an external audit of its health and safety program, continue to have a certified pNio -r auditor on staff, and ensure that someone on staff is trained in WCB -J�J' �� nagement These audits are to be arranged through AMHSA and must be G F �D �K °CT >mitted by November 30 2000 Mr Miles Marz is the County's peer auditor J .D m� i both Lori Wildeman and Jennifer Deak are trained in WCM management ecutive Committee recommends the County continue to participate in the 2 program. ay 11 /00 Letter from Village of Acme re 2000 Operating Budget for Acme e Dept. opy of the approved 2000 operating budget for the Acme Fire Department has n received It was noted letters had been sent to the towns and villages i ALP°`° arding the County's fire budget for the year 2000 '� ry �, Executive Committee recommends this budget be referred to the regional fire coordinator 12 May 10 /00 Letter from Darren Moroz, Barrister & Solicitor A letter has been received advising Darren W Moroz has expanded his practice to include municipal law and expropriation law throughout Alberta His past experience includes legal advice and services regarding all aspects of the Municipal Government Act while at the City of Edmonton Law Branch Mr Moroz has joined the firm of Mah & Chiu in Edmonton, AB, and requests an opportunity to discuss his services Executive committee recommends to accept and file 13 May 10 /00 AAMD &C Letter re Proposed Changes to Public Vehicles Dimension and Weight Regulation A copy of the AB Infrastructure Discussion Paper on proposed amendments to the Public Vehicles Dimension and Weight Regulation has been received from the r, fro AAMD &C The AAMD &C encourages all member municipalities to review and ja, 4- respond with any comments directly to AB Infrastructure aP Executive Committee recommends this matter be referred to Mr McCook for further comments 14. Certificate of Competency Renewal Keith Martin A Certificate of Competency, effective until May 9, 2005, as Safety Codes Officer - Fire, Inspector Level 2 and Investigator Level 1, has been received for Mr Keith Martin, Three Hills Fire Chief Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 15 Three Hills Fire Dent Monthly Fire Report L 010 The April 2000 monthly report for the Three Hills Fire Department has been 1) � received z- Executive Committee recommends this report be referred to the regional fire coordinator 16 May 12/00 E -Mail re Telephone Scam Larry Riep, Lacombe County, has advised of a telephone scam that he has MINUTE /EC20000420 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT May 18, 2000 reported to the security departments of the telephone companies By following the directions requested by an individual claiming to be a telephone technician, (to �I push nine, zero, and the pound sign) that individual would have full access to I mf'o„o your telephone line thus enabling them to place long distance calls and bill them � D to your telephone number He was advised this scam has been originating from g '" many local fails /prisons Executive Committee recommends this information be forwarded to the local newspaper for public information 17. May 12/00 Offer to Purchase County Calf Shelter at former Armien Toews Property (SH806 south of Linden) An offer to purchase the calf shelter located on Kneehill County property for the amount of $30 00, has been received from Correen Friesen , J -D ► ` Executive Committee recommends Mrs Allan inspect this shelter and report back to Council. 18 May 3100 Letter from Revenue Canada re GST Audit Notification has been received from Revenue Canada that a GST audit of the books and records of Kneehill County for the period of January 1 1996 until March 31 1998 has resulted in a NIL assessment Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 19 Statement of Claim and Notice to Defendant re. Wallace A Statement of Claim and Notice to Defendant has been received from the Court of Queen s Bench of Alberta regarding the May 1998 fatal accident of Richard Wallace, naming Kneehill County and other parties as defendants The Claim states the County was responsible for the maintenance, repair and control of Twp Road 29 3 and its adjacent ditches and drainage Kneehill County has until May 21, 2000 to file and serve a Statement of Defense or Demand of Notice Mrs Terry Nash has faxed this information to the County's insurance company who has, in turn, forwarded it to the adjusters Executive Committee recommends to accept and file pending further response from the County's insurance company and/or adjusters 20 May 8/00 Letter from Red Deer County re: Municipal 2000 Sponsorship Program A letter has been received from Wes Stambaugh, Red Deer County Manager, rrc� inviting surrounding municipalities to explore any projects that could be pursued ,jointly, to access the incentives in the Municipal 2000 Sponsorship program for projects that promote inter municipal cooperation It was noted Kneehill County would be partnering with Wheatland County in exploring a joint municipal 2000 grant application for regional fire /disaster and assessment services. i Executive Committee recommends a letter be sent to Red Deer County advising of Kneehill's commitment with Wheatland County. 21 Calgary Herald News Article re Alberta TrailNet y The May 4/00 edition of the Calgary Herald reported the organizers of the Trans Canada Trail will be postponing a final decision on the southern Alberta route of the multi use trail after a meeting held in Milo where most of the 100 landowners present opposed the planned route MINUTE /EC20000420 4 t 22. KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT May 18, 2000 Executive Committee recommends to accept and file May 1 /00 Letter from Gulf Canada re Trans Canada Trails /Alberta TrailNet A letter has been received from Ralph Beeton Regional Operations Leader of Gulf Canada, expressing their concern over the potential change of land use along abandoned CPR rail lines due to the donation of these lines to Trans Canada Trails /Alberta TrailNet Executive Committee recommends Mr. Beeton be provided with a copy of the County's position regarding TrailNet and information on the development permit process requirements 23 May 13 Calgary Herald News Articles re: Trans Canada Trail News articles by Scott Richardson Alberta Trail Net Society and Bruce Stubbs, Cosway Adjacent Land Owners Associations providing history and expressing the concerns of both groups were published as noted Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 24 May 8/00 Letters re Trans Canada Trail/Alberta TrailNet Letters have been received from Norma and Richard West and Don Herman requesting the County stop the development of this trail Executive Committee recommends copies of the County's position regarding TrailNet and the development permit process be provided to these parties _i b 1U'(0 P� 25 May 15100 Cosway Adjacent Landowners Association (GALA) Information Pam Faye Engler, Secretary of CALA, has provided copies of Richard Marz's comments in the Assembly on May 8 & 11, 2000, Central Alberta Advisor May 15`h front page coverage E Mail sent to Landowners regarding the Canadian Tourist Commission and the AAMD &C letter to Ted Berger of the Lamond Landowners Association Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 26. May 5100 CALA Information A letter and information package has been received from Faye Engler, Secretary of CALA, providing information on the Trans Canada Trail Access Document handed out to landowners for signing at the Carbon Acme, & Irricana meetings and the Access Document handed out to landowners for signing in the southern Alberta meetings hosted by TrailNet Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 27 Notice of Meeting — Kneehill Regional Water Committee Notice has been received confirming an information meeting of the members of the Kneehill Regional Water Committee (and town of Drumheller) will be held on m'a June 14 2000 at the Acme Community Hall, and inviting all member Councillors and Administrators to attend Local MLAs have also been invited Mrs Deak provided further information noting she had met with Mr Frank Lotz, AB Environment on May 17/00 Mr Lotz has recommended AB Environment be involved in this matter as any funding requests to the province (75/25 cost share) will be referred to this department, which has considerable information regarding the status of the water in the areas of the water committee members Mrs Vetter MINUTE /EC20000420 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE P May 18, 2000 has been provided with the name of the regional director for AB Environment (Peter Watson) and will be inviting him to this meeting and possibly presenting a report on AB Environment's concerns regarding water quality in this area Executive Committee recommends all Councillors attend this June 14100 meeting at the Acme Community Hall. 28 Assessment Review Board (ARB) A date needs to be set for the Assessment Review Board for 2000 The tax notices will be mailed by May 23, 2000 and the final date for an assessment complaint is June 22, 2000 Members of the ARB for year 2000 are Councillors Allan, Hanger, Hoff, Lowen and Wagstaff b (Ar-*0 p i, Executive Committee recommends a date of August 22100 be scheduled for the 2000 Assessment Review Board. 29 Information on Obtaining New Countv Mans The County has run out of County maps and Barb Reimer, Development Officer has provided quotations from two different companies regarding getting them reprinted Ms Reimer is currently doing a quick sweep updating name changes and is about 1/3 of the way through and estimates she should be able to have most ft -11' c, of the name changes and subdivisions drawn in a couple of months If this is too long a time frame a smaller batch could be printed, using the old information Executive Committee recommends the County print new updated maps as soon as the current land owner and subdivision information is completed in the map data base 30. Agenda for May 18/00 Red Deer River Basin Stakeholder MeetinE A copy of the agenda for the May 18, 2000 meeting to be held in Drumheller, was received by fax on May 17 2000 This information was faxed to Glen Wagstaff, who will be attending this meeting J 1) Executive Committee recommends to await a report from Mr. Wagstaff on this meeting 31. M_ av 8/00 Letter re Sponsorship of Flower Barrels Wendy Cuffe, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Flower Barrel Committee tc,,,P has requested sponsorship in the amount of $69 55 including GST, to place a flower barrel on the Main Street of Three Hills Kneehill County donated this 1� same amount in 1999 Ci L e o -3 o�,ni Executive Committee recommends the County sponsor this venture 32 Mpower Request to Represent Kneehill County A request has been received on May 17 2000 from Mpower to represent Kneehill County at the hearing pertaining to TransAlta's proposed sale beginning on May 23, 2000 Written acknowledgement is needed confirming this representation and exploring the Mpower program on the County's behalf A motion was made at the May 9 2000 Council meeting requesting a letter be sent to Mpower requesting further investigation and more information This information has been received prior to the County's letter being sent Executive Committee recommends the County's letter, from the previous Council meeting, be forwarded to Mpower MINUTE/EC20000420 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT May 18, 2000 33 David Thompson Health Region — Your Guide to Health Services Copies of the recent publication `Your Guide to Health Services" have been received on May 17/00 The intent of the publication is to provide information of how and where health programs and services can be accessed within the David • Thompson Health Region Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 34 Tax Sale Date Mrs Wildeman has advised that a tax sale date needs to be set in case it is needed and suggested October 24 2000 j � yroo Executive Committee recommends October 24100 at 100 P.M be scheduled for the County's Tax Sale date, if so required. 35 Apr 19/00 AAMD &C Survey re Payment Methods A questionnaire has been received from AAMD &C requesting information on municipal acceptance of various means of payment for taxes and other services Executive Committee recommends this survey, as completed, be returned to the Sb,0 AAMD& C 36. Orkney Athletic Association Auditor's Report An auditor's report and a statement of assets and liabilities for the year ending March 15 2000 for the Orkney Athletic Association have been received Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 37 _Wimborne Community Hall Usage A list of the 1998 and 1999 functions and activities along with the treasurer's statement for the Wimborne Community Hall, have been received The hall was used for a total of 70 days in 1999 and 65 days in 1998 for family gatherings, community functions, public meetings and church services 1) Executive Committee recommends to process the 2000 recreation grant ($2,000 00) to this community organization. 38 May 5100 Letter from AB Infrastructure re Primary Highway Status A letter has been received from the Highway and Roadside Planning Technical J rn& Standards Branch, advising all the Secondary Highways within the municipality —per o have been given Primary Highway Status This information has been referred to J g � I- Mr McCook for review and input Executive Committee recommends this information be referred to Mr McCook 39 May 11/00 Letter from AB Infrastructure re Streets Improvement Program Mt._r(6 To facilitate future grant payments and the annual project approval process, a pa)'% multi year trust agreement has been developed and requires both copies to be J-,J tr}lrni k executed and returned prior to June 30 2000, along with a listing of projects that t, the County intends to undertake with these grant funds 0 Executive Committee recommends this information be referred to Mr McCook. 40 Agreement for Acquisition of Land Z Groeneveld The planning department has referred an Acquisition of Land Agreement MINUTE /EC20000420 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT May 18, 2000 prepared by Ross Todd & Company, on behalf of Andrew and Virginia Groeneveld for signature by Kneehill County �5'D mf'm • !, Executive Committee recommends this agreement be signed. n 41 Crossing Agreement Myriad Energy Corporation Signatures have been requested for a High Pressure Crossing Agreement between Myriad Energy Corporation and Kneehill County J j mtimo 13,,' Executive Committee recommends this agreement be signed ii 42 Torrington Village Office Lease Executive Committee recommends the locks be changed at this facility upon -7U 0 v10 expiry of the old lease r ►Le _Pn, j r jb wt;.40 045 43 Frank Hugo Concerns SE 1 32 22 W4 Mr Hugo would like to meet with the County on site to discuss the removal of an approach at the above location and two other approaches, to the east side of the yard, that are causing access problems due to the approaches being much lower j.b 0�0b than the road surface Other comments include the possibility of having the road (SH 583 east) paved past the community centre as this facility is well used and the road used to be paved, narrowing the gravel road as it is wide and takes lots of�no gravel why has SH 806 so many approaches and his was taken out Executive Committee recommends this matter be referred to the Road Committee 44 Range Road 25 -0 South ofSH575 Mrs Allan has reported Lloyd Penner and neighbours have advised they do not want this dirt road plowed by the grader operator It is alright to grade up to Perry L and Bernice Eitzen's driveway Mr Penner advises this matter was discussed with Mr Hoff a few years ago Executive Committee recommends to refer this matter to the Road Committee 45 Road Safety Concern Mr Hoff reported a road safety concern regarding the signs north of Tracy m e ma Schmidt s There is a T sign and a checkerboard but drivers are going over the �- road and through Mr Ward s fence It was noted there is also a T sign and checkerboard sign going west but this is not a problem Executive Committee recommends this matter be referred to the Road Committee 46 Long Range Plan and Vision for the KAS Executive Committee recommends all Councillors consider a vision and long range plan for the Kneehill Ambulance Service and this be further discussed as an agenda item at the May 23100 council meeting 47 July 2000 Executive Committee Meetine me wo Executive Committee recommends the CAO and Assistant CAO prepare r recommendations in lieu of an Executive Committee meeting due to the MINUTE /EC20000420 g • • KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE R] May 18, 2000 scheduling of the July council meeting date (July 18100) and the fact the ASB Provincial Tour will be the week prior to this council meeting 48 Minutes �0 The Executive Committee reviewed the May 9, 2000 minutes for publication in j*-*' 106, the newspaper t V Executive Committee recommends these minutes, as edited, be published in the newspaper The Executive Committee adjourned — time 1130 A.M J fifer eak, Municipal Administrator MINUTE /EC20000420 9