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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-10-19 Council MinutesKNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT October 19, 2000 The Executive Committee of Otto Hoff, James Hanger and Marylea Lowen met on Thursday October 19, 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 Mr Rinus Onos, Kneehill Ambulance operations Director, entered the meeting The following items were discussed 1 Kneehill Ambulance Service WAS) a) October 18/00 Memo to Ambulance Staff from Rinus Onos Mr Onos' memo to the ambulance staff include the following CPR Re certification will be provided for all ambulance staff on November 7/00 at the Kneehill County Office Candy Gehring and Rinus Onos will be instructing Review of ambulance service operations will be undertaken by Dr Anton Training session with Glen Bjolverum will begin December 5100 Policy book review completed Executive Committee recommends to accept and file and further a contract be drawn up with Glen Bjolverum for the current training session • (b) 911 Users Meeting — Red Deer Minutes of the E911 Central Alberta User Group held on Thursday, October 5/00 were received Mr Onos advised, due to an emergency call, he was unable to attend this meeting The minutes indicate Red Deer is proceeding with upgrading their computer aided dispatch (CAD) system and expanding their dispatch services to other communities Executive Committee recommends to accept and file i (c) Operations Director's Report i Mr Onos provided the Operations Report for the period of September and October I 2000 which )included the following Huxley Hutterrtes have donated a satellite system to the service Starcho>ce promoted this through fertilizer purchases and the colony donated their system to the i Three Hills station Request received from Travis Heidebrecht to pay part of his EMT course, as per policy Travis has been an EMR volunteer at the Linden station since September 1! Request for clarification re allowing the Linden hall to be used for CPR classes for • people other than ambulance and/or fire personnel The person teaching the course is i l charging course fees and only reimbursing the ambulance $20 00 for the use of the CPR dolls Nothing is being given for the use of the facility The Executive i Committee discussed the concept of someone making a profit teaching these courses using the ambulance /fire hall facility and equipment � Request to donate the two old cardiac monitors to a mission in a third world country These monitors are outdated and surplus to the service Currently involved with teaching EMT students by providing a practicum spot for (' these students with our service The cost is nil but does require the Kneehill staff to stay current with their skills II Call volume to date is 569 calls In September there were several calls to the cardiac lab in Calgary, which requires a 5 6 hour wait in case the patient needs to be returned to Three Hills Mr Onos added for information that he would be proceeding to purchase the stretchers, as per approved budget Executive Committee recommends as follows - the satellite system remain at the hall for the present time -approval be given, as per policy, for reimbursement of the EMT course for Travis Heidebrecht - the CPR classes for non ambulance or fire personnel at the Linden hall be I' MINUTE/EC20001019 1 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT October 19, 2000 referred to the Kneehill Ambulance board for clarification and recommendation - approval be given to donate the two old cardiac monitors to a mission in a third world country - approval of the statistical report for the year to date calls • (d) Bank Reconciliation Report The chequing account reconciliation for the period ending September 30, 2000 had an ending balance of $19,922 15 and the donation account ending balance was $9 827 31 .7 3 0 Executive Committee recommends to accept and file (e) October 16/00 Letter from AB Health and Wellness A thank you has been sent to all air and ground ambulance operators for providing expert help to the victims of the Pine Lake tornado AB Health and Wellness would like to forward a certificate of appreciation to all involved and asked that a list of personnel be forwarded by October 27, 2000 Executive Committee recommends Mr Onos provide this information (f) Incident Report Mr Onos reported on the October 17/00 fatality south of Acme, noting concerns with the emergency procedures followed by the ambulance crew Executive Committee recommends a letter be sent to the involved volunteer(s) outlining these concerns with a copy to be provided to the Kneehill Ambulance board. Further, this matter be included in the operations review by the independent medical professional. (g) Volunteer Suspension — Independent Investigation This investigation has now been completed Executive Committee recommends a special meeting of the Kneehill Ambulance board be scheduled to address this matter (h) Independent Medical Report re. Kneehill Ambulance Operations Executive Committee recommends, upon completion of this review by the independent medical professional, all elected representatives from the towns and villages, along with the County, meet with the independent medical professional to discuss his report and recommendations (i) Operations Director Salary Mr Onos requested consideration to take a critical care course This course is only offered in the USA (varies locations and dates) It is an approximate 12 14 day course The course cost is $850 00 US plus travel and accommodation Mr Onos indicated he would be willing to cost share this with the board Mr Onos left the meeting — time 10.00 A.M Executive Committee recommends Mr Onos' salary be increased, retroactive to his anniversary date (September 100), 3.4 %, this being the same increase as the County employees and further the course request be referred to the next ambulance board meeting for further discussion 2 Other Ambulance Business At the last Council meeting options for the delivery of ambulance service to the County residents were discussed Since this meeting Dr Andy Anton the MINUTEIEC20001019 2 Eli • �7� 40 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT October 19, 2000 independent medical professional investigating the volunteer suspension, has eluded to problems with the delivery of the ambulance service Dr Anton will also be doing the operations review of this service Given this disclosure all letters from the County to the towns and villages and /or the Kneehill ambulance board have been put on hold Executive Committee discussed the need to receive this independent medical review of the KAS operations Executive Committee recommends the letter to the RHAS regarding the County's position and the transfer agreement be put on hold for the present time, the letter to the KAS and the towns and villages regarding the signature on the last RHA transfer agreement be sent out, a response to the towns and villages letter proposing a new structure for the KAS be sent advising the County is waiting the independent medial professional's report and recommendations on the KAS operations before making any further decisions regarding its withdrawal from the KAS 3 _Miller, Price, Penner, Hannah Meeting re. Ambulance Option Further to the October 4/00 meeting between the County's Joint Services Committee and the above group, the October 12/00 tentative meeting date was cancelled and no further communication has been received from the group Mrs Deak telephoned Mr Miller on October 18/00 and left a message for him to call To date no communication has been received from this group Executive Committee recommends to accept and file and consider this option closed 4. Kneehill Regional Water Committee (a ) Council Appointment Joanne Weller has requested the Kneehill Regional Water Committee appointment time with Council be changed to 9 00 A.M on November 21St, 2000 instead of November Stn Executive Committee recommends approval of this new meeting date and time with the Kneehill Water Committee (b) October 12, 2000 Letter from Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) Gerry Guy, District Engineer has responded to the County's September 18 2000 letter requesting clarification of Kneehill County s concerns regarding the proposed regional water pipeline and offering to meet with Council to further discuss any of these issues The Executive Committee discussed their concerns with the information in this letter re rural lateral water lines and for rural users to form groups to pursue hook up onto this proposed system, the County monies already invested in the Three Hills water plant Executive Committee recommends further discussion of these issues at the j November 21100 meeting with the Kneehill water Committee 5 Torrington Lagoon Drainage Agreement On October 17 2000 Elmer Weisenburger phoned advising he was not prepared to sign the contract as written as he does not want a 99 year lease and wants the lagoon drained in October rather than in the spring Upon a request from Mrs Deak that he draft his conditions for the County's consideration, Mr Weisenburger reported he would deal with the province in future On October 18 2000 Paul Vasseur met with Mrs Deak and advised he had been asked by Mr Weisenburger to represent him in mediations with the County regarding this issue Mrs Deak advised this issue would be discussed at the October 19, 2000 Executive Committee meeting and she would advise him of their recommendation MINUTE /EC20001019 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT October 19, 2000 Mr McCook reported on his department's dealings with Mr We>senburger and of his recommendation to cease negotiations and find an alternate remedy to this problem Mr McCook noted this item would be further addressed in his report to Council • Executive Committee recommends the County cease its negotiations with Mr Weisenburger and have the Public Works Superintendent find an alternate solution for this lagoon drainage i S (A letter to be sent to Mr We>senburger only not Mr Vasseur ) 6. October 12/00 Letter from Alberta Health and Wellness re Journeyman Mechanics Who Inspect Ambulances An invitation has been received from the Ambulance Operators Association of Alberta for the County s Journeyman Mechanics to attend a Vehicle Maintenance Seminar being held on October 27, 2000 at the Red Deer Lodge in Red Deer A Preventative Maintenance Manual, developed by Emergency Health Services, to be used as a guideline between Ambulance Services and Journeymen Mechanics on vehicle maintenance, will be introduced and discussed Mr McCook recommended a copy of the manual would be all that would be needed by the County mechanics responsible for doing the ambulance maintenance work. i Executive Committee recommends the manual be obtained for the shop mechanics 7 October 13/00 News Release from Alberta Municipal Affaires re. Environmental Remediation Program An environmental remediat>on program for underground petroleum storage tanks has been established which will provide site assessment and remediation for i municipalities having orphaned former retail sites and small retail fuel facilities $80 million has been allocated to this program which will run from October 2000 to March 31, 2002 Application packages will be sent to municipalities and small facility owners to determine their eligibility for the program Mr Hanger discussed the underground tank at the Three Hills airport, noting, to date Mr Gall the person contacted by the Airport Commission over 11/2 years ago to address this matter, had not proceeded to remove the tank Executive Committee recommends the Public Works Superintendent add this tank • removal to has project lists and further, Mr Hanger co- ordinate same with the Airport Commission with the understanding the Commission shall be invoiced for this work 8. October 13/00 Fax from Drumheller RCMP re. Raves Presentation Information regarding the presentation on RAVES and drugs, to be held on Monday r October 16, 2000 at 7 30 P M at the Drumheller Composite High School, received from Staff Sergeant Redl of the Drumheller RCMP Detachment, was faxed to all Councillors for their information. Mrs Lowen reported she had attended this presentation and that it was excellent Approximately 50 people attended There were representatives from Carbon Drumheller and Wheatland I Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 9 Minimum Charge for Utility Accounts A request has been received from Terry Nash, for Council to discuss a minimum charge for utility accounts Executive Committee recommends no minimum charge for utility accounts for the MINUTE /EC20001019 4 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT October 19, 2000 present time 10. Invoice for Preparation of Land Use Bylaw Billing to August 31, 2000 An October 12, 2000 invoice in the amount of $877 40, was received from Mountain • View County for Planning Services provided to Kneehill County C: • Executive Committee recommends approval to pay this invoice 11 AAMD &C Advisory Committee on Council Conflict Resolution — Draft Report A copy of the Draft Report of the AAMD &C Advisory Committee on Council Conflict Resolution was received on October 17, 2000 The AAMD &C Executive will be introducing a resolution for member consideration at the upcoming convention, supporting the adoption of the committee's Draft Report Executive Committee recommends a copy of this document be provided to all Councillors 12 AAMD &C Advisory Committee on Targeted Investment — Draft Report A copy of the Draft Report of the AAMD &C Advisory Committee on Targeted Investment was received on October 19 2000 for review and consideration, along with a request that this item be included for discussion at District Meetings in early 2001 A final draft will be presented for consideration at the Spring 2001 Convention. Executive Committee recommends this report be referred to the CAAMD &Cfor further discussion and recommendations 13 AAMD &C Audited Financial Statements Copies of the Audited Financial Statements for the AAMD &C and Jubilee Insurance for the period August 1, 1999 to July 31, 2000 were received A brief summary of Executive expenses for the past fiscal year, were also reported Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 14 AAMD &C — Partners' Program and Revised Registration Form for Convention A revised Registration Form and the Partners Program for the AAMD &C Fall Convention was received It was requested this be circulated to all partners planning on attending and that the County resubmit the registration form no later than Wednesday October 25th 2000 to assist in finalizing the plans Executive Committee recommends Mr Wagstaff be provided with this information 15 Trail Net Letter A letter, regarding the Trans Canada Trail has been received from Michael Tacon and Beverley England, advising they are opposing Trans Canada Trail unless solutions are found to the problems and issues Executive Committee recommends the standard response be sent to these people 16. October 12/00 Letter from Alberta Resources re: New Appointment for Area Manager A letter was received announcing the appointment of Mr George Kallay to the position of Area Manager for Area 4 of the Central Region of Alberta Human Resources & Employment MINUTE/EC20001019 a L] is r L KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT October 19, 2000 Executive Committee recommends this letter be referred to the FCSS Director 17 October 16/00 Fax from Municipal Government Board to Kneehill County Assessor Copies of the correspondence from Faye Engler to the Municipal Government Board, regarding an assessment appeal on Roll #3034000 were received from Alberta '! Municipal Affairs Copies were provided to Steve Nedoshytko, County Assessor on October 16/00 i� Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 18 October 12/00 Letters from Town of Three Hills re. Organizational Meeting Notification has been received from the Town of Three Hills of the following I' Committee appointments for the 2000 2001 term Kneehill Community Resource Board Central Zone Harold Leo with Brad Luijkx as alternate Kneehill Regional FCSS Board Ron Wilson with Brad Luijkx as alternate Kneehill Ambulance Society Harold Leo, with Brad Luijkx as alternate I Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 19 October 11 /00 Letters from Village of Acme re Organizational Meeting Notification has been received from the Village of Acme of the following Committee jappointments for the 2000 2001 term Kneehill Regional FCSS Board Glen Rieger with Cathie Jackson as alternate Kneehill Ambulance Society Cathie Jackson, with Barry Buchanan as alternate Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 20. October 11 /00 Red Deer College — Board of Governors Dinner This dinner, postponed from October 18t", 2000 has been scheduled for Wednesday November 22 "d, 2000 at the College The previous Executive Committee irecommendation was Rick Vickery attend this dinner Executive Committee recommends Mr Vickery attend this event. 21 October 10 /00 Letter from Kneehill Housing Corporation (KHC) re: 2001 Local Requisition A letter has been received from the Board of Directors of the KHC, advising that the 2001 requisition would be reduced by 50 %, the equivalent of a reduction from $50,000 00 to $25 000 00 for 2001 Executive Committee recommends to accept and file i 22 October 11 /00 Fax to M. Vetter re: Infrastructure Canada — Alberta Investment in Communities The Olds Didsbury Three Hills Constituency Office faxed a news release providing information on a new funding program from Infrastructure Canada to Mari Vetter in response to her request for the Kneehill Regional Water Committee to meet with the Honorable Ed Stelmach to discuss funding Richard Marz's office also advised that Minister Stelmach would be in this area on Wednesday, November 1 2000 if an appointment was desired Mrs Vetter faxed this information to John Van Doesburg The Infrastructure Canada Alberta Program will infect up to $513 million to rural = urban municipalities across Alberta, with equal contributions from federal, provincia and municipal governments This program is comprised of- Green Municipal Infrastructure MINUTE/EC20001019 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT October 19, 2000 Local transportation cultural and recreational facilities, infrastructure supporting tourism rural and remote telecommunications high speed Internet access for local public institutions and affordable housing Executive Committee recommends to re -state that Mrs Vetter is no longer a member of the Kneehill Water Committee and further, she should not be involved in the affairs of this committee 23 Mayor/Reeves Meeting A fax was received on October 12/00 from Milton Elliot Reeve of Clearwater County, advising the Mayor /Reeves meeting will be held on Wednesday October 18, 2000 at the Red Deer Legion commencing at 6 00 P M This information was faxed to Otto Hoff and Rick Vickery It was noted neither Mr Hoff nor Mr Vickery attended this meeting Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. i 24 Reeves' Meeting- Fall 2000 Convention Notification has been received advising the Reeves' Meeting will be held on Monday, November 13th 2000, at 1 00 P M in the Delta Edmonton South Top of the Inn and requesting Agenda Items by November 3 2000 Executive Committee recommends Mr Ron Hansen, Reeve of Wheatland County, make a presentation on the Wheatland/Kneehill Joint Fire Disaster Coordinator 25 AB Agriculture Proposed Act for Intensive Livestock Operations A request was received asking Kneehill County to send a letter to the Honorable Ty Lund supporting the letter from Beaver County, requesting the Alberta Government introduce intensive livestock regulations in order that regulations be consistent throughout the province This was tabled at the August 22/00 Council meeting to provide time for all of Council and Bruce Sommerville, Agricultural Fieldman, to review this act Mr Sommerville has noted his concerns Executive Committee recommends the County not support Beaver County in this issue. ® it 26 Kneehill County Ag Newsletter re Article on the Destruction and Disposal of Dead Animals Bruce Sommerville Agricultural Fieldman, has provided a copy of an article, for Council approval, he has written, that will be published the end of October, beginning of November in the local ASB newslettr Executive Committee recommends approval of this article 27 August 2000 Water Quality Sampling A summary of the August Water Quality Sampling was received October 11 /00 from jPatsy Cross of Madawaska Consulting The final report will be prepared for December 31 2000 Executive Committee recommends this information be further discussed, including the cause of the findings, when Patsy Cross meets with Council. (Note Ms Cross has arranged to meet with Council on Dec 19/00 at 10 00 A.M ) MINUTE /EC20001019 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT October 19, 2000 28 Field Assessments Should a notice be placed in the newspaper re Assessor doing assessments for 2001 providing dates and areas to be assessed? is Executive Committee recommends a notice advising the public of the date range the assessor will be doing his 2001 assessments be placed in the local newspaper. • LJ 29. Open House — Celebrating ISO 9002 Quality System Accreditation) An invitation has been received for Reeve Hoff to attend this open house on Friday October 27 2000 at the Corcan Building, Bowden Institute There will also be a tour of the Agribusiness Facilities for those interested It was noted this date conflicts with the County's Annual Road Tour Executive Committee recommends Mr Hoff attend this event 30 News Article — Armet Report re New Special Places Sites Environment Minister, Halvar Jonson received approval to add the following to the Special Places sites the expansion of the Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park and the designation of the Tolman Badlands Heritage Rangeland Natural Area Executive Committee recommends to accept and file 31 News Article — Armet Report re: General Safety Regulation A new General Safety Regulation to protect employees who work alone Employers have until April 30, 2001 to comply with the new regulation Executive Committee recommends a copy of this information be provided to the County's seed plant representatives 32. October 10 /00 Letter from Labrecque re. S.H. 806 Impact on Residence As the SH 806 road project has been de scheduled for this year, Norman and Sandra Labrecque have requested a meeting between themselves their legal representatives and any interested parties as well as written assurance from the County that their concerns will be addressed prior to any further developments with the proposed SH 806 project Executive Committee recommends Mr Labrecque be advised the County is not interested in a meeting 33 Hiahliehts of the Provincial Testing Results — Northlands Division and Prince Charles School SchoolWorks has e mailed the provincial test scores for the above school and division, in an effort to demonstrate that action is required to address the educational harm being done to native students Executive Committee recommends a letter be sent to the Department of Education commenting on these tests results, which are below an acceptable level, and asking where the Alberta Advantage is for these students 34 1998 Fire Commissioner's Statistical Report The 1998 Fire Commissioner's Statistical Report has been received from Alberta Municipal Affairs This report provides statistics on Alberta Fire Casualties Alberta Fire Loss Information, Alberta Home Fire Losses and Municipal Fire Losses During 1998, Kneehill County had a fire count of 44, with a dollar loss of $308 939 00 or a per capita loss of $6101 MINUTE /EC20001019 KNEEHILL COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT October 19, 2000 Executive Committee recommends this document be referred to Randy Tiller, the Fire Disaster Coordinator 35 Sunterra SDAB L_ Mr Vickery has advised Mr Jim Haggins, of Sunterra Farms telephoned him requesting a meting Mr Vickery refused to meet with Mr Haggins to discuss the Sunterra proposed development and referred him to Mrs Deak Mrs Deak advised Mr Haggins had not contacted her about such a meeting It was noted the Municipal Planning Commission has rendered its decision on this proposed development Sunterra has appealed this decision and the matter will be going before a SDAB It was further noted no members of the SDAB should be speaking to any involved party All discussions should be at the SDAB level so that all parties can hear the same information Mrs Lowen reported Mr Vickery had telephoned her to advise her of his call from Mr Haggins • 0 Executive Committee recommends no Council member discuss this proposed development with any involved party and that all information be disclosed at the SDAB 36. Council Minutes The Executive Committee proceeded to edit the October 10th, 2000 council minutes Executive Committee recommends approval of the edited minutes for publication in the newspaper The Executive Committee adjourned — time 12 30 P M -- (]Lj"gA Jennifer D ak, unicipal Administrator MINUTE /EC20001019 z