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AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING
December 19, 2000
APPOINTMENTS:
8 30 A.M Long Service Awards see agenda item 97
10.00 A.M Patsy Cross, Madawaska Consulting see agenda item #9
GENERAL:
7 Long Service Awards
8 Dec 6/00 ASB Joint Meeting
9 Madawaska Consulting
10 The Alberta Capital Region Governance Review
11 Sustainable Management of the Livestock Industry in Alberta Committee — Public
Meetings and Written Submissions
12 Dec 7/00 Town of Three Hills Economic Development Meeting Report
13 Dec 5100 Wheatland County Joint Services Meeting
14 Mountain View County Planning
TRANSPORTATION
15 Transportation and Utilities Report
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
• 16 Kneehill Ambulance Service — Nov 22/00 minutes
17 Health Authority 5 — Oct 18/00 board minutes
18 Kneehill Watershed Advisory Committee — Dec 6/00 meeting report
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1 Approval of Agenda
2 Approval of Minutes
3 Administrator's Report
4 Executive Committee Report
5 Financial Reports
6 Accounts Payable
APPOINTMENTS:
8 30 A.M Long Service Awards see agenda item 97
10.00 A.M Patsy Cross, Madawaska Consulting see agenda item #9
GENERAL:
7 Long Service Awards
8 Dec 6/00 ASB Joint Meeting
9 Madawaska Consulting
10 The Alberta Capital Region Governance Review
11 Sustainable Management of the Livestock Industry in Alberta Committee — Public
Meetings and Written Submissions
12 Dec 7/00 Town of Three Hills Economic Development Meeting Report
13 Dec 5100 Wheatland County Joint Services Meeting
14 Mountain View County Planning
TRANSPORTATION
15 Transportation and Utilities Report
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
• 16 Kneehill Ambulance Service — Nov 22/00 minutes
17 Health Authority 5 — Oct 18/00 board minutes
18 Kneehill Watershed Advisory Committee — Dec 6/00 meeting report
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KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MI
December 19, 2000
A regular meeting of Council was held in the Kneehill County office, 232
Three Hills Alberta, on Tuesday, December 19, 2000, commencing at 8 30 A.1
The following were present for the meeting
Reeve Otto Hoff
Deputy Reeve James M Hanger
Councillors Marylea Lowen
Marjorie D Vetter
Richard M Vickery
Glen Wagstaff
Division Two
Division Five
Division One
Division Four
Division Six
Division Seven
Jennifer Deak, Municipal Administrator, and Lonnie McCook, Assistant A
were present along with Barb Long who recorded the minutes
Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 38 A.M
The following additions were made to the agenda.
15(a) Dry Island Buffalo Jump Road
19 Community Lottery Board
20 Municipal Safety Codes Inspection Agency
21 Village of Linden Letter
22 Leonard Nagy Request
23 FCSS Budget
24 Intensive Livestock Operations
Moved approval of the agenda, with the above noted additions
CARRIED
CALL TO ORDER
APPROVAL OF
AGENDA
Mrs Deak reported that due to the weather conditions the Public Works employees were
not available for presentation of their long service awards Council requested they '10
presentation of the long service awards be ost oned until the first
P p Council meeting in
January 2001, when the employees could attend Council to receive their awards
Mr Hanger presented Mr Hoff and Mrs Deak with long service awards for 20 and 15i'
years respectively ADMIN REPORT
The Administrator's Report for the period December 6 to December 18, 2000 was
presented
Discussion ensued regarding the Subdivision & Development Appeal Board process, with a
recommendation being made that the terms used be more user friendly and that printed qpo I(
sheets be distributed at the hearing showing the procedure to be followed along with the
order of presentations The possibility of changing the notification procedure currently
used by the Municipal Planning Commission for "discretionary use" development permits
was also discussed as well as the equitability of the appeal fee It was noted the Dog ✓ I
Control Bylaw would be looked at during the Land Use Bylaw review
Mrs Deak also reported to Council she had received a Christmas gift from the FCSS Board �Q f(�
in recognition of her services as secretary to the board j '
Moved approval of the Administrator's Report.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
CARRIED
Moved approval of the December S, 2000 minutes
EXEC. COMM
CARRIED REPORT
Mrs Deak left the meeting at 9.25 A.M and returned at 9.27 A.M
VILLAGE OF
The Executive Committee report was presented
LINDEN CLARIFICATION
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Under Executive Committee #1(b), Linden EMR Course and in conjunction with agenda RE, EMR COURSE
item #21 Mrs Deak read a letter received from Tammie Dick, Administrator village of
Linden, requesting clarification at the Kneehill County Council meeting, that this training
is being organized and funded by the private sector not the village of Linden, nor is it in
any way linked to the Kneehill Ambulance Society or the Fire Department The organizers
of this training were notified of the requests of Mr Onos regarding the use of the
ambulance facility and equipment Mrs Dick further noted that the village of Linden
clearly comprehends the goals and the processes the Kneehill Ambulance Society has in fig,
place and is 100% behind their decisions, including the decision to put on hold all training
until completion of the medical review
Moved approval of the Executive Committee report including the clarification request,
by the village of Linden, that the scheduled EMR course is linked in no way to the
village of Linden, the Kneehill Ambulance Society or the Fire Department.
CARRIED
The meeting recessed from 9.45 A.M until 958 A.M
The financial reports were presented and reviewed ECONOMIC DEV
Moved approval of the Bank Reconciliation and Net Cash Comparison Reports, as POTENTIAL
presented.
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CARRIED
Moved approval of the accounts submitted for payment today subject to approval by the
Finance Committee of Councillors Hoff, Hanger, Lowen and Wagstaff
CARRIED
Mr Hanger reported on a Town of Three Hills Economic Development meeting
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Moved Councillor Hanger be reimbursed for expenses incurred on December 13 and C�'
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December 14, 2000, as the County's representative involved with the Town of Three t0k'
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Hills Economic Development Meeting. ,C00
CARRIED FV
Ms Patsy Cross Madawska Consulting, entered the meeting at 10 20 A.M., as requested
by Council, to present the findings of the creek testing within Kneehill County Ms Cross
was welcomed on behalf of Council by Reeve Hoff This testing includes sites on the
Ghost Pine, Three Hills and Kneehill Creek and Ms Cross has been contracted to complete
the third year of testing in 2001 in order to have three years of historical data in place Ms
Cross reported the objectives of the Kneehill County Water Quality project has been to
WATER QUALITY
provide information to the local residents, in order to identify the problems and implement
REPORT
strategies to improve water quality Ms Cross reviewed the study design, which included
MADAWASKA
the watershed study areas (the sampling sites and the sampling frequency), and the
CONSULTING
parameters investigated (which included salinity, nutrients, bacteria and pesticides, taking
into account precipitation, water flow and wastewater releases) She also reviewed and
interpreted the
seasonal trends and longitudinal trends providing information on the water
quality issues found to date within Kneehill County Ms Cross stressed the importance of�
this
reporting to the watershed groups is to enable them to pinpoint trouble areas as well as
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to find ways to change the management practices causing contamination of the waterways
Ms Cross left a copy of the water quality report with Reeve Hoff
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Ms Patsy Cross left the meeting at 11 35 A.M
MADAWASKA
Mrs Deak reviewed the December 6, 2000 Agricultural Service Board meeting minutes
and motions It was noted that even though all of Council serves on this board, ratification
of the minutes would be necessary
Moved approval of the Agricultural Service Board December 6, 2000 minutes, as Ut
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presented.
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Mrs Deak reported a request from Councillor Vetter to allow Mr Hanger, Mr REPRESENTATION
Sommerville and herself to continue to serve on the Kneehill Water Advisory Committee
as an advisory body, had been tabled since October 24, 2000.'`
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Moved that Councillors Vetter and Hanger, and Mr Bruce Sommerville, Agricultural f
Fieldman, continue to serve, on the Kneehill Water Advisory Committee, as an advisory t
body, until April 2001
CARRIED
Mrs Deak reported on her December 18 2000 meeting with Chris Contenti, Alberta
Municipal Affairs, regarding the County s 126 open files left with the Municipal Safety MSCIA OPEN
Codes Inspection Agency Discussion ensued regarding the options available and the
FILES REFERRED
consensus of Council was to have Alberta Municipal Affairs handle these files and bill the
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municipality accordingly
Moved a letter be sent to Bill Simpson, Municipal Safety Codes Inspection Agency, - `wo
authorizing Alberta Municipal Affairs to pick up the open files Further Albertav,?
Municipal Affairs be authorized to do a risk assessment and report findings to Council.
CARRIED
Mr Wagstaff requested Council discuss the possibility of the Buffalo Jump Road being
considered a local road project for 2001, noting completing the paving of this road to the
park gates has been discussed for years Mr McCook advised at this time there is no
provincial funding available for road projects and federal infrastructure funding is only
available for "green" projects, which consist of water and sewer improvements and are
mainly for urban centers He further noted this section of the road has been re graded and
is ready for final paving Council discussed how much of this road should be considered for
paving, to the park boundary only or should it include the portion of road inside the park
gates
Moved a letter be sent requesting Alberta Infrastructure to re grade, base and double
seal coat the portion of road from the top of the hill, the Buffalo Jump Park entrance to
the park boundary, a distance of approximately 2 miles Upon receipt of a commitment
from Alberta Infrastructure to complete this portion of the road within the park,
Kneehill County will agree to base and double seal coat the balance of the road,
approximately 4 +- miles located at the N % of 25, 34, 22, W4 to the S.E 4 of 30, 34, 21,
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CARRIED
The addition of this project to the surfaced local road inventory was discussed with it
being noted that the Linden east road has been committed for completion in 2001
The meeting recessed for lunch from 12 02 P M until 1 15 P M
Mr Vickery requested an In Camera Session
Moved the meeting go "in camera" with only Council remaining
CARRIED
BUFFALO JUMP
ROAD
Mrs Deak Mr McCook and Mrs Long left the meeting
Time 120 P M IN CAMERA
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Moved the meeting back in session at 2 40 P M
CARRIED
MILLENIUM COIN
SET COUNCIL
XMA GIFT
Mr McCook distributed the millennium coin set to all of Council as a Christmas gift for
the year 2000
Moved to table agenda items #10, The Alberta Capital Region Governance Review, # 11,
Sustainable Management of the Livestock Industry in Alberta Committee, #13, Dec 5100
Wheatland County Joint Meeting, #16, Kneehill Ambulance Service report, #17, Health
Authority S report, #18, Kneehill Watershed Advisory Committee report, #19,
Community Lottery Board meeting and # 24, Intensive Livestock Operations, until the
January 9, 2001 Council meeting
CARRIED
The Transportation and Utility report was presented It was reported the Environmental
Impact Study had been completed by Alberta Environment of the Trochu Fire Hall site and
had forwarded their recommendations to Alberta Infrastructure Alberta Infrastructure will
contact the County with any recommended cleanup that needs to be done in order to meet
the requirements At this point, it would appear any contamination is under the acceptable
limits and a risk management plan had been implemented by Ledcor last year for the
containment of salt and sand (a berm had been constructed to control possible
contamination due to run off) This possible contamination source will also be controlled
after this year, as there will no longer be sand or salt stored in the yard site Mr McCook
will report back to Council upon receipt of the information from Alberta Infrastructure
Moved to accept the Transportation and Utility report.
CARRIED
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TABLE A ENDA
ITEMS
T & U REPORT
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STUDY
TROCHU AT &U
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L NAGY REQUEST
Mrs Deak reported a request had been received from Mr Leonard Nagy (N W '/4 of 4 30 FOR H2O HOOKUP
24 W4) to be allowed to hook up to the Swalwell water system It was noted this AT SWALWELL
connection would provide him with untreated water as it would not be filtered through the
treatment system It was noted public well system regulations should be looked into as
Council expressed concern regarding liability issues k
Moved this issue be tabled until more information can be obtained.
CARRIED
Mrs Deak presented the 2001 FCSS budget, noting the budget has remained approximately FCSS BUDGET
the same since 1999
Moved approval of the FCSS 2001 budget, in the amount of $231,192 SO
CARRIED
BUFFALO JUMP
Consensus of Council was to have the Buffalo Jump Road, from the Huxley Hutterite ROAD-LOCAL
Colony to the Park gates, a distance of approximately 4 miles listed on the local surfaced SURFACED RD
road inventory to allow the Public Works Superintendent to budget for this project. INVENTORY
Moved the Buffalo Jump Road project be added to the local surfaced road inventory ! ,
CARRIED
Mrs Deak reported to Council that Harold Johnsrude, Administrator of Mountain View
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County, has requested Kneehill County issue a disclaimer, prior to them sending a disc
containing the proposed Kneehill County Land Use Bylaw as developed by John Rusling LUB REVIEW
Planner, if the County does not plan on using his services to complete the project.
Moved a letter be sent to Mountain View County advising once Kneehill County has
reviewed and made amendments to the proposed Land Use Bylaw revision, Mr John
Rusting will be invited to finalize the review.
CARRIED
CLB NOMINATING
Mrs Vetter reported she had been advised the Kneehill Community Lottery Board is COMM ITTEE
scheduling a January meeting for the nominating committee and as she will be away ALTERNATE REP
requested Mr Hanger be her alternate at this meeting i-I
Moved Mr Hanger be Kneehill County's alternate representative at the Kneehill � 14
Community Lottery Board Nominating Committee meeting tentatively scheduled for
January 2001
CARRIED
Mrs Deak noted she is looking into the proper procedure to be followed in appointments
made to the Community Lottery Board and the length of terms for the representatives j
Moved the meeting adjourn. ADJOURNMENT
CARRIED
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Transportation and Utilities Report December 19,2000
1 We have completed the wash down of the shop in Trochu and are in the process of painting
walls. Things that are left to do are painting the floor, cleaning out drains and Imes, septic
tank, flushing sewer line to main, fitting 2" water line for truck fill up A site plan is in the
process of being done and sent off to the town.
2 The gravel crew is hauling out of McNairs for now
3 Equipment is being over hauled in the shop The capital committee will have a
Recommendation for equipment replacement in the new year
4 I have sent a letter to Torch asking them to prepare a cost estimate for the section of road
From 21 to the railway tracks on the Linden road.
5 The 911 dispatch for fire will be ready to fly in the first of the new year Hopefully we have
everyone on stream
6 The graders are on the move with hit and misses on all the roads where drifting occurred.
7 We are doing a little maintenance on some bridges nothing mayor
8 1 have the results back from the testing on the Trochu yard site
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