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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-12-19 Council MinutesKNEEHILL COUNTY 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 LATE ITEMS. CJ 1 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 LATE ITEMS. CJ 1 i 3 E- W L 0 • 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 MIMIN 0 • is KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES December 19, 2000 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. T 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 e— - Moved Councillor Hanger be reimbursed for expenses incurred on December 13 and C�' PI pfi yp December 14, 2000, as the County's representative involved with the Town of Three t0k' ,,O() 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 rf f 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 AESA GRANT OPTION RE 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 JD /MIN 2 �L7- a KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES December 19, 2000 presented. CARRIED xwAC 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.'` OV 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 TO AMA 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, W4 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 SESSION MIMIN 3 N L41V KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES December 19, 2000 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 Q TABLE A ENDA ITEMS T & U REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY TROCHU AT &U SITE 1 � J �%) APPROVAL OF T &U RE RT 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 JD /MIN 4 C r� u KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES December 19, 2000 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 Time 3 18 P M - - - -- �4 Reeve icip 1 Administrator JD /MIN 5 • 0 II 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 C/