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Home My WebLink About2001-01-09 Council MinutesEl • N 13 KNEEHILL COUNTY AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING January 9, 2001 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes 3 Administrator s Report 4 Executive Committee Report 5 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS. 8 30 A.M Long Service Awards see agenda item #6 GENERAL. 6 Long Service Awards 7 J Hanger Report re Economic Development Committee 8 Sustainable Management of the Livestock Industry in Alberta Committee — Public Meetings and Written Submissions 9 Dec 5100 Wheatland County Joint Services Meeting 10 Bylaw re Agricore water hook up onto the Equity water system 11 Intensive Livestock Operations 12 Alberta. Capital Region Governance Review TRANSPORTATION 13 Transportation and Utilities Report COMMITTEE REPORTS 14 Kneehill Ambulance Service — Nov 22/00 minutes 15 Health Authority 5 — Oct 18 & Nov 15100 board minutes 16 Kneehill Watershed Advisory Committee — Dec 6/00 meeting report 17 Community Lottery Board Meeting — Dec 7/00 minutes 18 Drumheller Waste Management Dec 21/00 meeting report 19 CAAMD &C Oct 20/00 Zone meeting minutes and Jan 5101 Directors' Meeting Report 20 Wild Rose Economic Development Corporation — Dec 7/00 minutes LATE ITEMS. 1 C� KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES January 9, 2001 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Kneehill County office, 232 Main Street, Three Hills Alberta on Tuesday January 9 2001, commencing at 8 30 A M The following were present for the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff Division Two Councillors Marylea Lowen Division One James Hanger Division Five PRESENT Richard M Vickery Division Six Glen Wagstaff Division Seven Jennifer Deak Administrator, Lonnie McCook, Assistant Administrator, was present along with Barb Long who recorded the minutes Mrs Marjorie Vetter was not present for the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 35 A.M CALL TO ORDER AGENDA A requests was made to add the following to the agenda ADDITION AND Under Late Items Agenda item 21, Kneehill County Web Site APPROVAL Moved approval of the agenda, with the shove addition APPROVAL OF CARRIED MINUTES Moved approval of the Decenther 19, 2000 minutes CARRIED LONG SERVICE Alan Meding Gary Ensminger and Robert Gundlach entered the meeting at 8 37 A.M AWARDS On behalf of the County Mr Hoff extended congratulations to these employees and proceeded to present the long service awards in recognition of their years of service Randy Reisbeck and Brian Sowerby were unable to be in attendance to receive their awards Messr's Meding Ensminger and Gundlach left the meeting at 8 40 A.M Moved Mr McCook present the remaining long service awartic to Messr's Reisheck and P, ws .4owerhy. CARRIED The Administrator's report was presented APPROVAL OF ADMINISTRATOR Moved approval of the Atbninistrator's report, as presented REPORT CARRIED The January 4 2001 Executive Committee report was presented Under Item # 18, Rocky View/ Five Village Weekly News Article, it was recommended Mr Geoff Taylor be invited to a future Council meeting to discuss his December 19, 2000 editorial Under Item #21 Subdivision & Development Appeal Board Members at Large discussion ensued regarding the positive effects of having some members at large from outside the municipality and recommended advertising within the Central Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Central Region circular to build a roster of experienced and knowledgeable people Council felt members from outside the area provided excellent far - sighted input not Just a reflection of local interests, and in doing so offered a more unbiased or neutral position Council felt that to be effective this board requires a blend of local members experienced and knowledgeable members from outside the area and elected officials Under item #26 January 16 2001 was chosen as the most convenient date to arrange a Council minutes JbfraW 6--- NEWS ARTICLE SDAB MEMBERS KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES January 9, 2001 y meeting to review the draft Land Use Bylaw with Mr John Rusling Moved approval of the Erecutive Committee report, as presented APPROVAL OF CARRIED C.REPORT In order to allow all of Council to attend the March 13, 2001 Assessment Review Board��(�� Course the Council dates for March were changed to Monday March 12`h and Thursday, March 22 "d 2001 V Moved the March Council meeting dates he rescheduled to March 12, 2001 and March MARCH MEETING 22, 2001 DATES CARRIED Moved approval of the accounts presented for payment today, subject to review by the Finance Committee of Councillors I oiven, Vickery, Hanger and Hoff APPR OF ACCTS CARRIED PAYABLE Council requested Mrs Deak prepare a written submission that could be presented by SUSTAINABLE Council to the Sustainable Management of the Livestock industry in Alberta Committee, at MGMT OF THE the public hearing being held at the Black Knight inn in Red Deer Alberta on January 26, LIVESTOCK 2001 it was further requested a time slot for this presentation be arranged Mrs Deak will INDUSTRY IN AB— present this draft submission at the January 22 2001 Council meeting for Council input and PUBLIC HEARING approval The consensus of Council was the local governments through their Land Use SUBMISSION, I Bylaws not the provincial government, should have control regarding the development of intensive livestock operations Mrs Deak reported on the Joint meeting between Wheatland County and Kneehill county on December 5 2000 Some of the topics discussed were dissolution lagoons, intensive livestock operations, subdivisions and above ground manure storage The sharing of an individual to monitor and enforce compliance to the conditions required by the intensive developments was also discussed however, Council recommended this issue regarding the intensive operations be placed on hold until the County s revised Land Use Bylaw is in JOINT MEETING — place and the provincial government has made a decision on what standards are to be applied to intensive operations A WHEALAND /KNEE or areas suggestion was made that should the County be HILL considering designated intensive livestock areas, they should be specific regarding the type of livestock allowed At this Joint meeting Kneehill County was asked to present a `' ) resolution on the dissolution process at the February 16, 2001 Zone Meeting of the Central Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties, being held in Exshaw, Alberta i commencing at 1000 A M Council requested Mrs Deak prepare a draft resolution to be presented at the January 22 2001 Council meeting for approval It was further requested this resolution should include a request urging the government to be responsible for the viability of the towns and villages within the province and if dissolution is unavoidable the RECESS government not the County should oversee and handle all future governance of the dissolved municipality The meeting recessed from 9 58 A M until 10 20 A.M Mr Hanger reported on the Economic Development Committee advising the company that EC DEVELOPMENT had been considering the Three Hills area for relocation, had chosen another site and the open house arranged by the town Three Hills for Thursday COMMITTEE of January 11, 2001 would have REPORT to be cancelled Moved accept the Economic Development Committee report, as presented CARRIED Council minutes 2 E �7 r F- LJ KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES January 9, 2001 Mrs Deak advised Council a bylaw was necessary to authorize the connection of Agricore to the Equity Water System as a local improvement in order to impose a special local benefit assessment This local improvement charge in the mount of $14 000 00, is to be repaid by Agricore, over a period of five years with the interest rate set at 7 percent, the same rate as the other Equity water users Moved first reading to Bylaw # 1427, this being the bylaw to authorize the municipality of Kneehill County to impose a special local benefit assessment with respect to the local improvement Moved second reading to this bylaw. Moved third reading be given to this bylaw at this time Moved third reading to Bylaw #1427 CARRIED CARRIED CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED Mr Vickery suggested the County in an attempt to provide information to the public, offer a one day local tour of the successful intensive livestock operations within the municipality Council noted that not all intensive operations go the extra mile to have a successful operation so a tour of the exemplary operations would not present a completely accurate picture It was also noted that Council should be kept at arms length and not be perceived as promoting intensive operations, and suggested any promotion should be organized and handled by the intensive operators themselves Council recommended this issue be referred to the Agricultural Service Board for further discussion regarding the merit of being involved in such a project Moved the possibility of organizing a one -day public tour of the intensive operations located within Kneehill County he referred to the Agricultural Service Board CARRIED The Alberta Capital Region Governance Review final report entitled, Setting the Stage for Stron eg r Regions. Choices for the Future was presented by Mrs Deak This document highlights the challenges to be faced in setting the stage for strong regions within Alberta and summarizes the ideas and research developed during the review process Mrs Deak requested whether Council wished to develop a position on regionalization? Council recommended that at this time a resolution should be drafted stating that sharing to help municipalities sustain economic strength should be one of the choices available to municipalities however regionalization should not be enforced by the province Council further requested this resolution include Council s belief that regionalism the joining of urban centers and municipal districts or counties, is not necessarily a more effective or a more economically viable system BYLAW #1427 AGRICORE CONNECTION TO EQUITY WATER LINE POSSIBILITY OF ONE -DAY TOUR OF INTENSIVE OPERATIONS ,, IY? PLO S Moved a draft resolution regarding a regional approach towards governance be prepared DRAFT RESOLUTION RE, REGIONAL APPROACH TOWARDS GOVERNANCE CARRIED The Transportation and Utility report was presented �,t, r,�, Under item #4 Ledcor Application of Salt and Sand Mr McCook reported on the poorer � 1 q10, quality of the mix being used by Ledcor to melt the ice on the primary and secondary �,, highways within the County It has been taking 2 to 3 times as long for the ice to melt and `11` has required more applications of salt Council noted the secondary highways are not being maintained in as good a manner as when handled by the County AB Council mimUes N C t KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES January 9, 2001 Moved a letter be sent to Alberta Infrastructure expressing the County's concern regarding the maintenance of the secondary highways within Kneehill County CARRIED A Fire & Capital meeting date was set for Wednesday January 17 2001 commencing at 830AM Mr McCook reported that due to County policy prohibiting the transport of unauthorized personnel in any County vehicle, Mr Sommerville has requested permission to have his wife accompany him in the County ASB truck to the ASB conference being held in Edmonton from January 23`d to 25'h 2001 Moved Mr Sommerville be authorized to take his wife in the County truck to the ASB conference being held in Edmonton on .lanuary 23'd to 2r 2001 Further moved approval of the Transportation and Utility report, as presented CARRIED The meeting recessed for lunch from 11 45 A M until 1 00 P M 4 INFRASTRUCTUE- MAINTENANCE OF SECONDARY HIGHWAYS J "Onrzao3pios FIRE & CAP MEETING B. SOMMERVILLE PERMISSION TO TAKE WIFE IN COUNTY TRUCK TO ASB CONV .::r-o WW AA-)s LUNCH RECESS Mr McCook reported receipt of an invitation from the town of Drumheller Emergency Services Master Plan steering committee for Randy Tiller Regional Fire/Disaster Coordinator, and an elected representative from both Kneehill and Wheatland Counties to DRUMHELLER attend a meeting on January 19 "' 2001 to discuss the existing agreements service levels EMERGENCY and potential improvement to the delivery of fire, police ambulance and disaster services SERVICES MASTER PLAN Moved Mr Randy Tiller attend the .lanuary 19, 2001, Drumheller Emergency .Services MEETING Master Plan meeting and report hack to Council CARRIED Mr McCook advised Council he had Just received a letter from S C A Waste Systems, advising of new rates for garbage pickup and disposal for the County effective February 1 2001 Mr McCook further advised the rate increase in the amount of 10% was the first increase in the five years they have had the garbage contract for Kneehill County Moved approval of the 10'% rate increase, by S C.A Waste .Systems, for the pickup and disposal t?f garbage within Kneehill County, subject to the approval of the Public Works .Superintendent, Mr I onnie McCook CARRIED Mr McCook further reported receipt of the HVAC Service Agreement, from Samuel Plumbing & Heating Ltd, for the period of January 2001 to December 2001, for maintenance of the air conditioning equipment at the Kneehill County Office Moved the HVAC .Service Agreement, with .Samuel Plumbing & Heating, for the period of .lanuary 2001 to December 2001, he approved and signed CARRIED Mrs Deak notified Council that Mr John Rusling, Planner for Mountain View County Council nunwes S.C.A WASTE 10% RATE INCREASE FOR GBG PICKUP AND DISPOSAL SAMUEL PLUMBING & HEATING — 1 YR SERVICE CONTRACT 4 t c • A Llli�, KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES January 9, 2001 would not be available to meet with Council on January 16'h, 2001 to review the Land Use LUB MEETING Bylaw revisions After further discussion Council set the date of Friday, February 2, 2001, FRI FEB 2, 2001 for the Land Use Bylaw review meeting Mrs Deak advised she would contact Mr Rusling regarding the meeting time $ I -.'" xs Mrs Deak reported the Divisional Meeting times and places would be advertised in the'�`1 January 31 ' and February 2`1 2001 editions of The Capital DIV2000 MEETINGS The following Committee reports were reviewed Kneehill Ambulance Service Board the November 22 2000 minutes were reviewed Mr Ken King was declared Chairman and Mr Harold Leo, Vice Chairman Mrs Deak reported that as soon as the medical review is completed Dr Anton would be meeting KAS COMM with the Board to review in detail his findings REPORT Regional Health Authority 5 — the minutes of the October 18`h and November 15, 2000 meetings were reviewed it was noted the tentative completion date for the new /1 J Drumheller facility was mid October 2001 it was further noted that new cardiac v� F monitors had been purchased for all five hospitals in the area and that a new physician has been hired for Hanna effective December 2000 RHA #5 Kneehill Water Advisory Committee — a report on the December 6, 2000 meeting was reviewed with it being noted that a winter workshop has been set for February 22, 2001 The next meeting will be held on Wednesday January 10, 2001 at Jimmy's Restaurant Council confirmed the County's representatives would no longer be KWAC attending meetings effective April 1 2001 Community Lottery Board — the minutes of the December 7, 2000 meeting were reviewed with it being noted Mr Ken Hoppins was declared Chairman, Mr Louis Perreault Vice Chairman and Mrs Val Parent Treasurer Mrs Deak reported the next meeting would be held at Kneehill County on February 5, 2001 and it was requested the nominating committee as well as all past and present board members attend In CLB response to a question from Mr Vickery Mrs Deak advised she had checked with the --' provincial office and the Trochu Fire Department could request the funding they had been allocated be given to another community project - Drumheller & District Solid Waste Management — a report of the December 21, 2000 organizational meeting was reviewed with it being noted the cost per capita has been raised to $19.44 resulting in Kneehill County's requisition being $98 444 00 the cost of fuel has seriously effected the projected profit for 2000 and the tipping fees have been DRUM & raised to $2 50 per tonne DISTRICT SOLID Central Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties — the minutes of the WASTE October 20, 2000 Fall Zone meeting were reviewed Mrs Deak reported on the January 5, 2001 Spring Directors meeting noting Bert McFayden was declared Chairman and Maurice Lewis Vice Chairman CAAMD &C The following upcoming events and dates were reviewed REPORT February 9 2001 Curling Bonspiel Strathmore AB Councillors Vickery Lowen Wagstaff Hanger and Assistant Administrator Lonnie McCook will enter a rink June 1, 2001 Golf Tournament Stettler, AB Aug 24 2001 Director s Zone meeting Three Hills, AB at 1000 A.M Oct 5 2001 Fall Zone meetng Penhold, AB at 1000 A.M Mrs Deak further noted that Kneehill County has been requested by Cosway Adjacent Landowners to present a resolution at the February 16 2001 Spring Zone meeting being held in Exshaw Mr Lewis had also recommended as many Councillors as possible attend a Community Planning seminar being held in Red Deer at the Capri Center on April 2 4, 2001 Moved all Councillors attend the Coniniunity Planning seminar being held at the Capri Center, Red Deer, Alberta on April 2 -4, 2001 Further that all necessary arrangements to attend he arranged by administrative staff. CARRIED Council nunntes 5 R x KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES January 9, 2001 Wild Rose Economic Development Corporation — the minutes of the December 7 2000 meeting were reviewed It was noted Cathie Jackson was declared Chairperson and Arlin Koch Vice Chair of this committee Moverl (1pproval of the Comnuttee rej)orts, as presentetL CARRIED Mr Vickery recommended the County establish its own web site providing pertinent up to date information on Kneehill County After much discussion Council recommended Mrs Deak investigate the cost involved to set up a web site and the amount of time needed for the implementation and maintenance of a web site and report back to Council In the mean time Council will think about what type of information they would like to see on a County web site Council further discussed the information they would like included in the written presentation for the January 26 2001 Sustainable Management of the Livestock Industry in Alberta Committee regional meeting being held in Red Deer Council requested that the presentation include the following the Land Use and Appeal Process should be left in the hands of the County, as well as any decisions to be made regarding nuisance issues (dust smell and noise) and the effect of intensive operations on the quality of life The province s role should be that of enforcement of Public Health and Environmental issues (the protection of air and water quality including ground water rivers lakes etc) as well as being the source of information providing technical and scientific standards and support A time slot to present this documentation will be booked and Council will decide at a later date what Councillor will present the material Moved the meeting atljourn I pw%, 11 Time 2 45 P M 4icipaLdministrator I CARRIED WREDC REPORT APPROVAL OF COMM REPORTS CA rll�&Iln a.2 WEB SITE WRITTEN PRESENTATION FOR SUSTAINABLE MGMT OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY IN AB COMMITTEE MEETING ADJOURNMENT rol I]t H X ADMINSTRATOR'S REPORT December 20, 2000 — January 9, 2001 REPORT Balance Forward $ 0.00 Dec 18/00 Central Alberta Life newspaper article report 15 US law firms have agreed to spend at least $50,000 00 each on the campaign to clean up hog operations in seven states The law firms, environmental groups and family farm advocates are filing law suits hoping to get rid of open air waste pits and spray fields, the waste disposal system used by most large hog operations 2 Jan 5101 Gave Rick Vickery one County flag for the Wimborne Community Centre On Jan 5101 Victor Howard Tamsh Howard, filed a Development Appeal on behalf of his client, Harold Bayes We have 30 days to hold a SDAB Recommend the SDAB acquire legal counsel for this appeal CORRESPONDENCE 1 Dec 31/00 RC #0042974 AB Government $39,137 24—Bridge Files 2 Dec 31/00 RC #0042973 AAMD &C $7,479 32 — Dividend refund 3 Nov /00 Fines Disbursement Report 4 Dec 15100 AB Gazette 5 Jan 9/01 Golden Hills School Division agenda. 6 MuniMall Newsletter Dec 21/00 & Jan 4/01 7 The Armet Report — Dec 15 & 22/00 8 Dec 5100 Rural Utilities & safety Association AGM minutes 9 Dec 25/00 Canadian Firearms Centre News Release — Minister of Justice Extends Firearms Transfer Fee Waiver and Amnesty Period For Firearms and New Requirements for Visitors Bringing Firearms into Canada. 10 Destruction and Disposal of Dead Animals Regulation 9W,r. + r CC 11 Nov/Dec /2000 Hoof Prints newslettr 12 Dec /2000 Connexion newsletter 13 Fall 2000 Connections nerwsletter 14 Winter 2000 GST newslettr 15 Dec 2000 Summit magazine 16 Dec 2000 Municipal World magazine 17 Dec 2000 The Windsock newsletter 18 Winter 2000 TMC'c Telecom Advisor newsletter 19 Dec 2000 Bow Region Highlights newsletter 20 AB Justice information re Aboriginal Community Crime Prevention Grant Fund 21 Nov/Dec 2000 Municipal Networking newsletter 22 Nov/Dec 2000 Forum magazine 23 Dec /OOJan/0 1 Developments newsletter 24 Dec 8 & 15100 The Lawyers Weekly newspaper 25 Winter 2000 Alberta Connections newsletter 26 Celebrate Canada 2001 applications and information. 27 Employment opportunity — Utilities /Waste Management operator — Town of Three Hills 28 Employment opportunity — Planner — Leduc County 29 Employment opportunity — Agricultural Fieldman — M.D of Willow Creek 30 Conference advertising — Federation of Canadian Municipalities 31 Seminar advertising — Dalhousie University 32 Seminar advertising — Environmental Law in Alberta 3Y Seminar advertising — Competitive Tendering 34 Seminar advertising — Executive Speaking and boardroom Skills 35 Seminar advertising — Managing Natural Gas Price Volatility 36 Conference advertising — Community Planning Association of Alberta. 37 Seminar advertising — How to Become a Great Communicator Minute /adminreport2001 doc D� A C7 u 4) ADMINSTRATOR'S REPORT December 20, 2000 — January 9, 2001 38 Advertising — Hewlett Packard 39 Advertising — Delphi Solutions Inc 40 Advertising — Travel Alberta. 41 Dec 13, 20, 27/00 & Jan 3/01 Drumheller Mail newspaper 42 Dec 20/00 & Jan 4/01 Three Hills Capital newspaper 43 Dec 12 & 19/00 Strathmore Standard newspaper HOME OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS 1 Toews Elton 16x24 Horse shelter — Tack room 2 Nagy, Leonard J Residences [1 main (1800 sq.ft ) and 1 farm help (1200 sq.ft )] and 30x60 shop Minute/adminreport2001 doc NW 13 30 25 W4 $3,00000 NW 04 30 24 -W4 $275,000.00 2 • Transportation and Utilities Report January 9,2001 1 The graders are out scrapping roads with ice on them. 2 We are on our third coat of paint in the Trochu shop for the walls and roof There was one person working on this while we were trying to get the ice off the roads. 3 Gravel crew is still working out of McNairs until he runs out of stone. There was to be a crusher in by now 4 I'll have to work out some sort of deal with Ledcor on salt and sand so we get what we need. 5 Randy Tiller has taken a course that was cost shared with Wheatland on The Legal Aspects Of Fire Investigation. He will also be taking another course on the legality of the fire bylaws. 6 Bruce has reported to me that the Gordon Schnell protect is over 7 We have received our permits and approvals for the Torrington gravel site until 2011 We have to advertise this in the paper once to make sure everyone is aware 8 1 will be meeting with the communication group from RedDeer to go over our radio areas and get things under control for maintenance this Wednesday 9 I'd like to have a fire /capital meeting on Friday to get some direction on fire departments 10 I have contacted Wayne May to come and have a look and see what can be done to sound proof the council chambers and look at the tiles at the counter area. 11 We will be getting the boys from Calgary in to time up the P.A system. There seems to be a filter problem we can't fix. i � � tc�vRK5 SUPER iN rex»erY% W