HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-03-12 Council MinutesCOUNCIL MINUTES OF MARCH 12, 2013
MINUTES OF THE MARCH 12, 2013 REGULAR MEETING
OF THE COUNCIL OF KNEEHILL COUNTY AT THE KNEEHILL
COUNTY OFFICE, 232 MAIN STREET, THREE HILLS, ALBERTA.
PRESENT:
Division No. 5
Bob Long, Reeve
Division No. 1
Brian Holsworth, Deputy Reeve
Division No. 2
Carol Calhoun, Councillor (by video conferencing)
PRESENT Division No. 3
Jerry Wittstock, Councillor
Division No. 4
Glen Keiver, Councillor
Division No. 6
Ken Hoppins, Councillor
Division No. 7
Bobby Painter, Councillor
ADMINISTRATION PRESENT:
Interim CAO Laurie Watt
Recording Secretary Carolyn Van der Kuil
CALL TO ORDER Reeve Long in the Chair
Reeve Long called the meeting to order at 8:40 a.m.
AGENDA 1.0 Adoption of Agenda
Under New Business
7.6 County Credit Card, Policy #16-12
86/13 Councillor Wittstock moved approval of the agenda as amended.
CARRIED
MINUTES 2.0 Minutes
REGULAR MTG 2.1 Approval of the February 26, 2013 Regular Meeting Minutes
87/13 Councillor Hoppins moved approval of the February 26, 2013 Council
Meeting minutes as presented.
CARRIED
FINANCIAL 5.0 Financial Reports
JAN BANK REC 5.1 Bank Reconciliation of January 31, 2013
88/13 Councillor Calhoun moved that Council receive the January 31, 2013
Bank Reconciliation Report as presented.
CARRIED
FEB BANK REC 5.1 Bank Reconciliation of February 28, 2013
89/13 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive the February 28, 2013
Bank Reconciliation Report as presented.
CARRIED
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OLD BUSINESS 6.0 Business Arising from Previous Minutes
BYLAW #1654 6.1 Inter -Municipal Assessment Review Board Bylaw #1654
90/13 Councillor Holsworth moved third reading of Bylaw #1654. This being a
bylaw to establish an Inter -Municipal Assessment Review Board with the
Town of Trochu, Town of Three Hills, Village of Carbon, Village of
Linden, Village of Acme, Village of Elnora and Kneehill County.
CARRIED
NEW BUSINESS 7.0 New Business
GRANT WRITER 7.3 Grant Writer Funding
91/13 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council approve the additional funding to
the Kneehill Regional Partnership Grant Writer position with or without
the contribution of the Village of Acme.
CARRIED
COMM GRANT 7.4 Community Grant to Non -Profit Organizations
92/13 Reeve Long moved that Council request the return of the 2013
Community Grant money from the Three Hills Arena Completion Society,
totaling $5,000.00 and that the Town of Three Hills reapply for funding in
the second round of 2013.
CARRIED
KRILL HIST SOC 7.5 Kneehill Historical Society Spring Banquet
93/13 Councillor Calhoun moved that Council authorize the attendance of the
Reeve at the Kneehill Historical Society's Annual Spring Supper and
Evening of Entertainment on Saturday, April 6th, 2013.
94/13 Councillor Wittstock moved a friendly amendment to Motion 93/13, that
Council also approves to donate a door prize to the event.
CARRIED
Debi Moon, reporter for the Capital, entered the meeting at 8:53 a.m.
CNTY CREDIT CARD 7.6 Countv Credit Card
95/13 Reeve Long moved that Council approve increasing the limit of the
Interim CAO credit card to $9000.00 (nine thousand dollars), until a new
Chief Administrative Officer has been appointed by Council.
CARRIED
The meeting recessed from 8:58 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
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Pete McRae, Director of Operations, Brandy Hay Evans, Operations
Executive Assistant, and Mike Morton, Director of Finance were present
when the meeting reconvened.
On behalf of Council, Reeve Long presented Mike Morton with a letter of
congratulations in achieving his Certified General Accountant designation.
Mike Morton left the meeting at 9:06 a.m.
OPERATIONS 4.0 Operations
4.1 Operations Summary
OPR SUMMARY Pete McRae presented the Operations Report comprised of Transportation
(Roads), Water and Miscellaneous updates.
96/13 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council receive the Operations
Summary report as presented.
CARRIED
H2O WELL DECOM 4.2 Water Well Decommissioning — Hamlet of Torrington
97/13 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council approve that the water wells
located at SE 15 33 26 W4 be transferred over to the land owner, and the
registration and licenses held by Kneehill County would be cancelled
through Alberta Environment and the County power account would be
transferred to the landowner. In return the landowner will agree to give
Kneehill County easement to the property and his adjoining property by
caveat for future waterline expansion.
CARRIED
Pete McRae and Brandy Hay Evens left the meeting at 9:27 a.m.
The meeting recessed from 9:27 a.m. to 9:34 a.m.
Jerry Brett, Senior Planner and Development Officer, and Gilbert
Quashie-Sam, Planning and Development Officer were present when the
meeting reconvened.
NEW BUSINESS 7.0 New Business Cont'd
BYLAW #1652 7.1 Bylaw # 1652- Rhino Enterprises — Redesignation
98/13 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council table Bylaw #1652, Rhino
Enterprises redesignation, until further information is obtained.
CARRIED
The meeting recessed from 10:05 a.m. to 10:10 a.m.
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BYLAW #1597 7.2 Bvlaw #1597 -Badlands MotorMorts Resort- Area Structure Plan
Gilbert Quashie-Sam reviewed with Council the application for the
adoption of an Area Structure Plan for the Badlands Motorsports Resort,
received from the Badlands Recreation development Corporation, NW,
SW, NE, SE 22-27-21 W4M, for the development of a multi -facetted race
track development.
99/13 Councillor Wittstock moved first reading be given to Bylaw 1597, the
Badlands Motorsports Resort Area Structure Plan.
CARRIED
100/13 Councillor Hoppins moved that a public hearing date will be set for June
11th, 2013at 1:00 p.m. for the Badlands Motorsports Resort Area Structure
Plan.
CARRIED
The meeting recessed from 10:57 a.m. to 11:06 a.m.
CORRESPONDENCE 9.0 Correspondence Report
101/13 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive the Correspondence
Report.
CARRIED
BUS PENDING 10.0 Council Business Pending & Summary Reports
102/13 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council receive the Business Pending
and Summary reports.
CARRIED
Debi Moon left the meeting at 11:23 a.m.
Adiournment
The meeting adjourned at 11:26 a.m.
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