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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 1 Initials COUNCIL MINUTES OF MARCH 12, 2013 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. 2 Initials COUNCIL MINUTES OF MARCH 12, 2013 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. Initials COUNCIL MINUTES OF MARCH 12, 2013 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. 2 Reeve Interim CAO Initials