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Home My WebLink About2013-10-29 Council MinutesMINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 29, 2013 REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF KNEEHILL COUNTY AT THE KNEEHILL COUNTY OFFICE, 232 MAIN STREET, THREE HILLS, ALBERTA. PRESENT: Al Hoggan Division No. 5 Bob Long, Reeve Division No. 3 Jerry Wittstock, Deputy Reeve Division No. 1 Brian Holsworth, Councillor Division No. 2 Carol Calhoun, Councillor PRESENT Division No. 4 Glen Keiver, Councillor Division No. 6 Ken Hoppins, Councillor Division No. 7 Bobby Painter, Councillor ADMINISTRATION PRESENT: CAO Al Hoggan Assistant CAO Laurie Watt Recording Secretary Carolyn Van der Kuil Director of Operations Pete McRae Director of Planning and Protective Services Jerry Brett Director of Finance Mike Morton CALL TO ORDER Reeve Long in the Chair Reeve Long called the meeting to order at 10:08 a.m. Present when the meeting convened was Debi Moon, reporter for The Capital. AGENDA 1.0 Agenda ADDITIONS 1.1 Additions to the Agenda Additions under New Business 8.3 2014 Council meeting dates 8.4 Highway 21 speed reductions 8.5 ASB ADOPTION OF 1.2 Adoption of Agenda AGENDA 494/13 Councillor Calhoun moved approval of the agenda as amended. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY NEW BUSINESS 8.0 New Business 8.5 ASB 495/13 Reeve Long moved that five council members plus two Council alternates and two members at large comprise the Agricultural Service Board Committee. 1 Initials COUNCIL MINUTES OF OCTOBER 29, 2013 Councillor Calhoun moved a friendly amendment be made to motion 495/13 to have three members at large on the Agricultural Service Board Committee. Reeve Long amended his original motion 495/13 to have four Councillors instead of five plus one Council alternate instead of two and maintain the three members at large instead of two to comprise the Agricultural Service Board Committee for the upcoming year. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 496/13 Councilor Hoppins moved that Councillor's Hoppins, Painter, Holsworth and Calhoun be representatives on Agricultural Service Board with Councillor Wittstock as the alternate. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 497/13 Councillor Keiver moves that Councillor Holsworth be appointed the Chairperson to the Agricultural Service Board Committee. CARRIED MINUTES 2.0 Minutes 2.1 Approval of the October 8, 2013 Regular Meeting Minutes 498/13 Councillor Wittstock moved approval of the October 8, 2013 Council Meeting minutes as presented. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY OPERATIONS 4.0 Operations GRAVEL 4.1 Highway 21/27 Gravel Pile Relocation 499/13 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council approves the relocation of the Highway 21-27 gravel stockpile to the Kneehill County Shop Yard. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY FINANCE 5.0 Finance FINANCE REPORT 5.1 Financial Report 500/13 Councillor Calhoun moved that Council receive the August 2013 Financial Report as presented. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 2014 BUDGET 5.2 2014 Budget Review The meeting recessed from 11:41 a.m. to 12:56 p.m. When the meeting reconvened Councillor Calhoun and Debi Moon were not present. The meeting recessed from 2:34 p.m. to 2:38 p.m. When the meeting reconvened Councillor Painter was not present. Initials COUNCIL MINUTES OF OCTOBER 29, 2013 501113 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council hereby approves the 2014 Operational Budget as presented. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY NEW BUSINESS 8.0 New Business Cont'd REMEMBRANCE 8.1 Remembrance Day Ceremonies DAY 502/13 Councilor Wittstock moved for Council to participate in their respective Remembrance Day Ceremony Service. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY UPPER FLOOR SHOP 8.2 Maintenance Shop Upper Floor Development RENOVATION 503/13 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council receive the proposed floor plan for development of the upper floor of the maintenance shop, and direct administration to proceed with tender of the project. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 2014 MTG DATES 8.3 2014 Council Meeting Dates 504/13 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council approve the scheduling of the 2014 Organizational Meeting for Tuesday October 28, 2014, Christmas Closure of the Kneehill County office from noon on December 24th to 8:00 a.m. on January 2nd, 2015, and the rescheduling of the 2014 Council meeting dates to reflect the following: • January Council meeting schedule- January 14th, 2014 • February Council meeting schedule- February 4tH , 25tH , 2014 • July Council meeting schedule — July 15th, 2014 • August Council meeting schedule — August 5th, 26th, 2014 • November Council meeting Schedule- November 25th, 2014 • December Council meeting schedule —December 9th, 2014 • Hold all other regular Council meeting dates on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY HWY 21 SPEED 8.4 Highway 21 Speed Reductions REDUCTION 505/13 Reeve Long moved to direct administration to write a letter of support to the Town of Three Hills regarding the lowering of the speed limit on Highway 21, 1 k north and 1 km south of Secondary Highway 583 from 100 km/hour to 80 km/hour. CARRIED Initials COUNCIL MINUTES OF OCTOBER 29, 2013 CORRESPONDENCE 9.0 Correspondence Report 506/13 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council receive the Correspondence Report as presented. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY ADJOURNMENT Adiournment The meeting adjourned at 3:17 p.m. 2 Bob Long Reeve Al Hoggan CAO Initials