HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-06-03 Council MinutesSPECIAL COUNCIL KEETING
June 3, 1963 Page 1
A spc cial meeting of the Council of the M.D. of '- noehill was
held at t e Municipal office, Three Hills, on Monday9 Juno 3rd/637
corinencIn at 9.00 A.M.
Councillors present were
Mr. " H Church Div 1
Mr. 'oah Boeso Div. 2
i`ir alph Brown Div. (Reeve)
Mr unc Peters Div.
Mr. Ralph Loosmore Div 5
i'r . C. Schnelke Div 6
r C. Campbell Div. 7
Mr. C Dau, representative of the Three Hills School
Division, was present throughout the r_loeting.
Waive m oese moved that the Council waive notice of meeting
notic and proce d with any business which may be brought before this
meting. ,Carried unan
Council first discussed tree spraying as our Field supervisor
has been asked to do a very large amount of this for control_ of
bugs on o.plar trees The request for assistance had also been
Custom received by Council from the Village of Acme and the Town of
spray ng Three Hills had also inquired regarding assistance. Mr. Loosmore
moved that the Town of Three Hills and the Village of Acme be
f advised that 1�ouncll regrets that this Municipal District cannot
assist with their tree spraying due to the pressure of other work.
Carried.
Mr Brown, as Reeve, explained that he had called this
special neeting as the result of a letter dated I-lay 31/63 from
the Board of Industrial Relations which reads as follows'
Bd. o rial "In the Matter of the Alberta Labour Act and an
application for certification of a bargaining
Relations agent affecting the National Union of Public Employees
Local 880, Three ttills, Alberta and Municipal District
of `neehili No 489 Three Hills, Alberta
NUPE
On i'iay 31, 1963, we received an application for certification
of a bargaining agent for a unit of employees clairied
appropriate for colloctive bargaining, namely "All Machine
v Ope ators, truck drivers, checkors, mechanics except those
with the right to hire or fire "
If ou wish to make representations regarding this application
wou Id you kindly notify the Board of your intentions to do
so 'mmedlately upon receipt of this letter.
(Signed) H C French
Secretary
Roadm n He furth r advised that the roadmcn had been instructed not to go
to work this morning and had been told that they night be at
Three Hills if they so desired in case they wished to moot with
Council.
Council discussed the letter at considerable length r.
Brown f rthcr stated that he had endeavored to have i'ir Cliff
Doan of the County of Red Deer attend our meeting to bring in-
formation as their employees belong to this sane union, but that
he had been unable to contact Nir Doan.
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Mr Adams of the Board of Industrial Relations telephoned
from Edmonton to outline certain clauses of the Alberta Labour
Act bo eone had phoned the department to tell them that the
men had leen advised not to go to work this morning and he felt
that he should outline certain provisions of the Alberta Labour
Act He advised in particular that it is strictly illegal to
intimidate any ei_iployee or to take any action that night prevent
there being members of a Union He further advised that his
Board wi 1 be investigating the application and that Council
has the right to hake representation to determine whether or not
it is valid, etc He further advised that membership is not
necessarily compulsory as that will depend upon the terms decided
upon later If an application to be represented before the Board
is made, then the hearing will be held in 21 days or less either
at Edmonton or Calgary. A member of his Board would arrange to
meet our Council if they made any request for this. The
liunicipal Council was advised of the telephone conversation with
1`ir Adam
Mr. Peters ..roved that the road men be notified to go to work
with pay from the regular starting time today. Carried
Work for the gravel crew was discussed Mr Church moved that
Grave the grav 1 crew move to Division 5 and do the work on the new
work grades recently completed. Carried.
Mr. Loosnore advised that there is grading work required on
Gradirig approxim tely 1/4 mile of road west of sec. 10- 32 -22 -4 , north
Kopja of A Ko jar and that additional culverts are required in this
ivir Pete is moved that the south crew be authorized to do this
work wher in that vicinity Carried.
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Mr H J Gimbel, T. Paquette and J Dobler net with Council
and were advised of the notions above Brief general discussion
also too place regarding their other work.
Mr Schmelke moved that the Board of Industrial Relations be
advised that this District wishes to make representation regarding
the application of certain errployees to join The National Union
�s of Public Employees Carried
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Mr JBrown roved that Oliff loan, Reeve and/ or Jim Masson,
Secretar - Treasurer, both of the County of Red Deer, be invited
to meet ith our council here next Monday at 10 00 A.M so that
they r_ ?ay give advice regarding procedure where a union has been
organizes Carried
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been made to the 1
and a written reply
and Mr. Church reported further on
Taylors who own the land which will
to the Taylor Siding. A phone call
awyers who act on their behalf in
has been promised
Mr Poese moved that the south crew next move to Div 1 instead
of previ - usly decided to Divisions 2 or 3 as the culverts have not
been rec ived and arrangements for the work at the Ralston crossing
have not been completed Motion carried.
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Council members except Reeve Brown had Piet with tale Hon
Y�lor and other Government representatives at the camp
djacent to the Trochu ferry last Friday the Government
ad outlined the proposed route of the new road to the
bridge across the Red Deer River and had advised that the
t is prepared to arrange for all the grading costs, culvert
c on the river hill and up to its junction with the
st road It is possible that some mf this work will be
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The cost �o the Municipal District would be the provision of the
right -of -way, this being about 132' wide, together with the costs
for severae and general damages The committee had agreed to
this last Friday. r. oese moved that the report as outlined
be now ac--epted and that the Council approve of sane Carried
Mr. Loosmore nov d that the Secretary - Treasurer get
infornati n from the lovernment Land Buyer inrespect to the
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severance, land values, orc and that Mr Campbell and the
road comri'ttee be in charge of negotiations for the right -of -tray
for the n w road to the proposed Trochu east bridge. Carried.
ast At tae sane meeting last Friday, the Government had agreed to
on arrange f r the grading of the now connection road just cast of
No 27 hi hway across from #21 with the overnment to pay for the
�rading c sts and the severance on condition that the Municipal
istrict would pay for the land involved. Mr Church moved that
Council officially accent this proposal. Carried.
A letter from Prairie Farm Assistance advised that the
following sections in Twp.29 -22 -4 had now been declared eligible
for 1962 assistance Oecti.ons 1,2910,129 13 and 16
An i spector of the Workmen's Compensation toard had submitted
a writte roport of inspection of the Carbon shop dated flay 27/63.
This was dread to Council and it contained four requirements for
improveneits. Mr. Peters moved that neggin Roofing of Calgary
be asked to subri% a plan and a quotation for the exhaust system
which is required Carried
Council was advised that the suspended hoist chain, etc. has
ow been discarded according to information from Mr Gimbel and -Mr.
hurch further advised that the 5/8 drill nbw has the required 3 -way
V11- connector. Mr. Church further agreed to check regarding the guard
on the grinder and goggles.
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eters reported that he now has no inlet to the northerly
e Sir, 9- 32 -24 -4, but there is access from the west and
portion of that quarter rho north side is grassland
hed to bet to it with some machinery to spray for grass -
The creek angles through the qua tPr and there is no
ver it. No action was taken by �ouncil in regard to this.
'hurch moved lst heading to By -Law #420, this being a By-
section 425' subsection 2 of the Municipal Districts Act
dnent to prohibit the construction or placing of buildings,
alts, farm dug -outs, cesspools or disposal fields closer
to the centre line of anv public road, highway or street,
ke other provisions connected therewith all as per copy
e minutes. Carried unan.
Loosmore moved 2nd xeading to this By -Law. Carried unan
,anpbell moved 3rd Reading to this By -Law. Carried unan
Municipal Insurance was then discussed in some detail with the
quotatio s of Jubilee Insurance and A.B. Young being considered.
Coverage and costs were reviewed.
Mr. Schnelke moved that Jubilee Agencies be given the Insurance
for the Municipal Equipment floater and the Fire Insurance when the
present policies expire. Carried.
lair 113oese moved that the policy as outlined in the application of
A Young for third party liability be placed with him immediately
on a three year basis with one payment and that the present policy
be cancelled when this new policy becomes effective Carried
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Mr Peters moved that the automobile policy be left as
is for now. Carried.
Mr. Brown moved that Mr Peters have authority to hire Lewis
Toews to do soma nachznery work al, Sunnyslope to slake a creek
crossing and that his earnings apply on his repair account with
this District Carried
Mr. Schnelke moved that this meeting do now adjourn. Carried.
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