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Home My WebLink About2008-06-10 Council MinutesKNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES June 10, 2008 MINUTES OF THE JUNE 10TH , 2008 REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF KNEEHILL COUNTY AT THE KNEEHILL COUNTY OFFICE, 232 MAIN STREET, THREE HILLS, ALBERTA. PRESENT: Division No. 2 Carol Calhoun, Reeve Division No. 1 Brian Holsworth, Deputy Reeve Division No. 3 Jerry Wittstock, Councillor PRESENT Division No. 4 Glen Keiver, Councillor Division No. 5 Bob Long, Councillor Division No. 6 Ken Hoppins, Councillor Division No. 7 Bobby Painter, Councillor (after 8:50 a.m.) ADMINISTRATION PRESENT: CAO Kevin Miner Assistant CAO Laurie Watt Senior Planner Jerry Brett Recording Secretary Barbara Long CALL TO ORDER Reeve Calhoun in the Chair: Reeve Calhoun called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. AGENDA 1.0 Adoption of Agenda: The following additions were made to the agenda: Under Business Arising 5.2 Environmentally Sensitive Areas Update Under Committee Reports • 8.1 Federation of Canadian Municipalities Conference • 8.2 Agricultural Service Board (ASB) • 8.3 Physician Recruitment & Retention • 8.4 Airport Commission 279/08 Councillor Wittstock moved the approval of the agenda as amended. CARRIED MINUTES 2.0 Minutes 2.1 Approval of May 27, 2008 Council Minutes 280/08 Councillor Hoppins moved approval of the May 27, 2008 Regular Council Minutes. CARRIED Page 1 of 6 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES June 10, 2008 2.2APproval of Public Hearing Minutes of May 27, 2008 281/08 Councillor Holsworth moved approval of the May 27, 2008 Public Hearing minutes. CARRIED BUS ARISING 5.0 Business Arising from Previous Minutes WIMBORNE LOT 5.1 Sale of Land in Wimborne (7015EF; Block 1; Lot 4) 282/08 Councillor Long moved that Council accept the highest invitational tender bid, received from Brian & Joyce Kotales, and enter into a purchase agreement for the sale of Lot 4; Block 1; Plan 7015EF, with the conditions as outlined in the invitation to tender. CARRIED 5.2 Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA)UPdate ESA'S UPDATE Jerry Brett, Senior Planning and Development Officer updated Council on the status of the update of the 1991 ESA. IN CAMERA 283/08 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council go in camera at 8:45 a.m. CARRIED Councillor Painter entered the meeting at 8:50 a.m. 284/08 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council rise from in camera at 9:05 a.m. CARRIED Councillor Hoppins moved that Council authorize additional funds over the current budget for the ESA, not to exceed $45,000.00 285/08 exclusive of the current budget, with funds to come from Contingencies, and that Administration be directed to engage Summit Environmental Consultants Ltd. to perform the 2008 ESA study. CARRIED 6.0 New Business SBDV EXT REQ 6.3 Subdivision Extension Request (KNE060225-NE 19-28-23- W4 - Dewitt) 286/08 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council grant a six (6) month extension to Subdivision Application KNE 060225, bringing the new condition deadline to December 10, 2008. CARRIED Jerry Brett, Senior Planning and Development Officer, left the meeting at 9:10 a.m. Rob Mayhew, Operations Director, Brandy Hay Evans, Operations Assistant and Yvonne Evans, Operations Executive Assistant, entered the meeting at 9:12 a.m. Page 2 of 6 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES June 10, 2008 OPERATIONS 4.0 Operations CN SIDING REQUEST 4.2 CN Railway Major Road Construction Rob Mayhew, Operations Director, summarized the request from CN to build a siding at a Swalwell South location that will require reconstruction of Township Road 30-0. Mr. Al Erickson, CN Railway Public Works Officer, entered the meeting at 9:26 a.m. 3.0 Delegations 3.2 CN Railway Presentation Mr. Al Erickson reviewed the request from CN Railway to construct a continuation of the existing siding located south of Swalwell. To achieve this it would be necessary to have 2.5 miles of clear track, so their proposal is to close the railway crossing on Township Road 30-0 and reconstruct, to County standards, a road diversion with all costs absorbed by CN. Mr. Erickson advised the proposed plan would have a start date of mid-July with an estimated completion date of October 2008. A discussion ensued on other possible locations within the County that would meet CN requirements and that would not require a road diversion on a major County road. Debi Moon, Reporter for The Capital, entered the meeting at 9:45 a.m. Council consensus was to not provide permission at this time, and for CN Rail to provide more information and alternative locations. Mr. Al Erickson, Rob Mayhew, Brandy Hay Evans and Yvonne Evans left the meeting at 9:55 a.m. The meeting recessed from 9:59 a.m. to 10:08 a.m. Present when the meeting reconvened was Shelley Jackson, Director of Kneehill Regional Family & Community Support Services. 3.3 Kneehill Regional Family & Community Support Services (FCSS) Presentation FCSS UPDATE Shelley Jackson reviewed the 2007 Kneehill Regional FCSS Annual Report. Ms. Jackson was congratulated by Council on the outstanding job being done by the Kneehill Regional FCSS as demonstrated by the programs and projects provided within our communities and the excellent outcome results. Page 3 of 6 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES June 10, 2008 Shelley Jackson left the meeting at 10:30 a.m. 6.0 New Business MGB DECISION 6.1 Municipal Government Board (MGB) Hearing Results — High -Throughput Grain Terminals 287/08 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive this summary as information. CARRIED ARB DATES 6.2 Assessment Review Board Dates 2008 288/08 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council set September 29th and 30th, 2008 for the 2008 Assessment Review Board hearings. CARRIED CORR REPORT 7.0 Correspondence Report 289/08 Councillor Painter moved that Council receive the Correspondence Report. CARRIED GOLF TOURNS Councillor Hoppins moved that Council authorize attendance for 290/07 any Councillor wishing to attend the upcoming CAAMDC and R. Marz golf tournaments. CARRIED Donna Trottier and Callie Fox Paget entered the meeting at 10:35 a.m. 3.0 Delegations Cont'd RDRWA 3.4 Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (RDWA) Donna Trottier, RDWA Program Coordinator, gave an overview of the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance as it relates to the Water for Life Strategy and the activities within the municipality. Donna Trottier and Callie Fox Paget left the meeting at 11:06 a.m. The meeting recessed from 11:07 until 11:12 a.m. Entering the meeting at 11:12 a.m. were Rob Mayhew, Brandy Hay Evans, and Yvonne Evans. OPERATIONS REP 4.0 Operations Cont'd. 4.1 Director of Operations Report Rob Mayhew, Director of Operations, presented the Operations Report, comprised of Transportation (Roads) and Water Summary Reports. Page 4 of 6 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES June 10, 2008 CN RAIL SIDING It was reported that CN Rail requested they be placed on the June 24, 2008 Council meeting agenda to further discuss the proposed siding development within Kneehill County. Rob Mayhew, Brandy Hay Evans, and Yvonne Evans left the meeting at 11:35 a.m. Debi Moon also left the meeting at this time. LUNCH RECESS The meeting recessed from 11:35 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. 8.0 Council and Committee Reports COUNCIL REPTS 8.1Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Conference FCM Reeve Calhoun and Councillor Long presented reports on the FCM Conference held in Quebec City from May 30th to June 2"d, 2008. Ass 8.2 Agricultural Service Board (ASB) Councillor Hoppins provided a report on the May 28th ASB meeting. PHYS COMM 8.3 Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee Councillor Long provided an update on the progress of the Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee. AIRPORT COMM 8.4 Airport Commission Councillor Keiver presented a report on the Airport Commission meeting. 294/08 Reeve Calhoun moved that Council receive this report as information and direct Administration to advise the Airport Commission that a formal request must be received in order for Kneehill County to consider funding to assist with the cost of overlay to repair the taxiway. CARRIED SOLAR POWER Delia Solar Power Prosect Councillor Keiver and Councillor Painter reported on the official ribbon cutting of the Delia solar power project on Friday, June 6, 2008. The project was a joint effort with Starland County, the Village of Delia, the Village of Munson, and the Village of Morin. 292/08 Councillor Long moved that Council receive the Committee reports. CARRIED Page 5 of 6 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES June 10, 2008 IN CAMERA 11.0 In Camera 293/08 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council go in camera at 1:30 p.m. CARRIED 294/08 Councillor Long moved that Council rise from in camera at 2:30 p.m. CARRIED BUS PENDING 12.0 Business Pending Report Request to split the completed business items from the pending items and to add the following to the Business Pending report: • Horseshoe Canyon • Wind Farms • Purchasing Policy • Summit Process • Equity Water Line Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive the Business 295/08 Pending report. CARRIED Councillor Painter left the meeting at 2:40 p.m. MTG WITH ATU Councillor Holsworth moved that Council direct Administration to issue an invitation for Tony Chelick, Operations Manager for Central Region Hanna District of Alberta Transportation, to 296/08 attend a future Council meeting to update Council on the Province's road projects within the County. CARRIED ADJOURNMENT Adiournment 297/08 Councillor Hoppins moved to adjourn the meeting at 2:53 p.m. CARRIED Reeve CAO Page 6 of 6 Initial: