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Home My WebLink About2008-07-15 Council MinutesKNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES July 15, 2008 PRESENT CALL TO ORDER MINUTES OF THE JULY 15, 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 Division No. 4 Glen Keiver, Councillor Division No. 5 Bob Long, Councillor Division No. 6 Ken Hoppins, Councillor Division No. 7 Bobby Painter, Councillor ADMINISTRATION PRESENT: CAO Kevin Miner Assistant CAO Laurie Watt Recording Secretary Barbara Long Reeve Calhoun in the Chair: Reeve Calhoun called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m. AGENDA 1.0 Adoption of Agenda: The following additions were made to the agenda: Under Committee Reports • 8.3 Kneehill Housing Commission • 8.4 Kneehill Regional Water Services Commission • 8.5 Kneehill Ambulance Society 323/08 Councillor Wittstock moved the approval of the agenda as amended. CARRIED MINUTES 2.0 Approval of June 24, 2008 Council Minutes 324/08 Councillor Wittstock moved approval of the June 24, 2008 Regular Council Minutes. CARRIED BUS ARISING 5.0 Business Arising from Previous Minutes TRUCK FILL 5.1 Trochu Truck Fill 325/08 Councillor Hoppins moved that Kneehill County Council seek approval from the Town of Trochu Council that the Town of Pagel of 8 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES July 15, 2008 Trochu apply for an amendment to their current water license to facilitate the building of a truck fill at the Trochu Fire Hall site. CARRIED 5.2 Taxation of RMO Stations RMO STATIONS Councillor Wittstock moved first reading of Bylaw 1581, this being a bylaw to provide for property tax exemptions for those RMO Stations identified by the following roll numbers: 326/08 32272431200;33232920400;35240620400;29222241500; 29230920610;30212040900;30241931300;30243510100; 30253510100;31233210100;31250241500;28200420420; 28221810810. CARRIED Administration was directed to confirm whether a bylaw or resolution was needed for the RMO Stations tax exemptions. Mike Morton, Director of Finance, entered the meeting at 8:50 a.m. 3.0 Presentations DIR OF FINANCE 3.1Director of Finance Introduction Mike Morton was introduced to Council and he provided a brief history of himself. Reeve Calhoun, on behalf of Kneehill County Council, welcomed him to Kneehill County. Mike Morton left the meeting at 8:55 a.m. Rob Mayhew, Operations Director, Brandy Hay Evans, Operations Assistant and Yvonne Evans, Operations Executive Assistant, entered the meeting at 8:56 a.m. 6.4 Council Committees — CAEP and RDRWA CAEP & RDRWA Councillor Holsworth moved that Council appoint Reeve Calhoun 327/08 to represent Council at the Central Alberta Economic Partnership and Councillor Long to represent Council at the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance. CARRIED OPERATIONS 4.0 Operations REPORT 4.1 Director Of Operations Report Rob Mayhew, Director of Operations, presented the Operations Report, comprised of Transportation (Roads) and Water Summary Reports, for Council information. Debi Moon, reporter for The Capital, entered the meeting at 9:25 a.m. Page 2 of 8 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES July 15, 2008 4.2 CN Railway Long Siding CN LONG SIDING Councillor Long moved to table this agenda item until later in the 328/08 Council meeting. CARRIED Rob Mayhew, Yvonne Evans, and Brandy Hay Evans left the meeting at 9:48 a.m. The meeting recessed from 9:50 a.m. until 10:05 a.m. Present when the meeting reconvened were Jerry Brett, Senior Planning & Development Officer and Philip Rough, Development Officer for Kneehill County. PUBLIC HEARING 329/08 Councillor Holsworth moved the meeting recess to hear the public hearing scheduled for 10:00 a.m. CARRIED Time: 10:05 a.m. 330/08 Councillor Wittstock moved the meeting back in session. CARRIED Time: 10:12 a.m. LUB AMENDMENT 3.3 LUB Amendment — Wreckine Yards — Bvlaw 1578 BYLAW 1578 Councillor Long moved second reading of Bylaw #1578, amending Land Use Bylaw 1564 by adding wrecking yards as a discretionary use in the Agricultural District and in order to have 331/08 consistency throughout the Land Use Bylaw, replacing the terms "auto wrecker" and "auto and equipment wreckers" with "wrecking yard". CARRIED 332/08 Councillor Hoppins moved third reading of Bylaw #1578. CARRIED Cron Damage Pavment — Policv #13-18 CROP DAMAGE PYT Councillor Hoppins moved that Council direct Administration to amend Policy 13-18 to reflect crop damage payable at $450.00 per acre with second year crop damage payable at one third (1/3) of the 333/08 amount provided for first year crop damage, effective for the 2008 crop year. CARRIED 6.0 New Business LUB AMENDMENT 6.2 Land Use Bylaw Amendment — Bylaw 1579 — Keeping of BYLAW 1579 Livestock in Country Residential District Page 3 of 8 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES July 15, 2008 Councillor Holsworth moved first reading of Bylaw #1579, this 334/08 being a bylaw to amend Land Use Bylaw 1564, by allowing the keeping of livestock in a Country Residential District. CARRIED SCHEDULE P.H. Councillor Wittstock moved that Council schedule a Public 335/08 Hearing for 10:00 a.m. on August 5, 2008 for Bylaw #1579. CARRIED SPEED RESTRICTION 6.3 Bylaw #1580 — Speed Restriction To 50 km/h KING GEORGE AVE Councillor Wittstock moved first reading of Bylaw #1580, this being a bylaw to amend Bylaw 1269 to reduce the speed limit on 336/08 the road, located in the North East Quarter, Section 8, Range 33, Township 23, West of the Fourth Meridian, commonly known as King George Avenue, to 50 kilometers per hour (50 km/h). CARRIED 337/08 Councillor Painter moved second reading of Bylaw #1580. CARRIED Councillor Long moved consideration be given to hold third 338/08 reading of Bylaw #1580. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 339/08 Councillor Holsworth moved third reading of Bylaw #1580. CARRIED TORR MUSIC JAM 6.1 Torrington Music Jamboree 340/08 Councillor Long moved that Agenda Item #6.1, Torrington Music Jamboree, be removed from the agenda. CARRIED Jerry Brett and Phillip Rough left the meeting at 10:45 a.m. Rob Mayhew, Allan Becker and Joey Becker entered the meeting at 10:45 a.m. 3.0 Delegations ALLAN BECKER 3.4 Allan Becker Presentation Allan Becker addressed Council regarding the dust situation affecting the health and quality of life of those people living adjacent to the Grainger Gravel Stockpile haul road. Approximately 10,000 cubic yards of gravel are hauled into the stockpile site and hauled out to roads needing gravel, resulting in approximately 757 truck loads per year, active 30-40 days per year, passing his and his son's residence. In 2003 they both purchased Page 4 of 8 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES July 15, 2008 dust control in front of their residences, 600 feet and 400 feet respectively, but this did not totally alleviate the problem. He questioned what the County was willing to do to correct this situation and offered to negotiate by allowing them access on his land for the Kneehill Regional Water Project distribution lines. Crop damage payments were discussed with Council advising of the new rates. Allan and Joey Becker left the meeting at 11:00 a.m. Discussion continued regarding the provision of dust control on gravel stockpile haul roads. Rob Mayhew left the meeting at 11:30 a.m. 6.5 Regional Economic Development Alliance — Drumheller Request REDA -DRUM Councillor Long moved that Council direct Administration to send a letter of support to the Town of Drumheller encouraging the formation of a Regional Economic Development Alliance in the 341/08 Drumheller area, but advising that at this time Kneehill County is not interested in participating as they have membership with Central Alberta Economic Partnership. CARRIED PORCHLIGHT PRJ 6.6 Proiect Porchlight Update 342/08 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive the update on Project Porchlight as information. CARRIED 6.7 Council Meeting Date Changes C.M. DATES Councillor Holsworth moved that Council establish November 18th 343/08 and December 2nd and 16th as the regular Council meeting dates for November and December 2008. CARRIED SAFETY POLICY 6.8 Kneehill County Safety Policy Councillor Hoppins moved that Council approve the amended 344/08 Kneehill County Safety Policy as presented. CARRIED Debi Moon left the meeting at 11:36 a.m. 6.9 Planning & Development Issues — Date for Committee of the Whole Discussion Page 5 of 8 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES July 15, 2008 PLANNING ISSUES Council scheduled 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 for C.O.W. DATE discussion of planning and development issues. The meeting recessed from 11:45 a.m. until 12:50 p.m. CORR REPORT 7.0 Correspondence Report 345/08 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council receive the Correspondence report. CARRIED 8.0 Council and Committee Reports COUNCIL REPTS 8.1 Calgary Stampede Farm Family Award FARM FAMILY Councillor Hoppins presented a written report on the Calgary Stampede Farm Family Award to the Rowbottom Family. • Council directed a plaque be ordered to present to the Rowbottom Family in recognition of this achievement. RURAL MATTERS 8.2 Rural Matters Convention Councillor's Long and Painter reported on the July 3rd to 7th Rural Matters Symposium, dealing with rural sustainability and capacity building. KHC 8.3 Kneehill Housing Commission Reeve Calhoun reported on the Kneehill Housing Commission Executive meeting. • Applied for $203,503 grant to upgrade Robertson Manor. • Surplus funds to be returned to Province rather than being used for upgrades and maintenance. • Received $1000 donation from Royal Purple group. • Community Housing needs approximately $10,000 for upgrades. KRWSC 8.4 Kneehill Regional Water Services Commission Councillor Wittstock provided a verbal report on the KRWSC meeting. • Meeting with Town of Drumheller to request an expansion of the KRWSC boundaries to include the hamlet of Katherine. • Letter sent to Drumheller requesting that should any future water issues arise to advise the water users. • Water rate likely to be increased this fall. 8.5 Kneehill Ambulance Service KAS Reeve Calhoun provided Council with an update of the KAS. • Meeting tonight and then the next meeting scheduled for August 14th Page 6 of 8 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES July 15, 2008 346/08 347/08 IN CAMERA 348/08 349/08 CN LONG SIDING 350/08 • The position on the David Thompson Health Region Transition Team for which Operations Director, Ed Guenette had been given a nine month leave of absence failed to materialize so he is back serving as Operations Director for Kneehill Ambulance. • Construction of the Three Hills Ambulance Hall proceeding. Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive the Committee reports. CARRIED Councillor Hoppins moved that a letter be sent congratulating the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties staff for hosting the very successful Rural Matters Conference. CARRIED The meeting recessed from 2:10 p.m. to 2:20 p.m. Councillor Long moved that Council go in camera at 2:21 p.m. CARRIED Councillor Wittstock moved that Council rise from in camera at 3:35 p.m. CARRIED 4.2 CN Rail Long Siding Councillor Wittstock moved that Council select CN Rail's Swalwell, Alberta Option #4 with the following conditions: • CN returns Kneehill County's past water crossing agreement payments and agrees to waive the crossing agreement fees for all future crossings in the Kneehill Water Service Area Projects, which are estimated to be 6-8 crossings. CN clean up railway ties left in CN Rights of Way throughout the County. This has been an issue for ratepayers in urban and rural areas. CN to build road according Kneehill County road building standards approved by the Operations department. This construction to consist of the road alterations as shown on the CN map but curves to be designed by the Consultant of Kneehill County's choice and repairs to include upgrades to Township Road 3 1 -0 from the new proposed intersection west to Range Road 24-3 to include intersection treatment. All expense both Consulting and construction to be the Page 7 of 8 Initial: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES July 15, 2008 responsibility of CN. The new road construction must be completed prior to the closure of any County road. CN can keep the $20,000.00 as our contribution towards the road project enhancements. CN must advertise this in the local paper for two weeks prior to construction and must provide a contact person and phone number. CARRIED DUST CONTROL Dust Control Policy #13-18 351/08 Councillor Holsworth moved that motion 227/08 be amended to read, "That Kneehill County supply dust control, at no charge, for residences located on gravel stockpile haul roads with the selection of locations and distances being at the discretion of the Operations Director." BUS PENDING 9.0 Business Summary Reports Councillor Hoppins moved that Council receive the Business 352/08 Summary Reports. CARRIED 10.0 Business Arising from Council and Committee Reports BUS ARISING There was no business arising from Council and Committee reports. ADJOURNMENT Adjournment 353/08 Councillor Painter moved to adjourn the meeting at 3:45 p.m. CARRIED Reeve CAO Page 8 of 8 Initial: