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COUNCIL MEETING POST MEETING AGENDA
`c i� Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 8:30 a.m.
COUNTY 1800 2nd Street NE
Three Hills, AB TOM 2AO
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1. Call Meeting to Order
1.1 Agenda
1.1.1 Additions to the Agenda
1.1.2 Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Regular Council Meeting Minutes of November 28, 2023
3. Appointments
3.1 Public Hearing- Bylaw 1889 Amendment to Land Use Bylaw 1808
Time: 10:00 a.m.
4. Infrastructure- Roads/BridgesNVaterMastewateNEnvironment
4.1 Mount Vernon Booster Station Purchase
5. Community Services
5.1 Planning
No Report
5.2 Agricultural Service Board & Parks
No Report
5.3 Protective Services
5.3.1 RCMP Quarterly Report and County Enforcement Report
5.4 Economic Development
No Report
6. Corporate Services
6.1 2023 Appointment of Auditors
6.2 2024 Operating And Capital Budget Approval
7. Legislative Services
7.1 Subdivision and Development Appeal Board Member at Large
7.2 AUC Review — Oral Presentation
8. Disposition of Delegation & Public Hearing Business
8.1 Bylaw 1889 — Land Use Bylaw 1808 Amendment
9. Council and Committee Reports
9.1 Kneehill Housing Corporation
9.2 Police Advisory Committee
9.3 Division 1 Report
10. Council Follow -Up Action List
11. Closed Session
11.1 Confidential Evaluations (FOIP- Section 19)
12. Motions from Closed Session
13. Adjourn
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Kneehill County
Regular Meeting of Council
Minutes
December 12, 2023, 8:30 a.m.
1600 2nd Street NE
Three Hills, AB TOM 2AO
Council Present: Faye McGhee, Councillor
Debbie Penner, Councillor
Jerry Wittstock, Deputy Reeve
Carrie Fobes, Councillor
Laura Lee Machell-Cunningham, Councillor
Kenneth King, Reeve
Council Absent: Wade Christie, Councillor
Staff Present: Mike Haugen, Chief Administrative Officer
Mike Ziehr, Director of Infrastructure
Kevin Gannon, Director of Community Services
Debra Grosfield, Manager of Protective Services
Barb Hazelton, Manager of Planning and Development
Marika Von Mirbach, Financial Planning Coordinator
Carolyn Van der Kuil, Legislative Services Coordinator
Ashley Olson, Financial Controller
1. Call Meeting to Order
Reeve King called the meeting to order at 8:31 a.m.
1.1 Agenda
1.1.1 Additions to the Agenda
Additions under Council & Committee Reports
9.1 Kneehill Housing
9.2 Police Advisory Committee
9.3 Division 7 Report
1.1.2 Adoption of the Agenda
Resolution: 433123
Moved by: Councillor Penner
That Council approve the agenda as amended.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
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2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Regular Council Meeting Minutes of November 28, 2023
Resolution: 434123
Moved by: Councillor McGhee
That Council approves the adoption of the minutes of the November 28, 2023,
Regular Meeting of Council, as presented.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
4. Infrastructure- Roads/Bridges/Water/Wastewater/Environment
4.1 Mount Vernon Booster Station Purchase
Resolution: 435123
Moved by: Deputy Reeve Wittstock
That Council authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to sign the Mount Vernon
Booster Station Purchase Agreement.
For (4): Councillor McGhee, Councillor Penner, Deputy Reeve Wittstock, and
Reeve King
Against (2): Councillor Fobes, and Councillor Cunningham
Absent (1): Councillor Christie
CARRIED (4 to 2)
5. Community Services
5.3 Protective Services
5.3.1 RCMP Quarterly Report and County Enforcement Report
The Chair called for a recess at 8:58 a.m. and called the meeting back to
order at 9:16 a.m. with all previously mentioned members present.
Resolution: 436123
Moved by: Councillor Cunningham
That Council accepts the RCMP Quarterly Report and County Enforcement
Report for information as presented.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
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6. Corporate Services
6.1 2023 Appointment of Auditors
Resolution: 437/23
Moved by: Councillor Penner
That Council appoint BDO Canada LLP — Red Deer as Kneehill County's
Auditors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Resolution: 438123
Moved by: Councillor McGhee
That Council request an audit planning meeting with the appointed auditors for
the 2023 audit at a future meeting date.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
6.2 2024 Operating and Capital Budget Approval
The Chair called for a recess at 9:46 a.m. and called the meeting back to order at
10:00 a.m. with all previously mentioned members present.
The Chair tabled this agenda item to hold the Public Hearing for Bylaw 1889 that
was scheduled at 10:00 a.m.
3. Appointments
3.1 Public Hearing- Bylaw 1889 Amendment to Land Use Bylaw 1808
Resolution: 439123
Moved by: Deputy Reeve Wittstock
That the Public Hearing for Bylaw 1889 be opened at 10:00 a.m.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Person(s) who presented: Barb Hazelton, Planning and Development Manager
Person(s) who spoke: John Hamm, Will Andries, Kelly Tainsh, Leo Brietzke,
Byrne Lammle, Mary Clarkson, Francis Simpson, Pat Kusch, Melissa Hoosan,
Najee Elbaroudi, Dennis Wickersham, Shirley Adams
Resolution: 440123
Moved by: Councillor Fobes
That Council move that the Public Hearing for Bylaw 1889 be closed at 11:06
a. m.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
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7. Legislative Services
7.2 AUC Review — Oral Presentation
Resolution: 441/23
Moved by: Councillor McGhee
That Council confirm the oral presentation to be delivered to the Alberta Utilities
Commission as part of their review on renewable energy development.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
6. Corporate Services
6.3 2024 Operating and Capital Budget Approval Continued
The Chair called for a recess at 12:09 p.m. and called the meeting back to order
at 1:00 p.m. with all previously mentioned members present.
Resolution: 442123
Moved by: Councillor McGhee
That the 2024 Operating Budget in the amount of $30,497,413, as detailed in
Appendix A, be approved.
CARRIED
Resolution: 443123
Moved by: Councillor Penner
That the transfers from reserves and contributions to reserves, as detailed in
Appendix B, be approved.
CARRIED
Resolution: 444/23
Moved by: Deputy Reeve Wittstock
That the 2024 Operating Projects and funding sources in the amount of
$364,100, as detailed in Appendix C, be approved.
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Resolution: 446123
Moved by: Deputy Reeve Wittstock
That the 2024 Capital Budget and funding sources in the amount of $5,944,272,
as detailed in Appendix D, be approved.
CARRIED
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Resolution: 446/23
Moved by: Councillor McGhee
That the 2025-2027 Operating Forecast (Appendix E) and 2025-2029 Capital and
Project Forecast (Appendix F), be approved.
CARRIED
8. Disposition of Delegation & Public Hearing Business
8.1 Bylaw 1889 — Land Use Bylaw 1808 Amendment
Reeve King left the meeting at 1:50 p.m. and Deputy Reeve Wittstock took over
the position of Chair.
Resolution: 447123
Moved by: Councillor McGhee
That Council give second reading to Bylaw 1889 as presented for the
amendments to replace sections 71 and 74 of Land Use Bylaw 1808.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Resolution: 448123
Moved by: Councillor McGhee
That Council direct administration to bring back an update on Bylaw 1889 to the
January 16, 2024, Committee of the Whole and bring back a further discussion to
the February 13, 2024, Council Meeting.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
7. Legislative Services
7.1 Subdivision and Development Appeal Board Member at Large
Resolution: 449/23
Moved by: Councillor Penner
That Council appoint Ruth Purves-Smith and Jenny Scott as Members at Large
to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board until the next Kneehill County
Organizational Meeting.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
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10. Council Follow -Up Action List
The Chair called for a recess at 2:35 p.m. and called the meeting back to order at 2:44
p.m. with all previously mentioned members present including Reeve King who resumed
the role as Chair.
Resolution: 450123
Moved by: Councillor Cunningham
That Council receive for information the Council Follow -Up Action List as presented.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
9. Council and Committee Reports
Resolution: 451123
Moved by: Councillor McGhee
That Council accepts for information the Council & Committee Report, as presented.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
9.1 Kneehill Housing Corporation
A verbal report was provided by Councillor Cunningham on the Christmas
Lighting at the Golden Hills Lodge.
9.2 Police Advisory Committee
A verbal report was provided by Councillor Cunningham on the meeting she
attended.
9.3 Division 7 Report
Reeve King provided an update on the meetings he has attended.
11. Closed Session
Resolution: 452123
Moved by: Councillor Fobes
That this meeting goes into closed session at 2:58 p.m. for the following reason:
Confidential Evaluations (FOIP-Section 19)
Resolution: 453/23
Moved by: Councillor Cunningham
That Council return to open meeting at 4:28 p.m.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
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4:28 p.m. - meeting recessed to allow return of public.
4:31 p.m. - meeting resumed.
13. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 4:31 p.m.
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