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Home My WebLink About2024.03.26 Council Meeting MinutesCOUNCIL MEETING POST -MEETING AGENDA 3(nahil'I Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 8:30 a.m. COUNTY 1600 2nd Street NE Three Hills, AB TOM 2A0 httr)s:llwww.youtube.com/(a).kneehillcounty48 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 March 12, 2024 3. Appointments 3.1 Delegation- Wind Concerns Kneehill County Time: 10:00 a.m. Presenter: Kelly Tainsh 4. Infrastructure- Roads/BddgesMater/Wastewater/Ernrironment No Report 5. Community Services 5.1 Planning 5.1.1 Bylaw 1895 & 1896 Land Use Bylaw Amendment to Direct Control 5.2 Agricultural Service Board & Parks No Report 5.3 Protective Services 5.3.1 Annual Appointment of Fire Guardians 5.4 Economic Development No Report 6. Corporate Services 6.1 2023 Q4 Report — Preliminary Operating and Capital Budget Results 6.2 2024 Requisitions and Ratepayer Impacts 7. Legislative Services 7.1 Trochu Flower, Baking and Photography Show Sponsorship 8. Disposition of Delegation & Public Hearing Business 8.1 Wind Concerns Kneehill County Delegation 9. Council and Committee Reports 9.1 Community Futures Wildrose 9.2 Kneehill Housing Corporation 9.3 Alberta Senior and Housing Conference 9.4 Rural Municipalities of Alberta Conference 10. Council Follow -Up Action List 11. Closed Session 11.1 Third Party Business (Section 16) 12. Motions from Closed Session 13. Adjourn Page 2 of 2 3(nechil't COUNTY Kneehill County Regular Meeting of Council Minutes March 26, 2024, 8:30 a.m. 1600 2nd Street NE Three Hills, AB TOM 2A0 Council Present: Faye McGhee, Councillor Debbie Penner, Councillor Jerry Wittstock, Deputy Reeve Carrie Fobes, Councillor Laura Lee Machell-Cunningham, Councillor Wade Christie, Councillor Kenneth King, Reeve Staff Present: Mike Haugen, Chief Administrative Officer Mike Ziehr, Director of Infrastructure Kevin Gannon, Director of Community Services Theresa Cochran, Director of Corporate Services Barb Hazelton, Manager of Planning and Development Marika Von Mirbach, Financial Planning Coordinator Carolyn Van der Kuil, Legislative Services Coordinator 1. Call Meeting to Order Reeve King called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. 1.1 Agenda 1.1.1 Additions to the Agenda Additions under Council & Committee Reports 9.2 Kneehill Housing 9.3 ASHA Convention 9.4 RMA Conference Additions under Closed Session 11.1 Third Party Business (Section 16) Uvt� Initials March 26, 2024 1.1.2 Adoption of the Agenda Resolution: 066/24 Moved by: Councillor Christie That Council approve the agenda as amended. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 2. Approval of Minutes 2.1 Regular Council Meeting Minutes of March 12, 2024 Resolution: 066/24 Moved by: Councillor McGhee That Council approves the adoption of the minutes of the March 12, 2024, Regular Meeting of Council, as presented. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 5. Community Services 5.1 Planning 5.1.1 Bylaw 1895 & 1896 Land Use Bylaw Amendment to Direct Control Resolution: 067/24 Moved by: Deputy Reeve Wittstock That Council move first reading of proposed Bylaw 1895 for the purpose of Amending Land Use Bylaw 1808 by redesignating the NE 2-29-24-W4, portions of the NW 2-29-24-W4, SE 2-29-24-W4 and SW 2-29-24-W4 from Agriculture District to Direct Control District 7. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Resolution: 068/24 Moved by: Councillor Christie That Council move first reading of proposed Bylaw 1896 for the purpose of Amending Land Use Bylaw 1808 by redesignating portions of the NW 2-29- 24-W4 and the SW 2-29-24-W4 from Agriculture District & Local Rural Commercial District to Direct Control District 8. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY i`vJ f` Initials 2 March 26, 2024 Resolution: 069124 Moved by: Councillor Penner That Council move to schedule the Public Hearing, for Bylaw 1895 and 1896 as per Sections 216.4 & 692 of the Municipal Government Act, to be held on April 23, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at the County office. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 5.3 Protective Services 5.3.1 Annual Appointment of Fire Guardians Resolution: 070/24 j Moved by: Councillor Cunningham That Council appoint the following as Fire Guardians for the issuance of Fire Permits to March 31, 2025: • Three Hills Fire Department: Chris Evans, Murray Fenton, Brandon Rempel • Acme Fire Department: Brian Fradgley, Bert Jackson, Robb Scott • Carbon Fire Department: Jody Kranzler, Jordan Reed, Jeremy Kranzler, Austin Larsen, Travis Cormier, Riddel Wiebe • Linden Fire Department: Kenton Klassen, Shawn Klassen, Carson Reimer, Max Penner • Torrington Fire Department: Doug Fretz, Jason Michielsen, Derek Benedict • Trochu Fire Department: Richard Hoppins, Alan Adam, Lawrence Hogg • Kneehill County Administrative: CAD, Director of Community Services, Manager of Protective Services, Rural Fire Chief CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 6. Corporate Services 6.1 2023 Q4 Report — Preliminary Operating and Capital Budget Results The Chair called for a recess at 9:30a.m. and called the meeting back to order at 9:40 a.m. with all previously mentioned members present. The Chair called for a recess at 9:55 a.m. and called the meeting back to order at 10:01 a.m. with all previously mentioned members present. +<WK Initials 3 March 26, 2024 The Chair deferred this item until later in the meeting, in order to accommodate the scheduled Delegation, which was set for 10:00 a.m. 3. Appointments 3.1 Delegation- Wind Concerns Kneehill County Kelly Tainsh and a group of concerned citizens provided a presentation expressing their concerns about the Wind Project proposed in Kneehill County. 6. Corporate Services 6.1 2023 Q4 Report — Preliminary Operating and Capital Budget Results Continued The Chair called for a recess at 10:39 a.m. and called the meeting back to order at 10:50 a.m. with all previously mentioned members present. Resolution: 071124 Moved by: Deputy Reeve Wittstock That Council approves reserve contributions of $3,077,826, as detailed in Appendix C. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Resolution: 072/24 Moved by: Councillor Christie The Council approves a draw of up to $60,000 from the Contingency reserve to fund the Municipal Intern program. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Resolution: 073124 Moved by: Councillor Cunningham That Council approves a draw of $25,000 from the Contingency reserve for the Kneehill Historical Society in relation to Council motion 85/23. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Resolution: 074124 Moved by: Councillor Penner That Council approves $959,557 of operating project carryforwards, including funding sources, as detailed in Appendix D. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY KWt; Initials 4 March 26, 2024 Resolution: 075124 Moved by: Councillor McGhee That Council approves $40,072 for one over budget capital project to be funded through the Capital Equipment Plan reserve, as detailed in Appendix E. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Resolution: 076124 Moved by: Councillor Penner That Council approves $5,695,480 of capital project carryforwards, including funding sources, as detailed in Appendix E. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 6.3 2024 Requisitions and Ratepayer Impacts The Chair called for a recess at 12:03 p.m. and called the meeting back to order at 12:45 p.m. with all previously mentioned members present except Councillor Fobes. Resolution: 077/24 Moved by: Councillor McGhee That Council direct Administration to incorporate full mitigation of the Kneehill Housing requisition increase in the amount of $220,024 in the 2024 mill -rate discussion. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Resolution: 078124 Moved by: Deputy Reeve Wittstock That Council direct Administration to incorporate full mitigation of the Alberta School Fund 2023 requisition under -levy in the amount of $640,286 in the 2024 mill -rate discussion. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Resolution: 079124 Moved by: Councillor Cunningham That Council direct Administration to request from Alberta Municipal Affairs an explanation on the significant error in assessment in the 2023 calculation of the Alberta School Fund requisition. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY KW K Initials March 26, 2024 Legislative Services 7.1 Trochu Flower. Baking and Photography Show Sponsorship Resolution: 080124 Moved by: Councillor Christie That Council provide the Trochu and District Arboretum Society sponsorship in the amount of $1,122 to assist in the costs associated with hosting the Trochu Flower, Baking and Photography Show. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 8. Disposition of Delegation & Public Hearing Business 8.1 Wind Concerns Kneehill County Delegation Resolution: 081124 Moved by: Councillor Penner That Council receive for information the presentation presented by the Wind Concerns Kneehill County delegation. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 9. Council and Committee Reports Resolution: 082124 Moved by: Councillor Christie That Council accepts for information the Council & Committee Report, as presented CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 9.1 Community Futures Wildrose Councillor Christie provided the meeting minutes from the February 1, 2024, Community Futures Wildrose meeting. 9.2 Kneehill Housing Corporation Councillor Cunningham provided a verbal report on the Kneehill Housing Corporation. 9.3 Alberta Senior and Housing Conference Councillor Cunningham provided a verbal report on the conference that both she and Councillor Fobes attended. 9.4 Rural Municipalities of Alberta Conference Councillor Cunningham provided a verbal report on the Rural Municipalities of Alberta conference. KWK Initials March 26, 2024 10. Council Follow -Up Action List Resolution: 083124 Moved by: Deputy Reeve Wittstock That Council receive for information the Council Follow -Up Action List as presented. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 11. Closed Session Resolution: 084124 Moved by: Councillor Penner That this meeting goes into closed session at 1:40 pm for the following reason: Third Party Business (Section 16) CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Resolution: 085124 Moved by: Councillor Cunningham That Council return to open meeting at 2:26 p.m. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 2:26 p.m. - meeting recessed to allow return of public. 2:27 p.m. - meeting resumed. 13. Adjourn The meeting adjourned at 2:27 p.m. Ken King, Reeve Mi e ldau , CAO _ Initials 7