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Home My WebLink About2007-01-09 Council MinutesKNEEHILL COUNTY January 9, 2007 Council Meeting Agenda • 0 Call to Order - 8:30 a.m. 1.0 Adoption of Agenda 2.0 Approval of Minutes 2.1 December 19, 2006 Regular Meeting Minutes 2.2 December 19, 2006 Public Hearing Minutes 3.0 Delegations: 3.1 Sgt Laidlaw, RCMP - 8:45 a.m. 3.2 Rob Mayhew - 9:00 a.m. (Operations Reports) 4.0 Operations 4.1 Director of Operations Report 5.0 Business Arising from Previous Minutes 5.1 Council Information Distribution 5.2 Schedule Public Hearing Date 6.0 New Business 6.1 Town of Three Hills Funding Request - Annual Christmas Tree Bum & Winter Celebration (a) Letter from Town of Three Hills 6.2 2007 IT Replacement Plan Addendum (a) IT Plan 6.3 Village of Linden - Portable Garbage Dumpster Rentals (a) Village of Linden letter 6.4 Policy #5-3 - Land Use Bylaw Amendments is 7.0 Correspondence Report 7.1 Correspondence Item Summary 2006 7.2 Correspondence Items Summary 2007 8.0 Business Items Summary 8.1 Council Business Items Summary 2006 8.2 Council Business Items Summary 2005 9.0 Council and Committee Reports 10.0 Business Arising from Council and Committee Reports 11.0 In Camera 11.1 Land Values Report 11.2 Railway Crossing Legal Update 11.3 CAO Salary Adjournment 12.0 Information Package 0 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES January 9, 2007 LJ PRESENT MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 9, 2007 REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF KNEEHILL COUNTY AT THE KNEEHILL COUNTY OFFICE, 232 MAIN STREET, THREE HILLS, ALBERTA. PRESENT: Murray Woods, Reeve Vern Crawford, Deputy Reeve Brian Holsworth, Councillor Carol Calhoun, Councillor Jerry Wittstock, Councillor Ken Hoppins, Councillor Ken Knievel, Councillor • • CALL TO ORDER AGENDA 01/07 MINUTES 02/06 Division No. 4 Division No. 5 Division No. 1 Division No. 2 Division No. 3 Division No. 6 Division No. 7 ADMINISTRATION PRESENT: CAO Kevin Miner Assistant CAO Laurie Watt Recording Secretary Barb Long OTHERS PRESENT Reeve Woods in the Chair: Reeve Woods called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.rn. 1.0 Adoption of Agenda: Additions to the agenda: Under New Business 6.5 AAMD&C Directors Visit Under Committee Reports 9.1 Agricultural Service Board Report 9.2 Drumheller & District Solid Waste Report 9.3 Community Summit Steering Committee Report Councillor Wittstock moved approval of the agenda as amended. CARRIED 2.0 Approval of Minutes 2.1 December 19, 2006 Council Minutes Councillor Crawford moved that Council approve the December 19, 2006 Council meeting minutes as presented. CARRIED 2.2 December 19, 2006 Public Hearing Minutes 03/07 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council approve the December 19, 2006 Public Hearing minutes as presented. CARRIED 5.0 Business from Previous Meeting COUNCIL INFO 5.1 Council Information Distribution Councillor Calhoun moved that Council receive the report 04/07 regarding the distribution of information to Council. CARRIED P.H. DATE 5.2 Schedule Public Hearing Date (SE 19-30-25-W4 - Reguate) Councillor Wittstock moved that Council schedule the Public 05/07 Hearing, recessed from December 190', for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2006. Page 1 of 4 Initials: 44? KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES January 9, 2007 CARRIED 11 • Operations Director Rob Mayhew, Operations Executive Assistant Yvonne Evans, and Operations Clerk Brandy Kranzler, entered the meeting at 8:50 a.m. 6.0 New Business 6.1 Town of Three Hills Funding Request 06/07 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council approve funding assistance, in the amount of $100.00, for the Three Hills Annual Christmas Tree Burn & Winter Celebration. :CARRIED 4.0 Operations 4.1 Director of Operations Report • CAMRIF update. No decision has been made on funding at this time. Questioned whether Council would like to continue with the engineering of the SEWSA project or wait until word of funding received. • CAWSEP update. This is the last year of funding for this program, with a deadline of June 1, 2007. Operations is looking at applying for the next phase of the! Kneehill County Regional Water project, the west side of the County (Acme and Linden Phase II, Torrington Area). A procedure for management of the funds received for the Linden North connections was discussed and will be further reviewed at the January 16th Committee of the Whole meeting. • Road Rating System - results to be summarized by the end of February and will be brought to Council at that time. • Gravel - The consultant has found a few potential areas and will be pursuing further with landowners. Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive the Director of 07/07 Operations Report. CARRIED Debi Moon entered the meeting at 9:15 a.m. C Reeve Woods announced a message had been received advising Sgt. Laidlaw would be unable to attend the Council meeting. Rob Mayhew, Yvonne Evans, and Brandy Kranzler left the meeting at 9:18 a.m. IT PLAN 6.2 2007 Information Technology (IT) Replacement Plan Addendum 08/07 Councillor Crawford moved Council approve the changes to the Information Technology Plan, as presented. CARRIED The meeting recessed from 9:27 a.m. until 9:40 a.m. GBG BIN RENTALS 6.3 Village of Linden Request - Portable Garbage Dumnster Rental • Note: The CAO from the Town of Acme advised a request would also be forthcoming from Acme Council for the County to consider sharing the costs for the placement of portable dumpsters at Acme. Page 2 of 4 Initials: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES January 9, 2007 Councillor Holsworth moved that Kneehill County not participate 09/07 in this program as it is not in the 2007 budget, and receive this report as information. CARRIED LUB AMENDMENTS 6.4 Policy #5-3 - Land Use Bylaw Amendments POLICY 5-3 Councillor Crawford moved that Kneehill County Council delete 10/07 Policy #5-3. CARRIED 6.5 AAMD&C Directors' Visit AAMD&C VISIT Council approved the proposed visit by representatives of the AAMD&C for Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Attending on behalf of the AAMD&C will be Don Johnson, President, Gerald Rhodes, Executive Director, and Ken Hoppins, District Zone 2 Director. The meeting recessed from 10:00 a.m. until 10:20 a.m. E CORR REPORT 7.0 Correspondence Report 11/07 Councillor Calhoun moved that Kneehill County Council receive the Correspondence Report. CARRIED Council requests arising from Correspondence Report: • Planning Department to provide a monthly summary of Development Permits issued and Subdivision approvals. • Copy of the letter sent to AB Trail Net on behalf of COSWAY regarding purchase of land. • Register Reeve Woods for Brownlee Fryett Seminar and Muniversity Sessions. 8.0 Business Items Summary Reports 0 • BUS ITEMS 8.1 & 8.2 Council Business Items Summary 2006 and 2005 12/07 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council receive the 2005 & 2006 Business Items Summary reports as presented. CARRIED COMM REPORTS 9.0 Council and Committee Reports Ass 9.1 Agricultural Service Board -report by Councillor Hoppins on the December 20th meeting. • Voting members selected for the Provincial ASB Conference (January 30th to Feb 2"d, 2007). • Bio Fuel Seminar discussed. DRUM SOLID WASTE 9.2 Drumheller & District Solid Waste -= verbal report by Councillor Calhoun on the December 21St meeting. • Organizational meeting followed by regular meeting • Signed 3 year contract with H & H Huxted - $30/tonne. • 2007 Budget approved. • Requisition of $24.88 per capita (includes $2.00 per capita for Capital) established for 2007. • Inspections of County waste sites completed and recommendations forwarded to the County's Environmental Supervisor. • New scale fees from $35.00 to $37.00 per tonne. • Next meeting February 22d, 2007. Page 3 of 4 Initials: KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES January 9, 2007 Debi Moon left the meeting at 10:387 a.m. 0 9.3 Joint Community Summit Steering Committee - verbal report by Councillor Crawford. • Second draft of Recreation Review, to be presented to the Steering Committee at January 11th meeting. • Anticipating the second draft to be moved forward to the Councils for approval and implementation. • Need for Kneehill County to set aside a time to review this document by Randell Conrad, and to make decisions regarding the County's role. • Next meetings: February 5th Steering Committee and February 6th for all Councils in Acme. Councillor Knievel moved that Council receive the Committee 13/07 reports. CARRIED BUS ARISING RPTS 10.0 Business Arising from Council and Committee Renorts Three Hills Arena Restoration Committee - Councillor Calhoun reported this committee will be making a request for a Kneehill County Councillor sit on this board, with no financial implications. Council noted discussion of this request should be at a Committee of the Whole meeting or a Community Summit meeting, upon written receipt of the request. 14/07 Councillor Hoppins moved the meeting go in camera. IN CAMERA CARRIED Time: 10:55 a.m. IN SESSION 15/07 Councillor Hoppins moved the meeting back in session. CARRIED Time: 11:45 a.m. The meeting recessed from 11:47 a.m. until 12:55 p.m. The remainder of the minutes were recorded by Reeve Woods. 0 IN CAMERA Councillor Calhoun moved the meeting go in camera with only 16/07 Council and the CAO in attendance. CARRIED Time: 12:55 p.m. • IN SESSION 18/07 Councillor Knievel moved the meeting back in session. CARRIED Time: 2:35 p.m. Adjournment ADJOURNMENT Councillor Calhoun moved the meeting be adjourned at 2:36 p.m. 19/07 If CARRI1JD Reeve CAO Page 4 of 4 Initials: