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Home My WebLink About2006-10-10 Council MinutesKNEEHILL COUNTY October 10, 2006 Council Meeting Agenda • Committee of the Whole 8:00 a.m. Call to Order - 8:30 a.m. 1.0 Adoption of Agenda 2.0 Approval of Minutes 2.1 September 26, Council Minutes 2.2 Public Hearing Minutes, September 12th, LUB Amendment 3.0 Delegations 3.1.Rob Mayhew - 9:00 a.m. 4.0 Operations 4.1 Director of Operations Report 5.0 Financial Reports 5.1 Bank Reconciliation - August 31/06 6.0 Business Arising from Previous Minutes 6.1 2006 Tax Sale 7.0 New Business 7.1 Three Hills & District Seed Cleaning Plant 7.2 Christmas 2006 7.2a Christmas Closure 7.2b December Council Meeting Date 7.2c Christmas Function 7.3 Minister's Awards for Municipal Excellence 7.4 Canadian Badlands Ltd. AGM 7.5 Municipal Sponsorship Program (2006-2007) 0 8.0 Correspondence Report 9.0 Business Items Summary 9.1 Council Business Item Summary 2006 9.2 Council Business Items Summary 2005 10.0 Council and Committee Reports 10.1 Waste Management Report 11.0 Business Arising from Council and Committee Reports 12.0 In Camera Adjournment 13.0 Committee of the Whole 13.1 Building Inventory 13.2 Payroll Grid 14.0 Information Package KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES October 10, 2006 • PRESENT MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 10, 2006 REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF KNEEHILL COUNTY AT THE KNEEHILL COUNTY OFFICE, 232 MAIN STREET, THREE HILLS, ALBERTA. CALL TO ORDER Murray Woods, Reeve Vern Crawford, Deputy Reeve Brian Holsworth, Councillor Carol Calhoun, Councillor Jerry Wittstock, Councillor Ken Hoppins, Councillor Ken Knievel, Councillor • • PRESENT: 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 Reeve Woods in the Chair: Reeve Woods called the meeting to order at 8:37 a.m. AGENDA 1.0 Adoption of Agenda: Additions to the agenda: Under Committee Reports 10.2 Kneehill County Water Strategy Committee Meeting Report 10.3 Kneehill Housing Commission Meeting Report 470/06 Councillor Wittstock moved approval of the agenda as amended. CARRIED MINUTES 2.0 Approval of the Minutes 471/06 2.1 September 26, 2006 Council Minutes Councillor Calhoun moved approval of the September 26, 2006 Council Meeting minutes. CARRIED 2.2 Public Hearing Minutes - Bylaw 1548 (LUB Amendment) 472/06 Councillor Knievel moved approval of the September 12, 2006 Public Hearing minutes, as amended for Bylaw 1548. CARRIED FIN REPORTS 5.0 Financial Reports 5.1 Bank Reconciliation (as at August 31, 2006) Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive the Bank 473/06 Reconciliation Report as presented. CARRIED 6.0 Business Arising from Previous Minutes OLD BUSINESS 6.1 2006 Tax Sale TAX SALE Councillor Knievel moved that Council set the reserve bid for the tax sale property at $4,800.00, as per the Assessor's appraisal, with 474/06 the terms of the sale being the full amount in cash. CARRIED NEW BUSINESS 7.0 New Business 7.1 Three Hills & District Seed Cleaning Plant AGM Page 1 of 4 F_ KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES October 10, 2006 Councillor Knievel moved that Bruce Sommerville, Agricultural 475/06 Fieldman for Kneehill County, attend the Three Hills & District Annual General Meeting, on behalf of Kneehill County. CARRIED XMAS 2006 7.2 Christmas 2006 7.2(a) Christmas Closure 476/06 Councillor Calhoun moved that Council approve the closure of Kneehill County operations (office and shop) effective from 4:00 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2006 until 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 2, 2007. CARRIED 7.2(b) December Council Meeting Date 477/06 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council schedule Tuesday, December 19, 2006 as the only regular Council Meeting date in December. CARRIED • 7.2 (c) Christmas Function 478/06 Councillor Knievel moved that Council select the Trochu Community Christmas Party on Saturday, December 9th, 2006 for the County Christmas function, and allocate the necessary funds as outlined in the report. CARRIED Mr. Rob Mayhew and Mrs. Yvonne Evans entered the meeting at 8:55 a.m. 0 OPERATIONS REPT 4.0 Operations 4.1 Director of Operations Report, Mr. Mayhew, Director of Operations, provided the following update: • Equity Water License received from Alberta Environment. • Churchill Water Co-op - discussed the County operational agreement at their October 11th meeting. • Kneehill County Water Service Areas Kneehill County Water Strategy Committee Meeting on October 5th • Public Meeting planned for 7:00 p.m. October 25th at the Carbon Hall. • Letter sent to affected ratepayers and advertisements placed in the Three Hills Capital and the Drumheller Mail. Concern discussed regarding Balzac connection and an ample water supply • Meeting being arranged with AB Environment regarding water allocation issue ¦ John VanDoesbug has been requested to provide the County with the KRWSC allocation numbers that were given to AB Environment as this information is needed to continue designing the County portion of the Water Service Areas. This information will be brought to the next Council meeting for review. Gravel crushing started at the Warkentine pit & this will be the last crush. Road Study/Water and Wastewater Study/ Fire Study received from EXH Engineering - now able to complete the report to send to the Province for the AMIP grant. Page 2 of 4 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES October 10, 2006 479/06 Councillor Calhoun moved that Council receive the Operations Report. CARRIED • Rob Mayhew & Yvonne Evans left the meeting at 9:10 a.m. MUN EXCELLENCE 7.3 Minister's Awards for Municipal Excellence Committee Councillor Crawford moved that Council receive this item as 480/06 information and offer congratulations to Councillor Hoppins for his participation and efforts on this Committee. CARRIED 490/06 7.4 Canadian Badlands Ltd. AGM Councillor Hoppins moved that Council receive this report as information. CARRIED Greg Harsch entered the meeting at 9:15 a.m. • 9 EMS MEDAL Emergency Manager Services Coordinator, Greg Harsch, was presented with his 12 year service medal from Alberta Emergency Services. The meeting recessed from 9:53 a.m. until 10:05 a.m. Greg Harsch left the meeting at 9:18 a.m. MUN SPONSORSHIP 7.5 Municipal Sponsorship Program (2006-07 PROGRAM Councillor Crawford moved that Council approve the recommendation of Administration to proceed with a joint application of 100% eligibility with Wheatland County for vehicle 491/06 tracking and rural addressing to the 2006/07 Municipal Sponsorship Program. The report on which the recommendation was based included the following: • Wheatland County be designated the managing partner, with Accurate Assessment preparing the application. • Kneehill County to allocate 100% of the funding received from the Municipal Sponsorship Grant to this project. CARRIED CORR REPORT 8.0 Correspondence Report BROWNLEE Councillor Calhoun moved that Reeve Woods and Councillor SEMINAR Wittstock attend the October 18th, 2006 Brownlee LLP Seminar, 492/06 Emerging Trends in Public Utilities & Environmental Risk Management on Water Systems: Regionalization, Governance and Environmental Issues, on behalf of Kneehill County. CARRIED Discussion regarding the contribution from Alberta Sport and Recreation for municipal parks in that the grant funding is not PARK FUNDING keeping pace with the economy. Suggestion that it could be considered as a resolution for the Spring AAMD&C Convention. 493/06 The meeting recessed from 9:30 a.m. until 9:41 a.m. Councillor Calhoun moved that Council receive the Correspondence Report as presented. CARRIED BUS ITEMS 2006 Page 3 of 4 9.0 Business Items Summary Reports 9.1 & 9.2 Council Business Items Summary 2006 and 2005 r KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES October 10, 2006 AAMD&C Convention - Change arrival date for Council and Administration to Monday, November 13'', 2006. Gravel Exploration - Council requested an update. • 0 • 494/06 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council receive the 2005 & 2006 Business Items Summary reports as presented. CARRIED COMM REPORTS 10.0 Council and Committee Reports WASTE MGT RPT 10.1 Kneehill Regional Cooperation Group Waste Management & Recycling Review Kevin Miner, CAO, summarized the Waste Management& Recycling Review report prepared by Austrom Consulting Ltd, for the Kneehill Regional Cooperation Group. K.C.H20 STRATEGY 10.2 Kneehill County Water Strategy Committee COMM MEETING Councillor Crawford reported on the October th Kneehill County Water Strategy Committee meeting, noting those present wanted the reassurance of a secure water supply. Next meeting to be set after the results of the funding applications. Councillor Crawford recommended the following: - Add the power point presentation regarding the County's water project, on the website - Prepare a fact sheet of relevant information to distribute at the October 25th Public Meeting in Carbon. - Prepare a'/z page diagram showing how the tax levies are applied for distribution at the Public Meeting KHC 10.3 Kneehill Housing Commission Meeting - verbal report by Councillor Calhoun on the September 22" tour and recent meeting. The budgets have been completed and the 2007 requisitions to remain the same. Have received applications from the homeless in Calgary to reside in local lodges having vacancies. 495/06 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council receive the Committee reports. CARRIED BUS ARISING RPTS 11.0 Business Arising from Council and Committee Reports There was no business arising from the Council and Committee reports. ADJOURNMENT 496/06 Page 4 of 4 Adjournment Councillor moved the meeting be adjourned at 11:10 p.m. CARRIED Reeve CAO