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Home My WebLink About2010-01-26 Council MinutesPRESENT CALL TO ORDER COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 26, 2010 MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 26, 2010 REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF KNEEHILL COUNTY AT THE KNEEHILL COUNTY OFFICE, 232 MAIN STREET, THREE HILLS, ALBERTA. PRESENT: Division No. 2 Division No. 5 Division No. 3 Division No. 4 Division No. 6 Carol Calhoun, Reeve Bob Long, Deputy Reeve Jerry Wittstock, Councillor Glen Keiver, Councillor Ken Hoppins, Councillor ADMINISTRATION PRESENT: CAO Kevin Miner Recording Secretary Barbara Long ABSENT: Division No. 1 Brian Holsworth, Councillor Division No. 7 Bobby Painter, Councillor Assistant CAO Laurie Watt Reeve Calhoun in the Chair Reeve Calhoun called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. AGENDA 1.0 Adoption of Agenda The following amendments were made to the agenda: Additions: Under New Business • 7.9 Auction Gift • 7.10 Boom Town Trail Events Attendance Authorization Under Council & Committee Reports • 8.5 Kneehill Regional FCSS • 8.6 Red Deer River Municipal Users Group • 8.7 Badlands Ambulance • 8.8 Canadian Badlands • 8.9 Agricultural Service Board 24/10 Councillor Wittstock moved approval of the agenda as amended. CARRIED MINUTES 2.0 Minutes 2.1 Approval of the January 12, 2010 Regular Council Meeting Minutes Councillor Long moved approval of the January 12, 2010 Regular 25/10 Council Meeting Minutes. CARRIED Page 1 of 6 Initial: COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 26, 2010 FINANCIAL 5.0 Financial Reports BANK REC 5.1 Bank Reconciliation - December 2009 26/10 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council receive the Bank Reconciliation report as presented. CARRIED AUDIT COMMITTEE 5.2 Audit Committee Meeting Date 27/10 Councillor Long moved that Council set the Audit Committee Meeting time for February 9, 2010 commencing at 1:00 p.m. CARRIED OLD BUSINESS POLICY 14-12A 6.0 Business from Previous Minutes 6.1 Policy #14-12A: Amendment 28/10 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council approve the amendment to Policy #14-12A as presented. CARRIED Rob Mayhew, Director of Operations, entered the meeting at 9:00 a.m. 3HILLS COLONY 6.2 Three Hills Hutterian Colonv ADDroach — Power Pole Relocation 29/10 Councillor Hoppins moved that Kneehill County cost share with the Three Hills Colony, on a 50/50 basis the cost for ATCO to relocate the power poles on the approach located SE 1-31-24-W4. CARRIED Debi Moon, reporter for The Capital, entered the meeting at 9:18 a.m. 4.0 Operations OPERATIONS RPT 4.1 Operations Summary Rob Mayhew, Director of Operations presented the Operations Report comprised of Transportation (Roads), Water and Miscellaneous updates. 30/10 Councillor Wittstock moved approval of the Operations Summary. CARRIED 4.2 Proiects for 2010, 2011, 2012 PROJECTS Projects discussed, to be finalized later in the meeting. Rob Mayhew, Director of Operations, left the meeting at 9:55 a.m. The meeting recessed from 9:55 a.m. until 10:10 a.m. OLD BUS CONT'D 6.0 Business Arising from Previous Meeting Continued NEW SHOP PLANS 6.3 Proposed Shop Facility Plans Council reviewed the proposal and will provide direction later. Page 2 of 6 Initial: COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 26, 2010 NEW BUSINESS 7.0 New Business 3 HILLS CHILD 7.1 Three Hills Early Child Care Centre Grand Opening CARE CENTRE Councillor Hoppins moved that Council authorize the attendance of Reeve 31/10 Calhoun at the Three Hills Early Child Care Centre Grand Opening. CARRIED JOINT SUMMIT 7.2 Regional Joint Summit Meeting — February 10, 2010 32/10 Councillor Long moved that Council receive the Regional Joint Summit Meeting report. CARRIED CAAMDC 7.3 CAAMDC Zone Meeting Council provided Administration with the names of those planning to attend the February 5th meeting in Lacombe. ENFORCE SRVCS 7.4 Provision of Enforcement Services - Acme 33/10 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council approve entering into the Peace Officer Services Agreement with the Village of Acme. CARRIED INTERMUNICIPAL 7.5 Intermunicipal Assessment Appeal Board — Bylaw 1600 APPEAL BOARD Councillor Keiver moved first reading of Bylaw 1600. 34/10 CARRIED Direction of Council: Check into the need for a clause regarding the participation of a provincial representative for non-residential appeals and forward the bylaw to the participating municipalities for their approval. MEETING DATES 7.6 March 2010 Meeting Dates 35/10 Reeve Calhoun moved that Council approve the rescheduling of the second Council meeting in March from March 23rd to Tuesday, March 30m CARRIED SRO 7.7 School Resource Officer Initiative — Request for Support 36/10 Councillor Long moved that Council receive as information. AUC - WIND POWER 7.8 AUC Hearing — Ghostpine Wind Power Proiect Councillor Hoppins left the meeting at 11:10 a.m. due to a perceived conflict in this matter. 37/10 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive as information. CARRIED Councillor Hoppins reentered the meeting at 11:15 a.m. Page 3 of 6 Initial: COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 26, 2010 AUCTION ITEM 7.9 Auction Item Donation for Benefit Direction of Council: Envelope to be circulated among County staff and Council for donations to assist the family in need. ATTENDANCE 7.10 Authorize Attendance • Boom Town Trail Upcoming Events - Councillor Keiver confirmed he would attend the upcoming AGM but not the other events. • Mayor & Reeves Meeting of March 10th — Councillor Long to attend in Reeve Calhoun's absence should he be available. SENIORS SERVICE 2010 Minister's Service Awards AWARD Councillor Hoppins moved that Council submit Peter Verhessen's name to 38/10 the Kneehill Regional FCSS for their consideration should they be making a submission to the Minister's Seniors Service Awards to recognize individuals and organizations who volunteer to assist Alberta's seniors. CARRIED LUNCH The meeting recessed for lunch from 11:30 a.m. until 12:35 p.m. COMM REPORTS 8.0 Council and Committee Reports DR R&R 8.1 Doctor Recruitment & Retention Committee — written report by Councillor Long on the January 20, 2010 regular committee meeting. • Original mandate and focus of the committee was to recruit physicians. • Three Hills Medical Clinic following up with potential physicians for the area. • MLA Richard Marz arranging a meeting with the Minister of Health to discuss the shortage of physicians. ALTA LINK 8.2 AltaLink Transmission Line Presentation Councillor Hoppins reported on the AltaLink presentation hosted by Clearwater County on the transmission line extending from Genesee in Northern Alberta to Langdon in Southern Alberta Rob Mayhew, Director of Operations, entered the meeting at 12:47 p.m. KAS 8.3 Kneehill Ambulance Society - written report by Reeve Calhoun on the January 12th meeting. • Tender for disposal of older ambulance extended until February 15th • Policy approved regarding the disposal of Kneehill Ambulance assets. • 1234 Patient Care Reports (PCR's) in 2009 compared to 1130 in 2008. • Training — 13 courses taught in first aid and CPR. Page 4 of 6 Initial: COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 26, 2010 OLYMPIC TORCH 8.4 Olympic Torch Relay Events —reports from Reeve Calhoun, Councillor Long, Councillor Keiver and Councillor Hoppins on the Olympic Torch events attended within the municipality. FCSS/R.MARZ 8.5 Kneehill Regional FCSS — written report submitted by Reeve Calhoun regarding the meeting, hosted by Kneehill Regional FCSS, with MLA Richard Matz to discuss concerns regarding possible funding cuts to the FCSS budget. 8.6 Red Deer River Municipal Users Group — written report from RDRMUG Councillor Wittstock on the January 21, 2010 meeting. 8.7 Badlands Ambulance Service — written report from Councillor Long BAS on the January meeting. CAN BADLANDS 8.8 Canadian Badlands Product Development — written report from Councillor Long updating Council on the status of the existing programs. ASB 8.9 Agricultural Service Board Councillor Hoppins requested that Council recommend potential farm families for the ASB to consider for the 2010 Calgary Stampede Farm Family Award. 39/10 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council receive the Council and Committee reports. CARRIED IN CAMERA 40/10 Councillor Long moved the meeting go in camera at 1:25 p.m. CARRIED Rob Mayhew left the in camera session at 3:10 p.m. 41/10 Councillor Long moved the meeting rise from in camera at 3:27 p.m. CARRIED PROJECTS 2010 4.2 Operations Proiects 42/10 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council approve the 2010 Operations Projects as prioritized. CARRIED CORRESPONDENCE 9.0 Correspondence Report 43/10 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive the Correspondence report. CARRIED BUSINESS REPTS 10.0 Business Pending and Summary Reports Page 5 of 6 Initial: COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JANUARY 26, 2010 44/10 Councillor Long moved that Council receive the Business Pending and Summary Reports as presented. CARRIED ADJOURNMENT Adlournment The meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m. Reeve CAO Page 6 of 6 Initial: