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Home My WebLink About2010-04-27 Council MinutesPRESENT CALL TO ORDER COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL 27, 2010 MINUTES OF THE APRIL 27, 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. 1 Division No. 3 Division No. 4 Division No. 6 Division No. 7 Carol Calhoun, Reeve Bob Long, Deputy Reeve Brian Holsworth, Councillor Jerry Wittstock, Councillor Glen Keiver, Councillor Ken Hoppins, Councillor Bobby Painter, Councillor ADMINISTRATION PRESENT: CAO Kevin Miner Assistant CAO Laurie Watt Recording Secretary Barbara Long 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 additions were made to the agenda: Under Operations 4.3 Dust Control Request by St. Anne's Ranch Under Committee Reports: 8.6 Drumheller & District Solid Waste 8.7 Kneehill Ambulance, Kneehill Housing, CAEP & Senior's Outreach 8.8 Red Deer River Watershed Alliance Under Correspondence Report: 9.1 Encana Request 196/10 Councillor Painter moved approval of the agenda as amended. CARRIED MINUTES 2.0 Minutes 2.1 Approval of the April 13, 2010 Regular Council Meeting Minutes Councillor Hoppins moved approval of the April 13, 2010 Regular 197/10 Council Meeting Minutes as presented. CARRIED BUS ARISING 6.0 Business Arising from Previous Minutes LINDEN MAIN RD 6.1 Joint Linden/Kneehill County Council Meeting — Main East/West Road Through Village of Linden 198/10 Councillor Long moved that Council select 6:30 p.m. on June 14, 2010 to meet with Linden Council to hear their concerns regarding the main road running east/west through the Village of Linden. CARRIED MCCALL PIT 6.2 McCall Gravel Pit — S.E. 18-33-24-W5 199/10 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive as information. CARRIED HEALTH & INS 6.3 Councillor Group Health Plan and AD&D Insurance 200/10 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council direct Administration to re -drat Policy 3-20 and bring to the next Council meeting. CARRIED Rob Mayhew, Director of Operations and Brandy Hay Evans, Operations Administrative Assistant, entered the meeting at 8:54 a.m. Page 1 of 5 Initial: COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL 27, 2010 OPERATIONS OPERATIONS REPT 4.1 Operations Summary Rob Mayhew, Director of Operations presented the Operations Report comprised of Transportation (Roads), Water and Miscellaneous updates. Additional Items Discussed: • Need to put minimum bids on each piece of equipment being sold. • Swalwell Drainage — To contact the affected residents and address the situations as best as possible. • Grainger/Hesketh Reclamation Concern — to contact ratepayer regarding this issue. 201/10 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council receive the Operations Report. CARRIED Debi Moon, reporter for The Capital, entered the meeting at 9:37 a.m. SELKIRK WSA 4.2 Selkirk Water Service Area (WSA) Distribution Line — Extension/Tender Councillor Long moved that Council approve the tender for the Selkirk 202/10 WSA Distribution Line to include Schedule "A" and as much of Schedule "B" as possible. CARRIED 4.3 Dust Control Request from St. Anne's Ranch Direction of Council: First step is for St. Anne's to complete a Dust Control application for consideration. The meeting recessed from 9:40 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Rob Mayhew and Brandy Hay Evans left the meeting at this time. Mike Morton, Director of Financial Services, was present when the meeting reconvened. FINANCES 5.0 Financial Reports BANK REC 5.1 Bank Reconciliation 203/10 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council receive the March 2010 Bank Reconciliation Report. CARRIED TAX RATE BYLAW 5.2 Tax Rate Bylaw 1605 204/10 Councillor Holsworth moved second reading of Bylaw 1605, that being the Tax Rate Bylaw for 2010. CARRIED 205/10 Councillor Hoppins moved third reading of Bylaw 1605. CARRIED A/R POLICY 5.3 Accounts Receivable Collection Process — Policy #16-2 206/10 Reeve Calhoun moved that Council approve Policy #16-2 as presented. CARRIED Deb Richardson, Administrative Assistant Accounts Receivable and Records Management, entered the meeting at 10:10 a.m. and was introduced to Council. Reeve Calhoun welcomed her to Kneehill County on behalf of Council. Mike Morton and Deb Richardson left the meeting at 10:15 a.m. NEW BUSINESS 7.0 New Business WEED INSPECTORS 7.1 Appointment of Weed inspectors for 2010 Page 2 of 5 Initial: COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL 27, 2010 207/10 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council approve the appointment of Bowen Clausen and Dallas Rodger as weed inspectors for Kneehill County for 2010. CARRIED POLICIES 5-3 & 5-4 7.2 Amendments to Development Control Policies #5-13 and #5-14 208/10 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council approve the changes to Policy #5-13 and #5-14 as amended. CARRIED The meeting recessed from 10:25 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Present when the meeting reconvened were: Jerry Brett, Senior Planning and Development Officer, Gilbert Quashie-Sam, Planning and Development Officer, Jennifer Deak, CAO Wheatland County, Leo Kyllo, of Kyllo Planning and James Zolazo, President of Badlands Motorsports Resort. BADLANDS 3.3 Badlands Motorsports Resort Presentation MOTORSPORTS A booklet was distributed prior to the presentation covering the design concept, water system, environmental consultation, noise impact assessment, road access traffic assessment, operating plan and economic benefits to the area. Introductions were made and Mr. Zelazo and Mr. Kyllo reviewed with Council the aims of the Badlands Recreation Development Corporation in developing the Badlands Motorsports Resort and the progress made to date following the information included in the booklet. Questions from Council were also addressed A request was made for Council to support in principle this development prior to the group undergoing any further expenditure. Reeve Calhoun thanked the delegation for the presentation and advised that Council would need to discuss this development further in order to determine the benefit to Kneehill County. Mr. Zelazo, Mr. Kyllo, Mrs. Deak, J. Brett and G. Quashie-Sam left the meeting at 11:38 a.m. LUNCH The meeting recessed for lunch from 11:40 a.m. until 12:50 p.m. COMM REPORTS 8.0 Council and Committee Reports AB LAND TRUST 8.1 Alberta Land Trust Alliance — Councillor Keiver presented a written report on the April 14th meeting regarding Conservation Easements. FOSS 8.4 Kneehill Regional FCSS Report - Councillor Painter presented a written report on the April 15th FCSS meeting. ASB 8.5 Agricultural Service Board (ASB) - Councillor Hoppins presented a written report regarding the April 15th ASB meeting. DDSWMA 8.8 Drumheller & District Solid Waste Management Association (DDSWMA)— verbal report by Councillor Long on the Drumheller & District Solid Waste Association. New brochure presented on the 2010 Recycling Program pertaining to cardboard and newsprint. Upon verification of the wording of the brochure, Kneehill County to put on the County's website and in The Capital. Cardboard prices up to $130 per tonne. Page 3 of 5 Initial: COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL 27, 2010 • Amending the bylaws due to the amalgamation of Drumheller Solid Waste Association and the Drumheller Recycling Association. RDRWA 8.8 Red Deer River Watershed Alliance — Councillor Painter presented a written report on the RDRWA April 20th meeting. KAS, KHC, CAEP 8.7 Kneehill Ambulance Society (KAS), Kneehill Housing Commission MLA RDTABLE (KHC), Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP), MLA SR's OUTREACH Roundtable Meeting, and Senior's Outreach 15th Anniversary Celebration. Reeve Calhoun presented written reports on the above meetings she had attended on behalf of Kneehill County Council. 8.3 Inter -municipal Development Plan (IDP) - Councillor Long updated Council on the progress of the Kneehill County/Town of Three Hills IDP providing the following timetable: • Stakeholder Meeting May 5th at 7:00 p.m. @ Kneehill County • Joint Council Meeting May 11th 6:00 p.m. @Town • Draft #2 Preparation —May 26th @1:00 P.M. • Open House #1 June 11th • Joint Council Briefing — June 25th Preparing Final IDP — July and August Preparing IDP for pubic hearing and bylaw approval September 24' 209/10 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive the Committee Reports as presented. CARRIED CORRESPONDENCE 9.0 Correspondence Report 210/10 Councillor Painter moved that Council receive the Correspondence Report. CARRIED 9.1 Encana Leadership Presentation Request 211/10 Councillor Wittstock moved that Council receive as information. CARRIED BUSINESS REPTS 10.0 Business Pending and Summary Reports Environmentally Significant Areas Public Presentation June 8th, 2010 212/10 Councillor Hoppins moved that Council authorize the attendance of all of Council at the Environmentally Significant Areas public presentation on June 8th, 2010. CARRIED 213/10 Councillor Holsworth moved that Council receive the Business Summary reports as presented. CARRIED 214/10 Councillor Long moved that Council authorize the attendance of Reeve Calhoun at the Doctor Recruitment & Retention Committee's lunch meeting with the Minister of Health, Gene Zwozdesky and MLA Richard Marz on Thursday, April 29, 2010. CARRIED IN CAMERA 11.0 In Camera 215/10 Councillor Painter moved the meeting go in camera at 1:55 p.m. CARRIED B. Long left the meeting at 2:45 p.m. and the balance of the minutes were recorded by Laurie Watt. Page 4 of 5 Initial: COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL 27, 2010 216/10 Councillor Long moved the meeting rise from in camera at 3:25 p.m. CARRIED SHOP DESIGN 11.1 Motions from In Camera Shop Design 217/10 Councillor Long moved that Council approve proceeding with the Footprint of the new shop design. CARRIED Badlands Motorsports Resort BMS Councillor Long moved that Kneehill County believes it is worthwhile for 218/10 Badlands Motorsports to continue the process on the road to a public hearing. Councillor Holsworth requested a recorded vote: In Favour: Reeve Calhoun, Councillor Long, Councillor Keiver, Councillor Painter, Councillor Hoppins, Councillor Wittstock. Opposed: Councillor Holsworth. CARRIED Cabinet Minister's Tour MINISTERS TOUR Councillor Long moved to approve attendance at the Ministerial Cabinet 219/10 Tour on May 6th for any Councillors who wish to attend. CARRIED ADJOURNMENT Adiournment The meeting adjourned at 3:46 p.m. Reeve CAO Page 5 of 5 Initial: