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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-05-24 Council (Regular) MinutesCounty of Newell No. 4 Council Meeting May 24, 1979 The regular Council Meeting of the County of Newell No. 4 was held in the County Office at Brooks, Alberta on Thursday, May 24, 1979 commencing at 10:45 a.m. Members Present Reeve Councillors Administrator T. Musgrove A. Vogel V. Fabian L. Brockelsb~ J. Hajash W. Christensen J. Boehme H. Janzen D. James 214. Minutes Minutes of the May 10, 1979 meeting were read and adopted. 215. Business from Minutes Item 107 - No reply at this date. Item 153 - No report at this date. Item 162 - Jake Dyck Road Allowance The Administrator was to advise Mr, Dyck of the costs involved in the closing and purchase of this road allowance and report back to Council. Item 163 - No report at this meeting. Item 190 - No report at this meeting. 216. Correspondence 217. Advanced Education & Manpower Letter from Advanced Education & Manpower advising that our application for Summer Temporary Employment Program for three employees has been approved by the Department, and as this Program will be supervised by the Agriculture Service Department, the correspondence is to be turned over to them for further action. 218. Alberta Transportation Letter from Alberta Transportation in regard to our request for information on mail boxes placed along road allowances, was presented to the Council. The Administrator was instructed to obtain a copy of the regulations in regard to this matter. 219. Alberta Transportation Letter from Alberta Transportation advising that the bridge located in SSW 17-20-17-4 has been completed by the Department and is now turned over to the County for their control and management. Moved by Councillor Christensen that we accept this bridge transfer. Carried. 220. Alberta Municipal Affairs Letter from Alberta Municipal Affairs requesting Council's opinion on regional planning and the matter of Country Residential Development and its impact on rural municipalities, was presented to Council. A report was given to the Administrator on this subject to submit back to Municipal Affairs. ' Page 45 ..a_.__._^ _____ __ ....e . -~~t...~, .. E__- .__ ., 221.. A..,A,,M,.D.. & C. Copy of inforx~ati.on can the proposed Snowmobile Act was presented to tlie. Council for their informationm ` 222.... .. . ,. A1b.ejrta. Municipal Affairs Letter .from Alberta Municipal Affairs advising of the Supervisory ' Assess:or s Syznpos:um to be held in Hinton on June 4 & June 11, was presented to the. Council. Moved by Councillor Musgrove that we approve. the attendance of Mel Harper, County Assessor, to attend this Symposium on June 11. Carried. 22.,3«. .. Aries Resources Applications from Aries Resources Ltd. for road approaches and location of oil well sites were presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve the following road approaches in LSD 1616-19-14 -4, LSD 14-15-19-14-4, LSD 8-20-19-14-4, LSD 6-20-19-14-4 , and oil well site locations subject to County By-law at the following locations. LSD 14-24-19-14-4, LSD 8-20-19-14-4, LSD 16-18-19-14-4 , LSD 16-17-.19.14-4. Carried. 224. _ Great Lakes Drillin~& Equipment Ltd The Administrator presented information to the Council in regard to the ozl well drilling tax outstanding fxom Great Lakes Drilling Co. Ltd. and the investigation of this by Crerar, Lutes & Shantz, who advise ~h-at this Company have now moved back to Ontario. The Administrator was.. Instructed to send all correspondence of this Company to the Energy Conservation Board for their comments. ,,~'~ 225.. AmA~M®.D.: & C. ' Letter from the.A.A.M.D. & C. advising of the Fall Convention to be i ~ '; held. in .Edmonton on November 12 - 16, and request for hotel acc mmodations was presented to Council Th Ad ~ n,k °" 'y ~ . e . ministrator advised that '~~c ozfiinodations have bee , , n sent to the Association fo r hotel reservations and that reg tratians for this- Convention will be presented at a later date. 226'. .- By-latir 669-.7g The Administrator advised that all of the necessary documents have }peen received from the Government in regard to the above-noted lot and we can now proceed with the sale of this lot under the Tax Re-covers Act. Moved by Councillor Brockelsby that By-iaw 669-79 for the sale of Lot 21 Block 22 Plan Millicent 1349 B.A. under the Tax Recovery Act. receive first reading. Carried Unanimously. Moved by Councillor Janzen that By-law 669-79 receive second reading. CarriedUnaniamously. Moved by Councillor Vogel that consent of Council be given for third and final reading of By-law 669-79 receive third and final reading. Carried Unanimously. Mowed by Councillor Hajash that By-law 669-79 receive third and final reading. Carried Unanimously. 227. - Alberta Agriculture Letter from Alberta Agriculture requesting County comments on the proposed feed lot of Alco deed Processing Ltd, to be located in NE 35~-19-14-•4 was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we advise the Department that we have no objections to this proposed feed lot. Carried. Page 46 228• ,~ Scandia Sewer Progress Certificate No. 2 on the Scandia Sewer was presented to the Council for their information. 229. ,~ Sun Oil Company Ltd. Letter from Sun Oil Company Ltd. for pipeline right-of-way in SE 15-20-16-4 was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Boehme that we approve this request subject to a County By-law. Carried. 230. Committee Reports Board of Education Councillor Janzen presented the Board of Education report from their May 22nd meeting. Lunch Adjourned for lunch 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Excused from Meeting Reeve Musgrove requested that he be excused from the meeting until 3:45 p.m. Permission granted. Deputy Reeve H. Janzen took over the chair. 231. Delegation Delegation from River Lake Farms, being Mr. Leo Meyer and Frank Pianta, met with the Council to discuss the County gravel pits located in the SE 29-16-16-4 and a request to Council for the restoration of the used portion of this gravel pit and turning of this area back to River Lake Farms. `~ ~ Reeve Musgrove returned to the meeting at 3:45 p,m. and took over the chair. s' River Lake Farms Ltd, also requested that the Council consider the installation of a texas gate on the access road and the matter was then turned over to Councillor Brockelsby who will inspect the property and report back to Council. Eastern. Irrigation District Agricultural Societ Mr. Ron Eyre and B. Lore met with Council to discuss the proposed Grants under the Community Services Program sponsored by Alberta Housing and Public tidorks. Avery lengthy discussion took place on this item and the program as presented by the Government was reviewed along with the Memorandum of Agreement required to be made with the application. It was then moved by Councillor Musgrove that we make application to Alberta Housing Corporation for Grant towards the Eastern Irrigation District Agricultural Society Complex in the amount of $400,000.00 using a population figure of 3000 within the County area. Carried. ~/~ Moved by Councillor Musgrove that we use the~oundaries of Divisions 3, `~~ )~ ~,',/ 4,5 & 7 and the south portion of Division 6 for the establishment of `~ `~~`{y'~ the area for this application and population figure. Carried. :~ ,' Moved by Councillor Christensen that we approve the Memorandum of Agreement between the County of Newell and the Provincial Government which is required for this application. Request for a recorded vote was made by Councillor Fabian. Those voting for the motion; W. Christensen, L. Brockelsby, J. Boehme, H. Janzen, A. Vogel, T. Musgrove. Thase voting against the motion; V. Fabian and J. Hajash. Vote on the motion - Carried. Page 47 232• Planning Commission ,,~ /~ 233. ~~ Application 79 SE 87 - Carl Bartman ~~~%`,, Application from Car~Bartman for subdivision in NE 32-19-14-4 was !; , presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Janzen that we approve this application subject to the subdivision being taken on the area east of the drain by Plan of Survey, Country Residence, school attendance area being set for Duchess, waiver of Section 20 of the Planning Act, no access onto 873, and Deferred Public Reserve. Carried. 234. - Application 79 SE 91 - J Watts Moved by Councillor Musgrove that we approve this application. Carried. 235. Application 78 M 134 - Dahl Discussion took place on the cash in-lieu-of Public Reserve as set for this application and after consideration on this matter, it was moved by Councillor Janzen that we rescind Motion No. I69 of our April 30, 1979 meeting. Carried. Robin Moorhead of the Planning Commission met with Council and advised that a By-law Meeting for the Zoning will be held on June 19th at 10:30 a.m. in the County Office. Also, at this meeting, he would like a discussion on the Folicy for Country Residence and Agriculture Subdivisions. 236. Other Business 237. ~ By-law 670-79 Moved by Councillor Hajash that By-law 670-79 to amend By-law 663-79 by cancelling Item C of By-law 663 and adding one new Bros SP3000 pneumatic fire roller 3-53 GM diesel, less trade of County Packer for a net price of $33,650.00 receive first reading. Carried Unanimously. Moved by Councillor Janzen that By-law 670-79 receive second reading. Carried Unanimously. Moved by Councillor Vogel that By-law 670-79 receive consent of Council for third and final reading. Carried Unanimously. Moved by Councillor Christensen that By-law 670-79 receive third and final reading. Carried Unanimously. 238. Sale or Demolition of Old Scandia School The Administrator advised that no bids had been received on the tender for the removal or demolition of this school and this item is to be referred to the Board of Education for further study. 239. Summer Games Request from the Committee on the Summer Games to be held in Brooks for use of the County park area south of the Office Building, was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve the request for use of this area for trailer parking during the Summer Games on July 24,25 & 26. Carried. 240. Division 8 B -Election Moved by Councillor Boehme that we approve the appointment of June Endersby as D.R.O. and Dorothy Trimmer as Clerk for this By-Election and that the Polling Station be established at the Duchess Community Hall. Carried. Page 48 241. Capital Purchases - 1979 Discussion took place on the proposed purchase of a gravel truck and pick-up truck and the Administrator was instructed to obtain an inventory of all trucks indicating the year and mileage on these trucks and their present use. This is to be presented back to the Municipal Committee for further study. 242• Road Use Agreement Form - E I D Application from the E.I.D. for Road Use Agreement form in the NNE 18-16-13-4 was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Vogel that we approve this application. Carried. 243. Road Use Agreement Application from Allan G. Johnson for installation of culvert in NW 20-19-15-4 was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve this application. Carried. 244. Agreementfor~Acquisition of Land Moved by Councillor Vogel that we approve the following Agreements for Acquisition of Land for road widening: Highfield Hay Farms Ltd., William Garden, Thompson Farms. Carried. 245. ~ Public Works C.U.P.E Contract The Memorandum of Agreement signed by the Negotiation Committee on May 15, 1979 was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Janzen that we accept this Memorandum of Agreement with the clear understanding that the change in hours of work for shop personnel and labourers, which is now changed from 44 to 40 hours per week, commence on May 26, 1979. Carried. 246. ~ Sale of Gravel Request from Alberta Transportation to purchase and crush 80,000 yards of gravel from the County Steveville Pit was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Musgrove that we approve the sale of this gravel to the Provincial Government for use on Secondary Road 544 at a cost of 15~ per cu. yd. Carried. 247• - Form A's Form A's from Division 4 for Local Roads Gravel Only in the amount of $26,175.00 and Local Roads Construction & Drainage for $2000.00 were presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Brockelsby that we approve these Form A's. Carried. Form A's from Division 5 for Local Roads Gravel Only in the amount of $900.00, Local Roads Construction & Drainage $2500.00, was pres.:ented to Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve these Form A's. Carried. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve the addition of one mile of new road, being East of Sec. 1-19-14-4 and North of Sec. 36-18-14-4 and that this be added to the 1980 Road Allotment. Carried. 248• ~ A rentice Mechanic Moved by Councillor Boehme that we approve the application of Henry L. Proc, as Apprentice Mechanic and that this application be sent to the Apprentice Board for their final approval. Carried. Page 49 249• ~ Alberta Agriculture Reeve Musgrove reported on the meeting with Alberta Agriculture in regard to the installation of a culvert on the proposed canal at Kitsim and their request for the County to install this culvert. The Administrator was instructed to obtain the rates for installation of this culvert from the Department. Once these rates are received, further discussion will take place on this subject. Adjourn Meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m. C1 ~`"`L.,, R EVE ,r°~'r ~~ COUNTY INISTRATOR Page 50