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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-01-11 Council (Regular) MinutesCounty of Newell No. 4 Council Meeting January 11, 1979 The regular Council rSeeting of the County of Newell No. 4 was held in the County Office at Brooks, Alberta on Thursday, January 11, 1979 commencing at 10:30 a.m. Members Present Reeve Councillors Administrator 1. 2. Minutes T. Musgrove A. Vogel V. Fabian L. Brockelsby J. Hajash W. Christensen J. Boehme G. Hansen H. Janzen D. James Minutes of the December 21, 1978 meeting were read and adopted as corrected. Business from the Minutes Item 687 - Planning Commission Application 78 M 208 - Meyers Moved by Councillor Janzen that, as no further information was received from the applicant on this application, we refuse the application. Carried. 3. Office Renovations & School Department Proposed Move to Basement Area The Council reviewed the floor .plan of the basement area and spoke with the Administrator and Superintendent in regard to the proposed relocation of the school offices in the County Building. After reviewing the report an itemized report is to be submitted back to Council at their next meeting for further consideration. 4. Assessor's Report 1. Resignation Resignation of Tom Hegi, as Industrial Assessor for the County of Newell, effective January 26, 1979 was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Vogel that we accept this resignation with regret. Carried. 2. Application for Local Government Course Application from Mel Harper, Assessor, to register in the Building Construction Course, under the Local Government Program, was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Fabian that we approve this request. Carried. 3, Assessor's Report The Assessor's Report for the month of December was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we accept this report. Carried. 4. Hiring of New Industrial Assessor It was recommended by the Council that Mel Harper try to obtain applications for this position and report back to Council for the next meeting. 5. Salaries The salaries of Mel Harper, County Assessor, were reviewed by the Council. Moved by Councillor Janzen that his salary be revised and that he be placed on the present Provincial Assessor's Grid under grade 61, effective January 1, 1979 and that this salary be reviewed again when the new Provincial Salary Schedule becomes available. Carried. Page 1 5. Correspondence 1. Business Licence Application from Qnyloo Equipment Service requesting County approval for a business licence to operate a heavy duty repair shop was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve this request. Carried. 2. Mobile Home Licence Application from Marvin Seely for quarterly payments of his mobile home licence was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve this request. Carried. 3. Disaster Services Letter from Disaster Services advising that our request for expenditures under this Department has been approved for the communication items as requested. 4. Western Land Services Co. Ltd. Application from Western Land Services for pipeline road crossing in NW 12-20-14-4 was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Musgrove that we approve this application subject to County By-law and all developed roads being bored. Carried. Application from Western Land Services for pipeline road crossing in SE 14 & NE 11-19-13-4 was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Musgrove that we approve this application subject to all developed roads being bored and the County By-law. Carried. ~l Lunch ,~f~ Adjourned for lunch 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. ~ s`"~~ ./ i 6. Delegation Mr. Bob Strach met with the Council to discuss his proposed subdivision and the service roads required by the County. After considerable discussion on this item, the matter was tabled as Councillor Hajash advised that a road meeting would be held in his area to discuss this particular road and other roads. Once this meeting has been held, the matter of the service road on the Bob Strach subdivision will be discussed further. 7. Planning Commission Application 78 M 218 - Lakeside Farm Industries Application from Lakeside Farm Industries for subdivision being the area of the proposed Agricultural Society was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve this application subject to Lot 11 being increased to 7.3 acres for Public Reserve, that a light Industrial Caveat be placed on this subdivision, and also that a condition of subdivision be that the County reserves the right to assign the school attendance area for any school children who may reside at this proposed subdivision. Carried. Application 78 M 220 - Marinus Jacobson Moved by Councillor Hansen that we approve this application. Carried. lication 78 M 223 - H. Takeda Moved by Councillor Boehme that we approve this application subject to dedication of a 66 foot service road south of Secondary Road 550 and that access from this subdivision be on the north-south local road, and that we waive Section 22 of the Planning Act. Carried. Page 2 lication 78 M 224 - A. Staniek Moved by Councillor Hansen that we table this application for further inspection of the proposed subdivision. Carried, Application 78 M 222 Councillor Hansen requested that he be permitted to abstain from discussion and vote on this application due to a conflict of interest. Moved by Councillor Janzen that we approve this application subject to cash in-lieu-of set at $250.00 per acre for a total sum of $2500.00, dedication of a service road, a Land Use Agreement with the County for Country Residence. Carried, Application 78 M 221 - Dale Gray Moved by Councillor Fabian that we table this application for further inspection of the proposed subdivision. Carried. Mr. Robin Moorehead, of the Planning Commission, was in attendance at the meeting. and left a draft copy of our proposed Land Use By-law for the Councillors which will be reviewed further at the special meeting of January 15th. 8. Cheques for Payment Moved by Councillor Janzen that we approve cheques 634 - 1126, as per attached list, for payment. Carried. 9. ~~ By-law 658-79 - Borrowing By-law ~a Moved by Councillor Fabian that By-law 658-79 for Interco Borrowing for Current Operations for 1979, receive first reading. Carried Unanimously. . . ~~ Moved by Councillor Brockelsby that By-law 658-79 receive second reading. /"~ ~, Carried. Unanimously. Moved by Councillor Janzen that consent of Council be given for third and final reading of By-law 658-79. Carried Unanimously.. Moved by Councillor Boehme that By-law 658-79 receive third and final reading. Carried Unanimously. 10. Auditors Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve the appointment of auditors being, Bevan, Hutch & Hagen Ltd., for 1979. Carried. 11. Bow Slope Recreation Board The proposed budget for the Bow Slope Recreation Board for 1979 was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Brockelsby that we accept this budget. Carried. :L2. Scandia Sewer The Administrator presented a report on the Scandia Sewer to date. He indicated that we had received advice from C.M.H.C. that our proposed Grant had been reduced by some $19,000.00 and this item will have to be reviewed and By-law 656 amended accordingly. This item was tabled for further study by Councillor Brockelsby with the residents of the Hamlet of Scandia. Page 3 ---_____ ~~., .~ ~-n . A,s-__-- 13. Committee Reports Board of Education Moved by Councillor Janzen that we accept this report as circulated. Carried. Municipal Committee Moved by Councillor Fabian that we approve the crushing of gravel at the following pits for 1979: Bassano - 20,000 yards; Bow City - 15,000 yards; Crawling Valley - 15,000 yards; Rainier - 15,000 yards; Skuban - 25,000 yards; Steveville - 35,000 yards; for a total of 125,000 yards. Carried. Moved by Councillor Brockelsby that we approve the purchase of one load of fence posts from Peers Co. at a cost of $1.15 per post. Carried. Secondary Road 862 Further discussion took place on the discussions with Alberta Transportation on relocation of Secondary Road 862. After hearing the Government's position on this matter, it was moved by Councillor Christensen that we leave the Secondary Road 862 in its present location. Carried. Moved by Councillor Christensen that we accept the Municipal Committee Report. Carried. ` Agricultural Committee Moved by Councillor Hajash that we accept this report. Carried. As the Council had to meet with the Town of Brooks, the balance of the Committee Reports were tabled until the next Council Meeting. Meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m. Page 4