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Home My WebLink About1977-04-22 Council (Regular) Minutes!~ County of Newell No. 4 Council Meeting April 22, 1977 The regular Council Meeting of the County of Newell No. 4 was held in the County Office at Brooks, Alberta on Friday, April 22, 1977 ` commencing at 10:30 a.m. Members Present Reeve T. Musgrove Councillors A. Vogel V. Fabian J. Haj ash W. Christensen J. Boehme P. Bartlett ` H. Janzen s~ +~ Administrator D. James 1 302. ~~ Chairman Y~ In the absence of Reeve Musgrove, Deputy Reeve Bartlett took over the chair. 303. ' Special Council Meeting - March 30 Minutes of the Special Council Meeting of March 30th were read and adopted. r i i R 304. ,~ Minutes Minutes of the April 7, 1977 Council Meeting were read and adopted. "'~----_ 305. v~ Business from the Minutes ~,~ ~. Item 254 - Aqueduct Road Meeting Report was given on the Aqueduct Road Meeting and the Administrator was instructed to write to the various departments concerning this 's ` road. .,~~ Item 292 - Planning Commission Application 77 M 58 - Buck I Moved by Councillor Bartlett that we approve this application subject to cash in-lieu-of Public Reserve, and a Country Residence Caveat. `? Carried. . 306. / Court of Revision Minutes '$ y ' The Court of Revision minutes were adopted as presented. 307. ! Correspondence 308. PanCanadian Petroleums ~~ ~ Application from PanCanadian for Road Approach Agreement in 15-9-18-15-4 was presented. Moved by Councillor Vogel that we approve this Road Approach Agreement. Carried. 309. PanCanadian Petroleums Letter from PanCanadian Petroleums Ltd. advising that they would be commencing shallow test hole coal exploration within the County on May 1, 1977 was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Vogel that we approve this application subject to PanCanadian restoring the sites after drilling, and any repairs to the roads be made by s,~e~ss~,~,=es ~~ PanCanadian, also that they g~=v~ written notice on commencement of -z-~agp ~ work to the Utility Officer. Carried. ;a ` d 'S ,~ `~ Page 37 I t ~~ s~~e,s =e,.,~e= :~a. _z-in9~ 310. ~~ PanCanadian Petroleums Ltd. Letter from PanCanadian concerning the Rainier Gas Facility and Gas Compressor was presented to Council and it was moved by Councillor Fabian that we approve this request from PanCanadian. Carried. 311. ~~~ ~.D. ~~l Advisory Council Letter from I.D. ~kl Advisory Council advising of a meeting to be held in Medicine Hat on April 26, 1977 concerning the disposition of the Medicine Hat Health Unit Building and surplus funds, was '; presented to Council for their information. Councillor Fabian indicated that he would be attending this meeting. 312. ,~ Chairman '' Reeve Musgrove arrived at the meeting and took over the chair. 311. ~, Continued i Moved by Councillor Janzen that we recommend to this Committee,on x the Health Unit, that we sell the building and refund any surplus funds to the. contributing authorities. Carried. 313. ~' Town of Brooks :'.. Letter from the Town of Brooks requesting County approval of the proposed annexation by the Town of Brooks was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve this request from the Town of Brooks. Carried. 314. W~ Alberta Utilities & Telephones Letter from Alberta Utilities & Telephones advising of the Utility Officer Course ~~7 to be held in Edmonton on April 25th was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Fabian that we approve the attendance ,` of our Utility Officer at this Course. Carried. 315. ~ Reliance Agencies 'r Letter from Reliance Agencies concerning our bill in the amount of ". $78.00 for Tax Certificates was presented to Council. The Administrator was instructed to advise Reliance Agencies that there would be no change in this bill and also that a copy of our By-law be forwarded to them. 316. Advanced Education & Manpower .~ Letter from Advanced Education & Manpower advising of the 1977 S.T.E.P. Program was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Bartlett that we make application to this Program for the brush clearing at Emerson Park. Carried. 317. ~ A.A.M.D. & C. Letter from the A.A.M.D. & C. concerning Resolution on Aircraft s Spraying was presented to Council and more information was requested `' on this matter. 318. ~~ Jubilee Insurance Agencies Letter from Jubilee Insurance Agencies concerning deductible on Fire Policy and Building and Contents was presented to Council and their reply was indicated to the Administrator who was to forward this information to Jubilee Insurance. 319. ` Lunch 'I Adjourned for lunch 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. yF~ ~..;~~\ Page 38 i 320. ~' Utility Officer ,i The following applications for power line extensions were presented ;} to Council from the Utility Officer: s1 11 f: Calgary Power - LSD 8-29-21-14-4 - Moved by Councillor Vogel that we approve this application. Carried. ~'~ Calgary Power - NE 17-17-13-4 - Moved by Councillor Bartlett that we approve this application. Carried. . . Calgary Power - NW 31-18-14-4 - Moved by Councillor Janzen that we '~ approve this application. Carried. :; Calgary Power - NE 12-15-16-4 - Moved by Councillor Boehme that we ~ approve this application. Carried. . . . 321. ~- Assessor`s Report The Assessor`s Report to April 22nd was presented to Council. Moved '~ by Councillor Janzen that we approve the attendance of the Assessor and Gordon Johnston at the Assessor's Meeting to be held in Red Deer on May 26th. Carried. 1{ t'~i ~ k ~.._ 322. Brooks Recreation Complex Further discussion took place in regard to this subject and the meeting with Council and Mr. Jim Wilfley. After discussion on this matter, it was agreed by Council that no support would be given by the County in "'.' this regard as we have no authority under the Act for this type of donation. They were also to be advised that their request should be made direct to each of the Recreation Boards in the County. 323. Bassano Fire Area Request from the Bassano Fire Area for donation for fire-fighting equipment for the Bassano Rural Fire Association was presented. Moved by Councillor Christensen that we approve a grant in the amount €' of $3600.00 to the Bassano Fire Area for purchase of fire-fighting ,r equipment. Carried. Moved by Councillor Christensen that we proceed with the advertising for an increase of one mill in the Bassano Rural Fire Area. Carried. 324. ~~ Road Allotments - 1977 Moved by Councillor Bartlett that we set the road allotment for 1977 '~ as follows: s Roads within dryland area - $5.00.00 per mile Roads within irrigation area - $700.00 per mile Carried. 325. ~` 1977 Budget s~~ess .,er~~oee ua. -2 -149P '', A review was made of the 1977 Budget estimates to date. Further report on this Budget to be presented at a future meeting. 32b. J. Stica - Trees Discussion took place on this subject as to the topping of trees along the J. Stica property by the Power Company and the clean-up of these trees. After discussion on this matter, the Administrator was instructed to send a letter to the Secretary of the Cassils R.E.A. to obtain their opinion on this matter. 327. ~ Road Approaches Application from JoAnn Trucking for road approach in NE 12-19-15-4 was presented. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve this road approach agreement. Carried. ,: a, ,,, ,.,r Page 39 i 328. ,~~Excused from Meeting Reeve Musgrove requested that he be excused from the meeting. Permission granted. Deputy Reeve Bartlett took over the chair. 329. .~ Committee Reports School Committee Moved by Councillor Bartlett that we accept this report. Carried. 330. ~ Planning Commission B ": Application 77 M 59 - Molnar - was presented to the Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve this application subject to `. cash in-lieu-of on Public Reserve and a Country Residence Caveat. ,' Carried. 5' Application 77 M 24 - Dennis - Moved by Councillor Fabian that we y approve the cash in-lieu-of in the amount of $1028.30 on this subdivision. Carried. 331. $~ By-law 596-77 By-law 596-77 was received back from the Minister of Highways, approved. Moved by Councillor Janzen that By-law 596-77 receive third and final reading. Carried Unanimously. 332. ,,,~" Office Renovations E Moved by Councillor Fabian that we set the rent on the Media Centres in the basement at $3.30 per sq. ft. and that the rent on the School Offices be set at $3.30 per sq. ft., also that the only renovations to be made to the School Offices would be the painting and wallpaper where required. Carried. f 333. v~ Road Agreements Moved by Councillor Christensen that we approve the following Agreements: Steinbach Ranching, Bassano '! W. Martin, Duchess Carried. ~,s 334 . Adjourned Meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m. ' f , . , s . .._ ~' ~j- ~~ C0 TY INISTRATOR ,~~; ~ess _e,~~~FS ~~a. -,4sP Page 40