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Home My WebLink About1977-03-11 Council (Regular) MinutesCounty of Newell No. 4 Council Meeting March 11, 1977 The regular Council Meeting of the County of Newell No. 4 was held in the County Office at Brooks, Alberta on March 11, 1977 commencing at 10:30 a.m. Members Present Reeve Councillors Administrator T. Musgrove A. Vogel V. Fabian L. Brockelsby J. Hajash W. Christensen J. Boehme P. Bartlett H. Janzen D. James 167. ,s Minutes Minutes of the February 28, 1977 meeting were read and adopted. 168. ! Business from Minutes .,~ Item 100 - By-law 598-77 Moved by Councillor Hajash that By-law 598-77 receive third and final reading. Carried Unanimously. ~~~~~~ 169. 170. Item 157 - Members Leo reported on the Annual Meeting of the Medicine Hat Regional Planning Commission: . Item 158 - Zoning By-law Moved by Councillor Fabian that we hold a Zoning By-law Meeting at Tilley School on March 14th at 7:30 p.m. Carried. Item 165 - Road Sans Moved by Councillor Fabian that we establish our road bans for the commencement of 1977 at the following: All County Hardsurface roads - 60% of the permitted net weight; Oiled roads - 50% of the permitted net weight; all County Gravel roads - to be based on total G.V.W. No overload permits. Carried. Correspondence Alberta Transportation Letter from Alberta Transportation advising that By-law 591 had been approved, was presented. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we sell this land to Alberta Housing at a cost of $500.00 per acre. Carried. Calgary Power Application from Calgary Power Ltd. for line extension in NE 34-19-12-4 was presented. Moved by Councillor Musgrove that we approve this application subject to all regulations. Carried. Calgary Power Application from Calgary Power Ltd. for line extension in NE 10-21-18-4 was presented. Moved by Councillor Christensen that we approve this application subject to all regulations. Carried. ,k Page 20 ~ ` '~ f i i 173. Calgary Power Application from Calgary Power Ltd. for line extension in NW 5-19-15-4 was presented. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve this ~I application subject to all regulations. Carried. ', 174. Alberta Local Authorities Board 1 Letter from the Local Authorities Board concerning their decision on the Brooks Sewer Lagoon Hearing was presented to the Council and a ordered filed. 175. y~- Alberta Government Tele hones kp Letter from Alberta Government Telephones advising as to their i new rates for repairing and moving cable was presented to Council and ordered filed. `~ 176. ~~ Brownlee F ett Account from Brownlee Fryett concerning the Brooks Sewer Lagoon was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Fabian that we approve this account for payment. Carried. i 177. ~,~ Public Works Canada 9 Letter from Public Works Canada concerning Emergency Conservation Program and the placing of decals on light switches etc. was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Christensen that we approve their request. Carried. r `@ ;~,~~<a. ~d. 49P 178. ,~~' Village of Duchess Letter fromthe Village of Duchess requesting County approval for the proposed water line from Rock Lake to the Village of Duchess was presented. Moved by Councillor Bartlett that we approve this request subject to County Policy on Road Crossings and set back along road allowances. Carried. 179. Lawrence Heller . . Application from Lawrence Heller for County approval for a scrap and salvage operation in Rolling Hills was presented and referred to Councillor Vogel for further study. 180. ,;~~' Brooks & District Chamber of Commerce '' Membership dues for 1977 in the amount of $40.00 was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Janzen that we approve this amount for payment. Carried. 181. ~-- Treasurer's Report I The Treasurer's Report for the month of February was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Vogel that we accept this report. r Carried. 182. Committee Reports 183. ~" School Committee Moved by Councillor Bartlett that we accept this report. Carried. ~-~~ Moved by Councillor Christensen that we recommend to the School j Committee that we donate a trophy for the Dej~ating Program which will be held at the Tilley School. Carried. a ~o! , Page 21 s-. `` 184. Lunch Adjourned for lunch 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. 185. Delegation Delegation from Rolling Hills met with the Committee to discuss ` Fire Areas for the Rolling Hills area. After discussion on this R subject it was agreed that the delegation would study the matter further and report back to Council at their next meeting. 186. ,~ Busing Moved by Councillor Brockelsby that we amend our Kindergarten Busing Policy to read that the County would supply buses at a cost to the Kindergarten Organizations but that these buses can only be used during school operating hours. Carried. ,~'~ ~~~ ,~~;, ~~~ '~ ~ qi ~ Moved by Councillor Bartlett that school buses be used for schoo >~ { activities only. Carried. 1 187. ~ Municipal Committee ~ Moved by Councillor Janzen that we accept this report. Carried. F 188• „~ Agriculture Committee i Moved by Councillor Hajash that we accept this report. Carried. ,; Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve the Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Agriculture for 1977. Carried. i . . 189• _ Brooks Hospital & Nursing Home ~€ Moved by Councillor Bartlett that we accept this report. Carried. . . 190. Bassano Hospital No report. k I 191. t;:& Senior Citizens Home Moved by Councillor Musgrove that we accept this report. Carried. 192• ~ Medicine Hat Health Unit e=~ No report. 193. 194. F.~ Medicine Hat Planning Commission j No report. Agriculture Development Corporation Moved by Councillor Brockelsby that we accept this report. Carried. . . 195 . 196. ,, C.R.C. No report. Airport No report. ~9~ ~ 197. ~ Disaster Services ?~! pl No report. Page 22 ~~; 198. ~ Assessor's Report ` Moved b Coun c it Y to rVoe 1 th a g t we accept this report. Carried. . . 199. Plannin Commission ,~ Application 77 M 6 - Prins Moved by Councillor Janzen that we approve the cash in-lieu-of on this subdivision in the amount of $782.00. Carried. . . -vices :td. ~~ ~,~ Application 77 M 18 - Giles Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve the cash in-lieu-of on this subdivision in the amount of $176.00. Carried. 200. ,,~ Cheques for Payment Moved by Councillor Janzen that we approve cheques 1556 - 1773, as per attached list, for payment. Carried. • . 201. ~ Tenders Tenders were reviewed on the sale of the used sander and the four wooden garage doors. There being only one bid submitted on the sander, it was moved by Councillor Janzen that we accept the bid from William Zibell in the amount of $100.00 for this used sander. Carried. ~~ Rolling Hills Lot 3 Block 1 One bid was received on this Lot and it was agreed by Council not to sell this Lot at this time. . . 202• ~ Mobile Home Licence Application for installment payments on a mobile home licence from j Margaret Smith was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Janzen that we accept the terms as set out in their letter. Carried. . . 203. ~~~ D. Gray --- Application from D. Gray to locate a 40 X 80 garage quonset-type building on his property was presented to Council. Moved by Councillor Hajash that we approve this request. Carried. E 204. Texas Gates Further discussion took place on the proposed Policy for Texas Gates in the County of Newell. After considerable discussion on this item it was moved by Councillor Bartlett that we accept the Policy as proposed by the Council. Carried. 205. ,e,+ Taxation Act Section 104 Moved by Councillor Bartlett that we discontinue all future reductions on future properties as they pertain to this Section of the Act. Carried. 206. ,,~ Court of Revision Moved by Councillor Christensen that we set the date for the 1977 ' Court of Revision for April 11, 1977. Carried. 207• ~' Road Approach ,~~ Application from Jo--Ann Trucking Ltd. for road approach in 19-15-4 was presented and referred to Councillor Hajash for further study. i . . t S [1' ~`. Page 23 ,~-~~~~~ r 208. 209. 210. 211. 212. - ,~ ,.... ;~~ Office Rentals The Council reviewed the proposed rental rates as proposed for the w space used by the School Department within the County Office. Moved by Councillor Bartlett that we approve the rental rates for the School Department as presented. Carried. s ,~ Rainier Water System Moved by Councillor Brockelsby that we approve a grant in the amount of $2500.00 to the Rainier Water System for capital costs. Carried. ' Road Use Agreement Road Use Agreement from Tirol Dehydrators Ltd. was presented. Moved by Councillor Fabian that we approve this agreement. Carried. ~~ Administration Salaries { Moved by Councillor Janzen that we approve the salary increases for the administration and office staff as presented, attached to and forming part of these minutes. Carried. Adjourned Meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m. t /~ V~ C0 TTY NISTRATOR {{ ~>~'' . :fi! ~ _,v~cea ¢a. 49P Page 24 .. ~~~ 1977 Salary - Administration Staff Experience (months) 0 3 9 15 21 Accountant 785.00 835.00 860.00 885.00 925.00 Payroll 710.00 760.00 785.00 810.00 850.00 Secretary to Superintendent 675.00 725.00 750.00 775.00 800.00 Secretary to Administrator 675.00 725.00 750.00 775.00 800.00 Machine Operator 575.00 625.00 650.00 675.00 700.00 P.0. & Accounts Payable 3.75 3.95 4.10 4.25 4.40 School Secretary & Clerk 500.00 550.00 575.00 600.00 625.00 Receptionist 500.00 550.00 575.00 600.00 625.00 Assessor's Clerk 500.00 550.00 575.00 600.00 625.00 Add or subtract yearly % or $ to Grid. Increase based on experience. Place on Grid as per proven experience on related work. Trial period $50.00 less for 35months in all categories except the starting group "0". Assessor (G.J.) 858.58 Assessor (L.S.) 821.50 Caretaker 686.83 r,~