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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-02-07 Council (Regular) MinutesCOUNTY OF NEWELL N0.4 MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 7, 2008 The regular Council Meeting of the County of Newell No. 4 was held in the County Office at Brooks, AB on Thursday, February 7, 2008 commencing at 10:03 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: M. Douglass, Reeve COUNCILLORS: W. Daniels I. Schroeder A.M. Philipsen J. Harbinson S. Evans A. Eastman B. de Jong H. Wutzke ABSENT: R. Andrews STAFF: K. Stephenson, County Administrator A. Clapton, Executive Assistant G. Dufresne, Utilities Operator II Supervisor OTHERS IN A. McCuaig, Brooks Bulletin ATTENDANCE: S. Stanway, Brooks & County Chronicle Chris Vermeeren, Steering Committee Vice Chair, Bow Basin Watershed Management Plan Cory Baksa (Bylaw 1631-08) 1. EXCUSED FROM MEETING C-35/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR I. SCHROEDER that Councillor R. Andrews be excused from the meeting. MOTION CARRIED 2. MINUTES The following changes were made to the January 29, 2008 Council minutes: Page 1 -Cindy Amos was removed from the "Others in Attendance" section, as she made her presentation to Council via the telephone. Regular Council Minutes Page 2 February 7, 2008 Page 8 - in the Foothills Little Bow Municipal Association report, the sentence regarding Alberta Infrastructure & Transportation was amended to read "...Alberta Infrastructure & Transportation requiring payment for additional intersection lanes on secondary highways." C-36/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR A.M. PHILIPSEN that the January 29, 2008 Council minutes be adopted as amended. MOTION CARRIED 3. CALL FOR POST AGENDA ITEMS The Reeve called for post agenda items. 4. ADOPTION OF AGENDA C-37/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR J. HARBINSON that the agenda be adopted as amended. MOTION CARRIED 5. CHEQUES FOR PAYMENT There were some questions from Council. C-38/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR I. SCHROEDER that cheques 161669 to 161748 in the amount of $662,014.47 be approved. MOTION CARRIED 6. BUSINESS FROM MINUTES Reeve M. Douglass updated Council on the letter that was to be written to the Minister of Health expressing concerns for the lack of funding for capital projects in the Palliser Health Region. This item will be discussed at the Council meeting that follows the announcement of the new cabinet. C-39/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR W. DANIELS that a letter be written to the new Minister of Health, when appointed, expressing concerns for the lack of funding for capital projects in the Palliser Health Region, and that a copy of this letter be forwarded to MLA Dr. Lyle Oberg. ~.~_% MOTION CARRIED Regular Council Minutes Page 3 February 7, 2008 ~--- 10. POST AGENDA ITEMS a. Appointment of Agricultural Fieldman C-40/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR B. DE JONG that Todd Green be appointed as the Agricultural Fieldman effective November 15, 2007 as per Bylaw 1303-00. MOTION CARRIED b. Meeting with Hon. Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources & Social Development Council discussed the upcoming meeting with Monte Solberg, which has been scheduled for 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 at the Riding Office. Potential agenda items were discussed, such as the Wild Horse 24-Hour Border Crossing and grants for water and wastewater funding. •- c. Bassano Rural Fire Protection -Request for Funding Motion W-14/08 from the February 4, 2008 Workshop Session reads as follows: MOVED BY COUNCILLOR S. EVANS that it be recommended to Council that the County support this request from the Bassano Rural Fire Association and consider it for funding from the Fire Fund in 2010 as per the Fire Truck Donations policy. MOTION CARRIED C-41/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR S. EVANS that the County of Newell No. 4 support this request from the Bassano Rural Fire Association and consider it for funding from the Fire Fund in 2010 as per the Fire Truck Donations policy. MOTION CARRIED d. Bassano Airport Repaving Initiative -Request for Funding Motion W-15/08 from the February 4, 2008 Workshop Session reads as follows: MOVED BY COUNCILLOR S. EVANS that it be recommended to Council that the County of Newell contribute approximately $1,250.00 ~ a-,~~ Regular Council Minutes Page 4 February 7, 2008 towards conducting the engineering study to determine the condition of the existing pavement at the Bassano Airport, subject to MSI funding. MOTION CARRIED C-42/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR H. WUTZKE that the County of Newell No. 4 support this request from the Bassano Airport Repaving Initiative and contribute approximately $1,250.00 towards conducting the engineering study to determine the condition of the existing pavement at the Bassano Airport, allocated from the MSI funding. MOTION CARRIED e. Alberta Library Conference Motion W-16/08 from the February 4, 2008 Workshop Session reads as follows: MOVED BY COUNCILLOR W. DANIELS that it be recommended to Council that the Alberta Library Conference scheduled for April 24-27, 2008 in Jasper, AB be approved as a function of Council. MOTION CARRIED C-43/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR I. SCHROEDER that the Alberta Library Conference scheduled for April 24-27, 2008 in Jasper, AB be approved as a function of Council. MOTION CARRIED f. Rural Crime Watch Motion W-17/08 from the February 4, 2008 Workshop Session reads as follows: MOVED BY COUNCILLOR I. SCHROEDER that it be recommended to Council that the Rural Crime Watch meeting scheduled for Saturday, February 9, 2008 in Airdrie, AB be approved as a function of Council. C-44/08 approved as a function of Council. MOVED BY COUNCILLOR J. HARBINSON that the Rural Crime Watch meeting scheduled for Saturday, February 9, 2008 in Airdrie, AB be MOTION CARRIED MOTION CARRIED J~n~ Regular Council Minutes Page 5 February 7, 2008 g. Alberta Infrastructure & Transportation 2006/2007 Annual Report Council accepted this report as information. h. Municipal Sustainability Initiative Policy Councillor W. Daniels requested that administration develop a policy regarding the Municipal Sustainability Initiative funding and how it is to be used. Discussion of this item was postponed until later in this meeting. ARRIVED AT MEETING G. Dufresne, Utilities Operator II Supervisor, arrived at 10:19 a.m. i. Scandia water treatment plant Council discussed the problems with the water treatment plant in Scandia. G. Dufresne distributed to Council the water quality readings for the past year and outlined the upgrades that are necessary to correct the design flaw that is causing the problems. Council was given the opportunity to ask questions. Councillor J. Harbinson inquired about the frequency of this problem. G. Dufresne replied that the problem occurs about every other day, and it has been addressed in the past by operating the plant manually, which resulted in excessive overtime. He also indicated that P. Brouwer of MPE Engineering had explained what was happening with the water treatment plant, and it was estimated that it would cost somewhere between $5, 000.00 and $7, 000.00 to repair. C-45/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR I. SCHROEDER that Council approve the expenditure of up to $7,000.00 to correct the backwash system problem in the Scandia Water Treatment plant. MOTION CARRIED LEFT THE MEETING G. Dufresne, Utilities Operator II Supervisor, left the meeting at 10:36 a.m. ARRIVED AT MEETING C. Vermeeren, Steering Committee Vice Chair of the Bow Basin Watershed Management Plan, arrived at 10:37 a.m. Regular Council Minutes February 7, 2008 7. DELEGATIONS a. Bow River Basin Management Plan Page 6 C. Vermeeren gave a presentation to Council on Phase i of the Bow Basin Watershed Management Plan, which is required as part of the Water Act. He outlined the Five Step Environmental Performance Management System, and indicated that water quality is the highest priority of Phase 1. The objectives of the Bow River Basin Management Plan are to first set site-specific water quality objectives, then recommend actions for implementation, with the overall goal being to maintain or enhance surface water quality. Council was given the opportunity to ask questions. C. Vermeeren indicated that they required input for the implementation phase, and welcomed any comments or suggestions that Council may have. Council discussed harmful elements that were entering the water supply the importance of figuring out where these are coming from and educating the public so this kind of pollution does not occur. 8. OTHER BUSINESS There was no other business to discuss. ARRIVED AT MEETING C. Baksa arrived at 11:04 a.m. 9. PUBLIC HEARINGS a. Brooks Referral Area Structure Plans (Bylaw 1631-08) Reeve Douglass called the Public Hearing to order at 11:09 a.m. The Counfy Administrator stated that the purpose of the Public Hearing was to hear representations on Bylaw 1631-08. Bylaw 1631-08 is a bylaw to rescind bylaws 1378-02 (Young Road ASP), 1379-02 (One Tree Road ASP), 1449-04 (John Ware Trail Area ASP), 1450-04 (Highway 542 ASP), 1451-04 (North of the Town of Brooks ASP), and 1452-04 (East Silver Sage ASP). ~,, ~....a` D. Horvath provided background indicating that the objective was proceed with negotiations with the information on this application, to remove barriers so they could Inter Municipal Development Plan Regular Council Minutes Page 7 February 7, 2008 (IMDP). A letter from the City of Brooks was presented to Council, ._ requesting information as to how applications within the affected areas would be dealt with by Council until an IMDP is in place. D. Horvath reported that the current IMDP is still in effect and that would be the document they would be working with until a new one is adopted. Reeve Douglass reviewed the procedures that would be followed for the hearing. There were no persons in attendance speaking in support of this bylaw. C. Baksa expressed concerns that there had been no circulation to the landowners in the affected areas. D. Horvath replied that most of the landowners would be included in the new IMDP, with the exception of those within the John Ware Trail ASP. C. Vermeeren expressed concerns with the fact that each of these ASPs were adopted one at a time, and they were being rescinded as a group. He also indicated that he was opposed to rescinding the ASPs that are not completely included within the existing IMDP, particularly the John Ware Trail ASP. Council was given the opportunity to ask questions. Councillor - A.M. Philipsen noted that, when Council agreed to rescind these ASPs, they agreed to use them as a guideline for those areas when preparing the new IMDP. Councillor W. Daniels indicated that land zoning through ASPs is useful for attracting Economic Development, and asked how this would be addressed without ASPs. D. Horvath replied that she would like to see discussion about providing prezoned land areas, and where development would occur if this prezoned areas were used up. C-46/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR W. DANIELS that the public hearings be recessed at 11:36 a.m. until the next Council meeting on February 21, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. MOTION CARRIED LEFT THE MEETING C. Vermeeren and C. Baska left the meeting at 11:38 a.m. { Regular Council Minutes February 7, 2008 10. Page 8 POST AGENDA ITEMS -continued h. Municipal Sustainability Initiative Policy -continued K. Stephenson indicated that a 10-year capital plan would need to be created with an itemized list of projects with costs and funding sources and that a planning session should be held to determine the capital priorities prior to getting to the policy development stage. The list of proposed Municipal Sustainability Initiative projects will be discussed at the next workshop meeting. C-47/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR W. DANIELS that administration develop a Municipal Sustainability Initiative policy, and this item be referred to the April 7, 2008 Workshop session. MOTION CARRIED j. Disaster Forum 2008 C-48/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR A. EASTMAN that one member of the Disaster Services Committee be permitted to attend the Disaster Forum 2008 in Banff, AB on April 21 - 24, 2008 as a function of Council. MOTION CARRIED k. Wild Horse 24-Hour Border Crossing Reeve M. Douglass reported to Council that the Mayors and Reeves Association of Southeast Alberta had requested at their last meeting that municipalities forward letters of support for the Wild Horse 24-Hour Border Crossing to Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety. C-49/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR A.M. PHILIPSEN that the County of Newell No. 4 write a letter of support for the Wild Horse 24-Hour Border Crossing, and that a copy of this letter be forwarded to Mr. Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety. MOTION CARRIED 11. QUESTION PERIOD/NOTICE OF MOTION Councillor A.M. Philipsen reminded Council of the Subdivision & Development Appeals workshop that was scheduled for Monday, February 11, 2008 in Medicine Hat, AB. f ~'~~.~ Regular Council Minutes February 7, 2008 12. INFORMATION ITEMS There were no information items to discuss. Page 9 13. IN CAMERA C-50/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR A.M. PHILIPSEN that we move in camera at 12:02 p.m. MOTION CARRIED C-51/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR A. EASTMAN that we move out of camera at 12:08 p.m. MOTION CARRIED 14. ADJOURN C-52/08 MOVED BY COUNCILLOR A.M. PHILIPSEN that the meeting adjourn at 12:10 p.m. MOTION CARRIED _Re a ...