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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-02-20 Annual General Meeting (Annual General) Minutes. ~ ~ 1 t 1 t COUNTY OF NEVaELL No .4 FIhST ANNUAL MEETING. rEBitUARY 20th, 195. The first Annual 1~Ieeting of the County of Newell No.1~ was held in the Elks Hall at Brooks, Alberta at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 20th, 1954. X11 members of the Bounty Council were present, together with the Returning; Officer, TJ1r. K . Lintott , and the Secretary-Treasurer, H.C. ~camrnell. Approximately 100 r«tepayers attended. At 1:00 p.m., the .returning Officer called the meeting; to ardor and called. for nominations for Chairman. roved by Nlr. Burk and Mr. Re~ehr, that r'lr. C.J. Tiems be Chairman. There being no ot~.er nominations, Nr. Tiegs was declared as Chairman of the meeting. H.C. Scamrnell was appointed Secretary. h~oved by sir. Burk and i~ir. +~hristiansen, that the a enda as read be approved. :tarried. iy'loved by l~r. Rey;ehr and N'ir. Surk, that the minutes of the iaiunicipal ~~eeting of February 16th, 1Q52 be adopted as read. married. iaioved by T41r. Jensen ~,nd itilr. ieiarcy, that the i~~iunicipal Inspector's .report be accepted. :tarried. gloved by i~'ir ~ Kraatz and Tnr. Re~;ehr, that the Auditors' Financial Statement for the year 1953 be accepted. Carried. On the question from the floor as to th~~ merits of the County system of overnment, iy~r. r~huttleworth and i~ir. Ockey expressed the opinion that in many ways, the present ad- ministration had advantabes over the previous system. The aricultural Service Board cussed, and it was tho general 'weed Eradication rro~;ram would improvement in the perenial So` Supervisor's report was ~7is- opinion that the continued result in a considerable ~, Thistly problem. 4RM 1d9-P-Special N1CIPAL SUPPLLES LTD. ~ ~~ ~ 2 ,. Tyr. U.P. Larson discussed the School <<eport and highlighted some of the educational problems of the County. At 3:00 p.m. the meeting recessed for 15 minutes to permit the ratepayers to submit any nomination papers for Council- lors and Hospital Board T~iembers. Discussion on educational matters continued until 4:00, when the r"ieturnin~ Officer announced th<; results of the nominations as follows Councillors Division 2 K. ~,~iaraksa, Tilley ~r 4 Wm. Lokier, Scandia ,r $ Ben E. Plumer, Duchess Hospital Board y'iembers Bassano ~rard 2 H. Ockey, Rosemary n 3 J.J. Doerksen, Gem Brooks ':ard 1 N.A. Shuttleworth, ~tiolling Hills ~~ 2 G. Regehr, Brooks There being only the required numbFr of candidates, all were declared ele;;ted. At t ~e re ~utst of the meeting, i~7r. Plumer outlined the Salary negotiation proceeding:: with the teachers of the County, to date. Moved by Mr. Van Bergen meeting go on record a: action irr their negotia County. and Nr. Vill~.dsen, that this upholding the :?chool Uomnrittee ~ s tiorr; with the tea%hers of the Carried unanimously. ;Vowed by ~,r. ~~e~ehr, that a hearty vote of thar~KS be ac- corded the County Councillors v.nc the staff of the County for th~;ir services Burin; the year. Carried uranimously. i~d j ournment was u.ov ed at 5:00 p . rrr . ;- t~It~.r~.t, . _.~ EC `1'6 Y ARM 1b9-P-Special 1NICIPAL SUPPLIES LTD.