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County of Newell iVo, ~i
Fifth :6nnual Meeting
February 15th, 195F3.
The Fifth :Annual Meeting of the County of Newell Ido, 4 was held
in the Elks Hall in Brooks, Alberta, at 1:00 p.m,. on Saturday,
February 15th, 195.
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,kt 1:00 p,m, the Returning Officer, Mr. K. Lintott, opened the
meeting and due to the small number of ratepayers present,
adjourned the opening o~ the meeting for 30 minutes,
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j91]. members of the. County Council were present at the meeting
with the Returning Officer, `Secretary Treasurer, l~gricultural
,uerviee Board Supervisor and School Superintendent,
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~pproxo 100 ratepayers attended.
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bt 1:30 p,m. the Returning Officer called the meeting to order
and requested nominations for chairman of the meeting,
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Nominations: F. Reade by M. Zacher
K. Waraksa by P. Voroney.
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On a show of hands Mr, F, Reade was elected chairman„
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Nbved by Mo11. Valli and M. Zacher that the proposed agenda be
accepted with the Auditorst Financial Statement to be discussed
at large.
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.;Ati amendment moved by J. Wolfe and K. Waraksa to have the
statement read page by page was lost.
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The original motion by R1. g. Valli and M. Zacher was carried.
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Moved by M, :A, Valli and P, Voroney that H. Scannell be appointed
Secretary of the meeting.
Carried •
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Moved by J, 'Jdolfe an,d K. Waraksa that the minutes of the previous
meeting of February 16th, 1957 be adopted.as read.
Carried,
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Moved by K, '1d'araksa and M. Va17.i that the ,Auditorsr Financial
Statement for 1957 be accepted.
Carried,
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Moved by J. Wolfe and P. Voroney that the Municipal Inspectorts
report be accepted,
Carried.
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The report of the agricultural. Service Board was discussed and
considerable interest was shown in the matter of roadside spraying
and also the condemnation for weeds programf
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Nbved by M, :A, Valli and K. Waraksa that grazing land be classed in
the same category as farm lands for the purpose of weed control.
Carried.
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Moved by S, C,~ Peterson and W;~.Ion that the report of the
,agricultural Service Board be accepted.
Carried,
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School Superintendent's Regort.
The report of the School Superintendent was discussed and many
and varied questions were asked pertaining to the decrease in
school population and increase in teaching staff.
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Moved by M. Valli and P. Voroney that the report of the School
Superintendent be accepted.
Carried,
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New Business
Nbved by M. Valli and T. van Wyck that the County of ?Newell Not 4
recommend to the Provincial Game Branch that the County of Newell
be closed to all antelope hunting.
Carried.
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Moved by P, Voroney and K. Waraksa that the Council of the County
of Newell be requested to have the whole area of the County bear
equally om an assessment basis with regard to the cost of
education in the County.
Carried.
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Moved by A~1, Valli a.nd J, Wolfe that a hearty vote of thanks
be accorded to the County Councillors and the County staff for
their efforts on behalf of the County for the year.
Carried„
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The Returning Officer announced at ~:00 p.m. that the following
was the result of the nominations for Councillors:
Division 2 Tilley Otto Vossler
K. Waraksa
Division 5 Brooks Jas• Hajash, Jrt
Frank Reade
Division 6 Bassano R..~lrmstro~g
Division 9 Gem G. Douglass.
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~s a result of the above R. Armstrong and G, Douglass were declared
elected by acclamation.
Elections will be held in Divisions 2 &: 5 on Saturday, March 15, 1955+
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Meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m*