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Councillors, Mayor and Staff  

Bruce Rowe - Mayor, Ray Courtman - Deputy Mayor, Brenda Hnybida - Councillor, Fred Walters - Councillor, Dave Fegan - Councillor.
ADMINISTRATION: JO-ANNE LAMBERT, GAIL PECKHAM, MARY STRAUB, ELAINE CARLEY
RECREATION COORDINATOR:  TORILL THOMAS
PUBLIC WORKS: BILL HNYBIDA, CLAIRE GEDDES, PAUL WIENS, BRANDON MARTIN
RECYCLING/TRANSFER STATION:  JACK DEJONGE

 

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE

VILLAGE OF BEISEKER HELD MONDAY, JULY 26, 2010

AT 7:35 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS

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PRESENT

MAYOR Bruce Rowe

DEPUTY MAYOR Ray Courtman

COUNCILLOR Fred Walters

COUNCILLOR Dave Fegan

CAO Jo Lambert

PUBLIC WORKS FOREMAN Bill Hnybida

CALL TO ORDER:

Deputy Mayor Courtman called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA:

Moved by Councillor Fegan to adopt the Agenda for the July 26, 2010 Regular Council

Meeting with the amendment to add Land Purchase as Incamera.

CARRIED UNAN.

ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES:

Councillor Walters moved to adopt the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council held

July 12, 2010.

CARRIED UNAN.

DELEGATIONS:

Sgt. Patty Neely of the Beiseker RCMP detachment presented Council with the stats for

activities from April 2010 to present. The biggest event of interest was break in at the

pharmacy. This will be handled by the general investigative team from Calgary as it

seems to be a ring hitting small community pharmacies in the area. A new policy has been

instituted at the detachment where each staff member must spend at least one hour per shift

working with youth or on traffic enforcement within the community. She also advised that

despite the rumours, there are no plans to close the Beiseker Detachment at this time.

BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

PUBLIC WORKS:

The Public Works Foreman informed Council of the following:

Reservoir #2 controls require repair, last
year’s quote was 7 to 10,000.

Drumheller water issues are being investigated by Alberta Environment, despite

the discolouration the water is safe to drink. Beiseker still does not have a flush

point before the water enters our reservoir. All the other municipalities on the line

have this flush point.

The lagoon liner in the final settling pond is leaking but it has not draining

sufficiently to see the point that needs repair.

Res. #2010-138 Councillor Fegan moved to accept report as presented.

CARRIED UNAN.

ACCOUNTS FOR APPROVAL:

Res. #2010-139 Councillor Hynbida moved to approve the following account cheques # 20100583 to

20100646 in the amount of $861,568.46 as per attached list.

CARRIED UNAN.

Res. #2010-140 Councillor Walters moved to adopt the June 2010 Bank Reconciliation Statement as

presented.

CARRIED UNAN.

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VILLAGE OF BEISEKER HELD MONDAY, JULY 26, 2010

AT 7:35 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS

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NEW BUSINESS:

COUNCILLORS REPORTS:

Courtman As presented

As presentedRes. #2010-140 Deputy Mayor Courtman moved to maintain our recycling efforts and not support the

Southern Alberta Energy initiative.

CARRIED

Fegan No report

No report

Walters No report

No reportRowe Attended a Safety Codes Council meeting on July 23, 2010. John Hilary is no longer

CAO due to illness.

CAO The CAO advised Council as follows:

Congratulations to Paul Wiens, who has passed his Water Certificate and now is

our second Public Works member to hold a water ticket.

Res. #2010-141 Councillor Walters moved that the reports be accepted as presented.

Reports CARRIED UNAN.

Res.#2010-142 Motion by Councillor Fegan to hold a Candidates Forum on Monday, October 4
th, 2010

Forum at the community hall.

CARRIED UNAN.

Res.#2010-143 Motion by Deputy Mayor Courtman to adopt Policy B-33, Councillor remuneration.

CARRIED UNAN.

BY-LAWS:

Res#2010-144 Motion by Councillor Walters to have second reading of Bylaw 2010-03, being a

Bylaw 2010-03 bylaw to amend Land Use Bylaw 98-14.

CARRIED UNAN.

Res#2010-145 Motion by Deputy Mayor Courtman to have third and final reading of Bylaw 2010-03.

Bylaw 2010-03 .

CARRIED UNAN.

Councillor Fegan left Council Chambers at 8:49 pm

INCAMERA

Res.#2010-146 Motion by Councillor Walters to proceed in camera at 8:50 p.m.

In Camera CARRIED UNAN.

Res.#2010-147 Motion by Deputy Mayor Courtman to reconvene at 9:00 p.m.

Reconvene CARRIED UNAN.

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Res.#2010-148 Motion by Deputy Mayor Courtman to accept the offer to purchase Plan 0010693, Block

2, Lot 1and Plan 0714624, Block 2, Lot 6 for the amount of $175,000.00 from Rob Knight

Truck Lines Ltd., with the conditions of a buy to the Village of Beiseker should the one

year building commitment not be met; for the equivalent of the purchase price less 10%

administration fee.

CARRIED UNAN

INFORMATION:

Res. #2010-149 Motion by Councillor Walters to receive and file information.

Information CARRIED UNAN

ADJOURNMENT:

Moved by Councillor Hnybida that the meeting adjourn at 9:05 p.m.

CARRIED UNAN.

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MAYOR

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MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATOR

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE

VILLAGE OF BEISEKER HELD Monday, July 12, 2010

AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS

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PRESENT

MAYOR Bruce Rowe

DEPUTY MAYOR Ray Courtman

COUNCILLOR Fred Walters

ABSENT WITH NOTICE Brenda Hnybida

COUNCILLOR Dave Fegan

CAO Jo Lambert

CALL TO ORDER:

Mayor Rowe called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA:

Moved by Councillor Fegan to adopt the Agenda for the July 12, 2010 Regular Council

Meeting.

CARRIED UNAN.

ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES:

Councillor Walters moved to adopt the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council held

June 28, 2010.

CARRIED UNAN.

BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES:

The swale is completed in the alley along the condos and the alley has been paved. A

swale will be needed at the south end or earth will be eroded, an asphalt swale will cost in

the range of 12,000 dollars. We are waiting for a quote on a concrete swale.

The perceived water problem at Ross McNeill’s has been rectified by moving a vehicle

McNeill’s has been rectified by moving a vehicle

that was blocking the culvert.

PUBLIC WORKS:

The Public Works Foreman informed Council of the following:

The lagoon drain valve will be finished as soon as weather permits.

The sidewalk program is almost finished for this year.

Crack filling and line painting will start as soon as weather permits.

A discussion was held on putting in storm sewer on 2nd Avenue between 7 & 9 Street. Costs

should be looked into and perhaps it can be budgeted for in future budgets.

Res. #2010-132 Councillor Walters moved to accept the Public Works report. CARRIED UNAN.

Councillor Walters moved to accept the Public Works report. CARRIED UNAN.

ACCOUNTS FOR APPROVAL:

Res. #2010-133 Councillor Walters moved to approve the following account cheques # 20100531 to

20100580 in the amount of $90,725.99 as per attached list.

CARRIED UNAN.

Res. #2010-134 Councillor Fegan moved to adopt the Bank Reconciliation Statements for May, 2010.

CARRIED UNAN.

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NEW BUSINESS:

COUNCILLORS REPORTS:

Hnybida N/A

N/ACourtman Deputy Mayor Courtman stated how pleased he was with the July 1 Canada Day

Celebration put on by the Ag Society. Despite the weather it was well attended and

everyone had a great time. He asked if it could be mentioned in the Newsletter regarding

the rules for holiday trailers being left on the street. He is working with Ducks Unlimited

to re-establish the urban wetlands behind the Train Museum.

Walters Councillor Walters stated that the Fire Department is still in need of a vehicle to transport

water and personnel as the water tender is still in need of repair.

Fegan Councillor Fegan stated that the Wildrose Community Futures has had total organizational

revenues exceeding $1.1 million from the Western Diversification operational funding

and that operational revenues were up almost 10% and investment fund interest revenues

were up 6% in this 21
st year of operation. Loans in excess of $2 million were made to 42

different businesses in the region, which resulted in the creation or maintenance of 108

full and part time jobs. Doubtful loans and write-offs, along with administrative expenses

were only 1.6 % of the total investment fund assets.

Rowe Mayor Rowe teleconferenced to a meeting regarding policing in Alberta. It appears that

every municipality will be paying for this service in the near future, including

municipalities under 5,000 and the rural municipalities. The cost will be based on some

combination of population and assessment. It looks like the Village of Beiseker will be

paying approximately $7,600.00 per year. He and Deputy Mayor Courtman will be

attending a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Transportation in regard to the airport

grant and an inter-municipal meeting will be held with Rocky view County on July 15.

CAO Q91 Radio is launching a new advertising campaign entitled Small Towns; BIG IDEAS

on July 21, 2010 at a cost of $720 for 10 weeks of advertising featuring Beiseker every

Wednesday, 12 times per day.

Res. #2010-135 Deputy Mayor Courtman motioned to support Small Towns; BIG IDEAS on the condition

that Q91 find the other participants.

CARRIED UNAN.

Res. #2010-136 Motion by Councillor Walters to appoint Assistant CAO Peckham as Returning Officer

for the October 2010 Municipal Election.

CARRIED UNAN.

Res. #2010-137 Motion by Councillor Fegan to set the advance poll for the October 2010 Municipal

Election as Monday, October 11 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm in Council Chambers at the

Village of Beiseker Administration Office.

CARRIED UNAN.

BY-LAWS: N/A

INFORMATION:

Res. #2010-138 Motion by Deputy Mayor Courtman to receive and file information.

Information CARRIED UNAN.

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ADJOURNMENT:

Moved by Councillor Walters that the meeting adjourn at 9:00 p.m.

CARRIED UNAN.

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MAYOR

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MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATOR