Minutes of the Cypress County Council Meeting held July 21st, 2009

 

PRESENT:                           George Russill, Reeve

                                                Darcy Geigle, Deputy Reeve

                                                Floyd Haas

                                                LeRay Pahl

                                                Garry Lentz

                                                Herb Scott

                                                Jerry Clark

                                                Brad Betcker

                                                Peter Konosky

                                                Doug Henderson, Assistant Manager

                                                Rick Bleau, Public Works Supervisor

                                                Jeffrey Dowling, Planning Advisor

                                                Roxanne Risk, Treasurer/Recording Secretary

 

ABSENT:                              Lutz Perschon, Manager

                                               

CALL TO ORDER:              10:52 A.M.

 

AGENDA:                              Resolution No. 2009/201

 

                                                Jerry Clark moved to accept the agenda with the additions of 7(d) Range Road 10 – Walburger, 7(e) Range Road 13 – Janke, and 7(f) Elkwater Roads to New Business.

 

                                                                                                Carried.

 

MINUTES:                            Resolution No. 2009/202

 

                                                Herb Scott moved to approve the minutes of the July 7th, 2009 Regular Council Meeting.

 

                                                                                                Carried.

 

Accounts                              ACCOUNTS FOR              

                                                PAYMENT:

 

                                                Resolution No. 2009/203

 

Floyd Haas moved to approve the Accounts for Payment in the amount of $ 583,687.78.

 

                                                                                                Carried.

DELEGATIONS:

 

Water Co-op

Agreements and the

IDP, Don McLennan         Mr. McLennan was in attendance to ask Council for acknowledgement of the Roytal Water Co-op in the Water Agreement with the City of Medicine Hat.  Currently, the Roytal Water Co-op has its own water agreement with the City of Medicine Hat.  With the proposed IDP and Water agreement to be ratified in the near future, the Roytal Water Co-op wants all parties to be made aware of their own water agreement with the City of Medicine Hat.

 

CerPro Recycling

Proposal, Tony

Schlenker                            At the July 7th Council meeting, Council requested to speak with CerPro Energy to discuss their recycling proposal.  CerPro Energy is interested in developing a recycling business, beginning with the various waste items they collect from the oil patch.  In order to carry through with their concept, they need Cypress County to endorse their proposal so they can apply for grants.  The Town of Redcliff has already endorsed this proposal.

 

                                               Mr. Schlenker explained that CerPro does not want to dispose of their gas and oilfield debris waste in the local landfill.  CerPro is looking into recycling this debris by shredding the debris to obtain a raw material in a granular form for re-use in various by-products. 

 

                                               CerPro has had supportive preliminary meetings with Town of Redcliff and the Minister of Environment.  Receiving support from the local governments will assist CerPro in receiving grant funding for this proposal. 

 

RECESSS:                           12:03 P.M.

 

RECONVENE:                     12:32 P.M.

 

CASH STATEMENT:        Resolution No. 2009/204

 

                                               Garry Lentz moved to receive for information the cash statement for the month ending June 30th, 2009.

 

                                                                                                Carried.

 

BUSINESS ARISING:

 

Bylaw 2009/18 - Land

Use Amendment

(Pt NW 22-12-7-W4)           A Public Hearing on the proposed bylaw was held prior to the meeting.

 

                                               Resolution No. 2009/205

 

                                               Darcy Geigle moved second reading of Bylaw 2009/18.

 

                                                                                                Defeated.

 

CerPro Recycling

Proposal                              A delegation from CerPro Energy Services Inc. attended the meeting to discuss their recycling proposal.

 

                                               Resolution No. 2009/206

 

                                               Jerry Clark moved to provide a letter to support CerPro Energy Services Inc. recycling proposal.

 

                                                                                                Carried.

 

 

Water Agreement              A delegation from the Roytal Water Co-op requested that this co-op be acknowledged in the Water Agreement between Cypress County and the City of Medicine Hat. 

 

                                               In the current draft of the Water Agreement, the Roytal Water Co-op is noted.  Council directed staff to notify the Roytal Water Co-op that their co-op has been recognized.                 

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Walsh Water Lines

Project                                 Recently, Cypress County has been approved for funding from the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund for the installation of new water lines in Walsh. The estimated cost is $ 3,000,000.  This is a three way split with the federal government, provincial government and municipal government.  AMIP funds are available for our portion.

 

                                               Resolution No. 2009/207

 

                                               Floyd Haas moved to proceed with the Walsh Water Line Project provided approval from AMIP.

 

                                                                                                Carried.

 

Sandy Point Park Boat

Launch Request               A handwritten letter has been received requesting that a boat launch be considered for the Sandy Point Park.  The letter has approximately 80 signatures. 

 

                                               The boat launch would consist of concrete pads tied together, similar to the boat launch at Bullshead Dam.  The estimated cost is $30,000. 

 

                                               Council approves a design similar to the boat launch at Bullshead Dam. Council directed staff to contact Canadian Badlands for possible funding and Alberta Environment for permission to install a boat launch.

 

DELEGATION:

 

Subdivision Road

Improvements Cost

Sharing, Bruce

Johnson                              As a condition of subdivision approval, 07CY62, a 10 metre corner cut-off at the Township Road 120 intersection needs to be provided and paved, to increase the turning radius of the corner to 20 metres.  Mr. Johnson is requesting that the County participate in the upgrade of Township Road 120. 

 

                                               As a result of discussion, Council agreed that if the County becomes responsible for industrial standards of access onto or off  of Township Road 120 as part of the Twp Rd 120 Area Structure Plan, any previous upgrades will be refunded the cost at the time of development.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Range Road 10 –

Walburger                           Blaine Walburger lives on  the NE 25-13-01-W4.  Range Road 10 ends at the north and south of Walburger’s yard and people proceed to drive through his yard. Mr. Walburger is asking Council to change the road to go around the farm yard.

 

                                               One option would be to contact the RM in Saskatchewan to get permission to use their road allowance.  The estimated cost for this project is $80,000.  Another option is to leave the road as is and to post No Exit signs at the beginning of the roads.

 

                                               Council would like staff to contact the RM of Saskatchewan.

 

Range Road 13 –

Janke                                   Leonard and Betty Janke submitted a letter with concerns regarding the maintenance of Range Road 13.  Currently the last 600 m of this road are not maintained as the road is treated as a private road.  Any maintenance costs such as blading in the summer and plowing in the winter would be the landowner’s responsibility.  As well, weed control has been applied to this road in the past couple of years.

 

                                               Council discussed the issue.  Currently there is no policy regarding the maintenance of public roads, but the practice is to maintain to the quarter section line.  Council would like staff to draft a policy on this issue.

 

 

Elkwater Roads                 As a result of a letter from the Elkwater Community Association, Reeve Russill would like Council to submit a letter of support of a 75-25 split with the province for the paving of the roads in Elkwater.  As per the hamlet financial summaries, Elkwater Townsite is the only place that is making a profit. 

 

                                               Council would like staff to research road projects in Elkwater Townsite that Cypress County has participated in.

 

REPORTS:

 

Public Work’s Report        The Public Work’s Report was presented and accepted for information.

                                               

                                                In the past Cypress County has provided Irvine Agricultural Society with gravel for parking at the rodeo grounds.  Council approved 200 yds of gravel for the Irvine Rodeo grounds, not including hauling.

 

                                                A letter with no signature was submitted regarding the maintenance of dust control in a subdivision and the fees for dust control.  As the letter had no signature, no reply is necessary. 

 

                                                Council approved a new bladed road allowance at SW 35-7-3-W4.

                                                                                               

Assistant Manager’s

Report                                   The Assistant Manager’s Report was presented and accepted for information.

 

                                                Council is not interested in selling the piece of property in Irvine east of Thompson Street.

 

Reeve’s/Councillors’

Reports                                 Updates were provided on meetings/conferences attended and upcoming meetings.

 

COMMITTEE

SESSION:                             Resolution No. 2009/208

 

                                                Brad Betcker moved to go into committee of the whole.

 

                                                                                                Carried.

 

                                                Resolution No. 2009/209

 

                                                Brad Betcker moved to come out of committee of the whole.

 

                                                                                                Carried.

 

 

ADJOURN:                           4:00 P.M.