Kneehill County

Regular Meeting of Council

Minutes

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 8:00 A.m. - 4:00 P.m.

1600 2nd Street NE

Three Hills, AB T0M 2A0

Council Present:

• Faye McGhee, Deputy Reeve
• Debbie Penner, Councillor
• Jerry Wittstock, Councillor
• Carrie Fobes, Councillor
• Laura Lee Machell-Cunningham, Councillor
• Wade Christie, Councillor
• Kenneth King, Reeve

Staff Present:

• Mike Haugen, Chief Administrative Officer
• Mike Ziehr, Director of Infrastructure
• Kevin Gannon, Director of Community Services
• Theresa Cochran, Director of Corporate Services
• Barb Hazelton, Manager of Planning and Development
• Carolyn Van der Kuil, Legislative Services Manager
• Cody Dale-McNair, Asset Manager
• Ushba Khalid, Municipal Intern

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1.

Call Meeting to Order

Reeve King called the meeting to order at 8:31a.m.

1.1

Agenda

1.1.1

Additions to the Agenda

Additions under Council & Committee Reports

9.1 Division 5 Report 
9.2 RMA Central Zone
9.3 Women in Business
9.4 Travel Drumheller Innovation and Collaboration Workshop 
9.5 Community Futures Wildrose
9.6 Brownlee Law Seminar
9.7 Alberta Economy & Agriculture Discussion

Additions under Closed Session

11.3 Intergovernmental Relations (FOIP-Section 21)

1.1.2

Adoption of the Agenda

• Resolution: 042/25
  Moved by: Councillor Christie

  That Council approve the agenda as amended.

  CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

2.

Approval of Minutes

2.1

Regular Council Meeting Minutes of January 28, 2025

• Resolution: 043/25
  Moved by: Councillor Penner

  That Council approves the adoption of the minutes of the January 28, 2025, Regular Meeting of Council, as presented.

  CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

4.

Infrastructure- Roads/Bridges/Water/Wastewater/Environment

4.1

Bylaw #1911, Community Aggregate Payment Levy First Reading

• Resolution: 044/25
  Moved by: Councillor Christie

  That Council amend the proposed bylaw #1911, so that the CAP Levy rate will read .30 cents per tonne of Aggregate.

  CARRIED
• Resolution: 045/25
  Moved by: Deputy Reeve McGhee

  That Council approve first reading of Bylaw #1911, that being a bylaw to authorize the implementation of a Community Aggregate Payment Levy.

  CARRIED
• Resolution: 046/25
  Moved by: Councillor Penner

  That Council approve Second Reading of Bylaw #1911, that being a bylaw to authorize the implementation of a Community Aggregate Payment Levy.

  CARRIED
• Resolution: 047/25
  Moved by: Councillor Fobes

  That Council grant unanimous consent to proceed with the Third Reading of Bylaw #1911.

  DEFEATED

5.

Community Services

5.1

Planning

5.1.1

Naming Unnamed Roads in Kirkpatrick Area

The Chair called for a recess at 9:23 a.m. and called the meeting back to order at 9:30 a.m. with all previously mentioned members present.

• Resolution: 048/25
  Moved by: Deputy Reeve McGhee

  That Council renames "Service Road" to "Kirkpatrick Close" and "Range Road 211" to "Deer Valley Lane" adhering to the Naming of County Roads Policy # 5-19, and authorizing the required public notice as well as the necessary updates to County maps and road signage.

  CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

5.4

Economic Development

5.4.1

International Women’s Day

• Resolution: 049/25
  Moved by: Councillor Fobes

  That Council accept the International Women's Day report for information as presented.

  CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

7.

Legislative Services

7.1

Exploration of a Regional Fire Service – Grant Support Letter

• Resolution: 050/25
  Moved by: Councillor Penner

  That Council support the Village of Acme’s application to Alberta Community Partnership to explore Regional Fire Services.

  CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

9.

Council and Committee Reports

• Resolution: 051/25
  Moved by: Councillor Cunningham

  That Council accepts for information the Council & Committee Report, as presented:

  • Division 5 Report
  • RMA Central Zone
  • Women in Business
  • Travel Drumheller Innovation and Collaboration Workshop 
  • Community Futures Wildrose
  • Brownlee Law Seminar
  • Alberta Economy & Agriculture Discussion
  CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

10.

Council Follow-Up Action List

• Resolution: 052/25
  Moved by: Councillor Christie

  That Council receive for information the Council Follow-Up Action List as presented.

  CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

11.

Closed Session

The Chair called for a recess at 10:32 a.m. and called the meeting back to order at 10:45 a.m. with all previously mentioned members present.

• Resolution: 053/25
  Moved by: Councillor Fobes

  That this meeting goes into closed session at 10:46 a.m. for the following reason(s):

  Intergovernmental Relations (FOIP-Section 21)
  Intergovernmental Relations (FOIP-Section 21)
  Third Party Business (FOIP-Section 16)

  CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
• Resolution: 054/25
  Moved by: Councillor Christie

  That Council return to open meeting at 12:59 p.m.

  CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

  1:00 p.m. - meeting recessed to allow return of public.
  1:00 p.m. - meeting resumed.

  
  

12.

Motions from Closed Session

• Resolution: 055/25
  Moved by: Councillor Fobes

  That Council direct Administration to bring to a future Council meeting an amending bylaw to revise Bylaw 1898, that being a bylaw to authorize the guarantee of a loan by the Town of Trochu, to set the maximum allowable interest rate at 6%.

  CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

13.

Adjourn

The meeting adjourned at 1:02 p.m.