ECA Review 2018-11-22

E C A r e v i e w H A N N A / C o r o N A t i o n / S t e t t l e r , A b N o v e m b e r 2 2 ' 1 8 9
S t e t t l e r M o o n l i g h t M a d n e S S
County of Stettler
Private landowner snow removal
Terri Huxley
ECA Review
Farmers and oil contractors within
the County of Stettler are being
encouraged to communicate with the
County in an effort to keep roadways
in top condition.
On Tues. Nov. 13 at the regular
council meeting, the provision to prohibit
the general snow plowing on
County roads was carried and to reiterate
that no one is allowed to remove
snow unless authorized by the Chief
Administrative Officer (CAO).
These provisions have been put in
place to ensure roadways are not damaged
which could ultimately cost the
county the work to fix any issues.
In case of emergency, this policy
would be void as they don’t want to be
too ‘stickler’.
If, however, on a regular basis if
someone were to plow the road with
their tractor, the result will be to pay
for damages to the road, whatever the
case may be.
A phone call would help alleviate
any issues as it gives the public works
director a chance to see where the
crews are currently working and
where to direct them if there is an
urgent place that needs to be plowed
out.
“I have been in that position where
you have to feed your cattle. No one is
going to stop a farmer from getting to
their animals. We will work with
them,” said CAO Yvette Cassidy.
The Policy and Procedures
Committee reviewed the Snow
Plowing Service Standards as well.
They found that graders were going
out to remove snow as the policy states
anything over 15 centimetres must be
plowed but it wasn’t specified if it
should be fluffy and light or solid
snow. Compacted snow is drivable and
is standard across the province to
have it cleared before it starts to melt.
The word ‘compacted’ was added to
ensure crews are removing snow that
must be done rather than light snow
that can be held off on.
The order of priority doesn’t change
except for school bus routes.
The map for school bus routes has
currently increased to include most
roads in the county.
Removing this expectation of
making all school bus routes a priority
will give public works flexibility in the
pattern they plow snow as jumping
around makes removal time longer
and impractical.
“We can be sending out graders
when it’s not necessary quite a bit,”
said Rick Green, Director of
Engineering and Public Works..
The motion to adopt this was
carried.
Snow plow services
to private property
Grade and Snow Plow Services to
Prival Property policy went before the
Policy and Procedures Committee for
comment on Oct. 25, 2018.
A clause that sparked debate
amongst council was the new addition
of a possible charge of $200 to residents
that need their laneways plowed out.
The Policy Committee discussed
that laneways were one of the items in
the budget survey that people felt
could be cut back on.
The money collected would, at the
very least, cover the expenses of
ordering the flags, staff time and fuel
it requires to inspect each driveway
and issue a flag.
Currently 550 to 600 residents utilize
this service but people who live in the
hamlets don’t have that luxury.
“It might reduce some of the frivolous
requests,” said Coun. James
Nibourg.
The application would be
done on an annual basis as
circumstances or owners
may have changed hands.
“I’m glad to see the motion
isn’t to abolish, a fee for
admin is acceptable,” said
Coun. Les Stulberg.
Council set an effective
start date for Jan. 1, 2019 and
changed the fee to $100 for
the first year.
Rural Crime Prevention
magnet
The County of Stettler
received a request from the
Rural Crime Committee to
create an educational
magnet and distribute it
through the County
Connection Magazine,
explaining when to call
County Bylaw officers; when
to call 911 and when to call
RCMP dispatch.
The magnet would also
have a place to write the resident’s
rural address.
At the October committee
meeting, Rural Crime
requested this project by
having 5,000 magnets
issued.
The idea would be to have
2,500 magnets for insertion
in the magazine and 2,500
for bylaw officers and police
officers to distribute.
A second option of 5,000
magnets printed in full color
but a size of 4”x7” would cost
the county $4,935.
The committees budget
can fund approximately
$3,800 of this project with
activities already planned
for this budget line for the
remainder of the year
included.
Council agreed to have
the remainder of this project
covered by the rural development
fund.
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