REVIEW East Central Alberta
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Targeting East Central Alberta
Volume 102 No. 34
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PAINTEARTH COUNTY
Road gravelling to continue despite budget Brenda Schimke
News Journalist Wet weather has been a major factor in eating up the entire gravelling budget before all work has been completed. At the County of Paintearth meeting on August 13, 2013 unanimous approval was given to complete all the roads planned for 2013 by adding an additional $550,000 to the budget from either year-end operating surpluses or reserves. With the wet weather, Public Works has been unable to access all their stockpiles resulting in extra hauling costs or the use of better quality gravel (modified) than was planned. To date 245 miles have been gravelled in Divisions 1 and 7. Bryce Cooke, Assistant Public Works Superintendent, explained that 2-inch gravel has been used in soft spots to tighten up the holes, but complaints have been received from ratepayers as these larger stones eventually surface and are very hard on small cars or vehicles with lighter tires. “The problem is we’re trying to fix the road from the top down – we need to fix some of these roads from the bottom up,” said Rocky Dahmer. Council unanimously passed a motion that Public Works use only 1½ inch gravel to fix soft spots, reserving 2-inch gravel for back roads.
Carson Devaleriola, (1), hung on for dear life as he rides this ‘bucking bronc’ at the Kids Carnival on Saturday, August 17 during the Byemoor Fair on August 16 - 18 in Byemoor, Ab.. More photos on page 14. ECA REVIEW/Submitted
Public Works Concerns and frustration were expressed by the lack of
communication from Alberta Transportation on the status of the one-lane section of Highway 861 on the south side of the Battle River hill. “The highway cuts down to one-lane just after the curve and with school and harvest soon starting, the already busy road will get even busier,” said Tarolyn Peach, CAO. A unanimous motion was passed to step up communications with the government at all levels and put more pressure to get this dangerous situation resolved quickly. Work is underway to put in a 4-metre culvert where the Nelson Creek crosses the road five miles straight west of Brownfield. The natural creek has been diverted until the work is done.
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Customer Service For over four years, a number of ratepayers have been requesting the ability to pay taxes on-line through their financial institutions. Currently only ratepayers using ATB have that option. A motion to expand on-line payment services by January 2014 was approved. Extra banking fees for the County are estimated at $3,000 in the implementation year and about $2,000 in the following year. A request by ratepayers to use Visa and Mastercard for tax payments was denied. For every $1,000 paid by credit card, the County would lose at a minimum $17.50 in banking fees. Debit card payments are accepted.
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