Georgetown Idaho

June 7, 2022
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Duke Smith, Greg & Lori Champman, Tyler & Katana Sorensen Family
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Councilor Tee Steadman
Council President Greg Kunz directed the meeting. The Council entertained a motion from councilor Trenton Morrell to approve the published agenda and was seconded by councilor DeLoy Kunz. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from May 3, 2022, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Tyler & Katana Sorensen came before the council to present ideas for the Twin Creeks Day Celebration this year. It will be held on July 16th, and they have purchased a water dunking machine and want to dunk the council and Mayor. The Council thought that sounded like fun! Some other ideas they have is a fishpond over by the tennis courts, regular activities and some fireworks from the same company that Montpelier uses. She will check with the Fire Marshall Mark Parker and see what requirements we need and will have a brush truck on site. She is working on donations for the fireworks also. Matt Argyle has found us a PA system to purchase off of Amazon and will cost only about $300-500. She will work on a release form for the bounce houses and do a candy cannon on the hour every hour, so everyone has an idea of what time it is for activities and look into cornhole with Mandy & Andy Smith again.
Greg & Lori Chapman are new to the area and came to the council to meet everyone and to inquire about splitting their lot to build a home either to rent or to sell. Greg said he felt like it looks like the City needs some growth and some housing. He also inquired about home businesses and the rules there because they recently sold a screen printing/embroidery business but wondered about doing some online orders or a delivery service.
Duke Smith came before the council to ask for some monetary help with expenses to travel to Perry, Georgia. He qualified for the Jr. High National Finals Rodeo this year in 2 events and with the way fuel prices are right now, it will be an expensive trip. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to give Duke $300.00 to help with expenses. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. The council would like him to come and report back on his trip.
Councilor Tee Steadman said he has asked Martinez about his radios, and they are still coming but not here yet. He will keep checking on them. He reported that Curtis McKinney still needs to move his shed and asked about what’s going on with the oil spill, and the foul language/signage at Waterbury’s and Smith’s. A letter will be sent to follow up.
Councilor Trenton Morrell inquired about the tire situation up Stringtown and was told that a letter was sent out. The owners have now moved the tires to the back of the yard instead of the front.
Councilor Greg Kunz said that the culvert he and others use to access property off of Stringtown is disappearing and wants to know if it can be replaced or have some maintenance. Does the Army Core of Engineers need to be involved? Councilor DeLoy Kunz felt like a farmer has a better chance of being able to get the culvert repaired vs. the City.
Police Report: There were 28 contacts for the month of May. It was requested for Martinez to change up his hours again with summer here.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of May and stated that he and Alan have dug a grave and cleaned up the cemetery getting ready for Memorial Day. The land app is pumping. Dry Creek pumping came and pumped into the ponds one time this month. There have been complaints of low pressure in town and so Shane went up to the tanks and looked and the PRV’s are still reading at 70 where it’s been set all along. He replaced a water hookup at Garth Glenn’s also.
Office Business: There are 22 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of May. Clerk Smith said she thinks it’s about time for a new computer. This one is 11 years old and since updating to Windows 11 it is extremely slow to boot up and do anything. The office will also be closed from June 15-29th while she is gone traveling to Georgia for Jr. High Nationals.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor DeLoy Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of May 2022 in the amount of $15,018.72 in the general fund, $10,540.00 in the water fund, and $16,227.86 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $41,786.58. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor DeLoy Kunz that council adjourns from the June 2022 council meeting at 8:45 pm. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

CITY OF GEORGETOWN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

Tuesday, June 7, 2022 7:00 pm 382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from May 3, 2022 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Twin Creeks Celebration

DeLoy:
Tee:
Greg:
Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS: Delinquent water and sewer accounts, New Computer

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR MAY’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, July 5, 2022, Georgetown City Building – 382 Main St. Questions concerning items appearing on this Agenda or requests for accommodation of special needs to participate in the meeting should be addressed to the Office of the City Clerk or call 208-847-2120.

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

Tuesday, May 3, 2022                   7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:       

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from April 6, 2022 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• City Cleanup Day Recap
• Senior Parade down Stringtown
• Grant Money

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:  Gravel at Pavilion

OFFICE BUSINESS:    Delinquent water and sewer accounts, next meeting date

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR APRIL’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, June , 2022, Georgetown City Building – 382 Main St. Questions concerning items appearing on this Agenda or requests for accommodation of special needs to participate in the meeting should be addressed to the Office of the City Clerk or call 208-847-2120.

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022         7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:           

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from March 1, 2022 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Georgetown Irrigation Company Backhoe Agreement
• Easter Egg Hunt/Spring Celebration
• City Cleanup
• Set dates for Budget Hearing
• Building Permit for Layne DeClark
• Dog Matter
• Kameron & Jessica Whitaker Building Plans

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT: 

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Scholarships

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR MARCH’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, May 3, 2022, Georgetown City Building – 382 Main St. Questions concerning items appearing on this Agenda or requests for accommodation of special needs to participate in the meeting should be addressed to the Office of the City Clerk or call 208-847-2120.

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA 

Tuesday, March 1, 2022         7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:         

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from February 1, 2022 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Annette & Nathan Sorenson – Trailer on Naomi Sorenson’s property

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:   

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR FEBRUARY’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, April 5, 2022, Georgetown City Building – 382 Main St. Questions concerning items appearing on this Agenda or requests for accommodation of special needs to participate in the meeting should be addressed to the Office of the City Clerk or call 208-847-2120.

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

Tuesday, February 1, 2022             7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:          

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from January 11, 2022 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS 

• Dry Creek Pumping Update – Septage Hauling/Dumping

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT: 

MAINTENANCE REPORT: 

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR JANUARY’S BILLS 

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, March 1, 2022, Georgetown City Building – 382 Main St. Questions concerning items appearing on this Agenda or requests for accommodation of special needs to participate in the meeting should be addressed to the Office of the City Clerk or call 208-847-2120.

December 8, 2021

Those Present:  Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Kevin Martin of Sunrise Engineering, Kameron & Jessica Whitaker

Meeting called to order:              7:00 pm                                Invocation:         Councilmember Marty Nate

The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Marty Nate to approve the published agenda and was seconded by councilmember Tee Steadman. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The minutes from November 3, 2021, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilmember Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The Bear Lake County Fire Department will be tabled until the next meeting when fire chief Mark Parker can be in attendance.

Kameron and Jessica Whitaker have purchased about 5 ½ acres of land up Stringtown of Danielle Culver’s/Sam Holder’s and are wondering what their options are to tap into City services. They would like to put up a house and barn but both probably won’t fit in the City limits and the property is half in the City and half in the County boundaries. Councilmember Marty Nate reminded them that if the house is built in the County that the City has a moratorium to not allow anyone outside of City limits to be on City services. Both main lines for water and sewer are on the North side of Stringtown and there is an irrigation line through their property that needs to have a 50-foot easement. Councilmember Greg Kunz said he would show them where the line is when they get closer to building. The council told them that as long as they build in the City they will be allowed to hook into City services but may need to install a lift station for the sewer depending on where they build.

Kevin Martin of Sunrise Engineering came to visit the council and drop off a box of goodies for Christmas. He said that there is grant money available to get a study done on the City services but the water just had a study completed in 2017 and sewer had a study completed just before that was updated. If we were to get a loan for any improvements, they require a study to have been done in the last 5-10 years but we should be good on both for a while. Down the line we may be able to apply for some ARPA funds for our water transmission line. Kevin will keep an eye on that and let us know as that comes about.

The Christmas Lighting Event was great, and the weather was great. Lynette has recorded what food was used and left over for next year again and Marty received $120 in donations from citizens to use towards the event.

The council addressed giving the employee’s Christmas bonuses again this year. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to give Shane and Lynette $350, Johnny $325 and Alan and Doug $150. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Councilmember Marty Nate noticed when she was in the office doing elections that there are some old files in the back that need to be disposed of. Councilmember Tee Steadman made the motion to burn the old files that are older than 7 years. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Councilmember Tee Steadman proposed doing a Christmas Light contest in the City and the councilmembers will be the judges and winners will be announced on December 22^nd. The winners will receive gift cards for $100 for first, $75 for second and $50 for third. Lynette will get flyers put up and announce on Facebook and include in the Christmas letter going out to all citizens this month.

Councilmember Marty Nate brought up about what to do about Angie Hymas situation of her complaints about her neighbors. Angie needs to call into the Sheriff’s Department so that her complaints are on record and they will send out an Officer to address the issues. She also brought up some complaints from a neighbor to the old Anna Campbell’s home. Some old oil tanks were dug up and the oil was spilled in the process. This needs to get cleaned up so we don’t have environmental issues. Lynette will get some letters put together and send to a few citizens about complaints with their animals and attach the ordinances for them. Marty reminded everyone that Adam has an ordinance he should be working on to finish up for the zoning and to watch for some money becoming available from Biden’s infrastructure plans. She will also continue with the cemetery project of helping to find relatives to those that have plots but aren’t using them. She will also help come up with a map system to have at the cemetery to find plots easier.

Police Report:  There were 21 contacts for the month of November.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of November and stated that he and Alan did some maintenance on the bathroom and fixed the seal instead of replacing the toilet for now. They also tore out the threshold so no one will trip over it coming through the door anymore. They also finished remodeling the City Hall and cleaned out the old printers and microwave that don’t work anymore. Shane got another PRV maintenance quote from the Salt Lake City company that is $1000 cheaper and he has gotten information to Keller Associates to work on the Land App Report for the year.

Office Business:   There are 20 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of November.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of November 2021 in the amount of $14,696.01 in the general fund, $7,552.92 in the water fund, and $20,454.24 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $42,703.17. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Marty Nate that council adjourns from the December 2021 council meeting at 8:55 pm. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith

City Clerk-Treasurer

CITY OF GEORGETOWN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

Tuesday, January 4, 2022 7:00 pm 382 Main St.
Rescheduled for Tuesday, January 11, 2022

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from December 8, 2021 regular meeting

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR DECEMBER’S BILLS

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

 Swear-in New Councilmembers
 Elect Council President & Assign Duties to New Councilmembers
 Approve New Signers on Checking Accounts & Remove Old Signers
 Bear Lake County Fire Dept – Mark Parker
 Scott Milne of Dry Creek Pumping – Use City Facilities
 Financial Audit for FY 2020-2021 by City CPA, Gary H. Teuscher

DeLoy:
Tee:
Greg:
Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS: Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Christmas Light Contest Recap, W-2’s, Signature Cards

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, February 1, 2022, Georgetown City Building – 382 Main St. Questions concerning items appearing on this Agenda or requests for accommodation of special needs to participate in the meeting should be addressed to the Office of the City Clerk or call 208-847-2120.

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

Tuesday, January 4, 2022               7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from December 8, 2021 regular meeting

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR DECEMBER’S BILLS 

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Swear-in New Councilmembers
• Elect Council President & Assign Duties to New Councilmembers
• Approve New Signers on Checking Accounts & Remove Old Signers
• Bear Lake County Fire Dept – Mark Parker        

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:   

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Christmas Light Contest Recap

ADJOURNMENT 

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, February 1, 2022, Georgetown City Building – 382 Main St. Questions concerning items appearing on this Agenda or requests for accommodation of special needs to participate in the meeting should be addressed to the Office of the City Clerk or call 208-847-2120.

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, December 8, 2020           City Hall                    7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:           

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from November 3, 2021 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Bear Lake County Fire Dept – Mark Parker
• Kameron & Jessica Whitaker – land up Stringtown
• Christmas Lights in the Park Recap
• Employee Christmas Bonus
• Dispose of old files

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Marty: 

POLICE REPORT:

 MAINTENANCE REPORT: 

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR NOVEMBER’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, January 4, 2021, Georgetown City Building – 382 Main St. Questions concerning items appearing on this Agenda or requests for accommodation of special needs to participate in the meeting should be addressed to the Office of the City Clerk or call 208-847-2120.