Georgetown Idaho

Our Christmas Light Winners this year are:

1st – Jason & Kayla Morris

2nd – Marlin & Sandy Bartschi

3rd – Charlie & Lisa Humphreys

Thanks to all for making our town brighter during the holiday season!

The City of Georgetown is excited to hold a Christmas Lighting Contest this year!

We want to see all of your homes lit up in the spirit of Christmas and have our whole community lit up!

Get your homes adorned with your best decorations and lights.

Winners will be selected on December 20th and announced on the Facebook page and the Post Office.

1st place will receive a $100 gift card
2nd place a $75 gift card
3rd place a $50 gift card

Have fun and Merry Christmas to all!

November 8, 2023
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Stephan Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering, Deputy Sheriff Ryan Larsen
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Stephan Waechtler
The Council entertained a motion from councilor Greg Kunz to approve the published agenda and was seconded by councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from October 4, 2023, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering came before the council to report on grants and funding opportunities that are available and that letters of interest for water funding will be coming due soon. Loans are at 2% interest and no grants are available at this time. Our last water study was completed in 2017 and could use an update. The more updated our plans are, the better it looks on applications. Addison will submit a letter to update our facility plan and apply for a loan to update the spring to the tank by January 12th. We can always apply but don’t have to accept the terms or get another loan right now. He will apply for a facility planning grant with a 50% match. We were previously denied for a lead and copper inventory grant and they are accepting applications again because there is more funding available but our inventory is mostly done so probably won’t be needing that. There is another grant available to update our transportation plan with $30,000 available. The last time we had a study done was in 2012 and we are due for an update. The application is due at the end of the month and the funding would be available in a year. Addison will apply for all grants and an infrastructure loan and see what offers we get.
Police Report: Deputy Sheriff Ryan Larsen came before the council to give a report for October. He reported that they worked for about 34 hours last month. He explained that they are down deputy’s. They responded to an Ordinance Violation about the shed needing to be moved and have responded to some other complaints about some mental health issues and have done some welfare checks. We need to get the contract signed after it has been reviewed by the other attorney and changes made. The contract says July 12, 2023, through September 30, 2028, but needs to be changed since that was in a previous fiscal year now. Once changes are made, Adam will get a contract to Lynette to have the Mayor sign and then the Sheriff.
Elections were held in the City Hall last night and we had 4 people run for council member seats and had 168 people come out to vote for County and 133 for City. Incumbent Tee Steadman received 98 votes, Marty Nate 91 votes, Stacy Christensen 47 votes, Jeff Crane 38 votes and Tyson Boehme for the Fire Marshall. Tee and Marty will take their seats at the January 2024 meeting.
The Christmas Park Lighting Event was scheduled for December 4th at 6:00 pm. Lynette will make arrangements with Santa and Sean Bartschi for the food and get flyers posted and delivered to the school.
In the past, the City has made a donation to the Senior Center for the Meals on Wheels program and to keep them operating. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to donate $1,000.00 to the Bear Lake Senior Center and Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Councilor Greg Kunz wanted a follow up on the snowplow that Shane and Hadley were going to go look at in Ogden and they reported that it got sold already. There was also discussion about a backup generator for the City Shop. If the power goes out, the shop door won’t open and the truck will freeze up. Greg suggested we could use some of the money set aside for the fire department to purchase a generator. Shane said that Mick Merritt could help us to hook it up to propane or even natural gas. Shane will watch for sales and report back about his findings so we can move forward.
Councilor Trenton Morrell reported that Marty Nate has been working with Tyler Williamson in town about the cemetery map and he can digitize the map so that we can update it and cost will be around $600.00. The council approved for her to continue working with him on it. He also reported that the County is working on an Ordinance for Air BnB’s and we should look at following it. He is still trying to follow up with Corey Krantz about the school zone along the highway too.
Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of October and stated that he and Hadley have been working on the sand spreader, serviced the backhoe and service truck, they’ve cleaned up and winterized at the cemetery and park, replaced a valve at the cemetery, replaced a light on the city shed, put tires on the backhoe that we purchased a year or so ago and got the block heater working. They also rented a dozer to widen the roads at the diversion and turn arounds. They got information to Keller’s to get the annual report ready for the Land App. They have some concerns at the cemetery with cattle getting in and vandalizing the headstones. They’ve tried to keep the gates shut but it makes it hard on the elderly to open and close gates all the time. It was suggested to install cattle guards at the entrances and some other cemeteries use them too. Shane will call around and get some prices. Also, the headstone that got brought in for Devin McCulloch needs to get moved. They have been notified that because of it’s location, it could get damaged from plowing this winter but have not been back to move. Lynette will send a letter to the family and try the phone numbers she has and other family members to get in contact with them to get it moved back in line with the others before snow comes.
Office Business: There are 15 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of October. The Trunk or Treat event was still well attended. There were a lot of people from Nounan that came to participate as well. There’s always a lot of division when it comes to the Trunk or Treat; some love it and some don’t. It was decided that as long as there are a lot of people attending still, we will continue to hold it. Next council meeting will be held at the usual date and time of Tuesday, December 5th at 7:00 pm.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of October 2023 in the amount of $21,434.87 in the general fund, $15,773.28 in the water fund, and $22,796.06 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $60,004.21. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman that council adjourns from the November 2023 council meeting at 8:45 pm. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

October 4, 2023

Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, excused were DeLoy Kunz and Mayor Stephan Waechtler

Meeting called to order:              7:00 pm                                Invocation:         Council President Greg Kunz

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

The minutes from September 5, 2023, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Minutes from the special meeting on September 14, 2023, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The City will host another Trunk or Treat for those wishing to participate on October 31^st at 5:00 pm. Clerk Smith will post flyers and get some ready to hand out to all the students at the Elementary school.

Discussion on whether to close the cemetery or not, depending on year or set a limit? Was decided to wait each year and maybe once it gets around two feet of snow to close it. Shane and Hadley will start to let the Mortuary’s know that it is a possibility we will be closed during the winter months depending on snow and frost each year so they can be prepared.

Marty Nate has been following up on ways to list who is buried in our cemetery and to utilize the board that Jake Smith made for his Senior Project. She can get a banner made to put in between the glass and wood and would be sun proof for about $180. She can also get the map digitized but is concerned about taking the only copy out of the City Hall. It was decided to get it digitized since we do have a backup copy at Shane and Hadley’s office too. She suggested having a binder up there to alphabetize and keep in a weather proof box. The only concern is how to keep the banner or binder updated. Marty is going to continue to look into options of how other cemeteries handle things and will keep the council updated.

There was discussion on getting a plow truck for the City before winter comes and how another big plow truck would help to save on the little truck and since we have two full time employee’s each can be in a truck and utilize their time better. Ordinance #113 – Mayor’s Salary cannot be passed at this time for him to forego his salary for the rest of his term due to the Ordinance must be published 75 days prior to a General Election. The next option for that would be the May election and we would need a new plow truck before then. Shane has been looking on the classifieds and the council approved for him and Hadley to go and look into it.

Fall cleanup dates were set for October 24^th-26^th. Council President Greg Kunz will contact Hennings about bringing out 2 dumpsters and 1 bin for metal on those dates.

Police Report: Sheriff Heslington was not available for the meeting.

Councilor Tee Steadman asked if we can enforce citizens to clean up or rebuild their buildings once they have been demolished if it’s something they have gotten a building permit for. Needs to be looked in to.

Councilor Trenton Morrell would like to get Corey Krantz email to follow up with him about writing an Ordinance to input a school zone along the highway like they have in Montpelier. The school zone would go from 5^th Street to 3^rd Street along Main Street and would be required to slow down in the morning, lunch and afternoon when school is let out. He would also like to talk to Sheriff Heslington about grants and will follow up on the citation funds coming back to the City.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of September and stated that he and Hadley have installed water services to Con Vouros barn, Prestige Technologies came for the annual maintenance and have ordered some internal parts for the smaller PRV’s. They had to replace the brass valves and do some plumbing. They winterized the land app, got approval for Keller’s to do the annual report, did some road patch and placed some sod at the cemetery. They serviced the side by side and cleaned up the old chlorinator building. He spoke with Chris Banks about grants for the water system and Chris has been unable to find us some at this time. He also spoke with Addison Ochsenbein and he didn’t have any new news on the grant but there is $50 million available to small cities so we are hopeful. He also recommended that we update our transportation plans as it helps to have newer ones available for grant applications.

Office Business:   There are 15 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of September. Next meeting date has a conflict with the elections being held in our building so it will be moved to the following evening on Wednesday, November 8^th. There was an incident when shutting off a citizens services due to delinquency and the Sheriff was notified. Councilor Tee Steadman will follow up with the Sheriff to see what was done.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Trenton Morrell for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of September 2023 in the amount of $17,102.43 in the general fund, $12,494.77 in the water fund, and $19,290.24 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $48,887.44. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman that council adjourns from the October 2023 council meeting at 8:35 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell 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, December 5, 2023                    7:00 pm             382 Main St. 

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:           

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from November 8, 2023 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Bear Lake County Extension Office – Kari Ure
• Christmas Park Lighting Event Recap
• Christmas Light Contest
• Employee Christmas Bonus

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:   Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office

MAINTENANCE REPORT: 

OFFICE BUSINESS:    Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR NOVEMBER’S BILLS

 ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Meeting – 7:00 pm – Tuesday, January 2, 2024, 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, November 8, 2023           7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:           

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from October 4, 2023 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Canvass votes from November 7, 2023, Election
• Christmas Park Lighting Event Date
• Senior Citizen Center Donation

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:   Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office

MAINTENANCE REPORT:  Fall Cleanup Recap, Backup Generator for Shop 

OFFICE BUSINESS:    Delinquent water and sewer accounts; Trunk or Treat Recap

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR OCTOBER’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT 

Next Meeting:

• Regular Meeting – 7:00 pm – Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 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.

The City is sponsoring
“Trunk or Treat”
Tuesday, October 31st
We invite and encourage everyone to bring their treats to the City Park at
5:00pm
Please help us make this amusing holiday fun for all. If you wish for door to door trick or treaters instead, please leave your lights on.

City Cleanup Days

October 24th – 26th

There will be two dumpsters available for garbage and scraps at the City Park and one for metal too.

Cleanup before winter hits!

September 14, 2023
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Stephan Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, City Attorney Adam McKenzie by phone
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Stephan Waechtler
The Council entertained a motion from councilor Tee Steadman to approve the published agenda and was seconded by councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The Council entertained a motion from Councilor Trenton Morrell to move into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206: (d) To consider records that are exempt from disclosure as provided in chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code; (f) To communicate with legal counsel for the public agency to discuss the legal ramifications of and legal options for pending litigation, or controversies not yet being litigated but imminently likely to be litigated. The mere presence of legal counsel at an executive session does not satisfy this requirement. Councilor DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The council engaged in training with City Attorney Adam McKenzie starting at 7:05 pm and ending at 8:15 pm.
Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to leave executive session and back to the regular meeting and councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Motion carried.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman that council adjourns from the September Special Meeting 2023 council meeting at 8:20 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

September 5, 2023
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Stephan Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Sheriff Bart Heslington, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Hadley Wright
The Council entertained a motion from councilor Tee Steadman to approve the published agenda and was seconded by councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from August 1, 2023, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to leave the regular meeting and move into public hearing for the purpose of accepting the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Motion carried. The Mayor then opened the floor to the public for discussion, comments or concerns. Clerk Smith reported that the office has not received any comments, written or verbal pertaining to the proposed budget. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to leave the public hearing and go back to regular meeting. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Motion carried. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 as printed and councilor DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Ordinance #112 the appropriations ordinance for the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 was presented and read to the council. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to approve Ordinance #112 and was seconded by councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Motion carried.
Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering came before the council to report that he and Lynette and Shane worked on getting the LHTAC grant application ready to be submitted. He will let us know if there is any further correspondence about the grant.
Police Report: Sheriff Heslington came before the council to give a report for August. He reported that Adam had another attorney review the contract just to make sure to remove any bias or conflicts and a couple of edits were suggested. He will review that with Adam next week. Bart conducted some investigations of ordinance violations. They responded to some animal complaints and handed out dog letters and citations will be next. He has followed up with Irene Sorenson and her neighbor issues. He handed out a report for August where they worked 56 hours which resulted in 96 contacts and 14 citations.
Councilor DeLoy Kunz reported that he’s still working on getting the crosswalk done for the school.
Councilor Trenton Morrell inquired about the speed limit signs along the highway. Shane has a meeting with Corey Krantz about getting them installed on Friday.
Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of August and stated that he and Hadley have dug a couple of graves, fixed a water valve on Hayes Lane, A+ Contractors came back and fixed the curbing in front of the church and the leak at the water tank old chlorinator building. They painted the curb, mowed the parks, dropped off notices for overdue accounts, did some maintenance on the heaters, got the school flashing signs turned back on and fixed the PRV’s which they found had a rock in it. They got some sod ordered to put on the graves from this year and it should be ready this week.
Office Business: There are 13 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of August. The LHTAC grant was submitted and letters that were received were sent with the application. DEQ responded to the letter sent about the tires on property up Stringtown and said there is nothing they will do about it at this time. The purchase of the new snowplow has been canceled and money for the sale has been returned. City Attorney Adam McKenzie would like to schedule a training meeting with the council and Mayor on Thursday, September 14th. The Mayor and councilors have conflicts with the next meeting date so it will be rescheduled for Wednesday, October 4th.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of August 2023 in the amount of $47,212.03 in the general fund, $25,964.54 in the water fund, and $23,396.73 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $96,573.30. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman that council adjourns from the September 2023 council meeting at 8:00 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer