Georgetown Idaho

CITY OF GEORGETOWN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

THURSDAY, November 7, 2024 City Hall 7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from October 1, 2024, regular meeting

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

 Canvass Votes from November 5, 2024, Election
 To Discuss to adopt a fee and deposit for encroachment on roads Ordinance #96
 To Discuss Cemetery Plots – Increasing fees; weekend funerals
 Senior Citizen Center Donation
 Annual Land App Report Contract with Keller Associates
 Set Date for Christmas Park Lighting Event

Marty:
Tee:
Greg:
Trenton:

POLICE REPORT: Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Update on Police Car

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS: Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Trunk or Treat Recap, December meeting date

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR OCTOBER’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• City Council regular meeting at 7:00 pm – , 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.

September 3, 2024
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering, Sheriff Bart Heslington, Councilor Tee Steadman absent
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve 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 August 6, 2024, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Marty Nate 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.
Police Report: Sheriff Bart Heslington came before the council to give their report. They did an OHV class at the Mayor’s place and it was well attended and the citizens appreciated having it. They completed 58.5 hours and had 184 contacts resulting in 13 citations and 7 warnings. Councilor Marty Nate questioned how the calls happen, and the process and timeline followed for how things are followed up on if a call in is made and Sheriff explained and stays in contact with our liaison Councilor Tee Steadman.
Addison Ochsenbein, from Sunrise Engineering came before the council to report on the roadway projects. The project is basically complete and they made it to 3rd, 6th, East and West Street. We ran out of money before they could do 5th Street or Hayes Lane. The Mayor will need to sign a notice of completion and waiting for a final pay application from Avail Valley. Addison inquired about applying for a grant to fix the bridge and will need ITD to come look and sign off on it. We did receive the Transportation Grant and he is working on putting together a scope for that and will present at the next council meeting.
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 2024-2025 and to reopen the 2023-2024 budget to accept and expend the road grant. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: Marty – 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 Marty Nate 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: Marty – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Motion carried. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to accept the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 as printed and to accept and expend $239,000 for the roadway grant. Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Ordinance #114 the appropriations ordinance for the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 was presented and read to the council. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to approve Ordinance #114 and was seconded by councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: Marty – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Motion carried.
Ordinance #96 was discussed for clarification on the wording and a deposit, raising the fee and having a separate permit fee. Anyone that cuts the road, bores under the road or does anything with the road should get and fill out the form and submit a fee. Shane will ask Kam Whitaker how much a trench would cost. Discussed to get a bill from Kam for Intermountain Gas to fix the patch on Stringtown. The Gas Company should be responsible to pay for the patch and should have gotten a permit to dig also. Questioned moving the no dig policy back to October 1st. Councilor Trenton Morrell brought up we are already charging $5,000 per utility hookup so we should keep the permit fee down to lower to $50 and refund the deposit. We will have a public hearing at the next meeting to raise the fees from $800 to $1000 and $950 would be refundable.
City Attorney, Adam McKenzie, revised our deeds for the cemetery to give to those that purchase plots. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the new form and was seconded by Councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. It was discussed to raise the fees at the next meeting as well for the purchase of plots and that no trees can be planted throughout the cemetery or by citizens.
UpAhead Messaging Service has reached out to Lynette and seems to be a better way to get word out to a community. We are currently using our website, Facebook and the Remind app but where we aren’t a school we probably technically shouldn’t be using the app. This service would have a set up cost and then $100 per month. The council decided to hold off for now and to have some other members come in for a demo with them to see how the messaging service works before we make a decision.
Councilor Marty Nate brought up her concerns with big trucks traveling on Hayes Lane and wondered why they can’t turn off of Stringtown instead. The Mayor said that the traffic will stop or at least slow down once the construction of the home is completed.
Councilor Trenton Morrell reported that he and Councilor Tee Steadman have found another guy to communicate with for the State Highway and they have talked about moving forward with our school zone along the highway to get traffic to slow down during the hours that kids are traveling to and from school. The State is currently working on updating their templates and then we can move forward with an agreement between the City and State to complete the school zone. He also inquired about some senior projects the City would need done. One suggestion was to paint the playground equipment. He will find out more criteria to see if we have more projects we could use help with.
Maintenance Report: Shane Clark gave their report for the month of August and stated that he and Hadley have been busy with the road project, marked utilities and had a grave opening. They have gotten their monthly samples and the spring has a lot of water right now. The weeds at the cemetery have been sprayed. The service missionaries have came and painted the pavilion. We need to do one more seepage test at the other lagoon and have had issues there with it being plugged; there must be a leak or a pipe broke somewhere. They are continuing to work on that and get issues resolved there.
Office Business: There are 15 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of August. Lynette asked if the Mayor is interested in participating in the Mayor’s Walking Challenge again this year and if he walks 10,000 steps the month of October, we can get $1000. He will participate again but needs a new watch. Lynette received an inquiry about doing a 3-year contract for the fireworks at Twin Creek Days. Concerns were that the Mayor and Sorenson’s are the primary ones that receive donations for the fireworks and once his term is served, we would still be locked into that price. If nobody continues to do the leg work to raise the funds, is the City willing to still pay for that service each year. The City opted to stick to a year to year basis.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of August 2024 in the amount of $28,855.47 in the general fund, $10,623.48 in the water fund, and $23,897.51 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $63,376.46. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate that council adjourns from the September 2024 council meeting at 9:00 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

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CITY OF GEORGETOWN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 City Hall 7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from September 3, 2024, regular meeting

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

 Sunrise Engineering – Addison Ochsenbein
 To Discuss to adopt a fee and deposit for encroachment on roads Ordinance #96
 To Discuss Cemetery Plots – Increase fees; weekend funerals
 UpAhead Messaging Service
 Trunk or Treat
 Police Car

Marty:
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 SEPTEMBER’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• City Council regular meeting at 7:00 pm – Tuesday, November 5, 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.

August 6, 2024

Those Present: Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering, Mike Carr, CPA Gary H. Teuscher

Meeting called to order:               7:00 pm                               Invocation:         Council President Tee Steadman

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

The minutes from July 2, 2024, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Mike Carr came before the council and had some questions about Ordinance #96 and asked if it is a permit or a deposit? He is putting power to a building and may have to go under the road for it. He thinks he’s came up with another plan to move the power to the shop where he needs it another way, but wanted some clarification anyway. The council decided it is a deposit and not a permit fee, but maybe there should be a separate permit fee.

Mark Parker, the Bear Lake County Fire Chief, came to the council to discuss the 99-year lease agreement. Adam has not gotten anything to Lynette in regards to that yet, but Mark will talk to Adam about how to move forward with the agreement when he sees him at the County Office. He stated if they can secure the land it could be easier to get grants because they can’t afford to put up a building right now. He also passed on some information for Fire Insurance and needs some data for the insurance rating bureau of water usage, lines installed, annexations, flow test hydrants, commercial building inspections etc. and thinks he can save everyone money on their insurance with these ratings. He stated they appreciate the donations that have been made by the City and that equipment does stay in Georgetown and they like being involved with the fireworks for our Twin Creeks Celebrations.

Addison Ochsenbein came before the council to report on the roadway projects. They are planning to get started on the streets next Friday and there will be a pre-construction meeting on Tuesday or Wednesday. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to approve and have the Mayor sign the Notice to Proceed and was seconded by councilor Marty Nate. Clerk Smith will get a notice ready to send out after the meeting to let citizens know about the coming construction.

The Mayor reported on the Twin Creeks celebration and said he raised almost $6,000 in donations for the Fireworks and got a lot of good feedback from the community. He said we need more community involvement and it was suggested to reach out to get the wards more involved again too. Not sure if they will do the fish again because there are too many left over each time and we need more patrolling along Stringtown during the events of the day. Breakfast had probably less than 100 people. A survey will be coming out for any changes the community would like to see for next year.

Elder and Sister Porter have reached out about having the service missionaries come to help with any little projects our maintenance guys need. They have been going to Grace, Bancroft, Soda Springs, Montpelier and surrounding areas to help out as well. The maintenance guys think they could use their help on some small projects and would be great to have them. Clerk Smith will double check with our Insurance Agent to make sure we are covered and then we can get them scheduled to come. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to Sign the Memorandum of Understanding with them and approve them to come help out. Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The Council then engaged in the budget workshop for Fiscal year 2024-2025 with Gary H. Teuscher from 7:45 until 8:45 pm. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to reopen the budget to accept and expend $239,000 for the road grant. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Clerk Smith will get the proper notices ready to have along with the public hearing for the new fiscal year budget. Gary said he will still prepare our financial statements but can’t do our audit. Lynette has reached out to a few other firms and waiting to hear back from one to get on their schedule.

Councilor Marty Nate asked if we can get the cemetery and weeds by the church sprayed this fall and she has some big plans for the City Park and will work with Councilor Trenton Morrell.

Councilor Tee Steadman asked when the road on Stringtown was going to get fixed. Kam thought it was supposed to be on the schedule before and not sure why it got missed, but says it should be fixed on August 19^th now. Was suggested to work on updating the wording in Ordinance #96 and to increase the fee of $800 when cutting across the road and to add a fine if it’s not repaired in a timely manner. Tee also suggested putting something historical in the gravel by the church.

Police Report: Councilor Tee Steadman has been in touch with Sheriff Bart Heslington and they were unable to make the meeting tonight.

Maintenance Report: Hadley Wright gave their report for the month of July and stated that he and Shane have been busy getting the monthly samples and lead and copper samples, getting the gas line installed for the new generator and helping to get the new power in the park installed. It has been brought to our attention that we need to do a seepage test on Lagoon 1 this year as well and Keller Associates has agreed to do it for $5,500 and can complete this year. Our other seepage test was just completed and we passed and got the report accepted.

Office Business:   There are 16 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of July. The guys took around shut off notices to citizens and all that received a door warning, caught up their accounts.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of July 2024 in the amount of $27,125.99 in the general fund, $22,541.96 in the water fund, and $73,202.01 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $122,869.96. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate that council adjourns from the August 2024 council meeting at 9:30 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, September 3, 2024 City Hall 7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from August 6, 2024, regular meeting

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

 PUBLIC HEARING: Budget Hearing to accept the proposed budget for FY 2024-2025
 PUBLIC HEARING: Reopen Budget for FY 2023-2024 to accept and expend Grant for Roadway Projects
 Ordinance #114 – Appropriations Ordinance
 Sunrise Engineering – Addison Ochsenbein
 Ordinance #96 – Digging Across Road/Road Crossing Permit
 UpAhead Messaging Service

Marty:
Tee:
Greg:
Trenton:

POLICE REPORT: Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS: Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Cemetery Deeds

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR AUGUST’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• City Council regular meeting at 7:00 pm – Tuesday, October 1, 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.

July 2, 2024
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Sheriff Deputy Ryan Larsen, Deputy Jack James, Morgan & Heather Kidd, Kevin Nate, Zach Crockett, Paul Miller, Tiffini Ricks, Cody Coombs, Jacob Kunz
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Council President Greg Kunz
The Council entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz to approve the published agenda and was seconded by Councilor Tee Steadman. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from June 4, 2024, were read aloud by Mayor Waechtler. Councilor Greg Kunz had some follow up questions about the minutes and the road being fixed by July 1st. No one has heard when it’s happening. He also asked about the junkyards and fences. There were no decisions made about what to do about the situations and the citizens in question were not approached about installing fences. Councilor Tee Steadman suggested they look into putting up a fence so the mess is behind and not where the public can see. Katana Sorensen was present and said that dealership laws have to have vehicles out and at the front of the property and keep rotating inventory. The sidewalks were looked at but not measured. The whole thing isn’t in too rough of shape but the worst part is in front of Alice Anderson’s near the post office. Councilor Marty Nate pointed out to the Council Ordinance #18 about sidewalks. It needs to be repealed or updated. 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.
The minutes from June 12, 2024, special meeting were read aloud by Mayor Waechtler. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Katana Sorensen came to the council to give an update on the Twin Creeks Celebration. The breakfast will be at 8:00 – 9:30 am and the bounce houses will be available in the morning with the foam, water activities and bike race towards the evening. The fireworks are $7500 and the Mayor has worked on getting a lot of donations. The fish pond will be about $500 and she will have a sand treasure pit for little kids to play in. The Sheriff’s department will be around to patrol and take care of the flag ceremony.
Police Report: Sheriff Heslington came before the council to give the police report for the month of June and stated there was 81 contacts and they worked 50.75 hours. Most of their contacts were ordinance violations related.
Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering came before the council to give an update about the road project. The Notice of Award was sent to Avail Valley and they are waiting on a certificate of insurance from them. The Mayor signed a couple of pages for change orders to get our costs down to budget. Addison will be in contact for a schedule and there will be a pre-construction meeting with a start time sometime in September. He will let us know for sure so we can let citizens know the construction is coming. He reported back about the DEQ Drinking Water loan that we applied for and didn’t get awarded. We were 55 out of 59, but it showed the state that there is a need for more funding.
City Attorney, Adam McKenzie, was present at the meeting and discussed with the Council about drafting an Ordinance for signage in town or if it will be more of a headache to try and enforce than what it’s worth. Adam also discussed preparing a lease agreement with the County Fire District. He is concerned about the City owning the land and the County owning the building. He can put into the agreement that if we were to ever cut ties, the building would be the cities. He will work on putting a draft together.
Councilor Marty Nate asked Adam about our cemetery deeds and how far back does “heirs” go? He recommended not having that wordage and will work on revising our cemetery deeds to take that wordage out. Marty also reported that the display case is all set at the cemetery and the City has bought 15 flags from the Georgetown 1st Ward to use for the upcoming holidays. She also said we need to replace some cement at the pavilion.
Councilor Trenton Morrell asked about the speed limit signs and Clerk Smith reported that $2800 was sent from the County for one speed limit sign.
Maintenance Report: Shane Clark gave their report for the month of June and stated that he and Hadley have marked utilities, and mowed, trimmed and helped with the display case at the cemetery. Intermountain Gas Company came and took out the old meter already at the City shop and we probably need to make a cover for the whole thing. They got a bid for putting a cover over the backup generator from KJ’s Welding and the council approved it for less than $1,000.
Office Business: There are 22 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of June and Lynette reported that her and Shane were able to get the new computer up and running.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of June 2024 in the amount of $29,612.03 in the general fund, $35,651.09 in the water fund, and $37,969.53 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $103,232.65. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate that council adjourns from the July 2024 council meeting at 9:00 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, August 6, 2024 City Hall 7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from July 2, 2024 regular meeting

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

 Sunrise Engineering – Addison Ochsenbein
 Twin Creeks Celebration Recap
 FY 2025-2026 Budget Workshop with City Auditor, Gary Teuscher, CPA
 Service Missionaries – Sign Memorandum of Understanding
 Mike Carr – Power to new building

Marty:
Tee:
Greg:
Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS: Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR JULY’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• City Council Public Hearing for Budget at 7:00 pm – Tuesday, September 3, 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.

June 12, 2024
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering, Alta Jean Neuman, Tim & LeRoy Huffaker
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm
The Council entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate to approve the published agenda for the special meeting and was seconded by Councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering came before the council to discuss the roadway project and brought some information for the council to review and expressed that the important item of topic is that we are over budget for the project. The grant amount is $239,000 and the engineering fee is $31,000 leaving us with $208,000 to use of the grant money towards the project. He suggested there are a couple of options and asked if the City has any funds to use towards the project separate from the grant or if we need to cut the scope of the project back to be closer to $208,000. The City does have $25-30,000 saved up to do chip sealing/patching for roads for the year that could be used towards this project instead. Lots of discussion on where to make cuts at and was decided to cut out Hayes Lane and just do patches there and the portion of the road down to Mario Johnson’s to not have to widen that road at this time either but to fully reconstruct East Street, 3rd Street, and 6th Street. Also took off the sealing because typically you wait and seal the road a year after it’s been laid down. Shane talked to the State and they will save the chips for us to use another year and we are able to get out of the cost of the oil and we could look at chip sealing Hayes Lane next year instead.
Two bids were received from Avail Valley and Idaho Materials Construction at the bid opening last week on June 6th. Avail Valley came in with the lower bid at $270,195. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to have the Mayor sign the notice to award the bid to Avail Valley and then do a change order to remove the sealing on 3rd, 5th, Hayes and 5th street reconstruction and get the project down to budget and try to fit in patching on Hayes. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried. Hoping for a start time of late summer.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate that council adjourns from the special council meeting at 7:25 pm. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

June 4, 2024
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering, Mayor Bob & Kelli Van Cleave
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve 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 May 7, 2024, were read aloud by Mayor Waechtler. 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.
Mayor Bob Van Cleave came before the council and would like to take down some of the old buildings along his property and input a storage unit in it’s place. He won’t be adding any sheds and the existing sheds are in poor shape. This storage unit will help the place look better anyway. The Council approved him to do so.
Addison Ochsenbein reported that they had a pre-bid meeting last Thursday and one contractor came for the pre-bid meeting to see the scope of the project but they do have a couple of other contractors interested. The bid openings will be on Thursday the 6th at 11:00 am and then they will need a couple of days to review and then have a special meeting with the council to approve and award the bid.
A citizen came to the office and requested for the sidewalks to be fixed along the highway to the post office. The council decided to do some more research and the guys will grab a roller and walk the sidewalks to see what needs we really have. It was also suggested to keep looking into fixing the bridge also.
Updates for the Twin Creeks Celebration were tabled until the next meeting.
Councilor Marty Nate reported that the City of Hagerman has a Disorderly Conduct Ordinance and wondered if we should adopt something similar for the signage throughout town. Lynette will talk to City Attorney, Adam McKenzie, about what we can do to enforce because even the freedom of speech has some limitations. She also has been approached about the junkyards on both sides of the highway. Our Ordinance says there needs to be a 6’ fence around it. She also reported that we did not receive the grants that she applied for. She also asked when Stringtown road is getting fixed from being cut and it should be by July 1st because been waiting for when a hot plant will be opened.
Councilor Greg Kunz reported that he heard the cemetery map looks nice at the cemetery and was helpful over the Memorial Day weekend.
Police Report: The Sheriff’s Department was not in attendance for this meeting.
Maintenance Report: Hadley Wright gave their report for the month of May and stated that he and Shane have cleaned the cemetery, trimmed the trees on Stringtown, helped setup for the Seepage Tests. They went with Addison and a contractor for the roadway project pre-bid meeting. They purchased a crack sealer for the roads instead of renting one.
Office Business: There are 18 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of May. The legal description for the annexation that was recorded with the County and sent to the Idaho State Tax Commission was returned for a typo that said Franklin County vs Bear Lake County. Lynette has fixed but will need to be re-recorded with the County and then sent to the Tax Commission again for approval. The new computer came and she will hopefully have it set up and ready before the next council meeting.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of May 2024 in the amount of $27,812.02 in the general fund, $8,224.38 in the water fund, and $21,489.23 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $57,525.63. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate that council adjourns from the June 2024 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