November Council Meeting
November 7, 2018
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Doug Thompson, Maintenance Worker Matt Raczak, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Kevin Martin Sunrise Engineering
Meeting called to order: 7:05 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve Waechtler
The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Greg Kunz to approve the published agenda and was seconded by councilmember DeLoy Kunz. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Clerk Smith proceeded with reading the minutes from October 2, 2018 and councilmember Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read with the exception of changing the gun the City owns to shotgun and not rifle. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Kevin Martin from Sunrise Engineering came before the council to present some options for the water project and handed out a sheet to each member to explain the project costs and a schedule of how we want to break up the production. Schedule 1 starts the project and application process now and Schedule 2 basically holds off for a year until we can be sure to get the bond passed at the next election and move forward from there. Marty would also like to have it checked into about doing East Street behind the church and to those homes by ourselves before the bond election and what all that would entail. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to move forward with Schedule 1 and get moving along. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Councilmember Marty Nate also made the motion to have the Mayor sign any agreements with Sunrise that comes in between council dates and needs to be signed in a timely manner. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The Christmas Park Lighting Event date was set for November 26th at 6:00 pm. This year we will have sloppy joe’s and chips instead of chili. We will still have hot dogs, hot chocolate and s’mores. Marty will get the treats together for Santa and Lynette will get Santa scheduled and flyers posted and over to the school.
Ordinance #96 a digging ordinance will be discussed next week at the Public Hearing Special Meeting when we pass the Resolution and accompanying $800.00 fee for digging/cutting into the existing roads to help cover the costs of repairing that road.
Councilmember DeLoy Kunz is concerned that Ordinance #93 was not printed and passed correctly. The wording in Section 1 in the first sentence about vehicles shall be parked is confusing. Lynette will talk to Adam about how to change and will include a paragraph about the new Ordinance in the upcoming Christmas letter to make sure all citizens are aware of the new Ordinances.
Councilmember Marty Nate reported that Kevin Wells is working with some seniors at the high school for their senior project to get some diggers put together for the sand box in the park. She will get in touch with Adam about adding to the Ordinances about people living in trailer houses for extended periods of time. She reported that we were granted the Emergency Funding that she applied for back in the spring and will look into more information on how to receive the funding and how it has to be spent. She noticed that we can get rid of some files in the back while she was here helping with the elections last night and made the motion to burn and destroy the records older than seven years. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. She received a bid for solar light blinds for the City Hall from a company out of Preston for $1,200. The council agreed to try and get one more bid from EZ to Plez or somewhere to compare.
Councilmember Greg Kunz reported that he has been contacted by the County Fire Chief Mark Parker and he is interested in giving the City of Georgetown a brush truck to have out here in case of fires, if we could build a lean-to off our shed to store it under. He also learned that the money we donate to the fire department to be used for new suits and pagers will come back to be used by Georgetown volunteers.
Police Report: There were 34 contacts for the month of October.
Maintenance Report: Doug gave his report for the month of October stating that the water samples were tested for nitrates and nitrites and all were returned good. The fence at the spring is complete. There were three building permits issued for the month and water and sewer services were turned on and off at a couple different locations. The new well has been drilled for the wastewater system and a new heater has been installed at the pump house and they installed a new roof on the building at the lower ponds. The land app site has been winterized and they were able to trim the trees along Stringtown and dug one grave at the cemetery for Nina Weaver. Matt would like to sign up for some training in Pocatello and class is from 8-4 each day. The council approved for him to get a hotel room to stay over for the night and get per diem while he is away. It was also mentioned that we need to be looking into getting a newer service truck since this one keeps breaking down.
Office Business: There were 13 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of October. She also mentioned that she will be leaving for maternity leave in February so we will need to get someone hired soon to learn the job and be here until she plans to return in June.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember DeLoy Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of October 2018 in the amount of $21,770.13 in the general fund, $8,412.58 in the water fund, and $20,095.61 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $50,278.32. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Greg Kunz that council adjourns from the November 2018 council meeting at 9:00 pm. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynette Smith, City Clerk-Treasurer