December 2019 Council Meeting
December 3, 2019
Those Present: Matt Argyle, DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Maintenance Supervisor Doug Thompson, Matt Raczak, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Kevin Martin of Sunrise Engineering, Tami Cook, LeAnn Jorgenson, Lisa Humphreys, Jessica Alleman, Valerie Ross of News Examiner, Mayor Steve Waechtler excused
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Councilmember Marty Nate
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 November 7, 2019 and councilmember Greg Kunz 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. Clerk Smith proceeded with reading the minutes from the special meeting on November 15, 2019 and councilmember DeLoy Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Kevin Martin of Sunrise Engineering came before the council to give an update on the water project. He reported that he did a final walkthrough with RSJ, the Mayor, Matt Raczak and councilmember Greg Kunz and went through a punch list of items. Adam McKenzie is still working on negotiations with Dennis Sudweeks to finalize the easement for the power on his property. Dennis is concerned about the road being fixed and wanting a water hookup in place of the rebate he has lost out on. Adam does not believe we are to the point of offering him money to put it all behind us.
Tami Cook came to review the Dog Ordinance again with the council. They reviewed paragraph by paragraph and removed and revised a few items. The committee will come back again at next council to finalize.
The Christmas Park Lighting Event was another success. It was a warm night and Santa gave out about 60 treats. Sean Bartschi donated $100 to our Christmas fund and volunteered to be a part of the planning crew for next year.
Employee Bonus’s for Christmas were discussed. The Mayor had a conflict with being at the meeting tonight but asked that Council President Matt Argyle recommend to give Doug a larger Christmas Bonus this year because it may be his last and because he does a lot for the City with his own personal equipment and never asks to get reimbursed for any of it. All of the councilmembers were in agreeance that he deserves more than we could ever pay him. Council President Matt Argyle made the motion to give Doug a $1000 bonus and the other employee’s – Matt, John and Lynette a $250 bonus. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Councilmember Marty Nate reported that she went over to the County and got a new and larger map for the City of our exact boundaries. She was told by County Building Inspector Wayne Davidson that the Peterson’s new home at the top of Stringtown is located half in the County and half in the City. Even the County portion is zoned as residential and without them going through a rezoning process they would be unable to input a store through the County side as well.
Councilmember Greg Kunz would like Johnny to visit some more people about not pushing snow across the street and to clean up their snow removal better. Lynette will also include it in the annual Christmas letter when she sends it out.
Police Report: There were 26 contacts for the month of November.
Maintenance Report: Doug gave his report for the month of November stating they plowed lots of snow, fixed the broken water line up right hand and put up Christmas lights in the park. He will be contacting Keller Associates to prepare the annual report for the land app site. Doug also reported that Intermountain Gas is wanting to install a new gas line at Jan Crandall’s. He has told them that there is a no dig policy in the City and that they will have to wait until spring to install. He has also told the Peterson’s the same information and they are waiting until spring to install their water and sewer lines. Councilmember Greg Kunz will check in with Bishop Wes Smith about what to do at Jan’s and will follow up with Doug.
Office Business: There are 21 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of November. Clerk Smith also reported that we have received the check from ICRMP to fix the sewer chlorinator building from the earthquake claim of $4,700. That money will be put in the savings account to use towards final repairs of the building. They hay lease has been paid for the 2019 year and was profitable for the City once again. It raised 165 bales and about 74 total ton which brought in $5,382.40 to the City.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Matt Argyle for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of November 2019 in the amount of $16,366.13 in the general fund, $35,932.01 in the water fund, and $15,633.91 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $67,932.05. Councilmember DeLoy 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 December 2019 council meeting at 9:30 pm. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer