December Council Minutes
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 22nd. 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