Georgetown Idaho

March 15, 2019

Those Present: Councilmembers Matt Argyle, DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Clerk Amber Smith, Maintenance Supervisor Doug Thompson, Matt Raczak, Mayor Stephan Waechtler, Adam McKenzie, Paul Critchlow, Lisa Humphreys, Nadine Price, Tiffany Ricks, Morgan Collins, Glenn Hunter, Lee and Lacey Critchlow, Sherilyn Christensen, Hyrum Critchlow, Travis and Suzanne Stoddard, and Anthony Valles

Meeting called to order:  7:03 pm                           Invocation:  Councilmember Matt Argyle

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Matt Argyle the council accepts the published agenda. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried.

Minutes from February 5, 2019 regular council meeting were reviewed.  The chair entertained a motion from councilmember Marty Nate to accept the minutes as reviewed.  Councilmember Matt Argyle seconded the motion.  All were in favor and the motion carried.

Mayor Steve opened up a discussion to review the dog ordinance and people’s concerns and comments. The community was then allowed to discuss situations they’ve encountered with two dogs that have been loose in the city of Georgetown.   The community expressed their concerns and then Adam, the city’s attorney, said that the city may want to amend the ordinance and redefine what a vicious dog is and what penalties should be applied.  Some of the suggestions are as follows:

*Make it a big dollar amount if dogs are caught roaming around

*Enforce the rule of animals being contained and on leashes

*Enforce identification of who the animal belongs too, wear tags, etc.

*Have vicious animals removed from city limits

*Have a massive insurance on dogs

*Grade the level  of viciousness

The city attorney is going to draft an ordinance for vicious dogs to be reviewed at the next city council meeting.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Marty Nate to send a letter to the owner of the dogs that she has so many days to remove the dogs from city limits.  Councilmember Matt Argyle seconded the motion.  All were in favor and the motion carried.

Anthony Valles presented a plan to the council to have a convenience store in Georgetown. The council told him some steps that he would need to take. He will report back to the council when this has been acted upon.

Adam went through the water bond, ordinance # 95 with the council. Councilmember Greg Kunz made a motion for the Mayor to sign the water bond.  Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion.  All were in favor and the motion carried.

Police Report: Officer Martinez made 25 contacts for the month of February.

Maintenance Report: Doug gave his report for the month of February and he has plowed and sanded the roads.  The county had to come out and clean Stringtown Road.  He has dug one cemetary plot this month.

Office Business:   There were 16 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of February.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Greg Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of February 2019 in the amount of $15,493.96 in the general fund, $31,564.66 in the water fund, and $20,669.34 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $67,727.96. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion.  All were in favor and motion carried.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Greg Kunz that council adjourns from the March 2019 council meeting at 9:50 pm.  Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion.  All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Amber Smith, City Clerk-Treasurer

February 28, 2019 – Special Meeting

Those Present:  Doug Thompson, Marty Nate, DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Steve Waechtler, Matt Raczack, Kevin Martin and Ryan Erickson from Sunrise Engineering

Meeting called to order:  7:00 pm

Kevin and Ryan reviewed with the council members and maintenance employees the different options for the renovation of the chlorination building. After discussing with the council members, the pros and cons of the options, the Mayor suggested Doug and Matt make a visit to the Paris chlorination building that Sunrise had designed and helped put into operation.  Kevin and Ryan will obtain more information on some of the equipment suggested for the City’s building.  The council, after reviewing the options, was more interested in Option #4, but felt they needed more information on the Altitude Control Valve and cost of the power supply to the building.  Kevin and Ryan will report back to the council on their findings.

The water bond issue was discussed. Kevin will contact Adam and make sure publication of the bond is getting ready for print for the May election.  Another public meeting was suggested so citizens were aware of the bond and what it would encompass;  failure to pass the bond would push the water line construction back another year.

Meeting adjourned at: 7:30pm

Respectfully submitted,

Amber Smith, City Clerk

December 4, 2018

Those Present: Matt Argyle, DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Doug Thompson, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Kevin Martin of Sunrise Engineering

Meeting called to order:              7:05 pm                                Invocation:         Councilmember Matt Argyle

The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Matt Argyle 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, 2018 and councilmember Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read with the exception of changing councilmember Marty’s name to Nate instead of Kunz. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Clerk Smith then proceeded with reading the minutes from the November 14, 2018 special meeting and councilmember Matt Argyle made the motion to accept the minutes as read and councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Kevin Martin of Sunrise Engineering came with a basket of goodies to wish everyone happy holidays and brought a base agreement for the Mayor to sign in order to get the water project going. He also had a contract for the Mayor to sign and agreeing for Sunrise Engineering to be our engineers until both parties decide there’s a need for a change.

Councilmember Marty Nate gave a recap on the Christmas Park Lighting Event and the event was another success. It was a good night, just cold, but we had just enough food which was perfect. Santa also handed out goodies to at least 75 kids.

The next council meeting date was set for Monday, January 7^th due to conflict with the regular council meeting date being on New Year’s Day.

The council discussed giving a bonus to each employee for Christmas. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to give Doug, Matt, Lynette and John a Christmas bonus of $250.00 each. Councilmember Matt Argyle seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Councilmember DeLoy Kunz asked for there to be a paragraph added in the annual Christmas letter reminding citizens to be aware of Ordinance #58 which prohibits anyone from pushing snow from their driveways out onto the streets or across the road.

Councilmember Matt Argyle would like to see the website be updated with councilmember pictures. Lynette will get in touch with Roland Smith again to see where we’re at on that. He also mentioned he would like everyone to keep their eyes open for a snow plow to go on the front of the service truck and then could keep this truck to be a plow and sander truck specifically after we upgrade the service truck.

Councilmember Marty Nate reported that we have been awarded a grant from the Emergency Relief Funding to chip and seal Stringtown in the amount of $50,000.00. The money and project must be used and completed by October 30, 2019. We will need to start a separate account to keep track of the hours, expenses, etc related to the project and be able to show that we have spent at least 10% which is $5,000 of our own money. Marty has also organized a Planning & Zoning committee consisting of her and councilmember Matt Argyle, Suzann Parrish, Sherilyn Christensen, Erik Christopherson and Jordan Rasmusson. The committee will be reviewing the comprehensive plan as well as updating the Planning & Zoning Ordinance particularly pertaining to increasing new homes lot sizes.

Police Report: There were 29 contacts for the month of November and he has been handing out a few warnings for parking violations pertaining to the new Ordinance.

Maintenance Report: Doug gave his report for the month of November stating that they have been doing some snow plowing and spent most of the month putting up lights in the park. They have been adding chlorine to the chlorinator for the water and all samples have been good. Matt is at school today in Pocatello and will be there through Thursday.

Office Business:   There were 21 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of November. The office will be closed tomorrow December 5^th since President Trump declared it as a Federal Holiday in honor of President Bush’s funeral and she will be gone on the 6^th so the office will be closed the rest of the week.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Matt Argyle for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of November 2018 in the amount of $13,798.77 in the general fund, $6,997.27 in the water fund, and $24,148.51 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $44,944.55. 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 December 2018 council meeting at 8:30 pm.  Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion.  All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith, City Clerk-Treasurer

November 14, 2018 – Special Meeting

Those Present: Matt Argyle, DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Mayor Steve Waechtler, City Clerk Lynette Smith

Meeting called to order:              7:05 pm                                Invocation:         Mayor Steve Waechtler

The council entertained a motion from councilmember Marty Nate the council accepts the published agenda. Councilmember Matt Argyle seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried.

Councilmember Greg Kunz made the motion to leave the regular meeting and move into the public hearing for the purpose of passing Resolution #2018-002 and setting the fee for the road crossing permit at $800. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Matt – yes, Marty – yes, Greg – yes.

Resolution #2018-002 was read in its entirety by Mayor Steve Waechtler. The council also reviewed Ordinance #96 and the accompanying form that is related to the Resolution. Clerk Smith also reported that the office had not received any comments either written or verbally pertaining to the fee for the Resolution and there was no presence from the public for any input.

Councilmember Matt Argyle made the motion to leave the public hearing and move back into the regular meeting. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Matt – yes, Marty – yes, Greg – yes.

Councilmember DeLoy Kunz made the motion to accept Resolution #2018-002 which sets the fee for the road crossing permit at $800. Councilmember Matt Argyle seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Matt – yes, Marty – yes, Greg – yes.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Marty Nate that council adjourns from the November 2018 Special Meeting at 7:25 pm.  Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion.  All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith, City Clerk-Treasurer

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 26^th 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

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

Tuesday, August 7, 2018                 7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION            

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:         

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from July 19, 2018

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

ACTION ITEMS:

• FY 2018-2019 Budget Workshop with City Auditor, Gary Teuscher, CPA

• Sunrise Engineering – Water System Upgrades

• Ordinance #93 – Digging Ordinance

• Amend Ordinance #27 – Parking Ordinance

• Move water hookup at 363 Main St. 
• DeLoy:
• Matt:
• Marty:                          Twin Creek Days Recap
• Greg:
• POLICE REPORT:
• MAINTENANCE REPORT:
• OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Assign house number for Ferrel Dilworth
• SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR JULY’S BILLS
• ADJOURNMENT 

• • • Next Meeting:

• Public Hearing for Budget Hearing City Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, September 4, 2018, 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, July 11, 2018                  7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION            

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS: 

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from June 5, 2018

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• City Attorney, Adam McKenzie – Ordinance Violations, Digging Ordinance

• FY 2016-2017 Audit on City Funds performed by Gary Teuscher, CPA
• Transfer of City Funds from Water & Sewer to General

• Twin Creek Days – Schedule, City luncheon responsibilities

DeLoy:

Matt:

Marty:                       

Greg:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT: Part-time employee

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR JUNE’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, August 7, 2018, 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

Tuesday, June 5, 2018                    7:00 pm                     382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION            

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from May 16, 2018

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Executive Session pursuant to I.C. 74-206(1)(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;

• Twin Creek Days – Marty Nate

DeLoy:

Matt:

Marty:                       

Greg:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR MAY’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, July 3, 2018, 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

Tuesday, August 4, 2015                7:00 pm                     382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION            

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS:        

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from July 7, 2015 meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Wastewater Project Update from Keller Associates

• Twin Creek Days Recap – Marty Nate

• Benches and Concrete at the Veteran’s Memorial

• Georgetown Creek Bridge Update

• LHTAC Highway Grant to fix 100 West Street Update

• Budget Workshop with City Auditor, buy cialis online Gary H. Teuscher, CPA           
• Ada:
• Joe:
• Matt:
• Glenn:
• POLICE REPORT:
• MAINTENANCE REPORT:
• OFFICE BUSINESS:           Delinquent water and sewer accounts
• SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR JULY’S BILLS
• ADJOURNMENT 
• Next Meeting: Budget Hearing Council Meeting at 7:00 pm – Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 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

Tuesday, July 7, 2015                     7:00 pm                     382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS:        

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from May 5, 2015 and June 2, 2015 meetings

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Wastewater Project Update from Keller Associates

• Idaho Transportation Dept – Georgetown Bridge – Greydon Wright

• Bear Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District – Lisa Transtrum

• Agrium – Kirby Shepherd

• Twin Creek Days Update – Marty Nate

• LHTAC Highway Grant to fix 100 West Street Update           
• Matt:
• Glenn:
• Ada:
• Joe:
• POLICE REPORT:
• MAINTENANCE REPORT:
• OFFICE BUSINESS:           Delinquent water and sewer accounts
• SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR JUNE’S BILLS
• ADJOURNMENT 
• Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, August 4, 2015, 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.