Georgetown Idaho

September 6, 2022
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Kevin & Marty Nate, Katana Sorensen
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Council President Greg Kunz
The Mayor was excused from the meeting and Council President Greg Kunz conducted. The Council entertained a motion from councilor Tee Steadman 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 2, 2022, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Councilor Greg Kunz had some follow up from the minutes about people living in their trailers at the properties. Lynette did not send any letters yet because she and Shane felt there was some confusion in Ordinance #100 and Resolution #2021-01 that she was going to send about the fee’s associated and what circumstances you can live in a trailer for. It was decided to send them a letter anyway and invite them to council to explain their plans and to update the Ordinance and Resolution to make it clear that it is not allowed to live in a trailer if you are not building.
Councilor DeLoy Kunz made the motion to move into the public hearing for the purpose of approving the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 and to increase the fee for delinquent water and sewer users. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Clerk Smith reported that the office didn’t receive any correspondence and there was no public comment, written or verbal for the proposed budget or the delinquent fees. There was discussion on the delinquent fees to be raised from $50 to $100 when their services are turned off and/or to charge $25 for when notices are delivered by the maintenance guys. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to move out of public hearing and back into the regular meeting. Councilor DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Councilor DeLoy Kunz made the motion to approve the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to raise the delinquent fee to $50 when it is turned off and an additional $50 when it is turned back on and $25 to deliver notices. Councilor DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried. Clerk Smith will get put into a resolution to be approved at the next meeting.
Ordinance #107 – An Appropriation Ordinance for the budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 was presented to the Council. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to approve the Appropriation Ordinance #107. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Motion carried the council.
Brief discussion on whether or not to annex property up Stringtown. Councilor Trenton Morrell thinks it’s worth it; Greg would have him put in the street, etc to the property being annexed; Tee commented that growth is coming and going to happen, so how do we accommodate it?
Resolution #2007-2 for home based businesses was reviewed by the council. Clerk Smith questioned if it needs to be updated to include parking, noise, signage, etc or to just leave it alone. It was decided to leave the Resolution how it is and that those wanting to have a home based business should acquire a business license at $25 per residence and when applying for a business license they will describe their business and what they are doing so that we know what businesses are in Georgetown. Clerk Smith will prepare a resolution and business license for the next meeting.
Building permits were discussed and their expiration terms. It was decided to leave it at 120 days for regular projects and homes will be the same because the permit doesn’t fully expire unless there has been no progress made or started on the project for those 120 days.
Councilor DeLoy Kunz noticed that there has been a lot of building going on throughout the City and asked if everyone has purchased a permit. Lynette will mail some applications out to those that have not gotten a permit for their building. He also asked Shane if they could locate the fire hydrant by Forest Christensen’s and it was suggested in the spring to put roundup around all of the hydrants so they are all visible and easy to find all year.

Councilor Tee Steadman suggested we hire somebody in the spring to spray the whole town along the right of ways and to look at updating other sections of our water pipes where they have exceeded their life expectancy and that we should look into grants out there to help us to update again before we get into a bind.

Police Report: There were 34 contacts for the month of August and his new radios have been delivered and installed.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of August and stated that he and Alan have fixed a water leak in town and will be boring under the road for the water line up at the top of Stringtown tomorrow. They noticed that the main line needs to be fixed and repaired for leaks in other places. They have been working on the shed with Kevin Nate and will need more help when they get to the sheeting and other things to finish the shed. Alan’s mother passed away over the weekend and so he will not be working for the week to get that taken care of. The council told Lynette to get a card and $50 for them all to sign and give to Alan.
Office Business: There are 22 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of August.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor DeLoy Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of August 2022 in the amount of $55,725.63 in the general fund, $9,407.83 in the water fund, and $21,011.11 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $86,144.57. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman that council adjourns from the September 2022 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

August 2, 2022
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Cole & Duke Smith, Joe DeClark, Layne DeClark, Austin & Kirsten Waechtler, Doug Bradt, Kameron Whitaker, Gary H. Teuscher, CPA
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 July 5, 2022, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. The Mayor made note for clarification about the police issuing tickets should read “…how come the County Sheriff’s Office can’t issues tickets…”. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to accept the minutes as read with the stated correction. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The Mayor gave a recap on the Twin Creeks Day Celebration and said that it was a great event and was geared towards the kids. The fishpond was great and the Mayor’s family did the breakfast and fed about 120 people. He recommends next year of doing a dinner at 7:00 pm and entertainment to tie into the fireworks. The water dunking machine and foam was great and kids loved it. Lots of comments made throughout the community about the fireworks being amazing. The Mayor got all of the fireworks donated except about $175. Councilor Tee Steadman commented that he had people reach out about how to donate for the fireworks next year. The Mayor suggested setting up a fund for those to go and donate to throughout the year if they desire.
Kameron Whitaker came before the council and spoke about his findings with the County and annexing property into the City. The county expressed to him that it would be a good idea for the City and his property and there isn’t much cost to it besides having lawyers draw up the papers. Past Mayor and Councilmember Joe DeClark was present and suggested monitoring the water tanks to see how many more houses the system could hold. Shane said that monitoring has been happening already. Discussion on annexing or drilling a well instead; Kameron would help to put in all of the infrastructure needed to put in additional water lines if needed. There is an existing moratorium to not let any other homes outside of the City limits to hook into the water system, but if it were annexed in that would be different. There may need to be an entire new line coming from the canyon to help the situation if we were to annex more property or have more homes be built in the City limits. The City would like to take some time to discuss more about annexing property into the limits. Kameron was told he could hookup for water to his home and barn but if he wants sewer the home would have to be in the City limits.
Layne DeClark came before the council to discuss building permits and how he got a letter but his permit wasn’t fully expired yet. The council agreed that we had jumped ahead of ourselves. It was clarified that progress has to be being made in order to keep the permit going and if no progress has been made or started is when a new permit would need to be purchased. Layne reasoned that 120 days is too short of a time to build a house or additions, etc. The wording on the permit should be changed to accommodate that; a good example is that banks give one year on a construction loan to build a home and we should model after that.
Cody Coombs was invited to come to council to discuss the letter sent to him about his business operating not at his original place of business and he was not in attendance.
Austin and Kirsten Waechtler came before the council to discuss wanting to build a fence to keep kids and dogs in their yard. The Ordinance states that only a 3 ½ foot high fence may be built; but that won’t keep dogs in, especially when there is snow on the ground. They have observed that other hedges in town are taller than 4 feet. They want to put up a fence that is 5 feet tall all the way around their property eventually. Councilmember Tee Steadman said if they are trying to beautify their property and keep stuff in then it should be allowed to build a higher fence. The council suggested looking at changing the ordinance to 5 feet and in the meantime agreed that they can install a 5 foot fence all the way around their property.
Duke Smith came before the council to report back on his trip he made to Perry, Georgia for the Jr. High National Finals Rodeo and said that he had a good time and was very appreciative of the money he received from the City. The Mayor asked him if he kept his morals and standards to represent the City well, in which he did.
The Council then engaged in the budget workshop with City CPA, Gary H. Teuscher for the 2022-2023 budget year.
Councilor DeLoy Kunz is concerned that the trees and sprinkler system at a home on Stringtown is in the City Right of Way.

Councilor Tee Steadman brought up that there are some citizens living in their trailers and are hooked up to City services. The council said to send a letter explaining that they can’t be hooked up to services along with the Ordinance and invite them to council meeting to discuss their plans and why they’re living in it or how long they plan to live in it.

Police Report: There were 31 contacts for the month of July.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of July and stated that he and Alan have dug a grave and a cremation. They mowed the streets and had a visit from DEQ for an inspection with the Mayor and others. He fixed some water valves and put some dirt in at the bottom of the slide. Mick Merritt came and helped with some issues he was having at the sewer ponds. He got an estimate for boring under the road for the water line at the top of Stringtown at $3,900. He will tell them to get us on their schedule.
Office Business: There are 18 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of July. She wanted some more direction on the speed signs before ordering and how many and what were the requirements. The City will order 6 of them and Simplot will pay for 2 of them directly and then the County will also pay for 2 of them to give us 8 total. The Mayor also told her to order a nativity scene for the Christmas lights.
The Mayor informed the council that he has contacted the State Police about our issues with Bruce Esplin up the canyon, not letting anyone up there on the right of way to get to our water tanks.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of July 2022 in the amount of $29,529.62 in the general fund, $6,140.00 in the water fund, and $64,652.60 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $100,322.22. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman that council adjourns from the August 2022 council meeting at 10:00 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

May 3, 2022
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith
Meeting called to order: 7:05 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 Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from April 6, 2022, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
A recap on the City Cleanup Day was discussed and both dumpsters and metal bin got filled up. Shane requested if it could not be held on a Saturday, due to that being his only day off and to get work on his farm done. The Mayor said he would be happy to help on Saturdays and Councilor DeLoy Kunz said he could too and help to smash it down and close the bins when they’re full just because that’s the day most people have off in order to get their yard work cleaned up.
The last couple of years there has been a parade held for the Graduating Seniors and Clerk Smith asked if we wanted to continue that. She will talk to the Bishops of both ward’s to find out who the Seniors are and how many there will be and the City will give $50 to each. It was decided to continue the parade on Friday, May 25th at 6:00 pm which will be after Graduation. The Mayor will get the hot dogs and such for the roast for the seniors and their families after the parade.
The grant money that we received last year needs to be decided on how we are going to spend it. A portion of it can be used for the side by side but we should be getting another payment in June too. The Mayor suggested to purchase 4-5 of the flashing speed limit signs like they have in Lava Hot Springs or like the County uses. We will put 2 on each direction of Stringtown and 2 on each end of the highway coming into town and 1 coming in from Nounan. Shane also reminded the Council that we’ve discussed adding onto our shed or needing another shed or storage unit. They will do some measuring and look at a shipping container too. We can also use the money for water and sewer infrastructure.
Councilmember Trenton Morrel asked if there is a City Ordinance about stock piling tires. He has researched and found that there is State and Federal Statutes about stock piling tires and the City could get into trouble with DEQ about them. Clerk Smith will send a letter with the State Statute and ask them to remove their tires before we get into trouble.
The Mayor said that horses being staked in the barrow pit violates Ordinance 6 and is too dangerous with vehicles coming up and down the roads and the owners and City doesn’t want to be liable. It was also brought up that the dog issue with the Holder’s and Steadman’s has been over a month and a half ago and now that the dust has settled we don’t want to start up the battle again. When the ball gets dropped it makes it harder to pursue other incidents as well.
Police Report: There were 24 contacts for the month of April.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of April and stated that he and Alan have had a grave opening and closing at the cemetery and have mowed the park. The guys came to do the annual inspection of the PRV’s and everything looks good but it was recommended to rebuild next year. They shut off water at one location and got the monthly samples which are all good. They wondered about getting some gravel in front of the pavilion and it will help with parking and snow removal. They will spray before Memorial Day and see if Chuck Sims can spray the right of ways too.
Office Business: There are 16 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of April. She wondered if there had been any follow up with the Bridge on the highway and what we’re doing about that. She also has a conflict with the next meeting date for Council. It was postponed until Wednesday, June 15th.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor DeLoy Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of April 2022 in the amount of $15,260.05 in the general fund, $6,703.47 in the water fund, and $16,930.13.00 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $38,893.65. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz that council adjourns from the May 2022 council meeting at 8:15 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

April 6, 2022

Those Present:  DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith – home sick, Ada DeClark, Kameron Whitaker

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 DeLoy Kunz. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The minutes from March 1, 2022, were read by the Council due to Clerk Smith being home sick. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The Georgetown Irrigation Company and the City have an agreement with the backhoe that gets reviewed each year. It was decided that things are still good with both parties and the agreement was renewed for another year.

Ada DeClark has offered to put on an Easter Egg Hunt/Spring Celebration for the City if they will donate about $200 towards the event. She is also working on getting sponsors for bikes to be given away. BE Excavating donated $400 for four bikes, B’s Motorsports will donate one bike and Higgins Backhoe Service donated one. The event will be held on April 23^rd in the Park at 1:00 pm. The council approved to give Ada $200 towards the celebration.

The City Cleanup Day was then discussed and decided to be at the end of April and just before the county wide spring cleanup week which is free to dump at the landfill. The date was set for April 30^th and the Mayor will call Hennings and get some dumpsters brought out. It was discussed that if there is any dead animals or tires put in the dumpsters that the City will no longer provide this service to the community. Shane and Lynette will put signs on the dumpsters to remind citizens.

The council set the dates for the Budget Hearing later this fall for September 6^th at 7:00 pm and the budget workshop will be on August 2^nd. Lynette will coordinate with Gary Teuscher’s office.

Ada DeClark came before the council to get a building permit for their house. Layne came last year and was approved for the permit but they never did any work on it. The permit this year is for the exact same thing, just need to get approved and get started on it. The Council approved.

Kameron Whitaker came before the council to discuss their building plans on some more property that they have just purchased. He presented his plans and the council thought it all looked good and he can proceed.

The council called City Attorney, Adam McKenzie to follow up with the dog issue at Steadman’s when the neighbor’s dogs chased the kids into the kennel on their property.

The Mayor reported that he has spoken with the dealership at Frank May Ski Doo and has found a Can-Am side by side. It is a little bit more money than what we had originally planned but it is actually available. The guys can use the side by side now and by the time we add in our few extra things we will be about the same price anyway. The Mayor went ahead and told the dealership that we want it and then we won’t have to wait until fall or sometime to get one.

Police Report:  There were 25 contacts for the month of March.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of March and stated that he and Alan have been doing their regular routines for the month and are getting ready for spring.

Office Business:   There are 17 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of March. The City was awarded a $300 grant for trees from the Arbor Day Grant.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of March 2022 in the amount of $34,823.99 in the general fund, $21,150.84 in the water fund, and $18,591.00 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $74,565.83. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz that council adjourns from the April 2022 council meeting at 8:00 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith

City Clerk-Treasurer

March 1, 2022

Those Present:  DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith

Meeting called to order:              7:00 pm                                Invocation:         Shane Clark

The Council entertained a motion from councilor Greg Kunz to approve the published agenda and was seconded by councilor DeLoy Kunz. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The minutes from February 1, 2022, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Lynette and Shane gave a quick update on the seepage hauling. They contacted Scott Milne of Dry Creek Pumping and told him it would cost $350.00 per time to dump and it would be a 6-month trial and he was good with that and appreciative of the opportunity. He is going to reach out to Shane near the middle of April to see if it’s possible to get down to the lagoons where he can dump without us having to plow or maintain that road on the hill.

Annette and Nathan Sorenson wanted to put a single wide trailer on Naomi Sorenson’s property, but they cancelled coming to the Council tonight because the trailer would not meet the 1200 sqft requirements.

Councilor DeLoy Kunz asked if Ruben Hamman’s has contacted the office about some property questions and Lynette reported she has not heard from him.

Councilor Tee Steadman said that he spoke with Officer Martinez, and he has gotten some radios quoted for around $6,000 to be able to better communicate with other Officers on duty and the dispatch office. Officer Martinez is also going to attend a Communications meeting on Thursday in Paris and has asked for anyone to go with him to hear what the plans are from the County Sheriff’s Office. Tee also wondered if anything was being done about the oil spill on Third Street and Lynette reported that she has been in touch with the owner that said she will take care of spring one way or the other.

The Mayor reported that he has not yet, but will follow up with the citizens around town that have the F-word signage.

Police Report:  There were 23 contacts for the month of February.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of February and stated that he and Alan have been doing some shop work and cleaned up the roads from the wind, fixed the glass in the door at City Hall and delivered overdue notices. He also informed the Council that there have been a few homes with frozen pipes throughout town and we have put out a notice on FaceBook making homeowners aware of the issue and to advise avoiding driving over top of the lines to not push the frost further down.

Office Business:   There are 18 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of February. Lynette said that there is an Arbor Day Grant available and wondered if she should look into applying to get some more trees to put up at the cemetery. All agreed she should apply. The Mayor signed the contract from the Forest Service to renew our Permit for another 50 years.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of February 2022 in the amount of $16,471.65 in the general fund, $7,607.47 in the water fund, and $18,915.80 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $42,994.92. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz that council adjourns from the March 2022 council meeting at 8:00 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith

City Clerk-Treasurer

February 1, 2022

Those Present:  DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Thomas Hayes

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 DeLoy Kunz. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The minutes from January 11, 2022, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Keller Associates sent an email advising about the septage hauling and dumping. They said that our lagoons do have the capacity to accept the dumping and try it and see how the lagoons react. The Mayor suggested to allow it on a trial basis and to make sure it is filtered before dumping. Shane said he will ask about using a manhole in the wintertime because the road down to the ponds is really steep and difficult to maintain. Councilors would like to charge more than they paid to Paris. Councilor DeLoy Kunz made the motion to charge them $350 per load and to try it on a 6-month trial basis to see how our ponds react. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Thomas Hayes came before the council and apologized for his statements he made on FaceBook concerning the roads and almost being hit in the schoolbus. He did apologize the next day on his page and didn’t mean it to be directed to anyone personally but is just concerned with the safety of driving kids on the bus. He wondered what the cities policy is on plowing and removing slush off the roads. He felt like there were two days when it warmed up after the storms around Christmas that the slush should have been removed before it froze. The City does not have a policy for plowing slush but go out when there is 2” or more of snow accumulated. Councilor Tee Steadman mentioned how nice it is to drive on the highway that is bared off and everyone takes it for granted when you go off the highways and expect all the backroads to be bared off too. He said the ice melt that the highway uses gets on the vehicles and then drips off all the way up the roads and that creates ruts on the roads too. There are many factors about the condition of the roads and its not for lack of try from the City employee’s. It’s difficult to get out and plow before everyone starts driving on them too. The guys were commended for their efforts and are much appreciated despite the complaints. The Mayor and Council also commended Thom for coming to council to discuss things in person.

Councilor DeLoy Kunz asked if a building permit application was submitted up Stringtown and it was confirmed that they had given a building permit to the Peck’s. He also commended Shane and Alan for their work in the city and on the roads and that it is a hard line of work to try and keep anyone happy when plowing.

Councilor Tee Steadman said that he spoke with Officer Martinez and he has ordered some belly chains and leg irons to have on hand if he needs to arrest and transport anyone. They should be delivered later this week. Martinez is also working on getting a price for a better radio to use in the car so that other officers and dispatch can get a hold of him. He also would like to increase his hours to 55 hours per month to help do more patrolling. The council agreed to pay him for 55 hours instead of 50 per month.

Police Report:  There were 20 contacts for the month of January.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of January and stated that he and Alan had a grave opening for Georgia Morrell, they fixed a sewer line at Jordan Rasmussen’s that had a tree root growing into it and they upgraded the blade on the plow.

Office Business:   There are 18 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of January. Lynette said that the guys may need to do some digging to shut people off because some think we won’t shut them off in the winter and so they just don’t pay. The signs with the F-word have been noticed by more citizens around town and would like them taken down. It looks bad on our City and our community when you drive past them. The Mayor will go and visit with them to see if they will take them down and use other signs without the language. Lynette also noted that as the administrator of the FaceBook page that she will not approve any posts that will cause any controversy or give people a reason to complain about the City or it’s employee’s. The council agreed and the Mayor suggested trying to post and have others post things that are uplifting on the page and help turn peoples perspectives to happy thoughts. The banks don’t have the signature cards ready yet but when they do, Lynette will notify everyone to go in and sign.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of January 2022 in the amount of $13,585.54 in the general fund, $37,675.85 in the water fund, and $79,374.24 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $130,635.63. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman that council adjourns from the February 2022 council meeting at 8:05 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith

City Clerk-Treasurer

January 11, 2022

Those Present:  Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Alan Howell, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Mark Parker, Gary H. Teuscher, CPA, Mauria Teuscher, Scott Milne of Dry Creek Pumping

Meeting called to order:              7:00 pm                                Invocation:         Councilmember Marty Nate

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 December 8, 2021, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of December 2021 in the amount of $17,756.83 in the general fund, $8,854.48 in the water fund, and $19,002.48 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $45,613.79. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried.

Councilmember Marty Nate had some parting words and reminded the council to stay on top of the oil spill on Third Street and the Ordinances at Adam’s office. The Mayor and each Councilmember thanked Marty for all of her service over the years and her love for the community and its people. Her wisdom and knowledge will be greatly missed.

The Council then engaged in the swearing in of incumbent Mayor Steve Waechtler, incumbent Councilor Greg Kunz and new Councilor Trenton Morrell. Each took the Oath of Office and received certificates for their positions. The Duties of Councilmembers were reviewed and assigned. Councilor Trenton Morrell will take over the responsibilities that Councilmember Marty Nate had and the others will all stay the same. Councilor Greg Kunz was nominated to remain as the Council President and he accepted.

Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to add Trenton Morrell to the bank accounts at Ireland Bank, US Bank and Zions Bank and to remove Marty Nate from all accounts. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The Bear Lake County Fire Chief Mark Parker came before the council and asked about the use of the property on Main Street located between Gary Thompsons and Brad Wells. The County would like to build a shed for vehicles to be put in on this side of the valley. The fire truck is already in the City Shop and a brush truck at Jacob Kunz. He said we are going to outgrow the buildings that we are in shortly because vehicles are all getting bigger and not smaller. It would be a 2-bay building and he thinks with the mine opening that it could bring in close to 250 people. He also stated that when the equipment is in other farmers sheds that they are not insurable by the County. Councilor Tee Steadman says it would free up more space in the City Shop to move the equipment out. The Mayor mentioned that that piece of property is outside of the commercial zone and citizens may object to the building up there. Mark would like to work out a donation of the property from the City or a 99-year lease. There are at least 7 people from Georgetown on the Voluntary Fire Roster. All of the councilors were in favor of having a shed built out here to keep equipment in. Details will still need to be worked out.

Scott Milne from Afton owns Dry Creek Pumping Tanks and came before the Council to ask about the opportunity to dump into our lagoons. He does a lot of business in Bear Lake and Afton is now limiting their capacity and will not accept them to dump from Idaho tanks and they can no longer dump in Paris either because they are making changes to their lagoons too. They brought in a significant amount of revenue to the City of Paris and paid $100 per load to dump and about $30,000 a year. They would like to just bring their Idaho loads for now. They can filter out any paraphernalia that they would get from porta potties. Shane will talk to our engineers at Keller Associates to see our capacity to be able to accept any truckloads and get back to the Council at the next meeting to make a decision and get back to Scott.

Gary H Teuscher and Mauria came to the council to report on the Financial Audit for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 and the City is in good shape. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to transfer $18,572.67 from the water fund and $16,581.14 from the sewer fund to payback the general fund. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Councilor DeLoy Kunz was excused from the meeting because of work but had called the Mayor previously about the roads. The Mayor and other Councilors have received a lot of calls about the roads, mostly up Stringtown. The guys have done all that they can do and have even sanded the stop sign heavily. The roads are just slick and scraped down as much as they can be. They Mayor suggested getting some flags or markers to put up along the road to know where the road is when there is a whiteout.

Councilor Tee Steadman suggested sending Officer Martinez to cite people for pushing snow across the roads and not cleaning up. It is also what has created our problems on the roads. He would also like to see some cars moved off of the roads better. He also wanted to give credit to the Maintenance guys for all the work they have done and keeping the roads plowed each day and all through the holidays.

The Mayor also said for next year’s Christmas lighting that he and other citizens would like to see Christ brought back into Christmas and gave permission for Clerk Smith to purchase a nativity scene Christmas light set. He also suggested to maybe put a friendly reminder on Facebook first to have citizens move their vehicles and if they need help moving snow back out of the way that he would be happy to help do it.

Police Report:  There were 17 contacts for the month of December. Officer Martinez had an interaction with someone he pulled over had ended up being a wanted man and had to call for backup to the County. He is not equipped to arrest and transport anyone. The council agreed that Martinez needs to be equipped with what he needs to do his job properly and safely.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of December and stated that he and Alan had a grave opening and the Land App Report from Keller’s is finished and been submitted. They also pushed a lot of snow. They need a ride up to the tank this week. Councilmember Tee Steadman asked if we are still looking at purchasing a side by side? The Mayor said he has been looking and there is nothing out there to buy. It was suggested to get on a list for a new one. The Mayor will contact Frank May Ski Doo and get one ordered and find out how much would need to be deposited to be on the list. He figures it will cost about $25,000.

Office Business:   There are 17 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of December. The Christmas Light Contest was a hit, and the winners were Tony & Chris Price 1^st, Bryan Hartley & Ashley Millard 2^nd, Tyler & Katana Sorensen 3^rd place. The Rocky Mountain Power Grants were announced and we were not awarded this year but a couple other places in our valley were. We will apply again next year. Lynette got the W-2’s prepared for all the employee’s and the money from the hay lease was also brought in and recorded for the year.

The Mayor reported that he met with leaders at Simplot and the mine is looking at about 8-10 years away from operating. He met with County leaders as well and they said they will still help with traffic signs. They have also suggested removing the 35 mph signs coming out of the canyon and reducing to 25 mph all the way down Stringtown. Shane mentioned to go to all of the mines to help with costs of speed signs and other things because all of the mines will be using the roads.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Greg Kunz that council adjourns from the January 2022 council meeting at 9:15 pm. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith

City Clerk-Treasurer

November 3, 2021

Those Present:  DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Douglas Bradt, Moriah & Rick Peck, Tyler & Katana Sorensen

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 Tee Steadman. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The minutes from October 6, 2021, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilmember Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Moriah and Rick Peck came before the Council about needing a building permit for their tent on their property. She didn’t feel like one was needed because it is moveable, and she would like to move it in about two years’ time. She provided pictures to show the Council that the power to the tent is moveable also. She was concerned about getting a permit every time she moves it and the Council told her that wouldn’t be necessary and that greenhouses do not have a foundation either but still require a permit. Carports don’t have a foundation either and are held down with spikes, like a tent, and still require a permit. She was told it would be a one-time fee for the tent and she would still be welcome to move it every couple of years.

Katana and Tyler Sorensen came before the Council to discuss if a hookup fee and/or a monthly water fee would be needed. They have installed a water system for their yard and tapped into an existing line on their property and put in a 2” line behind the City valve. He has it all engineered to be more efficient and replaced all the galvanized pipe to the house also. It will have to be gauged to see if it does effect Sylvia Miller’s pressure, but they don’t expect it to affect her. After hearing how the line was installed, the council decided that they are fine with what they are doing.

Douglas Bradt came before the Council to discuss the footbridge by the creek and he has cleared out all of the willows now and it looks in pretty poor shape as well as the sidewalk. He wondered who owns it and if the City does if we can either fix it up or get rid of it. He hasn’t noticed a need for the footbridge because there hasn’t been any pedestrians that use it, but maybe that’s because it hasn’t been usable. The southside has a falling apart sidewalk and the northside doesn’t have a sidewalk at all. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz said he would look into and see if the State owns it. Now that it is usable maybe people will use and if we can use it to keep kids off of the main bridge up on the highway then we should fix it up. The City will look into fixing come spring if it is ours and maybe put in a timber bridge. Douglas said he would be happy to help as well.

The votes were canvassed from the election held last night for Mayor and two Councilmembers. Councilmember Marty Nate reported that there were 100 people that came to vote and the Mayor was re-elected as the Mayor again for the next 4 years and Trenton Morrell and Greg Kunz will be the new Councilmembers for the next 4 years also.

The Mayor said that any complaints in town need to be directed to the County Sheriff’s Office to be put on record. Citizens may call Johnny first if he is on duty but no longer can we have councilmembers going to visit people about Ordinance violations. So encourage citizens to call the Sheriff’s Office so it can all be on record. He also said that he is tired of the speeding and is going to personally buy some flashing signs. He figures they are $2,800 each and would like to have about 10 within the City limits. He is going to call Simplot himself again and contact the County because they had said they would help with the cost of a couple too. The City did receive a lot of grant money that could be used to purchase flashing signs also.

Councilmember Marty Nate wants to install a climbing spider at the playground for kids to play on. Morgan Kidd is helping her to design one and will get installed. Marty also noticed during the elections held in the office that Lynette needs a new chair, rolling mats and possibly a desk. She will have her carpenter look into fixing and get the new office items. She would also like the guys to get rid of the threshold in the doorway because everyone kept tripping over it when they came in to vote. She said the bathroom also needs some work and possibly a new toilet because it seems to be leaking. The guys will look into what needs to be done. The Christmas Lighting event details she will talk to Sean Bartschi about doing the welcome and the food and see if Trenton Morrell wants to come and help too. Next year for the Trunk or Treat she would like to do hot dogs and hot chocolate too. Lynette will remember for next year.

Councilmember Greg Kunz asked if the City sells the property to the County Fire Department to put up a building if the City would buy it back if they were to ever pull out. He said he would try and get Fire Chief Mark Parker to come to the next meeting to work out the details.

Police Report:  There were 28 contacts for the month of October. Officer Martinez purchased some more ammunition this month because he had only purchased practice ammunition before.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of October and stated that he and Alan had to replace a valve at the land app site and have been getting the plow ready and did some plowing. They went to a training for the drinking water and painted the curb by the fire hydrant. They removed the water connection at the Country Corner for the trailer that was moved. The sewer is still there, but if the land gets separated and sold then it will need a separate hookup installed for water. He received a quote for the PRV’s to have an annual inspection done with a 5 year bid to evaluate annually and also includes a SCADA system on the valves. He will also get another bid from a Salt Lake City company too. If they were to come, we could split the cost with Star Valley when they make the trip up here to both places. They’ve been putting up lights in the Park for the lighting event and installed the signs to cleanup after your dog in the Park too.

Office Business:   There are 19 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of October. Lynette has a conflict with the next meeting date because she will be out of the office for a week the first of December. Council will be held on Wednesday the 8^th instead of Tuesday. City Attorney, Adam McKenzie, has sent a letter to Verizon asking them to turn off the old flip phone and stop sending us a bill. We don’t know who any of the authorized users on the account are, so hopefully a letter from Adam will suffice. The City Cleanup cost the City about $1100 between the dumpsters and the landfill, but we got a little bit back for scrap metal taken in. Lynette also received an email about a grant from Rocky Mountain Power for $1500 to help beautify our Park. She asked the council for some ideas and they suggested asking for the grant for trees at the Cemetery, more outlets in the park for our lights, or a sprinkler system for the park.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of October 2021 in the amount of $14,476.12 in the general fund, $6,401.14 in the water fund, and $21,012.47 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $41,889.73. 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 November 2021 council meeting at 9:00 pm. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith

City Clerk-Treasurer

February 9, 2021
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, City Attorney Adam McKenzie
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Councilmember Marty Nate
The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Marty Nate to approve the added agenda item of the water loan closing and was seconded by Tee Steadman. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. The Council then entertained a motion from councilmember Tee Steadman to approve the published agenda and was seconded by councilmember Greg Kunz. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from January 5, 2021 were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The Mayor reported that he will list the side-by-side for sale again in another month or so once the weather warms up so that we will get more people interested. Now is not the right time of year. He also reported that he has a meeting set up with Rick Phillips of Simplot and Vaughn Rasmussen of the County Commissioners sometime in March. In other business, Lynette reported that the police car also got sold.
City Attorney, Adam McKenzie spoke to the council about he got an email from DEQ that our water project is done and they are ready to close the loan to start the process to pay it back. Adam said that where it is a Tax-Exempt Revenue Bond that it is out of his expertise, so he will forward everything on to another attorney that he uses in Boise. Her name is Stephanie Bonney, and she will get everything drawn up for us to close on February 26th. We will need to have a special meeting on February 16th at 11:00 am to adopt the Ordinance for the Revenue Bond and to give enough time for it to be published in the paper by the 24th. The loan has already accrued $12,298.05 in interest. The City will just pay it verses adding it onto the loan to keep the loan amount at $410,000 for 20 years. Payments will be due in August & February at $13,395.00 each time. Adam also wanted to follow up on some other business and reported that he has heard back from the owners on the corner and will be removing the trailer house on the property, so they won’t be installing a second water and sewer line. If the lot ever splits and a home is installed, then a second line will be required. The Mayor also requested Adam to draw up a letter to send to Bruce Esplin explaining that the City has a right of way past his place and he needs to stop blocking the road as to always allow the City access to the water tanks.
The Animal Control Ordinance Draft was discussed and Marty stated that she did not add in the fence requirements so as to not add one more thing for our maintenance crew to do and inspect. The draft was tabled until another time.
Councilmember Tee Steadman reported that he has gotten some complaints about a neighbor’s dogs chasing kids off of the school bus. Because of who’s dogs they are, Tee wondered how to handle it. It was decided that Tee would pay the owners a visit and try to get them to be more aware of their dogs and to fix the problem before further action needs to be taken.
Police Report: There were 25 contacts for the month of January. Officer Martinez did have surgery recently but is hoping to be cleared to return for work after February 21st. Lynette also reported that she has gotten reimbursement from the CARES Grant for the policeman’s salary from March-December 2020. She will check on when the reimbursement for the operating expenses will be coming through.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of January and stated that he and Alan have plowed snow a couple of times, they have cleaned up the shop and made some shelves, the SCADA system is up and fully functioning. The City has to do seepage tests on our sewer lagoons this year and he has reached out to three engineering firms to give us a bid for this summer, he has received one back so far and we will discuss them at our next meeting.

Office Business: There are 17 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of January. Lynette has a conflict with the next council meeting date and the Council said to postpone a week. There is an election on March 9th to vote on the school levy. Hansen Glass is coming to install the 2nd door in the office on March 1st or 3rd. She will work that out with Shane when he can be there to help installation if needed.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember DeLoy Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of January 2021 in the amount of $12,678.00 in the general fund, $28,666.43 in the water fund, and $61,633.77 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $102,978.20. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember DeLoy Kunz that council adjourns from the February 2021 council meeting at 8:50 pm. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

October 6, 2020
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate (by phone), Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Kathy Ray of 4 County Coalition
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve Waechtler
The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Greg Kunz to approve added agenda item of Kathy Ray from the 4 County Coalition. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
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.
The minutes from September 1, 2020 were read aloud by Clerk Smith. There was a correction on spelling of Katana Sorensen’s name. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read with the correction. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Kathy Ray of the 4 County Coalition came before the council. She serves as the Regional Economic Professional for Southeast Idaho. She recommended the City go online and register/apply for a Community Review. There are usually only 2-3 communities selected per year and takes place during the summer. If we were selected, the committee would conduct surveys and listening sessions to put together strategies and suggestions of improvements for our community. Our small city would be only a 1-2-day event and the application costs $3-4,000. If the City needed, we could reach out to nearby businesses for sponsors for the application process. The council agreed that we should look into and apply.

Resolution #2020-01 for new building permit fees was discussed. It was clarified that the purpose for building permits is to ensure that buildings are adhering to the Ordinances in place. After much discussion it was determined that a basic permit consisting of sheds, decks, carports, patios, greenhouses, etc. will be proposed at a $50.00 fee; Additions which would be described as square footage added to a home or shops, garages, barns, storage buildings, etc. will be proposed at a $150.00 fee; New Construction of homes, apartments/duplex/townhouses, business buildings, business additions, etc. will be proposed at a fee of $250.00. Lynette will get the public hearing advertised for the next meeting.

Lynette and Shane had a question about headstones being placed in the Cemetery. Both had been told when hired on that all headstones installed needed to be flat but wanted clarification on if that is just in the new part or if that is all headstones no matter where the graves are located. Also, there is no where to be found an Ordinance or a Resolution stating this, and Lynette hasn’t went through the minutes to see if that’s where it’s at. Councilmember Greg Kunz remembered that being discussed when he served on Council previously. Lynette wanted clarification on if it should be made into an Ordinance/Resolution or to leave it alone. The pros are it definitely makes things easier for the maintenance at the cemetery and cons are that no one wants to put extra stipulations on how people want to remember their loved ones. It was discussed to maybe look into a provision of headstones being mounted on a 1” flush mounted base and was tabled for further discussion later.

Lynette and Shane have had some concerned citizens that would like to encourage a City sponsored Trunk or Treat to eliminate kids going door to door trick or treating on Halloween. The council agreed to promote a Trunk or Treat. Marty will help Lynette to work out the details. We will get flyers posted and sent home with the kids at school.

The next meeting date has a conflict with Election Day on November 3rd. Typically the elections are held in the City Hall but this year because of the need for social distancing, the City Hall is not large enough. Voting will be held in person at the LDS Church in the gym instead. Even though the building will now be available, we still don’t want to conflict with Election Day. The next meeting date was rescheduled for the following Tuesday, November 10th.

Councilmember Marty Nate brought up that the lack of parking in front of the church during the week is a problem, mostly for funerals. The car pool people seem to spread out and create very little space for parking. Bishop Smith is wondering if the City could put some “No Parking from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm” signs up. We need to find out if the area in front of the church is City property or church property. The parking is only going to get worse. It was suggested maybe we could ask Simplot to help install a Park & Ride. She has also been getting the run around from the State to help pay for speed signs so she will contact DeLoy Romrell at the local shed and go from there.

Councilmember Greg Kunz would like to see some lines painted down Stringtown since it has been chip sealed to help with visibility and people staying on the correct side of the road. DeLoy will look into and see if we can get the company doing the road at the Summit to paint some lines while they’re in town doing the highway.

Councilmember Tee Steadman sent some concerns to Lynette about a White Chevy being parked along Stringtown. It’s in the way for plowing snow and an eye sore and needs to be moved. We will send Officer Martinez to go and visit with them about it.

Police Report: There were 28 contacts for the month of September. Officer Martinez’s radios are outdated, and he needs new ones. Because of this, the County can’t get ahold of him to check on him when he is in Georgetown. Chief Roper at Montpelier just got new radios for his squad and got an extra one through a grant. He has donated that one to the City and Officer Martinez. We will just need to pay for it to be installed. It was also requested that Martinez come during school hours because there are a lot of speeders and hunters.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of September and stated that he and Alan have dug 3 graves, they put up new flags around town and new signs and the handicapped sign in front of the City Hall. They have been doing some fencing up around the water tanks. Shane contacted Kevin Martin at Sunrise about some SCADA alarms for the water tanks to alert when levels are low. Kevin would like to come and present to Shane, Alan and a council member or two some mapping options for the City to be able to find all water valves, pipes, etc. more easily. Shane will get it set up and notify the councilmembers when. He would also like to look into consolidating some trucks to get a 1-ton dump truck and plow. The old dump truck will take a lot to keep going and is infested with mice.

Office Business: There are 13 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of September. For the first time in a long time, she has been able to cross off everyone on the monthly shut off list because they each came and made a payment to be removed from the list for the month. In the spring we had talked about doing a Fall cleanup as well. It was decided to have Henning’s bring out some dumpsters on the 17th for a Fall Cleanup Day before the weather gets bad. She also reported that she needs another new printer because Shane could use one at the City Shop since theirs quit working and because the one she ordered doesn’t do 11×17 legal size paper and she needs that for the Cemetery Deeds. She got a bid from Bear River Electric to secure this building with some security camera’s, key fob entry on the door instead of metal keys, and a secure entry system with video doorbell and buzz entry to the main door. The bid also included a cell phone signal booster for the City Hall since the reception is very poor now that we have metal siding on the building. The total bid was around $16,000. Lynette will keep looking into options with a smaller security camera system and video doorbell that can be found cheaper on Amazon. Shane also had the idea of installing a 2nd door inside the entry way with maybe a half door and the top part could be of bullet proof glass. Chief Roper at Montpelier said he would donate the glass from the Old City Hall if we could use it for something. Lynette will look more into cheaper options to secure the building.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Greg Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of September 2020 in the amount of $13,456.19 in the general fund, $8,783.89 in the water fund, and $22,132.36 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $44,372.44. 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 October 2020 council meeting at 9:15 pm. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer