Georgetown Idaho

The Council meeting for April 6, 2021 has been rescheduled due to a lack of quorum. Council will resume on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 7:00 pm. Thanks!

February 16, 2021
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Alan Howell, City Clerk Lynette Smith, City Attorney Adam McKenzie by phone
Meeting called to order: 11:00 am
The Council entertained a motion from councilmember DeLoy Kunz to approve the published agenda and was seconded by councilmember Tee Steadman. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Ordinance #103 – amending Ordinance #58 to prohibit the deposit or placement of snow by private persons or entities on City Property, was read by the Mayor. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to dispense the three readings on separate occasions rule and was seconded by councilmember Greg Kunz. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Greg – yes, Marty – yes, Tee – yes. Motion carries. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to approve Ordinance #103 and councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Greg – yes, Marty – yes, Tee – yes. Motion carries.
Ordinance #104 – water revenue bond was presented to the Council and read by the Mayor. Councilmember Tee Steadman made the motion to dispense the three readings on separate occasions rule and was seconded by councilmember Greg Kunz. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Greg – yes, Marty – yes, Tee – yes. Motion carries. Councilmember Greg Kunz made the motion to accept Ordinance #104 and to adopt the summary to be published in the paper and was seconded by councilmember Marty Nate. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Greg – yes, Marty – yes, Tee – yes. Motion carries.
Once Attorney Stephanie Bonney has all of the closing documents ready, she will send to the City Hall and the Mayor will sign all pages with Lynette attesting. Lynette will get these Ordinances scanned and emailed to Adam so he can send on to be published in the News-Examiner.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember DeLoy Kunz that council adjourns from the Special Meeting at 11:15 am. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

January 5, 2021
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz by phone, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Bret Kunz of Insurance Designers, Valerie Ross of News Examiner
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve Waechtler
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 December 1, 2020 were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read with a couple of changes from September to November in the Maintenance Report and DeLoy to Greg for employee bonuses. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Bret Kunz of Insurance Designers came before the council to request an agent change again. It has been almost a year since the City switched agents with ICRMP and he wanted to follow up to see if we would switch back. He said he would be more than willing to go to bat for us if we have a claim or if we feel we are getting treated unfairly by ICRMP, but for the most part, the agent stays out of the claims. Bret encouraged the council to shop around for other insurance besides ICRMP but Good Luck finding better rates or service.
The City advertised vehicles available for auction and received back only one bid for all of the vehicles. It was for the dump truck with the plow from Eric Jensen for $1,100.00. The City decided to accept his bid. Shane will make arrangements for him to come and pick up. Now that the auction is over, we can sale the other vehicles as first come first serve. The Mayor will take care of advertising and selling the side-by-side and Shane will re-list the police car and the silver truck to sell. Since the last meeting, we did purchase a new service truck with a plow to replace the silver truck because the Mayor found us a good deal sooner than we thought we would near Jackson Hole for a 2013 Ford F-350 for $31,000. Shane and Alan have been using the big plow and this new plow truck together and it has worked really well for cleaning up, smaller lanes and areas and at the cemetery.
The council proceeded with reviewing the new zoning draft with lots of discussion on minimum lot sizes between ¼ and ½ acre. Marty will continue to make a few changes and then we will submit to Adam to start putting together in Ordinance form and to make sure it is all legal. The Mayor has spoken with Rick Phillips at Simplot before Christmas to get their 10 year plan on the Georgetown mine so that we could have an idea to plan for growth etc. Getting this Ordinance in place before everyone moves in for the mine will help us.
The council continued by reviewing the animal control draft and there was lots of discussion about wanting to keep the ag in our community but also need to prevent from having irresponsible caretakers. Marty will keep researching what other communities are doing and add in that citizens fences should be inspected to ensure they are accurate enough for the animals they are trying to keep in.
Councilmember Marty Nate said that she would like Shane to let Officer Martinez know when funerals are so that he can be out here to help stop traffic. She also would like to start remodeling the inside of City Hall and asked when Shane and Alan felt like they could get started on it. They will help Marty to put some ideas together.
Councilmember Tee Steadman would also like to see the shed have two more bays added to it so we can park more things inside, such as the new plow truck we’ve gotten and the fire brush truck we’ve talked about before amongst other things. Shane will work on getting some bids together or see if it’s something that he and Alan can build.
Police Report: There were 25 contacts for the month of December.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of December and stated that he, Alan and Doug were able to attend training for two days in Soda Springs and had another two days virtually. They dug some more graves and Shane helped to install the SCADA alarm system at the water tanks. Shane also spoke with Doug about the sewer chlorinator building and they inspected it and it has not settled any more. There is a water leak on Hayes Lane that they will be fixing tomorrow. He also reported that we’ve received a letter that we will need to get seepage tests performed this year. He will reach out to a couple of engineers so we can get that completed this summer.

Office Business: There are 17 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of December. Lynette reported that the dog tags are on their way for people to renew for the new year, she will have the W-2’s available later this month and the City got approval from the CARES Grant for the police salary to be reimbursed. That money should be coming soon. The Mayor also had her turn off the FaceBook account for others to post on. It is for the City’s use for informational purposes and not for everyone to vent and complain about happenings in the City. She also reported that she has been having some troubles with deposits at Zions Bank. The City advised her that if things don’t get resolved then we should take our funds to another bank. She was also advised to check into and see if City funds can go in a Credit Union. Lynette will report back at the next meeting.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of December 2020 in the amount of $25,227.10 in the general fund, $17,338.39 in the water fund, and $27,971.00 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $70,536.49. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Marty Nate that council adjourns from the January 2021 council meeting at 9:45 pm. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

December 1, 2020

Those Present:  DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate by phone, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Kevin Martin of Sunrise Engineering, Katana Sorensen

Meeting called to order:              7:00 pm                                Invocation:         Clerk Lynette Smith

The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Greg Kunz to strike the Agreement for Placement of Snow from the agenda and then 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 10, 2020 were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Kevin Martin of Sunrise Engineering came to the council and brought some manuals for the water system and chlorinator building and also dropped off a Christmas box.

The Christmas Park lighting event was well attended and probably had the most participants we’ve had. The Mayor and the office received lots of compliments and comments thanking the City for continuing to have the event. The Mayor also suggested adding a fish catch game at Twin Creeks Days.

Ordinance #103 – amending Ordinance #58 to prohibit the deposit or placement of snow by private persons or entities on City Property, was read in it’s entirety along with Ordinance #58, by Clerk Smith. The Council discussed how to enforce the Ordinance and decided to add in a written warning would be given before issuing a ticket and suggested to hand deliver to explain why they’re in violation. Councilmember Tee Steadman made the motion to approve Ordinance #103 and councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Greg – yes, Marty – yes, Tee – yes. Motion carries.

We have vehicles that are not being used anymore and Lynette has spoken with City Attorney, Adam McKenzie about how to go about auctioning the vehicles. The bidding will be open to the public and councilmembers. Lynette will publish the vehicles in the News Examiner for 2 weeks and we will open the bids at the next council meeting. She will post more detailed descriptions with pictures on Facebook, the classifieds and KSL. The vehicles that will be available will be the old dump truck with the old snow plow with a minimum bid of $1,000, the old police car with a minimum of $900, the side by side Ranger with a minimum of $1,900. Adam said that if we don’t receive any bids then we can sell outright after the auction has closed and that we don’t have to accept any of the bids. These funds will be put towards getting a different dump truck that is smaller to use at the cemetery and a plow for around town and eventually to replace the silver half ton truck to duplicate as a service truck. Shane has spoken with a dealer about fleet prices for Cities about options to buy brand new. We will continue to look through the winter for a good deal.

Resolution #2007-5 pertains to cremations and flat head stones. Shane and Lynette just wondered if it was something we need to pass along to enforce or if we let it go or if it needs to be changed. It was decided to leave it how it is as it pertains to just cremations being added to a plot or between plots and must be a flat stone for easier maintenance. Lynette will send to the local mortuaries as an FYI.

Employee bonuses for Christmas were discussed for the year and after much discussion councilmember Greg Kunz made the motion to give bonuses to each employee in the amounts of $350 for Lynette, $325 for Johnny, $300 for Shane, $150 for Alan and Doug. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The Mayor made a statement that all councilmembers and employees have the right to tell any citizens that want to complain, that they can come to a council meeting and voice their concerns verses having to listen to it either in person or over the phone.

Councilmember Greg Kunz asked about the trailers along Main Street and what the plans are for them because he has received a lot of complaints about them as well as other councilmembers too. It was discussed that most don’t understand the reasons for them or know that they are not in violation of any Ordinances. The owner of the trailers did mention that they did look at other options such as an extra tall fence but that wasn’t a feasible option at this point in the year and that these trailers will serve multiple purposes. It was also mentioned that they would like to paint them and make them look better but because of how late we are in the year that is not a feasible option now either. Greg also brought up that it has been brought to his attention that ValleyWide gives out lots of grant money to communities throughout the year and that the City should apply for this also and it could even help with our traffic signs we would like to purchase and install. Lynette will look into.

Police Report:  There were 24 contacts for the month of November.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of November and stated that he and Alan have plowed a couple of times and made some adjustments to the plow. He has found another guy that can install a SCADA system for the water tanks from Salt Lake and he will install for $10,000 plus $150 per month fee. This system is all satellite software vs. radio from the one before and it will be more easily to monitor and can do more things. They will be coming back to install soon. Shane, Alan and Doug were supposed to go to some trainings next week in Soda Springs for water and wastewater systems, but they have been cancelled in person, because of COVID, but now will be held virtually. Shane asked for approval from the Council to have Keller Associates prepare the report for the Land App again this year. The Council approved.

Office Business:   There are 19 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of November. Lynette reported on her findings for the Cares Act COVID Grant and how to apply. The City is eligible for $17,000 in grant money but she needs to submit a report requesting for those funds and to justify that amount. She can submit for Officer Martinez’s salary from March through December, Shane’s laptop, service booster for the City Hall, a security door for the City Hall, anything that helps to encourage social distancing and helps with working remotely can also be submitted. Lynette will go ahead and get the security door ordered, it will be $3260 and includes bulletproof glass. The Council wondered about if traffic signs could be submitted for since we’ve had such an influx of extra travel on our roads due to COVID.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember DeLoy Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of November 2020 in the amount of $63,971.54 in the general fund, $10,764.82 in the water fund, and $13,527.00 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $88,263.36. 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 2020 council meeting at 9:30 pm. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith

City Clerk-Treasurer

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

Tuesday, February 9, 2021              7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:         

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from January 5, 2021

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Water Project Complete – Close on Water Loan
  • Review Zoning & Animal Control Ordinances         

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Marty:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:   

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Vehicles Sold, Next Meeting                                                                                                                                            Date 

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR JANUARY’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 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, January 5, 2021 7:00 pm 382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from December 1, 2020

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

 Open bids for Vehicles for Auction
 Review Zoning & Animal Control Ordinances
 Insurance Designers – Bret Kunz consider agent change

DeLoy:
Tee:
Greg:
Marty:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS: Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Banks

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR DECEMBER’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 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.

November 10, 2020

Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, DeLoy Kunz was excused due to plowing snow

Meeting called to order:              7:00 pm                                Invocation:         Mayor Steve Waechtler

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 October 6, 2020 were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to go into Public Hearing for the purpose of increasing the building permit fees. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: Greg – yes, Marty – yes, Tee – yes. There was no public at the meeting to voice any concern and Lynette reported that she had not received any comments written or verbally in the office concerning the increase in fees. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to go out of Public Hearing and councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: Greg – yes, Marty – yes, Tee – yes. Councilmember Greg Kunz made the motion to accept Resolution #2020-01 to set new fees for building permits; $50 for basic permits, $150 for additions, $250 for new constructions. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: Greg – yes, Marty – yes, Tee – yes.

Councilmember Marty Nate reported on the recent election held in the Cultural Hall at the LDS Church on November 3^rd. There were 401 registered voters and they registered 54 new ones. It was the largest turnout that we have ever had.

The date was set for the Christmas Lighting in the Park Event on November 30^th at 6:00 pm. We will continue to serve hot chocolate, sloppy joes and smores. The Mayor will contact one of our horse drawn carriage drivers to see if they would bring Santa in. Santa will be there and will hand out treats; maybe every child just won’t be able to sit on Santa’s lap this year. Councilmember Tee Steadman said that Steadman Fencing will donate the meat for the sloppy joes. The Mayor reported that the Trunk or Treat had a great turnout and so we should definitely move forward with Santa coming because obviously our town wants it to continue.

Councilmember Tee Steadman asked about the COVID-19 Grant available to Cities. Lynette looked and there is up to $17,000 available for the City. Lynette will look more into and contact Alan Eborn for more help to qualify for the funds. Tee also asked the Council how to proceed with an agreement with the City and his neighbor for plowing the snow. He stated that he is willing to work with everyone. Lynette will contact Adam to see what we can legally do about preventing someone from pushing snow onto City or another person’s property. The Mayor said that sometime soon he and Shane will go and visit with the neighbor to come to a solution.

Councilmember Greg Kunz would like to update the headlights on the Firetruck. They are old halogen lights and he would like to put new LED lights and a spotlight onto the Firetruck. The Mayor also mentioned to update and check the tires and see if it has been serviced annually.

Councilmember Marty Nate asked about the new trailers along Main Street at a residence. She asked what their purpose was and it was explained that they are serving as a privacy fence and can also be used as storage units. She stated that they are located in a commercial zone and so it’s ok for them to be there but that they are also an eye sore. The Mayor also explained that they will possibly be painting and fixing up to look better in the near future. Marty also brought up the Zoning Ordinance update and asked the Council how to proceed. Lynette printed new copies for everyone of the Zoning Ordinance and Animal Control Ordinance. The Council is to review and bring back ideas to the next meeting.

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

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of October and stated that they have been busy at the cemetery with more graves again. He has been winterizing the land app and put out the Christmas lights in the Park. He and Alan sat with Kevin Martin from Sunrise and a gentleman from Salt Lake to discuss a backup SCADA alarm system for the water tanks. It would be a simple system that will monitor levels, waterflow and if the chlorine is going in. It can send a call or a text for notifications and would cost around $34,000 and has about a 15-20 year life. The gentleman could dial in to monitor and offer support from Salt Lake. He was also willing to come and do a presentation to the Council if they wanted. Shane was advised to do some more research throughout the winter and maybe look at getting a second bid and plan towards spring to install a system and we could pay for it out of pocket. He has been approached about ideas for Eagle Projects and asked the Council their thoughts. It was suggested to install the sand diggers in the park and put up a map at the cemetery.

Office Business:   There are 12 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of October. Lynette reported that the website was hacked while the system was upgrading but is back up and running now. She also said that she didn’t need to order a new printer after all because the City of Montpelier called and donated one that they weren’t using anymore. Shane is using it at his office and it works great. The Fall Cleanup day was great and both dumpsters were completely full. It helps to keep our city cleaned up and looking nice. We will plan on having another cleanup day in the Spring as well. The idea was discussed to come up with a new city logo to place a magnet on the City Service truck. Lynette will come up with some flyers and take to the Elementary school for the kids to have a contest to come up with a new logo and winner will receive a $25 gift card. Councilmember Tee Steadman mentioned that we need to move forward with installing a second door in the City Hall for Lynette’s safety.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of October 2020 in the amount of $15,622.25 in the general fund, $8,275.22 in the water fund, and $20,753.89 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $44,651.36. 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 2020 council meeting at 9:30 pm. Councilmember Tee Steadman 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, December 1, 2020            7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION            

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:        

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from November 10, 2020                                                                                   

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Sunrise Engineering –Water Improvements Project – SCADA alarm system

• Christmas Park Lighting Recap

• Amend Ordinance #58 –Winter Maintenance, prohibiting deposit of snow on City Property

• Agreement for Placement of Snow

• Vehicles to Place for Bid

• Resolution #2007-5 – Cremations and Flat Headstones

• Employee Christmas Bonus            Tee: Marty:POLICE REPORT:MAINTENANCE REPORT: OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accountsSIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR NOVEMBER’S BILLSADJOURNMENTNext Meeting:

• • • Greg:             
    • DeLoy:
    •  

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, January 5, 2021, 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.

The City will be hosting a Trunk or Treat at the City Park on October 31st at 5:00 pm.

Elections will be held at the LDS Cultural Hall on November 3rd from 8:00 am – 8:00 pm instead of at the City Hall for more room to social distance.

September 1, 2020

Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Katana Sorensen, Zach & Janelle Crockett

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

The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Greg Kunz to approve added agenda items of The Crockett’s to discuss hooking up to City Services outside of City limits. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Marty Nate 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 August 4, 2020 were read aloud by Clerk Smith. There was a correction for the gravel pit to be listed as outside of town not in town. Councilmember Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read with the correction. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The chair entertained a motion from councilmember Greg Kunz for the council to move into Public Hearing for the purpose of accepting the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 as well as Public Hearing for the new building permit fees. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows:  DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Marty – yes. The floor was then opened for public comment either verbally or by written notice. The office did not receive any written comment about the proposed budget and no one came forth to offer their opinion about the budget. The floor was then opened for public comment either verbally or by written notice pertaining to the proposed fee changes for the building permits. Katana Sorensen came to the Council and asked for more specifications for defining remodels, new construction, removing or replacing or having different levels such as basic permit, remodel permit and a new construction permit and suggested having standards for each level. Councilmember Marty Nate said a remodel would be considered as an increase in living space square footage. No other citizens or councilmembers had further comment. The office did not receive any written comment about the proposed increase in building permit fees either. The chair entertained a motion from councilmember Marty Nate for the council to close the public hearing and move back into the regular meeting. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows:  DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Marty – yes. The council entertained a motion from councilmember DeLoy Kunz for the council to accept the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The appropriations ordinance listed as Ordinance #101, for Fiscal Year 2020-2021, was read in its entirety by Clerk Smith. The chair entertained a motion from councilmember Marty Nate to accept the new ordinance. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows:  DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Marty – yes.

Ordinance #102, an Ordinance for increasing Compensation for Elected Officials was read in its entirety by Clerk Smith. The chair entertained a motion from councilmember DeLoy Kunz to accept the new ordinance. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Marty – yes.

Resolution #2020-01, setting increased fees for building permits was tabled until a future meeting when there can be more research done on definitions for basic, remodels and new construction and time allows for another public hearing.

Zach and Janelle Crockett came before the council to see about the possibility of hooking up to the City’s water and sewer services and a possibility of being annexed into the City limits. They are purchasing land from his Grandma Geraldine Simmons but have found some stipulations from the County about how many acres there has to be to have a well, etc. and with those stipulations they can’t purchase her full 2 acres. They would be building about 350 feet from Jeff Smith’s and his property is in City limits and is on City services. The Council suggested that they look into more details about the process of an annexation and cost for both homes and Shane will talk to Doug about how much it would cost to run a line down to the their property and weigh our options.

Katanna Sorensen asked if there was a way to accept automatic payments online or a way to check balances online. Lynette reported that there is not without it being a significant cost to the City but there is always the free bill pay option through your banks institution.

Councilmember DeLoy Kunz would like to see the website updated, office hours posted and wondering how the Planning & Zoning Ordinance was coming along. He also commented that the Facebook Group page was supposed to be a place for the City to post notices and not for everyone to post things that are for sale.

Councilmember Greg Kunz has received some complaints about citizens firing shots within City Limits. Lynette found that Ordinance #4 addresses peace and quiet and shooting in City limits. She will post a reminder at the Post Office and on the Facebook group for everyone to see as to not single out anyone and we’ll see what kind of response we get.

Councilmember Marty Nate reported that the Movies in the Park are done for the summer and they will do it again next year because it seemed to be enjoyed by the community. She would like letters sent out to Dave Denton and Adrien Smith again to clean up their properties because of fire hazards. She spoke with Vaughn Rasmussen about speed signs throughout the City and he said the County could help with 1 or 2 and it was suggested to talk to Simplot about helping with the cost of some signs. Marty will also call DeLoy Romrell about help from the State if we had some installed along the highway and Main Street. She addressed the thistles at the cemetery again. Shane will follow up with Chuck about when he can come back out and take care of them again.

Police Report: There were 30 contacts for the month of August.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of August and stated that he and Alan arranged for some paving out front of the City Hall building. Shane will call the guys doing the construction on the Summit highway project to see if they would have left overs to fix our corner that was shorted of asphalt. They are using the new chlorinator building and have moved all of the chlorine up there. They took the big City of Georgetown sign down and took into Burgoyne’s to get sanded and painted and it should be coming back soon. He is going to go to a class in Ammon next week. They fixed the flashing lights for the school and may need to look into updating the timers and battery because it is already out of date.

Office Business:   There are 26 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of August. The coupon books got mailed out to everyone finally along with an updated statement of their accounts.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of August 2020 in the amount of $11,657.84 in the general fund, $118,878.85 in the water fund, and $16,095.20 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $146,631.89. 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 September 2020 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