Georgetown Idaho

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.