Georgetown Idaho

April 3, 2025
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Shane Clark
The council meeting was rescheduled from April 2, 2025, to April 3rd due to a lack of quorum available on the 2nd. 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 March 4, 2025, were read aloud by the Mayor and Clerk Smith. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The Audit for Fiscal year 2023-2024 was tabled until the next meeting when Auditor Matt Regen will be available due to moving the meeting to the 3rd instead of the 2nd and tax season conflicts.
Addison Ochsenbein, from Sunrise Engineering came before the council to follow up on the Transportation Plan. He said that we are waiting for LHTAC to approve the scope and all funds are frozen right now due to things happening in Washington DC with the new Presidency and employee/funding cuts. The grant money should be available later in May. The Mayor questioned if signing the contract locks us in for $6,000.00 even if the grant funding doesn’t come through. Addison said we can move forward now or wait until funds are officially available. We need to have this approved before the summer months during peak times to collect data for traffic control.
The Annual Backhoe Agreement with the Georgetown Irrigation Company was up for review. All parties are still happy with the agreement. Councilor Marty Nate made the motion for the Mayor to sign and approve the annual agreement. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Councilor Marty Nate reported that the legal descriptions she received from Clerk Smith were forwarded on to Tim Christensen that came from Flying S Title Company and her nor Lynette have heard anything back from him yet. Marty will continue to stay in touch with Tim to make sure this gets taken care of.
The Impact Area was discussed and Councilor Marty Nate went to the County and printed a large map for all to review that has our City limits and Impact Area marked. The map was reviewed to see if any changes need to be made to submit to the County.The council wondered if we need to include the cemetery and sewer ponds which are owned by the City into City limits or our impact area. Lynette will confer with Adam.
The Spring Cleanup Dates were set for April 22nd – 24th and Lynette will get flyers prepared to notify citizens. The Mayor will arrange for the dumpsters to be brought out during those times.
Easter Egg Hunt is being planned for Easter weekend since it is so late in April this year and hoping the weather will hold out.
The Budget Hearing dates were discussed. Councilor Marty Nate made the motion for the budget hearing dates to be set for September 2nd and the workshop held on August 5th. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Councilor Marty Nate asked for an updated list to put up at the cemetery and she will get the map put up soon as well. The council discussed getting donations for the installing the new playground equipment coming. The Mayor also said there is a luncheon coming up between the City, County and Simplot soon and the Mayor will ask for help with installation. Marty also asked about considering updating the water lines starting at the top in the canyon and working our way down into town without a loan and to update as we an afford.
Councilor Greg Kunz is concerned if we are getting our moneys worth from the Sheriffs Department. They make a lot of contacts but are not issuing many citations and there isn’t much money coming back in compared to what we are paying them. Councilor Tee Steadman voiced that he still likes having them readily available and having an officer available to report to a call and their ability to enforce our Ordinances.
Police Report: Sheriff Bart Heslington was not available to give his report for the month of March but was able to email it over for the Council to review. They worked 82 hours and had 132 contacts resulting in 4 citations, gave 9 written warnings, 9 verbal warnings and made 20 traffic stops. The County Clerk also emailed over some reports from October 2024 to March 2025 about the citations being issued and the funds being sent to the City for each citation.
Maintenance Report: Shane Clark gave their report for the month of March and stated that he and Hadley have dug a grave, sent the water samples to the lab to be tested, cleaned up the winter supplies at the sewer ponds and plowed some wind drifts of snow.
Office Business: There are 23 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of March. Lynette reported that the website has been renewed for the next 6 months in hopes to get it updated to a more user-friendly version in that time. She also had to submit some reports for the American Relief Funding money that was received from the effects of Covid.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of March 2025 in the amount of $32,065.94 in the general fund, $7,715.00 in the water fund, and $18,839.40 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $58,620.34. Councilor Greg Kunz 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 April 2025 council meeting at 8:35 pm. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith,
City Clerk-Treasurer