November 5, 2025
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Hadley Wright, DeputyWes Barnhill, Kevin Martin from Sunrise Engineering, Brooke Bruesch
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve Waechtler
The council entertained a motion from Councilor Trenton Morrell to approve the published agenda and was seconded by Councilor Greg Kunz. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from October 7, 2025, were read aloud by Mayor Waechtler. 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. Minutes from the Special Meeting on October 15, 2025, were read aloud by Mayor Waechtler and Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Kevin Martin with Sunrise Engineering came to give an update on the Transportation Plan. He reported that they have been compiling information from the traffic impact study and the pavement management plan and have met with Hadley in regards to growth in the City and they hope to have ready to submit before Thanksgiving. There are a few other grants and loans they could apply for at this time and one is to submit a letter of intent from the lower tanks to town, which we have submitted the last two years to show there is a need and if a loan is offered, we don’t have to accept it. Right now there are more needs than there are funds and there is a low chance of being awarded but it’s a good idea to stay on the list to show there is still a need. He and Addison will coordinate with the City Crew to get the info needed. Another grant available is the Transportation Alternative Plan for pathways, sidewalks, crosswalks, school routes, ADA access, etc. If awarded, there is a 7.34% match required. The Council said to go ahead and apply to see where we rank, but there could be lots of needs here too. One other grant is the LHRIP up to $150,000 to repair roads and we will apply for this one again also since we weren’t able to get all of the roads finished this past year that we wanted to such as Hayes Lane, West side of East Street, West Street, etc. Addison will be in touch.
Police Report: Deputy Sheriff Wes Barnhill came before the Council and presented their report for the month of October. He is a new deputy that has been working for about 1 month. They issued 11 citations, had 28 incidents and received and responded to 53 calls. He said they did an internal audit of our contract and was able to find and fix 7 citations from the month of June that we didn’t get paid for and they will get that remedied. He provided a breakdown of the citations and averages being brought in each month. He thinks they are generating about 50% of the contract. He had a more detailed report of the data and reported on follow up on the situation at Hayes Lane. The Council said they would like to see more detailed reports and more follow ups on the report and thanked him for his efforts.
Results from the election held November 4th are in and Tony Price received 85 votes for Mayor and Greg Kunz received 68. Councilor votes were 116 for Jordan Rasmusson, 94 for Brooke Bruesch, and 78 for Miles Cook. New Mayor and council members will take over at the meeting in January.
The council approved a donation to the Senior Center. Councilor Marty Nate made the motion to donate $1,000.00 to the Senior Center and Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The date was set for the Christmas Park Lighting Event for Wednesday, December 3rd at 6:00 pm. The Young Men from 2nd ward helped Hadley to get all the lights set up in the park last night. Lynette will make arrangements with the Bartschi’s and Santa to make the event come together.
Councilor Marty Nate reported that she wants some things fixed with the bridge, the concrete at the pavilion with a new pad, the approach at the Post office, and would like to get a grant for the mulch at the playground. The Mayor said he would follow up with some donations for the playground and the tractor was sold for $4,500.00 to go towards the playground. She would also like to get the roads chip sealed and Greg would like striping the roads on Stringtown. Need some cattle guards installed at the cemetery. She asked if the water trucks from Stone Ridge are about done. The rate being charged was discussed. We don’t sell the water that often but last time was in 2022 and we charged $2.50 per thousand gallons. Trenton will call around to find out what the going rates are now.
Councilor Tee Steadman said there have been some irrigation water leaks causing damage on roads and the guys filled in with gravel to fix. Greg responded that Nic, the water master was out the last part of the season with a broken leg too but the Irrigation Company can pay to haul the gravel and take care of it.
Maintenance Report: Hadley Wright gave their report for the month of October, stating that he checked up to the spring, had 2 graves at the cemetery, cleaned up at the cemetery, winterized the park, turned water off at the fountain, took water samples to Pocatello, and did some utility locates. He cleared out a big beaver dam up left and right hand and we need to trap more. Shane got hurt earlier this month and broke his leg. He is out at least another 6 weeks. With snowplow season coming up, he said he can call the County or Doug to help with the plowing until Shane can get back at it.
Office Report: There are 31 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of October. There were no shutoffs last month because of the computer and system being down. Our Utility Billing program is very dated, and we will be in a bad way if it were to crash. The computer got fixed but the internet has still been hard to get anything done. The Trunk or Treat was well attended again and those from Nounan came out too. It was suggested to add to the flyers to not let this replace going door to door. There were complaints about starting so early in the evening also. Lynette has a conflict with the next meeting date and it was decided to keep with the same schedule and Marty will help with taking notes. Lynette will get everything prepared for the meeting. She will also be out of the office December 2nd – 10th to Las Vegas.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of October 2025 in the amount of $20,659.22 in the general fund, $8,254.63 in the water fund, and $20,883.50 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $49,797.35. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate that council adjourns from the November 2025 council meeting at 8:45 pm. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynette Smith,
City Clerk-Treasurer