Georgetown Idaho

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

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA 

Tuesday, March 1, 2022         7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:         

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from February 1, 2022 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Annette & Nathan Sorenson – Trailer on Naomi Sorenson’s property

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:   

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR FEBRUARY’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 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.

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

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

Tuesday, February 1, 2022             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 11, 2022 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS 

• Dry Creek Pumping Update – Septage Hauling/Dumping

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT: 

MAINTENANCE REPORT: 

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR JANUARY’S BILLS 

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, March 1, 2022, 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.

December 8, 2021

Those Present:  Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Kevin Martin of Sunrise Engineering, Kameron & Jessica Whitaker

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

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 November 3, 2021, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilmember Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The Bear Lake County Fire Department will be tabled until the next meeting when fire chief Mark Parker can be in attendance.

Kameron and Jessica Whitaker have purchased about 5 ½ acres of land up Stringtown of Danielle Culver’s/Sam Holder’s and are wondering what their options are to tap into City services. They would like to put up a house and barn but both probably won’t fit in the City limits and the property is half in the City and half in the County boundaries. Councilmember Marty Nate reminded them that if the house is built in the County that the City has a moratorium to not allow anyone outside of City limits to be on City services. Both main lines for water and sewer are on the North side of Stringtown and there is an irrigation line through their property that needs to have a 50-foot easement. Councilmember Greg Kunz said he would show them where the line is when they get closer to building. The council told them that as long as they build in the City they will be allowed to hook into City services but may need to install a lift station for the sewer depending on where they build.

Kevin Martin of Sunrise Engineering came to visit the council and drop off a box of goodies for Christmas. He said that there is grant money available to get a study done on the City services but the water just had a study completed in 2017 and sewer had a study completed just before that was updated. If we were to get a loan for any improvements, they require a study to have been done in the last 5-10 years but we should be good on both for a while. Down the line we may be able to apply for some ARPA funds for our water transmission line. Kevin will keep an eye on that and let us know as that comes about.

The Christmas Lighting Event was great, and the weather was great. Lynette has recorded what food was used and left over for next year again and Marty received $120 in donations from citizens to use towards the event.

The council addressed giving the employee’s Christmas bonuses again this year. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to give Shane and Lynette $350, Johnny $325 and Alan and Doug $150. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Councilmember Marty Nate noticed when she was in the office doing elections that there are some old files in the back that need to be disposed of. Councilmember Tee Steadman made the motion to burn the old files that are older than 7 years. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Councilmember Tee Steadman proposed doing a Christmas Light contest in the City and the councilmembers will be the judges and winners will be announced on December 22^nd. The winners will receive gift cards for $100 for first, $75 for second and $50 for third. Lynette will get flyers put up and announce on Facebook and include in the Christmas letter going out to all citizens this month.

Councilmember Marty Nate brought up about what to do about Angie Hymas situation of her complaints about her neighbors. Angie needs to call into the Sheriff’s Department so that her complaints are on record and they will send out an Officer to address the issues. She also brought up some complaints from a neighbor to the old Anna Campbell’s home. Some old oil tanks were dug up and the oil was spilled in the process. This needs to get cleaned up so we don’t have environmental issues. Lynette will get some letters put together and send to a few citizens about complaints with their animals and attach the ordinances for them. Marty reminded everyone that Adam has an ordinance he should be working on to finish up for the zoning and to watch for some money becoming available from Biden’s infrastructure plans. She will also continue with the cemetery project of helping to find relatives to those that have plots but aren’t using them. She will also help come up with a map system to have at the cemetery to find plots easier.

Police Report:  There were 21 contacts for the month of November.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of November and stated that he and Alan did some maintenance on the bathroom and fixed the seal instead of replacing the toilet for now. They also tore out the threshold so no one will trip over it coming through the door anymore. They also finished remodeling the City Hall and cleaned out the old printers and microwave that don’t work anymore. Shane got another PRV maintenance quote from the Salt Lake City company that is $1000 cheaper and he has gotten information to Keller Associates to work on the Land App Report for the year.

Office Business:   There are 20 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of November.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of November 2021 in the amount of $14,696.01 in the general fund, $7,552.92 in the water fund, and $20,454.24 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $42,703.17. 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 December 2021 council meeting at 8:55 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, January 4, 2022 7:00 pm 382 Main St.
Rescheduled for Tuesday, January 11, 2022

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from December 8, 2021 regular meeting

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR DECEMBER’S BILLS

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

 Swear-in New Councilmembers
 Elect Council President & Assign Duties to New Councilmembers
 Approve New Signers on Checking Accounts & Remove Old Signers
 Bear Lake County Fire Dept – Mark Parker
 Scott Milne of Dry Creek Pumping – Use City Facilities
 Financial Audit for FY 2020-2021 by City CPA, Gary H. Teuscher

DeLoy:
Tee:
Greg:
Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS: Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Christmas Light Contest Recap, W-2’s, Signature Cards

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, February 1, 2022, 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 4, 2022               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 8, 2021 regular meeting

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR DECEMBER’S BILLS 

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Swear-in New Councilmembers
• Elect Council President & Assign Duties to New Councilmembers
• Approve New Signers on Checking Accounts & Remove Old Signers
• Bear Lake County Fire Dept – Mark Parker        

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:   

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Christmas Light Contest Recap

ADJOURNMENT 

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, February 1, 2022, 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 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

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, December 8, 2020           City Hall                    7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:           

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from November 3, 2021 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Bear Lake County Fire Dept – Mark Parker
• Kameron & Jessica Whitaker – land up Stringtown
• Christmas Lights in the Park Recap
• Employee Christmas Bonus
• Dispose of old files

DeLoy: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Marty: 

POLICE REPORT:

 MAINTENANCE REPORT: 

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR NOVEMBER’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, January 4, 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.

October 6, 2021

Those Present:  DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Curtis McKinney

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

The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Tee Steadman 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 8, 2021, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilmember Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Curtis McKinney came before the council to plead his case for his shed that’s been built. He apologized for not doing more research about the setbacks for Georgetown. His shed is small enough that it didn’t need a building permit, but our Ordinance still says 8 feet from the neighbors’ property line. He said that he spoke with his neighbor about the placement and got a letter from him saying he was ok with the placement and his neighbor even helped him to place the shed. The council decided that the precedent has already been set with others in the community being told no and having to move their sheds to conform, so he needs to move his shed and conform as well. Given the time of year, the council extended him some time to get the shed moved and it may turn in to be a spring project because of the weather changing. Curtis agreed to get the shed moved by Spring.

The council decided to carry on with the City sponsored Trunk or Treat again this year since there was such a great turn out last year and it will be held on Saturday, October 30^th and begin at 5:00 pm.

A date for the fall cleanup was set for Friday, October 22^nd. The Mayor will call Hennings to have them bring out two dumpsters on the evening of the 21^st and he will bring down his trailer for people to drop off their metal and he will then haul into Henning’s.

Ordinance #106 for animal control was presented to the council. Lynette emailed the ordinance with the changes discussed at the last meeting to the council to review beforehand. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to accept Ordinance #106 for Animal Control. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – no, Marty – yes. Motion carried the council.

Councilmember DeLoy Kunz reported that we need to install a no parking sign in front of the hydrant at the church where everyone likes to park for carpooling or to paint the curb as a no parking zone. Shane and Alan will get started on it and paint a few parking stalls to keep vehicles out of the line of the hydrant.

Councilmember Tee Steadman wanted to discuss further the need for a building permit for the tent up Stringtown. They are running power to the tent so it will be more of a permanent fixture. The council agreed that if it will have power and be there permanently, then it should have a permit. Councilmember Marty Nate said she will contact the owners and let them know to purchase a permit. Tee also wondered about signs in the park to have dogs be cleaned up after. Lynette and Shane will get some ordered to be put up around the park. He also wondered about getting some trees to plant along the cemetery to block from the ponds. The Mayor will check with the Forest Service about getting some trees.

Councilmember Marty Nate inquired about what the water peaked out at this year and Shane responded that it held up but hasn’t came back up like usual. He ran the generator for a few days to clean out the water and it cleaned up good. Marty also wanted to set a date for the Christmas Park Lighting event and it was set for the Monday evening following Thanksgiving, on November 29th. The Mayor will call Sean Bartschi to see about help with the food and the welcome. Marty also inquired about the cemetery road and was told that the County can’t do it and Liddl paving can’t do the tar. The Mayor will speak with the County Commissioners and Vaughn Rasmussen about our options to get the road paved.

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

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of September and stated that he and Alan have been digging more graves at the cemetery. The PRV’s up Stringtown had some issues on a Saturday and caused some trouble with citizens’ water pressure throughout town. He and Doug got those fixed and set to the proper pressure and the City had a couple of bad valves. Shane got the system set up on a schedule to be inspected each year. The light on the pole on Hayes Lane that he and Lynette reported last month did get repaired.

Office Business:   There are 15 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of September. Lynette asked for clarification on cemetery deeds being transferred to citizens if there is a limit on that like there is when you purchase the plots outright. The council discussed and decided that they are not held to the 4 plot limit if they have already purchased and then get deeds transferred to them. It was also brought up about a water connection on Main Street and discussed if there needs to be a hookup fee or at least charged a monthly fee to water a yard. The Mayor will speak with the owner and invite him to the next council meeting to discuss the fee.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Greg Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of September 2021 in the amount of $20,165.89 in the general fund, $11,014.80 in the water fund, and $15,578.00 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $46,758.69. Councilmember Tee Steadman 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 2021 council meeting at 8:45 pm. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith

City Clerk-Treasurer