Georgetown Idaho

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.

October 6, 2020
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate (by phone), Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Kathy Ray of 4 County Coalition
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve Waechtler
The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Greg Kunz to approve added agenda item of Kathy Ray from the 4 County Coalition. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Greg Kunz 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 1, 2020 were read aloud by Clerk Smith. There was a correction on spelling of Katana Sorensen’s name. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read with the correction. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Kathy Ray of the 4 County Coalition came before the council. She serves as the Regional Economic Professional for Southeast Idaho. She recommended the City go online and register/apply for a Community Review. There are usually only 2-3 communities selected per year and takes place during the summer. If we were selected, the committee would conduct surveys and listening sessions to put together strategies and suggestions of improvements for our community. Our small city would be only a 1-2-day event and the application costs $3-4,000. If the City needed, we could reach out to nearby businesses for sponsors for the application process. The council agreed that we should look into and apply.

Resolution #2020-01 for new building permit fees was discussed. It was clarified that the purpose for building permits is to ensure that buildings are adhering to the Ordinances in place. After much discussion it was determined that a basic permit consisting of sheds, decks, carports, patios, greenhouses, etc. will be proposed at a $50.00 fee; Additions which would be described as square footage added to a home or shops, garages, barns, storage buildings, etc. will be proposed at a $150.00 fee; New Construction of homes, apartments/duplex/townhouses, business buildings, business additions, etc. will be proposed at a fee of $250.00. Lynette will get the public hearing advertised for the next meeting.

Lynette and Shane had a question about headstones being placed in the Cemetery. Both had been told when hired on that all headstones installed needed to be flat but wanted clarification on if that is just in the new part or if that is all headstones no matter where the graves are located. Also, there is no where to be found an Ordinance or a Resolution stating this, and Lynette hasn’t went through the minutes to see if that’s where it’s at. Councilmember Greg Kunz remembered that being discussed when he served on Council previously. Lynette wanted clarification on if it should be made into an Ordinance/Resolution or to leave it alone. The pros are it definitely makes things easier for the maintenance at the cemetery and cons are that no one wants to put extra stipulations on how people want to remember their loved ones. It was discussed to maybe look into a provision of headstones being mounted on a 1” flush mounted base and was tabled for further discussion later.

Lynette and Shane have had some concerned citizens that would like to encourage a City sponsored Trunk or Treat to eliminate kids going door to door trick or treating on Halloween. The council agreed to promote a Trunk or Treat. Marty will help Lynette to work out the details. We will get flyers posted and sent home with the kids at school.

The next meeting date has a conflict with Election Day on November 3rd. Typically the elections are held in the City Hall but this year because of the need for social distancing, the City Hall is not large enough. Voting will be held in person at the LDS Church in the gym instead. Even though the building will now be available, we still don’t want to conflict with Election Day. The next meeting date was rescheduled for the following Tuesday, November 10th.

Councilmember Marty Nate brought up that the lack of parking in front of the church during the week is a problem, mostly for funerals. The car pool people seem to spread out and create very little space for parking. Bishop Smith is wondering if the City could put some “No Parking from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm” signs up. We need to find out if the area in front of the church is City property or church property. The parking is only going to get worse. It was suggested maybe we could ask Simplot to help install a Park & Ride. She has also been getting the run around from the State to help pay for speed signs so she will contact DeLoy Romrell at the local shed and go from there.

Councilmember Greg Kunz would like to see some lines painted down Stringtown since it has been chip sealed to help with visibility and people staying on the correct side of the road. DeLoy will look into and see if we can get the company doing the road at the Summit to paint some lines while they’re in town doing the highway.

Councilmember Tee Steadman sent some concerns to Lynette about a White Chevy being parked along Stringtown. It’s in the way for plowing snow and an eye sore and needs to be moved. We will send Officer Martinez to go and visit with them about it.

Police Report: There were 28 contacts for the month of September. Officer Martinez’s radios are outdated, and he needs new ones. Because of this, the County can’t get ahold of him to check on him when he is in Georgetown. Chief Roper at Montpelier just got new radios for his squad and got an extra one through a grant. He has donated that one to the City and Officer Martinez. We will just need to pay for it to be installed. It was also requested that Martinez come during school hours because there are a lot of speeders and hunters.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of September and stated that he and Alan have dug 3 graves, they put up new flags around town and new signs and the handicapped sign in front of the City Hall. They have been doing some fencing up around the water tanks. Shane contacted Kevin Martin at Sunrise about some SCADA alarms for the water tanks to alert when levels are low. Kevin would like to come and present to Shane, Alan and a council member or two some mapping options for the City to be able to find all water valves, pipes, etc. more easily. Shane will get it set up and notify the councilmembers when. He would also like to look into consolidating some trucks to get a 1-ton dump truck and plow. The old dump truck will take a lot to keep going and is infested with mice.

Office Business: There are 13 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of September. For the first time in a long time, she has been able to cross off everyone on the monthly shut off list because they each came and made a payment to be removed from the list for the month. In the spring we had talked about doing a Fall cleanup as well. It was decided to have Henning’s bring out some dumpsters on the 17th for a Fall Cleanup Day before the weather gets bad. She also reported that she needs another new printer because Shane could use one at the City Shop since theirs quit working and because the one she ordered doesn’t do 11×17 legal size paper and she needs that for the Cemetery Deeds. She got a bid from Bear River Electric to secure this building with some security camera’s, key fob entry on the door instead of metal keys, and a secure entry system with video doorbell and buzz entry to the main door. The bid also included a cell phone signal booster for the City Hall since the reception is very poor now that we have metal siding on the building. The total bid was around $16,000. Lynette will keep looking into options with a smaller security camera system and video doorbell that can be found cheaper on Amazon. Shane also had the idea of installing a 2nd door inside the entry way with maybe a half door and the top part could be of bullet proof glass. Chief Roper at Montpelier said he would donate the glass from the Old City Hall if we could use it for something. Lynette will look more into cheaper options to secure the building.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Greg Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of September 2020 in the amount of $13,456.19 in the general fund, $8,783.89 in the water fund, and $22,132.36 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $44,372.44. Councilmember DeLoy 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 October 2020 council meeting at 9:15 pm. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

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

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

Tuesday, October 6, 2020                      City Hall                    7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION            

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:           

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from September 1, 2020 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Resolution #2020-01 – Building Permit Fees

• Ordinance/Resolution for Headstones in the Cemetery

• Trunk or Treat

• Next Meeting Date – Conflict with Election Day

• DeLoy:
• Tee:
• Greg:
• Marty:                  

• • • POLICE REPORT:
    • MAINTENANCE REPORT:
    • OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Security Options, Booster,                                                                                                                      Fall Cleanup Day, Printer
    • SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR SEPTEMBER’S BILLS
    • ADJOURNMENT

• Next Meeting Date: Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, November , 2020, 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.

August 4, 2020

Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Marty Nate, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Kevin Martin of Sunrise Engineering, City Attorney Adam McKenzie

Meeting called to order:              7:00 pm                                Invocation:         Council President Greg Kunz

The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Marty Nate to approve added agenda items of the Dog Ordinance Summary to be published in the paper. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The Council entertained a motion from councilmember Greg Kunz 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 July 7, 2020 were read aloud by Clerk Smith. There was a correction for the meeting to be changed to the July meeting and not the June meeting. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read with the correction. 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 to give a final report on the water project. He consulted with RSJ about their plans for the strip of asphalt that needs to be replaced in front of the City Hall and it was just going to be them using a skid steer attachment to do the work. Kevin felt it would need to be done more professionally. If the City gets a bid for it we can still use the water funds since it was related to why it got torn up in the first place. Other than the asphalt, the project is complete. He has brought the final pay app to be signed and will be submitting. He figures we are ahead on budget around $30-35,000. One year after the completion of the project the first payment will be due. Warranty on the project started on July 23, 2020. Around the 1^st of July next year, Kevin will come back and check on the project and the settling, etc and see how things are holding up before the warranty ends. The water tanks were cleaned as a part of the project around the first part of June. Councilmember Greg Kunz commented that since we are ahead on budget that he would still like to see some kind of backup alarm system to be added to the system. Kevin will look into and get back to the Council.

City Attorney Adam McKenzie was there to present the Dog Ordinance Summary to be put into the paper vs the entire Ordinance. Councilmember Tee Steadman made the motion to approve the summary and be published in the News Examiner. Councilmember Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the Council.

Lynette asked Adam about if we would be able to charge Matt and Nikki Petersen for water and sewer hookups even though she had compiled a letter previously to them saying that there was a previous agreement with the City and previous owner Corey Hayes that there would be no fees to hookup to the City’s services. Although, at the time the letter was sent, the City didn’t realize that only an actual water hookup was there but they had to go down the road and around the corner to find a sewer hookup on that side of the road for them. Adam advised that we would not be able to charge now for the hookups even after the fact, but that we could still charge for monthly services. Lynette will call the County to get an address for them to send a monthly bill to as this is a second home for them and not their primary residence.

Councilmember Tee Steadman commented that the City Hall looks nice with the new siding and he liked the Movie Nights in the Park and they were fun for the family. He will bring a check down to the City for his donation.

Councilmember Greg Kunz commented that the State has a new gravel pit outside of town and he’s worried about it tearing up our new roads with that much weight on it. DeLoy will talk to a couple of people about it at the State Department and see what can be done.

Councilmember Marty Nate reported about the flashing speed signs and that Vaughn said the County could probably help with 1 or 2 of them. She is looking for option for a new sign on the City Hall because the other one was looking pretty old and didn’t want it to deter from the new look of the building. The next Movie Night will be on the 14^th and will be Dennis the Menace. She also reported that she had looked into what other City’s fees are for their building permits. She looked at Grace, Preston and Bloomington. The Council suggested changing fees to $25.00 for basic things such as porches and decks, etc. and $100.00 for remodels and additions and $150.00 for new construction of new homes. Lynette will get a new Resolution ready, to be passed at the next meeting and notices out for the Public Hearing. Adam suggested there be a Public Hearing since we are increasing the fees more than 3% and it will be held with the Budget Public Hearing next month.

The Council engaged in the budget workshop with City Auditor and CPA Gary H. Teuscher and Mauria Teuscher. Councilmember Greg Kunz made the motion to increase the Council pay to $150.00 per month and the Mayor to $250.00 per month. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Lynette reminded them that an Ordinance would have to be passed and wouldn’t take effect until January 1, 2021. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to give employee’s a 5% raise this year and 3% raise next year. Councilmember Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. The raise will take effect October 1, 2020.

Police Report: There were 29 contacts for the month of July.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of July and stated that he and Alan did a water repair at Jerry Morrell’s, been mowing and contacted Chuck Sims about doing more weed spraying. They have been working on moving the generator to the shop so that bay can be used to store the fire brush truck. They have hauled gravel up to the new chlorinator building and shutoff delinquent accounts.

Office Business:   There are 19 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of July.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilmember Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of July 2020 in the amount of $32,230.78 in the general fund, $13,586.68 in the water fund, and $69,506.92 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $115,324.38. 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 August 2020 council meeting at 10:15 pm. Councilmember DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith

City Clerk-Treasurer