Georgetown Idaho

October 15, 2025 – Special Meeting
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Drue Smith
Meeting called to order: 12:10 pm
All were welcomed to the meeting by Council President Greg Kunz and the sealed envelopes that were received were handed out to the council members. Each opened a sealed enveloped and read what was opened.
Councilor Marty Nate opened the bid from Jordan Crane for the 5 acre piece at the cemetery for $52/acre if dry and $102/acre if irrigated. He also bid the 26 acres at $102/acre.
Councilor Trenton Morrell opened the bid from 3 Mile Dairy at a 55/45 share and is willing to move the pipe if it’s ever a possibility. It was noted that it’s not a possibility at this time since it needs to be handled by those that hold a license for the land application. 3 Mile had also submitted a bid for the cemetery but withdrew.
Councilor Greg Kunz opened the bid from Springdale Farms which was dismissed as per our Attorney, Adam McKenzie, that stated City Officials or employees cannot bid on a contract offered by the City of which they are apart.
Councilor Marty Nate made the motion to renew the contract with 3 Mile Dairy for the 26 acres at the land app site for another 5 years and to award Jordan Crane the contract for the 5 acres at the cemetery on a year-to-year basis. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Trenton Morrell that council adjourns from the October 2025 Special Meeting at 12:20 pm. Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith,
City Clerk-Treasurer

October 7, 2025
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Shane Clark & Hadley Wright, Sheriff Bart Heslington, Addison Ochsenbein from Sunrise Engineering, Steve Liechty from Rocky Mountain Power, JJ Murphy from Intermountain Gas, Cole Smith
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve Waechtler
The council entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz to approve the published agenda and was seconded by Councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from September 2, 2025, were read aloud by Mayor Waechtler. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Greg asked a follow up question for an update on the tractor being donated. The guys have got a new battery but still have not been able to get the tractor to start.
Addison Ochsenbein with Sunrise Engineering came to give an update on the Transportation Plan. He said they gathered the data from the cameras put up last month and there were about 3200 vehicles a day on the highway and 5-600 vehicles along Stringtown. They are working on a draft for the conditions of the roads. He asked about the growth in the City and the council reported that the mine said it should have a big impact on the growth and estimated about 200 families between here and Soda. They keep pushing it’s out another 10+ years before being in operation. There will probably be minimal growth within the City aside from the mine. Addison asked if we need improvements at the intersections or request turning lanes, etc. He reported they will have more to share and some exhibits at our next meeting in November. He also reported that DEQ’s water and sewer grants are just not available and they are expressing that Cities need to fund their own systems.
Police Report: Sheriff Bart Heslington came before the Council and presented his report for the month of September. They worked 62 hours, made 116 contacts, and of those resulted in 21 traffic stops, 21 citations, 2 written warnings and 9 verbal warnings. He asked if there are any concerns and the Mayor responded why are there still so many stops and so little citations. Sheriff responded that there are lots of contacts but they are not always traffic related. It was noted that the Police Department will never be revenue building and did we hire them to make money or to protect and serve the City? Sheriff said that Lynette can send emails to him with individual concerns. He brought brochures to share with the public for safety concerns although nothing is digital to share online.
JJ Murphy of Intermountain Gas Company came before the Council to discuss renewing the Ordinance for the Franchise Agreement. The previous agreement was for 40 years and expires in the spring. They give back 3% from all customers within City limits and their policy has always been 3% back. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to accept the Ordinance #116 to renew the Franchise Agreement for a term of 20 years and Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: Marty – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Motion carried the council. JJ said once the signatures are taken care of, they will pay for the Ordinance to be published in the News Examiner.
Steve Leichty from Rocky Mountain Power came before the Council to discuss the possibility of updating the Cities street lights to LED lights. He presented a report that showed it would take about 3 years to pay for themselves. They will service any issues during the 10-year warranty period. After that, we would take care of maintaining and he suggested to set the money aside from the savings each month to pay for the repairs. The City has 36 lights and they would cost $213.50 per light. One problem with our current lights is they don’t have parts anymore to fix a lot of them. The council said that the lights that are bad, we should update to LED. The cost to update all of our lights would be $7,677.00. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to have Steve Leichty draw up a contract to update all the lights to LED lights and Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Steve also recommended the City apply for the RMP Foundation Grant to help pay for the new playground equipment. Those applications are due by June 15th.
It is time to prepare and file the Wastewater Reuse Annual Report with DEQ for the Land App site. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to have Keller Associates prepare the report and have the Mayor sign the contract. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Cole Smith came before the Council to discuss the Land App Hay Lease. There has been a 5-year agreement with 3 Mile Dairy, which expires this year, and it says it is up to the Council to renew or put up for re-bid. Lynette reported that it was opened for bid before and only one was received from 3 Mile Dairy. The council said to re-bid where it has been opened before. Lynette will advertise for both properties to be leased and will post at the Post Office and in the paper. It was suggested to still hire Cole to do the fall work in case his bid doesn’t get renewed and to pay them separately for that. Shane will let Jordan Crane personally know that property will be up for bid as well. The bids will be opened at a Special Council meeting next Wednesday, October 15th at 12:00 pm and bids will be accepted until 5:00 pm on October 14th.
The City would like to host the Trunk or Treat again this year and it will be held on Friday, October 31st. Since there is no school that day, it was decided to move it up to 4:00 pm to take advantage of warmer weather and so kids can get a head start for the night. Lynette will post flyers and distribute to the school.
Councilor Marty Nate reported that she has been in touch with Miles Cook at the rock shop in town to install benches for Officer Martinez and The Onstines. It will cost about $800-1000. It was suggested to include all previous Officers names on the bench which would include John Martinez, Rex Skinner, Tom Hayes and Bob Kropushek. The bench for The Onstines would cost about $600.00. The council decided to leave it up to Marty for what to order and the wording. She asked who fixes the headstones that are broken at the cemetery. She’s noticed some broken due to cracks and separating and grass growing in the middle of them now. It was suggested to notify the families so they can decide how to take care of them.
Councilor Tee Steadman let the council know of some issues going on along Hayes Lane and they have also been reported to the Sheriff Department that there might be tenants in a motor home and some of their activities. He said we need to help the Sheriff keep watch and report things we see happening there.
Maintenance Report: Shane Clark gave their report for the month of September stating that he and Hadley took water samples to the lab, serviced the PRV valves, delivered chlorine to the water tank, did some utility locates, trimmed trees, checked the fence around the spring. They are done land applying for the year and have winterized at the sewer ponds. They have done some mowing and found a great deal for a snow plow they purchased at an online auction from Ritchie Brothers in Utah for $13,875.00 and it also has 4-wheel drive.
Office Report: There are 20 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of September. There is a scheduling conflict with our next meeting date and the Elections held in November because they use the City Hall for a polling place. The next meeting date was moved to the following evening on Wednesday, November 5th. She also reported that her computer has been giving her the fits and is just barely out of warranty. She is going to look into finding where to get it fixed but thinks it just needs a new fan because it overheats and then shuts off. Because of that, she will be slow with getting accounts updated until she can get the computer fixed.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of September 2025 in the amount of $51,335.38 in the general fund, $15,282.86 in the water fund, and $22,737.24 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $89,355.48. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman that council adjourns from the October 2025 council meeting at 9:00 pm. Councilor Greg 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

WEDNESDAY, November 5, 2025          City Hall                      7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from October 7, 2025 & Special Meeting October 15, 2025

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

§  Sunrise Engineering – Transportation Plan

§  Canvass Votes from November 4, 2025, Election

§  Senior Citizen Center Donation

§  Set Date for Christmas Park Lighting Event

Marty:

Tee:

Greg:

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:   Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Next meeting date conflict                                                                                                                                              ,                                                                                              Trunk or Treat Recap

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR OCTOBER’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

·       City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 pm – Tuesday, December, 2025, 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.

September 2, 2025
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Shane Clark & Hadley Wright, Addison Ochsenbein from Sunrise Engineering, Jordan Crane, Nic Higgins, Morgan Kidd. Tee Steadman was absent
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Hadley Wright
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 August 5, 2025, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. A correction was made for the motion being seconded to sign checks and vouchers was Trenton Morrell and not Marty Nate. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read with the correction and Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Morgan Kidd and Nic Higgins came before the council to discuss the Fire Department budget and getting supplies for the fire truck. There is $13,300.00 in the budget through September 30th. They would like to get some flashlights, a Milwaukee set with blades, chainsaw with a demolition blade, some tools on the truck with a thermal camera to name a few items. Most items can be purchased on Amazon. There has been a new upgraded truck from Geneva received. They would also like to upgrade the water line hose, and can do a little at a time, up to 1,000 ft. Councilor Greg Kunz noted that it is important to have the right equipment and Mayor Steve said to get the tools and some hose now to stay within budget and we can address again in a few months after the new budget is in place and see what is still needed. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to get the fire department supplies needed and was seconded by Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried.
Jordan Crane came before the council to discuss the farm lease at the cemetery and Kelly Bartschi’s. Discussion of moving the fence at the cemetery to the property lines. The cemetery needs to be expanded for snow removal and funerals are getting more crowded for parking, etc. The maintenance crew would like to start next month tearing out the old fence to the property lines to keep the cows out and replace with a 4-wire bar wire fence. They had talked about putting in gates for the pivots but after more consideration, we don’t want big tracks and trenches through the cemetery. There is an option to still farm with hand lines. Jordan said he had planned on plowing this fall but will leave as is. There is 5 acres and the original agreement was that Kelly could continue to farm until the City needed it. The City is not getting a profit from the land now. The City needs to plan for the future at the cemetery. Was discussed that we could work out an agreement, to try for a year, to tape off in the summer to be able to still farm for temporary parking because the expansion is mostly needed for the winter parking and snow removal. Councilor Trenton Morrell thinks there should be a farm lease there as well. The crew and Jordan will meet at the farm and cemetery and readdress.
Addison Ochsenbein with Sunrise Engineering came to give an update on the Transportation Plan. He said they will be putting up cameras throughout town this week and will have a chance to gather some data and report back at the next meeting. He has a meeting with DEQ this week and they are hopeful for more funding options and will report back at the next meeting.
Councilor Marty Nate made the motion to move out of the regular meeting and into Public Hearing for the purpose of approving the proposed 2025-2026 Annual Budget and was seconded by Councilor Greg Kunz. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: Marty – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. All were in favor and the motion carried. Clerk Smith made note that no public comment has been received regarding the new fiscal year budget. There was no public present for comment for or against the budget either. Councilor Marty Nate made the motion to close the Public Hearing and back into the regular meeting and councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: Marty – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – Yes. All were in favor and the motion carried. Councilor Marty Nate made the motion to accept the 2025-2026 budget as published and was seconded by councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Ordinance #115 – the Appropriations Ordinance for the 2025-2026 budget was presented to the council. Councilor Marty Nate made the motion to accept the Appropriations Ordinance and was seconded by councilor Trenton Morrell. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: Marty – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Councilor Marty Nate reported that she is making a public records request for the police tickets written and would like some more details than the spreadsheet given. The council feels like what we’re paying doesn’t match what we’re getting back. The Mayor and Marty attended the law enforcement meeting last month and Lynette received the recording and has passed along to the council. They are proposing a Unified Police Department and have done a lot of research. There would need to be a separate insurance plan at $45,000 per City in the first year and then it would drop to $22-25,000 per year after that. Our car would be worthless at this point because it and the equipment is too dated. The patrolling would be split 2 days per week per City, but the Officer would have no jurisdiction in the County and can’t speed for any emergencies through the cities he’s not contracted in. All Cities agreed it’s likely not feasible at this time and frustrated that the property taxes should be paying for this service already. They would like to meet with the County Commissioners and the other Cities and we would need 2 representatives to go to the Commissioners meeting. She had an idea for Officer Johnny Martinez, to plant a tree in the City with a plaque or bench in the City park and the Mayor also suggested having a plaque made to put in the City Hall also. The Mayor would also like to get a bench made in the park for Ralph & Nora Onstine for donating a tractor and the proceeds to go towards the new playground.
The Mayor was also approached about replacing a street light near Hyrum Critchlow’s with a low pollution light. Lynette reached out to Colton Smith at Rocky Mountain Power and he said that cities are moving towards installing LED lights and it would cost money up front to replace but would save a lot of money over time. The crew will find out how many lights we have in town and we will get more info for the next meeting.
Councilor Greg Kunz asked if we included the water and sewer increases in our new budget. Lynette responded that the coupon books mailed out are for two years at the current increase.
Police Report: No one was present to give a report for the month of August.
Maintenance Report: Hadley Wright gave their report for the month of August stating that he and Shane took water samples to the lab, mowed and watered the park and cemetery, checked on the spring, cleaned the tanks, fixed a sewer issue at Jordan Rasmusson’s, been spraying for bugs, put out mice bait, etc. They keep looking for a new snow plow before winter comes and would like a 4 wheel drive.
Office Report: There are 26 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of August. The guys delivered some door notices and was able to get a lot of accounts caught up again. The Mayor put No Parking signs on the mine drivers cars and it has helped tremendously. Superintendent Brogan is putting up school parking only signs in front of the school, he suggested putting no parking in our zones also. Clerk Smith announced the candidates running are Greg Kunz and Tony Price for Mayor along with Brooke Bruesch, Miles Cook, and Jordan Rasmusson for Council members. She also got the CCR Water Report completed for 2024 and it is available to view on the website, at the post office or in the City Hall. She also reported that some guys from Intermountain Gas stopped by this month and said our Franchise agreement is expiring soon. They would like to be on the agenda next month to review a new Ordinance and continue with 3% and 3 year warranties and are willing to do another 40 year agreement if that’s what the council wants to do. Lynette has forwarded the proposed new ordinance to all council members to review before the next meeting.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of August 2025 in the amount of $16,378.50 in the general fund, $11,170.19 in the water fund, and $22,364.25 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $49,912.94. Councilor Trenton Morrell 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 September 2025 council meeting at 9:00 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith,
City Clerk-Treasurer

SPECIAL MEETING

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

AGENDA

Wednesday, October 15, 2025                       12:00 pm            City Hall

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

AGENDA ITEMS:

·      Open bids for hay lease agreements at Land App Site and Cemetery

ADJOURNMENT

CITY OF GEORGETOWN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 City Hall 7:00 pm
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from September 2, 2025

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Sunrise Engineering – Transportation Plan
• Ordinance #116 – Intermountain Gas Franchise Renewal
• Rocky Mountain Power – Update Street Lights
• Keller Associates – WWRU Annual Report Contract – Land App
• Land App Hay Lease
• Trunk or Treat

Marty:
Tee:
Greg:
Trenton:

POLICE REPORT: Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS: Delinquent water and sewer accounts, Next meeting date Elections

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR SEPTEMBER’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 pm – Tuesday, November 2025, 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 5, 2025

Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Shane Clark & Hadley Wright, Sheriff Bart Heslington, Addison Ochsenbein from Sunrise Engineering, Gary & Mauria Teuscher CPA’s, Cynthia Johnson, Duke Smith

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

The council entertained a motion from Councilor Trenton Morrell to approve the added agenda item of Cynthia Johnson with a dog issue and was seconded by Councilor Marty Nate. All were in favor and the motion carried. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to approve the published agenda and was seconded by Councilor Marty Nate. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The minutes from July 1, 2025, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Tee Steadman 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.

Cynthia Johnson came before the council to discuss an issue with dogs that have gotten into her lambs and wounded multiple. She said other neighbors have had complaints about the same dogs. She has involved the Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff Bart responded and they discussed the issues. Cynthia would like the dogs to be rehomed and the owner of the dogs has offered to compensate for the loss of the lambs. The Sheriff said he will follow up with Cynthia and issue citations if needed.

Police Report: Sheriff Bart Heslington came to the council to give a report for the month of July. They made a lot of contacts at Twin Creeks Celebration. Sheriff also said he would send some public info over for Lynette to share to the Facebook group and website. Most that have been contacted throughout the summer about wearing helmets while operating 4-wheelers have been wearing them now. They had some contacts for dog issues and health/child welfare matters also. They worked 57 hours, made 150 contacts resulting in 34 traffic stops, 16 citations, 10 written warnings and 8 verbal warnings.

Sunrise Engineering had nothing new to report on for this month.

Duke Smith came back to report on his trip to the National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyoming and brought cookies with no milk. He said he met a lot of friends and had a lot of fun in the jackpots but the rodeo didn’t go how he had practiced for but he had a good time anyway and appreciated the support.

The council then engaged in the budget workshop with Gary and Mauria Teuscher at 7:50 pm. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to give the employee’s a 5% increase and was seconded by Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Gary will finish working the numbers and get things back to Lynette so she can publish in the paper on the 20^th and 27^th.

The Twin Creeks donations were great and are still coming in for the Fireworks and the new playground. So far we’ve brought in $1900 for the playground and $1050 for the fireworks and $2280 from dinner and breakfast. Everyone reported that the fireworks show was great again also.

The candidate filings for elections are earlier this year. We have two open seats for councilmembers; Greg Kunz and Trenton Morrell’s terms are up plus the mayor is up for reelection this year as well. Packets are available at the City Hall and filings can be turned in from August 18^th until August 29^th.

Councilor Marty Nate reported that she received a bid to redo the cemetery road for $4350.00 and the county could add the dust retardant. She also asked what else to do about fixing the approaches at the post office and was mentioned to contact the Montpelier Post Master, Joel Crouch, about getting the approaches fixed.

Maintenance Report:     Shane Clark gave their report for the month of July stating that he and Hadley got the water tanks cleaned and all went well there. Our tanks are in good shape but they recommend adding a better roof to the tanks. They mowed the parks and cemetery, and the water levels have been coming back up, they’ve done the monthly samples and generators were serviced this month for the year. They did some utility locates, put some sod on the graves at the cemetery, delivered delinquent notices, helped at the playground and worked with the service missionaries also. They said thank goodness we have a spring and more people should appreciate it because we don’t have to ration our water, even on drought years, because of it.

Office Report:    There are 20 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of July. The guys delivered some door notices and was able to get a lot of accounts caught up. There is a meeting in Paris tomorrow night for Law Enforcement. The Paris Mayor contacted Mayor Waechtler about using our police car and would like to employ 1 officer to patrol the 4 cities of Paris, St. Charles, Bloomington and Georgetown. The council had concerns about us being the outlier and that we wouldn’t get much out of it. The Mayor responded that they may use our vehicle, as it’s going to waste, as our payment/contribution and we would carry the liability on that car too. The Mayor and Marty will attend the meeting and report back at our next meeting.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of July 2025 in the amount of $40,469.57 in the general fund, $30,691.08 in the water fund, and $70,490.40 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $141,651.05. Councilor Trenton Morrell 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 August 2025 council meeting at 9:15 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith,

City Clerk-Treasurer

2024 CCR Report

CITY OF GEORGETOWN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 City Hall 7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from August 5, 2025

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

 Morgan Kidd – Fire Department
 Jordan Crane – Bartschi Farm Lease/Cemetery
 Sunrise Engineering – Transportation Plan
 PUBLIC HEARING: Budget Hearing to accept the proposed budget for FY 2025-2026
 Ordinance #115 – Appropriations Ordinance

Marty:
Tee:
Greg:
Trenton:

POLICE REPORT: Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS: Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR AUGUST’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 pm – Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 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.

July 1, 2025
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Hadley Wright, Duke Smith, Coy Smith, Cash Smith
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Council President Greg Kunz
The council entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman to approve the published agenda and was seconded by Councilor Marty Nate. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from June 3, 2025, were read aloud by Mayor Waechtler. Councilor Trenton Morrell 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.
Police Report: Sheriff Bart Heslington came to the council to give a report for the month of June. He reported that they are down on deputies and in the hiring process. They responded to a dog issue, trespassing/vandalism issue and investigating identity theft issues and an extortion issue from some scammers. The Sheriff asked if we could help educate the community about scammers and post on the website and Facebook page to help get word out. They worked 39.15 hours, made 77 contacts resulting in 10 traffic stops, 6 citations, 2 written warnings and 3 verbal warnings. The County sent a report of the citations been paid this month. He said they have had lots of conversations and contacts with kids operating 4-wheelers and dirt bikes without helmets and speeding. The Mayor suggested doing a mock wreck with the kids here like they did at the High School. He asked about patrolling for Twin Creeks and will be here for the bike race also.
Connections Bank Service is a mobile banking service and would like to come and introduce themselves to the council and our community. It will be tabled as they were not in attendance for tonight’s meeting.
Sunrise Engineering had nothing new to report on for this month. Clerk Smith reported that they did help us to apply for a water infrastructure loan in which we were denied for a loan and were ranked about 50 out of 55.
Councilor Marty Nate reported about Twin Creeks activities. The Mayor and family will take care of breakfast and the flag ceremony but will reach out to the VFW to see if they are willing. Councilor Tee Steadman suggested to do by donation for breakfast and dinner. The Council will need to help serve dinner. There will be bike races and bounce houses throughout the day, Movie in the Park Friday Night, Crazy Annie and Big Chubbs will cater the dinner.
Councilor Tee Steadman wondered about if anyone had contacted the County Mark Parker for the OK to have fireworks with the fire restrictions in the County right now. The Mayor said he would take care of it and has started soliciting for donations. He’s also working on getting the new playground put up before Twin Creeks and has recruited help to get it put up with some equipment and concrete donations as well. The installation will cost $12,000.
Coy Smith came to report on his trip to Iowa that the City helped him with. He had a good time and finished in the top 25 in the World.
Duke Smith came before the council to request a donation to help him get to his National Finals High School Rodeo that he qualified for in Rock Springs, WY, in the tie down roping. The council expressed that in doing so, he will be representing the community along with himself and will need to come back and report at the next meeting with milk and cookies. Councilor Marty Nate made the motion to donate $500.00 and Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Maintenance Report: Hadley Wright gave their report for the month of June stating that he and Shane have been pumping at the land app, took samples to the lab, checked on the spring and water tanks, helped with the playground, mowed the lawns. They helped fix a water issue at Alice Hayes. They did some utility locates. Dry Creek Pumping has contacted about pumping but haven’t heard back from them this year. Hadley also reported that the State Road Crew will come and fix by the corner by City Hall on the highway and fill some holes by the Post Office too. They looked at having Eric DeClark fix the approach from 2nd Street to the Post Office and all the holes and it would be about $5600 for concrete. The Mayor suggested having the prep all ready and use gravel instead.
Office Report: There are 30 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of June. She will be gone for a week in July with Duke to Rock Springs. She reported about the Easement with the Whitaker’s and they want a clause added for the new owners to decide for snow placement and won’t sign without that added in. The council agreed there’s no point in proceeding if we must renew with new owners again. The agreement will be readdressed when the property sells.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Trenton Morrell for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of June 2025 in the amount of $28,660.53 in the general fund, $8,619.99 in the water fund, and $17,771.50 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $55,052.02. Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Trenton Morrell that council adjourns from the July 2025 council meeting at 8:30 pm. Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith,
City Clerk-Treasurer