Georgetown Idaho

CITY OF GEORGETOWN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 City Hall 7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from July 2, 2024 regular meeting

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

 Sunrise Engineering – Addison Ochsenbein
 Twin Creeks Celebration Recap
 FY 2025-2026 Budget Workshop with City Auditor, Gary Teuscher, CPA
 Service Missionaries – Sign Memorandum of Understanding
 Mike Carr – Power to new building

Marty:
Tee:
Greg:
Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS: Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR JULY’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• City Council Public Hearing for Budget at 7:00 pm – Tuesday, September 3, 2024, 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.

June 12, 2024
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering, Alta Jean Neuman, Tim & LeRoy Huffaker
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm
The Council entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate to approve the published agenda for the special meeting and was seconded by Councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering came before the council to discuss the roadway project and brought some information for the council to review and expressed that the important item of topic is that we are over budget for the project. The grant amount is $239,000 and the engineering fee is $31,000 leaving us with $208,000 to use of the grant money towards the project. He suggested there are a couple of options and asked if the City has any funds to use towards the project separate from the grant or if we need to cut the scope of the project back to be closer to $208,000. The City does have $25-30,000 saved up to do chip sealing/patching for roads for the year that could be used towards this project instead. Lots of discussion on where to make cuts at and was decided to cut out Hayes Lane and just do patches there and the portion of the road down to Mario Johnson’s to not have to widen that road at this time either but to fully reconstruct East Street, 3rd Street, and 6th Street. Also took off the sealing because typically you wait and seal the road a year after it’s been laid down. Shane talked to the State and they will save the chips for us to use another year and we are able to get out of the cost of the oil and we could look at chip sealing Hayes Lane next year instead.
Two bids were received from Avail Valley and Idaho Materials Construction at the bid opening last week on June 6th. Avail Valley came in with the lower bid at $270,195. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to have the Mayor sign the notice to award the bid to Avail Valley and then do a change order to remove the sealing on 3rd, 5th, Hayes and 5th street reconstruction and get the project down to budget and try to fit in patching on Hayes. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried. Hoping for a start time of late summer.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate that council adjourns from the special council meeting at 7:25 pm. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

June 4, 2024
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering, Mayor Bob & Kelli Van Cleave
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 May 7, 2024, 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.
Mayor Bob Van Cleave came before the council and would like to take down some of the old buildings along his property and input a storage unit in it’s place. He won’t be adding any sheds and the existing sheds are in poor shape. This storage unit will help the place look better anyway. The Council approved him to do so.
Addison Ochsenbein reported that they had a pre-bid meeting last Thursday and one contractor came for the pre-bid meeting to see the scope of the project but they do have a couple of other contractors interested. The bid openings will be on Thursday the 6th at 11:00 am and then they will need a couple of days to review and then have a special meeting with the council to approve and award the bid.
A citizen came to the office and requested for the sidewalks to be fixed along the highway to the post office. The council decided to do some more research and the guys will grab a roller and walk the sidewalks to see what needs we really have. It was also suggested to keep looking into fixing the bridge also.
Updates for the Twin Creeks Celebration were tabled until the next meeting.
Councilor Marty Nate reported that the City of Hagerman has a Disorderly Conduct Ordinance and wondered if we should adopt something similar for the signage throughout town. Lynette will talk to City Attorney, Adam McKenzie, about what we can do to enforce because even the freedom of speech has some limitations. She also has been approached about the junkyards on both sides of the highway. Our Ordinance says there needs to be a 6’ fence around it. She also reported that we did not receive the grants that she applied for. She also asked when Stringtown road is getting fixed from being cut and it should be by July 1st because been waiting for when a hot plant will be opened.
Councilor Greg Kunz reported that he heard the cemetery map looks nice at the cemetery and was helpful over the Memorial Day weekend.
Police Report: The Sheriff’s Department was not in attendance for this meeting.
Maintenance Report: Hadley Wright gave their report for the month of May and stated that he and Shane have cleaned the cemetery, trimmed the trees on Stringtown, helped setup for the Seepage Tests. They went with Addison and a contractor for the roadway project pre-bid meeting. They purchased a crack sealer for the roads instead of renting one.
Office Business: There are 18 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of May. The legal description for the annexation that was recorded with the County and sent to the Idaho State Tax Commission was returned for a typo that said Franklin County vs Bear Lake County. Lynette has fixed but will need to be re-recorded with the County and then sent to the Tax Commission again for approval. The new computer came and she will hopefully have it set up and ready before the next council meeting.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of May 2024 in the amount of $27,812.02 in the general fund, $8,224.38 in the water fund, and $21,489.23 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $57,525.63. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate that council adjourns from the June 2024 council meeting at 8:20 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, July 2, 2024           City Hall                        7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER  

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE                                             

INVOCATION               

 APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:           

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from June 4, 2024 regular meeting & June 12, 2024 Special Meeting                                     

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Sunrise Engineering – Addison Ochsenbein
• Twin Creeks Celebration Updates
• City Attorney Adam McKenzie –
• Lease Agreement with County Fire Department for property located at 690 Main Street
• Executive Session pursuant to I.C. 74-206(1)(d)(f) Signage in Town 

Marty: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:  

MAINTENANCE REPORT: 

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR JUNE’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 pm – Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 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.

SPECIAL MEETING

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2024 7:00 PM 382 Main St.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS:

• Approval of bid for Roadway Project Grant

ADJOURNMENT

May 7, 2024
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Sheriff Deputy Ryan Larsen, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering
Meeting called to order: 7:05 pm Invocation: Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark
The Council entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate 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 April 4, 2024, special meeting, were read aloud by Clerk Smith and Mayor Waechtler. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Police Report: Sheriff Deputy Ryan Larsen came before the council to give the police report for the month of April and stated that they responded to about 16 different calls in the city from citizens of a wide range. He also said their department would like to be on standby for any water and sewer shutoffs and that any threats made to employee’s need to be documented. It was suggested to record conversations but would need to get advisement from Adam McKenzie about that. They had 53 contacts for the month and gave 8 citations. Sheriff Bart will contact Corey Krantz about getting our speed limit signs put up on the highway and installing a school zone along the highway to slow the speed down. He also reported that the shed has been moved from the property we have been dealing with for a while.
Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering came before the council and reported that there is a WaterSmart Grant out there that he will look into for the future but DEQ is not making any decisions at this point. We have received the grant money to move forward with our roadway project for the 4 streets needing construction on East Street, 5th Street the west side, 6th Street and 3rd Street. Councilor Greg Kunz questioned if painting lines on the roads is included and it is not. It was discussed about the surveys done and if fence lines need to be moved back to improve the road and make sure it’s done right. We will have to have a closer look at the surveys for right of ways and property lines to extend the roads to be 20 feet wide. Addison will be in touch for when bids go out and such.
The council engaged in reviewing the City’s Impact Area and should be reviewed every 5 years. It extends 1000 feet around the city limits. There hasn’t been much going on in our area of impact with no development, etc. So far it’s still mostly just farm ground. Councilor Marty Nate is going to talk to Mitch Poulsen and Albert Johnson about better communication about anything that comes into our area of impact that we would like to know about it and how it affects us. It was also noted that anything that comes into our area of impact is zoned as residential. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept our Impact Area as it stands now and councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Councilor Marty Nate reported she is still working on putting up the map and coming up with better ideas and options to put the book at the cemetery. She also inquired about the bridge by Doug Bradts and said we need to do something with it and replace it because it looks awful. Addison said that he would look into getting a grant for that.
Councilor Trenton Morrell said to just invoice the County for their portion of the speed limit signs and see if we can get the money back that way. He also inquired if we need to hire some trucks to get the chips out here before they get used somewhere else in the County and Shane reported that he is keeping an eye on it.
Maintenance Report: Shane Clark gave their report for the month of April and stated that he and Hadley have taken the tracks off the side by side and put a new rope on the flag in the Park. They have mowed the park and serviced the lawn mowers and harrowed at the cemetery. They are going to look at locking the gate at the West end of the cemetery to help keep the cows out. They’ve been working with Keller’s to get ready for the seepage tests at the sewer ponds this year. They got the yellow plow truck fixed that was in desperate need of some repairs. They inquired if we want to sell the police car because it’s mostly in the way and the batteries are always dead. They turned water services off at one location and monitored the dumpsters throughout the week for the spring cleaning days. They received a bid from Alice Hayes to upgrade the power in the Park and in the sheds. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to move forward with Alice and upgrade the power and was seconded by Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Office Business: There are 15 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of April. The office will be closed for regular business on May 21st due to the City Hall being used for voting. Lynette ordered a new computer for the office and it should be here soon. The Annexation and Ordinance was sent off to the appropriate places for approval and recorded at the County and was approved by the State Tax Commission. She received a call asking if we were interested in a vending machine and it was decided that we are not.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of April 2024 in the amount of $39,230.49 in the general fund, $8,624.80 in the water fund, and $22,340.50 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $70,195.79. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate that council adjourns from the May 2024 council meeting at 8:45 pm. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith, City Clerk-Treasurer

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

Tuesday, June 4, 2024           City Hall                    7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from May 7, 2024

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

Sunrise Engineering – Addison Ochsenbein
Storage Units – Bob Van Cleave
Sidewalks fix
Twin Creeks Celebration Updates

Marty:

Tee:

Greg:

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR MAY’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 pm – Tuesday, July 2, 2024, 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.

April 4, 2024 – Special Meeting

Those Present: Greg Kunz by phone, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Sheriff Deputy Ryan Larsen, Deputy Jack James, Morgan & Heather Kidd, Kevin Nate, Zach Crockett, Paul Miller, Tiffini Ricks, Cody Coombs, Jacob Kunz

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

The meeting was cancelled from the 2^nd and rescheduled to the 4^th due to a lack of a quorum.

The Council entertained a motion from Councilor Trenton Morrell to approve the published agenda and was seconded by Councilor Tee Steadman. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The minutes from March 5, 2024, were read aloud by Clerk Smith and Mayor Waechtler. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Police Report: Sheriff Deputy Ryan Larsen and Deputy Jack James came before the council to give the police report for the month of March and stated there was 63 contacts and they worked 62.5 hours and issued 14 citations and had 36 traffic stops. They issued warnings about a parking problem up Stringtown that was taken care of and had an arrest at a traffic stop. They also explained that they can give multiple warnings during a stop which is why that number can be higher than the citations issued.

Ordinance #113 an Amendment to Ordinance #109 for the Annexation of the Whitaker’s property into city limits to give a proper legal description of the property being annexed was read aloud and councilor Greg Kunz was available by phone to dispense the three-reading rule. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to approve Ordinance #113 with the proper legal description and was seconded by Councilor Greg Kunz. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: Greg – yes, Trenton – yes, Marty – yes, Tee – yes. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Cody Coombs came before the council with his plans of building a shop on his property to use as a building and an apartment on top and will install a septic tank as well. He wants to continue to cut up meat to help friends and family and cut between 15-20 a year. He expressed that he does not want to turn it into a business but just to help friends and family. He doesn’t use Wayne’s meat shop anymore because the hair and snakes and doesn’t drain well. He also said the place is priced too high to buy and he feels like he can build something cheaper plus it’s difficult to keep clean and too many rodents, etc. He wants to put the apartment above to house visiting family and wants to add 3-phase power for his power tools which takes a while to get approved from Rocky Mountain Power as well.

Some concerns expressed by the citizens in attendance if it ever does turn into a business:

• Where will the blood drain?
• How to control the flies build up and smell.
• Gunshots in town – can they be brought in already killed which would help with the hair build up too.
• Animals need to be disposed of in a timely manner and can’t dump by the creek either.

Councilor Tee Steadman pointed out that there are a lot of home businesses in town and we can’t focus on just this particular one and we need to compromise. The Mayor also expressed to get along with neighbors and to be considerate of others. Cody responded that it isn’t an ideal location for a business and if he decides to move forward, he will have plans for a building and sanitation and will bring to the council for approval and apply for a building permit. It was noted that the City’s impact area is within 1000 feet of city limits.

Jacob Kunz came before the council representing the County Fire District. He wanted to discuss moving forward with the lease agreement for the property on Main Street by Gary Thompson’s that had been discussed at previous meetings. They are interested in the City donating the property to the County or doing a 99-year lease. At the end of the lease, the property would be returned to the City or released to the Fire District. If they were to build a shed, it would have 2 bays. The council would like to see some plans and we need to find out what the building on the property is or was used for and it was confirmed that the City does own the land. Lynette will contact Adam about getting papers ready for a lease agreement. Jacob also asked for a donation for more air packs. The ones they have are 18 years old and won’t recertify. One air pack is $8,000 and it’s about $14,000 to outfit 1 firefighter. The city donated for some new turnout gear previously and we have at least 4 volunteers from our City. Councilor Marty Nate made the motion to donate $5,000 to the fire district to use for an air pack and councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Superintendent Gary Brogan sent an email to the City about installing a fence line on the North, East and West sides of the Georgetown Elementary School property. They want to update the fence and install a taller fence around the playground to help keep kids better protected during the school day. The school doesn’t want to pay for a survey to be done on the property if we can agree where property lines are. Shane and Hadley will meet with Mr. Brogan and get the property lines agreed upon in order to get the fences installed before the next school year.

The spring cleanup dates were set for April 29^th – May 3^rd. The Mayor will contact Hennings about bringing dumpsters and check with the landfill for dates that work best for them.

The Georgetown Irrigation Company Backhoe Agreement with the City is due to be signed for another year. There have been some changes in the company this year and Greg Kunz is now the President and Nic Higgins has been hired as the new water master replacing Doug and Bryce Thompson. The council agreed to add Nic Higgins and Hadley Wright as approved operators of the backhoe and remove Bryce Thompson. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to renew the backhoe agreement with the Georgetown Irrigation Company with the changes made and was seconded by Tee Steadman. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

The budget hearing dates were set for August 6^th will be the budget workshop and September 3^rd will be the budget hearing. Clerk Smith will report the dates to the County.

Councilor Marty Nate would like to reinstate having movies in the park during the summer months and confirmed we still have all the equipment, and the popcorn machine still works too. She was able to apply for the bike path grant and moved it to the lower end of town and she will find out in May if we are awarded the grants. She also inquired if the council is happy with the service from the Sheriff Department and our Attorney.

Maintenance Report: Shane Clark gave their report for the month of March and stated that he and Hadley have got the new backup generator here from Gundersens. Alice Hayes will come and see what we need at the park for power options now the snow is leaving. They went up to check the tanks a couple of times and took chlorine. They did the water samples for the month and all were returned ok. There are about 250 ton of chips available for free for us in the state pit and it will cost about $25-30,000 to crack seal we just need to find a machine and we can do some roads this summer. Shane will get finalized so we can move forward this summer.

Office Business:   There are 18 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of March and now the snow is gone, some will be shutoff if not caught up. The office will be closed for regular business on May 21^st due to the City Hall being used for voting.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of March 2024 in the amount of $22,034.13 in the general fund, $12,896.22 in the water fund, and $22,171.93 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $57,102.28. Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman that council adjourns from the April 2024 council meeting at 10:30 pm. Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith, City Clerk-Treasurer

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

Tuesday, May 7, 2024            City Hall                    7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE                                             

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from April 4, 2024 special meeting                                    

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Sunrise Engineering – Addison Ochsenbein
• Review Impact Area

Marty: 

Tee: 

Greg:              

Trenton:

POLICE REPORT:  

MAINTENANCE REPORT: 

 OFFICE BUSINESS:     Delinquent water and sewer accounts; Voting in City Hall May 21^st

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR APRIL’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT 

Next Meeting:

• City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 pm – Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 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.

March 5, 2024
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waehtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering, Sheriff Bart Heslington, Tyler & Katana Sorensen, Morgan & Heather Kidd, Kevin Nate, Janelle Crockett, Paul Miller, Tiffini Ricks, Mauria Teuscher, James Teuscher, Whitney Teuscher, City Attorney Adam McKenzie by phone
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve Waechtler
The Council entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate 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 February 6, 2024, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. 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.
Police Report: Sheriff Heslington came before the council to give the police report for the month of February and stated there was 64 contacts and they worked 58.25 hours and issued 13 citations. He asked about dates for Twin Creeks and the Easter Egg Hunt. The hunt will be handled by the 2nd Ward Young Women on May 3rd or 4th.
Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering came before the council and thanked them for signing the road contract with them. He has approached the NRCS about grant opportunities are there aren’t any out there for municipalities at this time. There is an option with the Army Core of Engineers, they will donate 75% if we do 25% for water repairs and he will look into applying. He will keep us updated with other opportunities as they arise.
Tyler and Katana Sorensen came before the Council to report on the Twin Creeks celebration. They are planning towards July 20th. They asked about if we can set up a Venmo for donations for Fireworks and for people to be able to pay for the different stations during the day. The difficulty with Venmo that Lynette has found is that it has to by tied to a phone number and generally needs to be a cell phone to accept messages and notifications to, but it also would have to be set up as a business account which charges an extra 1.9% plus $0.10 for convenience fees. Lynette will continue to look into getting it set up. Katana said that finding other volunteers besides the councilmembers is really difficult. She is going to start a Facebook group for Twin Creeks to look for others to help and wants to form a committee in case she can’t be there. Councilmembers felt it needs to go on as it is the only thing that really unifies our community. Bear Lake County Fire Chief Mark Parker has some extra fireworks he wants to contribute as well. Some ideas of things they will have this year are the breakfast, fish pond, dunk tank, etc and everyone loved the food vendors also.
The council listened to some citizens concerns about a butcher shop being in City limits. Cody Coombs has mentioned building a butcher shop on his property that is half in the County and half in the City. It would need to be rezoned to a commercial zone from agriculture and residential where it’s at and it is in our impact area. There would need to be a public hearing to rezone and we would be able to put restrictions about the smell, gut piles, sanitary, killing outside of town, etc. Citizens questioned who will enforce the restrictions and vehicles parking. Councilmember Tee Steadman said it would be controlled if it’s in the City and by USDA and FDA if he is selling out of his shop. Even the County will have to have a public hearing and rezone the property. Paul Miller said he feels there is a reason the founding fathers zoned the City the way they did. Other citizens voiced they would rather if the business was on Main Street. There is a State Statute about carcasses being left in City limits. The subdivision ordinance just adopted does not state anything about commercial zones. The council appreciated the citizens coming and for their input. Cleanliness is an issue and the council will take into consideration the neighbors concerns. Cody will still need to come to the council to present a plan and so it was tabled until the next meeting.
Mauria Teuscher and James Teuscher came to present the council with the Audit from the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year and reported that revenues are down from previous years due to the grants received other years. Gary Teuscher says that the City is doing a good job and is still bringing in enough to pay the bills and the City manages its money well. Councilmember Trenton Morrell made the motion to accept the audit and transfer funds from the water and sewer funds to the general fund to payback the general fund. Councilmember Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the Council. The Teuscher’s also informed the council that this is the last year they will be able to audit our books because they can’t be the ones to prepare the financial statements and prepare the audit to be audited. They can continue to prepare our financial statements but we will need to find another firm to perform the audits.
The council then called City Attorney, Adam McKenzie at 8:30 pm to get an update on the shed that needs to be moved. Adam has spoken with them directly and they will be signing an agreement to have moved once the snow is melted sufficiently, hopefully by April 15th and they will remove the snow from the neighbors fence also. He also gave an update on the legal description for the property that we annexed last year. The Idaho State Tax Commission rejected the annexation last year because the legal description had the whole parcel and not just the part being annexed. Tim Christensen did the original legal description and we were waiting on him to update with a new legal description before moving forward. At the next meeting, we will need to make a motion to accept the amended map and legal description and send to the State Tax Commission again for approval.
Councilor Marty Nate rolled out the cemetery map to show everyone and it looks really good. We will place a book up there of all who are buried in the cemetery and who owns the plots. We just need a place to house the book. She has found a grant for a musical section to be put into the park. She is also looking into a grant for a gravel bike path to be put along the old railroad right of way and have benches placed at each end and it would still remain as a recreational right of way. The council suggested maybe starting past Left Hand Canyon at that parking area instead of Half Mile Lane. One of the grants is for $50,000 and the other is $47,000. She will apply and let us know how they go. She also wants to add some cornhole boards to the sand pit and add more equipment to the park slowly.
Councilor Greg Kunz asked if the County can come out to help with the ruts along Stringtown and Shane reported that we have called for the past 2 weeks and we are on their list. There was also discussion about people that continue to push snow across the road. We need to get a list to Sheriff Heslington to deliver notices throughout town for people to stop doing it because the letters that Lynette sends out haven’t worked. Greg also wanted to clarify that when Manuel Figueroa moves away or passes away that the agreement for him to have a trailer on that piece of property will go with him because the agreement is applicable to him only. The lot does have a water and sewer hookup and power to it but it’s too small for anyone else to do anything with.
Councilor Trenton Morrell will follow up with the County Commissioners about paying for the speed limit signs.
Maintenance Report: Hadley Wright gave their report for the month of February and stated that he and Shane have contacted Alice Hayes about looking at our options for more power in the park and she will get back to us in the spring when the snow has melted. They have talked to the County about winging the streets and a price on chip seal. They said it would be $25,000 for 1 mile just for the oil and $9.50 a ton for the chips plus about $2-3,000 to haul it. We have about $30,000 budgeted and will need to locate a crack seal machine. They dug 2 graves this month and plowed snow. They turned water on and off at a location for an inspection and cleaned out the fire hydrants. Lynette found and reviewed agreements that the City has with Corey Hayes and with the County for private lanes in the City about plowing. It looks like there is a trailer parked on West Street past 6th Street and someone is living in it. Lynette will send a letter with the Ordinance explaining to can’t be living in it more than 30 days.
Office Business: There are 24 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of February. Lynette has to have surgery next week and will be out for at least 2 weeks but can continue to do some stuff from home. She will be upgrading the website this summer to be more user friendly because Roland Smith is retiring from helping to do the updates. SICOG requested for us to compile and sign a letter to help them get a grant and so the Mayor will sign that tonight.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Trenton Morrell for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of February 2024 in the amount of $20,764.96 in the general fund, $8,404.41 in the water fund, and $20,310.40 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $49,479.77. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Trenton Morrell that council adjourns from the March 2024 council meeting at 10:45 pm. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer