Georgetown Idaho

January 5, 2026
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Shane Clark, Maintenance Hadley Wright, Tony & Chris Price, Brooke Bergholm, Jordan Rasmusson, Addison Ochsenbein from Sunrise Engineering, Brent Kunz, Mario & Cynthia Johnson
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 Tee Steadman. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from December 22, 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. The Mayor reported that Rocky Mountain Power has installed all of the LED lights for the street lights throughout the City.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of December 2025 in the amount of $30,939.71 in the general fund, $10,699.96 in the water fund, and $23,306.00 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $64,945.67. Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The council then proceeded to swear-in the new Mayor and Councilmembers. Mayor Steve Waechtler read the oath of office to Mayor Tony Price, Councilmember Jordan Rasmusson and Councilmember Brooke Bergholm. The newly sworn in officers then took their seats and New Mayor Price took over the meeting. Councilmember Tee Steadman nominated Councilmember Marty Nate to be the new Council President and was seconded by Councilmember Jordan Rasmusson. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. The council then proceeded to assign duties to each council member. Councilmember Marty Nate made the motion to approve the duties as assigned and was seconded by Jordan Rasmusson. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
With new council members and Mayor there is a need to update the signers on the accounts. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to remove Steve Waechtler, Greg Kunz and Trenton Morrell from the accounts at Zions Bank and Ireland Bank and add Tony Price, Jordan Rasmusson and Brooke Bergholm. Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Addison Ochsenbein with Sunrise Engineering came to give an update on the Transportation Plan and other applications they’re applying for us. He reported that they are preparing th DEQ Letters of Interest for the water transmission line grant or loan and it needs to be submitted by the end of the month. The TAP Application for the pedestrian bridge and highway crosswalk requires matching funds and will need to be signed by the Mayor. They are still preparing the draft for the Transportation Plan as well.
Mario and Cynthia Johnson came to inform the new council about the dog issues they had late summer and fall with the neighbors dogs getting into their sheep. The case has been brought to City Attorney, Adam McKenzie’s, attention, and there is a hearing on January 14th. Cynthia will get other concerned citizens to send letters of support and telling about the run ins they have had with the dogs as well and Lynette will forward the information on to Adam. Cynthia was advised to convey to Adam what her wishes are for having the dogs removed from the City.
New council members were reminded that if they are approached by citizens that have concerns with the City, to invite them to come to council to voice their concerns and get answers and it’s best practice to visit the citizens in groups of two before sending the Sheriff’s Department over as people are usually less confrontational to visit first.
Councilor Marty Nate would like to use the money from Simplot for the playground equipment towards mulch around the equipment. She mentioned that those having won the Christmas Lighting Contest should be ineligible the next year to help spread around the Christmas Cheer.
Councilor Tee Steadman said he will make sure the Sheriff’s Department is aware of all information regarding the dog situation and ask to issue citations. Councilor Marty Nate said she would try to make it to the hearing to represent the City.
Councilor Jordan Rasmusson asked for follow up about the cows getting into the cemetery. Tee responded that the owners of the cows have agreed to help install cattle guards and they are currently being built to keep the cows out in the spring and the problem is being handled.
Police Report: Deputy Sheriff Wes Barnhill and Sheriff Bart Heslington were unavailable for the meeting and the report was tabled until the next meeting.
Maintenance Report: Shane Clark gave their report for the month of December and stated that they have got the lights wired for the plows and chains on the yellow truck to plow. They went up to check on the spring. Turned off some utilities for the winter, plowed some snow and attended the Transportation Plan Meetings.
Office Report: There are 17 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of December. The Christmas Light Contest winners were 1st place Matt & Tiffany Argyle, 2nd place Ashley Millard, 3rd place Marlin & Sandy Bartschi. Lynette got the Annual Road and Street Report submitted. She will have W-2’s and 1099’s ready and available by the end of the month. She informed them that we are still having troubles closing the accounts at US Bank because it is a government account. She will not update the signers there, in hopes the account can be closed out soon with the help of previous Mayor Steve Waechtler. She handed out paperwork to the new councilmembers along with a contact list and budget information and explained where the funds are and that water and sewer funds are dedicated funds and all have to be kept separate. She explained we need a quorum for every meeting and the next council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 3rd; let her know if there are any conflicts as soon as possible. She will also be out of the office the end of the month.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Jordan Rasmusson that council adjourns from the January 2026 council meeting at 8:30 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, February 3, 2026 City Hall 7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from January 5, 2026 & January 26, 2026 special meeting

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Sunrise Engineering – Transportation Plan
• City Attorney, Adam McKenzie – to Discuss Dog Ordinance & Speeding Tickets
• Agenda Cutoff

Marty:
Tee:
Jordan:
Brooke:

POLICE REPORT: Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

OFFICE BUSINESS: Delinquent water and sewer accounts

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR JANUARY’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 pm – Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 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 

Monday, January 26, 2026               10:00 am                        City Hall                       

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

AGENDA ITEMS:

• New Council Training

ADJOURNMENT

December 22, 2025
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Deputy Wes Barnhill, Kevin Martin from Sunrise Engineering, Tony Price, Brooke Bruesch, Jordan Rasmusson, Brent Kunz
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve Waechtler
The council entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman 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 November 5, 2025, were read aloud by Mayor Waechtler. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Councilor Kunz wanted to follow up on the money from the water hydrants from ITAFOS and Lynette reported that it was billed and money has been received of $2770.00.
Kevin Martin with Sunrise Engineering came to give an update on the Transportation Plan. He reported that they have been working on applying for the different grants etc. They recommend we apply for the sign grant next year with LHTAC and looking for a couple more letters of support for the Tap Application due mid January and then will need the new Mayor’s signature. They are still working on the crosswalk application which will be much simpler than overhead lighting etc and hopefully we have a better chance of being granted. They will be back to report at the next meeting.
The Christmas Park Lighting Event was held on a Wednesday night and not quite as well attended as other years. It was cold but also had a ball game in town, a week night, etc. The group felt like Monday night is still the best following Thanksgiving. The Sean Bartschi Family and Lorie Bartschi gathered all of the food and supplies and there was a lot of chili left over. Everyone that attended still had a good time though.
Police Report: Deputy Sheriff Wes Barnhill came before the Council and presented their report for the month of November. He said we should get $599.40 caught up with the January check from what was previously shorted which will bring the citations current. There was discussion about lots of dog issues in town. Overall they issued 14 citations, had 45 traffic stops, and had a total of 102 incidents during the month.
The Christmas Light Contest will still go on. Lynette will advertise and have the council members vote for the Top 3 best lights in the City. Winners will be announced on Facebook and 1st place will get $100.00, 2nd place $75.00 and 3rd place $50.00.
The Employee Christmas Bonus’s was discussed and decided to do the same as last year. The Mayor asked about licenses and explained that Doug is still used as a backup operator and for his licenses. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to give Shane Clark, Hadley Wright and Lynette Smith a $500.00 bonus and Doug Thompson a $200.00 bonus. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Maintenance Report: Hadley Wright and Shane Clark were excused from the meeting. Shane is still on sick leave and Lynette gave their report for the month of November. Hadley cleaned the port up to the tank and went to check on the spring. They took monthly samples to the lab to be tested and all came back good. He gathered and took information to Keller Associates for them to prepare the land app year-end report. He got the plow trucks ready to go for whenever we get some snow, all the lights have been checked and trucks serviced. He worked on getting the rest of the Christmas lights up and ready for the park lighting. He hauled chlorine up to the water tank and primed it into the big tank. He shut off water at homes for the winter and did a couple of utility locates. He also went and marked out by the Rasmussen’s for the County to berm snow.
Office Report: There are 25 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of November. Next meeting date will be January 6th and we will take care of Decembers business before swearing in the new Mayor and Council members and will need approval for new signers on the account too. Lynette was able to get the box of all 2024-2025 files to Gary Teuschers office and has spoken with Matt Regen about performing our audit again too. The money was received from Simplot for the fireworks and playground donation for $3,000.00 and $2770.00 from ITAFOS for the water hydrant use. Andrea Gumm at Simplot also reached out about setting up a meeting with the old and new Mayor to keep the relationship going. Also, the City recognizes all federal holidays and President Trump declared the 24th, 25th and 26th to be holidays this year and so all employees will be following that.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of November 2025 in the amount of $40,713.52 in the general fund, $9,728.74 in the water fund, and $19,075.36 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $69,517.62. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz that council adjourns from the December 2025 council meeting at 8:00 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

MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2026 City Hall 7:00 pm

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from December 22, 2025

SIGNING OF CHECKS AND VOUCHERS FOR DECEMBER’S BILLS

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

 Swear-in New Councilmembers
 Elect Council President & Assign Duties to New Councilmembers
 Approve New Signers on Checking Accounts & Remove Old Signers
 Sunrise Engineering – Transportation Plan

Marty:
Tee:
Greg:
Trenton:

POLICE REPORT: Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office

MAINTENANCE REPORT:

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

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:
• City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 pm – Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 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 5, 2025
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Marty Nate, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Hadley Wright, DeputyWes Barnhill, Kevin Martin from Sunrise Engineering, Brooke Bruesch
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve Waechtler
The council entertained a motion from Councilor Trenton Morrell to approve the published agenda and was seconded by Councilor Greg Kunz. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from October 7, 2025, were read aloud by Mayor Waechtler. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Marty Nate seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Minutes from the Special Meeting on October 15, 2025, were read aloud by Mayor Waechtler and Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Kevin Martin with Sunrise Engineering came to give an update on the Transportation Plan. He reported that they have been compiling information from the traffic impact study and the pavement management plan and have met with Hadley in regards to growth in the City and they hope to have ready to submit before Thanksgiving. There are a few other grants and loans they could apply for at this time and one is to submit a letter of intent from the lower tanks to town, which we have submitted the last two years to show there is a need and if a loan is offered, we don’t have to accept it. Right now there are more needs than there are funds and there is a low chance of being awarded but it’s a good idea to stay on the list to show there is still a need. He and Addison will coordinate with the City Crew to get the info needed. Another grant available is the Transportation Alternative Plan for pathways, sidewalks, crosswalks, school routes, ADA access, etc. If awarded, there is a 7.34% match required. The Council said to go ahead and apply to see where we rank, but there could be lots of needs here too. One other grant is the LHRIP up to $150,000 to repair roads and we will apply for this one again also since we weren’t able to get all of the roads finished this past year that we wanted to such as Hayes Lane, West side of East Street, West Street, etc. Addison will be in touch.
Police Report: Deputy Sheriff Wes Barnhill came before the Council and presented their report for the month of October. He is a new deputy that has been working for about 1 month. They issued 11 citations, had 28 incidents and received and responded to 53 calls. He said they did an internal audit of our contract and was able to find and fix 7 citations from the month of June that we didn’t get paid for and they will get that remedied. He provided a breakdown of the citations and averages being brought in each month. He thinks they are generating about 50% of the contract. He had a more detailed report of the data and reported on follow up on the situation at Hayes Lane. The Council said they would like to see more detailed reports and more follow ups on the report and thanked him for his efforts.
Results from the election held November 4th are in and Tony Price received 85 votes for Mayor and Greg Kunz received 68. Councilor votes were 116 for Jordan Rasmusson, 94 for Brooke Bruesch, and 78 for Miles Cook. New Mayor and council members will take over at the meeting in January.
The council approved a donation to the Senior Center. Councilor Marty Nate made the motion to donate $1,000.00 to the Senior Center and Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The date was set for the Christmas Park Lighting Event for Wednesday, December 3rd at 6:00 pm. The Young Men from 2nd ward helped Hadley to get all the lights set up in the park last night. Lynette will make arrangements with the Bartschi’s and Santa to make the event come together.
Councilor Marty Nate reported that she wants some things fixed with the bridge, the concrete at the pavilion with a new pad, the approach at the Post office, and would like to get a grant for the mulch at the playground. The Mayor said he would follow up with some donations for the playground and the tractor was sold for $4,500.00 to go towards the playground. She would also like to get the roads chip sealed and Greg would like striping the roads on Stringtown. Need some cattle guards installed at the cemetery. She asked if the water trucks from Stone Ridge are about done. The rate being charged was discussed. We don’t sell the water that often but last time was in 2022 and we charged $2.50 per thousand gallons. Trenton will call around to find out what the going rates are now.
Councilor Tee Steadman said there have been some irrigation water leaks causing damage on roads and the guys filled in with gravel to fix. Greg responded that Nic, the water master was out the last part of the season with a broken leg too but the Irrigation Company can pay to haul the gravel and take care of it.
Maintenance Report: Hadley Wright gave their report for the month of October, stating that he checked up to the spring, had 2 graves at the cemetery, cleaned up at the cemetery, winterized the park, turned water off at the fountain, took water samples to Pocatello, and did some utility locates. He cleared out a big beaver dam up left and right hand and we need to trap more. Shane got hurt earlier this month and broke his leg. He is out at least another 6 weeks. With snowplow season coming up, he said he can call the County or Doug to help with the plowing until Shane can get back at it.
Office Report: There are 31 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of October. There were no shutoffs last month because of the computer and system being down. Our Utility Billing program is very dated, and we will be in a bad way if it were to crash. The computer got fixed but the internet has still been hard to get anything done. The Trunk or Treat was well attended again and those from Nounan came out too. It was suggested to add to the flyers to not let this replace going door to door. There were complaints about starting so early in the evening also. Lynette has a conflict with the next meeting date and it was decided to keep with the same schedule and Marty will help with taking notes. Lynette will get everything prepared for the meeting. She will also be out of the office December 2nd – 10th to Las Vegas.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of October 2025 in the amount of $20,659.22 in the general fund, $8,254.63 in the water fund, and $20,883.50 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $49,797.35. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Marty Nate that council adjourns from the November 2025 council meeting at 8:45 pm. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith,
City Clerk-Treasurer

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, December 17, 2025                   City Hall               7:00 pm

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2543497249?pwd=M8H7QnZwKSGrAu04ZSBtUzdqnBBz8G.1&omn=84314863584 Password: Georgetown

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER  

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE                                             

INVOCATION               

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:       

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from November 5, 2025                                                                                                                                                                         

AGENDA ACTION ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Sunrise Engineering – Transportation Plan
• Recap Christmas Park Lighting Event
• Christmas Light Contest
• Employee Christmas Bonus

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 NOVEMBER’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

• City Council Regular Meeting 7:00 pm – Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 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 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.