Georgetown Idaho

August 1, 2023
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Stephan Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Sheriff Bart Heslington, City Attorney Adam McKenzie, Bear Lake County Fire Chief Mark Parker, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering, City Auditor Gary Teuscher, Kevin & Marty Nate, Barry Bergholm, Irene Sorenson, Katana Sorenson
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Stephan Waechtler
The Council entertained a motion from councilor Tee Steadman 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 July 5, 2023, were read aloud by Mayor Waechtler. Councilor DeLoy Kunz 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 minutes from July 12, 2023, special meeting was read aloud by Mayor Waechtler. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to accept the minutes as read and Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to leave the regular meeting and move into public hearing for the purpose of discussing a new subdivision ordinance. Councilor DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Motion carried. The Mayor then opened the floor to the public for discussion, comments or concerns. City Attorney, Adam McKenzie mentioned a few changes from the County Subdivision Ordinance such as we don’t have a formal Planning & Zoning Committee so people that apply for a subdivision will need to come straight to the council for approval but can appoint an administrator. The County permits mobile homes but we will not approve based on previous ordinances. Fire Chief Mark Parker expressed concerns to have an engineer be involved for subdivisions to have appropriate fire hydrants, services, pressure, size of pipes, etc. and the contractor would be required to install. Mark said the Bear Lake County Fire Department would work directly with the contractor and engineer to make sure that everything is up to code. The City’s infrastructure cannot handle a subdivision right now so the contractor would have to come before the council to be approved or denied and can be denied due to infrastructure or the contractor would have to provide the adequate infrastructure. Adam responded that the City does have the ability to deny or accept but growth will happen and we need to be prepared for it. Clerk Smith reported that the office has not received any comments, written or verbal pertaining to the subdivision ordinance. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to leave the public hearing and go back to regular meeting. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Motion carried.
Ordinance #111 a Subdivision Ordinance and Summary was presented to the council and the three reading rule was suspended since all council members were in attendance. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to accept the Ordinance #111 for subdivisions and the summary to be published in the newspaper and Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and is as follows: DeLoy – yes, Tee – yes, Greg – yes, Trenton – yes. Motion carried.
Police Report: Sheriff Heslington came before the council and since the last special meeting, the contract was forwarded to Adam to review and it is now ready for signatures from the Mayor and the County Commissioners and they will ratify and sign on Monday. Sheriff reported that in July they had 53 hours and 115 contacts with 22 resulting in citations and 1 was a misdemeanor. There were different complaints about noise, open containers, ATV contacts, and disturbances. The Mayor requested reports to be emailed to Lynette so they can be handed out at the meetings. Irene Sorenson had some complaints about her neighbors wanting the shed and trees moved; the Sheriff will follow up with them. Lynette has already sent them two letters to move the shed and trees. Marty Nate asked about complaints about ordinance violations and was told to call dispatch and they will get handled by the deputy on duty and follow ups will be included in the Sheriff’s monthly reports.
City Attorney, Adam McKenzie, reported that he is still waiting for Tim Christensen to get an updated legal description so we can finish the annexation for the Whitakers.
Twin Creeks Update, the Waechtler’s and Sorenson’s brought in about $5600 for Firework donations and spent about $3200 on top of the fireworks. It was a great day and lots of fun. Katana also reported that they will be moving the building on their property for where they had originally planned and got the permit for due to where they can bring in power to, but they will keep the council updated for what they plan to do.
Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering came before the council and brought information for a grant that is due September 1st through ITD and LHTAC. Some roads need full restoration, some chip and sealed, and paint lines along Stringtown. He said it is not a fast process. The City had a transportation plan done in 2011 and should be updated. There is a $30,000 grant available for that to redo the study and Sunrise will help pursue that for us.
The Council engaged in the budget workshop with City Auditor and CPA Gary Teuscher from 8:00 pm to 8:45 pm. There was discussion about keeping in mind to plan on a 3% increase for employees each year.
Councilor DeLoy Kunz would like to see a list of building permits in the books each month.
Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of July and stated that the sewer pumps have been serviced. They got the new speed limit signs installed and have the applications to install the signs along the highway too. They are waiting to meet with Corey to see where those can be installed. Trenton mentioned to speak with Corey while he’s here about making a school zone along the highway. Shane said the spring is running and producing and they’ve done some maintenance at the cemetery and park. They have some leaks to repair on Hayes Lane. Next week they have a reuse permit inspection with DEQ for the land app. Tee asked about what Chris Banks and Addison Ochsenbein have been able to find for grants for our water infrastructure and Shane said he would follow up with Chris.
Office Business: There are 16 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of July.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of July 2023 in the amount of $35,741.76 in the general fund, $23,419.23 in the water fund, and $68,553.58 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $127,714.57. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor DeLoy Kunz that council adjourns from the August 2023 council meeting at 9:10 pm. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

July 12, 2023 – Special Meeting
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Stephan Waechtler, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Sheriff Bart Heslington, Deputy Ryan Larsen
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Stephan Waechtler
The Council entertained a motion from councilor Tee Steadman to approve the published agenda and was seconded by councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The Sheriff came to discuss the police contract with the council. They came out to Twin Creeks to patrol and made a lot of contacts and there were a lot of comments throughout the city about it being one of the best firework shows ever. In the contract, the City will retain all of their equipment such as the vehicle and the County will have their radio tech people look over the radios and recommend if they should keep it in their inventory or if we are better off to sell it. The council agreed to hold on to the vehicle for now. The contract dates were set to go into effect today, July 12th through September 30, 2028. Compensation was set at $27,500.00 increasing 3% each year and payable at $6,875.00 per quarter. A percentage of all citations, fines, etc. will come back to the City as defined in section 1.d. The City will designate Councilor Tee Steadman, since he is the councilor assigned to those duties, as the point of contact/administrator and the County designates Sheriff Bart Heslington as their point of contact/administrator. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the contract as discussed and Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Clerk Smith will update the contract with the blanks filled in as discussed and email it over to City Attorney, Adam McKenzie to review. Once it is ready he will acquire signatures from Sheriff Bart Heslington and Councilor Tee Steadman.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Tee Steadman that council adjourns from the July Special Meeting council meeting at 7:30 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer

July 5, 2023

Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Stephan Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, Hadley Wright, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Sheriff Bart Heslington, City Attorney Adam McKenzie

Meeting called to order:              7:05 pm                                Invocation:         Mayor Stephan 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 30, 2023, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Sheriff Bart Heslington came before the council to discuss the police contract and brought some statistics for the month of June and reported that they were out here for 57 hours and made 97 contacts and issued 24 citations. Most of the contacts were for off highway vehicles and had a lot of discussions with kids and parents about wearing helmets while operating those vehicles. They did some foot patrol around City Hall and the church and will be coming out for traffic control this Saturday for Twin Creeks. Councilor DeLoy Kunz requested for more patrol up Stringtown on the weekends for the campers. The Mayor asked Shane to get out the police vehicle and move it around through town.

There was a meeting on June 22^nd with the County Commissioners, Sheriff’s Department and 4 cities within the County. The county is not willing to spend any extra money to employ another officer at this time. The other 3 cities want the Law Enforcement on their end of the valley and just in the summer months and feel that their taxes should already be paying for the man power and they’re not willing to pay anymore right now either.

City Attorney, Adam McKenzie, was present to discuss the contract and brought for review. We need to set a fee. The county has all of the equipment and vehicles they need for their guys and won’t need ours. We can put it up for auction if we don’t need it and may be a good idea before it becomes obsolete and not worth anything and we can always buy another car if we ever needed. The contract is for 55 hours of patrol time each month with compensation to increase by 3% each fiscal year. The citation fees issued within the city will come back to the City. The county can have their communications people evaluate the radio and equipment and can incorporate into their inventory and give the City fair market value vs sitting on the equipment and it depreciate to not worth anything as technology updates. The Sheriff mentioned an example of their contract with the Forest Service which includes the vehicle, fuel, equipment, etc. at $45/hour for 55 hours would total to be $29,700 a year. The Mayor mentioned his concerns with reports getting lost and the Sheriff and Attorney both assured him that having a direct agreement with the Sheriff’s Department will eliminate the extra hands and agencies that the previous paperwork had to go through and it all should be well taken care of. Adam also recommended to use Best Practice Judgement in instances of trying to stop traffic or stop wrongdoings from happening.

Adam discussed the subdivision ordinance with the Council and reported on the Tax Commission rejecting the annexation of the Whitaker’s property due to the legal description of the property being of the whole property and not just the parcel that needs to be annexed since the parcel has half in City limits and half in the County. Adam has spoken with Tim Christensen about getting a new legal description for the parcel being annexed and then we can resubmit. The council reviewed all of the question areas in the subdivision ordinance and Adam will attach the developer’s agreement from Addison Ochsenbein at Sunrise Engineering and he will include only what will pertain to us.

Twin Creeks schedule will include the dunk tank, a foam party, bike races, cornhole tournaments, bounce houses and kids karate lessons. There may be a vendor come that has axe throwing and if so, we will need to get a liability waiver form filled out for each participant.

Duke & Coy Smith came and reported on their trip to the National Jr. High Finals Rodeo in Perry, Georgia and said that they had a good time and represented the City well and expressed their thanks to the City for their donation.

Councilor DeLoy Kunz asked about who has purchased building permits and listed some that need to have a permit application mailed to them since they are doing some building.

The Mayor reported that at Con Vouros’s barn, the water valve can’t be located. Councilor Tee Steadman will call the previous owner Reed Clark to find where it was disconnected at and see if we can get his water back to him. Con will pay for parts but the City will not charge a hookup fee and will install a shut off valve. It was discussed to put up some concrete barriers in front of the church until the asphalt gets replaced. Shane will get in touch with A+ Contractors to get an ETA. The council agreed to sell the service truck but to keep the sander for future use and needs a new drive chain. Councilor Trenton Morrell made the motion to purchase the backup plow truck that was used this winter and Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of June and we have officially hired a second full time maintenance man which is Hadley Wright. They have been busy at the cemetery and watering at the land app. There is a water leak under the old chlorinator building at the tanks. Shane has called Cody at A+ Contractors to get a bid and see what he can do to get the building moved and leak repaired. They did some repairs on water lines at Jason Morris and Cody Coombs and will start mowing the right of ways starting next week.

Office Business:   There are 16 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of June. Lynette reported that the next meeting will be for the budget workshop and all should be in attendance and we should budget to rebuild some of the back roads. Lynette will get in touch with Addison about seeing if there are any grants available for that to the City right now. The City did not get approved for a grant to help with the Lead and Copper inventory. The 4-H want to bring a trailer on July 18^th to the park and will take care of their advertising.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor DeLoy Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of June 2023 in the amount of $15,727.36 in the general fund, $14,894.20 in the water fund, and $24,109.56 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $54,731.12. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.

The chair entertained a motion from Councilor DeLoy Kunz that council adjourns from the July 2023 council meeting at 10:05 pm. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.

Respectfully submitted,

Lynette Smith

City Clerk-Treasurer

May 30, 2023
Those Present: Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Stephan Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, Sheriff Bart Heslington, Tyler & Katana Sorensen, Kevin & Marty Nate, Con Vouros, Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering, Duke & Coy Smith
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Stephan Waechtler
The Council entertained a motion from councilor Greg Kunz to approve the added agenda items of Tyler Sorensen, Con Vouros and Executive Session I.C. 74-206(a) to discuss hiring employes to the published agenda and was seconded by councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Councilor Greg Kunz also made the motion to approve the published agenda and was seconded by Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from May 2, 2023, were read aloud by Clerk Smith. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read with corrections to Ordinance #96 to prevent digging up the road and Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The Sheriff reported that he and City Attorney, Adam McKenzie are reviewing a contract to bring to the Council and he brought along some statistics for the month of May and showing that there were 62 contacts made for various reasons and 18 citations were issued. Most of the contacts were primarily speeders. Councilor Tee Steadman requested that the officers be here to patrol on weekends and Sunday afternoons for campers and some early mornings. If the council has concerns they can call Bart directly. For funeral escorts we can call the dispatch and give some notice. In our contract, it will designate the primary points of contact mainly between Sheriff Bart and a council member.
Tyler Sorensen came before the council to discuss putting a building behind their house and currently the water line runs through there and only has one shutoff for all three connections, so if anyone becomes delinquent, they all would be shut off and not just the one that is delinquent. If someone else were to purchase Sylvia Miller’s place there needs to be a second valve installed. When the building goes in it should have a separate valve installed too and the City will replace the valves sooner than later when the City workers can get to it. Since there are three connections when the valves get installed it will be considered an existing hookup and not have a fee except for when the water gets turned on and is being used.
Twin Creeks will be on July 8th and the fireworks are coming along with some food trucks in between the activities and fireworks. Katana is having trouble getting help for the activities and she is raising money for donations for the fireworks with a budget of $7500 including the cost of the fireworks.
Con Vouros would like to get water to his barn that is in City limits and used to be a dairy barn and has a hydrant so it would have had water at one time. Not sure if it was capped at some point because it being a dairy should have it’s own line. He would like some help to locate the valve and then turn it back on and will pay a separate bill for it.
Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering came before the council and stated that he went over some funding options with Amanda at SEICOG but we don’t qualify because our weather was not extreme enough to have caused the issues that we had. There is an option to get a loan through USDA or LHTAC for traffic or mudslides or transportation impacts but he doesn’t think that we have a strong enough case for it.
Marty Nate commented that the merry-go-round is damaged, looks like it got dented from the snow; maybe can get powder coated and rebuild it. Katana will look into available grants for playground equipment but will need to be careful so we don’t lose the use of the old equipment we have.
Councilor DeLoy Kunz is concerned about renting out rooms, but we don’t have anything in the Ordinances against it or having multiple families in one dwelling. It’s not a lot different than other home-based businesses we already have in town either.
Councilor Tee Steadman has some concerns with the trailers coming back into town. The Mayor has been called and made aware that the trailer is here but they are going to use it for a storage for now. They will have 30 days and then it will need to be moved if they are using it for more than just storage.
Councilor Greg Kunz said he and Joe went and looked at the turn around up the canyon and think with a CAT that you could make a big turn around area to accommodate all that go there through the year. He says to ask the County to come and move some gravel around. Greg will talk to them about widening it.
Police Report: None
Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of May and stated that he has been busy at the cemetery with 3 graves and 1 exhumation. He has been doing the Land app sampling and got up to the tank. He and Alan got a lot of the lead and copper inventory done. He mowed at the park and the cemetery and they got the water line fixed to Rusty Dimick’s/Eric DeClark’s place. The City will pay for the pipe and it is still way cheaper than digging up the road and the whole section will be taken care of now.
Office Business: There are 15 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of May. Lynette reported that some of the delinquents are repeat offenders and that we will be resuming shutoffs for those not catching up their accounts. The next council date is a conflict with the 4th of July and so it will be moved to the following evening on Wednesday, July 5th. The Mayor asked if we want to do a breakfast at Twin Creeks and it was decided that the council will host the breakfast and the food trucks will be there in the afternoon to evening. Katana is still looking for help with the bike race, cornhole, parade and flag ceremony.
Duke & Coy Smith came before the council as they have both qualified for the National Jr. High Finals Rodeo in Perry, Georgia and would like a monetary donation to help with their expenses to get there to compete. Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to give them each $350 and to come back and report on their trip at the next meeting with videos. Councilor Tee Steadman seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Councilor Greg Kunz made the motion to go into Executive Session at 9:00 pm for the purpose of discussing situations and hiring employees and was seconded by councilor Tee Steadman. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to leave Executive Session at 9:30 pm and was seconded by councilor Trenton Morrell. All were in favor and the motion carried the council. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to increase wages for Shane Clark and Lynette Smith and to hire another full-time employee and split the job requirements. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of May 2023 in the amount of $12,884.94 in the general fund, $48,718.48 in the water fund, and $16,872.27 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $78,475.69. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz that council adjourns from the June 2023 council meeting at 9:45 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, September 5, 2023                    7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:        

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from August 1, 2023 meetings

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• PUBLIC HEARING: Budget Hearing to accept the proposed budget for FY 2024-2025
• Ordinance #112 – Appropriations Ordinance

DeLoy: 

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:

• Regular Meeting – 7:00 pm – Tuesday, October 3, 2023, Georgetown City Building – 382 Main St. Questions concerning items appearing on this Agenda or requests for accommodation of special needs to participate in the meeting should be addressed to the Office of the City Clerk or call 208-847-2120.

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

Tuesday, August 1, 2023                        7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from July 5 & July 12, 2023 meetings

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

PUBLIC HEARING: Planning & Zoning Ordinance with Subdivision Section
Twin Creeks Celebration Recap
FY 2024-2025 Budget Workshop with City Auditor, Gary Teuscher, CPA

DeLoy:

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 JULY’S BILLS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Meeting:

Public Hearing – Budget Hearing 7:00 pm – Tuesday, September 5, 2023, 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, JULY 12. 2023        7:00 PM             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION          

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

AGENDA ITEMS:

• Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office – Police Patrol Contract

ADJOURNMENT

CITY OF GEORGETOWN
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 7:00 pm 382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from May 30, 2023 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office – Police Patrol Contract – any updates
• Planning & Zoning Ordinance Draft with Subdivision Section
• Twin Creeks Celebration

DeLoy:
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:
• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Tuesday, August 1, 2023, 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.

JOB OPENING

The City of Georgetown is looking for a City Maintenance Worker for the Public Works Department.

Full-Time & Part-Time Positions beginning June 2023.

If you are self-motivated, hard-working, honest, have strong problem-solving skills, able to lift at least 50 lbs, be able to pass a physical, have equipment operating experience, this could be the job for you! Wage will be DOE.

Applications are available for pickup at Georgetown City Hall during regular office hours.  Office hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 12-3 pm. Please return completed application with resume by June 5, 2023. Any questions call 847-2120.

Employment Application for Non Law Enforcement

CITY OF GEORGETOWN

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AGENDA

Tuesday, May 30, 2023                  7:00 pm             382 Main St.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

INVOCATION              

APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS:         

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES from May 2, 2023 regular meeting

AGENDA ITEMS OF CITY OPERATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS:

• Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office – Police Patrol Contract – any updates
• Planning & Zoning Ordinance Draft with Subdivision Section
• Twin Creeks Celebration

DeLoy: 

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:

• Regular Council 7:00 pm – Wednesday, July 5, 2022, Georgetown City Building – 382 Main St. Questions concerning items appearing on this Agenda or requests for accommodation of special needs to participate in the meeting should be addressed to the Office of the City Clerk or call 208-847-2120.

April 17, 2023
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Stephan Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith, City Maintenance Alan Howell, Mike Carr, Nicole Price, Tim Neuman, Stacy & Charlie Christensen, Joe DeClark, Layne DeClark, Brice DeClark, Jeff & Deanna Franzen, Chris Shepherd, Kevin Martin and Addison Ochsenbein of Sunrise Engineering
Meeting called to order: 6:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Stephan 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 council has had to call this emergency meeting to declare a state of emergency in the City because of the water issues going on in town. There have been some frozen lines, broken lines and now seven homes on the lower end of Stringtown and above East Street are currently without water. Shane explained the issues that have been going on and where it all started at Rusty Dimick’s and the church without water. On Wednesday, April 12th, they got a call that the water was bubbling in front of the church so they dug that up and capped the line and finally got water back to the town and the school by 4 am on the 13th. The next day the seven homes were suddenly without water and they capped it at East street and still no water to the homes so they have ran hoses to homes as a temporary fix for the evening and then the hoses froze. They got those thawed on Sunday but they are still living off the hoses for now. There is still a water leak in front of the church that needs to be taken care of and the fire hydrant by the school is also out of service. We issued a boil order notice from the water being off the first time fixing in front of the church and those samples came back good so the boil order was removed on Friday.
There was lots of discussion on where the lines are and where it ties in. The plans say those lines their being fed from were supposed to be abandoned. They are still connected somewhere with PVC pipe and so it’s hard to locate. The citizens at the seven homes said they have had significantly less water and pressure since the new PRV’s were installed a couple years back. Discussion about a band aid fix to get them water back for now and then will give us time for the snow to melt more and make a plan to get it fixed right. Shane has been working diligently and nothing has worked that he and Alan have tried thus far.
Sunrise Engineering said there should be some funding options for emergency situations up to $150,000. DEQ has already allocated all of their funds for the year but the State may have some money available and USDA. They will pursue and get back to us.
Clerk Smith and Shane have reached out to a few different contractors to get bids. As per State Statute in an emergency situation and if it is less than $50,000 we can hire anyone. If it is over the $50,000 but less than $200,000 then we are required to get at least 3 bids or contact 3 contractors and must go with the lowest bid. Bids were solicited to A+ Contractors, JAG Enterprises, BE Excavating and Bethers Excavating. JAG is 4+ weeks out to do any work for boring, BE Excavating is too busy and Bethers is getting back to us, A+ can come by the end of the week to get working.
The council and citizens in attendance want to get a band aid in place and get DigLine called in the morning to get the line exposed by Wednesday. The Mayor told everyone this is a great way to get to know your neighbors and help each other out. The community has been great to stop by and offer help and pitch in and all have been willing to help and he and Shane have been very appreciative.
It was agreed that the homes without water are in priority and there are two separate issues with the homes and the church without water. The council wants to bore to the homes if at all possible and get more bids from Vaughn Smith, Lutz Construction and Bills Construction but we need someone with a crew that knows what they’re doing to fix both projects. They will reassess as things go to come up with the best way possible to get water to these homes throughout the week and Shane can solicit the help that he needs to get it fixed.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz that council adjourns from the emergency council meeting at 7:50 pm. Councilor DeLoy Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynette Smith, City Clerk-Treasurer