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03.05.2026 City Council MinutesACITY OF/ \^�� mmon WHERE TOMORROW BEGINS AMMON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES THURSDAY, MARCH 05, 2026 — 6:00 P.M. 2135 SOUTH AMMON ROAD AGENDA CALL TO ORDER: - Mayor Brian Powell at 6:00 p.m. - Pledge of Allegiance — Council Member Fullmer - Prayer —Council Member Boyle CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit A 2. Minutes: February 19, 2026 — Regular Meetings ACTION ITEMS: 1. Consideration of Resolution 2026-004 America 250 - (Jennifer Belfield, Finance Director) 2. Kartchner Rezone Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. City of Ammon Pool 2. Miscellaneous ADJOURN City Officials Present: Mayor Brian Powell Council President Scott Wessel Councilmember Kris Oswald Councilmember Heidi Boyle Councilmember Jeff Fullmer Councilmember Sid Hamberlin MINUTES City Attorney Scott Hall City Administrator Micah Austin City Clerk Joanna Dahm City Planner Cindy Donovan City Engineer Morgan Stewart Parks Director Tyler Draney Finance Direct Jennifer Belfield City Officials Absent: Councilmember Nolan Wheeler CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Brian Powell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Council Member Fullmer led the pledge of allegiance and Council Member Boyle gave a prayer. CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit A Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 03.05.2026 Page 1 of 5 2. Minutes: February 19, 2026 — Regular Meetings It was moved by Council Member Boyle and seconded by Council Member Fullmer to approve the Consent Agenda excluding the Arnold bill Wheeler, absent; Oswald, yes; Wessel, yes; Boyle, yes; Fullmer, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. PUBLIC COMMENT: None ACTION ITEMS: 1. Consideration of Resolution 2026-004 America 250 -(Jennifer Belfield, Finance Director) Finance Director Jennifer Belfield addressed the Mayor and Council and explained the need for the resolution, she stated the city applied for an America 250 grant from the Idaho Secretary of State and one requirement was to have a resolution stating the City of Ammon upholds the constitution. Jennifer stated she applied for $2,000 for Ammon days (for decorations) and $500 to support the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council for their annual fundraiser. Jennifer stated that Recreation Director Randal Miller had also applied for the grant so she isn't sure if they will award two grants to the same municipality. It was moved by Council Member Wessel and seconded by Council Member Oswald to approve Resolution 2026-004 America 250 Wheeler, absent; Oswald, yes; Wessel, yes; Boyle, yes; Fullmer, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. 2. Kartchner Rezone Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) City Planner Cindy Donovan went over the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law for the Kartchner Rezone It was moved by Council Member Boyle and seconded by Council Member Fullmer to approve the Kartchner Rezone Findings of Fact and Consideration of Law regarding the rezoning of approximately 10.90 acres in the Kartchner development to 112-A Wheeler, absent; Oswald, yes; Wessel, yes; Boyle, yes; Fullmer, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. DISCUSSION ITEMS: City of Ammon Pool Parks & Recreation Director Tyler Draney explained the information in the pool study, including options and costs. There are three options: a fully outdoor seasonal pool (with a lap pool and wading pool) the cost being $15.5 million, second option was an indoor/outdoor with a year round indoor lap with an outdoor assembly with it, the cost is $20 million, and the third option is a fully indoor year round pool a lap pool and kids pool, the cost is $33 million. All of these options would have a net loss annually. The pool currently runs at a loss of $75,000-$120,000 annually. This study was done a little over a year ago. Boise recently did one for about $9.5 Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 03.05.2026 Page 2 of 5 The Council discussed costs to the tax payers for a pool, potentially costing an additional $180-$220 annually per home owner on their taxes. Mayor Powell discussed securing title sponsors to help cover costs. Mayor Powell asked the Council if they want to move forward with putting it on the May ballot or wait and explore our options more. Council Member Boyle stated to move forward we need facts to present and she doesn't feel the city is there yet. Glenn Roth- 3400 Sparrow Hawk Ammon, ID Glenn stated he receives a lot of questions from the community since a study was done but the process hasn't moved forward. He stated Recreation Centers bring in more money due to the dry factors such as basketball courts, pickleball courts, and gyms. It was determined by the Council that they are not ready to move forward with placing the pool on the May ballot. More information and facts are needed to decide how to move forward. City Administrator Micah Austin stated he heard back from Tony on the Arnold bill. He explained the repairs. It was moved by Council Member Hamberlin to approve the accounts payable including the Arnold bill, Council President Wessel seconded the motion. Wheeler, absent; Oswald, yes; Wessel, yes; Boyle, yes; Fullmer, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. 2. Miscellaneous Council Member Hamberlin- he received concerns from an Ammon resident Carolyn Olsen concerning needs in Ammon - The first is Tie Breaker needs upgraded, new toys and swings. The pickleball courts in between White Pines and Montessori School, she said tennis courts were promised in the agreement. The third issue, take out the cement barriers off 17th behind Edwards Theater. We need more parks in new developments. Water meters look ghetto, what are the plans to change them? The last issue she wanted to know about the pool plans, stated we need fun and recreation. Council Member Hamberlin asked if there was a promise about tennis courts, Micah Austin and Cindy Donovan stated they don't believe there was anything promised but they have heard it before and will look into it. Mayor Powell asked if Urban renewal can help with Tie Breaker park. City Administrator Micah Austin stated theoretically yes, typically Urban Renewal is used for infrastructure costs below the ground. The challenge Urban Renewal has currently is they have payment obligations already but maybe in the future they could help with those costs. City Planner Donovan stated we do have money coming into that area from developers' park contributions. Mayor Powell stated he agrees on the concrete barriers, something different does need to be done. City Planner Donovan stated the Traffic Commission makes those decisions. City Engineer Stewart stated we are waiting on data at the one year mark to make further decisions. Mayor Powell said to address the citizens' concerns about the water meters, those are not changing. Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 03.05.2026 Page 3 of 5 Ammon resident on Zoom -Nicole living at 2025 Dove Dr. is concerned about the cement barriers behind the Theatre, causing very close calls with traffic accidents. When vehicles are parked on the road you cannot get around them. Doesn't understand the reason for them being there. There is no entrance on this side of the neighborhood. City Administrator Micah Austin stated this is a traffic commission issue, it has not come to the Council. This area has had several traffic studies, and been very well discussed by the traffic commission. We had 4,000 cars per day driving through that neighborhood, 70% of which were not from that neighborhood. The traffic commission looked at signage, speed bumps and many other options, ultimately the traffic commission decided on a full closure of the bridge. They sent out a study to the neighborhood and it was 50/50 split as to close the bridge or leave it open. The one way is a compromise between listening to the residents and the traffic study. It has been successful in cutting down on the traffic by about 50 percent. City Administrator Micah Austin stated the Traffic Commission meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 9:00 a.m. City Planner Donovan stated discussion on that will be on the April 8th meeting. Council Member Heidi Boyle- Asked about trash pickup around town, it is bad around town, can we do that again. Finance Director Belfield stated yes it usually coincides with Earth Week, she stated MYAC is planning something. She stated City Administrator Austin usually coordinates roadside clean up. He stated we have used work release over the years, now they charge us. Mayor Powell -Tour of EIRMC-March 11th 12pm to 2pm, Mayor Powell and City Administrator Micah Austin will be going to Woodland Hills Elementary to read to students from 12pm to fpm for Read Across America. City Administrator Micah Austin stated it is a fun event. Council President Scott Wessel- Stated there was a complaint about the Round -a -bout on Nightway and Eagle, there is no posted speed limit sign of 15 mph. City Engineer Stewart stated we can add a sign but it's not a regulatory sign, usually just a small sign. City Attorney Scott Hall - stated we talk about our costs of the Sheriff's contract, ICRMP has increased the costs of the deductible for claims dealing with law enforcement from $10,000 to $50,000 per claim. City Administrator Micah Austin - informed the Mayor and Council that Kade Marquez with Greater Idaho Falls Transit will be here at the next work session meeting, he wants to be prepared to answer any questions. Does the council have questions he can send to Kade to have ready to answer. The questions the council would like answered is numbers of riders and any valuable data, costs annually to the city, information from requests from Ammon they weren't able to fulfill, when matching funding dries out what would the cost be. City Planner Cindy Donovan- spoke about legislator house bill 583 (short term rentals), has passed with the house with the 3rd reading today with the senate, will be moving onto the Governor. Senate Bill 1277 in regards to ADU's is still in committee, and has been there since mid February. If this does go through it won't affect us as much as other cities. Senate Bill 1279 is Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 03.05.2026 Page 4 of 5 concerning the starter home subdivisions, which has also been in committee since mid February. Senate Bill 1280 is also still in Committee. Finance Director Jennifer Belfield invited the Mayor and Council to the upcoming Mayor's Youth Advisory Council Fundraiser on Saturday April 25, 2026. ADJOURN at 7:46 pm Brian Powell, Mayor oanna Dahm, City Clerk 'A, OOP SEAL = 1961 Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 03.05.2026 Page 5 of 5