08012013CouncilMinutes
CITY OF AMMON
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013
AGENDA:
CITY OF AMMON
2135 SOUTH AMMON ROAD
CITY COUNCIL - AGENDA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013 – 7:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER:
Mayor Steven Fuhriman at 7:00 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance – Councilmember Powell
Prayer – Councilmember Slack
MINUTES:
None
ITEMS FROM MAYOR:
CONSENT AGENDA:
Accounts Payable – Exhibit A
PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA: (5 Minute Limitation)
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
None
ACTION ITEMS:
1.Policy 10-008-1 – Drug Free Work Place Policy – Appendix A:
2.Resolution 2013-007 adopting Policy 10-008-1 – Drug Free Work Place Policy:
3.Ordinance and Summary 527 - Title 4, Chapter 10, Pawn Brokers, Secondhand Precious Metals Dealers, Secondhand Stores amendments; Title 5, Chapter
12, Burglar Alarms, amendment:
4.Resolution 2013-008 – Surplus Property Declaration – Fire and Parks Departments:
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
1.Budget Discussion
2.Misc.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
1.Personnel Evaluations - Idaho Code 67-2345 (1-b)
2.Real Property Acquisitions - Idaho Code 67-2345 (1-c)
3.Pending Litigation - Idaho Code 67-2345 (1-f)
MINUTES
City Officials Present:
Mayor Steve Fuhriman
Councilmember Rex Thompson
Councilmember Brian Powell
Councilmember Sean Coletti
Councilmember Russell Slack
Councilmember Brad Christensen
City Attorney Scott Hall
City Clerk/Administrator/Planning Director Ron Folsom
Deputy City Clerk Rachael Brown
City Treasurer Jennifer Belfield
City Engineer Lance Bates
Parks Director Ken Knoch
Fire Chief Stacy Hyde
Enforcement Officer Shawna Avery
I.T. Director Bruce Patterson
Public Works Director Ray Ellis
City Officials Absent:
Councilmember Dana Kirkham
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CALL TO ORDER:
Mayor Steven Fuhriman opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the City Hall building located at 2135 South
Ammon Road. Councilmember Powell led the Pledge of Allegiance. Councilmember Slack offered a prayer.
MINUTES:
None
ITEMS FROM MAYOR:
None
CONSENT AGENDA:
Accounts Payable – Exhibit A: Councilmember Powell moved to approve the Accounts Payable –
Exhibit A, as presented. Councilmember Slack seconded. Roll Call Vote: Councilmember Powell – Yes, Councilmember Slack – Yes,
Councilmember Christensen – Yes, Councilmember Thompson – Yes, and Councilmember Coletti – Yes. The motion passed.
PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA: (5 Minute Limitation):
None
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
None
ACTION ITEMS:
1. Policy 10-008-1 – Drug Free Work Place Policy – Appendix A:
Ron explained the changes were to the language
regarding when to issue a drug test if an employee is injured on the job.
Councilmember Powell moved to approve Policy 10-008-1 Drug Free Work Place Policy – Appendix A, as presented.
Councilmember Slack seconded. Roll Call Vote: Councilmember Powell – Yes, Councilmember Slack – Yes, Councilmember
Christensen – Yes, Councilmember Thompson – Yes, and Councilmember Coletti – Yes. The motion passed.
2. Resolution 2013-007 adopting Policy 10-008-1 – Drug Free Work Place Policy:
Councilmember Powell moved to
adopt Resolution 2013-007 adopting Policy 10-008-1 – Drug Free Work Place Policy. Councilmember Coletti seconded. Roll Call
Vote: Councilmember Powell – Yes, Councilmember Coletti – Yes, Councilmember Christensen – Yes, Councilmember Slack – Yes,
and Councilmember Thompson – Yes. The motion passed.
3. Ordinance and Summary 527 - Title 4, Chapter 10, Pawn Brokers, Secondhand Precious Metals Dealers, Secondhand
Stores amendments; Title 5, Chapter 12, Burglar Alarms, amendment:
Ron explained that this item it being pulled from the
Agenda and is set to be re-published.
4. Resolution 2013-008 – Surplus Property Declaration – Fire and Parks Departments:
Councilmember Christensen
moved to adopt Resolution 2013-008 – Surplus Property Declaration – Fire and Parks Departments. Councilmember Powell seconded.
Roll Call Vote: Councilmember Christensen – Yes, Councilmember Powell – Yes, Councilmember Coletti – Yes, Councilmember
Thompson – Yes, and Councilmember Slack – Yes. The motion passed.
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
1. Budget Discussion:
Councilmember Christensen said at the last meeting he asked, if at all possible, to look at the
City’s past expenditures and operate within a 1.8 percent increase across the board (i.e.: levy, water, and sewer rates), which is what
he would prefer to do. Councilmember Christensen stated he has gone through the budget keeping this in mind. Councilmember
Christensen said he feels we need to have a fundamental approach to plan for increases. His theory is not that it should keep pace with
the consumer price index, but it definitely shouldn’t exceed it. He would like to see a ceiling in terms of what rates the City should
raise. The way we plan for this is to tell the department heads to take the three or four percent increases and bring forward a budget
that way. In the future, he would like to take last year’s budget as a baseline and if anything more is needed then the department head
shall demonstrate the need for that. He feels if this is done, that the City will be better for it.
Jennifer handed out the budget worksheets from the previous Council meeting. Councilmember Christensen said in the
general fund it needs to save $23,500 (based on reducing the proposed a three percent increase by 1.2 percent to end up with a 1.8
percent increase). He has looked at the following line items that we can reduce: Meals on wheels for $4,000, property lease expense
for $1,000, and Stacy’s addition of two full-time equivalents then we could reduce our part-time employee’s by $10,000. Stacy Hyde
clarified that this was already taken into account. There is enforcement and building fuel station funds that were accidentally left in
and in the Parks repair budget can be reduced, since they purchased a new lawn mower. The pitching machine was purchased last
year, so the $5,000 pitching machine line item can be removed. Jennifer stated that the $5000 covers the t-shirts the children get,
metals, empire scorebooks and all of their supplies. Councilmember Christensen stated that with the remaining line items he had
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acquired $29,900, however, with the correction its $19,900, so there is still $4,000 in savings that is desired. Ron said the pitching
machine expense was $1,000.
Councilmember Powell said he had a good chat with Councilmember Christensen and he is not opposed to taking a serious
look at this. He is concerned whether we are done playing catch up and if we are caught up to where we need to be, and if this is the
case, then theoretically growth should take care of any additional revenue, rather than the City having to keep making up for it. The
other thing Councilmember Powell would like to do is to go back to the department heads and ask them to re-budget based on a 1.5
percent or 1.8 percent increase and let them make those line item strikes. The department heads are going to know more about their
budgets than the Council knows. He has personally talked to a lot of individuals who have said a lot about Ammon’s rates and he
hopes the City doesn’t have to keep raising them. He had ran some numbers through and if we add another seventy homes on to the
system, this will be enough money to offset what the City’s proposed costs will be, and we really shouldn’t have to take any additional
increase in fees.
Councilmember Christensen said he acknowledged that he’s not the best to go into each department’s budget to try to find
where we can find cost efficiencies. Councilmember Christensen said his next section was in technology where last year the supply
budget was $24,000 and this year was $37,000 and wondered if it could be reduced by $10,000. He also wants to look at the
technology building repairs, which are Wi-Fi and security locks and cameras to see if money can be saved. Councilmember
Christensen said we are still able to plan for the future and only take a 1.8 increase and keep planning for the future.
Councilmember Slack said he wants to hear from Bruce about the reduction in his budget. He would like to know if these
suggestions are possible and would like the department heads to give their opinions and what the lowered increases would do to the
City.
Bruce Patterson stated the Council is going into the minutia of the line items and he would prefer the Council simply says
hold it flat or drop it by this much and he will make it work. He feels Councilmember Powell’s comments early on were exactly on
target. The question should be are you generating what you expect to generate, and if the Council is going to cut the budget. This can
be done for a certain period of time, but at some point the City will start regressing. Council can look at the individual line items, but I
have to deal with those on a day to day basis. If I cut these items, I am going to look at you and say we are going backwards and he
feels that is his responsibility to advise them of such. At some point there will be a price to pay and when it comes you might not be
sitting in this chair. If the Council looks at his budget, he would ask did the total dollar amount go up and the answer is no. Some of
the items were rectified, so that they work better for Jennifer and the auditors. He would like the Council to look at the bottom line. If
the Council advises him to hold it flat or drop it, he would do this for the Council and make it run for the year. He would like to have
the Council leave this to the department heads, since they are the ones who have to make it work for the year.
Councilmember Christensen said he appreciated that, he has put many hours working on this and he now knows he should
have spent the hours sitting down with each individual department head and he can do this in the coming weeks before we vote on it.
He acknowledges there are consequences to any cuts that are made. Bruce Patterson said if the Council cuts his budget and starts to
trim things, he will possibly squeak a little bit. The Council has to realize when things happen and you say you want an IP camera and
it doesn’t happen and the Council asks why, he will state because of the cuts. He feels it is his job to tell the Council when it gets too
tight, since he is the one to make the budget work. Councilmember Christensen stated that he realizes the City is efficient with its
resources. He has to look and see if the City can operate within an increase that is tolerable. He knows the staff works for the
Council, but the Council works for the citizens. He wonders what the citizens can tolerate and can the City operate within those
parameters.
Councilmember Slack said you have schedules to repair, operate and replace items. He doesn’t want to defund items that will
ultimately need to be done on a certain schedule or it could ultimately cost more. The question is there a way, without preventing you
from things you need to do, to trim the $37,000 or do you need this to really get the items done. Bruce said there is $80,000 in the
budget that at any given moment a server could crash then it would need to be spent, but no one knows if or when this might happen,
but it has to be budgeted for. If he has to cut his budget, the reserve is the first thing that will go, but if tech has no savings then he will
have to request the Council to open the budget if a server goes down.
Councilmember Christensen said he agrees it would be best for the department heads to make the cuts. He knows the
Councilmember’s sit down with their department heads to go through their budget.
Councilmember Powell said Councilmember Christensen has some good points, but he would like to get through the points
and then have a discussion about our level of service and if there are areas to improve or not. He would like to know if the Council
feels the City is caught up on the City’s level of service. He would like to throw it back to the department heads for the corrections.
He would like to see what a 1.8 percent increase would look like and if the department heads can make it work.
Councilmember Christensen continued to reductions in the wastewater, water, and street budgets, where he would like to cut
$56,000. Councilmember Christensen broke this reduction down by Technology for $3,150, wastewater heating for $2,000,
department supplies for $2000, wastewater infrastructure repair for $20,000 and the stationary generator for $35,000. He noticed that
there is a transfer in the wastewater budget of ten percent plus the interest earnings. He also noticed last year the ten percent wasn’t
transferred just the interest earnings and felt the City could keep all the line items within the 1.8 percent. The Water Department had a
mistake last year, so the rate increase was only calculated on the service fees and not the bond payment. The water is at 1.7 percent so
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it could be increased, by $5,400 and he would put it in the streets budget. The street department is $130,000 higher due to the increase
in the franchise fee. In this budget, there is no figure for any transportation infrastructure capital improvement. He would like to find
$150,000 so that Midway could be improved. He wanted to look at the community sidewalk grant and he wanted to reduce it from
$40,000 to $20,000. The routine maintenance schedule for the year 2014 is $232,000 and in the next year this goes down to $104,000.
He would like to equally spread this over the two years, which would release some funds for the current year. The City could do a
mile of Midway for $150,000, which replaces the water infrastructure. This will help us get a figure for the future needs of the area.
Ray said the streets will continue to deteriorate. He can spread the routine maintenance schedule out for two years, but the
City will not be able to do a mile of Midway for $150,000. The balance of the Council agreed. In the last Council meeting he was
instructed to put these figures back in the budget. There was about $225,000 in the water and $175,000 in the street budget for
Midway to get us from Sunnyside to Rawson. The half mile of 17th Street has cost $168,000 and the striping has to still be paid for, as
well as the gravel. Lance said trying to compare the two streets will not be beneficial, as there is significantly less services off Midway
into homes than the other streets in town. Councilmember Powell said it would be nice to know what a worst case scenario would be
for a vault, pit, etc. He would like to continue with the projects. Ray and Lance said they met with a federal highway agent and there is
a real emphasis to include bike and pedestrian pathways as roads are reconstructed. If the City receives federal dollars, these will have
to be included. Midway has a wide right-of-way, which would be an ideal time to do something along these lines, but the City is
taking a shot gun approach, instead of looking at the big picture and he feels the City will be wasting money. He would like to have a
better vision of what the Original Town Site and Hillview should look like years from now. Ray feels they could come up with some
concept, but it will take several work sessions and discussions to accomplish this. Councilmember Christensen asked Ray if the next
project is Midway. Ray stated it is the next logical choice since it connects Sunnyside and 17th Street and also gives us access to
McCowin Park, which could become a center piece for the City. Discussion ensued concerning the re-alignment of Midway by the
school. Councilmember Powell stated there are many items everyone would like to see, but he would like to get back to the budget
discussion.
Stacy asked that the Council think about his need for a second fire station. He stated that his department went many years
without increases and it put the City in a bad position and is concerned about putting yourself back in that position again.
Councilmember Powell asked if the $3,200 connection fee for wastewater and water is enough. Ray said Councilmember Christensen
wants to cut the infrastructure to $50,000, however, the City needs to slip line the sewer on Caballero and the two off shoots, which is
a $100,000 project to do ¾ of a mile of sewer line. This will give the pipeline another fifty year life versus waiting five to seven years
for it to collapse so it will cost ½ million dollars to replace the pipeline. Do we keep kicking the can down the road or do we get
aggressive to bring the infrastructure to a reasonable standard and he feels the City isn’t even close to being caught up.
Councilmember Christensen said there are the needs of the citizens and needs of the City and they are not necessarily the same thing.
Councilmember Powell inquired if the 70 additional connection fees were included in the budget. Jennifer stated that the
additional connection fees were included, but not the monthly fee charges, since it was not guaranteed as to when they would connect.
Ray said we have invested a lot in our people and equipment that allows the City to do a better job of maintaining and producing what
the City has with 17th Street as a prime example. He feels that our level of service will suffer if the City isn’t proactive. Right now
when we get a phone call, we respond right away. Councilmember Powell asked how the City will look at improvements, if the
Council holds the line. Ray said we will just have to see how the end of the year goes and at the end if there is money for
improvements then the City proceeds. To date we have spent $62,000 in water line repair, which is significantly up and he feels next
year will be worse. The City doesn’t do anything about backflow prevention, which he feels is a huge liability. The sidewalks are
getting to be more and more of a liability to the City, even though the citizens are responsible. ICRMP (Idaho Counties Risk
Management Program) has stated that the City will be liable, if it knows about it and doesn’t do anything about it. The crumbling curb
and sidewalks in Hillview are horrible. Councilmember Powell agrees that the City is not there, but wonders about wastewater and
water budgets. Ray said our rates are high in comparison to the City of Idaho Falls, but we are not high in comparison to Rigby and
other communities that have upgraded their systems.
Councilmember Slack said each department wants to have better services and do more. The question is, can the departments
keep their budget within a certain amount, and the other piece is that we have some things that we have to fund, which are aging roads
and other infrastructures that will need to be replaced that has not been saved for. If there had been a capital replacement plan fifteen
years ago, we would be in a better position, but the City hasn’t done this. Now there are items outside of the ordinary growth of a
budget that has to be paid for. All of the departments have money in excess of our minimum bottom line; however when we look at
funding an eight million dollar sewer train how are we going to get to that number. He understands maintaining 1.8 – 2 percent
growth, however maybe the City should take the increase to three or four percent and put it in savings for items we will need down the
road. The City has $6.5 million set aside for wastewater, but $1.3 million is for operation and maintenance. How do we fund the next
$4 – 5 million for the sewer train and when will we need to have these funds? He agrees to maintain a tight budget, but the City has to
plan for these projects.
Jennifer said part of the $6.5 million is for bond reserves. Ray said if Costco comes in at $1.7 million and Hitt Road
intersection comes in at $750,000, then the street fund will be wiped out including the one year’s reserve. Jennifer said the minimum
is $3.9 million for the bond. Discussion ensued as to how much time is left before the train will have to be put in. Councilmember
Christensen stated the City needs the growth to offset the costs, however, if the City raises the rates too high then it will restrict the
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growth. Jennifer said the budget had a four percent increase and it was still going into reserves by $200,000. The City is trying to save
the ten percent plus the interest, which at the end of the year there would be no savings. She wants to be sure the Council is looking at
the bottom line, because even in the general fund the savings of $50,000 for a new facility at the bottom line it is short $65,000. The
budget is going into reserves by $3.32 million dollars, which won’t be sustainable. Some of this is for the major projects. She would
like a list of the short and long term goals listed, so the City can better budget for them. Councilmember Christensen said it’s always
changing.
Councilmember Slack said the City could list eighty percent of the items, which are the big projects. In the past, the City had
a schedule of items it had to work toward. The small things will change, but the big items the City will have to plan to fund could be
listed. Councilmember Slack said to Councilmember Christensen that you keep saying we can have both, but I need you to show us
how. Council has gone through numbers and numbers on the sewer alone. We have paid people that have taken into consideration the
growth, income that we receive, and income from capacity replacement and the City is not there. He advised Councilmember
Christensen that if he has alternative calculations, Council needs to see them. We need to say here’s a way to fund this without raising
rates more than 1.8 percent, because even rising to the maximum is not going to get the City there. The City isn’t saving enough
money to even get close to the projects that the Council knows they have to fund. This won’t change based on citizen input; the
projects still have to be done. Someone will have to flush the toilet and it won’t go anywhere if the City doesn’t. He would love to find
ways to keep the budget within a percentage, but there are other things that have to be looked at, as well. He doesn’t feel the City has
an option not to fund these projects. Eliminating the extra 1 ½ percent that the City takes has a compounding impact on the future of
the City. If the City talks blindly about reducing the budget and the City aren’t mapping a way to fund the future projects, then it is
just a wish.
Councilmember Powell said he likes to look at past financials, and he feels the past can paint a picture. If you look at the
wastewater fund in June of 2012 it was $6.27 million and one year later it is $6.48 million, which is an increase of $210,000 for a
year. The City hadn’t had to make the bond payments, so this isn’t an accurate prediction. The water is (an accurate predictor), since
we have been paying on the bond for over a year. In June 2012 it was $5.24 million and June 2013 its $5.46 million, so it seems like
the funds are growing. He is wondering where the City is getting into deficits. He sees increases and wonders where they are helping.
Jennifer said several of the larger apartment complexes paid per apartment but now they pay by their usage, so they are paying
significantly less. Ray said it is no different in the sanitation, which took a $40,000 hit on the revenue side; however, the expenses
didn’t go down. Scott said the City has a one million dollar contingent liability that you may have to deal with and you have four years
before that goes away. Discussion ensued regarding capacity savings in wastewater. Scott said the City also has to look at replacement
of the membranes. Ray said also consider how many connections will be used by the other entities.
Ron said we can publish the budget we have today, because we can always lower it. Councilmember Coletti said let’s give
the departments the 1.8 percent increase and see how they make it work. Then have the Council hold a work session, to see what
works and what doesn’t.
Councilmember Powell said he went to the IBSD (Iona Bonneville Sewer District) meeting and heard about the comments by
those who are living inside the City of Ammon but are on IBSD. The reason they don’t want to come over to the City of Ammon is
because they feel the City of Ammon raises their rates every year and before they know it they will be paying $80 a month for sewer.
He doesn’t want that perception that Ammon raises their rates, just to raise the rates. Councilmember Powell asked why the Counties
can’t pay a higher figure, since they are riding on the economy of scale from the Cities. Scott said the commissioners would have to
set this and this is one of the arguments for a district.
Tom Hunsaker, Planning and Zoning Commission, 2135 South Ammon Road, and representative for Bonneville County, said
they met to change the comprehensive plan for the County. He showed the City the projection of the County for Urban growth, due to
the sewer system. This will be in unincorporated areas, and they need to pay their own fair share. This is where most of the growth
will be coming from. The EIRWWA (Eastern Idaho Regional Waste Water Authority) needs to collect enough from them to add the
next train without hitting the Cities anymore. The Cities did their fair share to help get the sewer system built; now they need to be
self-supporting. They can’t hit the Cities anymore, it is not fair. Councilmember Powell asked what their payment is, and if it includes
a bond payment.Discussion ensued regarding the homes in the unincorporated areas that will be connecting to the EIRWWA.
Councilmember Powell said if they come on board ten years down the road, they didn’t pay the prior ten years bond. Ray said they
should at least pay the depreciation. Councilmember Powell said the Cities have already put in their train.
Ron said all that growth becomes an island of County resident getting services that the City pays extra for and that is an issue
with the County. The City pays extra for police protection that the County residents aren’t paying for. They are getting the same
services, as the City of Ammon. Scott said that is why the citizens of Ammon and Shelley would vote for the district, so everybody
that comes on will pay their fair share. He feels the Cities would have to help the citizens understand the issue. Scott feels the Council
should show up at the District to state their issues.
Tom Hunsaker said Bonneville County requires rezoned land to be located next to similarly zoned land; they can’t just start
any place. It has to be contiguous to growth that is there. Scott said area of impact is a twenty year vision. Councilmember Powell
stated he would like any sewer increases to go to Ammon’s needs. Ron said if the urban growth is using the train then the City isn’t
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paying for it. Councilmember Slack stated Melaleuca and the Smith Group is building in the County. Scott stated this argument needs
to be stated now.
Councilmember Coletti asked about the difference between our salary increases and the City’s benefit increases. Obviously
the benefit increases are ninety nine percent medical insurance rate increases. There is an eight percent increase in salary and a twenty
two percent increase in benefits. He understands the City will be increasing by a few more employees, which this takes into account.
Jennifer said as we started the budgeting process for the medical coverage benefits there was a 13.8 percent increase, so she
conservatively budgeted a fifteen percent increase. However, the actual claim history was less so they created a new analysis and
updated the rates. The adopted October 1st rates will be a 6.8 percent increase, so there will be some savings in the budget. Jennifer
explained some options that will be available with the III-A and our benefits package.
Councilmember Thompson said our department heads have done a very good job of managing money. They don’t spend it, if
they don’t need it even if you gave them a three percent increase. He would like to propose we leave the proposed budget just as it is.
Councilmember Christensen stated it is true the department managers didn’t spend it all and that has been our mode of operation for
the last few years. Councilmember Slack stated his biggest concern is hitting these long term plans within the budget. Councilmember
Powell stated he would like to make sure that future growth can fund these items. Councilmember Thompson said the new train will
handle two million gallons, but Ammon will only use 500,000 gallons. So the people using 500,000 are paying for the whole train.
The County needs to find how to pay for the rest. Scott said this is another argument for the district. Councilmember Powell said the
connection fee is the same as the City’s, however, in the City a person pays a City capital replacement fee. This makes people build in
the County. The County needs to raise their connection fee to be on par with the City, so they can fund the new train. Council said
Ammon will not fund for the County. Discussion ensued concerning who maintains the lines in the County. Councilmember Powell
said he has heard the Commissioners say that they aren’t approving septic systems and they are pushing to the sewer system. Scott
said if the County is approving new subdivisions then they will be required to have their own sewer district to maintain the lines.
Councilmember Powell said the City needs to draw a line in the sand stating as of today this is the ERU’s each area owns you’re your
percentage of ERU’s grows to this much, then that will be the percentage of the train that you have to fund. If the County is going to
encourage the growth by keeping the connection fee low, then they need to be prepared to pay for the train.
Councilmember Powell said he agrees with Councilmember Thompson’s statement to leave the budget alone and keep it at
three percent, but constrain it toward only using 1.8 percent of the funds with the balance to be put into a reserve. He would also like
to see water left alone without any increase. Ray stated the issue with tying the budget into the consumer price index is that most of
the City’s needs are not related to consumer items such as asphalt, repairs on caterpillar equipment, etc. Council agreed, but the
enterprise funds are still playing catch up and the Council wants to watch the rates. Ray stated it was very hard for him to predict what
he needs, since it depends on equipment breakage and snow removal, etc. Council understood. Ray also stated a master plan is more
important than actual project work this coming year. Councilmember Powell asked why there had to be an increase in bond payments.
Jennifer said it’s put toward depreciation and future projects.
2. Misc.:
Jennifer mentioned this Saturday is the Ammon Days Event and we are still short of volunteers. Jennifer asked if
any of the Council has spouses or children that would like to help, we would really appreciate it.
Lance said there is a resident of Ammon who is in the process of building a brick and concrete structure in the public right-
of-way, which is probably going to be used as a mailbox. He wondered how the Council wants him to approach the matter. This
particular one is in Fox Hollow and two neighbors have called and complained. Lance explained that if we are asked, we tell them
they cannot build there. Ron said we tell them they cannot put them in the right-of-way. Councilmember Powell said to tell them, he is
more than welcome to move it back onto his property, but if he leaves it and a snow plow hits it, the City is not liable. Discussion
ensued regarding the right-of-way.
Fire Chief Stacy Hyde said the Fire Department is having their declaration ceremony and would like to invite the Council. It
is next Friday night and it should last about thirty to forty five minutes.
Councilmember Coletti moved to adjourn. Councilmember Christensen seconded. Roll Call Vote: Councilmember Coletti –
Yes, Councilmember Christensen – Yes, Councilmember Slack – Yes, Councilmember Thompson – Yes, and Councilmember
Powell – Yes. The motion passed.
The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
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Steve Fuhriman, Mayor
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Ron Folsom, Clerk
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