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09192013CouncilMinutes CITY OF AMMON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 AGENDA: CITY OF AMMON 2135 SOUTH AMMON ROAD CITY COUNCIL - AGENDA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 – 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Steven Fuhriman at 7:00 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance – Councilmember Thompson Prayer – Councilmember Kirkham MINUTES: June 13, 2013 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.None. DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1.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 Dana Kirkham Councilmember Rex Thompson Councilmember Brian Powell Councilmember Brad Christensen City Clerk, Administrator, Planning Director Ron Folsom City Attorney Scott Hall City Engineer Lance Bates City Officials Absent: Councilmember Russell Slack Councilmember Sean Coletti 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 Thompson led the Pledge of Allegiance. Councilmember Kirkham offered a prayer. MINUTES:June 13, 2013: Councilmember Powell moved to approve the minutes, as presented. Councilmember Kirkham seconded. Roll Call Vote: Councilmember Powell – Yes, Councilmember Kirkham – Yes, Councilmember Thompson – Yes, and Councilmember Christensen – Yes. The motion passed. ITEMS FROM MAYOR: Mayor Fuhriman proclaimed Sept 17 – 23 of 2013 as the City of Ammon’s Constitution Week, which marks the 226th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America and signed the declaration. 13 City Council Minutes 09.19.2013 Page of CONSENT AGENDA:Accounts Payable – Exhibit A: Ron was asked about the billing for EIRWWA. Councilmember Kirkham said she doesn’t want to pay this until the City gets the itemized billing for review. There was a portion with construction specs, which we have not seen. Ron will pull it from the payments. Councilmember Christensen asked about the computer expense for Ty. Councilmember Kirkham stated that was the new IT person who replaced Jeremy. Councilmember Christensen also inquired about the travel expense for Christopher. Councilmember Kirkham moved to approve the Accounts Payable – Exhibit A with the exception of Item #62-620-700. Councilmember Powell seconded. Roll Call Vote: Councilmember Kirkham – Yes, Councilmember Powell – Yes, Councilmember Christensen – Yes, and Councilmember Thompson – Yes. The motion passed. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA: (5 Minute Limitation): None PUBLIC HEARINGS: None ACTION ITEMS: 1. None DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Misc.: Ron stated there is a safety issue with one of the three unfinished buildings located east of the ten assisted living units behind Wal-Mart. The units are currently owned by the Bank of Idaho. The City is concerned with the safety of these units. The one on the south has windows and doors and there are a few people living in it, one is partially enclosed and the other is entirely open. He is concerned about more people occupying these illegally during the winter. He would like to send a letter to the board of the bank that they are unsafe and they need to be boarded up. The Building Departments concern is that the OSB board will go bad and then 2 X 4’s will go bad and the only option would be to reframe the entire structure. This item would be an issue the bank would have to address. Council agreed to have staff move forward on this. Councilmember Kirkham said there is a lot of trouble with odor from the sewer transmission line and it seems to originate at the Ammon manhole. The City will be spending $100,000 to put in an ozone treatment at the facility. This doesn’t address the odor in Ammon. Ray has stated to Councilmember Kirkham he would like to camera and clean the lines and see if that helps, since it could already be septic. When it gets to the Country Club Estates and Lazy 8’s the odor is very strong. She wants the Council to be aware of this. At this time, it’s not backing up anywhere. Scott said they ran a trial ozone treatment for a week, which worked during warm weather. Ammon might need to put a larger one in, but we don’t know at this time. Councilmember Kirkham said it originates at Ammon and moves down the line. The flows are light and if we had more of a flow we wouldn’t need to do this, but it might take ten to twelve years to get to this point. Ray is hopeful that cameraing the line might find a solution. Scott Hall said after a certain distance it is farm land and it won’t make a difference. Councilmember Kirkham said they read the Ammon manhole at 2:00 p.m., but the rest at 10:00 a.m., so obviously it would be more septic in the afternoon than at the morning. Councilmember Powell said to get accurate results they should take the readings when the flow is less and all at the same time. Councilmember Kirkham said the commercial locations would have a different sewage than residential. Councilmember Kirkham said because of cost under runs, the EIRWWA (Eastern Idaho Regional Waste Water Authority) has $66,000 for the screen project and there will be two payments over the course of two years to finish off the $100,000 that is due. The Council could decide to pay it off this year, if the budget allows, however, she has mixed feelings about using the $66,000 and making up the difference, or paying the full amount and putting the $66,000 into reserve. Councilmember Powell asked if Ammon is footing the whole thing. Councilmember Kirkham said yes and no, since they weren’t going to give us back the $66,000. Scott Hall said when you move to a district it would all become one body for the expenses. Councilmember Kirkham said it couldn’t be clearer why a district should be formed. There was a couple trying to decide between putting in a septic system, or connecting to the line. Bingham County left it up to them, they put in the septic system, but then Bingham County wouldn’t allow them to connect to it. The couple then came to the board, but the board has no enforcement. Councilmember Kirkham feels everyone knows a district is needed and there will be a push to that direction. Councilmember Christensen said a citizen brought up an issue concerning an oil tanker that parks on John Adams. Shawna has looked at it, but there isn’t anything in our ordinances that makes it illegal. Leslie stated that she has a neighbor that moved their large 5th wheel trailer off the street onto the front yard, so they wouldn’t have to move it. Ron stated it’s legal. Councilmember Christensen said they are concerned, since it’s an oil tanker. He wonders if it should be addressed due to the hazardous materials. He wanted the Council to be aware of the situation. Ron said Shawna watched it over three weeks and it didn’t stay in the same place over seventy two hours. A truck containing hazardous material must be marked as such, and this has no such markings, so there was speculation this may be a water truck. 23 City Council Minutes 09.19.2013 Page of 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) Councilmember Kirkham moved to adjourn into executive session pursuant to Idaho Code 67-2345 (1-c). Councilmember Thompson seconded. Roll Call Vote: Councilmember Kirkham – Yes, Councilmember Thompson – Yes, Councilmember Powell – Yes, and Councilmember Christensen – Yes. The motion passed. The meeting adjourned into executive session at 7:25 p.m. The Council moved back into regular session at 8:30 p.m. (The recorder failed to start, so there is no audio recording of this motion.) Councilmember Kirkham moved to make a counter-offer on Lot 15, Block 10, in Division 8 for $56,500, minus six percent commission, minus half of all non-commissionable closing costs. Councilmember Powell seconded. Roll Call Vote: Councilmember Kirkham – Yes, Councilmember Powell – Yes, Councilmember Christensen – Yes, and Councilmember Thompson – Yes. The motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 8:48 p.m. ____________________________________________________ Steve Fuhriman, Mayor _________________________________________________ Ron Folsom, City Clerk 33 City Council Minutes 09.19.2013 Page of