Minutes of
The Price City Council Meeting
City Hall:
Price, Utah
February 8,
2006, 5:30 p.m.
Present:
Mayor Joe L. Piccolo Joanne
Lessar, City Recorder
Councilmembers: Pat
Larsen, Finance Director
Richard Tatton Nick
Sampinos, City Attorney
Jeanne McEvoy Gary
Sonntag, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Kathy Hanna-Smith Nick
Tatton, Community Director
Jeff Nielson John
Daniels, Human Resource Director
Rick Davis Bret
Cammans, Customer Service Director
Aleck Shilaos, Chief of Police
Others
Present:
Conner Jensen Kelly
VanSickle Brent VanSickle Paul Bedont
Les Bowen Heather
Myers Melanie Steele Maren King
Gregory Lowder
Conner
Jensen, Boy Scout Troop #283, led the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll was called with the above members in
attendance.
1. COUNCILMEMBERS
REPORT - Update
The Mayor and Councilmembers presented an update on the
activities they administer.
2. RESOLUTION
#2006-04 - Budget Revision FY2005-2006
MOTION. Councilmember Tatton
moved that a Public Hearing be held to receive input on the proposed Budget
Revision for FY2005-06. Motion seconded
by Councilmember McEvoy and carried.
Mayor Piccolo opened the Public Hearing at 6:00 p.m. Pat Larsen presented information on the
budget revision. The General Fund
increased $364,000. Out of that amount,
$342,000 is from a CIB Grant for roads.
The Drug Task Force decreased by approximately $20,000 due to a decrease
in the grant. The Library increased
$8,400 due to a grant they received. To
get the Main Street Program started, $20,000 was placed in this fund, which
came from a grant through the State and Carbon County. The Capital Improvement Fund increased
$377,000, which is all grant money, mostly for the Police Department
project. The Water and Sewer Fund
increased $88,000, which is also grant money from the CIB and Water Quality
Board. The Electric Fund increased
$270,000, which is from increased revenue.
Unfortunately, the expenditures increased that same amount. The Redevelopment Agency decreased $29,950.00
to reflect the actual amount received from the County. One other change needs to be made and that is
transferring $10,000 from the Temporary Employee Fund in the Parks to Building
Maintenance in the Parks. The Department
Supervisor plans to work on Rose Park and upgrade the Green House
buildings. MOTION. There being no further comments,
Councilmember Hanna-Smith moved that the budget revision for FY2005-06 be
approved, that Resolution #2006-04, adopting the Budget Revision be approved,
and that the Mayor and City Recorder be authorized to sign the resolution. Motion seconded by Councilmember McEvoy and
carried. MOTION. Councilmember Tatton moved that the Public
Hearing close. Motion seconded by Councilmember
McEvoy and carried. The Public Hearing
closed at 6:04 p.m.
3. NORTHERN
HEIGHTS LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FIELD - Placement of Statues and Purchase of
Baseball Field Supplies And Equipment At Toy Atwood Baseball Complex
Conner Jensen, Northern Heights Little League Baseball,
requested permission to place two bronze statues at the Toy Atwood Baseball
Complex. These same statues, which were
created by Gary Prazen, were on display at the baseball complex during the
Western Boys Little League l World Series held last summer. He is working with Gary Sonntag on a location
for the statues. Cost of the statues is
approximately $12,000. The total cost to
place them is $14,000. He is in the
process of contacting big businesses and ads on the radio to raise the funds to
purchase the statues. Mr. Prazen is
donating a smaller statue for a raffle. MOTION. Councilmember Tatton moved that Conner be
allowed to move ahead with this project.
Motion seconded by Councilmember Hanna-Smith and carried.
Nick Tatton presented a letter from the Carbon County
Recreation and Transportation Special Service District indicating that the
Northern Heights Little League is requesting supplemental funding to build a
batting cage, repair sprinklers and add sod and cement at the same baseball
complex. The District approved up to
$9,500 for these projects and requested that the City handle
February 8, 2006
the funding, pay the vendors and then bill the
District. MOTION. Councilmember Tatton moved that the
expenditure be authorized and that the Carbon County Recreation and
Transportation Special Service District be billed for reimbursement. Motion seconded by Councilmember McEvoy and
carried.
4. KELP
CRAWLER COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, RAINBOW INCORPORATED - Home Occupied
Businesses Approved
Councilmember Nielson reported that the Planning and Zoning
Commission gave a favorable recommendation to the following requests for home
occupied businesses per the stated contingency on Rainbow Incorporated.
Kelp Crawler Computer and Technology Services - 775 North 500 East, David and
Janette Cox-Owners
Rainbow Incorporated - 398 North 200 East, Antonio Juarez-Owner - Contingent
upon State approval for the corporation.
MOTION. Councilmember Nielson
moved that the businesses be approved upon the purchase of a business license
and per the stated contingency on Rainbow Incorporated. Motion seconded by Councilmember Hanna-Smith
and carried.
5. CEDAR
HILLS DENTAL CARE, PRICE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH - Conditional Use Permits
Approved
Councilmember Nielson reported that the Planning and Zoning
Commission gave a favorable recommendation to the following requests for
Conditional Use Permits.
Cedar Hills Dental Care - 230 North Cedar Hills Drive (Sign)
Price Foursquare Gospel Church - 900 North 400 East - One Lot
Subdivision
MOTION. Councilmember
Nielson moved that the requests be approved and that Conditional Use Permits be
issued. Motion seconded by Councilmember
Hanna-smith and carried.
CONSENT
ITEMS - MOTION. Councilmember McEvoy moved that Items #6
through #19 be approved. Motion seconded
by Councilmember Tatton and carried.
6. MINUTES
- February 1, 2006, February 3, 2006
7. LIBRARY
- Permission To Submit Application To The Utah State Library For An LSTA Grant
In The Amount of $7,488.00.
8. STEVEN
E. MCGIBBON - Conditional Use Permit Fee Waived For Business In BTAC
9. TAMARA
GRAY, FRANCIS DUZENACK - Travel Approved
Tamara Gray - Utah Parks and Recreation Conference, March 12-15, 2006,
St. George, Utah
Francis Duzenack - Utah Chapter of ICC Annual Business Meeting and Education
Seminar, February 21-24, 2006, St.
George, Utah
10. TACTICAL
MEDICINE VOLUNTEER - Acknowledgment and Agreement Approved
11. ORDINANCE
#2006-001 - Governing Residential Solicitation Within Price City
12. EXTENDED
OPERATIONS OF MINERALS FROM TAVAPUTS PLATEAU - Letter To Carbon County
supporting Expansion and Permitting of Industry Relative To Minerals Extraction
13. SACCO
BROTHERS LAND AND LIVESTOCK - Easement Approved
Fifty foot easement across city property in Miller Creek for
purposes of preserving a vehicular access and utility corridor to area property
parcels
14. HELPER
ARTS FESTIVAL - Contribution of $1,000.00 Approved
February 8, 2006
15. ECONOMIC
INCENTIVES APPROVED - Future Business Leaders of America, Renovation of
Newhouse Hotel Property
Future Business Leaders of America Business Class
Participants -
Conditional Use Permit and Business License Fee Waived
Newhouse Hotel Property - Authorization to encourage renovation
16. I.S.
DEPARTMENT - Permission To Purchase An Upgrade To BMI Electronic Imaging System
and New Two Sided Scanner
17. CARBON
COUNTY AMBULANCE GARAGE - 1550 East Airport Road - Development Agreement and
Waiver of Guarantee
A Development Agreement to ensure Carbon County will be
responsible for the installation of public improvements fronting their project
on Airport Road. The submittal of a surety guarantee is waived.
18. CITIZENS
SERVICE PROPERTY OFFICE REMODEL - Stilson & Sons Construction - Change Order
#4 and #5
Change Orders #4 address modifications to the project
indicating as-built quantities. Change
Order #4 reduces the project $151.15.
Change Order #5 increases the contract $9,818.75, bringing the contract
to a total of $453,186.42.
19. RESOLUTION
#2006-05 - Revising Job Descriptions For Equipment Operator I, Equipment Operator II, and Senior Equipment
Operator and Approving Career Ladder
20. MINUTES
- January 25, 2006
The following corrections were made to the minutes of
January 25, 2006
Continuation of Item # 5, Page 2, Paragraph 1 - Add AMotion seconded by Councilmember
McEvoy and carried@.
Page 2, Item #7, Line 3 - Change AGygi Anderson to Ann Anderson@.
MOTION. Councilmember
Hanna-Smith moved that upon the above corrections, that the minutes be
approved. Motion seconded by
Councilmember Nielson and carried.
21. COMMUNITY
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT - Contribution Approved
Councilmember Tatton questioned the amount of the
contribution for the Community Playground Equipment and whether the
contribution should be an additional $250 or $500. A contribution of $250 was previously
approved in September, 2005.
Councilmember McEvoy stated that the playground committee is comfortable
with another $250.00. MOTION. Councilmember Tatton moved that $250 be
approved. Motion seconded by
Councilmember McEvoy and carried.
22. CORKS
CLUB AND SILVER DOLLAR - Extension Of Businesses Onto Sidewalk For A Beer
Garden Associated With St. Patrick=s Day Parade
Councilmember Nielson questioned the Aextension@ of the floor plan for both Corks
Club and Silver Dollar to move onto the sidewalks in front of their businesses
during the St. Patricks Day Parade.
Aleck Shilaos stated that the State of Utah requires that these businesses
submit a floor plan to extend their business premises. Before the State issues their permit, the
City must approve it first.
Councilmember Nielson questioned if serving beer on the street would be
proper during a childrens parade.
Discussion ensued and since this is the first time for such a request,
it was recommended that it be given a chance to see if it will promote
downtown. MOTION. Councilmember Hanna-Smith moved that a
temporary extension of the businesses onto the sidewalk be approved for Saturday,
March 18, 2006, between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Motion seconded by Councilmember Davis and
carried by the following vote.
Councilmember Tatton - Aye Councilmember Nielson - Naye
Councilmember McEvoy - Aye Councilmember Davis - Aye
Councilmember Hanna-Smith - Aye
February 8, 2006
23. FIRE
DEPARTMENT REQUEST - Struck
The Council discussed the request of the Fire Chief to add
another Department Captain, increase
the duties and salaries of the Captains, and increase the salary for the
Assistant Fire Chief. John Daniels
stated that he discussed this request with Fire Chief Paul Bedont and they
are
both recommending that no action be taken and that it be reviewed further
during budget sessions. Chief Bedont
presented information supporting his requests.
MOTION.
Councilmember Tatton moved that the item be struck from the agenda. Motion seconded by Councilmember McEvoy and
carried.
24. PRICE
RIVER WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT - Update
As the City=s representative to the Price River
Water Improvement District, Councilmember Tatton reported that he recently
attended his first meeting. The water
loss data in the community between the water plant and delivery points was
presented for the year 2004-05, which calculated to be 5%. The loss between 2005-06 was higher at
16%. There were several reasons for the
loss, such as backwash and fire fighting.
The line is being monitored to make sure there are no leaks. Prior to Price City replacing their lines, it
was found that it operated only at 75% due to numerous leaks. The PRWID plant can handle up to 16 million
gallons a day. However, they have never
run it at that rate. It is unknown if
the river could support that. The
project with the Carbon Canal to supply winter water for stock is approximately
95% complete. The final agreement has
been approved by PRWID=s counsel and is currently begin
reviewed by the canal board. The water
agreements with Wellington and Helper have been tabled for further review. The final version of those agreements will be
used as a model for the future. The
agreement for the Eagle Cliff Subdivision (between Spring Glen and Kenilworth)
is in preliminary stages. The procedure
is that the developer will install the water line. The developer will be able to recover a portion
of his costs to the limit for the next 10 years if others hook onto the
line. The water in Scofield Reservoir
with the upcoming summer looks good with one exception and that is the dam
project. As it stands, the Bureau of
Reclamation wants the lake down to 15,000 acre feet by September 15th. Because of that project, water is currently being released from the
reservoir. That date may change as
construction gets started. The PRWID
board has some of the same concerns as Price City does as far as budgets go and
have eliminated some of their expenditures.
Due to the high cost of natural gas, the District is going to use their
waste oil to operate a used oil furnace to assist in heating their maintenance
building.
25. COMMUNITY
PROGRESS COMMITTEE - Update
Councilmember Hanna-Smith reported that the Community
Progress committee met on January 30th. The next meeting is scheduled for February 21st. After that, the meetings will be held the
last Thursday of every month. New
members are Patty Pappas, Helen Oliveto and Melanie Steele. Long time members are Shauna O=Brien, Patty Rigby and Marilyn
Graham. Occasionally staff from the
offices of Gary Sonntag and Aleck Shilaos will be invited to the meetings to
assist with their expertise on grant information. Agenda items will be the ongoing accent tree
lighting of the downtown area, city entryways, litter control, and an awards
program for outstanding citizen groups.
26. INTERNATIONAL
DAYS COMMITTEE - Update
Councilmember Hanna-Smith reported that the International
Days committee met for the first time on January 31st. The next meeting is scheduled for February 21st. There were 15 people present as the last
meeting. All previous events were
discussed and will likely stay. It was
suggested that more of an international flavor be considered, such as more
International flags being posted throughout the City. Her suggestion is to keep it lively and
active with a couple of new events and keeping the existing events. A carnival is being highly considered. She has met with the Police Chief to look at
different locations, which might be better than the 500 North location
27.
EDWARD AND DEANNE MCKINNEY,
DAVID AND SHAWNEE ARIOTTI - Removed From Unfinished Business
John Daniels reported that after his review of the claims
for damages submitted by Edward and Deanne McKinney and David and Shaunee
Ariotti, he recommended that they be removed from Unfinished Business. MOTION. Councilmember McEvoy moved that the recommendation
be approved. Motion seconded by
Councilmember Tatton and carried.
February 8, 2006
28. WATER
DEPLETION AND RECOVERY STUDY - Update
Gary Sonntag reported that the estimates for implementation
of the action plan for both the short and long range goals pertaining to the
Water Depletion and Recovery Study has been completed. He will provide copies to the Mayor and
Council for their comments. He plans to
attend a meeting
of the Water Quality Board and present those action plans
along with the related cost. The
decision may be made to prepare an application to the Water Quality Board as
well as other boards for funds to implement these projects. He and Pat Larsen are in the process of
following the procedures necessary for reimbursement by the Water Quality
Board.
Meeting adjourned at 7:36 p.m.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: Joe L. Piccolo,
Mayor
Joanne
Lessar, City Recorder