Minutes of
The Special Price City Council Meeting
City Hall:
Price, Utah
February 8,
2000, 7:00 a.m.
Present:
Councilmembers: Vernon W.
Jones, Community Administrator
Roy A. Nikas Joanne
Lessar, City Recorder
Betty P. Wheeler Pat
Larsen, Finance Director
Joe L. Piccolo Gary Sonntag, PWD/City Engineer
Stephen L. Denison
Richard Tatton
Excused:
Mayor Lou Colosimo
Others
Present:
John Serfustini
1.
MAYOR
PROTEMPORE - Councilmember Roy A. Nikas
MOTION. In the absence of Mayor Colosimo,
Councilmember Denison moved that Councilmember Roy A. Nikas be appointed Mayor
Protempore. Motion seconded by
Councilmember Wheeler and carried.
Councilmember Tatton
reported that he, Lyle Bauer and Gary Sonntag met with the Carbon County Special
Recreation and Transportation District.
They agreed to give $25,000 to Carbon County to pass through to Price
City for the skate park.
2.
CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS - Discussion
Vern Jones presented a summary of the proposed Capital Improvement Projects. He would like to add an industrial park to
this list. Presently, there are no
areas within City limits that are zoned or big enough for an industrial park,
so it would require an annexation either to the east or south. Utilities towards the south are fairly
close. However, the sewer would be a
problem in the east.
Gary Sonntag reported that Anadarko Petroleum has asked for
improvements to their watering station.
For the past three years, they have been taking water from a fire
hydrant adjacent to Cliffview Cemetery.
This has become a problem because the general location is not good and
they have destroyed the road. Anadarko
has asked if they could run a water line up to their staging area where they
tie into the main Questar Gas line.
This would be possible except it would come off the end of the system
and create pressure flow problems. The
possibility of coming off the 3 million gallon tank was reviewed. This route would eliminate the impact to the
pipeline system. An estimate was given to
Anadarko to run a 6" line from the tank to their staging area, which was
their requirement. It would cost them
$50,000 to do this. If the City were to
participate in order to enlarge it to a 12" line, it would cost the City
approximately $21,000 in addition to the $50,000. This was submitted to Anadarko, as well as the cost of repairing
the road, which they agreed to do.
Anadarko indicated they expect to have the gas well field drilled out
within a two year period and would no longer need the water. They are looking towards a temporary station
below the water tank creating a turn around area for their trucks and looking
for plumbing that would allow them to pull water from the tank. This would cost less. If the City were to participate in this line,
the City would then be able to initiate a line that would eventually be a loop
towards Airport Road. Right now the
line goes down Cedar Hills Drive.
Running the line towards Airport Road would improve the City’s system.
The Council discussed Walmart’s proposed plans to build a larger
facility and if it would be outside City limits and if so, what the chances of
annexing would be. Vern Jones stated
that Walmart has indicated their desire to be located within City limits and if
they built outside, they would present a petition to annex. The Council discussed purchasing the
electrical utilities in those areas inside City limits currently being served
by Utah Power & Light.
One of the biggest items on the schedule of projects was a new
library. The Council discussed a joint
City/County library, and recommended that someone from the County be a member
of the Library Board. Perhaps a
county-wide bond could be considered.
Gary Sonntag stated that he removed seismic reinforcement of all
buildings from the project list. He
also removed the purchase of a GPS, as he felt it would be more feasible to
rent one than to buy one. He also
removed additional personnel to operate the GIS and felt he could work it out
within the existing structure of personnel.
However, he would need $5,000 to upgrade and purchase a new GIS program.
The Price Community Center was reviewed. There is a figure of $300,000 for building settlement in the
proposed schedule of projects. The
question arose whether this building should be replaced.
Police car replacements were reviewed.
It was questioned if two new cars should be purchased each year or if it
could be one a year or every other year.
Pat Larsen stated that at the rate we are currently replacing them, the
oldest ones would be 8 years old. If we
go to every other year, the fleet would be quite a bit older. Cars would be 16 years old when they are
replaced.
Pat Larsen questioned where the Council wants the City’s technology to
go. Do we want to partner up with the
County and other entities? How much do
we want to spend on infrastructure?
It was recommended that the proposed project list be continued beyond
five years. Anything that is being
crossed off now could be considered at a later date.
It was recommended that the list of proposed projects be reviewed and
recommendations be made at the next meeting.
The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 22nd at
7:00 a.m.
Meeting adjourned at
8:00 a.m.