2018.01.10 TC MTG AGENDA & MINUTES

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Town of Leeds

Town Council Meeting for

January 10, 2018

1. Call to Order:

Mayor Peterson called to order the regular meeting of the Leeds Town Council at 7:00pm on January 10, 2018 at Leeds Town Hall, 218 N Main.

ROLL CALL:

Present

Absent

MAYOR: WAYNE PETERSON

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COUNCILMEMBER: ALAN ROBERTS

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COUNCILMEMBER: DANIELLE STIRLING

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COUNCILMEMBER: ELLIOTT SHELTMAN

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COUNCILMEMBER: NATE BLAKE

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2. Pledge of Allegiance by Councilmember Sheltman

3. Oath of Office for Mayor Peterson, Councilmember Roberts and Councilmember Stirling:

Kristi Barker issued the Oath of Offices.

4. Declaration of Abstentions or Conflicts: None

5. Approval of Agenda:

Councilmember Roberts moved to approve tonight’s agenda and meeting minutes of December 13, 2017. 2nd by Councilmember Sheltman. Motion passed in a Roll Call Vote.

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Yea

Nay

Abstain

Absent

MAYOR: WAYNE PETERSON

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COUNCILMEMBER: ALAN ROBERTS

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COUNCILMEMBER: DANIELLE STIRLING

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COUNCILMEMBER: ELLIOTT SHELTMAN

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COUNCILMEMBER: NATE BLAKE

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5. Citizen Comments:

Gary Rosenfield, indicated he would encourage Councilmembers to have a discussion on the Chicken Ordinance so a decision can be made.

Angela Rohr passed out a sheet that compared what other municipalities allow for chickens and discussed what is currently allowed in Leeds.

Mitzi Butler, encouraged councilmembers to get this settled so residents can have chickens. Most of the residents that do not want chickens live in areas that have CC&Rs; therefore, it is not an issue for them.

Angela Rohr, discussed responsibilities that Town Council members have and indicated if anyone is going to take on the Washington County Solid Waste, she would be happy to pass on all the information.

6. Announcements:

Mayor Peterson announced the following:

a. Business Licenses renewal due by February 1st

b. Dog License renewal due by January 31st

7. Public Hearings:

8. Action Items:

a. Discussion and possible action on the BLM Easement for road right-of-way and utilities for Silver Pointe Estates

Mayor Peterson indicated at last meeting there was a proposal for an easement for a road and utility right-of-way. Town Council asked to have the easement just for utilities. The applicant was not ready and asked to have it deferred until next meeting.

b. Appointment to Planning Commission, Stephen Wilson, term ending June 30, 2022

Mayor Peterson, brought forward the name of Stephen Wilson for Planning Commission.

Councilmember Stirling made a motion to approve the Planning Commission appointment of Stephen Wilson. 2nd by Councilmember Roberts. Motion passed in a Roll Call Vote.

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Yea

Nay

Abstain

Absent

MAYOR: WAYNE PETERSON

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COUNCILMEMBER: ALAN ROBERTS

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COUNCILMEMBER: DANIELLE STIRLING

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COUNCILMEMBER: ELLIOTT SHELTMAN

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COUNCILMEMBER: NATE BLAKE

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c. Resolution 2018-01, representative to serve on the Administrative Control Board of Washington County Special Service District NO. 1

Mayor Peterson asked if any Councilmembers were willing to serve.

Councilmember Stirling, indicated she talked to Councilmember Blake and he indicated he would be willing to do it.

Town Council discussed it.

Mayor Peterson could I have a motion with Nate’s name inserted to approve resolution 2018-01.

Councilmember Stirling I so move. 2nd by Councilmember Sheltman. Motion passed in a Roll Call Vote.

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Yea

Nay

Abstain

Absent

MAYOR: WAYNE PETERSON

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COUNCILMEMBER: ALAN ROBERTS

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COUNCILMEMBER: DANIELLE STIRLING

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COUNCILMEMBER: ELLIOTT SHELTMAN

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COUNCILMEMBER: NATE BLAKE

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d. Approval of Main Street curb and gutter agreement with UDOT

Mayor Peterson indicated this item will need to be deferred because of an error in the contract.

Councilmember Sheltman asked how they are coming up with dollar amounts when we don’t have the engineer’s drawing and if the estimates are wrong, who will pay for it if it runs over.

Mayor Peterson replied that it is figured on linear and square footage that is involved and if it is more, we are not obligated to accept any of the bids.

e. Discussion and possible action on co-operative slurry seal project with Hurricane City

Mayor Peterson discussed the slurry seal project.

Mayor Peterson asked for a motion to approve the list of roads and the two maps indicating a starting and ending point for the roads to be bid for type 2 slurry seal in 2018.

Councilmember Sheltman I so move. 2nd by Councilmember Roberts. Motion passed in a Roll Call Vote.

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Yea

Nay

Abstain

Absent

MAYOR: WAYNE PETERSON

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COUNCILMEMBER: ALAN ROBERTS

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COUNCILMEMBER: DANIELLE STIRLING

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COUNCILMEMBER: ELLIOTT SHELTMAN

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COUNCILMEMBER: NATE BLAKE

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f. Selection of Mayor Pro-Tem

Councilmember Stirling motioned to nominate Councilmember Sheltman.

Mayor Peterson asked for a motion to close nominations.

Councilmember Stirling, I so move. 2nd by Mayor Peterson. All voted “Aye”.

Roll call vote to elect Elliott Sheltman as Mayor Pro-Tem.

ROLL CALL VOTE:

Yea

Nay

Abstain

Absent

MAYOR: WAYNE PETERSON

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COUNCILMEMBER: ALAN ROBERTS

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COUNCILMEMBER: DANIELLE STIRLING

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COUNCILMEMBER: ELLIOTT SHELTMAN

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COUNCILMEMBER: NATE BLAKE

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9. Discussion Items:

a. Potential purchase of backhoe

Mayor Peterson, Mark Osmer, who provided services to the Town has moved out of the area.

Councilmember Sheltman, how long does it take to dig a grave?

Mayor Peterson replied, I have been told that it depends on the grave.

Councilmember Sheltman, the reason I ask is, LDWA is looking for an operator and the going rate is $80.00 an hour.

Councilmember Stirling what other things does the Town use a backhoe for?

Mayor Peterson, replied a couple of years ago we used one to clean out the culverts, as well as, add gravel in the peach pit parking area, compaction on dumpster days and to fix some erosion.

Councilmember Roberts indicated he is not against the Town purchasing equipment to use if it is needed.

The Mayor indicated he will look into how much the Town has spent over the last couple years for backhoe services.

b. Unrestricted fund balance

Mayor Peterson, Ralph Reid has informed me that we will need to do another fund transfer because you can only have 75% of the revenue in the general fund as accumulated surplus. If we do this, we would need to update the Capital Improvement Plan to include things like parks, cemeteries and additional curb and gutter.

Councilmember Roberts indicated he is in favor for all three of those items.

c. Codification

Mayor Peterson, discussed the history of the Town with codification. The company doing the codification indicated they would like to get it completed within the next three months. What Town Council needs to decide if this is what we want to do?

Councilmember Roberts, indicated among the benefits is it provides information to the public. The advantage of going with a codification company is they know how to do it very well.

Mayor Peterson, I would like to give Councilmember Roberts a copy of the list they have provided to look over and asked if that was okay with all Councilmembers

All indicated yes.

d. Discussion of next steps regarding chicken ordinance that did not get approved

Mayor Peterson asked for input from Councilmembers on this.

Councilmember Sheltman, expressed concern about enforcement. We don’t have any way for anyone to go around and look at chickens. I don’t see that we have the ability to do that at this point.

Councilmember Roberts, indicated you can come down to his house at any time and probably find 50 chickens. His problem is, anytime you draft an Ordinance, you want to mitigate any issues. He continued to discuss it.

Councilmember Stirling asked Angela Rohr how many eggs she gets from a chicken a week.

Angela Rohr, responded about 5 eggs a week and continued to discuss it with Councilmember Stirling.

Town Council continued to discuss it and the Mayor will discuss the topic with other area town officials to see how they have handled it. The Mayor confirmed with Council that he is not looking to do any enforcement on chickens until this gets some more review.

e. Nuisance Ordinance 2017-03

Mayor Peterson, introduced the Ordinance to the two new Councilmembers.

10. Citizen Comments:

Angela Rohr, Feb 6th is the new DTAC meeting. It meets 8 times a year and discussed it.

Mayor Peterson asked if anyone is interested in being a representative for those meeting. It does not need a resolution and asked members to think about it.

Ralph Rohr, appreciate the comments from Alan and Elliot on chickens. With the times that he has been to council he has not been impressed with the attorney being present due to the expense.

11. Staff Reports:

Mayor Peterson, there is an RFP for legal services and will look to get it out shortly.

Councilmember Roberts stated it is important for residents to know that we do still have legal counsel with David Church.

Mayor Peterson indicated it is a CLG Grant year.

Mayor Peterson, Hurricane Valley Fire District needs volunteers and discussed it.

Kohl Furley from the Hurricane Valley Fire Dept. indicated he was here to answer any public questions.

Ralph Rohr, stated he is older and with the line of work they do, he doesn’t think there is much he can do to volunteer.

Kohl Furley replied if you are interested, I can take names and see if there is anything you could do.

Angela Rohr, with all the elderly people in the community, how long does it take for the ambulance to come?

Kohl Furley replied, that is a good question, the Leeds firehouse has volunteers. It depends on the call and what is going on at the time it comes in, it could be within minutes, it just depends.

Councilmember Stirling asked with the capital improvement fund, can it be used to help fund the police that come to Leeds.

Mayor Peterson, replied it is an capital improvement fund, so I don’t think we could use it for that; however, he will look into what extra services the Town can get for some funding.

Councilmember Stirling, asked to have that put that on as an agenda item

12. Closed Meeting:

13. Adjournment:

Mayor Peterson adjourned the meeting.

Time: 8:35pm.

APPROVED ON THIS _____________DAY OF __________________________, 2018

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Mayor, Wayne Peterson

ATTEST:

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Kristi Barker, Clerk/Recorder