City Council Meeting August 18, 2009

City Council Meeting August 11, 2009

City Council Meeting April 14, 2009

City Council Meeting March 10, 2009

City Council Meeting January 13, 2009

City Council Meeting December 9, 2008

City Council Meeting November 11, 2008

City Council Meeting February 9, 2010

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jeff Lohman at 7:00 p.m. City council members present were Dick Groseclose, Kevin Cope and Vickie Witt.

Ed Pea was sworn in for another term on the city council.

Earl Bennett was here from the Latah County Historical Society and as a member of the State Historical Society. He would like to see someone from Juliaetta volunteer to work on local history. This person wouldn’t receive any pay for this position and would report to the council. He would like to have someone that could write grants for this project. There may be some grants available down the road. The council thanked Mr. Bennett for his presentation.

Ed made a motion to read by title only resolution 2010-01. Dick seconded the motion. Motion passed. Ed read resolution 2010-01 by title only. Ed made a motion to pass resolution 2010-01. Dick seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Vickie – yes, Dick- yes, Kevin- yes, Ed- yes. Motion passed.

Discussion was held concerning the letter we received from Ken Nagy about the travel trailer on Bruce Sherman’s lot. Sam Hall is living in it and was told he had until December 2009 to move it. Jeff said he would call Ken tomorrow to pursue something on this. A letter needs to be sent to Doug Silflow also about the trailer at his property.

The city received an e-mail from Judy Zeisel about an alley being closed and some property lines. She will need to go to the county and maybe have the property surveyed.

Frank stated the pump is out in the #9 well. It will cost around $2,100.00 for a new one or $1,800.00 to repair the old pump. Dick made a motion to buy a new pump for the #9 well. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed. Frank said he had called for some bids for a new mower but only one business had responded so far. He wants to wait until the March meeting to get some more figures. He said Bill and he have been working on the new shop and the fire station is done.

Discussion was held about adopting the comprehensive plan at the March meeting. The Baseball Association wants to put some new gravel in at the park. They will pay for it. Council ok’d this. Frank stated that Mark Heimgartner would be applying the fertilizer for the park. Mark will be donating this.

Becky stated the locks have been changed at the park. Anyone that wants a set of keys must come in themselves to get them and sign them out.

Mary Jo stated she would be buying a CD for the city soon.

Vickie stated she had received a complaint about some kids driving too fast on 4th and 1st. There have been some problems with kids at the school and with dogs running at large. Mary Jo said she would call the sheriff’s office tomorrow about these items.

Dick presented a list of things around town he would like Frank and Bill to get done. One of the items was the city pickups cannot be used for any personal business. They can’t go to coffee before work in their pickup or anywhere after work hours in it. Dick said he would make the new sign for the park.

Jeff stated that the time clock is to be punched by the person coming or going. He also told Frank to get the noon whistle fixed so it goes off at the right time.

Dick attended the trail meeting and it was decided to not pave the trail at this time. They will fix the holes and cracks with hot tar.

Dick made a motion to accept as read, the minutes from the January 12, 2010 meeting. Vickie seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Dick made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 p.m. Kevin seconded the motion. Motion passed.

City Council Meeting January 12, 2010

The meeting was called to order by Richard Groseclose at 7:10 p.m. City Council members present were Vickie Witt, Kevin Cope. Jeff Lohman and Ed Pea were absent.

Kevin made a motion to accept the minutes from the December 8, 2009 meeting as read. Vickie seconded the motion. Motion passed. Bills for the month of December and January were approved.

The procedure for the swearing in of Kevin Cope was administered. Kevin was presented with a certificate of office.

Brad Lewis was here from Hayden and Ross to present the audit for fiscal year 2008-09. Mr. Lewis stated everything looked pretty good for the city except the sewer fund. He feels the council should consider raising the sewer rates again. Sanitation rates should be raised also but there is a savings fund for the sanitation to help cover the costs. He stated that all the books were in good order and the audit went very smooth. Kevin made a motion to accept the 2008-09 audit. Vickie seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Lisa Wolff was here representing the J-K recreation committee. They will be having a meeting on February 8th to discuss the resurfacing of the trail. They would like to have someone from the city to attend the meeting. They would probably be asking the city for $1,500.00 to $2,000.00 to help cover the cost for the cities portion of the trail. There will be someone from the county at the meeting to explain more about the cost and how it would be done. Vickie and Dick said they would attend the meeting on the 8th at Chantel Hoisington’s house at 5:00 p.m.

Dick Groseclose discussed the volleyball pit at the park. He would like to see it taken out and something else put in there. He also stated that some work needs to be done on some of the playground equipment. He thinks we need to start looking into replacing the tables

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jeff Lohman at 7:04 p.m. City council members present were Ed Pea, Kevin Cope and Dick Groseclose. Vickie Witt was absent.

Dick made a motion to approve the minutes from the November 10th meeting as read. Kevin seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Ken Nagy was here and discussed the land exchange between the city and Neil Hoisington. Ruby Strochein will right the easement on the map. Ken will draw up the papers for the easement so we can hopefully have a public hearing at the Feburary meeting.

Discussion was held about the procedure for towing cars on city right of ways. We will need to follow the code in order to do this. The person can be ticketed and fined for a misdemeanor. We will need to have a public meeting on this issue to let people know what the city is going to do. Ken asked if we have a signage ordinance in place. We could have him draw up an ordinance to tow cars if we want him to. Our ordinance that we have now states the town sheriff has to make the decision on towing cars. Ken would change it to read Latah County Sheriff or Jeff Lohman as mayor to authorize the removal of cars.

Discussion was held about people living in camp trailers in the city. A letter needs to be sent to Sam Hall. Ken said he would work on the ordinance for the towing and to let him know when we hear back from the appraiser on the land.

Discussion was held about the letter received from Sharon Jasper. Ken cautioned the mayor and council about discussing anything about her to the public. They can discuss issues on the record at a public meeting. Ken said he would respond to Sharon Jasper’s letter on behalf of the city.

Frank stated there was a big leak of water on the Randy McCall property. A letter needs to be sent to Mr. McCall about turning the water on himself. The city needs to do this. Frank said they have been working on the fire station. He said they have the chains on the trucks for snow removal. Frank needs to get a reading off the meter at McCall’s.

Mary Jo stated there is a bill for the fire department for $2,555.00 for something they bought without a purchase order. They need to see if they have that kind of money in the budget before they order things. Zana and Clifford said the department had submitted a grant for this. We have no copies of the grant or anything in the office. We need to call the company and tell them to send the bill to the fire department. Ed made a motion to not have the city pay for the fire departments bill for $2,555.00 for the pump and fuel tank. Dick seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Dick made a motion to pay $400.00 to the library for insulation in the library. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Ed asked Frank about the lights being on at the park all night. He wanted to know if they couldn’t be on a timer. Frank said the lights keep shorting out. He’ll check into this.

Dick made a motion to go into executive session per ID 67-2345 B. at 8:30 p.m. Kevin seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Dick made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:52 p.m. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.

City Council Meeting September 15, 2009

Mayor Jeff Lohman called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. Council members present were Kevin Cope, Dick Groseclose and Vickie Witt. Ed Pea was absent.

Discussion was held about the report received from DEQ regarding the inspection they did on the sewer plant. We received several problems with the sewer plant that need to be addressed. Frank was told to call Jerry Schaffer and set up a time with him to go over each item and get these items corrected.

Frank stated the Eco blocks for the school should be here so they can start work on this shortly. Frank asked if they should put a culvert in across 4th and McCall Street to fix the water runoff problem in the winter and spring. He said they had put in an asphalt berm across the street when they were doing patch work. Frank was asked if the culvert had been put in at Iona Calkins yet. Frank said he hadn’t talked to Zana’s brothers yet. He was told to contact them and get a release signed by them. Dick made a motion to have Frank and Bill put in a culvert across 4th and McCall Street. Kevin seconded the motion. Motion passed. Frank said he ordered a new pump for the irrigation at the park after the last meeting.

Dick stated the ground at the park and ball fields needs to be aerated and harrowed in the spring. Frank needs to get the sprinklers working that aren’t at the park and ball fields.

Clifford Heimgartner stated the Blackberry Festival went very well. It is always scheduled for the second Saturday in September.

Cynthia Nye stated there would be a planning and zoning meeting Sept. 21st at 7:00 p.m. at Juliaetta City Hall.

Discussion was held about the recycling program the City of Moscow and the county wants us to do. After discussion was held about not having a good spot for the containers it was decided to not participate in the program. Dick made a motion to not participate in the recycle program. Kevin seconded the motion. Motion passes.

Vickie discussed the volunteer award presented to the city from the retired and senior volunteer program for the hours that have been donated for the city. Discussion was held about recognizing Floyd Heimgartner for all the work he does at the city park. It was decided to name the ball fields “Heimgartner Fields”.

Shawn Sullivan, from the cities insurance company was here to discuss the cities insurance. He stated a representative would be here on Sept. 16th to evaluate our buildings. He explained the terrorism policy to the council. Dick made a motion to reject purchasing the terrorism policy. Vickie seconded the motion. Motion passed. Mr. Sullivan presented a letter he needs signed by the Mayor designating him the agent of record for the City. Jeff signed the letter from American Insurance designating Shawn Sullivan the cities agent.

Bills for the month of September were approved.

Dick made a motion to give the city employee’s a 2% raise beginning the new fiscal year, October 1st. Kevin seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Dick made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:10 p.m. Kevin seconded the motion. Motion passed.

City Council Meeting August 18, 2009

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jeff Lohman at 7:03 p.m. City council members present were Vickie Witt, Ed Pea, Kevin Cope and Dick Groseclose.

The public hearing for the Fiscal Year budget for 2009-2010 was opened for comment. No comments. Dick made a motion to accept the fiscal year budget amount of $626,119 for 2009-2010. Ed seconded the motion. Roll call vote was duly taken. Ed – yes, Kevin –yes, Dick –yes, Vickie- yes. Motion passes.

Ed made a motion to read Ordinance #2009-03 in its entirety and to suspend three readings. Dick seconded the motion. Motion passes.

Ed made a motion to adopt Ordinance #2009-03, the appropriation ordinance. Dick seconded the motion. Roll call vote was duly taken. Vickie – yes, Dick –yes, Kevin –yes, Ed – yes. Motion passes.

Dick made a motion to sell the Seagraves fire truck for $4,000.00 to a fire department in California with the proceeds of the sale to be used on the expansion of the fire hall. Ed seconded the motion. Roll call vote was duly taken. Vickie – yes, Dick –yes, Kevin – yes, Ed –yes. Motion passes.

Dick made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:15 p.m. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.

City Council Meeting August 11, 2009

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jeff Lohman at 7:01 p.m. City Council members present were Vickie Witt, Kevin Cope, Ed Pea and Richard Groseclose.

Greg and Alice Broemeling were here to discuss putting in a mobile home on their property for her son. It is a 2001 16x70 and they would like to hook into the water from the city that is already on their property. They were told the city will hook the water up to the meter being put in then it is their responsibility to go from the meter to the home. Dick made a motion to allow Broemeling’s to hookup to the city’s water from well #5 after the hook-up fees are paid. Ed seconded the motion. Roll call vote taken. Vickie- yes, Dick- yes, Kevin– yes Ed – yes. Motion passed.

Mark Maland was here to discuss replacing an old mobile home on Railroad St. with a newer one. He doesn’t know what year home he will be buying yet. Eventually he would like to put up a pole building also. He was told he could do this as long as he follows our ordinances pertaining to this and gets all the necessary permits. Mark said he would have his mother come by the office tomorrow to get a copy of the ordinances.

Amanda Bashaw from Latah County Solid Waste and Tim Davis from the city of Moscow were to explain and answer questions regarding the recycling program they are trying to get started in the smaller cities. They would like the city to find a site location and to monitor it and if it’s full contact Latah Sanitation. This would be a 30 yard box they are having made. They presented pictures of what they will look like and said they would like to see the new rates go into effect October 1st. Discussion was held about the possible contamination of the units. Ms. Bashaw it would take some education of the citizens when this is implemented. She reminded the Mayor and council of the upcoming SWAC meeting on September 15th at 5:30 p.m. She also stated that by January 1st of 2010 electronic waste can no longer be hauled to WA.

Tim Davis from the City of Moscow discussed the new rate structure that will be going into effect on October 1st. He said the rates would be going down a little for next year.

Neil Hoisington’s land exchange with the city was discussed next. The city received a letter from our attorney with an outline of the steps that need to be taken to proceed were discussed. Discussion was held about having to have an appraisal done on the land. Neil agreed to pay half of the cost for this. Vickie made a motion to proceed with the steps needed to complete the land exchange. Dick seconded the motion. Roll call vote taken. Vickie – yes, Dick – yes, Kevin – yes, Ed – yes. Motion passes.

Ed made a motion to pay half the cost of getting an appraisal done on the land exchange with Neil Hoisington. Dick seconded the motion. Roll call vote taken. Vickie-yes, Dick-yes, Kevin-yes, Ed-yes. Motion passes.

Dick made a motion to table further consideration of the matter until it we receive and have the opportunity to consider the results of the appraisals and if after such consideration we decide that it is in the public interest to go forward with considering the exchange; we will schedule a public hearing regarding the matter. Ed seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. Vickie-yes, Dick-yes, Kevin-yes, Ed- yes. Motion passes.

Frank discussed putting in a culvert at Ione Calkins. Ed made a motion to get the bio-domes for the project for $300.00 and to get a waiver from the Calkins releasing the city of any further responsibility. Dick seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Discussion was held again about the recycling program from earlier.

Discussion was held about the sale of the old fire truck for $4,000.00. Mary Jo will call AIC to see what the procedure is for this.

Bills for the month of August were approved.

Discussion was held about the number of trips Frank makes to Kendrick. He was told to cut this way back. Jeff also told Frank to get the crosswalks painted before school starts. Frank said they have been looking into the project by the fence at the grade school. He needs to look at it again. He said they have been patching streets and pouring concrete on 4th street. He said the pump at the park is still not working right and he has been trying to get it fixed. He’s been checking on new pump prices. He said there is a water and sewer conference in Worley in September he would like to attend. He needs more CEU’s in water and sewer. It will cost $62.95 a night and $115.00 for the conference. The council agreed he needs to go.

Dick made a motion to approve the minutes from the July 14th meeting. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Dick made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:55 p .m. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.

City Council Meeting April 14, 2009

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jeff Lohman at 7:00 p.m. City council members present were Vickie Witt, Ed Pea, Kevin Cope and Dick Groseclose.

The public hearing for Rick and Diane Arnett’s property opened at 7:03 p.m. No one was here to comment. Dick made a motion to vacate 1st St. that is across their property with the city easements included in the ordinance. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Ryan Banks from IDFG and Matt Bruns from THS were here to update the council about the drainage project for the fish traps. Mr. Bruns stated the kids from Troy are working on a sign explaining the project. Ed made a motion to allow the kids from Troy to build and put up the three panel sign. Dick seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Four students from LCSC’s nursing program were here to present information about disaster service preparedness. The council thanked them for the informative presentation.

Discussion was held about Sam Hall still living in the travel trailer next to Bruce Sherman’s house. It was decided to have the attorney send him a letter giving him a move out date or his plans to buy the lot and build a house. We’ll call Ken Nagy about this.

Frank discussed getting the new lawn mower. He stated Blue Mountain goes by hours and the condition of the machine instead of the year. Ed made a motion to purchase the 2008 mower for $2,524.00 from Blue Mountain Ag. Vickie seconded the motion. Motion passed. Frank then discussed the problem by the upper playground by the fence the kids are sliding under. Discussion was held about getting some prices to get this fixed. Tabled until next meeting. Frank said the No. 9 well is down. He has the motor out of the pump. Jeff told him to get some prices to fix it. Frank said the communtor is up and working now at the sewer plant.

Clifford Heimgartner was here from the fire department and said the ISO is coming April 29th to do the fire rating for the city. He stated the breakfast went well.

Cynthia Nye was here from the p&z committee and said Cynthia Faux will be one of the new members from Juliaetta. There next meeting is April 27th at city hall.

Mary Jo stated that she and Becky would be attending a state tax commission meeting in Lewiston on April 27th. Dick asked about city lots not having a fifty foot access to a street. Cynthia said it would only be for new lots.

Bills for the month of April were approved.

Discussion was held about giving Polly Taylor Dennler $150.00 for the flower pots around town. Dick made a motion to give Polly the money for this yearly. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Vickie made a motion to approve the minutes from the March 10th meeting. Kevin seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Dick made a motion to go into executive session at 8:30 p.m. per ID 67-2345- B. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Ed made a motion to adjourn from executive session at 9:03 p.m. Dick seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Frank and Bill will need to come to the next council meeting May 12th to discuss using city vehicles for personal use.

Dick made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:04 p.m. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.

City Council Meeting March 10, 2009

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jeff Lohman at 7:00 p.m. City Council members present were Vickie Witt, Kevin Cope, Ed Pea and Richard Groseclose.

Discussion was held about donating to the Easter egg hunt the K-J Community Development Association puts on for the community. Dick made a motion to donate $25.00 a year for the Egg hunt. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Dick made a motion to set the 2009-2010 budget hearing date for August 18th, 2009. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed. Dick made a motion to have our regular meeting date on the 18th of August also. Vickie seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Discussion was held about the request from Diana Arnett’s attorney to set the April 14th meeting date for their public hearing on the vacation of the street that is shown on the map of the property. The council ok’d this.

Dick made a motion to have Jeff sign the Arbor Day Grant and declaration Polly Taylor-Dennler submitted. Vickie seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Frank submitted bids from several businesses for a new lawn mower. (Attached). He stated Blue Mountain Ag submitted the cheapest bid. Frank informed the council about the IRW conference is in Idaho Falls. He said he needs more ceu’s by June 2nd. He said he turned the water on at the park in the bathrooms.

Neil Hoisington was here to discuss the land he wants by the bike path. He submitted a letter to the council about having the city quick claim the land to him, and he would quick claim his property to the city. Dick said he would meet with Neil and measure the property then have Terry Golding survey it. Dick made a motion to start the process for the land exchange along the dike to the center of the creek. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed. Neil said he would split the cost of the survey with the city. Dick said he would contact Terry Golding and talk to the attorney about this.

Cynthia Nye was here to ask about approving the change to the ordinance to have a fifty foot frontage adjoining a street for new lots. Ed made a motion to change the ordinance. Vickie seconded the motion. Motion passed. She asked if anyone had any changes they wanted made to the comprehensive plan. Jeff and the council stated they had no changes. Cynthia said they still need people to be on the planning and zoning committee.

Cliff Heimgartner was here and said the fire department applied for a grant for the department. They have attended several car wrecks.

Mary Jo stated Tim Herzog should be here tomorrow to set up the new computer program.

Discussion was held about the Samuel Eichler bill he left on his trailer. His mother had called and said she would be at the meeting tonight to discuss the bill. She didn’t show up so Becky explained the bill to the council.

Ed said he would call Ron Ireland about what the city still needs from him. Discussion was held about the city still not having schedules for the baseball and softball games. Ed said he would call Cal Spangler.

Jeff stated the poles for the lights are in the way at the park. He told Frank to get them moved. Jeff said we need to send Stella Jones a thank you letter for the poles.

Bills for the month of March were approved.

Ed made a motion to accept the minutes from the February 10th meeting with changes made to the date and a spelling correction. Dick seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Dick made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:20 p.m. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.

City Council Meeting January 13, 2009

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jeff Lohman at 7:00 p.m. City Council members present were Vickie Witt, Kevin Cope, Ed Pea and Richard Groseclose.

Ron Ireland was here to answer some of the questions the council had about his road on his property. He is going to get a quick claim deed from Chuck Hammond for his portion. Ron will then give this to the city if and when it’s all brought up to city standards. Ron also needs to get an easement from Charlie Taylor for the access on the Juliaetta - Genesee Road. Ron said he would have the paper work by the February 10th, meeting.

Frank stated they have been busy working on taking down the Christmas decorations and they will then get back to work on the fire station. Frank said they had a sewer break in Brown’s addition. Frank said they will need to get new chains for the truck next year. He’ll need to put this in the budget.

Cynthia Nye was here to announce the next P&Z meeting will be January 19th 2009.Discussion was held about what to do with the old minutes on the web site. Tabled until next meeting.

Mary Jo stated the new software program was ordered. We also had to buy a new typewriter and adding machine this week. >Vickie said the school was happy with the yellow paint job that was done by the parking lot.

The public hearing was opened at 7:45 p.m. for the Eichner property. Mrs. Ziesel and her son were here to listen to what is being done there. They had no comments however. Discussion was held about the vacating of the alley and street on Eichner’s property. The attorney sent a draft of the ordinance to look over. We can’t pass it tonight as we didn’t receive an original copy. Tim Eichner asked if the process could be done sooner than the next meeting. It was decided to have a special meeting on Thursday January 15th at 6:30 p.m. to get this done. Tim said he would get the sewer line drawings to us.

Brad Lewis was here from Hayden & Ross to present the audit for fiscal year 2007-2008. He stated the city is in pretty good shape but we may have to raise the sewer rates in the future.

Bills for the month of January were approved.

Roy and Kay Arciniega were here about the school buses and other drivers cutting the corner by their house on Hallet St. Mr. Arciniega stated one person had hit their car on the corner. They have also had their flower planters run over. They would like to see something done. Jeff told them to get the license numbers and call the sheriff’s office. They should also call the superintendent.

Dick made a motion to accept the minutes from the December 13th, 2008 meeting. Ed seconded the motion. Motion passed.