City Council

November 21, 2022 Council Work Session The City Council of the City of Idaho Falls met in Council Work Session, Monday, November 21, 2022, in the Council Chambers in the City Annex Building located at 680 Park Avenue in Idaho Falls at 3:00 p.m. Call to Order and Roll Call There were present: Mayor Rebecca L. Noah Casper Council President Michelle Ziel-Dingman Councilor John Radford Councilor Tom Hally Councilor Jim Freeman Councilor Jim Francis Councilor Lisa Burtenshaw Also present: Rick Cloutier, AirPort Director Pam Alexander, Municipal Services Director PJ Holm, Parks and Recreation Director Nick Terry, TOK Commercial Real Estate Brad Cramer, Community Development Services, Director Josh Roos, Treasurer Mark Hagedorn, Controller Michael Kirkham, Assistant Attorney Corrin Wilde, Accounting Clerk Jasmine Marroquin, Deputy City Clerk Mayor Casper called the meeting to order at 3:02 p.m. with the following items: Calendars. Announcements. Reports. Updates. Questions. and Discussion: November 24-25 Thanksgiving Holiday November 28, Mountain America Center Ribbon Cutting 11am November 29, AIC Legislative Summer, 9am-3am, Boise November 30, (ATI) Associated Taxpayers of Idaho Annual Conference (webinar-CIF Council Chambers) Mayor Casper stated that next Tuesday Legislative Summit in Boise is for Legislatures and City Officials, and no one from Idaho Falls, there are two issues they are taking to the Legislature this year. Mayor Casper feels that those will be covered by the lobbyist. The rest of the items in the packet are from an event that happened today. The EILQ brings Mayors and Legislatures from Eastern Idaho Districts 27-35. This is the first time in person since Covid. Mayor Casper explained how it got its start as a collaboration between the Chambers and the Eastern Idaho Water Rights Coalition. Mayor Casper stated that there were good issues on the agenda. Mayor Casper asked for input from various mayors and pulled out information on how eastern Idaho is represented on various Boards. Mayor asked for any adjustments to create a living document. Mayor Casper asked Councilors to add dates to their calendars that are listed. Mayor Casper presented that Mayor Colletti suggested creating a law enforcement district, and his letter that he put together with County Commissioners is included in the packet. Mayor Casper showed a heat map that showed two places in Eastern Idaho (north and south of Idaho Falls) where personal wells have been drilled in the last little while. Mayor Casper showed a visual showing the wells in Bingham County and then explained that there is a septic next to each of the wells, and there was discussion about water contamination, and they want Legislatures to be aware and potentially take the authority to approve septic systems away from health districts and give it to an entity that make more sense with water quality. Mayor Casper would like a similar map for other parts of eastern Idaho, as well as a septic system map because they do not want contamination. Mayor Casper thanked Council Members for the tree lighting and braving the cold. 1