City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF NEW MEADOWS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES HELD MONDAY JULY 28th, 2025 AT 6:30 PM CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 101 S. Commercial Avenue, NEW MEADOWS Roll Call/Pledge of Allegiance Present at City Hall were Mayor Julie Good, Council Members Jeff Parnett, Traci Foster, and Josh Carr. Council Member Shiloh Ryker was absent and excused. City Attorney Dick Stubbs, Sierra Christie, Jessica Lillehaug, Grae Harper, Drew Dodson and Sandy Schiffman were present via Zoom. Staff present at City Hall were Sonya Brodhecker & Kyla Gardner Public present were Andy Brodhecker, Philip Good, Rachel Reynaga, and Nikki Crogh Mayor Good opened the meeting at 6:30 P.M. Followed by Roll Call & The Pledge of Allegiance. Public Input There was no public input. Reports Mayor’s Report Mayor Good presented her Mayor’s report to the Council. Road & streets committee meeting report City Engineer, Grae Harper informed the Council of a few of the Major topics that were discussed in the committee meeting. Topics being of the following, funding cycles & funding projects, speed bump issue, the Heigho & Peterson project. City Engineer Update City Engineer Grae Harper also informed the council on the Federal Aid funding for the Heigho & Peterson project that the City of New Meadows applied for. Grae explained how the funding worked with ITD & LHTAC. They receive a group of applications and then they have a priority list that they think might be well suited for the plan then goes out for public comment. City Engineer said that LHTAC puts out this Priority list and it was not funded unfortunately & shockingly to Keller. Grae explains that this occurs every two years & that he would like to continue to track this program and try to figure out how to cover the Match program at 7.34% with a 1.7-million-dollar Grant for the City as well as track down the road base project. (with the approval of the City Council) He will Talk with LHTAC to see why the funding scaled back as well. Also let us know that he would be moving to Texas so another Gentleman named Rich out of Lewiston office with over 25yrs Engineering experience will be the new contact for engineering for the City. Page 1 of 3 SB  CITY OF NEW MEADOWS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES HELD MONDAY JULY 28th, 2025 AT 6:30 PM CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 101 S. Commercial Avenue, NEW MEADOWS Action Items Resolution TBD-2025 National night out proclamation Mayor Good read the proclamation in full out loud.  Council Member Carr moved to approve the Resolution TBD-2025 National Night out; Council Member Parnett seconded the motion. Voice Vote indicated no opposition to the motion with all members signifying yes. Motion carried. Discussion Items The New Meadows Youth Center Fire Alarms being installed, flooring and painting being done. Old City Hall Building Need to locate documentation on the deed for the building before making a decision on what to do with the building. Outbuildings in R3 Zoning Mayor Good read aloud the definition to Variance in the New Meadows City Code. Also Mayor Good let the Council know that if City Zoning codes changed that the Council will need to have a public hearing. Because the request presented to City Council is not an undo hardship due to or because of an unusual characteristic on the property, it does not qualify for a variance. There was discussion about what could be done to alleviate the issue for smaller lots needing outbuildings. The issue was tabled for future meeting to come to a solution. Dog Waste Receptacles The Council discussed the idea of putting dog waste receptacles in the City Park. It was decided to get feedback from Jessie and Hunter. There was a discussion about having a community meeting to see what the public wants in the park regarding dogs. The meeting will be scheduled at a later date. Adams County Sheriff's Office contract The City Council requested to invite Sheriff Ryan Zollman to come in and have a conversation with the Council. Sherriff Zollman will provide a quarterly report that we can look at as well. Page 2 of 3 SB  CITY OF NEW MEADOWS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES HELD MONDAY JULY 28th, 2025 AT 6:30 PM CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 101 S. Commercial Avenue, NEW MEADOWS MV School District MOU Mayor Good read some of the added Legal updates to this and still has a future meeting with the school before it will be presented to the Council for approval. Consent Agenda The Consent Agenda included Paid & Pending Claims for the accounting period of July 2025. .  Council Member Parnett moved to approve the Consent Agenda; Council Member Carr seconded the motion. Voice Vote indicated no opposition to the motion with all members signifying yes. Motion carried. Future Meeting Topics  Appoint Andy Brodhecker to the Road & Streets Committee  Budget hearing  Budget Ordinance  Public Meeting -Dogs in the Park  Ask Sheriff Zollman to come to future meeting  Old City Hall  New Engineer -Introduction  R3 Zoning discussion Adjournment Mayor Good adjourned the meeting at 8:19 P.M. __________________________ ATTEST:_______________________ Julie A. Good, Mayor Kyla Gardner, City Clerk Page 3 of 3 SB