City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF STAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES January 7, 2002 A special meeting of the City of Star City Council was held on January 7, 2002 at the Star Fire Station at 7:00 pm, Acting Mayor Gail Glasgow presiding. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – led by Fire Chief Kevin Courtney ROLL CALL: Stegenga, Glasgow, and Dias present, Benedict was absent. MINUTES: Dias moved to approve the minutes of December 17, 2001 as presented, Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. OLD BUSINESS: A. Audit Report – The audit report was moved to later on the agenda. B. Findings of Facts & Conclusion of Law – Burgess property: Stegenga moved to approve the Findings of Facts & Conclusion of Law for the Burgess property. Dias seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. C. Ordinance No. 64 – Burgess Annexation & Rezone: It was moved by Stegenga and seconded by Dias that pursuant to Idaho Code, Section 50-902 the rule requiring an ordinance to be read on three different days, with one reading to be in full, be dispensed with and that Ordinance No. 64 be considered after reading twice by title only. All aye: motion carried. 1 Dias moved to adopt Ordinance No. 64 an Ordinance annexing to the City of Star certain real property located in the unincorporated area of Ada County, Idaho, and contiguous to the City of Star; establishing the zoning classification of the annexed property as R-3 residential district; directing that certified copies of this Ordinance be filed as provided by law; providing for related matters; and providing an effective date. Stegenga seconded the motion. Roll Call: Stegenga – yes, Dias – yes, motion carried. D. Audit Report - Jared Zwygart of Bailey and Company presented the annual audit. Zwygart reviewed financials for the year ending September 2001. Zwygart stated that there were three issues that should be reviewed: 1) Someone other than the Mayor and Clerk need to review the bills for the month, 2) per the City Personnel Manual, all sick leave is to be paid for at the end of the year – it has not been paid, 3) regarding the Mule Days Celebration tighter control on the money needs to be implemented. Stegenga moved to accept the 2000-01 Audit Report, Dias seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. SWEARING IN OF NEW MAYOR/COUNCIL: Mayor Glasgow thanked Councilman Dias for his years of service and presented him with a gift. City Clerk, Lambert swore in Connie Spence and Nathan Mitchell as new Council members and Gail Glasgow as the new Mayor. A. Roll Call: Stegenga, Mitchell and Spence; Benedict was absent 2 B. Election of Officers: The Mayor opened the floor for nominations for the office of President. Spence moved to elect Stegenga as City Council President, Mitchell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. MAYOR STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS: Mayor Glasgow read a State of the City Address. PUBLIC INPUT: Eric Battey, 2420 N. Munger, Star, Idaho - Thanked the Council for recognizing the Star Neighborhood Alliance Group. Battey stated that he is not happy with the Council not openly notifying the public of the mayoral opening and not allowing public input. Bill Sargent, 10287 W. State, Star, Idaho – Sargent discussed giving more community input into the Mayoral decision. Vi Blake, 767 N. Star Road, Star, Idaho – Mrs. Blake stated that she and her husband have lived here for 40 years and she is tired of hearing that people are unhappy or that they don’t know what is going on. Citizens need to attend the Council meetings and they would know what’s going on at the City. Mike Spence, 486 S. Star Road, Star, Idaho – Mr. Spence thanked the Council for the open public input. He would like the City to approve the Community Center grant, and would encourage citizens to attend the Council meetings. Spence discussed the Open Meeting Act. 3 Kevin Wheelock, 491 N. Procyon, Star, Idaho – Wheelock stated that the City is divided, and while there was a lot of opposition to the way the Mayor was put in place, there is also a lot of people that support the Mayor and the way he was put in office. NEW BUSINESS: A. BFI Franchise Information – Tanya Mericle, Public Relations person for BFI presented an overview of the things BFI will be involved in and how they would like to participate more in Star. B. Joint ACHD/Star Meeting Dates – Lambert stated that there are two dates that should be considered. It was agreed that the meeting in Star will be March 21st, 2002 at 6:00 pm and the meeting at ACHD will be September 19, 2002 at 6:00 pm. C. City Hall Tree Report – Arborist Debbie Cook did review the trees at City Hall and would like to wait until Spring to see how the trees leaf out to make a determination on taking the trees down. Stegenga moved to have the tree by the Fire Station taken out so the parking lot is not delayed. Mitchell seconded the motion. Discussion. Stegenga – aye; Mitchell and Spence – nay; motion failed. Mitchell would like to have the arborist tell the Council how soon the trees can come out so the parking lot can proceed. D. Star Senior Center Grant Request – Brad Carlson, 960 S. Main, Star, Idaho stated that the architect could not attend the meeting and that he would give information on the building and the changes proposed. 4 Shawn Charters of SAGE presented information on the grant. The funds are from HUD and the grant is due March 1, 2002. There is $100,000 available for existing buildings and $150,000 for a new building. The City can also ask for $10,000 for handicap access along with $10,000 matching funds. There is no match for the grant for the Seniors, but the more matching funds usually means the more chances of funding. Charters discussed what will be required in regards to applying for the grant. The project can be bid in sections and the Davis Bacon act will apply to this grant. Mayor Glasgow asked what the current building is worth. Carlson stated he will find out in the next couple days. Discussion was held on bring the building up to Idaho Building Code. Stegenga read the letter from the Zoning Administrator into the record. Mitchell is concerned about the City getting stuck with the matching funds. Charters stated that the City could be liable. Spence stated that the Seniors have received a Morrison Grant between $5-$10,000 and that Carlson has $17,000 in donations. Discussion was held on meeting the deadline and jeopardizing City funds. Spence moved to proceed with the grant proposal on a preliminary basis so that Charters may start the grant writing and give due process to the Attorney so that he may report back to the Council. Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY: December 2001 5 Mitchell moved to approve the Claims Against the City for December 2001 as presented. Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. ADJOURNMENT: Mitchell moved to adjourn the meeting. Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Meeting was adjourned at 9:25 pm. Respectfully submitted: Approved: _________________________ ______________________________ Cathy Lambert, City Clerk Gail Glasgow, Mayor 6