City Council Regular Meeting

STAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 5, 2002 A meeting of the Star City Council was held on March 5, 2002 at 7:00 pm at the Star Fire Station; Mayor Gail Glasgow presiding. Approval of the Agenda: The agenda was amended to add 7c. Minutes of February 27, 2002 Workshop, Ada County Highway District/Floating Feather discussion, 6 a and b were moved to before 4 - Visitor/Public Input, 3c was removed from the agenda and 3a and b were removed from the Consent Agenda. Roll Call: Stegenga, Mitchell, Spence, and Benedict would be late. Unfinished Business: Street Lights – Mark Lovejoy, City Engineer stated that two bids were received, one for $19,330 and the second for $35,118.15. The Engineer is recommending that the bids be taken under advisement until one of the bidders can be contacted. Lovejoy will have something back to the Council for the next meeting. Parking Lot – The bids for the parking lot will be advertised both on March 8, 2002 and March 15, 2002. A pre-bid walkthrough will be held on March 15, 2002 at 2:00 pm. We are going through formal bids on this project. Lovejoy stated that there will be water and electric conduit through the parking lot. Minutes – After some discussion, Mitchell moved to approve the minutes of February 19, 2002 as presented, Benedict seconded the motion. Benedict, Stegenga, Mitchell – aye; Spence nay; motion carried. General Claims – After some discussion, Benedict moved, seconded by Mitchell to approve the General Claims for February 2002 as presented. Benedict, Stegenga, Mitchell – aye; Spence – nay; motion carried. Public Input: Kevan Wheelock, 491 Procyon, Star, Idaho – Stated that the Council had been talking in circles and needed to get to the point of the meeting and asked if citizens could be involved in taking care of the trees at City Hall. Bill Sargent, 10287 W. State Street, Star, Idaho – Stated that he concurred with Councilwoman Spence in that the attorney’s bills were excessive and he doesn’t understand why. He also stated that he worked to get the city to be incorporated but will work just as hard to see it de-incorporated. Public Hearing: Electrical Fee Increase - The Mayor opened the Public Hearing and asked for input from the public. There was no comment from the public. The public hearing was closed. 1 Stegenga moved to have a resolution drawn up to reflect the new electrical fees as presented, Spence seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. New Business: Arbor Day Proclamation – The Mayor read the proclamation for Arbor Day on April 26, 2002. Expense Sheet – After discussion, Spence moved to adopt the Expense Form with mileage changes, Mitchell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Minutes – Stegenga moved to approve the Workshop Minutes of February 27, 2002 with the following changes: under Senior Center Grant Waiver, fourth line replace “was forced into waiving” with “committed to waiving”; the last line of the paragraph, change “costs already incurred will not be recouped” to “costs already incurred may not be recouped”. Benedict seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. ACHD/Floating Feather Road – The joint meeting date with Ada County Highway District will be changed to April 23, 2002 at 6:00 pm at the Fire Station. It was moved by Stegenga and seconded by Mitchell to direct the mayor request ACHD to re-classify Floating Feather Road as a collector road, this running from Can Ada to the Emmett Highway. All aye: motion carried. Reports: Mayor – the following items were reviewed:  Ada County Historical Society wants to do a project in Star, they have a budget of $100 and have ten people for about four hours – the project timeline is the end of April.  There is an Idaho Power meeting at Eagle High School on March 6th to discuss the power lines being run from Eagle to Star.  April 6 – 14 has been set for Spring Clean Up in Star  Mule Days meeting set for March 13, 2002  Mayor appointed to ACHD Impact Fee Task Force  The Mayor discussed guidelines for Council conduct  The Mayor stated that there is a security problem at City Hall and asked the Council to consider having two lights put up. Benedict moved to approve the expenditures for security lights at City Hall, Stegenga seconded the motion. All yes.  The Mayor stated that the gas line has been run to the cinder block building and that they also hit a power line and the City may incur more expense.  The Mayor stated that the Sewer & Water District has asked the City if they would like to purchase a new printer from them. Cost to the City is $150, the original price was around $600. Benedict moved to approve $150 for the printer, Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. 2   The Mayor stated that the Council now has email capabilities and they need to get the City Clerk their passwords. Council – Councilman Stegenga’s printed report was given to the Council. Stegenga discussed the connectivity of Highway 16 being moved to the number two position for the COMPASS Board projects. Councilman Mitchell stated that the Sewer & Water elections are done, all the agreements for the North Interceptor lines are complete, the ditch crossings are complete and bids have been let to do the project. Mitchell stated that the Gem Committee will need to be reinstated. One goal will be to identify the need for new types of businesses and available facilities in Star. Mitchell asked for the Mayor’s permission to revise the personnel manual and bring changes back to the Council. The Mayor gave his permission. Mitchell stated that he was in support of the Senior Center. Councilwoman Spence had nothing to report. Councilman Benedict stated that the Parks and Recreation Committee met last week. Adjournment: Mitchell moved, seconded by Stegenga to adjourn the meeting. All aye: motion carried. Meeting was adjourned at 8:45 pm. Respectfully submitted: Approved: _______________________ __________________________ Cathy Lambert, City Clerk Gail Glasgow, Mayor 3