City Council Regular Meeting

STAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES August 19, 2002 A regular meeting of the Star City Council was held on August 19, 2002 at the Star Fire Station at 7:00 pm. Mayor Gail Glasgow called the meeting to order and all stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Bell, Stegenga, Mitchell, Spence; all were present. Approval of Agenda: Stegenga moved to amend the agenda taking 3C off the agenda for a later meeting and adding 6C Parking Lot, Mitchell seconded the motion. Spence asked that the Special Minutes of August 5, 2002 be moved to 3.1. All aye: motion carried. Consent Agenda: Mitchell moved to approve the Consent Agenda as amended, Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Special Minutes: Spence moved to have her budget concerns included with the minutes and the following corrections be made: page one “I” should be “in”, page 2, the word “to” should be removed, Mitchell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Presentation: Eric Exline from the Meridian School District gave a presentation on the upcoming School Bond Election that will be affecting Star. The bond election will be on September 17th and will be for $57.2 million. Handouts on the locations of schools and other information were given out. Mr. Exline responded to questions from the public and Council. Ordinances & Resolutions: Ordinance No. 70 Appropriations – Stegenga asked that the following corrections be made: The “2002” needs to be omitted from the title; “ot” needs to be “to” in the caption, section three needs to say Board of Commissioners “of Ada County” not “to Ada County”. It was moved by Stegenga and seconded by Mitchell 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. 70 be considered after reading once by title only. Spence asked for clarification on the readings. Roll Call: all aye: motion carried. The Mayor read Ordinance No. 70 by title only. Stegenga moved to adopt Ordinance No. 70 the Appropriations Ordinance, Mitchell seconded the motion. Spence stated that she wanted to discuss salary issues. Spence moved to go into Executive Session under Idaho Code Section 67-2345(1)(a) Personnel, Stegenga seconded the motion. Roll Call: all aye: motion carried. In open session, the Mayor stated that Councilwoman Spence had concerns about with the following budget items: public retirement, public relations, travel, training, supplies, civic promotions, and capital – community. Discussion was held. Roll Call on motion to adopt Ordinance No. 70: Roll Call: All aye; motion carried. Old Business: School District Conditional Use Permit – Sue Hansen, City Planner stated that the Council had asked to see the landscape plan and have a response from Ada County Highway District. Both items have been provided. Mitchell asked the JUB Engineer if there would be any problem meeting the requirements ACHD had asked for. Darrin Fluke, JUB Engineers, 250 S. Beachwood, stated that there would be no problem in meeting any of the ACHD requirements. Spence moved to approve the Conditional Use Permit along with landscape plans and Findings of Facts & Conclusions of Law, Bell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law for Waterview Subdivision - Hansen stated that this item was on the agenda to amend the preliminary plat findings. Stegenga moved to change condition on line 20 to “average lot size” and include the findings on the Consent Agenda at the next meeting, Spence seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Parking Lot – The Mayor discussed the problems with the new parking lot and asked for input from the Council. Stegenga moved to have the Mayor not accept the parking lot construction until the handrails and concrete problems are repaired to the Mayor’s satisfaction, Bell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. New Business: City Hall Landscape: The Mayor stated that the bids for landscaping City Hall came in a range of $18,456 without sprinklers to $25,500 with sprinklers and asked for Council input. Conflict of interest was discussed with having Councilman Bell and Mayor Glasgow being able to get certain materials for the project. Stegenga moved to refuse all landscape bids, Mitchell seconded the motion. Spence moved to have Bell supervise and get volunteers to do the landscaping at City Hall. Motion died for lack of second. Motion to refuse bids: All aye: motion carried. Spence moved to nominate Bell to oversee the landscape project and keep costs down, Mitchell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Appointment of City Planner - The Mayor introduced and welcomed Sue Hansen the new City Planner. Adjournment: Mitchell moved to adjourn the meeting, Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 pm. Respectfully submitted: Approved: _________________________ ________________________ Cathy Lambert, Clerk Gail Glasgow, Mayor