City Council Regular Meeting

Star City Council Meeting Minutes June 15, 2010 Pre Council Meeting – 6:30 pm Ada County Highway District – Terry Little, ACHD Traffic Services Manager and Andrew Cibor, Assistant Traffic Engineer presented to the Council information on roundabouts and their current locations. Regular Council Meeting – 7:00 pm The Regular meeting of the Star City Council was held at the Star City Hall on June 15, 2010 at 7:00 pm. Mayor Nathan Mitchell called the meeting to order and all stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Council persons Gary Smith, Tom Erlebach and Chad Bell were present. Councilwoman Tammy McDaniel was absent. Approval of the Agenda: Smith moved to approve the agenda, Bell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of June 10, 2010: Smith moved to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of June 10, 2010, Bell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Presentations/Public Input: Law Enforcement Report – Chief Ken Ramage – The Chief reviewed the March/April/May monthly reports. Property crime has gone up due to unlocked vehicles; calls for service have remained the same and domestic violence has gone down. Traffic citations have gone up a little and there were three accidents in April and one in May, mainly due to failure to yield. The Mayor talked about the equipment cost breakdown and cars. Sheriff Gary Raney discussed the amortizing of police cars which has reduced costs to cities. The cost of a car is about $36,000. When the contract first began Star purchased a car. Sheriff Raney is very concerned about safety and that is why cars are traded out at a certain time. Star’s new cars are being equipped with video machines. After the car has served its life, it is sold for about $3,500 and put back into vehicle fund. Sheriff Raney stated that he is very happy with the opportunity the Sheriff’s office has in Star and the Mayor and Council are doing a great job in their land use decisions, as it helps with law enforcement. Economic Development Committee Report – Ray Stokes: Stokes stated that the Master Plan meeting went very well. The Mayor stated there would need to be more work done, but ACHD needs to hold their public input meeting. Councilman Erlebach has been 1 working on the River Walk with spraying and clean up. John Tomkinson has stated that ACHD is redoing their priority list for projects. Tomkinson will be at the next meeting to report on the changes. Betty Smith – Smith thanked the Council for supporting the EDC. The EDC would like the establishment of an annual line item in the budget for EDC. This line item would be for matching funds for grant funds and money for façade improvements, public parks or signing. The group would like to see a uniform sign program with signs like the River Walk signs. They do not have a specific amount for this line item, but would like it to be an annual amount. They do not have any specific projects at this time. The Mayor explained the capital community expense line item. It would tie the hands of the City if it was earmarked for that committee specifically. He doesn’t want to change the way we do things if things aren’t broke. The Mayor will be attending the next EDC meeting and explain City budgeting. Public Input – Denice VanDoren, 11017 Frost, Star, Idaho, stated that she is not for making specific line items for committees. The Mayor stated that VanDoren should attend the budget hearing and express those views. Connie Krebs, 12652 W. Able, Star, Idaho, thanked the Mayor and Council for helping move the Food Bank to the old City Hall. They will have an open house very soon. Old/New Business: Audit Report – The Mayor discussed the audit report. It is basically the same as last year with different numbers and the deficiency is still the same, our treasurer is not a CPA. The Mayor reviewed the numbers of the audit report. Reports: Staff – No reports were given. Council – Smith stated that they had a good Chamber meeting with a good turnout. The business meeting is scheduled for June 22nd to discuss the sign regulations with the business community. Erlebach stated that he went to Nampa Civic Center to listen to the Nampa discussion on their new sign ordinance. They were surveying the community. The Hometown celebration meeting will be at 6 pm tomorrow night. Bell stated that he had nothing to report. His oldest daughter will be getting married and all staff and Council are invited to the reception in his backyard. 2 Mayor – The Mayor stated that we have received a strong response to Parks and Rec, with 75 kids in T-ball and 12 adult softball teams. The Hometown festival is coming together and there will be a full day of events. Weeds – We have purchased a tractor to mow weeds. We have turned the water on at Hunter’s Creek and will start mowing it and Pavilion Commons to maintain the landscaping. He believes we should maintain the Star Road frontages. He will hire someone to mow the property. The Mayor believes Gary Olson would be a good person to do the tractor mowing. Adjournment: Bell moved to adjourn the meeting, Erlebach seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 pm. Respectfully submitted: Approved: ______________________ _________________________ Cathy Ward, City Clerk Nathan Mitchell, Mayor 3