City Council Regular Meeting

Star City Council Meeting Minutes January 18, 2011 Pre-Council Meeting – 6:15 pm Mike Davies, explained the new health insurance policy to the City Council. Regular Council Meeting – 7:00 pm The regular meeting of the Star City Council was held on January 18, 2011 at the Star City Hall. Mayor Nathan Mitchell called the meeting to order and all stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Council persons Tammy McDaniel, Gary Smith, Tom Erlebach and Chad Bell were all present. Approval of the Agenda: Bell moved to approve the agenda as presented, McDaniel seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Consent Agenda: Bell moved to approve the Consent Agenda consisting of Regular Meeting Minutes of December 7, 2010; Claims Against the City for December 2010; and Time Extensions for Roseland’s Subdivision, Parkstone (Heron River) Subdivision, Phase 5 and the Hadley Property, Erlebach seconded the motion. Discussion: Cliff Brown, City Attorney, stated that the Council might want to make changes to page 3 regarding potential litigation. The conversation should have occurred in Executive Session. The Mayor stated that he felt the information contained in the minutes would be okay. Erlebach stated that it was just a discussion. Smith stated that it was a discussion and they were reviewing all options. All aye: motion carried. Presentations/Public Input: Star Police Department – Chief Ken Ramage – Mayor Mitchell welcomed Ramage back after having his heart attack. Ramage reviewed the monthly report for December. The persons and property crimes were up a little in December, most are crimes of opportunity. Ramage stated that everyone needs to lock their stuff up. Traffic stops are down. The Mayor asked about budget numbers for next year. Ramage stated that he would get back to him. Committee Reports: Economic Development Committee - Robert Forester introduced himself as the new EDC Chairman. The committee is working on finalizing the River Walk and then they want to pass it to the Parks & Rec. Committee. Their new direction will be to focus on business attraction and business in Star. They will be creating a business start up form. They are 1 also requesting notice for any new business in town. They want to start up a welcome wagon program. They have two new subcommittees – the first will be for the City Master Plan and that should be back from SAGE by the end of the month, the new Chair will be Rich Kinder. The other new committee will deal with real estate for commercial property. Erlebach thanked Forester for stepping forward and running this. Erlebach asked if Forester had talked to the Chamber about the same items he was discussing. Forester stated the Chamber is working with the business networking. Public Input: Nothing was reported. Reports: Staff – Nothing to report. Council – McDaniel stated that she will be out of town next week. Smith stated that the ESTech Board meeting will be held this week and they are planning for the first quarter meeting. Coffee with District 14 Legislators is next week. The BVEP working group will meet on the 25th. The Seniors are looking for a contractor; they want to weatherize the garage. They also want some sound buffering. Erlebach went to the Fire Commission meeting and the Fire Chief will be here to report on that meeting. Bell stated the VRT meeting will be tomorrow at Meridian City Hall. Mayor – The Mayor stated that the Fire Dept. is three weeks away from moving into the new facility at Kingsbury Road. The Fire Department had their annual banquet last week and it was all positive. There is a good working relationship with EMT and Fire Department. The Mayor had a discussion with Bob McQuade regarding the DMV. After checking into the revenue, they are making a profit and won’t be asking the City for further revenue for personnel. The Fire Department offices are almost complete. Construction will be done this week. Treasure Valley Partners will hold their meeting at City Hall next week. The 25th is the open house for Hunter’s Creek Park. We are looking at the last week in February on Friday the 25th starting at 3:00 pm for the Council Retreat. Council should call with agenda items. The Profit and Loss Statements will be provided from the first to first. 2 Bell asked that we get comparisons for Mayor and Council salaries. Adjournment: Bell moved to adjourn the meeting, McDaniel seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm. Respectfully submitted: Approved: _______________________ ________________________ Cathy Ward, City Clerk Nathan Mitchell, Mayor 3