City Council Regular Meeting

Star City Council Meeting Minutes November 15, 2011 The Special Meeting of the City of Star was called to order at 5:40 pm. Mayor Mitchell, Council persons Tammy McDaniel, Chad Bell, Tom Erlebach and Gary Smith and Legal Counsel Cliff Brown were all in attendance. Bell moved to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code Section 67-2345(1)(b), McDaniel seconded the motion. Roll Call: McDaniel, Bell, Erlebach and Smith – all aye: motion carried. The Special Meeting was adjourned at 7:15 pm. The regular meeting of the Star City Council was held on November 15, 2011 at 7:16 pm 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 Tom Erlebach, Gary Smith, Tammy McDaniel and Chad Bell were all present. Approval of the Agenda: Bell moved to approve the agenda adding 6-C - C&A Paving payment request, McDaniel seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Approval of the Minutes: Bell moved to approve the Minutes of November 1, 2011, McDaniel seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Presentations/Public Input: Public Input: Jonna Rayfuse, 189 N. Knox Street, Star, Idaho – (please see attached) Dustin Christopherson, 675 N. Aspen Lakes Way, Star, Idaho – Congratulated Councilman Bell and Erlebach and Mayor Mitchell on their re-election. Ernest Woods, 1953 N. Icefire Place, Star, Idaho - Congratulated the Mayor and Council on their re-election. Woods asked the Council if they are aware of the United Nations Agenda 21; the Council needs to read it be aware of the document. Chris Stokes, 10166 Arrowleaf Court, Star, Idaho - Congratulated the Council and Mayor on the re-election. Stokes gave a sales pitch to the Council regarding the need for an interactive website for the community. People outside of Star want to know what’s going on in Star. Stokes is appealing to the City to embrace this and please develop a 1 communication site to our community or to the state. It will be a great tool. The Mayor stated that Stokes had sent him a letter a year ago and requested this. We are talking about redeveloping the web site and looking at contracting or hiring professional help. The Mayor announced that Shelly Johnson has left employment with the City last week and we may be filling two positions – one Johnson had and one maybe a communications person. Bell stated that the City would be open to suggestions and asked the public to give input. Jeannie Nail, 1011 S. Star Road, Star, Idaho – Congratulated the Mayor and Council on their re-election. Nail stated that she has been talking to the Seniors and there use to be more that came to the meetings. They don’t anymore because they can’t hear. She would like to go back and invite them all the back. She would like to see the webpage updated; maybe put it in the paper for suggestions. Mellissa Lions, 7017 Snow Wolf, Star, Idaho – Lions stated she would like to know what the plans are for the teenagers in the future. There are a lot of things for younger kids to do, but not teenagers, we need stuff to keep them out of trouble. The Mayor stated that we’ve struggled with it for a long time. We are looking at a skate park next year and trying to fund it. Other cities have junior council advisory committees, but most other cities have people to run these things; we may need to facilitate this with the local government. The Mayor asked Lions what she wants Council to do. Lions stated that she does not know; where she was from there was always something for teenagers to do. The Mayor stated that P&R has started that conversation. Erlebach stated that a gentleman he talked with suggested building an obstacle course for bikes. We could find a piece of property and maybe bring some dirt in for the kids to ride on. Jeannie Nail suggested using the upstairs for the kids. Smith stated there was a discussion about using the Life Springs Church for a community center. The Mayor stated that someone will need to spend $8 to $9,000 to get the building up to code. Kim Miller, 280 S. Alcove, Star, Idaho - stated that is her church and they do have a committee getting this together. The full intent is to use the church for a community center and have it open seven days a week with game rooms. Woods asked if the Council had oversight over the Chamber of Commerce. The Mayor stated that they did not. Woods received two candidate endorsement emails from the Chamber; he does not believe this is ethical for the Chamber to do. Old/New Business: Canvass of the Vote – The Mayor read the General Election results: (see attached) 2 Erlebach moved to approve the Canvass of the Votes, Bell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Ordinance No. 222 City Seal/Logo – McDaniel moved that pursuant to Idaho Code, Section 50-901 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. 222 be considered after reading once by title only, Erlebach seconded the motion. Roll Call: Erlebach, Smith, McDaniel and Bell – All aye: motion carried. Bell moved to approve Ordinance No. 222, an Ordinance of the City of Star, Idaho delineating the official City Seal/Logo; designating a custodian of the City Seal/Logo; providing for use of and prohibitive use of City Seal/Logo; providing for penalty; and providing for an effective date, McDaniel seconded the motion. Roll Call: Erlebach, Smith, McDaniel and Bell – All aye: motion carried. C&A Paving – The Mayor stated that the Hunter’s Creek Park is at 90% completion with regard to C&A Paving. Erlebach asked if we were holding back 5%. The Mayor stated that we are holding back 5% toward their bill, and there is still an outstanding balance. Smith asked about building the restroom. The Mayor stated that was not included in this bid and we spent extra money on topsoil. Smith asked about the $100,000 we received from the bond. The Mayor stated that it has not been designated yet. Bell moved to approve the pay request in the amount of $179,565.49, Smith seconded the motion. The Mayor stated that the correct amount is $189,825.49. Bell amended his motion to the correct amount and Smith amended his second to approve the correct amount. All aye: motion carried. Reports: Council – Erlebach thanked everyone for their patience and for going out to vote. Smith had nothing to report. McDaniel had nothing to report. Bell thanked the citizens helping through the process we just went through and he is grateful we are through the process. The voter’s voices have been heard. Mayor – The Mayor stated that people have expressed concern about things that have gone on, he stated that we are closing it as fast as we can, there will be consequences and it will be addressed. The Mayor stated that he received an award for the City. The Growth Smart awarded a plaque for the River Walk; we were one of six awards given. Jeannie Nail stated that we need to make sure that the City Logo/Seal does not print out on things on the website. 3 Adjournment: Bell moved to adjourn the meeting, Erlebach seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm. Approved: Respectfully submitted: ________________________ Nathan Mitchell, Mayor __________________________ Cathy Ward, City Clerk CITY OF STAR GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 2011 CANVASS OF THE VOTE MAYOR Nathan Mitchell ………….…… 609 Terry Malarkey ………………. 226 FOR COUNCIL MEMBER - SEAT #1 Charlten L. Bell ……………….. 409 Richard Lockett ……………….. 252 Heidi Prigge ……………….. 243 FOR COUNCIL MEMBER – SEAT #2 Tom H. Erlebach ……………….. 584 4  Ulysses Mori ……………….. 312 Ada County Canyon County Total Votes Cast…….…. 914 1 Registered Voters……… 2770 20 New Registration ……… Absentee Voters ………. Voter Turnout…………. 33% 5% 5