Date:	November 29, 2023

Place:	Enterprise City Council Chambers

Time:	7:00 PM

Present: Mayor Brandon Humphries; Council Members Jared Bollinger, Jared Moody, Ronald Lehm, Jed Gardner, and Roy Adams and; City Administrator Adam Bowler, City Recorder Wendy Paine, Mike Murphy, Orrin Staheli, Ron Bliss, Mark Doyle, Carolyn Doyle, Kirsten Truman, Jeri Lehm, Justin Seegmiller, Dori Singleton, Mike Singleton, Denise Jones, Mark Stauffer, Yvonne Colby, Kathy Tohonnie, Shirley Jones, Sheriff Deputies Paul Gates and David Bolander, Andrea Balajadia, Anna Balajadia, Joshua Colby, Kris Naisbitt, Darin Naisbitt, Raelene Hall, Delbert Staheli, Delanie Staheli.

Welcome: Mayor Brandon Humphries Opening Comments: Council Member Jared Bollinger Pledge: Mayor Brandon Humphries

Approve Agenda: The Council was presented with the agenda. After review a motion was made by Council Member Ron Lehm to approve the agenda as presented, the motion was seconded by Council Member Jared Moody and unanimously approved.

Approve Minutes: The minutes from the November 8, 2023 City Council Meeting were reviewed. A motion to accept the minutes as presented was made by Council Member Jed Gardner, seconded by Council Member Roy Adams and unanimously approved.

Accounts Payable: The accounts payable for the dates from November 8, 2023 through November 28, 2023 for the amount of $43,517.60 was reviewed by the Council. A motion to approve the accounts payables was made by Council Member Jared Moody, seconded by Council Member Jared Bollinger and unanimously approved.

Open Forum: Mayor Humphries opened the meeting to the public for remarks, limiting the time to 3 minutes for each person. Yvonne Colby – questioned when the COLA increase took place for last year. She stated that social security recipients did not receive the same increase as the city employees did. That was refuted. She thinks that the council snuck in a lame duck session to approve raises and that this decision should have left up to the newly elected council members that the voters just elected. She thinks that this meeting was not noticed correctly and should not have been snuck in during the busy holiday season when less people could attend. Kris Naisbitt wanted to know where people can go to see the current pay of employees. She was given the website information. As there were no additional remarks made, the Council continued on to the next item on the agenda.

Streets – Council Member Jed Gardner

Consideration of a stop sign at 300 S 200 E – Orrin Staheli – Mr. Staheli stated that he doesn’t really want a stop sign on that corner. He does want the council to make sure a stop sign is really needed and not just put up a stop sign because someone comes to a Council Meeting wanting to control the speed of the traffic on their street.

It was noted that the School District is doing a district wide safety survey for walking to school. We look forward to those results and the final results from the state’s main street crosswalk survey.

Law Enforcement – Council Member Jared Bollinger

Report from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office – Deputies Paul Gates and Dave Bolander were asked to attend to discuss some of the problems in the city. The main message that the deputies wanted to make is to always report incidents to the sheriff’s office. Do not call the city office or the school office, call the emergency or non-emergency dispatch numbers to report events while they are happening. Never wait until the next day or just report it on Facebook. The sheriff’s office does not know what is happening in town, unless it is reported. The council suggested a newsletter article to encourage people to follow that advice and share those phone numbers. Sometimes there are unmarked cars in the area that can respond quickly, other times it will take a while to get officers there, but to warrant extra patrols, the problems have to be reported.

It was suggested that the deputies educate parents and youth about the laws for ATVs, dirt bikes, and side-by-sides. Setting up speed and stop sign surveillance is not very effective, but heavier patrol after school can be arranged. If they know the who and where of offenses, they can knock on doors and talk to the offenders and parents. Besides OHV courses, the 7-8 graders are addressed each year by the sheriff’s office. They can be educated about the off-road ordinance. It was suggested that the Resource Officer at the high school might change up his schedule to catch after school offenders.

Joshua Colby expressed his concern that his freedom to cross the street wherever he wanted would be restricted by putting in a crosswalk on Main Street and then ticketing jaywalkers. The loss of freedom would be the un-intended consequence of putting in a cross walk.

Administrative/Miscellaneous: Mayor Brandon Humphries

Canvass of the Municipal Election held November 21, 2023 – Resolution 2023-008

After the presentation of the election results and some discussion, Council Member Jared Bollinger made a motion to adopt Res. 2023-008, certifying the election results as presented. The motion was seconded by Council Member Ron Lehm and unanimously approved by voice vote. Roy Adams, Bill Fowler, and Delbert Staheli are the newly elected Council Members.

Consideration of 2024 Meeting Schedule for City Council and Planning Commission. Council Member Jed Gardner made a motion to approve the 2024 meeting schedule. The motion was seconded by Council Member Roy Adams and unanimously approved.

Personnel – Mayor Brandon Humphries

Consideration of a 3.2% Cost of Living Adjustment suggested by the federal government studies. The Mayor stated that he never even considered that this decision should wait for the new council members to be sworn in, especially since it is being made by council members that had also been elected. It makes a practical sense to make this decision before the first pay day of the new year. The date of the meeting was changed to fit the election code, making it necessary to have a meeting to canvass the election between 7 and 14 days after the November 21 election. The decision to hold this special council meeting was made at the November 8 meeting and it was noticed as a special council meeting the next day, November 9, as noted on the state’s public meeting notice website. There was no intent to hide this meeting.

After some discussion Council Member Ron Lehm made a motion to increase each employee’s pay by 3.2%. The motion was seconded by Council Member Jared Bollinger and unanimously approved.

Upcoming Events: Mayor Brandon Humphries

Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony – Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 6:00 pm at the Community Center. Sherwood Bracken will light the tree this year.

Newsletter – Ricci Harvey

Items for Upcoming Newsletter – non-emergency dispatch number. Encourage everyone to call with problems that we see, right when they see it. Election results. New council member bios.

Closed Meeting: Mayor Brandon Humphries

Council Member Jared Bollinger made a motion to open a closed meeting to discuss the purchase, exchange, lease or sale of water rights or water shares. The motion was seconded by Council Member Ron Lehm and unanimously approved by voice vote. The Council excused themselves to the conference room at 7:45 PM.

Next scheduled City Council Meeting January 10, 2024 at 7:00 PM

As there were no other items on the agenda, the meeting was adjourned at 8:27 PM

Respectfully Submitted:

Wendy L. Paine/Enterprise City Recorder