Date:	February 21, 2024

Place:	Enterprise City Council Chambers

Time:	7:00 PM

Present: Mayor Brandon Humphries; Council Members Ronald Lehm, Roy Adams, Delbert Staheli and Bill Fowler and; City Administrator Adam Bowler, City Recorder Wendy Paine, Amber Cook, Eric Cook, Moises Betencourt, Taylor Grob, Stephanie Ahlstrom, Cynthia Jorgensen, Jeff Wittwer, Barbara Wittwer, Karson Stauffer, Mark Stauffer, Kaden Bowler, Jex Jones, Laraine Anderson, Easton Watkins, Kyron Bracken, Byrum Harker, Yvonne Colby, Kris Naisbitt, Wyatt Banks, Devany Franco, Rigdon Banks, Derrik Staheli, Kirsten Truman, Jeri Lehm, Diane Banks, Cory Anderson, Mike Murphy

Welcome: Mayor Brandon Humphries Opening Comments: Council Member Ron Lehm Pledge: Council Member Bill Fowler

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

Approve Minutes: The minutes from the 2024 City Council Meeting were reviewed. A motion to accept the minutes as presented was made by Council Member Roy Adams, seconded by Council Member Jared Moody and unanimously approved.

Accounts Payable: The accounts payable for the dates from January 10, 2024 through February 20, 2024 for the amount of $488,103.17 was reviewed by the Council. A motion to approve the accounts payables was made by Council Member Ron Lehm, seconded by Council Member Roy Adams and unanimously approved.

Open Forum: Mayor Humphries opened the meeting to the public for remarks, limiting the time to 3 minutes for each person. As there were no remarks made, the Council continued on to the next item on the agenda.

Administrative/Miscellaneous: Mayor Brandon Humphries

Consideration of Acceptance of FY 2022-2023 Audit Report. The auditor is out of town and asked Adam Bowler if he would share the audit report with the Council. Highlights of the report include the change in net position statement that can be found on page 8. It shows the previous and current year’s balances for the Governmental Activities and Business-type Activities funds. The Capital Assets and Debt Administration statement on page 10 shows an increase in all balances. There was just one audit finding as noted on page 57. The auditor found too much cash that was unallocated. This is caused by a few things. We are conservative when projecting revenue and we do not subscribe to a “use it or lose it” mentality. As a result, there is too much cash that was not spent or set aside in specific funds. The auditors also do other state compliance checks. With the staff changes this fiscal year, we failed to complete our inventory. We need to correct that in the coming year. There are also some outstanding checks that need to be referred to the state’s unclaimed property site. After a brief discussion Council Member Jared Moody made a motion to accept the FY 2022-2023 Audit Report. The motion was seconded by Council Member Ron Lehm and unanimously approved.

Sewer/Sanitation – Council Member Ronald Lehm

Consideration of Res. 2024-002 Waste Water Plan – Adopting a Municipal Waste Water Plan is an annual requirement. After reviewing the plan and a brief discussion, Council Member Ron Lehm made a motion to adopt Res. 2024-002 and approve the Waste Water Plan. The motion was seconded by Council Member Roy Adams and unanimously approved by voice vote.

Parks – Council Member Roy Adams

Security Cameras at the Park – Because of the increase in vandalism and for the public’s protection, it is time to get some security cameras for the park. The grass was recently torn up by individuals on dirt bikes racing through the park. There have been incidents of vandalism at the community building and sports courts then with the addition of the pond, security cameras have become necessary. After some discussion on security cameras and recording equipment Council Member Roy Adams made a motion to spend up to $5,000.00 on purchasing and installing security cameras and recording equipment in the park. The motion was seconded by Council Member Ron Lehm and unanimously approved.

Planning & Zoning – Council Member Jared Moody

Consideration of Ordinance 2024-03 Zone Text Amendment, Title 17-36 – 060 Allowing

Flag Lots in R-A Zones – The Planning Commission has recommended a change to the zone text allowing for flag lots in R-A Zones. This will allow people to subdivide their R-A lots without having to change the zoning. The staff on the lot will not be included in the square footage to meet the 1/2 acre requirement. Council Member Jared Moody made a motion to approve Ordinance 2024-03. A zone text amendment allowing flag lots in R-A zones. The motion was seconded by Council Member Delbert Staheli and unanimously approved by voice vote.

Consideration of Planning Commission Recommendation on Subdivision at

Approximately 850 W to 1210 W Main Street, Ryan Lay, Applicant. City Administrator, Adam Bowler let the The lot sizes qualify these lots for a septic exception, so the council might want to consider including that permission in this motion. The Planning Commission has recommended that the Council include the condition that the builder must bring water and power to the lots before the lots can be built on. After these conditions and the details of this subdivision were discussed thoroughly, Council Member Jared Moody made a motion to approve the subdivision at approximately 850 W to 1210 W Main St for 6 lots. With the approval of the septic exception and the requirement that the builders will extend city utilities to the subdivision before the lots can be built on. The motion was seconded by Council Member Roy Adams and unanimously approved by voice vote.

Consideration of Planning Commission Recommendation for Subdivision at

Approximately 219 E 100 N – Rick Palmer, Applicant. After a review of the plans and a discussion on the possible need for use of a septic exception on one of the northern most lots, Council Member Roy Adams made a motion to approve the subdivision at approximately 219 E 100 N for 5 lots. Included in this motion is the septic exception for the northern most lot, if needed, and the possibility of losing one of those lots to allow for the minimum acreage needed for a septic exception. The motion was seconded by Council Member Bill Fowler and unanimously approved.

Streets – Council Member Delbert Staheli

Consideration of Planning Commission Recommendation to Change Existing Private Roads into Public Roads in EVVE, Eric Cook, Applicant. For the past several months the EVVE Home Owners Association president, Eric Cook has been meeting with the Planning Commission to see what changes would be necessary for the city to change their private roads into public roads. This would include the maintenance and improvements of the roads as well as snow removal. The setbacks have always been an issue with making this change. Although the majority of the homes are built with the original setbacks, the Council did approve a change to future setbacks in this and other small lot zones. Snow removal is also a big consideration. With narrower streets, and a limited area for off-street parking, removing snow will be difficult. The mayor mentioned that while plowing snow, the plow makes a windrow of snow off one side or the other. That will pile snow up behind cars in driveways and up along the side of cars parked on the street, making it difficult to get cars out. There are not many places that the snow can be pushed where it won’t be in someone’s way. Those residents will then call the city to let them know there is a problem. If we take over snow removal in this subdivision, there will be under the same policy as every other road in the city. If the roads are blocked to the point where we cannot get a snow plow down the road safely, the drivers will have to back up the snow plow and go on to remove snow in other areas. Time will not allow the drivers to wait for cars to be moved. Mark Stauffer asked why the city would even consider taking these streets over. He asked what was in it for the city, he can see what is in it for the HOA members, but it would be a tax burden to the rest of the city. Council Member Delbert Staheli stated that the roads in the subdivision are in pretty good condition with curb and asphalt. Property taxes are being paid by the lot owners just like in other areas of the city. Eric Cook stated that there are 90 lots in the subdivision all paying taxes to the city, they are part of the city. Mr. Cook believes that this change is in the best interest of the city. The homes there comprise about 12% of the city. The disadvantage to the homeowner’s association maintaining the roads themselves is that the mobilization fees are cost prohibitive. There will be a balance of approximately $25,000.00 in the homeowner’s association bank accounts when all the HOA expenses are paid. It is hard for them to know exactly how much will be left in those accounts since they will need to pay attorney’s fees first. The remainder of the money will be passed to the city to help offset some of the cost of repairing the roads. Council Member Roy Adams and Mayor Humphries both stated that most of the residents they have spoken to do not want the city to take those roads over. Council Member Delbert Staheli expressed his opinion that there are some services that are provided by the city and paid for by the taxpayers that benefit some residents more than others. Council Member Bill Fowler stated that he feels the condition of the roads inside that subdivision will reflect on the city. City Recorder Wendy Paine asked the question of who has benefitted over all these years by buying, selling and building in a subdivision that chose not to meet the city requirements for public roads. After some discussion and comments for and against changing these roads from private to public, Council Member Bill Fowler made a motion for the city to accept the private streets, street lights and storm drain components as public streets. The motion was seconded by Council Member Delbert Staheli. A voice vote showed Council Members Delbert Staheli, Bill Fowler and Jared Moody in favor of the motion and Council Members Ron Lehm and Roy Adams against the motion. The motion passed.

Arts/Culture – Council Member Delbert Staheli

- Update on the Corn Fest from Larraine Anderson. The Corn Fest will be held on August 24, 2024. Larraine reported that last year they had 100 vendors, with 12 food vendors. This year they are wondering if they can space the food vendors around the outside of the lawn. The problem is getting power to the food trucks. The committee is requiring the vendors to provide a back-up power system, since the power will not be guaranteed. The city will work on bringing in temporary electrical panels to provide power to the food trucks that are parked on paved surfaces.

- Seed Display at the Washington County Fair – Council Member Bill Fowler stated that Washington City Councilman, Kurt Ivie, contacted him about having the city participate in the Washington County Fair by creating a seed display. The Council agreed that they could provide the supplies if Council Members Fowler and Staheli could find someone to design and make the display.

Personnel – Mayor Brandon Humphries

Consideration of a Pay Increase for the Recreation Director - Ron Lehm. Coby Drake has asked for a raise. For the most part the Recreation Program pays for itself, except for wages. Our Rec Fees are lower than some of the other cities, but the desire to make the programs available to all who want to participation. We went into the recreation business knowing that it would cost the city money. We took over the elementary and junior high school aged programs after the school district decided to eliminate their participation in those programs. Currently Coby Drake is being paid just under $18,000.00 per year. He is asking to be raised up to $25,000.00 per year. It is agreed that it would be nice to give all of our employees a raise of that magnitude, but that is not feasible. The Council Members agree that what he does for the city is worth much more than what he is getting paid, but are afraid that giving that size raise to one employee will bring the other employees in to also get raises. After much debate, Council Member Jared Moody made a motion to approve an annual $2,000.00 increase for Coby Drake and an annual $700.00 increase for Katye Jones, the assistant recreation director, starting with the next payroll. The motion was seconded by Council Member Ron Lehm and a voice vote showed Council Members Adams, Fowler, Lehm and Moody in favor and Council Member Delbert Staheli opposed. The motion passed.

Newsletter – Ricci Harvey

Items for Upcoming Newsletter – none mentioned

Next scheduled City Council Meeting March 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM – there will be staff and council members on vacations. We will only hold this meeting if something pressing comes up, and if we can get a quorum of Council Members.

As there were no other items on the agenda, the meeting was adjourned at 9:32 PM

Respectfully Submitted:

Wendy L. Paine/Enterprise City Recorder