Date:	March 27, 2024

Place:	Enterprise City Council Chambers

Time:	7:00 PM

Present: Mayor Brandon Humphries; Council Members Jared Moody, Ronald Lehm, Roy Adams, Delbert Staheli and Bill Fowler and; City Administrator Adam Bowler, City Recorder Wendy Paine, Orrin Staheli, Mark Stauffer, Yvonne Colby, Lord Brenden Moody, Annie Balajadia, Benjie Balajadia, Anna Balajadia, Wyatt Banks, Coby Drake, Kim Drake, Delanie Staheli, Clint Hafen, Jamie Hafen, Kris Naisbitt, Hailey Drake, Kirsten Truman, Jeri Lehm, Curt Flanigan, Katye Jones.

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

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 Roy Adams and unanimously approved.

Approve Minutes: The minutes from the February 21, 2024 City Council Meeting were reviewed. A motion to accept the minutes as presented was made by Council Member Ron Lehm, seconded by Council Member Jared Moody and unanimously approved.

Accounts Payable: The accounts payable for the dates from February 21, 2024 through March 26, 2024 for the amount of $267,802.55 was reviewed by the Council. A motion to approve the accounts payables was made by Council Member Roy Adams, seconded by Council Member Bill Fowler 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 to be made, the Council continued on to the next item on the agenda.

Emergency Services: – Mayor Brandon Humphries

Consideration of Purchase of EMS Radios – The State of Utah has decided to require every emergency service provider in the state to have P25 compliant radios by September 1, 2024. The estimate to replace all of our radios is $102,332.25. They will come out of next year’s budget, but we are obligating ourselves to pay for them when we place the order. The order needs to placed very soon to arrive on time. After some discussion, a motion to approve the purchase of EMS radios was made by Council Member Ron Lehm. The motion was seconded by Council Member Jared Moody and unanimously approved.

Consideration of Purchase of Wildland Fire Crew Equipment – Personal Protective Equipment for the Wildland Firefighters. We have previously been able to use grant money to purchase what the firefighters need to take with them on a deployment. That equipment needs to be replaced this year. The cost for the new equipment will come to about $20,000.00. There will be 7 full time wildland firefighters and 4 fill in firefighters. The old equipment still has some life left in it and will be used to replenish the volunteer firefighters’ equipment. Our volunteers have not had new equipment for years and it may also be time to purchase some. We will need to address that at a future meeting. A motion to approve the purchase of personal protective equipment for the Wildland Fire Crew and expend up to $20,000.00 was made by Council Member Ron Lehm. The motion was seconded by Council Member Bill Fowler and unanimously approved.

Power: – Council Member Bill Fowler

Consideration of an Adjustment to Impact Fees for the New Carter’s Market – City Administrator Adam Bowler explained that Ammon and Shelly Carter are building a new market on the lot between Bracken’s and Main Street Family Medicine. They will transition between the two locations. The new store will have nearly the same electric load as the old store. Ammon will not be selling the old building to another grocery store so that large power load will not be needed. They are requesting that the old impact fee be transferred to the new store. The old store would then need to pay an impact fee based on their projected power usage. Council Member Jared Moody made a motion to approve the adjustment of the electric impact fee for the new Carter’s Market. The motion was seconded by Council Member Ron Lehm and was unanimously approved.

Personnel: – Mayor Brandon Humphries

Review of Employee Pay Rates – Recreation Director Coby Drake

Mr. Drake was present to represent the recreation department and to speak to the City Council and explain what it is that he and his assistant Katye Jones do. The recreation department started from scratch about 10 years ago. It first started with soccer. It has now grown to include not only soccer, but also volleyball, wrestling, basketball, flag football, tackle football, cross country, mountain biking and summer camps. They have, over the years, built relationships with the administrators and custodians at the schools to make it easier to use their facilities. As that trust has grown, we were able to grow the program. The community is asking to add other programs. Growth has been substantial in both the community and in the rec program. Choosing coaches, picking teams, scheduling the different courts for practice time and games, preparing the fields for football and soccer by painting lines, setting up goals, finding referees, managing the kids and their parents and all their personalities, expectations, and intensity levels, aqll of these pieces of all of the different programs is challenging and the work load continues to grow as the numbers grow. The participants are getting value, and feeding into the high school sports programs. We are adding value to the high school, and the community. These programs help create value and confidence in the participants themselves. The rec leaders do a great job for the kids. But they also need to be compensated for their time and talents. Other Rec Leaders in similar sized communities are being paid much more than our Rec Leaders, even though Enterprise has more participants, and more programs.

Raises are needed in every department in the city. Our employee wages are not keeping up with inflation. Quality employees will not stay with the city if we do not keep up with other employers. Experienced employees will leave for more money, because they will have to. The city needs to value their employees to keep them. Coby is asking for an annual pay of $30,000.00 for himself and $15,000.00 for his assistant. He ended by saying. “If Michael Jordan wins, everybody wins”. Coby loves his job, wants only good things for the community. The programs are going to continue to grow. Kids are our future, and should mean something to everyone.

CLOSED MEETING: Council Member Ron Lehm made a motion to close the public meeting to Discuss an Individual’s Character, Professional Competence, or Physical or Mental Health. The motion was seconded by Council Member Bill Fowler and approved by a voice vote showing all in favor. The meeting was closed at 8:10 PM.

The open meeting was resumed at 9:25 PM.

Possible Consideration of Action Relating to the Closed Meeting Discussion – Council Member Roy Adams made a motion to increase the annual recreation budget for salaries to $45,000.00. The motion was seconded by Council Member Bill Fowler and unanimously approved.

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

As there were no other items on the agenda, the meeting was adjourned at 9:28 PM

Respectfully Submitted:

Wendy L. Paine/Enterprise City Recorder