Date:	May 14, 2025

Place:	Enterprise City Council Chambers

Time:	7:00 PM

Present: Mayor Brandon Humphries; Council Members Jared Moody, Ronald Lehm, Delbert Staheli and Bill Fowler and; City Administrator Adam Bowler, City Recorder Wendy Paine, Operations Manager Orrin Staheli, Clerk Kayla Gardner, City Treasure Annie Balajadia, Jeri Lehm, Kirsten Truman, Dori Singleton, Mike Singleton, Craig Hayes, Yvonne Colby, Joshua Colby, Mark Stauffer, Wyatt Banks, Terry Gardner,

Absent: Council Member Roy Adams

Welcome: Mayor Brandon Humphries Opening Comments: Council Member Delbert Staheli Pledge: Mayor Brandon Humphries

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 April 9, 2025 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 April 9, 2025 through May 13, 2025 for the amount of $508,822.80 was reviewed by the Council. A motion to approve the accounts payables was made by Council Member Bill Fowler, seconded by Council Member Ron Lehm 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.

PUBLIC HEARING: To Hear Public Comment on Compensation Increases for Municipal Officers (Employees) FY 2025-2026. Council Member Jared Moody made a motion to open the Public Hearing. The motion was seconded by Council Member Ron Lehm and unanimously approved at 7:05 PM. Mayor Humphries reminded the audience and council on the nature of this hearing. Changes to the state code require a public hearing in advance of any merit increases for our Municipal Officers. Our attorney advised that this be done prior to the adoption of the Fiscal Year budget. Our Municipal Officers include Adam Bowler, Orrin Staheli and Brenden Moody. Merit increases are separate from COLA increases. There are no pending raises in mind. After all public comment was heard, Council Member Bill Fowler made a motion to close the Public Hearing at 7:15 PM. The motion was Seconded by Council Member Jared Moody and unanimously approved.

PUBLIC HEARING: To Hear Public Comment on the Tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. Council Member Jared Moody made a motion to open the Public Hearing at 7:18 PM. The motion was seconded by Council Member Bill Fowler and unanimously approved. Mayor Humphries and City Administrator Adam Bowler explained some of the projects planned for the upcoming fiscal year. There will be a Chip/Seal project that will include every street in town. The 625 E storm drain project will cross under Main Street. Wildland Funds will be expended to provide new turn-outs for the fire crew and the wildland fire crew plus new extraction tools. The Pendelton water tank chlorinator is now powered by Rocky Mountain Power. We are planning on changing that power over to city power. Rocky Mtn Power has a new policy for shutting off the power supply during certain conditions during wildfire season that could jeopardize our water supply. Switching the power supply at the Pendelton tank will cost about $20,000.00. We will be installing a new back-up generator for the waste water project plus the cleaning and inspection of the sewer lines. With the changes to the way impact fees have to be spent there are some smaller projects that we can do that we have waiting on. The project to rebuild the power transmission line from about the Beryl Cemetery into the City will cost about $7 million dollars. The state has taken away our ability to save for the big projects. Yvonne Colby asked how we could pay for things out of the Wildland fund when the account had a $3,000.00 and $7,000.00 deficit in past years plus subsidies that we received for being in a deficit. The City Administrator Adam Bowler stated that there is presently at least $300,000.00 in Wildland Fund. The Mayor stated that he would be happy to sit down with Ms. Colby and Adam and explain the Wildland Fund expenditures and income to her. After some additional clarification on some of the upcoming projects Council Member Ron Lehm made a motion to close the Public Hearing at 7:39 PM. The motion was seconded by Council Member Jared Moody and unanimously approved.

Administrative: Mayor Brandon Humphries

Consideration of Compensation Increases for Municipal Officers (Employees) FY 2025-2026. With no compensation increases planned in the near future Council Member Bill Fowler made a motion to table this agenda item. The motion was seconded by Council Member Ron Lehm and unanimously approved.

Administrative: Mayor Brandon Humphries

Consideration of Approval of the Tentative Budget for FY 2025-2026 and Setting a Date for Adoption of the Final Budget for FY 2025-2026. After a discussion, Council Member Bill Fowler made a motion to adopt the Tentative Budget for FY 2025-2026 and to set the date of June 11, 2025 to adopt The Final Budget for FY2025-2026 and the certified tax rate. The motion was seconded by Council Member Jared Moody and unanimously approved.

Streets: Council Member Delbert Staheli

Consideration of Adding a Four Way Stop at the Intersection of 625 E and 200 South. Rydel Reber is seeking a 4-way stop at that corner. After listening to resident input and discussing speed bumps as a possible way to slow traffic in the area, and improve public safety on 625 E, Council Member Delbert Staheli made a motion to add a 4-way stop at the intersection of 625 E and 200 South. The motion was seconded by Council Member Jared Moody and unanimously approved.

Newsletter: Kayla Gardner

Items for Upcoming Newsletter – New 4-way stop, Law Enforcement to monitor intersections more closely – Filing Period for Declarations of Candidacy for Mayor and 2 Council Seats is June 2 to June 6, 2025. Cornfest volunteers needed.

Next scheduled City Council Meeting May 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM

As there were no other items on the agenda, the meeting was adjourned at 8:03 PM

Respectfully Submitted:

Wendy L. Paine/Enterprise City Recorder