Date:	October 8, 2025

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, Public Works Supervisor Orrin Staheli, Isaac Jones, Jana Dunford, Jason Knowles, Katherine Tohonnie, Kirsten Truman, Jerri Lehm, Yvonne Colby, Mark Stauffer, Mindee Davidson, Chris Davidson,

Absent: Council Member Jared Moody

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

Approve Agenda: The Council was presented with the agenda. After review a motion was made by Council Member Roy Adams to approve the agenda as corrected, the motion was seconded by Council Member Delbert Staheli and unanimously approved.

Approve Minutes: The minutes from the October 8, 2025 City Council Meeting were reviewed. A motion to accept the minutes as presented was made by Council Member Bill Fowler, seconded by Council Member Delbert Staheli and unanimously approved.

Accounts Payable: The accounts payable for the dates from September 10, 2025 through October 7, 2025 for the amount of $552,254.88 was reviewed by the Council. A motion to approve the accounts payables was made by Council Member Roy Adams, 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.

Sewer/Sanitation – Council Member Ronald Lehm

Report on the WCSWD Meeting – 10/06/25 - Council Member Lehm stated that an employee from the district is coming out to cleanup our dump station. The district will be hiring a new cleaner. The drivers have been very helpful. Mr. Lehm asked about making up a flyer to let our customers know that there would be a .34 cent increase for curbside pickup. The district is also looking into get back into the chipping business.

Consideration of the Purchase of a Wood Chipper – The mayor demoed a wood chipper with Aaron Prisbrey. There is an attachment that goes on the front of your skid steer that is custom made for your equipment. It works well for 6-inch branches and smaller, but is not right for the larger materials that we would like to use it on. The council came to the consensus that we should continue looking into pricing on getting help from the district, joining in on the chipping service that Cedar City contracts with, or buying our own, larger stump grinder or chipper.

Water – Mayor Brandon Humphries

Consideration of a New Water Meter System – the water meters that we currently use are no longer available for purchase. We are looking at phasing in new meters that are very similar to the power meters. We can replace just the radio read portion of our existing meters and then buy some whole meter units for new construction and replacements as needed. It will cost about $200,000 for the system, meters and master meters. The company that the city will contract with will secure a radio system, repeaters, etc. The new technology will increase functionality. The program will be able to detect leaks and send out alerts. A motion was made by Council Member Ron Lehm to approve the purchase of a new water meter system with the money that we have set aside for this project over time. The motion was seconded by Council Member Bill Fowler and unanimously approved.

Discussion on Water Rights - one of the biggest challenges that we face with the water rights that we own is the changes the state has made to the rules governing those rights. The water is owned by the state. The right to use the water is owned by city. The state over allocated water rights, and now is trying to fix that. The most senior rights that the city owns will stay as they are. But the city has newer rights that are now set to expire in 2030. The effected 400-acre feet, that we could lose, are technically not being used at this time. It now looks like the cuts may not happen, but they could. Water rights could be taken at any time. The city wants to buoy our water shares. The city will need to secure more to protect its interests. We are looking into reusing or returning water out of our sewer lagoons for water credit. It is not a completely new concept; other states have done it for years. To take part, we would have to meter our water out. Once the engineers complete our water survey, we can rewrite our ordinances requiring water rights, or the money to buy water rights with new development.

Planning & Zoning – Council Member Jared Moody

Report on the October 7, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting – City Administer Adam Bowler reported that the planning commission approved the preliminary subdivision plat for the Prisbrey’s Willow Springs Subdivision. When completed there will be 70 lots. The plans include trees, a pavilion with parking, and water detention.

Streets – Council Member Delbert Staheli

Consideration of Pouring a Street Gutter on 100 N – between Bushar’s property and the town homes, we want to cut a ditch across the road and pour concrete to line it. It will cost between $25,000.00 to $30,000.00. We would like a to complete this project before winter. The construction will close down the road for about a week. Council Member Roy Adams made motion to approve this drainage project on 100 N. The motion was seconded by Council Member Ron Lehm and unanimously approved.

Power – Council Member Bill Fowler

Consideration of Approval of a Purchase Agreement for Fremont Solar Project through approval and adoption of Res. 2025-007. The last time the council met to consider a power project it was a natural gas project. That project and the IPP conversion to natural gas are still moving forwarded but are taking more time than anticipated. UAMPS is working on reserving the transmission line space for those projects. UAMPS is continuing to look at hydrogen, geothermal and solar options. This Fremont power project is now at the point that we can enter into an agreement to purchase the power that it will eventually be supplying. What makes this solar project viable is their battery storage. The desire is to have a varied portfolio to purchase power from. It helps hedge issues in the one type of energy or another. Cost per megawatt hour 35.45 which is about 3.5 cents per kilowatt hour. It would be good to have an investment in this energy source to back up our other suppliers of power. We are not buying the power plant, just committing to buy power from the plant. At a percentage of what they will produce. We are still buying power on the open market, because our use is outpacing our available resources. We have to prove that we are resource sufficient. This is a 25-year agreement. The plant will come online between 2027-2028. After a lengthy discussion, Council Member Ron Lehm made a motion to approve and adopt Resolution 2025-007 approving the Purchase Power Agreement for the Fremont Solar Project. The motion was seconded by Council Member Bill Fowler and unanimously approved by voice vote.

Newsletter – Kayla Gardner

Items for Upcoming Newsletter- Road projects for the storm drain system.

Next scheduled City Council Meeting October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM

As there were no other items on the agenda, the meeting was adjourned at 9:31 PM

Respectfully Submitted:

Wendy L. Paine/Enterprise City Recorder