Woodruff Town Board Meeting
July 15, 2025
Minutes from the Woodruff Town Board meeting held July 15, 2025 at the Town Hall at 5:00 p.m.
Those present:
Mayor Scott Sabey
Council Members:
Joel Marler (801) 567-1194, joelmarler@me.com
Monika Schulthess (435) 881-9098, m.schulthess@hotmail.com
Raymond Frandsen (801) 448-1545
Seiko Webb (801) 824-1495, seiko.webb@gmail.com
Clerk: Allie Deru (435) 793-4201, woodruff@allwest.net
Others Present:
Chris Schulthess
Mayor Sabey opened the meeting. Chris Schulthess came to the meeting to discuss some water business. Ocie Frazier wants water back to his house that is in town. The line is made of lead so JBar is going to replace the line and then the town will replace the line from the main into the house if needed. He changed three meters (Stuart's, Chandler's and Joel Marler's cabin) last month and reminded the board that him and his helper get $50 per meter that is changed. Dana Slabaugh and Cindy Stuart's gym meter were both fixed while JBar was here as well. Chris Schulthess ordered some new parts to replace the broken meters that don't have the double check valves on them. They are $250 a piece. He can just take the meter out and replace the meter with the new setter. It will be October or November before they come so he will most likely replace them next Spring. Ten have been ordered and that should be enough to cover all of the broken meters around town.
The board has decided to not go ahead with the alerting system for the town. It is a lot of money for the amount of times that it will be used. Monika Schulthess researched some different options than the first system that was discussed. There is a program called Dial My Calls that you can pay for credits as you go. 500 credits (one message is one credit) for $323 per year. The town could choose to pay monthly or yearly. The board does think that it would be a good idea to have something in place in case of an emergency. There could be a flyer sent in the mail where people could sign up for these alerts if they wanted to. There was a conversation about it being integrated with our website. GoDaddy also has a bill pay option that will be explord more. This is going to discussed more in the future after some more research.
Raymond Frandsen brought up a discussion for bill pay for the town. He suggested getting a box to put on the town hall that people could drop their money into as another option. His opinion is that it is important to keep using the post office so that they will stay open for us instead of moving towards all online bill pay.
The 4th of July went really well. The food amounts worked out well and the parade was awesome as well as the dance. Allie Deru suggested paying for the Smith's groceries with a check next year because there have been issues with the credit card not having enough limit on it after the rest of the 4th of July purchases. There needs to either be a few more portable toilets next year or more toilet paper because each of them ran out of toilet paper. The East portable toilet also needs to be in a different location because the cattle trailer was parked blocking the entrance into it. Another thing that the board discussed was adding cones to block off the area for the parking by the arena. Seiko Webb also suggested that we get someone else to be over the parking next year because Jeanine Stacey has done it for a long time. The snow cones went well and ran out of one flavor, Root Beer. Joel Marler suggested a 'bag in a box' for pop next year instead of hauling cans in. There was an extra speaker that we didn't use for the rodeo and it was loud enough for everyone to hear. Mayor Sabey is going to return that speaker since we won't need it in the future.
The board had a discussion about renting the pavilion in the future. This will be discussed more.
The bid for the tourism grant money to fix the town hall sidewalks and possibly the roof was posted with no reply from any companies that wanted to do the work. Mayor Sabey is going to talk to Hunter Brothers and Mike Croft to see if they would be interested in the job.
The town board had a discussion about the potential of making more money from the 4th of July celebration. There are a lot of different options that the town could do differently just to make sure the town at least breaks even from the celebration. The price of cheeseburgers was higher this year and only a couple of people complained but overall, the board agreed that the prices were fair and good. Next year, maybe don't do any chips because there was only one box that was used. We also need more pop next year.
Monika Schulthess made a motion to approve July minutes. Seiko Webb seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Monika Schulthess made a motion to approve the August bills. Joel Marler seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
Joel Marler suggested having a 'Meet the Candidate' night to get to know the candidates that are running in the upcoming election. Everyone in town would be invited and it could be held at the town hall. The board feels that it would be beneficial to get to know each candidate because not everyone in the town knows each person running. This would give the candidates a chance to answer questions and present their ideas. It was suggested to get a neutral person to take over this meeting and promote a 'Meet the Candidate' night.
Meeting was adjourned at 6:15 p.m.
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Clerk
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify the town clerk at 435-793-4201.