Fayette Town
90 South 100 East
HC 13 Box 300564
Fayette Utah 84630
Phone 435-528-5882
E-mail: fayette5882@gmail.com
FAYETTE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
THURSDAY APRIL 4, 2019 at 7:00pm at the TOWN HALL
AGENDA WAS FACILITATED BY MAYOR JED BARTHOLOMEW
Prayer was offered by Brandon Jensen
Call to order at 7:00pm
ROLL CALL, PATRICIA MURPHY, JOAN SPAINHOWER, KATHI WILLIAMS,JED BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN D. BOWN, BRANDON JENSEN
1) Minutes for March 7, 2019 Patricia made the motion to accept them and John seconded it. All agreed, Motion was passed.
2) Expenditures for March 7, 2019 Jed made motion to accept them and Joan seconded it. All agreed, Motion was passed.
3) We talked about the Grant from NRCS. Bryan Lyman talked about the flooding this August 2018. They need a ditch or culvert dug on the East side of the road to protect the houses on the West side. Greg Lyman talked about the flooding in his driveway. It was done once, but it still pools in the driveway. He would like to propose a culvert to drain the water away from his and others down the street.
Brandon talked to Mountainland and got a bid to do these projects. He also talked to NRCS about a grant to build a pond on BLM ground to help with flooding in Town. Patricia makes a motion to have Brandon fill out the paperwork to get a Grant for the pond. Joan seconded the motion. All in agreed. The motion passed
4) The extra Fencing has been asked for by the county and we talked about selling it to them. Brandon made a motion to sell the fencing to the county. Joan seconded it. All agreed. The Motion was passed.
5) The weeds need to be sprayed now and Joan mentioned Travis Goode to come cut the weeds. Patricia makes the motion to let Jed make the necessary decision. Joan seconded it. All agreed. The Motion passed
6) We need to have the park cleaned all summer. Should we just ask Jared to do the Park or hire someone else? We wanted to ask someone else. We will post it.
Brandon makes the Motion to ask for help with the cleaning of the Park, price negotiated. Joan seconded it. All agreed. The Motion passed.
7) We possibly could scan the checks into our system instead of traveling to the Bank all the time. Or we could do a website to have people pay through there. Patricia made the motion to check into the scanning and/or the website. Brandon seconded it. All agreed. The motion passed.
8) We, the Town, is in charge of the July 24th Celebration. Jed asked Mandy, his wife to please be the head of the committee. We need to find out what they have in the budget to spend. The Celebration will be held on Saturday,
July 27, 2019.
9) The ANTI-VIRUS on the Town computer has been causing problems for the Town Clerk. We need to purchase a new one and install it. John made the Motion to buy new Anti-virus program. Joan seconded it. Patricia Abstained. The Motion passed.
10) We need to do some painting in the building. Jed asked if he could buy paint.
The council agreed it would come out of the Capital Outlay fund.
11) Budget: We need to set a time to get the budget done. Joan will call and set up the CPA for a time he can meet with us.
12) Lawyer: We need to decide on a Lawyer to help the Town in the future. Patricia makes the Motion to check into a Lawyer to help us. Jed seconded the Motion. All agreed. The Motion was passed.
13) Concerning the EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS for the Town, there is a meeting on April 24th at 9AM at the Sherriff's office in Manti. Jed and Patricia will attend.
14) ALERTSENSE: All is ok. It has been sent to all in town if they want to sign up they will do it.
15) Our Website needs to change. The old things need to be taken off and just keep the new things on.
NO CITIZEN'S CONCERNS
TOWN COUNCIL TOPICS:
Nathan King brought in the water logs and said that all was well with the water. We need to look into someone else helping Nathan with the Water.
John Bown made mention of putting something in the newsletter about loose dogs.
Patricia talked about the newsletter. Council would like to put more in the Newsletter. Ask Town to be conservative with the water this year.
Joan Spainhower brought up that she needs to have some help at the Cemetery to backfill the trenches up there.
Jed mentioned that he wouldn't be able to attend Mayor's and Commissioner's meeting in April or May. Would anyone like to attend in his place? Brandon would be willing to attend.
Brandon makes motion to Adjourn. Patricia seconds it. All agree! 9:07 pm
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
In compliance with the DISABILITIES ACT, individuals needing special accommodations during this meeting should notify Kathi Williams, 528-5882, at least 24 hours before meeting.