Wellington City Council Meeting Minutes
Meeting held Wednesday, November 24, 2021
at the Wellington City Hall
Located at 150 West Main Street, Wellington, Utah
at 6:00 P.M.
Present: Councilmen Zauss, Councilmen Wells, Councilmen Timothy, Councilmember Perea, Mayor Noyes
Absent: Councilmen Pell
City Staff: Gracie Procarione - City Recorder Tom Kosmack - Police Chief
Attendees: Shad Loveland, Carolyn Zauss, Nikolas Parker, Joan Powell
Agenda Item #1 Public Comment Period
There were no public comments for this meeting.
Agenda Item #2 Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call, and Approval of Previous Minutes
Mayor Noyes stated that Councilmen Pell would not be joining us tonight, and then welcomed everyone to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Minutes for the November 10, 2021, minutes were then looked over.
Motion: Councilmen Timothy made a motion to approve the City Council Minutes from November 10, 2021, with a second from Councilmen Zauss with the rest of the Council following in favor.
Agenda Item #3 Nikolas Parker - Utility Billing
Mr. Parker came to talk to City Council about his utility billing through Wellington City. He believes that there is a discrepancy in the billing and is asking the city to investigate it. He explained that when he works for the Police Department that $50.00 of this check was taken out and put into his utility billing account, that was stopped in August of this year. Nikolas Parker is going to come into the office on December 6th to meet with both Gracie and Rebecca to conclude about this situation.
Agenda Item #4 Shad Loveland - Ordinance 2020-02
Mr. Loveland came to speak to Wellington City Council about getting another variance to live on his property in a trailer while his house is being built. Mr. Loveland has already been pre-approved for a loan and is going through the process of picking a floor plan with his General Contractor right now. This property is sitting on 1st East in Wellington and the trailer is currently hooked up with sewer and water and they are current on all their bills. City Council approved the variance but still need to go to Planning and Zoning to get a variance set up. Councilmen Timothy asked that Loveland came back to City Council in four months and gave an update.
Agenda Item #5 Joan Powell - OHV Trail
Joan Powell came in front of City Council to talk about getting an additional $6,000.00 to pay for the surveying done by Jones and DeMille. This money will come out of the Local Sales Tax and the money is already in Caselle and ready to be transferred.
Motion: Councilmen Wells made a motion to grant the $6,000.00 to the OHV Trail with a second from Councilmen Zauss. The rest of the council then followed in favor.
Agenda Item #6 Canvas of Election
City Council looked over all percentages of the election and was able to see exactly who received what percentage of the votes.
Motion: Councilmen Zauss made a motion to approve the Canvas of Election and a second was made by Councilmember Perea. The rest of the council then followed in order.
Agenda Item #7 Resolution 2021-16
Resolution 2021-16 is about making City Departments required to get council approval before spending more than $2,500.00 in a single transaction. This way Council can keep a close eye on all budgets.
Motion: Councilmember Perea made a motion to approve Resolution 2021-16 with a second by Councilmen Wells. The rest of council then followed in order with approval.
Agenda Item #8 Update CIB Yearly Priority List
Council decided to not look at this agenda item until 2022 when the new councilmembers are in office and can be apart of the decision-making process.
Agenda Item #9 Voucher and Warrants
There were no vouchers or warrants for this meeting.
Agenda Item #10 Council Reports
Councilmember Perea mentioned that she is still in contact with Mario at Sunrise to talk about the process of the Water Project and potential grants.
Councilmen Wells mentioned getting a Master Meter set up and going with Secondary Water.
Agenda Item #11 Mayoral Reports
Mayor Noyes did not have anything to include on this session of City Council.
Agenda Item #12 Adjourned
The City Council meeting was adjourned at 7:15 PM
Motion: Councilmember Perea made a motion to close this session of City Council with a second from Councilmen Wells. The rest of council then followed in favor.
Meeting adjourned at 7:15 PM
Next meeting will be December 8, 2021, at 6:00 P.M. at the Wellington City Hall.
Minutes approved by City Council on _____________________
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Paula Noyes - Wellington City Mayor
ATTEST:
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Gracie Procarione - Wellington City Recorder
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