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Elwood

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Elwood Town

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Elwood Town Council Meeting Dec Mins

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Public Meetings

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Event Start Date & Time

December 14, 2021 07:00 PM

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Elwood Town Council Meeting Dec 14, 2021 The Elwood Town Council met at the Elwood Town Hall, 5235 West 8800 North, Elwood, Utah, at 7:00, Dec 14, 2021. The following members were present consisting of a quorum. Keenan Nelson Mayor Scott Goodliffe Councilmember Mike Pace Councilmember John Howard Councilmember Mark Lay Councilmember Staff present at this meeting Gina Marble Town Clerk Steve Woerner Public Works Others present at this meeting WELCOME Lacy Richard via phone ADMINISTRATION Pledge of allegiances Councilmember Pace gave the opening prayer. Mayor Nelson welcomed everyone to the meeting. Minutes for the Nov 9, 2021 town council meetings was presented for approval. Councilmember Pace made a motion to approve the minutes for November 9, 2021. Councilmember Howard seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Councilmember Goodliffe stated that minutes we just passed, in ordinance 11.02, it removed the town council from the final approval process for the major subdivisions. Mayor Nelson stated that the town council should have final approval in the process for the major subdivision. Lacy Richard reported that the reason Planning and Zoning did that was to help streamline the process faster and to shorten up the timeline. Lacy stated that if we want to change it back that wouldn't be a problem. The council agreed to amend the ordinance for the next meeting to have the town council be the final say of approval for the major subdivisions. Item#1 iWorqs program-Gina reported on iWorkq and the Canon program, iWorq will help tract the building permits and has a flow chart other cities and the county use it. iWorq backs up the building permits. Canon works more with all the documents, you scans the document in and enter it in the system and you can search for the document not the folder it also has a flow chart. Canon backs up your documents. Mayor Nelson stated that he like the idea of the flow chart. Councilmember Lay stated that canon is a well-know name and backing up files is very important. Councilmember Goodliffe would like to get some feedback from the engineer firm and see what they think or what they use. Councilmember Howard stated I think the engineers will go with whatever one we choose. Councilmember Howard asked Gina what she thought. Gina stated that if you want to tract building permits iWorq is the way to go but if you're looking for more than Canon is the way to go. Councilmember Goodliffe stated that Canon is less money. The Council wanted to wait and talk to the engineer. Item#2 Planning Commission- Councilmember Lay sent out an email to report on the planning commission. Councilmember Lay reported that there were 2 building permits issued for Cottonwood Landing Subdivision. Jeff Spenst is looking to do a flag lot, no public hearing is required and the planning commission approved the flag lot and it's a minor subdivision. Item#3 Sheriff's Department Report- Officer Cluff was not present, nothing to report. Item#4 Animal Control Report- nothing to report. Item#5 Select a town engineer- Councilmember Goodliffe stated with the discussion we had we will accept Jones and Associates to be the towns new engineering firm. Councilmember Goodliffe made a motion to appoint Jones and Associates as the town engineers. Councilmember Pace seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. WATER Steve Woerner stated that the draft for the 40 year plan in done, Steve asked the councilmember's to look over it and if they had any questions to get with Steve. Steve would like to get it adopted at the next town council meeting. SEWER Steve Woerner reported that the sewer is in for the Cottonwood Landing subdivision and they are starting on the water. Mayor Nelson stated that they will be rerouting the agricultural tile drain lines that goes through the subdivision and fixing any damage caused by installing the water and sewer lines to them. PARKS AND RECREATION Mayor Nelson asked the council if they wanted to have the 4th of July celebration this year, the council thinks we should plan on it if we can. ROADS Councilmember Goodliffe stated that the bridge on 8000 north is closed, Scott reported that we applied for a loan for $800,000to help with cost for the bridge. We should know in a few weeks if we will receive the loan. It will be a 10 year loan and we will pay $46,000 in interest over the 10 years if we receive the loans to fix the bridge. EMERGENCY PREPARDNESS Councilmember Howard had nothing to report. OTHER Item# 5 Executive session-discussion for a town engineer Councilmember Howard made a motion to close the town meeting. Councilmember Goodliffe seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Councilmember Lay made a motion to open the executive session. Councilmember Pace seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Councilmember Pace made a motion to close the executive session. Councilmember Lay seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Councilmember Pace made a motion to open the town council meeting. Councilmember Lay seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Councilmember Goodliffe made a motion to adjourn, Councilmember Howard seconded the motion and the remaining council agreed. Meeting was adjourned at 8:48p.m. The undersigned duly acting and appointed clerk for Elwood Town Corporation hereby certifies that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Town Council meeting held on the 14th day of December 2021. Dated this the 11th day of January 2022. ________________________________ Gina R Marble, Elwood Town Clerk

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Contact Gina Marble @ 435-257-5518

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5235 w 8800 n
Elwood , UT 84337
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Contact Name

Gina Marble

Contact Email

elwood@elwoodtown.com

Contact Phone

(435)257-5518

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January 13, 2022 02:01 PM

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