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
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2022
LOCATED AT FAYETTE TOWN HALL AT 7PM
FACILITATED BY MAYOR JED BARTHOLOMEW
CALL TO ORDER: 7:06 PM
ROLL CALL: Jed Bartholomew, Mayor, Bryan Lyman, Melissa Mellor, John Bown, Kelly Sue Mellor (on speaker phone)
PRAYER: Jed Bartholomew
1) REVIEW MINUTES: Bryan made the motion to accept the Minutes. John and Melissa seconded the motion. The Minutes were accepted.
2) REVIEW EXPENDITURES: John made the motion to accept the Expenditures. Bryan seconded the motion. The Expenditures were accepted.
3) NATHAN KING WATER REPORT: Nathan wasn't present at the meeting, the Mayor explained what was going on at the Spring. We have one pump working and the other is close to working or might be working as of now.
Nathan missed one sample so we got points against us again.
Nathan said that they located the sample, but Jed hadn't heard from the Rural Water yet.
Jay is going to take test tomorrow. We are still trying to get help for the Town water.
4) MARGENE MELLOR WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL: Margene is helping with a program for Gunnison Community Cares. They are going to have a Community Fun Night on May 23, 2022 for all in the community. They are doing booth and they would like Fayette to donate 100 bottles of pop for the ring toss booth. John made the Motion to donate $250 to the Community for the booth. Melissa seconded the motion. The motion passed.
5) FIRE DEPARTMENT: Jed attended the Fire Department meeting. They need more funds from the towns. Fayette donated a large amount from CARES so we won't be donating this time. Meetings will be held quarterly.
6) CLEAN-UP OF TOWN: We won't be doing a Town clean-up day. We can donate a treat to the Young Men and Young women if they do a clean-up project. They will let us know.
7) BUDGET: We need to have a CPA to help us with our budget twice a year. The Clerk will check with Rick Roberts again to see if they would do this for us, if not we will try someone else.
Kenton & Burdick and Mike Jorgensen were both mentioned.
8) REPLACING THE CEMENT IN THE ROADS: The cement culverts are going to be fixed this next month. Three of them need to be raised up so that it is a better drive. Cory Jensen is doing the job for us.
John made the Motion to donate $100 to the Miss Gunnison Pageant. Melissa seconded the motion. Motion passed.
CITIZEN'S CONCERNS: Dave Wood was in attendance and asked if we had a 'Dark Sky Ordinance' in Town. There is one house that is leaving on lights all night and it seems to be a problem.
Bryan will talk to the citizen and see if they can turn down their lights.
EMERGENCY SESSION (If needed)
TOWN COUNCIL ITEMS:
JED BARTHOLOMEW, MAYOR: Water, Weeds, Office, Cemetery: The Clerk asked if we can discuss paying Katie for doing the Recorder position. We will put it on the Agenda for next month.
We need to lock Quaide's water meter. We aren't sure what is going on with his property.
Need to spray the Cemetery weeds now because Summer is coming soon.
BRYAN LYMAN: Flags, P&Z, Park: Could we get more sand for the Volleyball sand pit? The wind loves to blow it all away.
JOHN BOWN: Animal Control, Fire Meeting's, Cemetery
KELLY SUE MELLOR: Celebrations, Grants
MELISSA MELLOR: Website, Newsletter, Emergency Preparedness: Melissa asked if there was a way to put more sidewalks into the Town, especially in front of the Park. We discussed this issue before and it doesn't seem possible, but we can look into it more.
ADJOURNMENT OF TOWN MEETING
Bryan made the motion to adjourn the meeting. John seconded the motion.
Motion passed. Meeting was adjourned at 8:15pm.
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