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, JANUARY 5, 2023
LOCATED AT FAYETTE TOWN HALL AT 7PM
FACILITATED BY MAYOR JED BARTHOLOMEW
CALL TO ORDER: 7:07 PM
ROLL CALL: JED BARTHOLOMEW, MAYOR, BRYAN LYMAN, JOHN BOWN, MELISSA MELLOR, KELLY SUE MELLOR
PRAYER: BRYAN LYMAN
1) REVIEW MINUTES: Bryan made the motion to accept the minutes. Kelly Sue seconded the motion. The motion passed.
2) REVIEW EXPENDITURES: Kelly sue made the motion to accept the expenditures. Melissa seconded the motion. The motion passed
3) NATHAN KING WATER REPORT: All of the tests were taken and turned in to be tested. It will cost the Town $300 to Re-Certify Nathan. They will let the Clerk know when to pay. Nathan is still looking for Heaters and Chlorine testers. John made the motion to allow another $600 for the heaters and the testers. Bryan seconded the motion. The motion passed.
4) WHITE'S SANITATION WOULD LIKE SOME TIME TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL: White's came to the meeting to ask how everything was going for us and to set up our yearly Town clean-up. Our Town Clean-Up will be April 24th thru May 1st, with the dumping of the container on Thursday of that week. He wanted us to know that the Landfill will probably be raising rates soon and to be aware of that issue. He also made mention to make sure our cans are up by the road or they won't be picked up. All else was fine.
5) HOSPITAL REPORT: LaMar Bartholomew came to let us know what is going on at the Gunnison Valley Hospital. He is Fayette's Representative. Gunnison Hospital is one of the 9 independent hospitals in the State. They are doing really well and trying to compete with IHC. They are building a Clinic in Manti and they now own their own CT SCANNER. They want to stay in the area and always be there for the people of the Valley.
6) WATER UPGRADE WITH SUNRISE ENGINEERING: Sunrise is helping us look for another water source. Also they will help us get a grant to pay for it. We are in need of another source for our Town water.
7) LIGHTNING PROTECTION FOR TOWN HALL: The bid to get a Lightning protection put on our building would cost us $10,000. We decided we didn't need it at this time.
8) ORDINANCES THAT NEED TO BE APPROVED AND UPDATED, NEW ONES ALSO The Town Council approved and signed 12 different ordinances for the Town. 10 of which were already approved but needed signatures. One new one was the Burn ordinance that we agreed and had approved but not voted on. They also have a new ordinance for renting out property for ARBNB properties if needed.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST: John made the motion to accept the CONFLICT OF INTERST. Kelly Sue seconded it. Melissa Abstained. The Motion was passed.
WATER ORDINANCE: Bryan made the motion to accept the Ordinance. John seconded the motion. The Motion was passed.
TRAVEL POLICY: Bryan made the motion to accept the Travel Policy. John seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE: Kelly Sue made the motion to accept the SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE. Bryan seconded the motion. The Motion was passed.
PROCURRING A FEE ACCOUNTANT: Bryan made the motion to accept the PROCURRING A FEE ACCOUNTANT. John seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
PROCUREMENT POLICY: Kelly Sue made the motion to accept the PROCUREMENT POLICY. Bryan seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
OPEN BURN SEASON DATES: John made the motion to accept the OPEN BURN SEASON DATES. Melissa seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
PERSONAL USE OF ENTITY ASSETS POLICY: Kelly Sue made the motion to accept the PERSONAL USE OF ENTITY ASSETS POLICY. Melissa seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
IT AND COMPUTER SECURITY POLICY: Bryan made the motion to accept the IT AND COMPUTER SECURITY POLICY. Kelly Sue seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
REPORTING FRAUD OR ABUSE POLICY: Melissa made the motion to accept the REPORTING FRAUD OR ABUSE POLICY. Kelly Sue seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR POLICY: Bryan made the motion to accept the ETHICAL BEHAVIOR POLICY. John seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
CASH RECEIPTS AT SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS: Kelly Sue made the motion to accept the CASH RECEIPTS AT SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS. Bryan seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
9) COMPUTER FOR TOWN CLERK: The Clerk needs a bigger computer for the office and the communication system needs a certain computer. Bryan made the motion to purchase another computer not to exceed $2500. John seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
10) MOVE MONEY FOR A COUPLE MORE BILLS We had some bills that exceeded our account so we need to move money from our Capital account to our Town account. Bryan made the motion to move $10,125 to the Town account. Kelly Sue seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
11) DELINQUENT WATER BILLS: We will address this at another time.
12) ADDRESS WHAT BRANDON HAS DONE FOR THE CEMETERY: Brandon got our funding for the Cemetery and is working on it now.
13) PUT AD IN PAPER FOR THIS YEAR FOR SPRAYING WEEDS ALONG THE ROAD: We need to put an AD in the papers to get a bid on spraying the weeds along the road during the spring and summer.
14) ADDRESS THE CRACK SEALING FOR THE ROADS: We are going to do the Crack and Sealing of the roads in the spring. It will be done by the Hales sand and gravel.
15) ADDRESS THE SIX COUNTY ADMIN PROGRAM FOR TOWNS: Six County is doing a PILOT PROGRAM WITH A CITY ADMINISTRATOR. We would like to do this also. This would be with one City Administrator for all of the Towns in Six Counties.
16) TALK ABOUT TRAINING: We all need to repeat this training and then turn in Certificates to the Clerk.
CITIZEN'S CONCERNS
TOWN COUNCIL ITEMS:
JED BARTHOLOMEW, MAYOR: Water, Weeds, Office, Cemetery
BRYAN LYMAN: Flags, P&Z, Park
JOHN BOWN: Animal Control, Fire Meeting's, Cemetery:
There were 2 instances reported to the animal control person. Both were taken care of with good results.
KELLY SUE MELLOR: Celebrations, Grants
MELISSA MELLOR: Website, Newsletter, Emergency Preparedness:
Melissa wanted to know what to do with EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. The Council gave her some ideas of things she could do to help the town with Emergency Preparedness. She could even do some classes on certain Emergency things.
ADJOURNMENT OF TOWN MEETING: Bryan made the motion to adjourn the meeting. Kelly Sue seconded the motion. The motion was passed.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm
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