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Municipality

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Elwood

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Elwood Town

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Elwood Town Council Meeting Mins

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Public Meetings

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Notice, Meeting

Event Start Date & Time

June 13, 2023 07:00 PM

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Elwood Town Council Meeting June 13, 2023 The Elwood Town Council met at the Elwood Town Hall, 5235 West 8800 North, Elwood, Utah, at 7:00, June 13, 2023. The following members were present consisting of a quorum. Keenan Nelson Mayor Scott Goodliffe Councilmember Mark Lay Councilmember Mike Pace Councilmember Lynn Hardy Councilmember Staff present at this meeting Gina Marble Town Clerk Steve Woerner Public Works Others present at this meeting Marianne Shaffer Devere Hansen William Call Marc & Deb Allred Britton Hayden Wade Detwiler Kylie Larkin WELCOME ADMINISTRATION Councilmember Lay gave the prayer Pledge of allegiances Councilmember Lay made a motion to open the Public Hearing. Councilmember Hardy seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Mayor Nelson welcomed everyone to the meeting, Mayor Nelson reported on the 2022-2023 Revised budget and the 2023-2024 operating budget. Mayor Nelson reported regarding the revised budget, we had covid money this year and it was a onetime thing. The appropriated fund balance is a line item we use to balance. The other professional service was higher than we expected due to the engineering, planner and attorney. The city is in good shape. Mayor Nelson asked if anyone had any comments or questions. There was none. Mayor Nelson reported on the 2023-2024 operating budget, Mayor stated we are budgeting $10,000 for tile drains, the lines affect everyone in town. We had to budget the $61,000 for the loan payment for the bridge. Mayor Nelson explained we had to budget more for the Parks and Cemetery for the water we use. Mayor Nelson reported that we gave Gina and Steve a raise and we had to budget for a helper for Steve. Mayor Nelson stated that the loan payment for the water is $110,715 and the sewer loan is $47,000. Because of the depreciation, it looks like the water account is in the red, but we are in good shape. Mayor Nelson asked if there was any public comment or questions? Britton Hayden asked how do you get the income on the fire protection? Gina reported that the citizens pay $5.00 for fire protection on the water bill. William Call asked if we were doing an impact fee study? Mayor Nelson reported that yes we are working on one, we are waiting for the general plan to get finished then we could move forward. Britton Hayden asked if we were going to be doing a new water tank? Mayor Nelson reported yes we are it's in the plan for the future. William Call asked what depreciation was? Mayor Nelson reported it's the water and sewer lines, water tanks and things like that. Councilmember Pace made a motion to close the Public Hearing. Councilmember Hardy seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Councilmember Hardy made a motion to open the public meeting. Councilmember Lay seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Minutes for the May 9, 17, & 26 2023 town council meetings were presented for approval. Councilmember Hardy made a motion to approve the minutes for May 9,17 & 26, 2023. Councilmember Lay seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#2 Resolution 2023-002 operating 2023-2024 budget, Mayor Nelson asked the council if they had any questions regarding the budget, but no one had any questions. Councilmember Hardy made a motion to approve Resolution 2023-002. Councilmember Lay seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#3 Resolution 2023-003 revised 2022-2023 budget, Mayor Nelson asked the council if they had any questions regarding the revised budget, but no one had any questions. Councilmember Goodliffe made a motion to approve Resolution 2023-003. Councilmember Pace seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#4 Sunset Vista Phase 1 amended 1 plat adjustment-Jeff Spenst-Mayor Hardy reported that one parcel in the subdivision is going to be larger, the planning commission approved it and recommended it to town council. Councilmember Lay made a motion to approve the Sunset Vista Phase 1 amended subdivision. Councilmember Hardy seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#5 Spenst Minor Subdivision amended 2 plat adjustment-Jeff Spenst. Mayor Nelson reported that the planning commission approved it and recommended to the town council. Councilmember Pace made a motion to approve the Spenst Minor subdivision amended 2 plat adjustment. Councilmember Hardy seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#6 Elwood Crossing Subdivision phase 2 preliminary plat- Marc presented the phase 2 preliminary plat it's 3 lots. I have a buyer for the 5 acre lot he wants to put storage units on the property. Mayor Nelson stated that the planning commission approved it and recommended it to town council. Councilmember Pace made a motion to approve Elwood Crossing subdivision phase 2 preliminary. Councilmember Lay seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#7 WKD Subdivision Final Plat-Wade Detwiler presented his subdivision, it's a one lot we are building our home on an acre. Mayor Nelson stated that the planning commission approved it and recommended it to town council. Councilmember Hardy made a motion to approve the WKD subdivision. Councilmember Goodliffe seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#8 Appointing 2 planning commission members- Mayor Nelson stated he thought he could appoint the planning commission members and I asked Britton Hayden to serve on the commission. Mayor Nelson asked the council if they had anyone at the meeting that they would like to have on the commission. They council stated no they just had names. Councilmember Pace stated Henry Thompson or Darwin Nielsen, Councilmember Goodliffe stated that Laurie Nielsen or Erika Bywater would be good. Councilmember Hardy stated Kevin Hall or Desiree Larson would be great. Mayor Nelson asked them to please bring them to the next council meeting. Councilmember Pace made a motion to appoint Britton Hayden to serve on the planning commission. Councilmember Hardy seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#9 Animal Control Report- nothing to report. Item#10 Planning Commission- Councilmember Lay emailed the report from the meeting. They appointed Quinn Hamson as the new chairman. Item#11 Sheriff's Department Report- Officer was not present. Item#12-Open Meeting Act Training and fraud assessment-Gina Marble trained the council on the open meeting act and talked about fraud assessment. WATER Steve reported that he has been working with Shane and Robert Shaw regarding the secondary water property, Robert will get back with me. SEWER There was nothing to report. PARKS AND RECREATION Steve reported that the park needs a lot of work done. ROADS Steve reported we have been doing some shoulder repair. Steve reported that we have 3 bridges on the list to get replaced this year. The Hunsaker bridge we will have to have a cost match it will be around $100,000 but the other 2 we don't have to match. The Hunsaker bridge I hope will be done this fall. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS There was nothing to report. OTHER Councilmember Lay made a motion to close the town council meeting and move into the executive session. Councilmember Hardy seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Councilmember Pace made a motion to close the executive session and move into the town council meeting. Councilmember Lay seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Councilmember Hardy made a motion to adjourn, Councilmember Lay seconded the motion and the remaining council agreed. The meeting was adjourned at 8:56 p.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 Town Council meeting minutes held on the 13th day of June 2023. Dated this the 11th day of July 2023. ________________________________ Gina R Marble, Elwood Town Clerk

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5235 W 8800 N
Elwood , UT 84337
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Gina Marble

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elwood@elwoodtown.com

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(435)257-5518

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July 17, 2023 06:27 PM

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