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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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Event Start Date & Time

July 11, 2023 07:00 PM

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Elwood Town Council Meeting July 11, 2023 The Elwood Town Council met at the Elwood Town Hall, 5235 West 8800 North, Elwood, Utah, at 7:00, July 11, 2023. The following members were present consisting of a quorum. Keenan Nelson Mayor Scott Goodliffe 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 Wade Detwiler Devere Hansen Marc & Deb Allred WELCOME ADMINISTRATION Councilmember Lay was absent Councilmember Hardy gave the prayer Pledge of allegiances Minutes for the June 13 & 20 2023 town council meetings were presented for approval. Councilmember Hardy made a motion to approve the minutes for June 13 & 20, 2023. Councilmember Pace seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#1 Elwood Crossing Subdivision Phase 2 Final Approval- Mayor Nelson reported that the planning commission approved the final phase 2 Elwood Crossing Subdivision and recommended it to the town council. Councilmember Pace made a motion to approve the Elwood Crossing Subdivision Phase 2. Councilmember Goodliffe seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#2 WKD Minor subdivision plan amendment 8000 north- Mayor Nelson reported that the planning commission approved the amendment to the subdivision and recommended it to town council. Mayor Nelson stated that the amendment adds 1/2 acre to the subdivision. Councilmember Hardy made a motion to approve the amendment to the WKD minor subdivision. Councilmember Pace seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#3 Henry Thompson Preliminary Subdivision-no one was present, they asked to be on the agenda next month. Item#4 Fire Restrictions on the 24th of July-Mayor Nelson asked the council to consider on putting a fire restriction in place. Mayor Nelson explained we normally follow the county but they haven't put on in place yet. No fireworks will be allowed in Elwood Town during July 19-Aug 1, 2023. The council agreed to put the restrictions in place. Councilmember Lay made a motion to have a fire restriction in Elwood during July 19-Aug 1, 2023. Councilmember Goodliffe seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#5 Appointing 1 new planning commission member-Mayor Nelson stated Tyler Pugsley and Kevin Hall are the 2 candidates. Tyler addressed the council, he stated he works for Brigham City in public works, he has helped apply for grants and seen a lot of the growth we are experiencing. He has been a lifelong citizen and loves the community. Tyler stated that Elwood has made great strides and with great planning we can continue that. I would love to serve and see it going in a positive direction. Councilmember Goodliffe asked Mr. Pugsley if he served on the planning commission before Tyler stated yes he served for 2 years. Councilmember Goodliffe asked Tyler what his vision for the town is. Tyler stated growth is going to happen and we need to not put the burden on the citizens. We need to make sure we have a good general plan that's understandable and that the council and planning commission understands, our community supports agricultural. Councilmember Hardy asked Tyler how many grants has Brigham City got. Tyler stated we got a few, yes there is money out there we just need time and get it. Mayor Nelson thanked him for coming and volunteer to help. Kevin Hall addressed the council, he stated he was on the planning commission and served as chair for 2 years and was also on the hospital board I helped to get the hospital here. He stated that he has experience with talking to people and he believes Elwood is right for the picking and he stated he could help the planning commission move forward. Elwood has the freeway entrances and people will locate here. Kevin explained he wants to help plan for streets, parks and recreation, we need to stop building the homes on the roads. The traffic needs to go down the main areas and we need to plan for that. We need to plan Elwood out, he has lived in Elwood since 1986. Mayor Nelson stated we are moving toward that right now. Councilmember Pace asked Kevin if he had a plan on getting the sewer under the freeway. Kevin stated that we need someone on planning to go after grants and get the money, he stated that the town could step it up a lot. Councilmember Goodliffe stated that the planning commission recommended that we have an alternate member. Councilmember Pace asked if the alternate would make all the meetings. Mayor Nelson thanked both Tyler and Kevin for taking the time to serve on the commission. Councilmember Hardy made a motion to appoint Kevin Hall as a planning commission member and Tyler Pugsley as an alternate member. Councilmember Goodliffe seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#6 Secondary Water-Steve Woerner reported Robert Shaw subdivision is moving forward, it's a 4 lot subdivision. Elwood will own one lot for the secondary pond. Robert counter offered $150,000.00 for the lot but the lots will have no sewer or water hooks with them. Robert will pay for them as the time comes to build. Councilmember Goodliffe made a motion to approve $150,000 for the Robert Shaw subdivision. Councilmember Lay seconded the motion. The voting was unanimous in favor of the motion. Item#7 Animal Control Report- nothing to report. Item#8 Planning Commission- Councilmember Goodliffe emailed the report from the meeting. They appointed Quinn Hamson as the new chairman and Curtis Crouch is the vice chair. The commission talked about roads and city wide zoning. Item#9 Sheriff's Department Report- Officer Gabriel reported there were not many updates, the K9 just finished training. WATER Steve had nothing to report. SEWER Steve reported that he and Shane met with 2 developers and they wanted to bring sewer under the road. Steve stated he kind of discouraged it, they was looking to bring in around 100 homes. They will pay for it to bring it under the freeway and no place for it to go. Steve asked the council to decide what direction we should go with the sewer. Steve suggested that we put the $18,000 grant we received towards the sewer plant. Councilmember Hardy stated that money has to be used for a study. Mayor Nelson stated the water is what we need to focus on now. Councilmember Hardy stated that we are working on a secondary water system and that will free up water taps. Steve Woerner stated we are working on water, but what part of the sewer do you want to work on. Mayor Nelson stated we need to do something we either need to look into updating the sewer plant or another spot for another plant. Scott asked Steve what we found on the Jensen property, Steve stated it's like a little spring that opened up. PARKS AND RECREATION Steve reported that we have been working on cleaning up the park. Steve asked how much money they wanted to spend on the park. Steve stated that the park was under water along time it killed all the grass. Councilmember Pace stated we need to seed the park in the fall. Councilmember Hardy stated that Shane is going to look for flooding grant money to see if there is money out there to help. Gina stated that we lost the park income due to the flooding, we have not rented it out all summer. Gina asked the council if they wanted to close the park the rest of the year so we can get it cleaned up and ready for next year. We have electrical problems and no grass. Steve stated he thinks day use should be okay but we can't rent it out. The council agreed to close the park to rentals for the rest of the year so we can get it ready for next year. ROADS Councilmember Hardy asked when west of the bridge on 8000 north was going to get fixed. Councilmember Goodliffe stated that we never had them asphalt west of the bridge. Steve reported he was been fixing potholes. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS There was nothing to report. OTHER Item#10 Trees on 8000 North-Mayor Hardy stated that Councilmember Hardy was going to burn the trees. Steve stated he would rather haul them away. Mayor Nelson agreed with Steve. Councilmember Hardy will talk to Barbie Miller and see if we can burn the trees down on the pit on their property. Steve will call Tremonton to see if we can take the trees there. Councilmember Goodliffe made a motion to adjourn, Councilmember Hardy seconded the motion and the remaining council agreed. The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 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 11th day of July 2023. Dated this the 15th day of Aug 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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