A Secure Online Service from Utah.gov

Utah.gov

Public Notice Website

Division of Archives and Records Service

Laketown Town Council Work Meeting Minutes 2023-11-01Approved

Subscribe to Public Body

General Information

Government Type
Municipality
Entity
Laketown
Public Body
Town Council

Notice Information

Add Notice to Calendar

Notice Title
Laketown Town Council Work Meeting Minutes 2023-11-01Approved
Notice Subject(s)
Public Meetings
Notice Type(s)
Meeting
Event Start Date & Time
November 1, 2023 07:17 PM
Event End Date & Time
November 1, 2023 10:00 PM
Description/Agenda
Laketown Town Council Meeting Minutes November 01, 2023 Laketown City Office 10 North 200 East Laketown, Utah Mayor Burdette Weston welcomed those present and called the meeting to order at 7:17p.m. on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. Those present are as follows: Mayor Burdette Weston, Council Members: Eldon Robinson, Delora Wight, Brandon Willis, Kris Hodges and Clerk Alice Jackson. Those present in the room: Duane Robinson Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Committee. Amy Crommett from the community. The opening ceremony was conducted by Kris and Eldon led the Pledge of Allegiance. ACTION: Mayor called for the agenda to be approved. Delora made the motion to approve the agenda, Kris seconded the motion. The Motion carried unanimously. The mayor invited Amy Crommett to address the council regarding a business she would like to start in Laketown. She would like to start a youth archery club. She is certified with the Olympic USA Instructor Program. Her proposed business will be a junior archery development program. She is working with her husband Pat and the Menasco's to get the business started. Amy likened her business structure to that of little league. They will work with US archery for funds. They have set up an LLC, Amy is the business owner. Currently, they are exploring where they could set up the range. They have discussed renting the Wamsley's arena, but it's too expensive. The Menascos were going to approach Eldon about using some of his property. Vickie Weston's property may also be an option. Per the US archery guidelines, there must be 50 yards behind the target and a home for it to be considered safe. Amy has a small range by her house but it's too small. Needs to be 20 yards to the target. Amy may explore a 3D range up Mill Canyon in the future. Amy's family goes to Card Canyon in the summer. She would like to start something closer to home. Part of her business plan would be to sale archery supplies and renting the equipment out of her home to tourists. This money would go to equipment, and she would offer bow tuning services. ACTION: The mayor called for a motion to approve the business Eldon made the motion, seconded by Delora. The motion passed unanimously. ACTION: The mayor called for the prior meeting minutes (3) to be approved if there are no questions. Brandon made the motion to approve the meeting minutes, Kris seconded it and the motion passed unanimously. OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS: Action items from previous meeting - Ratify Election MOU: ACTION: The mayor asked for a motion to ratify the MOU between Laketown and the county. Eldon made the motion, Brandon seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. - Cross Contamination Policy and Ordinance: Delora, Jeff and Dan will continue to work on this. - Identification of codes that need to be updated with timelines: * Action Item Alice-Alice to ask Justin, however the council advises that our water hook-up and building permit ordinances will be two that need timelines. Discussion took place regarding water shares/rights should be brought to the town-this needs to be added to the new subdivision ordinance. *Action Item-Alice to ask Kendall to insert this. - Cost of a Water Share: Eldon states he thinks the fee should be $3,500 per share. Many have been traded, but not sold. Eldon also added that if the price of the share is too low, the owner will potentially want to just pay for a share instead of providing it to the town. If the property owner has a water share, they must be provided to the town. Brandon asked if the water is tied to an owner or the land. The water shares are owned by the irrigation company. Brandon's opinion is that the price Eldon noted is too low. There could be some issues. The council feels that the price of the share should not be too low. Our code currently states that the owner/builder will provide a share or a right to the town. If they don't have any, then the landowner needs to buy into the system. Eldon states that one of the down sides is if we collect the rights or share, then we are doing away with an opportunity for someone to use their secondary water. Discussion took place about culinary water vs water share. Brandon asked if they could give 1/2 share to the city and keep the other half to water their lawn. The lowest amount that you can transfer now is an entire share. Mayor stated that we might be able to reconsider this down the road. Eldon suggested that Delora speak to Will's replacement. Eldon thinks he and Delora go speak to him together regarding the new point of diversion. Scott was to identify the point of diversion. Delora asked how may we have. Mayor thinks about 30 acre feet. *Action Item, Eldon and Delora: speak to Will's replacement. Dan arrived at 7:44pm - Brandon-Justin to write a new ordinance and report back on writing a letter RE: a 5 year plan. Brandon asked to talk about this later. - Roadside Caf -Brandon will ask Justin about this. *Action Item Brandon. Heidi Hodges-Activity Committee Update: TRT meeting report-they made it sound like we would not likely be getting many grants in the future because we don't have any overnight rentals. Heidi does not know where the money comes from. Eldon states we are impacted by what's going on in Garden City. Mayor states TRT is for overnight rentals. Rendezvous is not part of Laketown but we are impacted. The County Commissioners are the ones to make the decision. This has come up before. Mayor feels that the TRT should serve the community. The money is supposed to promote tourism. The rodeo promotes tourism. The pickle ball court we submitted for would also bring tourists to Laketown, but it was denied. Bearlake tourism promotes the bike rides and 4 wheeler trails and these come through Laketown. Heidi wanted the council to be aware of this. The pool of money was over 1million. The feeling she got was the money from the nightly rentals drives what Laketown will be awarded. Christmas lights went up today. The park is almost done. For the tree lighting and Santa, they would like to have this in the ambulance bay. The mayor asked her to speak to Cameron Argyle. Kris added that one year Santa came in on a fire truck. It may be hard for the trucks to sit out-they can't get cold. She needs to speak to Sim. December 2nd is the date for the party. Santa will come at 5pm. Then dinner at 6. Chili by Thad and Melissa. If they can use this location, then the hay wagon rides will take people to the park for hot cocoa and cookies. Heidi asked if the hayride vehicles could sit on the side of the road to see the park lights and fireworks. If they were on main street this would be a good location so they can see the lights and fireworks. They plan on having 3 or 4 wagons. Heidi asked if there needs to be plowing or if they can just pull off the road. Mayor said the most important issue is children's safety. The mayor suggested using waivers for all those riding on the hayride trucks. Kris feels this should be fine-not much traffic. Eldon used the tractor last year to plow the snow. Discussion took place about asking James Wamsley to use his tractor to plow if necessary. Tree lighting will take place at 7pm. She asked if someone would help plug in the lights for them. Kris offered and so did Delora. Mayor suggested a count down so everyone is on the same page when to plug in the lights. Mayor said Steve will help with the lights. He has a picture of the conduit that looks damaged. If we get the brackets, he would put them back on. Delora thinks the screws just came out. Kris asked what brackets do we need? Mayor is not sure when Steve and his crew will be coming. Kris will get the brackets from Thompson. Halloween party was a success. They had about 30 more people than last year. COUNCIL BUSINESS: Planning & Zoning Commission- Chairman Duane Robinson Duane first wanted to speak about the cemetery-He handed out a map to the mayor and council. The map outlines the land that was traded between Pugmire's and cemetery. Hickman would like to give the grey part to the cemetery. Pugmire's may like to go with it as this document displays. Duane pointed out a specific area that he feels Laketown should claim. It's about 1.9 acres. Duane recommends that the grey area should be the city's property. The P&Z will continue to discuss this and will return to the council. New subdivision ordinance with Kendall-Duane would like Kendall to look at our current code regarding the owner/builder must bring a water share/right to the town. *Action Item Alice to speak to Kendall about this. Another change is if the subdivision has 30 or more lots, there must be a second access road. May be lower to 20 lots instead. The public hearing is set for Nov 29th. The guideline for sheds needing a building permit is 200 sq feet for sheds per ordinance 10.3.6. They need to secure a building permit. They worked on conditional use permits. He handed out what they have done so far. John to send document to Alice. The form Laketown wants to use is more thorough than the county form. More information is required. *Action Item-Alice to send to Kendall. P& Z is finished with this. This will replace what we currently have. Dees' super service wants to put another building on their property. Paperwork was circulated to the council. They have met the setbacks and this might help with the ice cr me traffic. Right now, traffic to Steve Willis business comes in on Dee's property. State codes does require 480 square feet which is the size of the building. Right now, this new building will be used for storage but eventually it will be used to sell apparel. ACTION: Mayor called for a motion to approve the Dee's new building. Brandon made the motion Eldon seconded. Motion passed unanimously. The county will decide if it needs an inspector. Duane thinks it should be inspected. Water Updates - Delora Wight Regarding Mike Fuirham's water line meter- He wants to closer to his home. He wants more pressure. They may put in a one-inch line. The council feels we should stay within our code. Meter goes on the property line. Delora and Kris state that we should stay within the code. Discussion took place regarding his property line. Per Brandon, our current code does not address where the water meter goes. The form states it's at the discretion of the town. This line will not be going into till spring. Discussion took place regarding the unclaimed property by the cemetery, the city should claim this property. Wes and Kelly Weston found where the leak was. Had to dig up a lot of property. Dalton Earley's lead issue has been resolved. They reviewed the Town's water report and there is a small amount of lead present. She put in a lot of research. They will put in a water filter in their home. Their Water meter has been changed. Testing for nitrate is due next year per Dan. Delora asked about fixing the water tank. Troy has not been in touch with the mayor. Roads Update-Brandon Willis Cody was given 50% of his snow removal contract. Parks Update-Kris. The park has been winterized. Kris asked the size of the conduit to fix the wires on the pole in the park. 2 inch. Kris asked how many she may need 4. Rodeo Update-Eldon There has been damage on the stairway up to bleachers. The railing has been repaired. Gomez will be sending an invoice for this repair. Custom fence with gate is coming next week. Bear Lake Regional Commission Report Meeting was cancelled. UPDATES FROM CLERK'S OFFICE Election Update: Ballot box is in the office. It will be available during office hours M-W 9-12 noon. Otherwise, it will be locked up in the clerk's office. Training for Jan and Eldon will be provided by the County. Eldon will reach out to Anneliesa Audit: Completed yesterday. Tuechers will come to our December meeting to present the results. High Booster Electric Bill-Alice called Rocky Mountain Power and high booster bill was due to a bad meter. They replaced the meter. Mike Hansen will present Laketown with an MOU for using the state to fund our ordinance updates. Mike reports that the grant they received from Ombudsman is not reimbursing them so they applied and received a grant from the state. He wishes to switch to using this grant. Once the MOU is received, Alice will send it to the council for review and guidance on whether it needs to be sent to Justin. Carpet Cleaning. Alice would like to ask Heidi if she could provide this service. BUDGET REVIEW Discussion took place regarding funds for the park fence. There should be money within the park budget to pay for this fence. The mayor questioned the amount of money expended in the misc expenditures. This budget amount was expended to pay for the park and bleachers for TRT when we receive these monies. We will transfer accordingly. APPROVAL OF BILLS ACTION: Mayor asked for a motion to approve the bills. Eldon made the motion, Kris seconded. Motion Passed unanimously. Other discussion items: Christmas dinner date for December 6th. Council meeting on this date will start at 4:00pm and then give us all time to head to the dinner. Mayor would like to have it at Bon Ricos. * Action Item mayor-make reservations at Bon Ricos. Brandon- Wanted to ensure he has all he needs to send the email to Justin regarding the council's previous discussion on implementing a 5 year plan on water hook-up and building permits. Brandon confirmed the following: if you prepay you do not have to give a water share but you still have to pay the impact fee. Timeline for building permit If this is not used by this timeframe it if forfeited. Is this transferability? Does the permit go with the lot or the person. The mayor feels if the lot is sold-The permit does not go with the property if you sale. Brandon is thinking about the individuals that this may impact. Discussion took place regarding the Cardon lots. Who do you send the letter to for Cardons? Brandon questioned why we care if it's transferrable. Brandon will send an email to Justin. ADJOURN ACTION: The mayor called for a motion to adjourn. Brandon made the motion. Kris seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 10:18pm /S/ Alice Jackson
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify the town clerk three days before the meeting, so arrangements can be made.
Notice of Electronic or Telephone Participation
NA

Meeting Information

Meeting Location
10 North 200 East
P.O. Box 118
Laketown, UT 84038
Show in Apple Maps Show in Google Maps
Contact Name
Amber Droesbeke
Contact Email
clerk@laketownutah.com
Contact Phone
(435)946-9000

Notice Posting Details

Notice Posted On
December 07, 2023 01:42 PM
Notice Last Edited On
December 07, 2023 01:42 PM

Subscribe

Subscribe by Email

Subscription options will send you alerts regarding future notices posted by this Body.