BICKNELL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
         6 NOVEMBER 2019
                  6:00 P.M.

I.	ROLL CALL 
Mayor Noreen Johnson called the roll at 6:10 p.m. Council members present were: Kerry Stevens, Brian Brill, and Weston Johnson. Connie Durfey was present to record the minutes. Scott was present to give his report.  Gregg Anderson, Ellen Anderson, Kelly Chappell, Milton Taft, Lee Taft and Katrina Taft were also present.

II.	APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of 3 October 2019 were reviewed. No corrections were made.  Brian made the motion to approve them. Kerry seconded, all ayed. 

III.	BUSINESS
Lee Taft.  Mr. Taft's business is in the county, not in Bicknell Town.  He went before the County Planning/Zoning Commission to get permission to build another storage building, 40' x 170'.  He also wants to build 50' x 100' building to make ice in and have a 30'x 40' freezer.  According to their minutes, he plans on expanding his ice business making 15-20 tons a day, if he gets the bid for Lake Powel.  When Bicknell Town got word of this expansion they requested the county not issue any permit for the ice building until Mr. Taft came before the town council to discuss the increased usage of Bicknell Town water projected. . Mr. Lee came to this meeting for said discussion.  Right now Mr. Taft uses between 60,000-100,000 gallons of water per month. He said he wants to increase his usage of water to produce another 10,000 bags of ice per week to make a total of 144,000 gallons a month used with the percentage of waste.  When asked about the figures he quoted at the county meeting, which were much higher that he quoted here, he said he had a partner in Elsinore that would be doing that larger amount. Right now there is no way Bicknell has that kind of water output that would be needed for such a projected expansion. The town is working on a project to seek more water, but that will take some time.  Mr. Taft may have to dig his own well. Mr. Taft asked the council if he could have permission to just build an extension on his current building for a freezer to store the present production of ice.  After some discussion the council gave Mr. Taft permission to add the freezer to his current building, but he cannot expand his ice business at this time.  The town needs some time to study the proposal and get input from the State Division of Water.  The council said the storage units can be built, as they don't have anything to do with the issue of water. Lee Taft, Milton Taft and Katrina Taft excused themselves and left.

Kelly Chappell. Mr. Chappell from Ensign Engineering was here to discuss the ECWAG grant for the town.  The town has received verbal approval from USDA that they will be issued the grant, but have not received the official written award letter. This grant will be used to develop a couple springs on the mountain and dig a well south of town, hoping to increase water production, but there's no guarantees.  Mr. Chappell will set up a conference call with USDA, the town and him to discuss the ECWAG grant.  Mr. Chappell was asked for his input about the Lee Taft expansion.  He was not sure what legal recourse the town could take, but he will speak with Richard Chamberlain, an attorney in Richfield who deals with municipalities.  Water rates could be increased for high overages.  Also higher rates for commercial businesses could be implemented. This could help with the cost of such usage, but bottom line, there has to be the water available for such an increase, which there isn't right now.  With the springs producing 53 gallons a minute, this adds up to 76,000 gallons produced a day.  The water tank only holds 320,000 gallons.  State Water regulations require the town has to have enough water in storage for peak day demand, the town is below this level right now.   Mayor Johnson will see what she can find out.

Enterprise Zone Resolution.  This resolution was for endorsement of the Wayne County Economic Development Office to renew the Utah Enterprise Zone in Wayne County.  Each incorporated town was asked to make this resolution.  The council looked over the resolution and discussed it.  Weston made the motion to adopt it, Kerry seconded, all ayed.

Memorial Fund Resolution.  This resolution was made to authorize the construction of a Memorial/Heritage Mounment for the public and a separate bank account for said project.  This resolution was necessary for donations to said project to be tax deductible. After reading the resolution Kerry made the motion to adopt it, Brian seconded, all ayed.

IV.	MEMBERS REPORTS.
Mayor Johnson.  Mayor Johnson reported she had attended the Pre-disaster Meeting at the Community Center in Bicknell on 9 October 2019.  She said FEMA declared Bicknell Town had no identifiable hazards so they did not need to make a plan.

Mayor Johnson reported Eric Torgerson, the county building inspector, said he had not received a detailed plan for the office building Howard Blackburn is planning on constructing.  He said he will not approve the permit until said plan is received.  Eric said Chad Roderick did conform to necessary building code standards after being contacted, and his project has gone forth.

Mayor Johnson has received some complaints about the three large garbage cans at the clinic sitting along the town's right-of-way.  The clinic was allowed to put them there while they were under construction for the pharmacy, as the construction is completed, the clinic will be sent a letter requesting the cans be moved onto their property. 

Mayor Johnson attended a meeting with Dan Jensen, the Wayne County Sheriff, about safety concerns at the bus stop at the Middle School. Children are running across the road to get to their parents and risking getting hit by a car.  Some suggestions to help the situation were stated: flashing lights, temporary speed bumps, the road blocked off from parental parking for one-half block, or a new roads built south of the building for bus pickup.   Mayor Johnson wanted to get the input from the council and take back their suggestions to the follow up meeting. The council liked the idea of flashing lights and a Crossing guard. They also thought permanent speed bumps could be implemented.  They had no objection to having the road blocked off during bus loading/unloading times.  

Kerry.  Kerry reported the YM/YM from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are going to discontinue putting up flags on the holidays on individual properties.  However, they will continue doing the ones on main street for the town.  Right now they are putting up about 24 flags each holiday, the town pays them $350 a year to do it.  Kerry said there will be extra flags available now and wanted to know if the town would like to increase the number on main street and increase the amount paid for said service.  It was decided by the council to increase the # of flags to 35-36, and pay $400 each year for the service.  

Scott.  Scott reported the springs on the mountain are producing about 53 gallons a minute. Everything at the Brinkerhoff Spring is okay.  He said he will be digging a grave on Saturday.  He reported Jan Ellett had a broken irrigation riser before the water was turned out.  Not sure if it has been fixed.  The town experience unusual freezing temperatures for a week while the irrigation system was still running.  After a couple of big breaks during that time, Mayor Johnson turned off the water in town.  There will probably be more problems in the spring when the water is turned back into the system.  Scott showed a picture of a covered wagon that was donated to the town for the Memorial/Heritage Project from Warner and Maggie Stewart.  Richfield City has a lot tiles left over from a project of theirs and are willing to donate the tiles to Bicknell for the project, these could be used instead of bricks for the names of the persons who donated to the project.

Financial.  The bills were presented to the council for payment approval. Kerry made the motion to pay them, Weston seconded, all ayed.

V.	ADJOURNMENT
Brian made the motion to adjourn at 8:45 pm, Weston seconded, all ayed.