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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Minutes - July 20, 2022 Mayor Jerry Merrill Council Members: Robert Chambers Jordan Busby Mikel Walker Tisha Flora Colin Erickson Bryanna Johnson City Staff: Stephen Zollinger – City Attorney Matt Nielson – Finance Officer Keith Davidson – Public Works Director Alan Parkinson – Planning & Zoning Administrator Scott Johnson – Economic Development Director Deborah Lovejoy – City Clerk 5:30 – 6:15 P.M. Work Meeting Recreation Performances Metrics Finance Officer Nielson reviewed the four-year history of the subsidy for the recreation programs. When preparing financial statements for recreation the following: arts, parks, trails, and golf are lumped into the same service area. The city is spending about two million dollars into these services. He mentioned the Rexburg Rapids swimming pool is not included in these subsidies and expenses. He reviewed the history of the recreation subsidy in the years 2005-2022 and mentioned he also excluded the capital. There are two areas of understanding in recreation, the first being there are recreation administration fees, which pay for two full time positions out of the general fund. The second is, the total subsidy which includes any subsidy that is sent as a transfer out of the general fund to fund 03 which is the recreation programs fund. The numbers in the blue bars in the chart below excluded capital improvement expenses. / / Finance Officer Nielson reviewed the graph below indicating the Total Recreation Subsidy as a percentage of the General Fund Expenses. Overall expenses have increased overtime. The graph shows the change in spending percentage of the General Fund starting in the year 2005 and looking at the trend line the percentage in spending increased from 1.75% - 2% to 2% - 2.4%. He reviewed the current recreation programs, facilities and events offered by the city as indicated in the evaluation chart. At first a by grade in school was going to be used to base the participants; however, he and Recreation Director Crowther decided to go by age to follow the ages of the partcipants from one years old all the way up to 18 years plus. Finance Officer Nielson explained as Recreation Director Crowther decides, which new recreation programs to offer, he would need to know the core target ages to focus on. He said for example there is a high expense for the Zone; however, there is a high participation of younger children participating in programs offered at the Zone. There is a gap in recreation programs being offered for the mid-teen age group of children. These factors need to be known so the Councilmembers can determine where to spend the subsidy. / / Finance Officer Nielson explained how the participant numbers were forecasted for the year 2023. He said for the purpose of this analysis, he focused on the following four years starting with the actual number of participants in 2020, 2021, the proposed 2022 numbers and the 2023 forecasted numbers. The average number of participants for these four years were calculated. He used the boys’ basketball program as an example because it has grown, the program is projected to grow even more next year and possibly reach 600 participants. The four-year average was about 515 and a multiplier was used based on the times that participant participated in an activity. Part of the reason a multiplier was used was because every time you count a participant it’s considered an activity. He said if the multiplier is not used then a true number of how many times a participant participated in a program is not known. As indicated in the chart below the average participant activity total was about 33%. Finance Officer Nielson reviewed the Recreation Facilities and Events section of the chart. He said he also included the non-allocable and time-discontinued programs bring the total number of participants at an average of about 70,221.  He then used the participant numbers to determine a direct expense for those programs; for example, in the boys’ basketball program there would be a revenue account and several expense accounts. The revenues and expenses are taken to formulate the direct costs without generating a profit or loss. He mentioned with the new financial software when a negative is shown, it’s considered a profit. The boy’s basketball program generates a positive of about $7400 and the Zone has a loss of about $27,370 Kidsburg also has a loss of about $20,398 generating an over all loss of about $25,177 in the different activities, events, programs, etc.  / / / Finance Officer Nielson explained the methods used to allocate the overhead that is in fund 03. There is a shared expense in fund 03 that can not be attributed directly to a specific program, such as, labor for a full-time person who works on many different projects, the unattributed amount averaged about $71,000. The recreation administrative expenses in the General Fund averaged about $250,000. He said by adding the expenses and losses the total subsidy is about $346,000 a year on average. He said he and Recreation Director Crowther determined the best method of allocating would be to determine where the recreation employees spend their work time. / / Finance Officer Nielson reviewed the following columns in the chart and graph below: the subsidy/participant activity and increase in rates to remove subsidy. He also reviewed the current rate/participant and no subsidy rate/participant and average subsidy per participant per year. / / Finance Officer Nielson said the following considerations need to be addressed when moving forward with the city’s recreation programs. Discussion regarding the number of programs operating from the Zone. Recreation Director Crowther said the following are some of the programs offered at the Zone: two indoor soccer sessions, women’s volleyball, two cornhole tournaments, Kidsburg and rental of the Zone for sporting events. / Council Member Flora mentioned the Zone is a large expense; however, the analysis indicates a need for an indoor facility for small children especially during the winter months. The Zone may not be best space for Kidsburg; however, the space is still needed. The current situation of the Zone is not a successful one. Council Member Walker asked if the city stopped leasing the Zone, is there a property the city owns where Kidsburg can be housed. Mayor Merrill said he and city staff have discussed moving Kidsburg to the Romance or to the downstairs of the Tabernacle; however, the space is not conducive. Finance Officer Nielson said there is a capital improvement plan in about four years to add ADA accessibility to the Tabernacle and improvements to the museum space, so room to house Kidsburg could be made. Recreation Director Crowther said he understands the Zone is highly subsidized; however, due to the demographic served there, it’s important to keep those services. The programs and events offered at the Zone usually breakeven with the direct costs; however, when a building needs to be leased to accommodate the programs and events, it obviously costs more. He mentioned if the full-time employee he is requesting is not approved, it will be more difficult to add the Flag Football program which currently has about 300 participants. It will also be difficult to address team programing without the additional full-time employee. The hiring of the additional employee would allow the city to provide programs for the high school aged teenagers that may want to continue playing sports; however, due to the limited number of players on a high school team. They do not have an opportunity to continue to play because the recreation programs are not offered for their age group. He said he would be able to accomplish more in his role of Recreation Director by assigning the sports programming duties to the new full-time employee so they can focus more on improving the sport programs. Discussion regarding the winter park at Teton Lakes Golf Course. Finance Officer Nielson said the labor cost for the winter park were expensive. The labor to build the ice-skating rink increased the labor costs intensively by about $7,000. The revenues collected from the ice-skating rink and ski rentals will vary due to the unpredictability of the weather. Mayor Merrill asked Recreation Director Crowther to elaborate more about the responsibilities he would have time to work on if the additional employee were to be hired. Recreation Director Crowther said he doesn’t have enough time to pay close attention to the budget and the time constraints produce some efficiencies in the way the Recreation Department operates. If there were sufficient time, he would be able to take more time to monitor the recreation budget. He has also taken on more projects and one of the major projects is the consultation to create a Recreation District. The other projects include the implementation of the two disc-golf courses and a few projects at the baseball quad that still need to be completed. He would also like to be more responsive to grant documentation. Recreation Director Crowther continued to explain the overall job responsibilities are better. They have had some turnover and with brand new employees with not much experience will take time to train. He said Recreation Facilities Manager Jon Lewis has had to hire new assistant pool managers, new lifeguards, and general staff. Mr. Lewis is also a new pool manager, so it is a struggle to train everyone in time before the pool opens. Director Crowther said he would like to be more involved in every area of his department especially the pool. Recreation Director Crowther said overseeing committees and making the city’s Summer Kickoff event a more successful event is one of his goals. These are some of the things he could focus on as Recreation Director rather than focusing so much on creating rosters, scheduling umpires, booking facilities, and coming up with events. The new employee would be able to take on these responsibilities. Council Member Flora asked if some of these responsibilities such as creating rosters and scheduling umpires could be delegated to a part time employee. Recreation Director Crowther replied he has tried using part-time employees when he was initially hired as a Recreation Director in 2016. The full-time position was cut so he hired three-part time coordinators; however, their longevity was probably anywhere from three months to a year. The investment in training never paid off because they were gone by the next season. When giving full-time responsibilities to part-time staff who are trying to complete projects on part-time hours, some issues tend to arise, or the projects are not completed correctly.  Council Member Chambers said it seems the city has overbooked, the current staffing level within recreation meaning some programs may need to be cut or not assume additional events, another option is to add additional staff. He questioned if there is an industry standard that indicates the appropriate subsidy level for recreation programs. Recreation Director Crowther replied yes, there is the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) website that has a lot of statistical information about parks and recreation. Cities do not have the expectation to breakeven with the overhead administrative costs. They do try to break even with the direct cost of the programs; however, the facilities are generally at a higher subsidy. Council President Busby asked how the recreation program fees compare to other cities. Recreation Director Crowther replied he believes the city’s fees to sign up for a program are on the lower end compared to other cities. He recommended with the changes in the economy and inflation, the city should change some of the rates to be comparable to the other cities. Council Member Walker asked if the city stopped leasing the Zone are private gyms available for residents to rent to play sports. Recreation Director Crowther said the Zone is not a top-notch facility as far as sports arenas are concerned. He believes residents are using the Zone because there aren’t other places to play. The largest use of the Zone is by private teams needing to hold practices and not necessarily used by the city for the recreation programs. The youth volleyball leagues, and the youth soccer leagues are some of those teams. Director Crowther said he did not know if there would be an alternative location for these teams to practice at. 6:30 P.M. City Hall (1:35:20) Council Member Flora said the prayer Mayor Merrill led the pledge Roll Call of Council Members: Attending: Council Member Flora, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Chambers, Council Member Erickson, Council Member Walker, Council President Busby, and Mayor Merrill. Presentations: Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) North 2nd East Signal Removal – Wade Allen Rachel Telford said she is a traffic engineer with the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD). Last fall, in 2021 ITD looked at increasing traffic mobility in the Rexburg corridor. They gathered traffic count information at every turning signal and traffic volumes through town to determine if there was a way to improve mobility. In their investigation they found the signal at 2nd E and Mountain River Drive was no longer warranted. They followed the signal warrant guidelines in the Traffic Control Devices (TCD) manual and will follow the guidelines in that manual to remove the signal. The signal has been turned off since April 3rd of this year and they have not seen safety concerns so it will be removed this summer. Ms. Telford said she spoke with the contractor who will be removing the signal and was informed it will take two days to remove. They will work on removing the signal on a Saturday and Sunday to not cause traffic disruptions. Recreation Center Study Update; Reporting on Findings of the Survey, Market Analysis, and Core Program Analysis – PROS Consulting Recreation Director Crowther introduced Michael Svetz with Pros Consulting. Mr. Svetz has assisted the city with the initial phase of the Recreation District feasibility study and will be presenting the findings received from the Recreation Center Survey. Mr. Svetz said he is a principal with Pro Consulting and his presentation will be centered around the statistically valid survey results, which were overwhelmingly responded by the community members on the potential recreation center, core program areas, and the next steps of the feasibility study. The study will determine who the city will potentially be serving with the recreation facility, understanding that Madison County will be the primary service area. Currently, the population in Madison County is about 53,000 with Rexburg making up about 78% of the population. The entire county is looking to grow to about 79,000 in the next 15 years. / / / Mr. Svetz reviewed the Market Assessment, the pinpoints on the map are different providers such as the Bobcat Fieldhouse in yellow, fitness locations are in green and in blue are hot spring areas. There isn’t a significant amount of competition in potential providers. Discussion regarding the amenities the different providers have such as cardio equipment, resistance training, group exercise, etc. There are few providers providing services that a Recreation Center would be able to provide. // / Mr. Svetz reviewed the statistically valid survey results that was conducted by ETC Institute. Pros Counsulting has been working with ETC Institute for 25 years. The survey is a scientific and a defensible method to provide results. A statistically valid survey has to be representative of the community both demographically and geographically. They based the survey on the population of the city with a target of obtaining 300 households to complete the survey. There were 661 households that completed the survey in less than one month. He said 419 of those completed surveys came from city residents and 242 came from county residents. Mr. Svetz mentioned from a geographic distribution perspective in the scattered plot map, every dot represents where the surveys were returned from that part of the city and or county. / / Mr. Svetz reviewed the scatterplot map of only Rexburg. // Mr. Svetz reviewed the graphs below indicating how well the indoor recreation center program is currently being provided to household. In the graph the dark blue represents recreation needs that are fully met. In the light blue are needs being mostly met. The gray and red sections of the graph represent recreation needs that are being only partly met or not met at all.  The graphs indicate based on all the different kind of programs over 50% of every one of these potential programs has a need that is being met at less than 50%. The top one being the youth sports leagues. Mr. Svetz said the survey results indicate a lot of unmet needs in the city’s ability to provide programs and services in a recreation facility. There is a significant level of unmet needs for both programs and services, as well as amenities giving an understanding of the community members desires or there is a greater demand than supply currently in the community, which aligns with the market assessment. / / Mr. Svetz said there was a question in the survey that asked regarding and indoor aquatic program and services. The red section of the graph indicates none of the need is being met and the same results regarding amenities for indoor aquatics. / / Mr. Svetz reviewed the percentage of respondents that indicate the indoor recreation center program is important to their household. The percentages are shown in the graphs below. / / / / Mr. Svetz reviewed the household aquatic user groups and percentage of respondents that indicate the indoor aquatic program or service is important to their household as indicated in the graph below. / / Mr. Svetz reviewed the graphs pertaining to the percentage of respondent that indicate the indoor aquatic amenity is important to their household and rating importance of indoor pool items. / / Mr. Svetz reviewed the funding and priority investment rating. / / Mr. Svetz reviewed the top priorities for investment for indoor recreation center program based on the priority investment rating (overall). / / / / Mr. Svetz reviewed the program/service prioritization city verses county in the chart below. / / Mr. Svetz reviewed the core program areas chart. / / / An audience member asked if the second survey is going to be sent to the residents that participated in the first survey. Mr. Svetz said yes, the second survey will be sent to the residents that participated in the first survey. She asked if the surveys are being sent to university students. Mr. Svetz replied he did his due diligence to make sure the survey is being sent to taxpayers. Mr. Svetz said the second survey will help determine the funding strategy. Public Comment: Limit 3 minutes; issues may be considered for discussion on a future agenda. Please keep comments on point and respectful. Committee Liaison Assignments for 2022: (1:38:26) A. Council Member Chambers: M.E.P.I. · Cultural Arts Events · Grants Council Member Chambers mentioned today is BYU-Idaho University’s graduation. He reported he spoke with Economic Director Johnson and was informed a refocus plan for M.E.P.I. will be presented to City Council. The Grants Committee will meet on Monday. The Cultural Arts Events are being advertised on their website www.rexburg.arts.org. There is a summer concert series every Wednesday at seven o’clock. The Throwback Thursday movie nights at the Romance Theater are held every Thursday starting at seven o’clock. The event Arts in the Park is being held every Monday through August 15th at seven o’clock. The Museum of Rexburg is requesting suggestions to name one of the original carousel horses. B. Council President Busby: School Board · M.U.S.I.C. Council President Busby reported the School Board is meeting tomorrow. There are many repairs taking place at some of the schools. The M.U.S.I.C. members have decided to postpone the potato box derby until October. He spoke to Police Chief Rhodes and was informed the DARE Carwash was successful because there were many residents supporting the fundraiser. The Police Department will be hosting the DARE night golf tournament on July 29th at Teton Lakes. C. Council Member Walker: MYAB · Traffic & Safety · Emergency Services Board Council Member Walker reported the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Committee will meet again in September. The Traffic and Safety Committee met to discuss a turning lane issue on 2nd East and 1st South. Some of the no parking signs will be installed to assist with the turning lane issue. The lights near the round a bout were increase to aluminate the area better for when pedestrians are crossing the road at night. On the South Highway a sign stating to merge left will be removed and the traffic lines will be redone so traffic merges to the right. The Emergency Services Board has not met. D. Council Member Johnson: Trails · Beautification · Grants Council Member Johnson reported the Trails Committee met to discuss adding a trail so by the end of this summer, there should be a gravel trail on 12 West heading North to South Hwy 33. The county will be assisting the city with that trail. The Beautification Committee has not met. E. Council Member Flora: Parks Committee · Recreation Committee · Urban Renewal Agency Council Member Flora reported she attended two separate Parks Committee meetings. At the first meeting, she, and Parks Director McInnes met with one of the installers of the new playground equipment at Nature Park to discuss the maintenance of the equipment. The installer was able to tighten some of the items that had become loose due to use. At the second meeting they discussed the establishment of new parks at the Steiner and Barney properties. They are working on a plan to have water rights for the new parks. Council Member Flora reported Pros Consulting has completed a lot of work and they understand the complex process of completing a feasibility study to inform the community members of what it takes to create a Recreation District. Council Member Flora said the Urban Renewal Agency met to update the 2023 budget and their goals for the upcoming year. In August the board will be approving the 2023 budget. F. Council Member Erickson: Airport Board · Golf Board · Legacy Flight Museum Council Member Erickson reported the Airport Board will meet next month. The Golf Board met to discuss the sidewalk area project at the Legacy Golf Course. There have been many improvements at the Teton Lakes Golf Course. They are working on plans to improvements include the parking lot and to add additional lighting. He reported the Legacy Flight Museum board is looking for volunteers to welcome patrons to the museum. There has been an increase of patrons visiting the museum on the weekends. The board would also like to encourage everyone to sign up for their newsletter on their webpage. He said each month one of the planes is highlighted in the newsletter. Staff Reports: (1:48:20) Finance: - Matt Nielson Financial Reports Finance Officer Nielson reviewed the cash and investments report. He pointed out 77% of the city’s portfolio is in the short-term investments, which are the one-year investments. / Finance Officer Nielson reviewed Budget Expenditures by Fund Report. The budget adjustment recently approved will be included in the budget causing the higher percentages in this report to decrease to the average budget percentage for this time of year. / / / / / Public Works: - Keith Davidson (1:51:10) Discussion on possible removal of crosswalk and yellow flashing light on Main Street at College Avenue forcing pedestrians to cross Main Street at traffic signals at the intersections at Main Street and 1st E or Main Street and Center Street. Public Works Director Davidson reported there have been discussions with the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) regarding the flow of traffic along Main Street and 2nd East. These streets are part of Highway 33. They discussed potentially removing the crosswalk on Main Street and College Avenue. A group of BYU-Idaho students completed a study to see how many pedestrians are using that crosswalk. They monitored the crosswalk during four different hour blocks throughout the day. There was a total of 17 pedestrians that used the crosswalk that day. The study included the crosswalks on Main Street and 1st North. There were 38 pedestrians crossing at Main Street and 1st North and 45 pedestrians crossing at Main Street and Center Street. Public Works Director Davidson said he reviewed the accident history for the crosswalk on Main Street and College Avenue. There were five accidents one pedestrian involved and three involving vehicles rear-ending the vehicle in front when stopping for a pedestrian. Council Member Flora asked for the block of hours the study was performed. Public Works Director Davidson replied, the block of hours were from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., noon to 1:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.. Council Member Flora asked if the 17 pedestrians crossing at that crosswalk cause a significant delay in traffic. Public Works Director Davidson explained when there is a midblock crosswalk so close to a traffic signal, it causes an interruption of traffic flow. He said he mainly recommending the removal of this crosswalk due to safety concerns. Council Member Johnson said she agrees with Public Works Director Davidson, there are safety concerns when using a crosswalk in such a high traffic location without a traffic light signal. Council Member Erickson requested city residents be notified the crosswalk is no longer in use. Public Works Director Davidson said city staff will work with state to remove the crosswalk reconstruct the curb to discourage pedestrians from crossing at this location. Council President Busby asked about the light on 2nd West heading to 4th West, the lights are not working. The manhole covers on 2nd East and Main Street have sunk. The sidewalks along North 2nd East have frost heaves. Information Technology: - Todd Smith Broadband Project Update IT Director Smith reported overall the Broadband Project is going well. The interactions with residents have been positive, they have asked to be placed first in line to be hooked up with fiber. He mentioned a couple of issues the contractor encountered at South 4th East while boring a sewer line was broken. The lateral sewer lines are difficult to if not impossible to locate, these are the lines that run from the main line to the house. In this case, they thought the lines ran perpendicular; however, most of those lines are in a diagonal position. Consequently, they have contracted with Roto-Rooter to locate all the lateral lines. IT Director Smith said the other issue they encountered while creating potholes on Main Street in front of Valleywide. The four-foot-deep potholes were filling up with water, it appears there is an irrigation canal covert that has been breached by work completed by another contractor. To prevent a delay in the fiber project, they will avoid that section by going a different route. He has asked the contractor to focus on completing more work where there is a higher concentration of residents. IT Director Smith reviewed the map of the work that has been completed and the work needing to be completed. The project is within budget and on schedule. Council Member Flora asked if the section that is being skipped due to the water issue going to be completed later when the issue is resolved. There are many businesses in that section that will desire to have fiber. IT Director Smith said the contractor will return to that section when the issue has been resolved; however, if they do not return fiber conduit has already been placed all along 12th West, which will connect to that business park. / Discussion regarding some the work being completed by WideOpen Network such as designing the network and what the fiber huts will look like. They have been working on a website to inform residents and provide additional information about providers. A location has been identified on Carlson Avenue to serve as a store front. IT Director Smith said he is working with a BYU-Idaho marketing class regarding the fiber project. He has directed the class to work on marketing assets such as, logos, color schemes, names, and fonts for the fiber project. There were three marketing groups assigned the project and they gave their final presentation yesterday. The groups will present to the Broadband Board and then to City Council and County Commissioners for approval. Mayor Merrill asked about the name they have suggested for the network. IT Director Smith replied, the name they are leaning towards is Lightbridge with the concept of connecting to the world. Broadband Huts Bid Acceptance IT Director Smith reported Wideopen Network has been working on the design ports they have identified five locations that will house the backbone of the fiber network. They also identified two of the huts will need to be a larger size of about 12x20 structure. A Request for Proposal was issued for these two larger structures and two bids were received. IT Director Smith reviewed the bids received. The bid from Sabre, the dimension of the structure is slightly smaller. The bid from Thermo Bond the R-value for the floor is R-21, compared to Sabre’s R-5 and Thermo Bond has a faster delivery rate. He recommended the bid be awarded to Thermo Bond. / / Council Member Flora moved to approve the low bid of $215,222 from Thermo Bond for the Fiber Huts; Council President Busby seconded the motion; Mayor Merrill asked for a vote: Those voting aye Those voting nay Council Member Flora none Council Member Johnson Council Member Chambers Council Member Erickson Council Member Walker Council President Busby The motion carried Mayor’s Report (1:53:08) Mayor Merrill reported he has been assisting the Parks Department with turning on the water at the city’s tree farm. Items for Consideration: (1:55:05) Planning & Zoning recommendation to approve a rezone at approximately 2332 W 2000 S from Low Density Residential 2 (LDR2), Medium Density Residential 2 (MDR2), and Community Business Center (CBC) zones to Low Density Residential 3 (LDR3) zone #22-00258. Designated as Ordinance No 1287 if motion passes. Staff recommendation to suspend the rules and considered 3rd Read – Alan Parkinson Planning and Zoning Administrator Parkinson reviewed the staff report for the rezone request. The developer was not in favor of adding sidewalk from their property to BYU-Idaho University. / / / Discussion regarding the developer’s hesitation with adding sidewalk from their property to BYU-Idaho. The Iron Horse development has already started to install a section of sidewalk along that street. As further development occurs the road will be built to meet the standards as well as the sidewalk. Council President Busby moved to approve to suspend the rules of Ordinance No. 1287 a Rezone at approximately 2332 W 2000 S from Low Density Residential 2 (LDR2), Medium Density Residential 2 (MDR2), and Community Business Center (CBC) zones to Low Density Residential 3 (LDR3) zone; Council Member Walker seconded the motion; Mayor Merrill asked for a roll call vote: Those voting aye Those voting nay Council Member Flora none Council Member Johnson Council Member Chambers Council Member Erickson Council Member Walker Council President Busby The motion carried Council President Busby moved to approve Ordinance No. 1287 a Rezone at approximately 2332 W 2000 S from Low Density Residential 2 (LDR2), Medium Density Residential 2 (MDR2), and Community Business Center (CBC) zones to Low Density Residential 3 (LDR3) zone and consider third read; Council Member Flora seconded the motion; Mayor Merrill asked for a vote: Those voting aye Those voting nay Council Member Flora none Council Member Johnson Council Member Chambers Council Member Erickson Council Member Walker Council President Busby The motion carried Calendared Bills: Second Reading: Those items which have been first read: Ordinance No 1285 Annex into the City of Rexburg and rezone from Rural Residential 1 (RR1) to Medium Density Residential 2 (MDR2) zone 795 S 5th W #22-00280. Staff recommendation to suspend the rules and considered 3rd Read – Alan Parkinson / / Council President Busby moved to approve to suspend the rules of Ordinance No. 1285 the Annexation and Rezone at approximately 795 S. 5th W. from Rural Residential 1 (RR1) to Medium Density Residential 2 (MDR2) zone; Discussion: Council Member Johnson asked for the reason to suspend the rules of this action. Planning and Zoning Administrator Parkinson explained because the request is an annexation, it has been before two public hearings and has been first read once by City Council; Council Member Chambers seconded the motion; Mayor Merrill asked for a roll call vote: Those voting aye Those voting nay Council Member Flora none Council Member Johnson Council Member Chambers Council Member Erickson Council Member Walker Council President Busby The motion carried Council Member Chambers moved to approve Ordinance No. 1285 the Annexation and Rezone at approximately 795 S. 5th W. from Rural Residential 1 (RR1) to Medium Density Residential 2 (MDR2) zone and consider third read; Council Member Walker seconded the motion; Mayor Merrill asked for a vote: Those voting aye Those voting nay Council Member Flora none Council Member Johnson Council Member Chambers Council Member Erickson Council Member Walker Council President Busby The motion carried Ordinance No 1284 Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriation Budget – Matt Nielson Council Member Flora moved to approve Ordinance No. 1284 Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriation Budget and consider second read; Council Member Erickson seconded the motion; Mayor Merrill asked for a vote: Those voting aye Those voting nay Council Member Flora none Council Member Johnson Council Member Chambers Council Member Erickson Council Member Walker Council President Busby The motion carried Ordinance No. 1286 Amend Ordinance No. 536 to Designate June 23rd to July 26th as Dates for the Sale of Fireworks in the City of Rexburg. ORDINANCE NO. 1286 Sale of Safe and Sane Fireworks AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 536 OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, MADISON COUNTY, STATE OF IDAHO, CHANGING THE DATES ON AND BETWEEN WHICH SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS SHALL BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO Council Member Johnson moved to approve Ordinance No. 1286 to Amend Ordinance No. 536 to Designate June 23rd to July 26th as Dates for the Sale of Fireworks in the City of Rexburg and consider second read; Council Member Flora seconded the motion; Mayor Merrill asked for a vote: Those voting aye Those voting nay Council Member Flora none Council Member Johnson Council Member Chambers Council Member Erickson Council Member Walker Council President Busby The motion carried Third Reading: Those items which have been second read: NONE Consent Calendar: (2:33:12) The consent calendar includes items which require formal City Council action; however, they are typically routine or not of great controversy. Individual Council members may ask that any specific item be removed from the consent calendar for discussion in greater detail. Explanatory information is included in the City Council’s agenda packet regarding these items. Minutes from July 6, 2022 Meeting Approve the City of Rexburg Bills Council Member Erickson moved to approve the Consent Calendar containing the minutes and city bills; Council Member Walker seconded the motion; Mayor Merrill asked for a vote: Those voting aye Those voting nay Council Member Flora none Council Member Johnson Council Member Chambers Council Member Erickson Council Member Walker Council President Busby The motion carried Adjournment 8:20 P.M. APPROVED: ________________________________ Jerry Merrill, Mayor Attest: _______________________________ Deputy City Clerk, Marianna Gonzalez