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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989.02.15 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESMinutes of The City Council Meeting February 15, 1989 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held February 15, 1989, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C Porter Councilmembers: Glen Pond Bruce Casper Nile Boyle Nyle Fullmer Darlene Blackburn Also Present: Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Bruce Casper to approve the minutes. All Aye Mayor Porter told the council that Mary Smith was excused, as she was ill. RE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR The mayor told the council that last Friday the Department of Commerce had a seminar on Economic Development. It was held in the library. They had some people here that went over the whole program of Economic Development. Because we are designated as a Gem State Fast City we had the opportunity of hosting it up here. The thing that they stressed was the development of businesses that are already here. The reason they wanted to have it here is because of the various places of business that create jobs. One of these is the new business Ultimate Concepts. They have about 18 people working out there and they want to get some more equipment, so they can hire another 10 people. RE: CENSUS The mayor told the council that we received a report from the U S Department of Commerce advising us to make preparation for the Census in 1990. We have manual to follow. They suggest that we set up some committees so they will be aware of what needs to be done.They want us to know the importance of counting everyone in the census, funding depends on the population of the City. The mayor said we need to form citizen committees. He thought we needed to make a committee of the council to form these committees and get people to work as volunteers. The mayor said he would go through the book and get someone working on it, if it is okay with the council. RE: LEGISLATURE Mayor Porter reported on the Legislature which he attended the day before. RE: REGIONAL FFA MEETING Nyle Fullmer reported that John Millar had talked to him about a meeting in Seattle on Feb 22 and 23 of the FFA which is a regional meeting. He felt we need to be represented there. It would be a good opportunity to for us to meet the regional FFA people, so we could transfer on the extension of the airport. He needed to know if that needed to come out of the city funds or the airport funds. It would cost about $325 for a round trip ticket and about $50 a night. The mayor said he thought it would be to our advantage to have someone up there. The mayor said with the councils permission he would like to authorize Nyle to go. Glen Pond ask if the airport board or we would pay the expense. The mayor said he would suggest that the airport board pay for it or we split the cost. Glen thought we should see if they could do it and if they can't then we could help. RE: WASTEWATER TREATMENT FUND The mayor told the council that one of the reasons he went to Boise was to attend a meeting on Waste Water Treatment Facility fund. The Idaho State Environmental made a report on how they were going to handle all sewer grants and waste water treatment grants. The day of the out right grant is over, everything is going to be on loans. If we need money to extend the sewer lines or do work on the sewer treatment plant, they will have money available and we will go through the process of making application to help on the project. Instead of a grant, they would loan money at 4% which we can have for 10 or 20 years. This year the federal money would be a grant up to 15 million dollars, and then they will have to loan that out. After they loan it out then they keep it in the state as it is paid back, in a revolving loan fund. The amount that they do not loan out this year they will loose it. The only thing it can be used for is sewer lines or sewer improvement, or sewer treatment plant. De Lynn wants to improve the aeration system at the lagoons. RE: SCOUTS The mayor greeted the scouts. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Nyle Boyle to approve the bills. All Aye RE: PRESENTATION OF AUDIT Brad Reid and Merrill Rudd was at the meeting to present the audit. Brad reviewed the audit and handed out audit books to all the council members. Brad said he went over the audit in detail with Glen Pond, Richard, and the mayor. Brad said they would give the city a clean opinion. They had not audited the Golf Course Fund. Last year was the first year the city had been in the black since the flood. This year we have added the Revolving Loan Fund, the LID Fund, and the Carousel Fund. If the city loans out money from the Revolving Loan Fund again they would recommend that they do it the same as they did before. ECIPDA handled the last loan and he would recommend that they handle all other loans. The total of that fund is one million dollars. We did use some of it to enlarge the water line to the nursing home for fire protection. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Bruce Casper to except the Audit. All Aye. Meeting adjourned. Ma C. Porter ~:? City Clerk, R B ey [1