Scroll down to see my recap for this week's meeting. You can also watched the video below. If you have other questions, be sure to check out the packet and the minutes for this meeting.
•I decided that 2 meetings a month is too much information and I can’t make them shorter – which is not my forte anyways. So, we are back to following each meeting!
•This meeting started with an announcement from Mayor Jo relating that two planning commissioners, Tim Grubb and Rob Osborne, have resigned from the planning commission. This resignation removed the need previous agenda item that was in the packet.
•Action Items: The award of a contract for blue staking the streetlight project was awarded to Stake Center and passed unanimously. The council was unanimously in favor of a mutual aid agreement with Weber Fire District. Additionally, an amended contract with Davis County Animal Care Services was also passed unanimously. The amendments to this agreement included extended the contract out (originally set to expire 12/31/2020) while they prepare a new contract as they research options for a new facility. They costs dropped slightly as they will no longer be offering wildlife services (services such as raccoon & skunk response, removal or disposal).
•Discussion Items: The council has decided to review the planning commission’s code and processes. This deliberation lasted for about an hour. Terms of service, length of term, number of commissioners were specifically discussed, but also included a discussion on to better help the council and the commission run smoother together. Ideas and suggestions included; increased training for PC members, by-laws/policy updates, roles and responsibilities better defined and communication regarding updating needed code changes to the council. These items will ideally be handled at the PC level creating their own policies and procedures with the approval of the council. Items that would be code changes would be length of terms, how many terms PC members can serve consecutively and how many members. The council discussed at length the option of 5 or 7 members and was split on an agreement. The majority ruled in favor of 5 members. Staff will bring forward a new code policy at our next city council meeting (Feb. 23rd). The council will continue to consider these options and will continue to deliberate. All on the council were in favor of finding a resolution by the 23rd so that the new seats on the PC can be filled immediately after and the PC can get up and running again.
New Business:
•Council members Petty and Halverson met as a committee to address a developer’s question about the Poll property next to Highmark Charter School regarding the cross-hatch marks on the general plan. They recommended this come back to the council as a discussion item to create a better process in place for those select few properties that have those cross-hatch markings.
Reports:
•Mayor Jo: Wasatch Intergrated Waste is nearly completed with the final layer of the land fill that is closest to South Weber. When it is done, they will move to a new spot within the land fill that is the furthest spot away from South Weber. The box culvert under highway 89 has had some issues come up regarding a gas line and the location of the gravel pits. The county and UDOT to figure out a new plan of action and the construction of the culvert has been postponed until 2022.
•Councilman Winsor: Code committee is trucking through (I feel like this report is a broken record!😁). The committee is going through all the uses of each of the zones and determining which is most applicable/desired for each zone.
•Councilwoman Petty: Parks are Rec committee met to establish a timeline for the Canyon Meadows Project for the RFP’s which were opened last Friday. They will meet the first week of March to finalize those choices.
•Councilman Soderquist: The Admin and Finance Committee did a great job getting a lot of items ready to present at the retreat that happened 2 weeks ago. All committees are preparing to meet and get ready for the upcoming budget reviews.
•Councilwoman Alberts: The YCC has been working on a lot of different items: they will be coming to the council to have approval on a new logo specifically for the YCC. March will start our new section of the city’s newsletter to include a “Citizen Spotlight”. They are also working on a service project for the residents at Petersen Farms and including the students from South Weber Elementary.
•Councilman Halverson: The public safety committee will meet later this week.
•City Manager David Larson: The Spring Clean-Up date has been scheduled for April 24th – additional details coming soon. The website migration is finished and the next step is making sure the information is correct and the new pages are up and functional. We are approaching the finish line to a new website!
•On a sidenote, I have asked the mayor to share her legislative updates on the city’s page and I will share them here, so look for those coming soon! There are LOTS of important things happening there, and I will continue to let you all know what is coming up and how to get involved. 😊
Please let me know if you have any questions!•
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