Recap! City Council 10.13.2020

 City Council Recap! 9.13.2020 

•Coronavirus update:  Cases have increased 40% this last week, total of 762 cases, 14 cases have been hospitalized in Davis County.  South Weber has 19 active cases.  Governor Herbert has released new guidelines, though it is not an executive order.  

 

•Ranked Choice Voting: A presentation was done by Kory Holdaway from Ranked Choice Voting.  Ranked Choice voting is a 501c3 organization that can avoid having to do primaries.  Candidates are ranked and whoever gets over the 50% of the votes is deemed the winner.  The council had a few questions for Kory regarding how it would play out for South Weber and why we would choose to use Ranked Choice Voting. Ultimately, it would appear for the council using this method wasn’t in the best interests of our city, though no formal decisions was made at this time.   

•Youth City Council charter:  The YCC has amended it’s charter and is bringing it forward, as well as the advisors to the YCC (Angie Petty, Hayley Alberts & McKenna Winsor) to the council for approval.  Each of the YCC members that were present for this meeting came forward and introduced themselves.  The city council approved unanimously.  

•Cares Act Funds – Hazard Pay for Fire Department:  For many cities, hazard pay for firefighters utilizing CARES act funds.  The council wanted to see an updated description where all the funds have been allocated thus far.  This updated amount is as follows:  SWC has received $445,186 of the $667,779 funds to date.  We have allocated $40,000 to city hall audio/video upgrades, $30,000 for utility customer assistance, $50,000 for touchless features, including water fountains, sinks and toilets in city buildings and public bathrooms, $73,000 for two auto load/auto lift gurnerys for the fire department, $14,000 for chest compression system for ambulances, and $360,000 to go towards firefighters salary.  The actual we have spent so far has been $8,846.  If we receive the third traunch, we will have $91,933 to still allocate.  The hazard pay was deliberated amongst the council and was decided to recommend the $2 per hour per employee, bringing the total funds allocated to $33,562.  These funds will be in two lump sum payments.  At this time, the hazard pay will cover from March 1^st until November 30^th of 2020.  It is not expected for hazard pay to continue beyond the November 30^th date, unless CARES funds are able to be utilized for it. 

•Mosquito Abatement District CARES funds: Due to increased costs from Covid-19, Mosquito Abatement is requesting $1,739 from each city and the county. This item was approved unanimously.

 

•Harvest Park Development Agreement: This agreement has been amended to include that the dog park, being put in by the Harvest Park Development but completed by November 1^st unless extenuating circumstances arise.  The council approved this unanimously.     

 

•City council meetings: City council meetings will now only meet 2 times a month (on the 2^nd and 4^thTuesday) due to smaller agenda items.  It is expected that work meetings will take place on the third Tuesday of the month.  The calendar from this date forward and for 2021 with these changes was approve unanimously.  

•New Business:  Councilwoman Petty brought up that the Posse Grounds had damage from the wind storm.  The trees that fell pulled out the sprinkling system and grass near and around the fire pit area.  It was suggested that instead of repairing those areas with new sprinkler lines and sod, to instead extend the parking lot.  However, that area is used often by residents for camp outs and during Country Fair Days, and not fixing the area would get rid of the fire pit.  Ultimately the council wanted to see the cost difference between fixing the area with new sprinkler lines and grass and extending the parking lot.  It was also asked if we need to consider looking into hazard pay for other staff members who work directly with the public – the council was in favor of reviewing more information on that.  Councilwoman Petty also requested that the municipal utility committee review Fiber options and revisit it.  The committee agreed to review that.  The council also discussed looking into other ways to slow down traffic near 475 W, 6650 W, Old Maples Farms and Canyon Meadows.  

Reports:

•      Mayor Jo: Pickleball clinics will be happening this Saturday at the FAC.  Power is available at the dog park – the sprinkler and fence are also going in as well as sod – looks like that park may be open by November 1^st after all! Updated General Plan will be on the meeting on the 27^th with the council for approval.

•      Councilman Winsor: West Nile has been found in the state, 11 of which were in Davis County.  They have been especially bad the last month, but the abatement has been working hard and successfully on it.  You can call or submit a form online, and they typically respond within 24 hours.  

•      Councilwoman Petty:  Parks and Rec met and submitted several letters of intent for grants.  Also discussed the master plan for Canyon Meadows Park and will be bringing that forward on the 27^th for the council to review.

•      Councilman Soderquist:  There were some updates made to the policy and procedures manual.  This will come before the council sometime next year prior to our June audit.  

•      Councilwoman Alberts: Our new sounds system is in! Our cameras have not yet arrived, but hopefully will be available by next meeting.  The monitors on the dias will be lowered.  

•      Councilman Halverson: The planning commission meeting on the 8^th.  The general plan was recommended to the council with one minor change – the parcel adjacent to the car wash was moved from commercial highway to R7.  They give preliminary approval for a salon next to the coffee shop.

•      Staff: Just a reminder there will be a ballot drop box available at the FAC.  There will not be one at City Hall.  

Hozzah! If you read to the end of this, you deserve a treat! Indulge away!

Watch the meeting below.  Click here to see the agenda/packet. 

Recap! City Council 9.15.2020

You can watch this meeting below, or find the minutes to review this meeting here.   See more information on any of the agenda items in the packet, here. 

You can watch the meeting below!

•Davis County Sheriff's Office Presentation: Sargent Pope reported all the work done in South Weber from December of 2019 to September 2020.  Included in his presentation was all their recorded hours, the most common calls and a review of eventful calls.  This presentation showed how much work is doing done by DSCO and I encourage everyone to take a moment to listen to it.  A personal note here was my sadness to see such an increase in calls involving mental health and suicide in our own cute little town.  We have seen a huge increase in those needing and seeking help.  Please make sure to check in on your loved ones.  2020 has been a difficult year for a lot of people.  

•The Cottonwood Drive Waterline replacement agreement with Uintah was approved unanimously as well as the declaration of surplas property.  The budget amendments were mostly from additional CARES Act funds the city has received and distributed.  

The council had a few discussions under new business:

•Mixed Use:  In light of the recent presentation on the Stephen's property, the council felt it was necessary to give more details concerning the concept of mixed use.  The council was unanimous in feeling neither of those areas should have a residential component.  In order to better streamline the process and better direction for prospective developers, staff, planning commission and city council, the council will let the Planning Commission know.  

•Census Results: South Weber City has great Census results, but encourage any who have not yet done their census to do so.  The city will be sending out notifications to remind citizens.

•Cleanup Efforts:  The community was commended with their clean up efforts from the storm.  From a public property stance, the Posse Grounds were hit very hard.  UDOT came and helped the city clean up the Posse Grounds and trees down on Cottonwood Drive area.  If anyone needs additional help, please let us know.  The council was concerned for Lisa Poll's bench.  There was some parts of the wood that were warped slightly, but otherwise it was okay.  Also if you have any garbage cans that are not yours, the city can help them get to the right person.  A question was raised about declaring a state of emergency helping community members, the answer is that it does not help private citizens.  It was determined to not declare a state of emergency but after getting more information, on Wednesday Mayor Jo declared a local emergency.  This will allow funds that could be reimbursable on damages incurred on city property (sprinkler lines, fencing, tree removal).  

•CERT program: Given the storm and the ability for a community program (and the fact there is still 4 months left to 2020!) it was brought up where the CERT program is at.  Chief Tolman and Dave have talked with a few people they are working with to get 5 captains.  

Reports:

•Mayor Jo: Wasatch Integrated Waste has begun transferring their waste to Tooele County.  They continue to increase their daily tonnage and are hoping to transfer all residential waste by January of 2021.   Regarding their new recycling plant, they encourage those who have recycling cans to continue as recycled material is cleaner and easier to sort.   They are working on other recycling programs in the area too.  Council members are encouraged to take a tour of the recycling plant.  

•Council member Halverson: reported the Planning Commission meeting included a presentation on the Stephens property as mentioned above.  The Lofts property also had a continuation of the special meeting for Wednesday the 16th.  New packet and revised plans are on the city's website.  The Planning Commission was ready to recommend the general plan to the city council, but due to new legislation they are required by law to first have a public hearing and then make a recommendation.  This will take place on their October 8th meeting.

•Council member Soderquist: The meeting with Stake Parson's concerning funds that they donate to the city for recreation purposes went well.  They would like to include their name in more places as a donor for our programs and ammenities.

•Council member Petty: Parks & Rec committee meeting met and looked closer into the look and feel of the final plans for Canyon Meadows - more info coming soon.  The Youth City Council has extended their time for application to September 21st.  Application is still online - one error on the application was that attendance and citizenship is not required.  We had some members of the community already reach out to help in some great ideas and we hope anyone 14-18 will consider applying!

•City Manager Dave Larsen: Roger Worthen, previous city manager for South Weber and now city manager in Riverdale passed away from Leukemia on Sunday morning.  It was unexpected and quick.  Information on the funeral and viewing as well as a place to donate to the family are available online.  He was commended for being a wonderful man and will be missed.   

-The meeting scheduled for September 22nd has been been changed to September 29th.  Among other things on the agenda will be the Conditional Use Permit for the Soccer Complex.  Another item is the Cottonwood Waterline bids (we received 10 bids) came back much higher than what was estimated and budgeted for.  Additionally, work at the dog park has been underway.  We are hopeful we can do a grand opening in the spring of 2021.  Unfortunately, many of the trees surrounding the trail around the park fell during the storm.  

-And finally, we have received word that we have a court date for the Cobblestone Resort hearing - October 26th.