MINUTES
OF A REGULAR MEETING
May 20,
2003
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Mayor Lloyd Burton.
A roll call was taken which showed council
members Beverly Hansen, Sterling Rees, Russ Cowan, Larry Murray, and John Gardner
present. The Mayor stated that the meeting was a regularly called meeting and
that notice of the time, place and agenda of the meeting had been provided to
the local news media and to each member of the governing body.
Others present included City Manager Brad Hancock, City Recorder Carolyn Wilcken, Drinda Jensen, Van Parker, Carson Buxton, and Micheal Davis.
The opening prayer was given by Lloyd Burton.
MINUTES
A motion was made by Sterling Rees to approve
the minutes of the meeting of May 6, 2003, after revision. Motion seconded by Larry Murray. Motion carried unanimously.
PURCHASE
ORDERS
A motion was made John Gardner to approve the
following purchase orders. Motion
seconded by Beverly Hansen. Motion
carried unanimously.
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36955
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Allred’s Yard & Garden
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$ 1,000.00
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36447
36849
36980
36850
36692
36883
36983
36542
36224
36225
36783
36879
36843
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Badger Daylighting
Wisco Block & Pavers
L.C.L. Oil
L & L Motors
Horrocks Engineers
Duchesne County Road
Dept.
Caselle
Allred’s Yard & Garden
State of Utah
– Commun. Bureau
Camelot K-9 Academy
Pleasant Valley Sod
Rasmussen Concrete Const.
Rocky Mountain Turf
Questar Gas
UBTA Communications
UBET Communications
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1,000.00
1,481.76
13,590.60
870.49
6,221.80
10,000.00
1,246.00
648.54
24,218.50
2,500.00
1,669.00
15,303.75
992.93
881.79
2,008.00
491.51
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Cindy Barton-Coombs
Mike Davis
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995.00
552.00
$85,601.67
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ROOSEVELT MIDDLE
SCHOOL PTA REQUEST
Drinda Jensen, representing the Roosevelt
Middle School PTA, came before Council asking for one day swim passes for
approximately 175 honor roll students. Mrs.
Jensen expressed her desire to have academic excellence rewarded and felt this
would be a way to do so. After
discussion, a motion was made by Larry Murray to approve this request. Motion seconded by John Gardner. Motion carried unanimously.
DURIGAN PASTURE
LEASE BID AWARD
Mayor
Lloyd Burton opened the three bids received
for leasing the Durigan pasture. The
bids were as follows:
Shane
Gardner $4,000.00
Russ
Abbott 2,026.00
Justin
Robb 759.99
A
motion was made by Larry Murray to accept the high bid of $4,000.00 from Shane
Gardner for a three year period. Motion seconded by Sterling Rees. Motion carried unanimously.
OUT-CITY-WATER
CONNECTION REQUESTS
Sanna Lee Hennefer did not
appear for her appointment.
BOARD OF
ADJUSTMENTS APPOINTMENTS
Council
reviewed the following names of individuals to be considered to serve on the
Board of Adjustments: Joni Larsen, Rex Ripplinger, Gordon Snow, Brent Bensen,
Kevin Migliori, and Lance Denver. Three appointments are needed for this board. One would come from the Planning and Zoning
Board and Vaughan Ryan and Guy Coleman who serve on the Planning and Zoning Board were
recommended for consideration. After
recommendations from Council Members, Mayor Lloyd Burton
will make the appointments to this board.
Mayor Burton stated that he would like to offer these positions to Rex Ripplinger and Gordon Snow and if one of these cannot
serve, then offer the position to Joni Larsen.
Letters will be written to Dr. Ripplinger and
Mr. Snow.
ORDINANCE NO. 2003-310 –
UNIFORM CODES
Council reviewed proposed Ordinance No. 2003-310,
an ordinance amending the Roosevelt City Code as amended and provide for the
adoption of the 2000 International Fire Code, 2000 International Mechanical
Code, 2002 International Plumbing Code, and 2002 International Electrical
Code. After discussion, a motion was
made by Larry Murray to approve scheduling a public hearing for public comment
of this ordinance. Motion seconded by Russ Cowan.
Motion carried unanimously.
STREET
LIGHT REQUEST
Russ Cowan was asked to see if a street light could be installed
at Gates
Drive
near the Aaron Weight residence. Russ
had been approached by Mr. Weight stating that a light was needed. Russ has visited the area and said a light
would be beneficial. After discussion, a
motion was made by Russ
Cowan to have a
light installed at the requested location.
Motion seconded by Beverly Hansen.
Motion carried unanimously.
BUSINESS
LICENSE APPLICATION
Council reviewed a business license application
for Frontier Court Services from Kevin Pummell.
After review and discussion, a motion was made by
Beverly Hansen to approve this application.
Motion seconded by John Gardner. Motion carried unanimously.
NUISANCE
ABATEMENT ISSUE
Cruth Apartments – Boarding up this building has not
stopped the criminal activity. Also, there
is a possible buyer for this property. After
discussion, a motion was made by Larry Murray to continue to pursue court action
as well as encourage sale of this property to take place. Motion seconded by Beverly Hansen. Motion carried unanimously.
Lopes Home – The State of Utah has an ownership
position in this property and will be approached to take responsibility for the
liability it presents to our community.
USU
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER GOLF TOURNAMENT
City Manager Brad Hancock would like to encourage Larry Murray and Mayor Lloyd Burton to attend the USU Scholarship Golf Tournament. Larry Murray stated that he would rather to
see a city employee that normally doesn’t get an opportunity to play in a tournament participate. Mayor Burton will review his schedule and let
Brad know if he is available.
DRY
SUBDIVISIONS – DUCHESNE COUNTY
Duchesne County has placed a moratorium on dry subdivisions within the county
except for lots of five or more acres. It
was discussed that the Utah Mini Ranches have sold out their current phase of
200 homes and does not have water available for any additional lots at this
time. Consequently, they are now selling
dry lots of five acres. The plan is to sell
these lots and then develop the water.
BUDGET
DISCUSSION
Finance Director Mike Davis gave a review of the
budget as of April 30, 2003. Possibly
$130,000 will be needed to subsidize the current year’s budget (FY 2003). This shortfall includes overstating sales tax
and building permits, as well as overspending on streets and engineering costs. In addition, franchise fees were understated,
but this is not enough to make up the shortfall in other areas. New carpeting was put in the city building and
roof work done which increased expenses.
The overall result is the approximate $130,000 shortfall estimate. Mike stated that there is no sure way to
predict the revenue we will receive. Council
Member Larry Murray expressed concern that we aren’t able to make better
estimates and might not be making the most prudent decisions based upon the
figures and information provided to the Council. Mike explained there can only be a “best
guess”, which isn’t always as close as everyone would like and his intent is
only to keep Council apprised of situations as they arise. Mike also stated that because of the
difficulty of “guessing”, the city depends on the unappropriated
surplus fund to even out the budget at the end of the year. Council Member Larry Murray asked if
department heads had the flexibility to shift line item amounts within their departments budgets.
Finance Director Mike Davis stated this is the way it has been for as
long as he’d been involved with the city and stated department heads can shift line item amounts as long as they stay within their
bottom line for the budget.
MAYOR
PRO TEM
Mayor Burton needed to be excused for the
remainder of the meeting and appointed Sterling Rees to act as Mayor Pro Tem.
COUNCIL
CONCERNS
Larry Murray – Larry asked about the possibility of obtaining the milled asphalt
from the state as they repair Highway 40. He
stated that Roger Eschler had called the state and they would put Roosevelt City on the list behind
the County and Myton City. Larry said that getting this asphalt and
laying it over our gravel roads like the new road at 200 South to Constitution Park would act like
additional road base but wouldn’t have any dirt in it. This would help keep the dirt and dust down
when the wind blew. Brad said he would follow
up with the State and County and see if Roosevelt City could obtain this
asphalt.
Larry also reported on a problem that has arisen
with placing a water meter for Constitution Park watering. A 4” meter was
purchased but the line is 6”. To use
this meter on this line would reduce pressure and make it impractical. It was suggested we hold off since we are
pursuing a secondary water system and the cost of a new meter would be
expensive. Brad also reported that the meter was in at
the golf course and final adjustments were being made so computerized reports
will be available. He expected that it
would be online this week.
Russ Cowan – Russ reported that there is an old car on the
Betts vacant lot west of the golf course driving range on Areva Road and asked if Brad would send a letter from the
city asking him to remove it.
Sterling Rees – Sterling expressed concern about parking on10th
West adjacent to the park. On the east side cars park diagonally and
cars are parking parallel on the west side.
There should be no parking on the west side. The curbs will be painted red to indicate “no
parking.”
Beverly Hansen – Beverly asked about the “Welcome to Roosevelt” signs by the cemetery and the missing sign on
the east end of town. Upon discussion,
it was decided the signs will not be renovated or reinstalled. The sign at the cemetery will be removed.
Beverly also expressed her concern with the chuckholes
at 700 South 500 East intersection. Some have been repaired, but there are still
more that need repair.
Beverly has received a complaint about junk cars at a home
across from Roosevelt Junior High and had a picture of it that she gave to City
Manager Brad
Hancock. It was suggested that a business might be conducted
there. Brad said he would follow up.
A
motion was made by Larry Murray to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Beverly Hansen. Motion carried unanimously.
Meeting
adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
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Lloyd Burton, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Carolyn Wilcken, Recorder