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1 Star City Council Meeting Minutes January 17, 2012 The regular meeting of the Star City Council was held on January 17, 2012 at the Star City Hall. Mayor Nathan Mitchell called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm and all stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Council persons Gary Smith, Tammy McDaniel and Chad Bell were present. Councilman Tom Erlebach was absent. Approval of the Agenda: Bell moved to approve the agenda, McDaniel seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Consent Agenda: McDaniel moved to approve the Consent Agenda consisting of: Meeting Minutes of December 21, 2010, Regular Meeting Minutes of December 6, 2011 and Claims Against the City for December 2011, Bell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Swearing in of Mayor and Council Persons: Oath of Office – The City Clerk administered the oath of office to Mayor Nathan Mitchell. Mayor Mitchell administered the oath of office to Councilman Chad Bell. Election of Council President – Bell nominated McDaniel as Council President, Smith seconded the nomination. McDaniel moved to nominate Bell as Council President, the nomination failed for a lack of a second. The nominations were closed. Bell moved to approve Council person McDaniel as Council President, Smith seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Selection of Committee & Agency Liaisons – The Mayor reviewed the list. Regarding the Transportation Committee, Bell stated that this committee has not met for over the year; we need to revisit this. It was decided that this committee will be combined with the Economic Development Committee. The Mayor discussed rules for committee meetings and elections. The vote on the new Economic Development Committee Chair was done by seven people voting and the committee is listed as having seventeen members. Committees serve at the pleasure of the Council. Smith stated that the EDC does not have bylaws and rules. Smith thinks they need some rules. Bell thinks we need guidelines. Smith stated we need reports from the Committees and to look at some guidelines. The Mayor will have some guidelines by next month. Smith moved to approve the Mayor/Council Liaison list for 2012 (see attached), Bell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Public Input/Presentation: Introduction of the new Police Chief John Laraway – The Mayor introduced Chief John Laraway. The Mayor stated that the Chief started with the Ada County Sheriff’s Office with Chief Ramage. The Mayor stated that he will be giving the reports. ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 Committee Reports – Smith introduced Alex Joye as the new EDC Chair. Joye stated that he wanted to talk about a letter that was distributed to the Council about him. An anonymous letter was sent to the Mayor and Council and he is trying to locate the envelope for prosecution. He doesn’t like the toxic local politics. Joye was approached by Councilman Smith and John Tomkinson to run against Councilman Erlebach. Joye stated that he believes in term limits and it was the sole issue for running. Joye was accused of being part of the blackmail of Councilman Erlebach along with Councilman Smith and John Tomkinson. Joye stated that it is absolutely false; if he has a problem he will face it. Joye stated that his running was nothing personal and did not know about Erelbach’s personal issues; he also didn’t know about the blackmail. Joye stated that he wanted to clear the record and he does have two last names and uses both. He explained the circumstances and stated that he had nothing to hide. Joye stated that he is the new EDC Chair and Chamber Vice President. Joye reviewed the EDC projects. The Chamber will be having their first awards banquet and officer installation on January 26 at the Saddlebrook Clubhouse from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm and invited everyone to attend. Tickets are $25.00 per person. Joye stated that he will be back before the Council to discuss flower baskets in the City. Public Input - The Mayor stated that the City received a letter from Paula Parke and she asked that it be read into the record. (See attached) Terry Malarkey, 23418 N. Blessinger, Star, Idaho – Malarkey stated that he talked with Tammy at Ada County Highway District regarding the curb at Hunter’s Creek. Malarkey stated that he was told the extruded curb is the responsibility of the City. ACHD will raise the sidewalk in two years. The second item Malarkey would like to see is a State of the City address. Malarkey would like to see what plans are for the upcoming year and there is a statute regarding a budget update every quarter and he would like to see that. The Mayor asked Malarkey what format he would like to see a State of the City address. Malarkey stated that he could do it maybe a half an hour prior to the next meeting. Malarkey stated that the Governor does one, and the neighboring cities do them. The Mayor asked if Malarkey wanted the same format with it being a fund raisers for the chamber of commerce. The Mayor stated that he would not commit to if he will or will not do that tonight. Roger Davis, 9750 W. Penhurst, Star, Idaho, waved copies of minutes and agendas from the City and stated that it was the sum total of last year’s work. It was all the history of “he said, she said”. The one thing that is lacking under committees is the lack of input. Davis wants to know what the Council is doing and why they aren’t reporting. He stated that the reports don’t need to be long. There are some comments that are not worthy of public officials in these minutes. Davis stated that liaisons are new to him, but they should have input. People need to know what they pay for. He commends Alex Joye for his disclosure; it alleviates the “he said/she said” conversations. Davis is requesting that the voice record be kept for a year or that Mr. Joye write a letter for the record. Davis stated that a lady came in and reported that people couldn’t hear at the Council meetings. He suggested the Council address the problem. Discussion was held on the time frame of keeping meeting minutes and audio. Chris Stokes, 10166 Arrowleaf Court, Star, Idaho, stated that several years, maybe three or more, the Council heard about beautification in the City. There was talk about estimates and ---PAGE BREAK--- 3 discussions on what was needed. Stokes stated that we need to get it decided and what we can do to get it done. We have a brand new sports area and it will bring people to town. There are lots of good ideas and lots of improvements that could be done in the City. People don’t want to pay for a full time Mayor and Council, do we want their biggest discussion to be about flower baskets. This needs to get prioritized so our part time officials can get resolution. New/Old Business: Idaho Power Report – Blake Watson, stated Idaho Power supports economic development and presented a check to the City in the amount of $500.00. The Mayor thanked Watson and Idaho Power for the check. Resolution No. 2011-08 Ada City County Emergency Management – McDaniel moved to approve Resolution 2011-08, a Resolution providing for the adoption of the Ada County all Hazards Mitigation plan, Bell seconded the motion. McDaniel read the title. All aye: motion carried. El Mariachi Sidewalk Bid Discussion – The Mayor stated that he has a collection of bids and wants to know if council wants to put the sidewalk in from Seneca Springs to the Estrella Complex. There are several options to build the sidewalk, there is 252 feet of sidewalk and cost will be around $6335.00, the bid would include culverts. Smith is in favor of moving ahead not to exceed $6,500. Bell stated that we have discussed this with the highway district; it is not on a work plan. Bell moved to approve the bids for the sidewalk with a spending ceiling of $6,500, McDaniel seconded the motion. Mayor will formalize the bids. All aye: motion carried. Reports: Council: Smith stated he attended the Chamber Ribbon cutting, final meeting of the Students Come First Task Force, Dec/Jan Electrical Planning meeting, Joint Chamber Legislative meeting, Star Community Council, District 14, Star EDC meeting, Boise Valley stake holders meeting. McDaniel stated she attended the Ada City-County Emergency Management meeting at the courthouse; they are concerned about agencies working together. There are jurisdictions that have conflicts. They went over ideas of getting agencies working together and talked about rural fire districts. They agreed each jurisdiction should appoint a special liaison. The Mayor explained that ACCEM is funded through six Ada County Cities and County. Bell stated he attended Read Night at school. Bell stated that it is a reading activity where you read to children for an hour and half, about 285 kids and parents showed up. The school is looking at more nights like this with different subjects like math. Bell met with representatives of the school and they are in serious stages of getting a running track for the school. They are looking at the first or second week in June for starting construction. Bell will attend a Valley Regional Transit meeting tomorrow. ---PAGE BREAK--- 4 Mayor: The Mayor stated we have hired Deb Lewis to fill the Permit Tech position. The Mayor spoke about the Unified Development Code and the fact that we need to revamp all our applications and forms and will have new fees coming to the Council. The Mayor met with Boise National Soccer Club and reached an agreement with them. They will provide some additional training once a week during soccer leagues and once a month training for soccer coaches. The other thing they will be doing is training referees. They want to come out with competitive teams for the community to see. The Mayor attended the Boise Metro Chamber Legislative gathering. The Mayor will be attending an upcoming event with AIC’s legislative luncheon Jan 26. The Mayor attended the District 14 Democratic Convention. He is on the leadership committee for Communities In Motion and they will be starting the update process. Land use assumptions will be a major part of the input. At one of the February meetings, the Mayor will have a proposal for the web site. It will include cost estimates from professionals. The discussion continues regarding the de- annexation of the Canyon County property. We will be sitting down with the owners soon. Bell publicly thanked Chris Stokes for being the School Advisory chair. She put in a lot of hours with the school. She spent a lot of time assisting and she has just resigned. The Mayor stated that we have come through an election cycle and it has been contentious. He asked that anyone having a problem to grab the person you have a problem with and get the problems over with. We have a huge opportunity in 2012 and he asked everyone to come and have a discussion with Council. The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 pm. Approved: Respectfully submitted: Nathan Mitchell, Mayor Cathy Ward, City Clerk