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11.20.2025 City Council MinutesACITY mmon WHERE TOMORROW BEGINS AMMON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20,2025 — 6:00 P.M. 2135 SOUTH AMMON ROAD AGENDA CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Sean Coletti at 6:00 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance — Council Member Oswald Prayer—Council Member Wessel CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit A 2. Minutes: November 6 and 13, 2025— Regular Meetings PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA (3 -minute limit) ACTION ITEMS: 1. Consideration of Ordinance 741- Title 10 Amendments - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) 2. Consideration of Ordinance 742 - Council Meeting Time- (Micah Austin, City Administrator) 3. Consideration of Ordinance 743 - Chapter 12 - Burglar Alarms- (Joanna Dahm, City Clerk) 4. Acceptance of Elections Canvass Results - (Joanna Dahm, City Clerk) 5. Consideration of Riviera Park Amended Plat - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) 6. Consideration of Bid Award for Taylorview Lift Station Relocation contract - (Morgan Stewart, City Engineer) DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Miscellaneous ADJOURN MINUTES City Officials Present: City Attorney Scott Hall City Officials Absent: Mayor Sean Coletti City Administrator Micah Austin (via Zoom) Councilmember Sid Hamberlin Council President Russell Slack City Clerk Joanna Dahm Councilmember Heidi Boyle Councilmember Jeff Fullmer Assistant City Planner Heather McBride Councilmember Scott Wessel City Engineer Morgan Stewart Councilmember Kris Oswald Street/Sanitation Director Tony Black Code Enforcement Clarissa Jones CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Sean Coletti called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. Council Member Oswald led the pledge of allegiance and Council Member Wessel gave a prayer. Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 11.20.2025 Page 1 of 5 CONSENTAGENDA: 1, Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit 2. Minutes: November 6 and 13, 2025— Regular Meeting It was moved by Council Member Slack and seconded by Council Member Fullmer to approve the Consent Agenda. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA (3 -minute limit) No public comment was presented. ACTION ITEMS: 1. Consideration of Ordinance 741- Title 10 Amendments - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) Recommendation: -Adoption of Ordinance 741 -Title 10 Amendments It was moved by Council Member Slack and seconded by Council Member Wessel to dispense with the rule requiring three readings on three different days and that the three readings be waived. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. It was moved by Council Member Slack and seconded by Council Member Wessel to approve Ordinance 741 Title 10 Amendments and summary on its third and final reading. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call 2. Consideration of Ordinance 742 -Council Meeting Time- (Micah Austin, City Administrator) Recommendation: Adoption of Ordinance 742 -Council Meeting Time It was moved by Council Member Slack and seconded by Council Member Oswald to dispense with the rule requiring three readings on three different days and that the three readings be waived. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. It was moved by Council Member Slack and seconded by Council Member Oswald to approve Ordinance 742 - Council Meeting Times and summary, to include amending the language of the location where the meetings are held at the designated location on its third and final reading. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call 3. Consideration of Ordinance 743 -Chapter 12 -Burglar Alarms- (Joanna Dahm, City Clerk) Recommendation: Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 11.20.2025 Page 2 of 5 Adoption of Ordinance 743- Chapter 12 -Burglar Alarms It was moved by Council Member Fullmer and seconded by Council Member Oswald to dispense with the rule requiring three readings on three different days and that the three readings be waived. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. It was moved by Council Member Fullmer and seconded by Council Member Oswald to approve Ordinance 743 Chapter 12 - Burglar Alarms Procedures and summary on its third and final reading. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call 4. Acceptance of Elections Canvass Results - (Joanna Dahm, City Clerk) Recommendation: - Acceptance of the November 4th, 2025 Canvass Election Results in accordance with state statute It was moved by Council Member Slack and seconded by Council Member Fullmer to approve the November 4th, 2025 Election Canvass Results in accordance with state statute. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. 5. Consideration of Riviera Park Amended Plat - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) Recommendation: Approval of the Riviera Park Amended Plat Johnny Arbuckle came up to answer questions from the Council- Wessel, when will Lincoln be reopened. Mr. Arbuckle stated they have it paved and should be reopened shortly. Council Member Wessel stated he would like a date of when it would be opened. Mr. Arbuckle said it could reach out and get a date to Heather McBride by tomorrow. Mayor Sean Coletti please make sure that businesses know that they are within the City of Ammon and that they need to say their addresses are in Ammon. Council Member asks where the parking is at the town homes. Mr. Arbuckle stated the townhomes have garages and driveways. The size of the lots are all planned for two car garages. Council Member Kris Oswald asked about the sidewalks. Mr. Arbuckle stated the sidewalks and walking paths are marked in different colors. Council Member Fullmer asked if there will be dumpsters, Mr. Arbuckle stated yes there will be dumpsters. Dumpster locations have been reviewed with staff, as well as the enclosures to go around the dumpsters. Council Member Wessel asks Assistant City Planner Heather McBride if the enclosures are block, and do the guidelines include no visibility of the dumpsters. Assistant City Planner McBride stated usually these are vinyl fencing. Mr. Arbuckle stated that Ammon Fiber will be throughout the project as well per the development agreement. It was moved by Council Member Fullmer and seconded by Council Member Oswald to approve the Riviera Park Amended Plat as presented subject to technical review Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 11.20.2025 Page 3 of 5 6. Consideration of Bid Award for Taylorview Lift Station Relocation contract - (Morgan Stewart, City Engineer) Recommendation: Staff recommends awarding the contract Council Member Slack asks if the bid increased or decreased. City Engineer Morgan Stewart stated in the first bid they didn't notice the Fiber Box increased $25,000 due to the Fiber lines being in their way. It was moved by Council Member Slack and seconded by Council Member Oswald to approve the bid for the Taylorview Lift Station Relocation from Knife River and authorize the Mayor to sign the contract. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Miscellaneous - Assistant City Planner Heather McBride -Community Outreach Coordinator (Heather Smith) for White Pines Academy reached out, they are restructuring their awards program for their community science and engineering fair. They are reaching out for sponsorship, with no cost to the city, we come up with the title and criteria for the award. We can have a focus on improvements to the city. Instead of a key to the city we should present a gear to the city. Mayor Sean Coletti asked if anyone was opposed. No opposition to the city sponsoring the award. It's more of a community outreach effort. City Engineer Morgan Stewart -updated on first street, met with Kelly at Horox, still working through the environmental process. We submitted to LHTAC (Local Highway Technical Assistance Council) and LHTAC submitted to ITD. We are waiting on approval from SHPO. We are looking at the Spring for a bid date. The September deadline is for the city to sign the contract. Mayor Coletti states we need to put as much pressure on this as possible, the community gets frustrated when they don't see results. Micah Austin stated he spoke with Chris Schaffer at SHPO. Update on the round -a -about intersection at Curlew and John Adams it is closing down next Tuesday to finish the center. City Attorney Scott Hall- There is an issue with EIRSD (Eastern Idaho Regional Sewer District) with grease pits not being cleaned out by a vendor who is charging that he is cleaning them, make sure that Water/Wastewater Division Director Nathan Riblett is following up on that. City Administrator Micah Austin stated that Nathan has been in touch with them. Council Member Jeff Fullmer- Voter turnout was very low, not sure what we can do to encourage more voter turn out. Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 11.20.2025 Page 4 of 5 Council Member Kris Oswuld-Just wondering if at the next work session we can talk about street improvements before developers come in, Mayor Coletti and Council President Slack stated either the city has to pay for it upfront or we have to wait for the developer. Mayor Coletti stated a worksession would be a good place to walk through how the process works, that the developer pays and the studies that go into that, as well as a generic timeline. Council Member Oswald asks if we can see a map that identifies all the arterial roads, where they actually end, and the density. Changes need to be made to Ordinance 742, the language states 2nd and 4th Thursday for Council Meetings. This is an error. Mayor Coletti asks for a motion to amend the language. It was moved by Council Member Slack and seconded by Council Member Fullmer to dispense with the rule requiring three readings on three different days and that the three readings be waived, with the correction of the language of meetings being held on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. It was moved by Council Member Slack and seconded by Council Member Wessel to approve Ordinance 742 - Council Meeting Times and summary, to include amending the language with the correction of the language of meetings being held on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month on its third and final reading. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, yes; Boyle, absent; Hamberlin, absent. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call City Administrator Micah Austin -Stated he is in Salt Lake attending the National League of Cities conference and Just serve award had a big part in the opening program, City of Ammon was in their slide deck. This conference is geared towards elected officials more so than City Administrators. One big focus this year is on all of the ways Al is impacting and improving city government. ADJOURN at 7:22 pm oanna Dahm, City Clerk Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 11.20.2025 Page 5 of 5