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12.04.2025 City Council MinutesAmmon WHERE TOMORROW BEGINS AMMON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES THURSDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2025 — 6:00 P.M. 2135 SOUTH AMMON ROAD AGENDA CALL TO ORDER: Council Member Wessel at 6:00 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance —Council Member Fullmer Prayer — Council Member Boyle CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit A 2. Minutes: November 20, 2025 —Regular Meetings PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA (3 -minute limit) ACTION ITEMS: 1. Consideration of the Building Department Electrical Inspection Services Contract - (Greg McBride, Building Official) 2. Consideration of the Building Department Plumbing Inspection Services Contract - (Greg McBride, Building Official) 3. Consideration of Resolution 2025 -013 -Meeting Schedule - (Micah Austin, City Administrator) 4. Consideration of Resolution 2025-014 - Authorizing the City of Ammon to join AFFF Class Action Lawsuit (Scott Hall, City Attorney) S. Appointment of Planning & Zoning Commissioners - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Miscellaneous ADJOURN City Officials Present: Councilmember Jeff Fullmer Councilmember Scott Wessel Councilmember Kris Oswald Councilmember Sid Hamberlin- (via Zoom) Councilmember Heidi Boyle CALL TO ORDER: MINUTES City Attorney Scott Hall City Administrator Micah Austin City Clerk Joanna Dahm City Planner Cindy Donovan Assistant City Planner Heather McBride City Engineer Morgan Stewart Water/Wastewater Division Director Nathan Riblett City Officials Absent: Mayor Sean Coletti Council President Russell Slack Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 12.04.2025 Page 1 of 4 Council Member Scott Wessel called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Council Member Fullmer led the pledge of allegiance and Council Member Boyle gave a prayer. CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit A 2. Minutes: November 20, 2025 — Regular Meeting It was moved by Council Member Fullmer and seconded by Council Member Oswald to approve the Consent Agenda. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, absent; Boyle, yes; Hamberlin, yes. 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 the Building Department Electrical Inspection Services Contract - (Greg McBride, Building Official) Recommendation: - Rejection of Bid due to budget, go out to Rebid It was moved by Council Member Boyle and seconded by Council Member Oswald to Reject the Electrical Inspection Service Bid and go out to Rebid Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, absent; Boyle, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. 2. Consideration of the Building Department Plumbing Inspection Services Contract - (Greg McBride, Building Official) Recommendation: -Approval of bid It was moved by Council Member Fullmer and seconded by Council Member Oswald to approve the Plumbing Inspection Services Bid received from Dereck Hill at D Hill Plumbing. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, absent; Boyle, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. 3. Consideration of Resolution 2025 -013 -Meeting Schedule -(Micah Austin, City Administrator) Recommendation: - Approval of Resolution 2025 -013 -Meeting Schedule in accordance with State Statute It was moved by Council Member Boyle and seconded by Council Member Fullmer to approve Resolution 2025-013- Meeting Schedule in accordance with state statute Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, absent; Boyle, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 12.04.2025 Page 2 of 4 4. Consideration of Resolution 2025-014 - Authorizing the City of Ammon to join AFFF Class Action Lawsuit (Scott Hall, City Attorney) It was moved by Council Member Oswald and seconded by Council Member Wessel to approve Resolution 2025-014- Authorizing the City of Ammon to join AFFF Class Action Lawsuit Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, absent; Boyle, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. S. Appointment of Planning & Zoning Commissioners - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) It was moved by Council Member Fullmer and seconded by Council Member Oswald to approve the Appointment of Planning & Zoning Commissioners Jeff Caldwell and Ashlee Jo -Glenn Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, absent; Boyle, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Miscellaneous- Water/Wastewater Division Director Nathan Riblett - Stated the leak on Ammon Road had been fixed. City Administrator Micah Austin stated crews were home around tam and back at work at 8am. Council Member Scott Wessel asked Nathan if any residents were affected, Nathan stated yes Liberty Square was out of water and on Fire Watch, as well as another dozen residents were out of water. City Clerk Joanna Dahm - stated there is a snow event in effect and let the Council know alerts have been sent out through text and social media. We have gained another 120 residents who have signed up for text alerts within the last month. City Planner Cindy Donovan - There was a joint meeting with Rocky Mountain Power, talked about how they can only put conduit, they can't put active wires in until they have a public utility easement. The way the city is doing platts currently isn't working for them. We are going to look at development agreements and city code. Cindy stated they should have also received an email concerning a study with Liberty University in regards to affordable housing. If you would like to participate please respond to the email. All responses are anonymous. City Engineer Morgan Stewart - Lincoln is getting cleaned up today. The round -a -bout on Curlew is getting big rocks in the middle and the stamped concrete should be getting done next week. Got confirmation on 1st Street that SHPO hasn't received the contract yet. We have emails in with everyone trying to track it down. LHTAC is working on getting the updated schedule out to US. City Administrator Micah Austin - We received a grant from the Governor's Office, it is for $66,000 to replace the Public Works roll up doors with insulated doors. We wanted to replace Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 12.04.2025 Page 3 of 4 the Fiber Department doors as well. The grant had to be used on energy efficiency items. The deadline is May 31st to have it done. Council Member Jeff Fullmer - He stated we still have a railroad light on Sunnyside, it was going off the other day, just wondering if that can be disconnected or removed, since it is no longer an active railroad crossing. City Administrator Micah Austin stated that it is all handled by the railroad. Decorative lamps on Crown Crescent and Sunnyside, it is a very dark corner because the lamps are out. On the January 15th worksession agenda, we should discuss GIFT, set up a committee. ADJOURN at 6:48 pm Sean Colletli, Mayor 110 F pM p°'� oanna Dahm, City Clerk SEAL 1961 Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 12.04.2025 Page 4 of 4