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01.08.2026 City Council MinutesWHERE TOMORROW BEGINS AMMON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES THURSDAY, JANUARY 08,2026— 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 Fullmer CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit A 2. Minutes: December 18, 2025 — Regular Meetings SWEARING-IN OF MAYOR BRIAN POWELL SWEARING-IN OF COUNCIL MEMBERS 1. Nolan Wheeler 2. Kris Oswald 3. Sid Hamberlin ELECTION OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA (3 -minute limit) ACTION ITEMS: 1. Consideration of Contract for Services - Ammon Arts Community Theater, Inc - (Micah Austin, City Administrator) DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Dodge Durango Title ADJOURN City Officials Present: Mayor Sean Coletti Councilmember Jeff Fullmer Councilmember Scott Wessel - Via Zoom Councilmember Kris Oswald Councilmember Sid Hamberlin 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 City Officials Absent: Council President Russell Slack Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 01.08.2026 Page 1 of 4 Councilmember Heidi Boyle Water/Wastewater Division Director Nathan Riblett CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Sean Coletti called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Council Member Oswald led the pledge of allegiance and Council Member Fullmer gave a prayer. CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit 2. Minutes: December 18, 2025 — Regular Meeting It was moved by Council Member Boyle 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. SWEARING-IN OF MAYOR BRIAN POWELL SWEARING-IN OF COUNCIL MEMBERS 4. Nolan Wheeler 5. Kris Oswald 6. Sid Hamberlin ELECT COUNCIL PRESIDENT Council Member Hamberlin made a motion to elect Scott Wessel as Council President, seconded by Council Member Kris Oswald Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Slack, absent; Boyle, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. Council Member Wessel accepted City Administrator Micah Austin handed out the liaison assignments to the City Council members. Mayor Brian Powell read through the liaison assignments for each council member. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA (3 -minute limit) No public comment was presented. ACTION ITEMS: 1. Consideration of Contract for Services -Ammon Arts Community Theater, Inc -(Micah Austin, City Administrator) Recommendation: - Approval of Contract for Services - Ammon Arts Community Theater, Inc Thea Disney -2105 Heather Lane, Ammon ID. Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 01.08.2026 Page 2 of 4 Thea addressed the City Council and gave a run down of the performances that are upcoming. She stated the theater is in its seventh year. Funds are used for costumes, props and other materials. She stated shows and audiences are growing substantially. Each year the theater tries to do something new. This year they are doing a theme, which is Shakespeare. The City of Ammon is given 20 tickets for each performance for staff to use. It was moved by Council Member Fullmer and seconded by Council Member Boyle to approve the Contract for Services - Ammon Arts Community Theater, Inc in the amount of $2,000. Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Wheeler, yes; Boyle, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Dodge Durango Title - City Administrator Micah Austin addressed the City Council explaining that when the City of Ammon and the Ammon Fire Department split off into a Fire District about 5 years ago. At that time we were still a little uncertain as to where everything was going. How we handled the split at the time was that all apparatus, grounds and materials stayed in the City of Ammons name. Some items have been sold or transferred to other entities. At this time they would like to cycle out the plates on the 2019 Dodge Durango. We are here to discuss whether it is as easy as the City switching out the plates and registering it or if we want to do something different. Chief John Molbert stated he misunderstood the contract to begin with. The vehicle is still in use, we have no plan to get rid of it or trading it in. The Fire District is fine with the City maintaining the licensing. City Attorney Scott Hall addressed the City Council and stated the reason it was done this way was because we didn't know if the Fire District would be successful. If the Fire Department had to come back to the City then the City would be equipped. Mayor Brian Powell asked City Administrator Micah Austin what the terms of the agreement were. City Administrator Austin stated it is a lease agreement. The Durango Plates were tied to the Deputy Chief however, now he has a new truck and would like the plates for the Deputy Chief not to be on the Durango. It was the consensus from the Council that the licensing would be done by the City and the Fire District would then reimburse the City of Ammon for the cost. 2. Miscellaneous - Council Member Heidi Boyle -was approached by a business owner about the turn coming out of the Albertsons parking lot onto 17th and how the turn will be. They were considering coming to a traffic commission meeting. They thought the turn was going to be completely cut off. City Engineer Morgan Stewart stated the left turn coming out will not be allowed, but this will not be happening until 2027 or 2028. Council Member Sid Hamberlin - asked City Engineer Morgan Stewart to reach out to him for anything including ride along, he stated he used to go with Tracy. Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 01.08.2026 Page 3 of 4 Council President Scott Wessel made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Council Member Kris Oswald seconded the motion. ADJOURN at 6:54 pm �xoi2z, Brian Powell, Mayor SEAL 1961 J anna Dahm, City Clerk Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 01.08.2026 Page 4 of 4