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02.05.2026 City Council MinutesAiWi" WHERE TOMORROW BEGINS AMMON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2026 — 6:00 P.M. 2135 SOUTH AMMON ROAD CALL TO ORDER: - Mayor Brian Powell at 6:00 p.m. - Pledge of Allegiance— Council Member Wheeler - Prayer—Council Member Oswald CONSENT AGENDA: 1, Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit A 2. Minutes: January 22, 2026—Regular Meetings ACTION ITEMS: 1. Kartchner Future Land Use Map Amendment - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) 2. Kartchner Rezone from C-1 and R3 -A to 112-A - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) 3. Curlew Bend Development Agreement Amendment - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) 4. Consideration of Resolution 2026.003 -Declare Surplus - (Micah Austin, City Administrator) 5. Consideration of Vehicle Maintenance Service Contract with Wally's Auto Repair- (Joanna Dahm, City Clerk & Tony Black, Streets/Sanitation Division Director) DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Title 10 Chapter 29 Master Plan language amendment 2. Miscellaneous ADJOURN City Officials Present: Mayor Brian Powell Council President Scott Wessel Councilmember Nolan Wheeler Councilmember Kris Oswald Councilmember Heidi Boyle Councilmember Jeff Fullmer Councilmember Sid Hamberlin MINUTES City Attorney Scott Hall City Administrator Micah Austin City Clerk Joanna Dahm City Planner Cindy Donovan City Engineer Morgan Stewart Streets/Sanitation Division Director Tony Black City Officials Absent: CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Brian Powell called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Council Member Wheeler led the pledge of allegiance and Council Member Oswald gave a prayer. Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 02.05.2026 Page 1 of 5 CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit A 2. Minutes: January 22, 2026— Regular Meetings It was moved by Council Member Fullmer and seconded by Council Member Wessel to approve the Consent Agenda Wheeler, yes; Oswald, yes; Wessel, yes; Boyle, yes; Fullmer, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. PUBLIC COMMENT: None ACTION ITEMS: 1. Kartchner Future Land Use Map Amendment - (Cindy Donovan, City Planner) The property is located within the Urban Renewal District. Planning and Zoning did approve this change. Staff recommends declining these changes. Mayor Powell discussed how he remembers sitting down with Troy Kartchner about this piece of land and how he wanted it zoned for commercial use as he felt it would be good planning for this area. Now there is a request going against that plan. City Planner Donovan stated both Michael Henerdson and Dan Kartchner are both in the audience if there are any questions. City Attorney Scott Hall stated all questions should go to City Planner Donovan since this is not a public hearing. Council Member Hamberlin asked if Cindy knows the reason behind wanting the change. City Planner Donovan stated it is just because of the lack of interest in the Commercial lot. Council President Scott Wessel spoke about there being a lack of interest due to the condition of 1st street, which will be improved. He mentioned all the commercial development in that area. He also stated how commercial development is the best on main roads. He also spoke about the future commercial that is going in the area. Council President Wessel stated you don't give up commercial land because you will not get it back, it is not in the City's best interest. Council Member Oswald stated she feels we need more commercial areas not less. She feels that once the road is done it will be a beautiful commercial area that will attract a lot of businesses. Council Member Fullmer stated we can only go so far North and this is an important piece. Council Member Oswald stated this is a major arterial and feels the City shouldn't give it up. City Attorney Scott Hall asked the Council if they feel they need to have another public hearing on this. All Council Members were in agreement that no further public hearings were needed and that the previous public hearing was notified substantially. It was moved by Council President Wessel and seconded by Council Member Wheeler to deny the Future Land Use Map Amendment due to it not being in compliance with the comprehensive plan Wheeler, yes; Oswald, yes; Wessel, yes; Boyle, yes; Fullmer, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. 2. Kartchner Rezone from C-1 and R3 -A to R2 -A -(Cindy Donovan, City Planner) Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 02.05.2026 Page 2 of 5 It was moved by Council President Wessel and seconded by Council Member Fullmer to deny the Kartchner Rezone from C-1 and R3 -A to R2 -A as it doesn't comply with the comprehensive plan Wheeler, yes; Oswald, yes; Wessel, yes; Boyle, yes; Fullmer, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. 3. Curlew Bend Development Agreement Amendment -(Cindy Donovan, City Planner) There was discussion concerning the changes in the development contract that are being sought. This was something that was brought before Council two years ago and then they never filed an application to amend. City Planner Donovan stated they have already paid the park's contribution. The amendment would require them to pay the law enforcement contribution. Council President Wessel stated if we keep extending how many residential units they can keep building and we don't require them to build the commercial shell it may never get done. Mayor Powell showed frustration that no one showed up to speak on behalf of the requested amendment, he stated if the amendment was that important to their project the developer should be there. It was moved by Council Member Wessel and seconded by Council Member Hamberlin to deny the Curlew Bend Development Agreement Amendment Wheeler, yes; Oswald, yes; Wessel, yes; Boyle, yes; Fullmer, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. 4. Consideration of Resolution 2026 -003 -Declare Surplus -(Micah Austin, City Administrator) City Administrator Micah Austin gave a brief run down of the items listed for Surplus. The Council decided to transfer the Sensus Tower Equipment (collector/rectifier) to the City of Kimberly without any charge. It was moved by Council Member Boyle and seconded by Council Member Oswald to approve the Resolution 2026 -003 -Declaring Surplus Wheeler, yes; Oswald, yes; Wessel, yes; Boyle, yes; Fullmer, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. 5. Consideration of Vehicle Maintenance Service Contract with Wally's Auto Repair- (Joanna Dahm, City Clerk & Tony Black, Streets/Sanitation Division Director) City Clerk Joanna Dahm read through the staff report concerning the RFP for Vehicle Maintenance Services and explained to the Council that the City had only received two. Staff recommended awarding the contract to Wally's as they had met every expectation of the RFP and had scored the highest on the scoring criteria. It was moved by Council Member Oswald and seconded by Council Member Fullmer to approve the Vehicle Maintenance Service Contract with Wally's Auto Repair Wheeler, yes; Oswald, yes; Wessel, yes; Boyle, yes; Fullmer, yes; Hamberlin, yes. Motion passes unanimously with vote by roll call. Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 02.05.2026 Page 3 of 5 DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Title 10 Chapter 29 Master Plan language amendment City Planner Donovan stated that there are a couple things that they would like to change because we have had issues arise. Changes are needed to 10-29-2, 10-29-6, 10-29-15 and 10-29-7. 10-29-2 would update the reference to the state code. 10-29-2 to concerning right of way and lot line adjustments. These changes come due to people building fences into other peoples property. There may have been agreements between previous home owners however when there are new homeowners this causes issues. We would like to add it into the fee resolution to offset staff time for research on these issues. Other changes are needed to language 2. Miscellaneous Council Member Fullmer -Stated he had a great State Capitol Day. We also met with the Boise State Athletic Department which went well. They showed us their analytics and how they create their models for players, it was very informative. Council Member Boyle -Stated she is surprised by the disconnect between P&Z and Council. Will our reasoning be passed back to P&Z on the Kartchner Rezone decision. City Planner Donovan stated yes that will be conveyed to P&Z. She asked when the Council will begin discussing the budget, City Administrator Micah Austin stated it will be May. Council President Wessel - He stated since the Hitt Road Urban District is finished he has been speaking with Tyler Draney about the declaring the Target Park. He asked City Administrator Micah Austin how big that parcel is. City Administrator Austin stated it is 0.88 acres, that is 38,549 square feet, it was valued at $12 per square foot, it was valued by Dustin Barron the County Assessor at $462,588.00. City Attorney Scott Hall stated that it depends on if it is buildable. Council President Wessel stated he believes we should put a price of $100,000 on it: He stated no one is going to take their child to that park on a busy road. He stated the money should go into replacing equipment at another playground. City Planner Donovan stated before anything is done she would like to make sure it is a buildable lot first. Council President Wessel stated maybe Target would be interested in it. City Administrator Austin will bring it back before Council to declare it surplus. Council Member Oswald - Asked if there are any restrictions that can be put on Short Term Rentals. Council Member Fullmer stated there is a bill at the state level that could be going before legislators. Council Member Oswald also thanked the Street Department for working on the pot hole filling. Council Member Wheeler- Thank you to the Parks Department for putting on the Scavenger Hunt again this year. City Administrator Micah Austin - Contribution fees have not been updated for a couple years. He has a meeting next week to look at those. Jennifer Belfield asked him to bring up Street Ammon City Council Regular Meeting 02.05.2026 Page 4 of 5 Contribution fees which we currently don't have. Is the Council interested in having one? These would be part of the development contract. City Attorney Scott Hall stated the more contribution fees you have the more you open up to litigation. So be cautious. City Administrator Micah Austin stated that our contribution fees are different from impact fees. The Fire District would like to surplus four vehicles, he asks the Council if there are any concerns with that. Council President asks if we surplus it, do we get the money or the Fire District. City Administrator Micah Austin stated that the City will get the money. The money goes into our Fire Rescue account. That account is in case the Fire District ever went away we could have our own Fire Department. City Clerk Joanna Dahm - Anyone who wants to attend the AIC District Meeting please let me know within the next two weeks so you can be registered. Secondly, Tuesday February 17th the Mayor's Scholarship Fund needs someone to help judge the applications for scholarships. Mayor Powell can attend the morning session but needs someone to step in for the afternoon session. The session runs from 12:30 to 4:30pm. Mayor Powell - Asks the City Council if they would be open to other faiths coming in to give prayer instead of it always being given by Council. The Council all think it's a great idea. In the last week of February there is the National Read-a-thon. Is there any interest from Council to go to schools in the area to read to the students or with them? All were in favor. Mayor Powell asked if anyone on the Council would be interested in helping to coordinate City Hall for a Day with the high schools? If anyone is interested let him know. 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