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City Council Minutes
REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
7:00PM
City Hall Chambers
1401 Overland Avenue, Burley, Idaho

1. CALL TO ORDER-REGULAR MEETING at 7:00 p.m.
Mayor Ormond called the regular meeting to order at approximately 7:00 p.m. A quorum was present.

Councilin attendance(X)

Mayor Steve Ormond X Councilmember JanetHansen = X
Council President CaseyAndersen X Councilmember KimberliSeely X
Councilmember John Craner X Councilmember BryceMorgan X
Councilmember Jim Powell X
Staff in attendance (x):
City Administrator Brett Boyer Sexton Dave Allred X
Elois Joseph- a
City Clerk Pieterse Engineer Bryan Reiter xX
City Attorney Dave Shirley Shop Foreman _ Rick Garner
Economic Electrical OO
Development Brent Carver Supervisor Floyd Thomas xX
Human Resources’ Carol Anderson Parks Supervisor Brent Winn _
WW Treatment Dustin Raney Librarian Tayce Robinson
Sanitation —
Golf Pro Scott Draper Supervisor Eric Pufal
Sher. Jarrod —
Engineer Dave Waldron Sheriff's Dept. Thompson X
Under Sher. Kevin
Street Supervisor Korky Blackner Sheriff's Dept. Horak ee
Airport Kevin Gebhart Fire Chief Shannon Tolman _
Building Department Gary Pawson Deputy Fire Chief Casey Harman xX
P&Z Administrator Spencer McArthur Fire Captain Jonathan Ostler

2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Invocation was led by Councilmember Morgan followed by the pledge of allegiance.
3. ACTIONITEM: Consent Calendar: items 3.a. through 3.c.: Items on the Consent Calendar are to be

routine and enacted by one motion. Any item may be removed for discussion and made a
part of the regular agenda at the request of a member of the Council. Any request shall be
made after the Consent Calendar is read and before action is taken.
3. a. Approval of minutes from August 19, 2025, Special & Regular City Council
Meeting.

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3.b. Bills Payable in the amount of $1,360,132.20
3.c. Payroll ending on 08/08/2025 for $336,404.53; and ending on 08/22/2025 for
$480,975.97

The consent calendar was read in full.

MOTION: Councilmember Andersen moved to approve the consent calendar as presented.
Councilmember Morgan seconded the motion. A roll call vote was conducted.

Hansen Aye Morgan Aye Craner Aye
Powell Aye Seely Aye Andersen Aye

All present voted in favor of the motion. Motion carried 6 to 0.

Approval of City Administrator to represent Burley Urban Renewal (Burley Mayor Ormond
Development Authority)

Mayor Ormond presented the item, including the following:
e Brett Boyer has been previously appointed by the mayor to represent the Burley
Development Authority, the request is for council to ratify the approval.

MOTION: Councilmember Craner moved ratify the appointment as presented by the mayor.
Councilmember Morgan seconded the motion. A roll call vote was conducted.

Seely Aye Morgan Aye Andersen Aye
Hansen Aye Craner Aye Powell Aye

All present voted in favor of the motion. Motion carried 6 to 0.

Approve and authorize the Electric Department to purchase a quantity Floyd Thomas

of thirty-seven 45-foot power poles at a cost of $49,535.25. Electrical
Superintendent

Floyd Thomas presented, including the following:
e Purchase of a truckload of poles as it is more cost efficient to purchase in bulk.
e 14 poles need to be replaced

Discussion ensued regarding:
e Where the poles will come from
e The treatment of the poles
e Taxes will be removed once tax information is received.
e Delivery is included with the overall cost.

Approval will be for the net value amount. Warranties are waived, Floyd will inspect the
product before acceptance.

MOTION: Councilmember Morgan moved to approve the item in the net value amount of
$46,731.37. Councilmember Seely seconded the motion. A roll call vote was conducted.

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Craner Aye Andersen Aye Powell Aye
Hansen Aye Morgan Aye Seely Aye

All present voted in favor of the motion. Motion carried 6 to 0

Adoption of Ordinance 1432 Amending Burley City Code Section 5-14-1 Spencer McArthur
P&Z Administrator

Spencer McArthur presented the item:
e Ordinance is a recommendation from Planning & Zoning, through resolution
approved at the Planning & Zoning meeting.
e Public hearing was held on 08/20/2025, no public feedback received.
e Currently the building inspector is over the zoning code, this amendment splits the
duties. Zoning issues and zoning determinations into the Zoning Administrator and
the duties of building permits and building information with the Building Inspector.

Discussion ensued.
MOTION: Councilmember Powell moved to dispense with the rule requiring three separate
readings and allow Ordinance1432 to be read once by title only. Councilmember Seely

seconded the motion. A roll call vote was conducted.

Craner Aye Andersen Aye Powell Aye
Hansen Aye Morgan Aye Seely Aye

All present voted in favor of the motion. Motion carried 6 to 0
Spencer McArthur read Ordinance 1432 by title only.

MOTION: Councilmember Powell moved to approve Ordinance1432 and allow the mayor to
sign. Councilmember Morgan seconded the motion. A roll call vote was conducted.

Powell Aye Andersen Aye Hansen Aye
Craner Aye Seely Aye Morgan Aye

All present voted in favor of the motion. Motion carried 6 to 0

Adoption of Resolution 19-25, 2025 Transportation Master Plan Spencer McArthur
P&Z Administrator

Spencer McArthur presented the item:
e Transportation master plan shared.
e Minor changes
e Figures have been updated to most recent data and engineering figures.
e Newcountry road section was added.

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Discussion ensued regarding the reason for the addition of the country road option. It was
clarified that curb and sidewalk will be a requirement in this plan.

The frequency of updating the document was discussed.
Overall cost of all the projects in the plan was discussed.

Dave Shirley clarified that the Transportation Master Plan will provide a standard that developers
will have to meet.

Brett Boyer provided additional clarification on the item.

MOTION: Councilmember Andersen moved to approve Resolution 19-25 and allow the
mayor to sign. Councilmember Hansen seconded the motion. A roll call vote was
conducted.

Craner Aye Hansen Aye Powell Aye
Andersen Aye Morgan Aye Seely Aye

All present voted in favor of the motion. Motion carried 6 to 0

Acceptance of 13" street dedication deeds and easement Spencer McArthur
P&Z Administrator

Spencer McArthur presented the item:
e History of the item was presented
e 13 street -easements needed for the placement of an Industrial Force Main and
road, currently the road is gravel.
e 4deeds have been received.
e JPW easementis still pending, work can continue without this easement

Spencer McArthur presented the proposed motion for consideration

MOTION: Councilmember Craner moved to accept the street and utility easement from
Garrald Price LLC and the four road dedication deeds from JR Simplot Company; The Ricks
Group Investments, LLC; Belliston Brothers Apiaries, Inc; and Todd and Deanna Stauffer and
allow the mayor to sign. Councilmember Powell seconded the motion. A roll call vote was

conducted.

Powell Aye Morgan Aye Seely Aye
Craner Aye Andersen Aye Hansen Aye

All present voted in favor of the motion. Motion carried 6 to 0

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10. ACTIONITEM: Discussion and Approval of City-wide income LMI study with Frontier Spencer McArthur
Community Resources (aka Region IV Development). P&Z Administrator

ACTION ITEM: Discussion and Approval Resolution 20-25, Stop-Sign Plan

Spencer McArthur presented the item:

e The placement of permanent fixtures requires council consideration per City Code.

e Maps shared

e Removal of signs and the inclusion of Phase 1 stop signs to include additional stop

signs.

Discussion ensued whether the stop signs will be included in the Transportation Master Plan.

MOTION: Councilmember Morgan moved to approve Resolution 20-25 and allow the mayor
to sign. Councilmember Seely seconded the motion. A roll call vote was conducted.

Morgan Aye Craner Aye Seely Aye
Hansen Aye Powell Aye Andersen Aye

All present voted in favor of the motion. Motion carried 6 to 0

Spencer McArthur presented:
e Grants under CBDG need to meet an income threshold.

e Atthe previous LMI study, the City of Burley did not meet the threshold requirements

e Random sampling, process for selecting the sample was discussed.
e Survey is applicable for 5 years, we are due to update the survey

e Completed LMI study is a pre-requisite for various grant applications
e $4,000 fiscal impact to complete the study.

Discussion ensued regarding the necessity of the study. Councilmember Craner shared support

for the study.
Frontier has been contracted to help facilitate the study.

MOTION: Councilmember Hansen moved to approve the item as presented.
Councilmember Andersen seconded the motion. A roll call vote was conducted.

Andersen Aye Hansen Aye Craner Aye
Powell Aye Seely Aye Morgan Aye

All present voted in favor of the motion. Motion carried 6 to 0

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Spencer McArthur
P&Z Administrator

13. REPORT OF RECENT AND UPCOMING CITY EVENTS
Brett Boyer presented:
e LMI Survey will be sent out this week — council may receive calls
e Next Thursday is the City-wide BBQ
Mayor Ormond thanked various departments for their service.

Traffic and construction issues discussed.

14. ACTIONITEM: Adjournment

MOTION: Councilmember Andersen moved to adjourn the meeting. Councilmember
Morgan seconded the motion. A voice vote was conducted.

All present voted in favor of the motion. Motion carried 6 to 0.

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:46 p.m.

City of Burley

Mayor Steve Ormond

ATTEST:

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