City of Kimberly | minutes | meeting 2025-12-09 | Council Meeting source: https://www.cityofkimberly.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12092025-202 City of Kimberly MINUTES City Council December 09, 2025 MEETING MINUTES 6:00 pm 242 Hwy 30 E., Kimberly, ID 83341 Provisions are being made to support Council, Staff and Public participation, in this public meeting, via a telephone conference call option, or you may attend in person. TO PARTICIPATE BY PHONE, call in at approximately 5:55 p.m. to the conference call number 1-650-817-8178 Enter the Pin number 761 708 046 followed by the pound # sign. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WELCOME – PLEASE TURN OFF CELL PHONES – THANK YOU ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS City Clerk Carrie Kimball took roll call: Tomlinson-Yes Richman- Yes Duncan- Yes Snarr-Yes CEREMONIES, ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRESENTATIONS Morgan Godfrey-KBOA President- Thanked the Mayor, Council, and City Staff for a wonder St. Nicholas Event this year. He expressed how everything came together beautifully. Local venders and businesses were busy, and some even sold out! Morgan looks forward to working with everyone again next year for another great St. Nicholas Festival! AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA None DECLARATION OF CONFLICT None 1. CITIZEN ISSUES – PUBLIC INPUT –No person shall be permitted to speak from a location other than the public podium. This section of the agenda is reserved for citizens wishing to address the Council regarding a City-related issue. In order to ensure adequate public notice, Idaho Law provides that any item requiring Council action must be placed on the agenda of an upcoming Council meeting, except for emergency circumstances. Comments related to future public hearings should be held for that public hearing. Persons wishing to speak will have 3 minutes. Comments regarding performance by city employees are inappropriate at this time and should be directed to the Mayor, either by subsequent appointment or after tonight’s meeting if time permitting. Public participation at a Kimberly City Council meeting is limited to participation in the public comment portion of the meeting. The City Council does not take any action or make any decisions during public comment. Morgan Godfrey residing at 331 Red Rock Trail, Kimberly Idaho 83341-KBOA President- Thanked the Mayor, Council, and City Staff for a wonder St. Nicholas Event this year. He expressed how everything came together beautifully. They were very appreciative of what the City did to help them. He extended special thanks to the staff that volunteered their time to help make the event great. It was a huge success. The weather was amazing. Local venders and businesses were busy, and some even sold out! Morgan looks forward to working with everyone again next year for another great St. Nicholas Festival! Robin Smith residing at 430 Center St. East, Kimberly Idaho 83341- “Um, I just wanted to come here and check to see where we were at on dogs in the park. I’m wondering is there anything I can do? Is there a petition I could start? Start talking to people, anything I can do to move this forward and get this abolished? I mean I have about 50% of the people who live in Kimberly have pets. So, it would be very beneficial, and make this a better community. Anyway, okay, thank you” 2. PUBLIC HEARINGS RULES - Items listed as public hearings allow citizen comment on the subject matter before the Council. Residents or visitors wishing to comment upon the item before the Council should follow the procedural steps. In order to testify, individuals must sign up in advance, providing sufficient information to allow the Clerk to properly record their testimony in the official record of the City Council. Hearing procedures call for presentation by the applicant, submission of information from City staff, and is followed by public testimony. The rules for testifying include the following: applicant will have 15 minutes to present their project; testimony by the public will be limited to 3 minutes per person. Testimony at public hearings on applications brought forth from the Planning & Zoning Commission can be used to reaffirm previous testimony. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None 3. NEW BUSINESS: A. DISCUSSION ITEM – Introduction of Intermountain Gas Franchise Ordinance. No. 688 – Craig Craig- Introduced ORD #688 (See attached) and went through it with Mayor and Council. Reminded the Council of their decision with Idaho Power to drop from 30 years to a 10 year agreement with an option to renew another 10 years. The Council chose this option to give the City Council the opportunity to review and negotiate if necessary based PUC rates at the 10 year time frame and extend. Tomlinson- stated that he didn’t want a ten year agreement and not a 50 year agreement. They are our only gas supplier and supported a 30 or 40 year agreement. Craig- stated good comments Robert, there are other gas sources, propane is offered here in Kimberly, many right here in the city, some of our large high end properties utilize propane. Craig referred to a property he just bought, that was converted from electric to propane 3 years ago. Craig converted it to natural gas a few months ago Tomlinson- stated, that must be really old. Mayor Davidson- Council we are not taking action tonight, as Craig stated this is a formality required in renewal of franchise agreements. Craig- ok Council any other questions, There were no other questions. Craig- for the record the Ordinance has been presented, in accordance to State Statues. Council you will have a chance to vote on this under old business, in January 2026. B. DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM – Dog allowance in City Parks – leashed – unleashed – under control. Mayor, Council, Public Works Director, City Admin. Brian- Stated he has had correspondence with Robin Smith regarding dogs in the park. His main question of allowing dogs in the park, as Robin volunteered to go pick up dog waste. But, honestly people start to get complacent and don’t continue to do it. He isn’t saying Robin would do that, he is just stating it has to be a concern. One of the major concerns is the park always being utilized by park reservations and activities. Ball games, Birthday parties, kids playing in the grass. No one wants to plan their events around dog waste. Its not sanitary. It is a very big concern about having dog waste in the park. It gets on others in the park, and it gets all over the equipment used to keep the parks looking good. He can understand the want to have your dog in the park, but hopes others can see why they wouldn’t want them in the park. Duncan- Questioned what the distinction between unleashed/leashed vs controlled. Brian- Stated controlled means on a leash and controlled by the owner. Unleashed can not be controlled. Duncan- So controlled simply means on a leash. Craig- So under control is an owner that has control of their dog with or without a leash. The owner has a trained dog which is obedient and follows commands from the owner or handler. This has been challenged in court. Under control, affords the owner to have control without a leash. Richman- Stated this has been an issue for quite a while. This isn’t the first time we have heard about this. There are allot of groups, activities, ball games, and so on in the park. He has used the park for his activities and family reunions. There is limited space here in Kimberly for parks. He agrees that people do promise to take care of the animal waste, and some do and some don’t. There was actually a volleyball net there and horse shoe pits. They had to be removed due to turning into dog defecation and cat litter boxes. He thinks the Ordinance should stay as is. Duncan- Stated she hates to have the city be in the position of “poop” patrol. You cant go knock on someone’s door, we don’t know where it came from. It will just be a huge issue for Code Enforcement. Tomlinson- Stated people do not care. They walk their dogs in their own neighborhood and let them go on everyone’s lawns. He has dogs going all the time in his yard, and he doesn’t even have a dog. People have no respect and don’t take care of their animals like they should. Snarr- Stated unfortunately she has the same issue in her neighborhood. There are definitely some good dog owners, like Robin, but most are not. She appreciates the act of volunteering for that, however it can be a full time job. She also has a concern, being a former Veterinarian Practice Manager, being the health risks. There are some certain parasites that dogs carry, that can be harmful to small children, elderly, and immune compromised individuals. If clean up isn’t done in a timely manner that can be an issue. Mayor- Asked if Brian had the actual ORD in front of him. Brian- Not at the moment. Snarr- Stated she could pull it up. She read sub-section C, then was asked to read the rest. See below: 6.08.140: RUNNING AT LARGE PROHIBITED: A. It is unlawful for any dog to be found running at large. The owner, possessor or person who keeps any dog found to be at large, shall be in violation of this provision. B. A dog shall be deemed to be running at large when found on, off or away from the premises of the owner, possessor or keeper thereof, or not under the immediate control of the owner, possessor or keeper or his agent or servant or a member of his immediate family. Also, a dog shall be deemed to be running at large when found upon the private premises of others or upon the streets, alleys, sidewalks, highways, vacant lots, schoolyards or other public places in the city. C. Dogs are not allowed within the city parks. When in the immediate control of the owner, possessor or keeper thereof, dogs may be allowed only upon the park sidewalks or surrounding park streets. D. Violation of the provisions of this section is declared to be a nuisance and menace to the public health and safety, and the dog or dogs shall be taken up and impounded as provided in this chapter. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, upon conviction thereof, and shall pay a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per offense. (Ord. 608, 2014) Snarr- Stated that dogs are allowed on the sidewalks while on a leash. She just wanted to make sure and clarify that. Mayor Davidson called for a motion: Council Member Tomlinson motioned to not make any changes to tile 6.08.140: RUNNING AT LARGE PROHIBITED ORD #608 2014, regarding dogs at large in the park. Council Member Richman seconded the motion. Roll Call: Tomlinson-Yes Richman- Yes Duncan- Yes Snarr-Yes 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None 5. CONSENT CALENDAR- Discussion - Action -The consent calendar includes items which require formal Council action, but which are typically routine or not of great controversy. Individual Council members may ask that any specific item be removed from the consent calendar in order that it is discussed in greater detail. Explanatory information is included in the Council agenda packet regarding these items and any contingencies are part of the approval. A. Approve Minutes for November 25, 2025 B. Accounts Payable for November 26, 2025 – December 9, 2025 General Fund $ 10,570.92 Water Fund $ 4,100.22 Sewer Fund $ 2,839.38 Library $ 470.52 TOTAL $ 17,981.04 Mayor Davidson called for a motion: Council Member Richman motioned to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. Council Member Snarr seconded the motion. Roll Call: Tomlinson-Yes Richman- Yes Duncan- Yes Snarr-Yes 6. ADMINISTRATIVE / STAFF REPORTS - Chief Bunderson- Stated K-9 Elly arrived on December 2, 2025 and started training with Officer Newell yesterday. She is full of energy! They have 8 full days of training ahead of them right now, and will be fully certified with the State by the end of the year. Duncan- asked if this 8-day training was to get the dog familiar with sniffing out things. Chief- Stated this training was more to get Elly familiar and comfortable with Officer Newell. And Officer Newell familiar with the commands. She is a Black Lab. She came from overseas, and is 18-months old. Mayor- Stated everyone was looking forward to meeting her. City/P&Z Administrator Craig Eckles- Thanked the Mayor and Council for their attention on the introduction to ORD#688 re: Intermountain Gas. Craig thanked Morgan for a great KBOA, St. Nicholas, festival. From 3:00 p.m. to the fireworks, it appeared all of the businesses that participated were happy about it. He noticed a much younger crowd this year. Our Bricks and Morter businesses are important and appreciate you’r involving them. Craig is still going through future sewer capacities with JUB and the City of Twin Falls, sewer treatments prior to discharge to Twin Falls may be in the future for new capacities being purchased. Craig wanted to touch on the DIF. There is another staff member looking through those. The call for service data must be connected to the new building permits. Chris Holm has asked for a list of items to be provided to him, and Craig is working on that. He has referred to legal on this, and once everything is compiled, Craig will send it to all of Council. Brian Reed City Engineer/Public Works Director- Wanted to thank his Public Works Crew for a great job with all the Christmas decorations they put up around town, and the help with the St. Nicholas Festival. The crew is ready for Winter when the weather hits. So far they have only sanded one time this year. Carrie Kimball City Clerk- Congratulated KBOA on a wonderful event, and apologized she missed it. 7. COUNCIL COMMENTS - Snarr- Congratulated KBOA on a wonderful event, and stated all their events are appreciated. Along with everyone else congratulated KBOA on a great event. She wanted to make everyone aware of “Wreaths Across America” will be taking place at the Rock Creek Cemetery on Saturday at 12:45. Tomlinson- Questioned when the Flock cameras would be installed Chief- Stated next week. 8. MAYOR COMMENTS – Congratulations to KBOA for another great Event. All of your events are wonderful. Thank you for putting them on. 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION – DISCUSSION-ACTION ITEM- None ADJOURNMENT: City Clerk-Carrie Kimball Mayor- Burke Davidson