City of Kimberly | minutes | meeting 2026-07-14 | City Council Amended Agenda source: https://www.cityofkimberly.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07142026-216 City of Kimberly minutes CITY COUNCIL July 14, 2026 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 1-386-753-7868 Enter the Pin number 453 377 296 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: Richman- Yes Ahlm-Yes Holmgren- Yes Snarr-Yes CEREMONIES, ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRESENTATIONS Council Member Snarr/Library Lieson- They had their monthly board meeting right be fore the 4th of July. Had a great turn out and book sale at KGND. They have updated some Idaho Code stuff to get in line with changes with State Statutes. They also discussed the Summer Reading Program. They had well over 100 participants and logs turned in. Folks getting signed up for new cards. Mayor- Commented they had a great turnout at KGND with a high number of sales. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA Yes, see below Craig- Stated there was an email received this morning from Council Member Holmgren in reference to the agenda not being posted on the web page. Craig stated after he and the Mayor, together, opened up the site, it was there. He confirmed with Legal counsel, Tim Stover, that it was there when you scroll down the very front page. Tim had been looking off to the other site where the approved agendas and minutes are where it is not listed. Agenda and Minutes get updated under that site link once they are approved and locked in. That can take up to 2-2.5 weeks due to them needing Council approval prior to posting the Minutes. The agenda, also takes a few days once we have had that meeting to post on the site. Civic Plus is in charge of getting things posted as they are submitted. This falls in line with having an ADA compliant web page. Craig has an email confirmation from Civic Plus dated the 10th of July that they had it posted. Once it leaves Craigs hands, it’s up to Civic to get it up there. It’s like mailing an envelope we put a stamp on it, in the mail it goes and the City’s control is over. As always, we have the agenda posted on the front window of City Hall on the Friday prior to a meeting for folks to see. Craig wanted to assure the Council the meeting meets Idaho Code, has the confirmation from CIVIC Plus of being compliant, and was comfortable with proceeding with tonight’s meeting. If the Council is not comfortable with proceeding, the Mayor will give direction. Mayor- Questioned the Council on what they would like to do. If we are not comfortable, this meeting would be deferred re-posted and held on Friday July 17, 2026 at 9:00am. During open group discussion, they all agreed to move forward with tonight’s meeting. Mayor stated with the Council agreeing to continue tonight’s meeting being that Council was okay with it. Tim Stover- Stated as long as it was timely posted on the outside and the web page, he was fine to continue on. He did want to say when he received the email, he went to the web site and went to the tab on the left where the agenda and minutes are posted as well and it was not there. That’s the wrong spot to look. Craig- Stated that is correct, the tab on the left is for finalized Agenda’s and Minutes. Those go clear back to 2019. Craig- Stated he needed to add an Agenda Item. This would be under 3-New Business, Item E. Park Application Fee of $35 to be exempt and refunded. Kimberly School District Leadership Gathering. Mayor Davidson called for a motion: Council President Richman motioned to Amend the Agenda and add 3-New Business, Item E. Park Application Fee of $35 to be exempt. Kimberly School District Leadership Gathering. Council Member Snarr seconded the motion. Roll Call: Richman-Yes Ahlm-Yes Holmgren-Yes Snarr-Yes 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. Craig read the Citizen Issue Public Comment. Andrea Bryant-130 Taylor St. West, Kimberly ID 83341- RCMVC, the Cemetery passed on the last ballot by simple majority. Next Week on July 20, 2026 at 6:00 pm at the Hansen Library; they will be swearing in the 3 District Commissioners who were selected by the County commissioners. At that point they will set up an Agenda and a timeline. The whole shindig will be passed from her father to them at the end of the year. 2. PUBLIC HEARINGS RULES - Prior to the start of the scheduled meeting, please place your cell phones in the silent mode, texting is not allowed during the meeting, due to interference with the Wi- Fi signal for call in participation. Once the meeting has been called to order, please refrain from side talking in order to allow everyone the ability to hear the governing board, applicants presenting, staff, public testimony, in-conjunction with audio recording clarity of the meeting. Public testimony shall only be permitted at the public podium, unless ADA accommodations are requested. A testimony sign-up sheet shall be provided at the podium, upon entering the chambers. The public testimony sign-up sheet shall depict those persons wishing to speak, name, address and e-mail address. The sign-up sheet shall be handed to the Mayor, or Council President, following the call to order section of the agenda. No changes to the sign-up sheet at this time will be allowed. Only those that have signed, to offer public hearing testimony will be called on. There shall be no public testimony allowed after the Mayor has closed the public hearing, testimony allowance time period. Persons who have signed the request to speak regarding a noticed public hearing item, shall be called on by the Mayor or Council Chairman to approach the podium. Each person wishing to speak shall state their name and address, as depicted on the sign-up sheet. This section of the agenda is reserved for citizens wishing to address the Mayor and Council, regarding a noticed public hearing item on the agenda. Any item requiring Council action must be placed on an agenda as DISCUSSION - ACTION. Persons wishing to offer public hearing testimony, will have 3 minutes to speak, at such time the 3- minute time frame is over, the Mayor or Council President shall inform the person speaking, that their time is up, the person speaking shall stop and return back to the chamber seating. The City Council, does not take any action or make any decisions during public comment. Public input is strictly for comments, it is not a question / answer / debate time. Following the public hearing testimony, the Mayor may call on the applicant or staff, for follow up information regarding the public hearing presentation and provide for Council deliberations and action. PUBLIC HEARINGS: A. DISCUSSION- ACTION - Public Hearing - Council to consider - City initiated text amendments to Title 10, Chapter 10.12 Miscellaneous Vehicle and Traffic Regulations, Article III Traffic Regulations, Section 10.12.060, Restrictions and adding Section 10.12.065, establishing restrictions on heavy truck traffic within the city limits and prohibiting obstructions of City Right of Way signage. Craig Eckles- open – close public hearing, council deliberation. Craig- Stated that you have been briefed over the past few months with large truck parking in the bus pullouts, now on side streets, and in areas where traffic signage has been obstructed. The City continues to do it’s best to provide the safest traffic control components for our citizens. We are seeing trucks now parking in the turn out lanes at the Select Source Hardware store, drivers pull up behind them thinking they are going to keep going in to the Hardware site and they put the brakes on, flashers and go get their tacos, the center lane used to access the areas around the Les Schwab and Select Source are now being used to park their semis and again go to the taco wagon. The right turn out lane for the 1st Fed Plaza is being blocked as well for the same taco wagon. The asphalt is marked and depicted with right turn demarcations easily readable to not allow this. The Chief and I have been working on these issues and now you see the semi-tractors parking on Center which block the new 4-way stop sign at Oak and Center. I see your heads nodding of the very serious issue. Many times east bound drivers are running the 4-way stop when the semi-tractors are parked there, just recent two and three semi-tractors are parking there. I have spent a lot of time checking other jurisdictions of this signage obstruction and we have incorporated the height restriction which seems to work the best in cities dealing with this. If the cab height is over 7’ as detailed in the ordinance, which is the height of a ¾ ton crew cab like Brian’s, and the traffic control signage vertical, on the asphalt, etc. it will be in violation of the ordinance. Again the city has spend thousands of dollars trying to prevent accidents and prevent any one from being hit, on foot or in a vehicle. Recently you will remember the vehicle that ended up on top of another in this very area, on center. This ordinance will be effective on July 23rd per publication. Craig asked Chief Bunderson for his input to create an enforceable document. The Chief felt we had it covered. Chief Bunderson believed this would get us in the right direction. Craig stated that we can always update as necessary and thought the two hour parking/loading or unloading limit, city wide was the right direction to allow for the trucks like, Lowes, beverage trucks, Home Depot, building material delivery, medical trucks, Budweiser, Cisco, Ridley’s, etc. providing the necessary delivery services to Kimberly. Craig asked Council if there were any questions. There were none. Craig read the Public Hearing Rules. Mayor Davidson opened the Public Hearing. Mayor Davidson closed the Public Hearing. B. ACTION - ORDINANCE NO. 691 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KIMBERLY, IDAHO, AMENDING CITY CODE, TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.12, ARTICLE III TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, SECTION 10.12.060 RESTRICTIONS; ADDING SECTION 10.12.065, RESTRICTIONS OF VEHICLES EXCEEDING 20,000 GVW – GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT UTILIZING KIMBERLY CITY RIGHT OF WAYS IN ANY DISTRICT PROHIBITED AND PROHIBITING OBSTRUCTIONS OF CITY RIGHT OF WAY SIGNAGE: PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER CLAUSE; P R O V I D I N G F O R A S E V E R A B I L I T Y C L A U S E ; A N D P R O V I D I N G F O R T H E E F F E C T I V E D A T E O F THIS ORDINANCE UPON PASSAGE, APPROVAL AND PUBLICATION ACCORDING TO LAW. Craig – Council Action required Mayor Davidson called for a motion: Council Member Snarr motioned to Pass by Title only and that the 2nd and 3rd rules and readings be dispensed. Council Member Ahlm seconded the motion. Roll Call: Richman-Yes Ahlm-Yes Holmgren-Yes Snarr-Yes Mayor Davidson called for a motion to read once by title: Council Member Richman motioned to approve ORDINANCE NO. 691 and read by title only, once. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KIMBERLY, IDAHO, AMENDING CITY CODE, TITLE 10, CHAPTER 10.12, ARTICLE III TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, SECTION 10.12.060 RESTRICTIONS; ADDING SECTION 10.12.065, RESTRICTIONS OF VEHICLES EXCEEDING 20,000 GVW – GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT UTILIZING KIMBERLY CITY RIGHT OF WAYS IN ANY DISTRICT PROHIBITED AND PROHIBITING OBSTRUCTIONS OF CITY RIGHT OF WAY SIGNAGE: PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER CLAUSE; P R O V I D I N G F O R A S E V E R A B I L I T Y C L A U S E ; A N D P R O V I D I N G F O R T H E E F F E C T I V E D A T E O F THIS ORDINANCE UPON PASSAGE, APPROVAL AND PUBLICATION ACCORDING TO LAW. Council Member Holmgren seconded the motion. Roll Call: Richman-Yes Ahlm-Yes Holmgren-Yes Snarr-Yes 3. NEW BUSINESS: A. DISCUSSION ITEM- Rock Creek Food Pantry – 325 ½ Maddison St. E. Grant application request – received 06-19-2026, compliant with Resolution No. 385. Request is in the amount of $3,500.00 – Application received 6-19-2026. - Craig - Robyn Moss & Theresa Houser – Council Action shall be held until all grant requests are presented. Craig- Stated the application was submitted to the City on 6/19/2026, on time, and was a complete application. Theresa Houser- Stated that they had served 250, they are one of the few choice pantries in Magic Valley, mostly seniors, choice meaning the person in need shops the stocked inventory much like a grocery store. The Methodist church allows them to utilized their parking lot for their car-food drive. We are very thankful for the past and city donations Councilmember Snarr asked if they could publish or tell us when folks could volunteer help, we would love to help. Teresa Houser stated that they would love any help and that when there are folks working the stocking, program, please come in ??? There were no other questions from the Council. B. DISCUSSION ITEM - East End Providers – 410 W. Spruce St. – Grant application request, 6-30-2026 in the amount $3,500.00 – Craig – Cecille Griffith & Tonya Corle - Council Action shall be held until all grant requests are presented. Craig- Stated the application was submitted to the City on 6/30/2026, on time, and was a complete application. Cecille Griffith- Stated they were able to serve 969 kids this last year for Christmas. They also try to do some Easter Baskets, School Supplies, and Birthdays throughout the year. They also provide blankets and food boxes. She is going 56-years strong, and the numbers keep going up. Folks are falling on hard times. EEP will be doing their annual open house on August 6, 2026 from 6pm-9pm. She encourages anyone and everyone to come down and help wrap presents in preparation for Christmas. Craig- Stated he has volunteered many times down there, and it’s absolutely amazing to see what they pull off there. Carrie, Melissa, and Brian have all been down to help along with current and past Council Members. It’s truly amazing what can be done when everyone pulls together. Carrie- Agreed, she enjoys going down to help. Mayor- Thanked both RCFP an EEP for all they do. Ahlm- Suggested they split the remaining grant funds of $3,500.00 in half to help both organizations out as much as they are able. Snarr- Thanked and praised both organizations for the involvement in the community. As Craig mentioned going down to volunteer at EEP, we should all look at going down to RCFP as well. Both are great assets to the community. C. ACTION ITEM – Council Action on New Business, Item A - Rock Creek Food Pantry awarded grant amount, July 14, 2026 Mayor Davidson called for a motion: Council Member Ahlm motioned to award Rock Creek Food pantry $1,750.00. Council Member Snarr seconded the motion. Roll Call: Richman-Yes Ahlm-Yes Holmgren-Yes Snarr-Yes D. ACTION ITEM - Council Action on New Business, Item B - East End Providers awarded grant amount, July 14, 2026 Mayor Davidson called for a motion: Council Member Ahlm motioned to award East End Providers $1,750.00. Council Member Holmgren seconded the motion. Roll Call: Richman-Yes Ahlm-Yes Holmgren-Yes Snarr-Yes E. DISCUSSION ACTION ITEM - Park Application Fee of $35 to be exempt and refunded. Kimberly School District Leadership Gathering. Mayor Davidson called for a motion: Council Member Snarr asked Craig to provide detail on the application. Craig stated that the application was before the Council due to the time line of their meeting the same night as our next City Council meeting, and that there would be around 40 people for the leadership meeting, time was from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the shelter and the fees have been paid with check in hand. Council Member Snarr, motioned to exempt and refund the $35.00 to Kimberly School District for their Park Reservation/Application for the July 28, 2026 event. Council Member Holmgren seconded the motion. Roll Call: Richman-Yes Ahlm-Abstain Holmgren-Yes Snarr-Yes 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: A. DISCUSSION- ACTION- Update on PI irrigation compliance. Brian Reed Brian Reed- Stated that all of the City’s pumps are running well with the exception of Kimberly Meadows again. They continue to all water at the same time and not on their watering days. This is causing the pumps to attempt several times to keep going before shutting off for safety and the health of the motor. He is strongly advising Kimberly Meadow residents to not water all at the same time and to adhere to their assigned watering days. 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 June 23, 2026 B. Accounts Payable for June 24, 2026 – July 14, 2026 General Fund $ 59,621.99 Water Fund $ 15,043.25 Sewer Fund $ 26,660.80 Library $ 148.00 TOTAL $101,474.04 Mayor Davidson called for a motion: Council Member Ahlm motioned to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. Council President Richman second the motion. Roll Call: Richman-Yes Ahlm-Yes Holmgren-Yes Snarr-Yes 6. ADMINISTRATIVE / STAFF REPORTS - Chief Bunderson- Stated both America 250 and KGND turned out to be fantastic events. The only real issue was what took place at the Parade line-up in the High School parking lot. He thanked the city as a whole for a job well done. Chief worked shift on the 4th of July. Unfortunately, there were 2 house fires. Other calls involved 2 calls for fireworks, a DUI, warrant, and one Meth related call. They had a residential search warrant as well. Hey reminded everyone of the Hunsaker Pancake Fundraiser happening at RCFD on July 18th from 7am-11am. He will be there at 5am to help, and then make his way to Hansen for Hansen Hay Days. Chief stated that AT&T has 27 sites down and the service stinks. He had to step out to let the tower truck in for temporary service during the the meeting. Chief stated his department received a Mobilization Grant of just under $10,000.00 that will go towards purchasing e- ticket software for all patrol vehicles. He also stated he was awarded a Grant from ISBI in the amount of $28,360.00 for the purchase of a digital Fingerprint set up. This will be built into this upcoming Fiscal Year 2026-2027. They will continue to do ink prints as well. His department is staying very busy. Craig Eckles City/P&Z Administrator- Wanted to clarify that AT&T has great service, and the reason it stinks now is due to the tower issue, and not their service as a whole. Craig is happy to report he finally got the SLFR closed out and completed! He received the completion email on Sunday. Holland Hills Preliminary Platt is right around the corner. They have 143 Sewer Capacities, but will need around 47 more as the subdivision is right at 190 lots. They will be purchasing more when the time is right. In 2018 he bought $2-million dollars’ worth. Craig is gearing up for the next Budget Fiscal Year, along with the upcoming audit. Craig stated if you look at the city web-site and scroll down, you will see the information about the new stop signs going in. He and Brian got the approval Friday night. Brian-Confirmed all the signs and equipment are here for the 4-way stop at 3600/3400(new park). Chief Bunderson- Stated he will be placing the reader boards tonight at about 500’ from each corner on the intersection to start prepping the public that becoming an all-way stop vs just East and West. That is what is requested from County, so that is what is being done. Craig- These will be flashing 4-way signs, and we may have the Chief keep the reader boards out there longer. As Kenny Spencer stated, the longer you keep it up the better. Brian will be setting bases during the two-week traffic pattern warning so that the post and signs can go right in after having the reader boards up for at least two weeks. The flashing lights are already in the budget. Great job to the Council for that and the camera systems. Public Works will be out there pulling weeds, and start mowing here very soon. There is still some concrete work and Bully Barns that need to be done. Kids will be out playing on it by Summer of 2027 as planned. There are already folks reserving it. Brain Reed City Engineer/Public Works Director- Thanked his crew for a job well done with the America 250 Celebration and the KGND Event. They worked hard and it showed. They followed that with a water line repair on Main Street today. They will be chip sealing Brentwood in the very near future. Big Sky will be paving over the weekend. The punch list for Phase I is done. Canyon Glen will be doing their hot-tap. They are connected on Emerald, and all their water and sewer lines are in. Good progress there. Carrie Kimball City Clerk- Explained how the Intra-fi sweep account works. It sweeps the funds nightly to about 100 accounts vs the old way of sweeping once a week to 3 banks. 7. COUNCIL COMMENTS - Snarr- Thanked Craig, Public Works, and the Police Department for all their efforts for America 250 and KGND. They all did an amazing job. She has heard nothing but positive feedback on these events. Richman- Agreed, both were really amazing. Craig- Reminded everyone that since October of 2025, it’s been all about America 250. Celebrating it as its own event. Craig called representatives from all seven branches of service religiously every month. The Coast Guards stated this was indeed the best event they have ever attended. Jenny Shay said it was the first community event that was truly about those men and women who have served, currently serve, and will continue to serve in the future. It was about the Branches of Service and America 250. Kimberly signed off that it was a free event, and it truly was. Craig personally made the donation to RCFD to serve in upwards of 400 people for the lunch. Thank you to RCFD for doing the cooking. Snarr- Thanked Chief Zent and his crew with RCFD for cooking as well. 8. MAYOR COMMENTS – Mayor- Stated America 250 was a great event and he thanked the staff that worked on it so hard to make it a success. Craig spent the most time on it and did a prenominal job! He thanked the Council for being there, and felt humbled and honored to be a part of it. He wants to thank those of past, present, and future for serving to ensure our freedom. There was an anonymous donor for the food that was provided for America 250. Without that personal donation and Chief Zent and his crew cooking, it wouldn’t have happened. He thanked the donor graciously. KGND went extremely well also. These last two years have been great. He noticed everyone looking for shade this year, it was a hot one. The fireworks were the best show he has ever seen. He reminded Council that if they have any questions at all to direct/e-mail them to Craig first, and Craig will handle it from there. 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION – DISCUSSION-ACTION ITEM- None ADJOURNMENT: _______________________ ________________________ City Clerk, Carrie Kimball Mayor, Burke Davidson