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City of Kimberly
minutes
City Council may 26, 2026
MEETING minutes
6:00 pm
242 Hwy 30 E., Kimberly, ID 83341
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ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
City Clerk Carrie Kimball took roll call:
Richman- Yes
Ahlm-Yes
Holmgren- Yes
Snarr-Yes
CEREMONIES, ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRESENTATIONS
None
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.
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cell phones in the silent mode, texting is not allowed during the meeting, due to interference with the
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address.
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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
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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:
None
3. NEW BUSINESS:
A. DISCUSSION – ACTION - Public Meeting - Applicant: LK Godfrey Estates LLC,
Kimberly Road Plaza is requesting final plat approval of a single parcel containing 5.67 acres into 4
lots. The site has existing storm water retention on lot #2, existing utility easements, for power, Int
Gas, etc. and an active PI system utilizing applicable water shares. Subject land is addressed as Parcel
No. RP10S18E179315, legally described as: Sec 17 T 10 R 18, Tax #2110 In S1/2 Se, respectively
2234 Kimberly Road. Subject property is zoned Commercial Gateway, with a Comprehensive land
use designation of Commercial Gateway. Subject site is developed with legal conforming uses, Select
Source, a metal warehouse storage structure and Fizz Farm a drive-up retail business and a legal non-
conforming mobile food vending trailer. Craig Eckles, and Branden Schiess, representative. –
Council action required.
Craig- Went through the Staff Report and all the conditions, (see insert).
Brandon Schiess- Was present and stood in for Lance Godfrey. He thanked Craig for a great
run down of the Staff Report, and the time he has put into all of this.
Ahlm- Questioned that if a business were to come in and increase traffic, would that be
something that is revisited and addressed later?
Craig- Stated that everything is private on site. So, once they leave ITD right of way, that would
be totally upon them. ITD gets to review any businesses. Good question.
Mayor Davidson called for a motion:
Council Member Snarr motioned to approve Applicant: LK Godfrey Estates LLC, Kimberly Road
Plaza final plat a single parcel containing 5.67 acres into 4 lots. The site has existing storm water
retention on lot #2, existing utility easements, for power, Int Gas, etc. and an active PI system utilizing
applicable water shares and ITD approved approaches. Subject land is addressed as Parcel No.
RP10S18E179315, legally described as: Sec 17 T 10 R 18, Tax #2110 In S1/2 Se, respectively 2234
Kimberly Road. Subject property is zoned Commercial Gateway, with a Comprehensive land use
designation of Commercial Gateway. Subject site is developed with legal conforming uses, Select Source,
a metal warehouse storage structure and Fizz Farm a drive-up retail business and a legal non-conforming
mobile food vending trailer, including all conditions of approval listed and the staff report.
Council Member Ahlm seconded the motion.
Roll Call:
Richman- Yes
Ahlm-Yes
Holmgren- Yes
Snarr- Yes
4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
A. DISCUSSION- ACTION – Update on PI irrigation compliance. Brian Reed, Craig
Eckles
Brian- Stated the city has 4 PI systems to operate, and the TFCC released water mid-April
this year at 5/8’s. This is expected to decrease to ½ sooner then normal. Kimberly Meadows
SD has had some faults that have been resolved. It is extremely important to follow the
watering schedule of Odd numbered houses watering on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
Even numbered houses on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. There is no watering allowed
on Mondays.
Craig- reminded everyone that the TFCC controls and sets the gates. He has had a
conversation with Renae and Jason this morning and they will be reducing it to ½”, which is
50%. Absolutely no one on a PI system can water off of their house, which is potable water.
This is prohibited.
Richman- Questioned what the normal opening and running rate was and how the residents
would be notified.
Brian- Stated it was ¾”, and it is posted on the TFCC website, social media, and he is having
Carrie and Melissa do a mailing of 1900 notices via mail.
Holmgren- Questioned what that meant for the residents.
Brian- Stated it meant they will have to work with their HOA’s if they have questions, and
ensure they are watering on their designated watering days. This is essential to keep the
systems running. If the systems go down, there is no watering at all until they can get them
back up and running. If residents run out of water or cause their systems to go offline, it
does not fall back on the city.
Holmgren- Questioned what if there is no HOA.
Brian- Stated to reach out to him and he will help out where he is able.
Mayor- Called on Carrie to go over the watering days again.
Carrie- Stated odd numbered houses water on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. Even
numbered houses on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. There is no watering allowed on
Mondays. This has been an Ordinance since 2008.
Craig- Stated that being non-compliant runs the water out and the tanks low. It comes down
to life safety health. Don’t dry up the tanks. We need drinking water and fire suppression
water.
Snarr- Stated if and when Idaho is in a drought year the TFCC always does a great job
keeping folks informed. She appreciates this being on the agenda.
B. DISCUSSION - Update on lighted 4-way / all way stop improvements, at the
intersection of 3400 E / 3600 N. Craig Eckles
Craig- Stated that the money has been set aside for a 4-way stop at the new park and its
looking great and coming together wonderfully. He has gotten approval for a 4-way stop at
that intersection, and it will be a great safety measure put in place. With Canyon Glen,
Olsen Farms and Patterson Farms going in, the traffic study supports a 4-way stop there at
3600/3400. We are being proactive.
Mayor- Stated he travels that intersection very often and 100% agrees with the 4-way stop
being needed and going in. 4-way stops are very effective. Great job to Craig for making
that happen.
Craig- Stated that the new cameras are up and running at the new park. We were able to
catch the terrible accident that happened there recently. It is very clear that the car ran the
stop sign coming from the West. Thankfully the vehicle they t-boned was a full-sized
truck. This accident had absolutely nothing to do with the new park. The video will be
available at a later date.
C. DISCUSSION – Update on Kimberly America 250 – 4th of July 2026. Craig, Mayor
Mayor- Stated Craig has gotten everything in place as of last week. This is not about
Kimberly, or Business Associations, this is about honoring our Military groups.
Craig- Stated the America 250 Kimberly event will be held on July 4, 2026 from 12pm-2pm,
located at the main City Park. Representatives from the Coast Guard, Space Force, National
Guard, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Army, and Veterans Outreach will all be in attendance.
They will all do their own presentation. Rock Creek Fire will be serving up some food, and
when it’s gone its gone. This is not about Kimberly. It’s a formal event to honor and thank
those who have served this great nation.
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 May 12, 2026
B. Accounts Payable for May 13, 2026 – May 26, 2026
General Fund
$ 8,621.99
Water Fund
$ 27,570.61
Sewer Fund
$ 1,597.58
Library
$ 827.57
TOTAL
$ 38,617.75
Mayor Davidson called for a motion:
Council President Richman motioned to approve the consent Calander as presented with the
correction of minutes.
Council Member Snarr seconded the motion.
Roll Call:
Richman- Yes
Ahlm-Yes
Holmgren- Yes
Snarr- Yes
6. ADMINISTRATIVE / STAFF REPORTS -
Chief Bunderson- Not present.
Brain Reed City Engineer/Public Works Director- Stated the crew has been busy with road
repairs. Olsen Farms is finishing up. Big Sky is making great progress. Canyon Glen has ran
into some rock but is doing good.
Craig Eckles City/P&Z Administrator- Referred everyone to the packet he handed out
regarding park fees collected, (see attached). He reminded everyone Councilwoman Snarr had
asked for a breakdown of park fees paid and waived for the ball fields a few meetings back.
Craig had Carrie collect the financials on the fees collected. There are about 50 or so more pages
that go along with this and he will email them out to those wanting them. The print out shows
data from 2019 to current. Craig called on President Richman to remind everyone why there was
an Ordinance passed regarding park fees.
Richman- Stated he used to coach several years ago. The park was on a first come first serve
basis no reservation. As time went on more teams were using it. It came to a point where one
ball club was tying up the whole park, and it couldn’t be used by anyone else. The Council was
waiving the park fees. Then they came up with the solution to try to make it possible for
everyone use the park by reserving it.
Craig- Stated if you can, see the document, the park fees were introduced in 2019. Let’s start
with the Vipers. In 2019 there was zero cost to them. In 2020 it was $140.00 for an extra
amount of time they added on after the council waived the season fees. The council turned
around and exempted those as well. In 2021, the $2855.00 was fully exempted. No cost to the
Vipers, again. In 2022, $6200.00 was fully exempted. What a jump in cost for that year. As
Mr. Richman stated, they reserved both fields entirely all day at no cost. As the Ord. says, “first
come, first served”. Again in 2023 $7750.00 was completely refunded. Then in 2024, this is
where the Council stated, to start considering not refunding all of the fees. At that time, we had
refunded over $44,000.00 combining all of the organizations that requested those waivers of
fees.
Brian- Touched on why the Council chose to back off and not refund all of the fees. The city
was starting to do a lot of the maintenance on the fields such as diamond dust, benches, damages
to the park equipment and such. Along with all of the maintenance that comes along with
maintaining the parks.
Craig- Stated he wasn’t a part of the original decision to allow folks to come into the park and
bring in equipment to do what they wanted on evenings and weekends. This heavy equipment
was tearing up the fields and damaging the sprinkler lines and heads. The police were involved
at one point. The Vipers did an amazing job with their dugout and the diamond dust that they
were bringing in. Pretty soon the other side of the park is just sitting there. That is when the
Mayor and Craig sat down and did some backtracking and met with the Taylors - Vipers. This is
when the City took control of their parks. Brain and his crew started bringing everything
diamond dust, new benches and doing the needed maintenance and repairs, as it should have
always been done. Kudos to the Vipers for sprucing it up. The next year in 2024 it was
$1600.00. That is a big drop from the previous year. They finally realized that from that point
forward the checks were going to be deposited / cashed at time of reservation. Prior to 2024, the
check sat in the safe because they would get the fees waived. The auditor said you need to start
cashing those checks. We notified all clubs that the checks for the 2024 season and going
forward would be cashed at time of reservation.
Carrie- Stated it was important to mention that we were also buying a new park and needed to
have the money to support it from the ground up. The council had been very gracious in the
years past and waived all the fees except the $25.00 non-refundable application fee. The council
made it known in 2023 when they waived the fees that going forward, they would need to collect
full reservation fees to keep the maintenance going in all of the parks. In 2024 there were
different folks presenting for the exemption that had in the past. Council President Duncan and
the rest of council decided to exempt 50% of the fees for all organization’s that year, but made it
clear they would not be in the upcoming years.
Craig- Agreed and pointed out in the documents that they were out $802.50, and Craig
personally donated $800.00 to them. He has also donated to KYA ever since he started here in a
few different capacities. All of this information is in this packet. KYA at one point wanted the
city to take over KYA. The city was not in the position to do so. So, the total process for the
Vipers, there was an email from Dave and Sarah Taylor requesting a refund of $300.00 due to
not needing the fields. They were going to use the Legacy Fields in Twin because they were not
going to charge them. This was in June, and as you can see in your packet their fees were
already refunded and I sent them the other half. They were out for a total of $2.50. Craig also
wrote a check for that $300 that has not been cashed. Moving onto KYA, it’s the same process.
A refund of $2680.00, $1725.00, $475.00, $490.00, and Craigs personal donation of $500.00.
Craig was in the hospital at the time or he would have written another check. The total out put is
there in front of you. Mr. Stover was a big help when the Vipers wanted it to be 100% them with
some signage. We were able to work through all of this. We have taken control of the park
again. When the teams left we didn’t have anything, and we didn’t know we didn’t have
anything, down to the bases being gone. That is on us. Brain and Craig have gotten things in
order and on track now. Craig asked Snarr if that answered her questions.
Snarr- Stated yes, he covered it very well. She wanted to touch on no reservations for
2021,2022,2023 for KYA. It looks to be mostly Vipers. She had heard that maybe Vipers were
sub-letting time spots.
Craig- Correct, that’s why you see the higher amounts those years. If you read the past minutes,
the council was very concerned about this. They questioned Dave and Sarah on if they were
going to work with the other organizations since they had all the times reserved. They stated
yes. Again, that isn’t a legal process. It finally came to a head.
Brian- Stated as far as the use of the park by others, there were quite a few others wanting to use
the park but it was reserved. They were upset that it was a public park, but no one else could
ever use it.
Craig- Correct, and what we really want to hear is what happened, what got damaged.
Brian- When it’s reserved to one organization, they are responsible for any damages. They
would then state they had let others use it, and no one would take the responsibility of the
damages. They were again doing and bringing equipment in on the weekends and during the
evening. They would drive over the grass, sprinklers, and then mess with the actual schedule of
watering. Brian started to notice dry spots, and then it was a he said she said with the police
involved and the aggression of who is there and who isn’t.
Craig- Again, we lost control of our parks. That won’t happen again. The main function was to
get it reserved. Get groups out there using it. It wasn’t the money back then, because it was all
refunded. Everyone deserves field space. For 2-years in a row it was booked out on both fields
but only one field being used. We have it flipped around now and there are a few different clubs
utilizing it. We are taking reservations on the new park now. The exemption of fees comes
down to this council. The council will make that decision as you always have. The city has
clearly not collected thousands of dollars.
Mayor- Stated the concrete water fountain alone has had to be replaced 4 times. That has been
done by a few different events, but still need to have the funds to replace things as they are
vandalized or wear down.
Holmgren- Asked Craig what this is an answer to? You stated I hope this answers your
question, what was the question.
Craig- Deferred to Snarr.
Snarr- Stated as Craig started off with, she had asked a few meetings back in March, to please
gather information regarding fees that have been refunded in reference to the ball fields. We have
a new park coming upon us. We need to see where we sit for fees.
Craig- Stated he hoped he had answered all her questions from a few meetings back.
Snarr- Stated yes. She also had a question for Brian. She questioned if the city subject to
following the same watering schedule. She is already noticing dry spots around in the parks and
city property.
Brian- Stated for the most part. It does have to vary sometimes when the park is reserved for all
day and several days in a row.
Snarr- Stated she remembers the TFCC looking at cutting it way down if not off way early in
the year.
Carrie Kimball City Clerk- It does make it difficult sometimes when the park is reserved for all
day long, and several days in a row.
Craig- Stated to let him know if anyone wants more of the documentation in reference to the ball
fields and fees. One thing to point out is the Building Permit that was required by the Vipers for
their dug out and fencing with a value of $18,000.00. There was a lot of volunteer help there,
and it all counts. He confirmed with Brian that the field was never expanded from 60’ prior to
Brian and his crew doing it this year.
Brain- Stated that was correct. They did that this Spring. It was not done by anyone other than
the city. His crew did the excavating and diamond dust.
Snarr- Stated it is in the documentation that there was $60,000.00 in funding but the Building
Permits were $18,000.00. Do you have any information on that.
Craig- Stated he thought the $60,000.00 are some of the remarks they put out there on
Facebook. All we have is the actual Building Permit that was issued to build that.
Snarr- Wanted to confirm with Brian that the 60’ expansion was the city, not anyone else. It
happened this year in 2026.
Brain- Stated that is correct. It was stated out there that it was expanded to 70’, and not by the
city. That is not correct at all. The city expanded it to 60’ this spring, 2026.
7. COUNCIL COMMENTS –
Snarr- Stated Helen McCord retires at the end of May. She has served as the Librarian for 26-
years here in Kimberly. Molly Arrosa will also be retiring form her many years as a volunteer as
well. There will be a retirement gathering at the Library on May 29, 2026 from 4-7pm. She
hopes to see everyone there. Lauren Peters has been promoted to be the new Library Director
and Colby Yeager as the Youth Services Librarian.
Ahlm- Thanked the city staff that were able to help with the Graduation Parade. He thought it
went very well.
Craig- Stated it was a really great group of kids.
8. MAYOR COMMENTS –
None
9. EXECUTIVE SESSION – DISCUSSION-ACTION ITEM- Certain City-related matters
may need to be discussed confidentially as a matter of law subject to applicable legal
requirements; the Council may enter executive session to discuss such matters under Idaho Code
74-206
ADJOURNMENT:
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City Clerk, Carrie Kimball
Mayor Burke Davidson
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