City of Kimberly | minutes | meeting 2026-03-10 | Council Meeting source: https://www.cityofkimberly.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03102026-208 City of Kimberly MINUTES City Council march 10, 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 1-414-909-5749 Enter the Pin number 517 934 137 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 Vanessa Gonzalez present for her Senior Project Elizabeth Youngblood Present for her Government CAP assignment Council Member Snarr- Speaking as the Library Liaison gave an update from the last Library Board Meeting. Snarr stated it is official and Helen McCord has announced her retirement as the Kimberly Librarian and it will be effective on September 29, 2026. This will be the 26-year anniversary for Helen. Snarr stated that the library is working on a fee schedule for copies, and looking to make it a donation rather than a flat fee. The Idaho Commission of Libraries has a survey out and the summer reading program is getting the final details put together to start in June. Mayor Davidson- Stated he wasn’t sure he wanted to hear Helen was retiring. He has really enjoyed having Helen as the Librarian throughout the years and she will be dearly missed. Snarr- Agreed 100%. Snarr stated she is a true asset to the community, and it has been an honor having her serve the community. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA None DECLARATION OF CONFLICT None 1. CITIZEN ISSUES – PUBLIC INPUT – None 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. 3. NEW BUSINESS: None 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 February 24, 2026 – B. Accounts Payable for February 25, 2026 – March 10, 2026 General Fund $ 9,549.11 Water Fund $ 4,949.86 Sewer Fund $ 21,238.89 Library $ 888.24 TOTAL $ 36,626.10 Mayor Davidson called for a motion: Council President Richman motioned to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. Council Member Snarr seconded the motion. Roll Call: Richman- Yes Ahlm-Yes Holmgren- Yes Snarr-Yes 6. ADMINISTRATIVE / STAFF REPORTS - Chief Bunderson- Had nothing further for this meeting. Craig Eckles City/P&Z Administrator- Stated they are moving forward with negotiations with utilities for Holland Farms which is West of Canyon Glen. It’s about 80-acres, 144 homes, and they are bigger lots potentially. This has been in the works a little over a year now. Craig has been getting calls on the property East of 1st Federal Plaza, the Kelly Munsee Property, and next to the Ridley’s property. Couple of Engineers have called on that about utilities and have met with Brian. Hope to see that ground break in the near future. He knows they have purchased more ground just north of The Boat Dock. This is a much nicer parcel with more flexibility. Hope to see it in our lifetime. Brian will touch on Big Sky. Easter Egg hunt will be on April 4th. At the main park. There are no road closures, so no Special Event Applications needed. RCFD will have a rig by the horseshoes. It will be a great event. Nice kick off to Spring. Brian will bring you up to date on Western Way. All the equipment ordered last fall that was budgeted for will be here in the next few weeks. Brain Reed City Engineer/Public Works Director- Stated his department is prepping for spring and summer. PI systems, water is on its way. Big Sky, still installing water mains. Once they are done with Phase I, they will go right into Phase II. That’s great. Canyon Glen, approved Plat and specifications. Hope to break ground in next 30-60 days. Craig mentioned Western Way, it looks like when they installed the culvert, they had some issues of it pressing. Public works will be fixing that issue. Craig- Stated, to keep everyone on the same level. Canyon Glen is directly South of Stonegate. It’s about 97 homes. He thinks it’s good that we are all up to speed on that. There are 2-3 street connections out of Stonegate that were planned from the beginning. It is a long time coming. It is the original Phase II of Stonegate. He stated he is going to let the Chief touch on the accident at 3400 E and 3600 N, that took out some of the fence at our new park. Chief- There was an accident at 3400/3600 a vehicle failed to stop going East bound and t-boned an F-150. It went flying through our fence. It was a safe distance from our backstop, but it did take out a portion of our fence there. Craig- They all survived, some major injuries. Nothing to do with the city. As it showed going 60+ mph and hitting someone can cause some major injuries. We have an amazing camera system out there, and hopefully it helped the investigation. The goal was to tighten it up to cover as much as the park as possible, which it does. Carrie Kimball City Clerk- Gave the Mayor her condolences and stated she had nothing further for this meeting. Legal Council Tim Stover- Had nothing further for this meeting. 7. COUNCIL COMMENTS - None 8. MAYOR COMMENTS – None 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION – None ADJOURNMENT: _______________________ ________________________ City Clerk, Carrie Kimball Mayor, Burke Davidson