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CITY OF SHELLEY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 25, 2026 PRESENT: Mayor: Kim Westergard Council Members: Leif Watson, Don West, Sean Kress, Louise Street Public Work Director: Justin Johnson Police Chief: Chad Purser City Building Inspector/Planner: Jordon Johnson Recreation Director: Mikel Anderson Attorney: B.J. Driscoll City Clerk/Treasurer: Lisa Ybarra Pledge of Allegiance: Chief Chad Purser Prayer: Councilman Sean Kress The meeting was opened at 7:34 p.m. Don moved; Leif seconded to approve the consent calendar: Approval of Council Meeting Minutes of February 11, 2026 Approval of January Expenditures Approval of January Overall Budget & Treasurer’s Report Presentation of Quarterly Financial Report Approval of Building Permits Kodey Johnson Single Family Kodey Johnson single Family A roll call vote was taken: Louise — aye, Sean — aye, Don — aye, Leif — aye. Four in favor, approved unanimously. Mayor Kim changed the order of agenda. Item number one and number two will be switched in order. Just Serve — Presentation of Plague to the City of Shelley Jerry with Just Serve thanked the Mayor and Council for becoming a Just Serve city. He gave a special speech about being a Just Serve city. Jerry mentioned that Shelley is already filled with people that are considerate, ready to serve. He also thanked the Mayor for her leadership. Just Serve presented two plaques, one for inside the City Hall building and the other for an outside location in the City. Public hearing tor the intent to annex per the annexation plan. Approximate location is from Utah Power and Light Co. North up Hwy 91 approximately one mile to Canyon Road (1500 N), then West approximately one mile to 300 East (New Sweden Hwy}, then South ending with 1425 N 800 E., Shelley, ID 83274 Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 Mayor Kim turned the time over to B.J. B.J. went over the preliminary maters and being mindful of the open meeting laws. B.J. mentioned that the Council is already aware that there are two public hearings with the first hearing being held last Wednesday by our P&Z. The statue is that P&Z will gather information and offer a recommendation to the council as part of a second hearing. B.J. mentioned that the council should have been provided with the P&Z draft minutes and information that was presented to the P&Z. The P&Z voted to table the matter rather than offer a formal recommendation one way or another. There were a number of questions that were raised in the P&Z hearing, and they wanted to research those questions. B.J. mentioned he received a report back from P&Z and he looked at their questions as he is the legal counsel for the city. The questions that P&Z had have either been or can be answered tonight. B.J. mentioned to the council that if they wanted to hold a public hearing tonight they could or because P&Z voted to take the matter, the council wanted to table the matter and let the process go back to P&Z and let them gather additional questions until they are satisfied and make a recommendation to the council. The statue calls for two public hearings but unlike certain other land use planning activities, it doesn’t require for P&Z to take a formal action before the council proceeds to take a formal action. This is a relatively new statue on the annexation, and it is different. B.J. is doing his best navigating in a way that is kosher, it’s legal, and would withstand any sort of scrutiny. B.J. wanted the council to know their options for the hearing. Sean said that he thought the public hearing should continue after reading the preliminary notes from P&Z. he believes that there are some individuals present tonight that could provide more insight. Don agreed. Sean moved, Louise seconded to proceed with the public hearing for the intent to annex per the annexation plan. All in favor, approved unanimously. B.J. opened the public hearing. B.J. mentioned that the hearings usually begin with the proponent or the applicant of the action being proposed. The city representative that would address that would be Jordon. B.J. invited Jordon to go first and said some cities and counties call it a staff report. B.J. pointed out that this was not Jordon’s personal application but is explaining what the city has going on. B.J. swore Jordon in. Jordon stated his full name, Jordon Johnson, and he was the City’s building inspector/city planner with the address of 155 E Pine St, Shelley, 1D. Jordon gave a report and an update on the annexation plan. The city believes they have followed all requirements, and satisfied Idaho Statues 50-222 annexation by cities. The city published the notice of intent to annex certain lands, and notice of public hearing in the Bingham New Chronicle on November 14, 2025. The city published an amended notice of intent to annex certain lands, and notice of public hearings in the Bingham News Chronicle on January 16, 2026 in the Bingham News Chronicle. On November 12, 2025, the city council reviewed and adopted the written annexation plan. Prior to city council review the plan was reviewed by legal counsel to ensure all requirements had been met. On November 12, 2025, the city mailed a notification to each affected landowner, county commissioners, and all applicable districts of its intent to annex the subject land. On January 16, 2026, the city mailed an amended notification to each affected land owner, county commissioners, and all applicable districts of its intent to annex the subject land which included the entire annexation plan, manner of providing tax supported municipal services, changes in taxation and other costs, means of providing fee supported municipal services, brief analysis of potential effects on other units of government, proposed future land use plan and Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 zoning designations, statement of the public purposes that would benefit from annexation, a description of how consent could be made along with an Express Consent to Annexation form, legal descriptions of the subject lands, and a map showing the location of each of the subject lands. Jordon stated that the statues require landowners representing 60% of the parcels and at least 50% of the land area proposed for annexation give voluntary consent, and record such consent with the County recorder’s office; 87.5% of the proposed parcel within the annexation plan have given voluntary consent, and been recorded (64 total parcels, 56 recorded voluntary consent, 8 non-consent 12.5%); 93.4% of the proposed land area within the annexation plan have given voluntary consent, and have been recorded (365.95 total acres, 341.88 recorded voluntary acres, 24.07 non-consent acres 6.6%). The statues require two public hearings to be held, one by the planning and zoning commission, and the another by the city council. Jordon mentioned that he appreciated everyone who was here tonight and voicing their opinions. He said that one question that was asked was if there was an option to go through Merlin Dial’s property. Jordon said that we reached out last week to Merlin and Gary and both felt the same way and do not want to consent to annex in because they do not know that the future is with that land. Jordon said that he reached out to Gary Dial this morning and asked if he could be at tonight’s meeting just to help answer any questions but unfortunately, he already had previous commitments he had to attend too. Don asked Jordon if there was any other annexation pathway available. Jordon mentioned that everything he looked at in the map, there is not another pathway that he could come up with to go a different direction. Mayor Kim asked Jordon if one thing we found out was in a statue about forcing farmland. Jordon replied that par of 50- 222 section 12 is that if the parcel is 5 acres or larger and devoted to agriculture land, they cannot be annexed in without consent. Sean mentioned that a lot of the discussion that the P&Z focused on was considering that piece of ground and use that pathway instead of the proposed pathway but based on the Idaho Code that is not an option. Jordon clarified that if it was without their voluntary consent which the Dials were a very strong no. Don asked what happens if the city does not annex the property what the impact would be. Jordon said that the impact would be that Copper Meadows Division One are currently provided with city water and our taxpayers dollars are providing services, road maintenance, plowing roads, and future development. We provide city water, but we do not collect taxes. B.J. wanted to note for the audio record and for those in attendance are the materials on this agenda item so everyone knows what the Mayor and Council has. B.J. went over the packet and it’s content which included: City of Shelley Annexation Plan dated November 12, 2025 with exhibit A— proposed annexation map, exhibit B — legal descriptions, exhibit C— proposed services and zoning chart by parcel, and exhibit D — table of taxation and other costs table, Express Consent to Annexation; Notice of Intent to Annex Certain Lands and Notice of Public Hearings that was mailed along with the Annexation Plan, exhibit A— proposed annexation map, exhibit B — legal descriptions, exhibit C— proposed services and zoning by parcel, exhibit D — taxation and other costs table, Express Consent to Annexation; proof of publication - 3 pages dated November 12, 2025, invoice of the publication ~ 3 invoices one for each page of publication, the first invoice dated November 12, 2025 for $807, the second invoice dated November 12, 2025 for $797.96, the third invoice dated November 12, 2025 for $750.56; Amended Notice of Intent to Annex Certain Lands and Public Hearings dated Tuesday, January 13, 2026; proof of publication dated January 16, 2026 — 1 page, Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 invoice of the publication dated January 13, 2026 for $58.20 — 1 page; recipients mailing list — 3 pages of names and addresses; a letter from Robert Harris dated December 17, 2025 on behalf of Mont Howard and Maria Howard via hand deliver; a letter from Robert Harris dated February 17, 2026 on behalf of Mont Howard and Maria Howard; a letter from Robert Harris dated February 18, 2026 on behalf of FMT Enterprises and Aaron Nulph; City of Shelley Planning & Zoning unsigned draft minutes that have not been approved by the P&Z but were offered for the Councils consideration tonight dated February 18, 2026; an email from B.J., Annexation Statue Review for Proposed Annexation Plan — February 2026; a letter from Robert Harris dated February 25, 2026 on behalf of Mont Howard and Maria Howard, four recorded Express Consent to Annexation with instrument numbers 775913, 775912, 775911, 776034 from the school, Rockwell, Riverwood and the church and then the Cooper Meadows Express Consents to Annexation that are the homes that already exist by Riverview. B.J. asked if there was anyone that would like to speak in favor of the annexation application. In Favor: None B.J. asked if there was anyone that would like to speak in neutral of the annexation application. Neutral: B.J. swore Shane in. Shane stated his full name, Shane Wootan and stated the address as 485 N State St, Shelley. Shane mentioned that he has served as the urban renewal chair for about 15 years and as the P&Z Chairperson for the past four and half years and is currently serving as the vice-chairman. Shane mentioned that he would like to recognize the two businesses and in his opinion businesses is what makes this community and if we want to continue to grow and continue to build this community we need to bring business into the city. Shane also mentioned that this past year P&Z went through updating the Comprehensive Plan and rewrote the comprehensive plan which 500 people filled out the survey that are deciding where our city is headed in the next 25 years which is less than 10 % of our community is the one that is driving the bus. We need to be better about communicating and he said that we need to grow and we need to grow right. Shane mentioned that personal privacy rights is a huge part of what sways our decision and how we move forward. Shane mentioned that we are infringing on their property and asking them to be a part of our city, they helped build our city. Shane said that he is neutral that he knows the city has to grow and doesn’t think that anybody should impede the city from growth. Shane stated that we need to recognize and compensate these businesses in any way we can and recognize for their time to the community. The initial question that was brought up during P&Z was to consider the initial plan that was to include Dial’s property and go up New Sweden then we couldn’t answer that and it was why they wanted to have more information before making a recommendation of any type. Shane also wanted to encourage the Council to consider that if this does happen that this is going to be the new gateway into our community and he personally did not want homes R1 being the gateway to our community. Any community you go into that is successful in the state currently, you do not drive through a neighborhood to get in, you are driving through businesses. Shane asked what is drawing people into the community and those are the things we need to do to grow is businesses and as we grow we need to being in business Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 and we need to consider what is our doorstep is it houses or commerce. Shane thanked the council. Sean asked Shane if the question that was not being addressed if he felt like it was more about the property that we trying to use and now know we can’t use and if Shane felt that the question has now been answered. Shane stated that he felt there was a gap in communication and after talking to Jordon that he talked to Dials in the past, himself, Mayor Pascoe but it didn’t happen then and it happened now and we don’t know if Mayor Pascoe had that conversation because that was never communicated. The second thing that Shane mentioned was that they didn’t know about the statue that had later come to life. Shane said that he personally thinks that the Dial property was the better option because when that land get developed it will need the city to develop. Randy was sworn in by B.J. Randy stated his full name, Randy Adams, Fire Chief for the Shelley Firth Rural District with home address 924 E 1400 N. Randy stated that he is definitely neutral, and he agrees with Shane and the things he said today. Randy mentioned that we need to grow and things are growing and we cannot be stagnant. Randy hopes that we can grow with the proper infrastructure and everything supports this. Randy said that one thing that the fire department is struggling with right now is with this growth it is hard for them to support what is happening here. Randy said he has made the same speech to developments that we’ve had here. We continue to develop but do not seem to find a way to help bring our emergency services up to light. Randy said they work off of a levy that comes from the state and he can only take 3% increase on that levy each year and that is all he can get out of that. Randy stated that we're seeing growth around here of 12-15% and he is only getting a 3% increase to be able to make that growth happen. Randy said he reached out to a lot of other fire departments that are having the same struggle and problems and they are actually being able to get help from the city when the city is putting this stuff in and annex and getting it in. The city’s understand that these homes are closer together and that there is going to be more services there. Randy mentioned that they have four homes on an acre instead of one and instead of a five-family in an acre home, they have 20 people that they have to take care of for emergency services on that same acre. Randy said it is harder for them to get that separation on the fire ona one-acre house they will probably lose that home but they may be able to catch everything else around it. Randy stated that he talked to Rockwell after the P&Z hearing with the homes coming and in the R1 zone; Randy said that one way to keep the costs down is that that the fire station would have to put another building out in the infrastructure. Sean asked Randy if he could clarify how other fire departments he spoke to were getting help. Randy said that Blackfoot would be the closest to them. He talked to Chief Howell and they still get their levy rate and everything from the state to run the rural department but the city helps by purchasing one of the four ambulances or one of the fire trucks or were they are full time department and not a volunteer department like ours they pay wages for one paramedic and one firefighter. Sean mentioned that they are trying to make the levy dollars go further by the city contributing to certain costs. Randy said they are pitching into the cost of the equipment and of the payroll. Sean asked how does a city do that. Leif mentioned it would be like the police department, it would be a line item. Louise asked Randy what their levy is based on, if it was based on miles, airy covered or is based on the home values or on population. Randy stated that is based on the homes and the property. Louise asked if was like the city levy and if we add more homes into the city and especially the higher Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 end homes like in Copper Meadow than the base actually goes up plus they get their 3% increase. Randy said he thought that is how it was but after talking to Pam in the County, Pam explained that they only get the 3% each year and the more homes that get in, the homeowner just pays a little bit less percentage in their taxes. Don asked Randy that he talked about the fire services out there and if there was a ratio or matrix. Randy said there was but he did not have the scale but it is the population and the distance from the fire station. Randy did say that is all he had on the fire department but he wanted to make comment personally himself. He has gone to the Planning and Zoning meetings and he has been involved in. Randy said that he had recognized in the meeting that they had people there that had only heard one side of the story. They were pretty upset that these business owners didn’t really care what would happen to them and they really just needed to get this job done and that being in the middle of that and being on both sides and having the Mayor come talk to him and having get a letter of intent and having him go talk to the property owner and hearing two different sides of the story and trying to put those together, there is always two sides of the story and a lot of crap that has happened because of this and he did have to get back up in the planning and zoning meeting and he thinks he clarified a lot of things because he got to hear the other side of the story. Randy asked that Council to please, as they are discussing this and getting this done, again this is coming from Randy Adams and not the Fire Chief, said we are better than that in this city and he hopes that we can have a very level head and sit down and figure this out between everybody in a nice, calm manner and not eventual we’re are just trying to get back with somebody. Sean said that he was new to the area and has no vendetta against anyone and times have changed unfortunately and that is not the way it is done now. Robert Harris was sworn in by B.J. Robert stated the address of 1000 Riverwalk Drive, Suite 200. Robert said he was here on be Mont Howard and FMT enterprises. They have been in the city for over 30 years and are on 5 acres. They fill that the Council should honor the tabled meeting with planning and zoning. Roberts made a statement on who drafted the plan, if the city office, the city attorney. Roberts said it seems that Mayor Pascoe was the one who chose the route to annex in and the Council continued with that plane because after reviewing previous minutes, B.J. said “the Mayor worked hard on this plan.” Again this is based on the minutes. Robert said that if the city annex’s the properties, his clients will not benefit from cost-effective municipal services because they don’t need them. By annexing both properties if effectively subsidizes a system that they receive no benefit from. Robert mentioned that he was not sure if there was a way to project the map but he took the map from the public notice which was as good as he could get; he mentioned that there were several parcels that were excluded. Robert stated that the plan generally describes that it is going to annex property up to 1500 North and over to 800 North in the New Sweden highway, he said that there are several parcels that are excluded and what do those parcels have in common; he said that those properties are already developed and they already have their own water system. He doesn’t know why they were not included but the only two parcels that were included in this annexation that are already developed and already have their own water and sewer system are his clients properties. Robert mentioned that as far as other alternatives, the Hallmark Estates is fully excluded and that will create an island and there is no information that he has been able to obtain to see if any of those folks wanted to Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 be annexed, if they are having issues with their private wells or if there is any other reason that they may want to be in the city that can provide connectivity to the undeveloped property. And as was mentioned that there was is no information of the planning and zoning meeting as to what conversations were had with the Dial’s or what the substance of those conversations were and if there was any indication that they tried to persuade them why it would make sense to annex into the city. Robert stated that tells him that this plan wasn’t really based on planning, it was based on the Mayor (Pascoe) being upset at what had happened with Mr. Howard. Robert stated that the Council may say that its not relevant which he thinks it is relevant because it tells them what the intended plan was and for that reason, they think it would be much wiser for the City to pause on the plan and truly look at. alternatives, explain to Mr. Dial, as an example, that one, his taxes won’t change if he annex’s into the city; number two under a new statue, Idaho Code Section 31-3805, he is within a certain distance from a municipal water system and even if he wanted to develop a county subdivision, he would not be allowed to punch into the individual domestic wells; he would have to hook in to the city whether he is in the city or county. Robert stated that if that property is ever going to be developed it will have to be on city water. Robert’s understanding is the city no longer enters into outside user agreements, and they would be in the city anyways. Robert said that they don’t know if that conversation been had with Mr. Dial. Robert said that those are all important especially if the city is looking at two properties that are not consenting to the annexation and as Robert said before, are already developed and don’t receive any benefit from the municipal services. Robert mentioned that during the planning and zoning meeting that Rockwell representative testified that even before the annexation happens that they are going to develop south of Copper Meadows and they will go south basically up to Mr. Dial’s property line. Robert . stated that it would make a lot more sense to connect the properties that way or some other way. Additionally, as Robert mentioned before, if the plan is approved will leave the Hallmark Estates as a virtual island and it does not make sense, if the council do not include the Howard and Nulph properties, it is no longer an island there is a direct connection to the highway. Robert mentioned as they stated in their jetter, as B.J. mentioned this is a new statue, its been untested and they have concern with the notice provision that were provided and Robert wanted to highlight a few critical points. First, the notice that incorporates by reference certain documents, but they couldn’t find those documents either through the Idaho State Journal website, Post Register’s website or the City’s website. Second, if you look at the Idaho State Journal website, it only returns the first page of the three-page notice, so two pages are missing and third, the plan does not contain a compete legal description on some of the parcels that are subject to the annexation. The plan references a recorded instrument number and then there is legal description that says, quote “Dial property, Cooper Meadows two, Parcel B”; Robert thinks that the legal actually describes the whole subdivision and it doesn’t list the lots or blocks and they think it’s a reference as the subdivision as a whole and they don’t think that is the way to do it; they think the lots and the blocks should have been listed and it would help them know exactly which lots are involved and whether or not they can calculate if there is enough support for the annexation. Robert stated that they ask the Council not to approve the plan because of the inclusion of the Howard and Nulph properties for all the reasons that were explained and neither of his clients would oppose any amendment to the plan does not include them, they are not anti-development Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 and would not be opposed all the other properties that want to be part of the city. They just don’t want their properties to be part of the city limits when they receive no benefits from it. They will consider avenues to challenge the City’s actions and in short, they ask that the Council not force annex their property. Robert stated that they appreciate their time and careful consideration of these comments; Robert thanked the Council. B.J. asked the Council if they had any questions for Mr. Harris. Sean asked Robert to read the two sentences from the Idaho Statue he referenced earlier. Robert said it’s “to enable the orderly development of private lands that benefit from cost effective availability of municipal services in urbanizing areas.” Sean mentioned that he understands that he represents the Howards and the Nulph’s; Sean asked if Robert it would be fair to say that the two sentences benefits any of the other homes that are a part of the forced annexation or landowners. Robert indicated that the since its undeveloped land, they would benefit from municipal services and the check both those boxes. Sean mentioned that he agrees with the sentences but it would be tough to argue that it doesn’t, and Robert is right because it won’t for everyone but it does for some. Robert responded to Sean that if he is saying is a generic matter that it only has to benefit certain property owners, that he understands that Sean interpretation of it but he would interpret it differently. Don asked if the intent of those two sentences specific to Nulphs and Howards or would it be collectively the area. Robert said it’s collectively the area. Don asked if then that being the case, they may not have direct benefit from it but the area as a whole would; Don asked Robert if that would be correct. Robert said he would have to define the area as a whole and to answer his question, Robert used the Dial property as an example; they don’t want to be in but it’s undeveloped and they would benefit from the availability of the municipal services. This doesn’t just apply to people who want to be in, it applies to people that may not want to be in. Robert believe that the intent of the statue is to protect private property’s rights and make sure that the City is annexing in properties that would actually benefit from annexation. Don was curious of the source of the comment about the vendetta from the Mayor (Pascoe). Robert said it was his was his characterization of it and the comments were based on what Mr. Adams had talked about at the planning and zoning meeting where the Mayor found out that Mont was pulling his written consent and with several profanities he said, number one, fine if he doesn’t want to get taxed on a strip of land which was the proposal at the time, we’ll see how he feels about his whole property getting taxed and number two, we'll get tractor supply company down here and put him out of business; Robert said he would define that as a vendetta. Don responded that he wasn’t there; Robert said he was not neither, but he thinks Mr. Adams at first count, he was the one that heard those comments and they are consistent with what was told to Mr. Howard and as they said, they don’t think that’s a proper basis to plan. Robert also mentioned that the more telling part is that there is no indication, no evidence, no report, other alternatives he considered. Mayor Kim wanted to clarify that the meeting with Gary Dial, a year ago, she put that meeting together with Gary. She invited Jordon to come to and Mayor Pascoe. She was the one that initiated that meeting with Mr. Dial do see if there was interest there; we had a great conversation. Robert asked which meeting she was referring to a year ago. Mayor Kim said they had a conversation with Gary and to talk to Merlin and he shared with them that when Merlin passes away that farmland will go to his sons widower and with that they were also told that there was also a first right of refusal to Seth Cannon, Mayor Kim said she hadn’t talked Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 to Seth, but people that know Seth, he is buying up the farmland to protect his dairy. Mayor Kim said she doesn’t know what Mayor Pascoe said to Randy, but she is disheartened because he is not here to defend himself. B.J. cautioned the Council and stated they are still in the public hearing portion of the meeting, and this is a fact finding, ask questions, gather information; if the Council want to start deliberating, B.J. asks that they hold off until they get all the facts. Robert responded that he will avoid the temptation to engage because there’s a lot of response that he could add to the comment, just because he’s not here to defend himself, doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen. Robert said Mayor Kim is right, he wasn’t there, she wasn’t there but there were people who were and you can judge the reliability and veracity of their statements based on whether you know them, trust them, all of the things that are standard in any sort of trial in court but they stand by their comments. Leif asked Robert a question because he represent them (Howards and Nulph) of “why not.” Leif said that they could answer that, or he (Robert) could answer that but why not consent to the annexation. Robert stated that there were two primary reasons, one is their taxes are going to go up over $2,000 and those taxes are going to go to pay for a system that will receive no benefit from. They already have private wells and don’t use much water, and those facilities have been in place for over 30 years. Robert said that if there ever was a problem with the well and they have to come into the city, then at that point they would voluntarily consent. Leif responded that then they will ride it out until it breaks and then they will fix it. Don asked that if the properties were annexed in would the property value appraise higher and also to Shane’s point, wouldn't that be more appealing to bring commerce into that area. Robert stated he is not an appraiser but he thinks that the first thing an appraiser would look at would be the taxes on the property that could affect the value, additionally there is a connection fee of approximately of $10,000 if they ever have to hook on and he doesn’t know how any of those get evaluated so he cannot answer that question. As far as Don’s second question, Robert doesn’t know how annexing their property that is already commercial, that already served the community, now being in the city, changes anything that has to do with commerce or the city supports commerce. What the city is trying to do is connect continuous properties to get within the city which they support, that is going to be serviced by municipal water which is critical. Robert said his clients are not anti-development and they are not saying they don’t want people to move to Shelley, they want it to stay smail and quaint, but what they are saying is, that are trying to be put in the city and their going to substantially increase their taxes and they won't benefit it. Robert said that the Dial’s would probably feel the same way. B.j. asked if there was anyone who would like to speak in opposition of the annexation plan. Opposition: Todd Nulph was sworn in by B.J. Todd stated the address of 848 E 1450 N and he is part of the Hallmark Estates. Todd stated that he has the FMT Enterprise which is Nulph Bros shop on highway 91. He stated that they bought that from Leonard Foster in 1987 and they developed it and put the shop there and put the fence up for their trucks. Todd mentioned that sine Mayor thought that since Rockwell owned the small strip of road that is between his home and the shop and Rockwell wanted to develop to the North, there was a shoestring there or a flagpole there and they could get Rocky Mountain Power to annex in and Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 Strayberries property annex in, they could go right up and through that shoestring through that road, through his North neighbors road but then it hits the next road which is Howard’s property and those homes. Todd mentioned he talked to Mayor Pascoe and that Mayor Pascoe was going to see if Howards would annex a chunk of his property so they can have access to the property to the North. Todd stated that he thinks Mayor Pascoe said he needed 60 to 65 feet wide, Todd doesn’t know how wide that piece of road is between his house and the shop but that was the plan of access and Todd thinks that Howard had agreed to that and then at the last minute pulled away. Todd stated that he was not in any conversation with any vendetta or anything like that but at that time his shop wasn’t involved in any annexation. After the consent was pulled, Nulph’s were in an annexation with Howard’s. Todd stated that it feels like the city is just going to take that away. Todd also stated that they are not opposed to any growth, but they feel like what is the purpose if they get annexed into the city, what’s going to happen to them; their taxes are going to go up and what do they get for that. Todd asked the Council if anyone could answer that. Sean stated that he doesn’t think anyone could answer that but he knows what he is paying for and he gets the protection of the police, and he gets fire, and he gets schools but what does he get for income tax; he could argue that no one loves taxes. In response Todd mentioned that if they get annexed into the city, can their taxes not go up; if there is a clause that states that these two properties aren’t affected at all. B.J. stated that he would answer that later but he did not want to influence what is gong on. Todd mentioned that he talked to Merlin Dial on the phone a couple months ago, Todd couldn’t remember if it was just before Christmas, Merlin was in Yuma, Arizona because he winters down there. Todd said that he had a nice conversation with Merlin and he asked Merlin if he would be interested in letting the city annex your property to keep all of these others out. There is the Hallmark Estates, his shop, Howards, and a lot of other people over there that are already developed and they were not going to develop anymore; Merlin said he had been talked to and was offered connection fees to be able to go through his property and he said about 50 feet along the canal that they don’t farm and wouldn’t think that would be a big deal and the city could probably go through there. Todd stated that if the city needed 65 feet, could they take the canal and go straight up North. Leif said we cannot touch the canal, the canal is owned by the canal company. Todd believes that at the time Merlin didn’t want to do anything because he is going to leave it to his kids. Todd mentioned that he just hoped that there was a different avenue without affecting them but if it was going to affect them then maybe there is something that the City could do so they don’t have to pay taxes if they don’t have any benefit from it. Don mentioned to Todd that he appreciated his position and he would be interested having conversations at the appropriate time on different things. Sean mentioned that he did some research and unfortunately to answer Todd’s question is that it does not appear that the city can provide unilateral tax basis on different properties and once a property is annexed into a city it becomes part of the tax base and city can’t pick and choose which properties pay taxes. Sean mentioned that there are things like water hookups for $9,700 that as properties are developed or hooked into a system that the city can control or offer. Sean asked Todd if he could give suggestions on how we can accomplish this. Sean also mentioned that hard decisions have to be made and unfortunately hard decisions don’t benefit everyone for some it is good and for some it’s not and sometimes the hard decisions have to be weighed and try to do what is best for the most good. Sean stated that he knows they have some Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 opposition and he would love any input to help them in making a hard decision, maybe be less hard and maybe for more greater good. Mayor Kim asked Mr. Nulph that if the council did decide to move forward, in his opinion, would it be easier to a business to occur higher taxes because you could turn around and put that on his trucking, his hauling, versus as a home or an individual because they don’t have that help the pay for that increase. Mayor Kim asked if the trucking is hauling things; Todd said it does, Mayor Kim then asked if they have figured out how much they would have to add to the load to help cover the cost. Todd said he has not figured that out. Todd mentioned that once they are in the city, what comes next, taxes, then curb and gutter, lighting, does it end with the $2,000 tax or does it go up $4,000, $5,000, $6,000 if there is a new school bond; all of these things go into effect. Mayor Kim asked Robert that he mentioned that there were other options and he would get to that later but he didn’t mention what those options were. Roberts stated that he wasn’t familiar with the current existing boundaries are but we could jump the road, you could go up the East side of the road and connect in, you could potentially go around the Dial property and go the other way, there was nothing in any record that he found that other alternatives were considered ant that’s his point. Robert stated that there may even be people in the Hallmark Estates that would want to be on the city for some reason that could provide connectivity for the two. Mayor Kim asked it that was in his opinion. B.J. stated that Mr. Nulph is the one has the floor and the council should finish with Mr. Nulph. Todd asked the council if they could maybe talk to Merling into taking 40,50,60 feet or what ever is needed to be on his East side of the properties along the canal and take a strip up through there an annex that in, that would solve all their problems. Mont Howard was sworn in by B.J. Mont stated his full name and he has Howard Equipment and the address of 1324 N Highway 91 in Shelley, Idaho. Mont stated that there has been a lot of mentioning about his withdrawing and the plan was all done. The plan that was done was the 65 feet and that was part of the reason that flagpole, shoestring, rope, whatever anyone wants to call it, was ordering illegal whatever and in the planning and zoning they said that Idaho Falls did it. Mont stated that he started doing more research, after he signed the agreement, was that the City of Shelley infrastructure is already struggling and to support that many more homes would push it to the limits. Mont said that when Mayor Pascoe went to him and asked if Mont could help the city out, Mont said that for the greater good, he would give 65 feet, and his taxes were only going to go upa couple of hundred dollars. Mont mentioned that because of the way this was being pushed on him, he started having a bad feeling and decided to do more research and he found out about the flagpole; that even the city council has recognized that it was not a plan. Once Mont realized that, the infrastructure, taxes going up, he decided to take a step back and take another look at this and make sure that what is going on is right. Mont stated that it was about that time that Alan Dial went in and bought feed and Mont knew he had researched this and asked him what he should do because he didn’t feel right about the flagpole thing. Alan Dial that Mont could go down withdraw, there was no problem with that, as long as it’s before it’s determined. Mont said that was what he did, he went down to city hall and withdrew; Mont stated that it seems like everybody keeps going back to that. Mont said he withdrew from a plan that wasn’t a plan and he doesn’t know how it keeps going back to that because there wasn’t a legitimate plan. Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 B.J. asked if there was anyone else that would like to speak in opposition to the proposal; there was not. B.J. said that customarily we allow the applicant to offer a rebuttal to follow up and address any of the issues, the questions that were raised. B.J. asked if there was anyone who would want to speak in the rebuttal in favor again. Jordon stated that he would like to say a few comments. B.J. emphasized that Jordon was still under oath. Jordon mentioned that he heard a couple of questions about what they would receive for our increasing taxes if they were to be annexed in. Jordon stated that they would receive police support and would receive city garbage service from the City of Shelley. Todd asked if they would have a big container for them because that is that they have. Jordon said we have different sizes. Aaron Nulph asked if that would be something that they would have to pay for and if it is forced upon or is that an option. Jordon mentioned that it is a service that is paid for and if you are in the city limits, itis a required service. Jordon also went back about the Hallmark Estates being an island and he has a hard time with that because they are still open on the West side going through Merlin Dial’s property and there is a little bit of property to the South of them, a couple of parcels, that basically does not enclave them as an island currently. Jordon also wanted to state and point out that in the annexation plan there are eight parcels that are previously developed and have not given voluntary consent and not just two. B.J. asked if there was anyone else that wanted to be in favor in part of the rebuttal; there was no one. B.J. closed the public hearing. B.J. stated that he hoped that everyone feels that they had been given a fair opportunity to speak; B.J. mentioned that at this point the conversation, the fact finding has to stop. B.J. turned over the matter to the council for discussion, for deliberation. B.J. mentioned that he was asked to conduct the hearing and if the council had any questions for him as to what is legal or what is not, they can ask him and he would answer those questions objectively in the best interest of the city as he can. B.J. stated to the council that they could accept the proposal, reject the proposal or they could table the matter for another day. Don asked B.J. if council could go back to the proposed annexation path was originally, is there a way to make that meet legal requirements rather than annex and taking in all of the properties. B.J. confirmed if it was the proposal that Mayor Pascoe was working on, Don said yes. B.J. stated that he had taken a look at the case law that deals with shoestring annexations and it is mentioned specifically in the statue that those are a no. B.J. said that there is no magical measurement that says it’s acceptable or if you go a little skinner, it is not acceptable or if one was acceptable but if it’s a little longer, it is not. B.J. stated that in his opinion, it would be very difficult for the city to defend an annexation proposal based on the dimensions and the location that Mayor Pascoe was originally proposing and discussing with the folks out there. Sean mentioned that either Mr. Howard or his attorney said that Mayor Pascoe was in talks of acquiring 65 feet to annex in. Sean asked how we annex in just a portion of their whole parcel; B.J. stated that he did not know but it could be supposed make a draft. Sean stated that he asks because they have two parcel owners that are opposed to the plan that has been presented because their whole property is being annexed. Sean mentioned that if an original plan was proposed that only a portion of their property would to be annexed, could we do that. B.J. clarified that there was never a former plan. Mayor Pascoe had been talking to a bunch of people and even talked to some of the council and himself but it was only after he Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 put together a concept; there was never a signed documents and in B.J.s opinion based on those limited connection only going through the back portions of those properties, it is not defendable. Louise asked if based on those reasons, therefore, if they were to try to do the same thing with Merlin Dials property along the canal, it would also be problem. B.J. said yes and he thinks that if they try to go up a canal and you have a width of a parcel and are only taking a sliver, that is what the Supreme Court, in his opinion, is discouraging; they want cities to connect go grow with some kind of a nucleus. B.J. mentioned that as a minimum guideline and it has been a principal before and it is still incorporated in the most recent change of the statue; they do not want to see a city and some little sprouts coming off and then more city. They want it to be centralized so is efficient delivery of services. Mayor Kim stated that we already have Copper Meadows out there and it was in the comprehensive plan was to move that direction. Leif mentioned that he has not been a part of this previously, he would almost be the same and take the recommendation of what P&Z did and table it and find more information because these guys are not amenable to it and they have questions. Leif stated that he wasn’t sure if all of those questions have been answered. Leif also mentioned that unless they were given an unlimited time which they are trying to do it fast enough to make everybody happy, not everybody is going to be happy. Leif said that they may be able to get some answers that might help them make a decision and help them make a decision. B.J. stated that he would ask the Council to do, not saying that it concludes the deliberation, with that thought it will be helpful to identify what are the questions and it is know what we are looking for moving forward. Mayor Kim asked if they table it, would it go back to P&Z. Leif mentioned that they already tabled it. B.J. said they can take that up again regardless of what council do or don’t do but if a final decision tonight it will leave it moat for them regardless of which direction they go. B.J. said that if they table it, P&Z will have the option of talking about it at their next meeting and council has the option of talking about it in the future if they want. B.J. also let council know that they could table it to think about it, it doesn’t have to be tabled just for questions. Don mentioned that Mr. Nulph stated in his statement that he spoke with Merlin Dial and Merlin was in favor, and sounds like he has a different relationship with Merlin Dial; would it be possible to partner with him to have conversations and see if that influences to open that path for us. Mayor Kim responded and said that in his statement that he had the conversation a few months ago; Jordon shared with us that he had a conversation with both of them on Friday. Sean stated that one of the reasons the city was in this situation was because there were handshake agreements with Ball Ventures; and Cooper Meadows built out there, the school was developed and we hooked them on city water. This all happened with the understanding that the city would hook in through these grounds and annex that in the future and it wouldn’t have touched Howard’s and it wouldn’t have touched Nulph’s and now those handshakes have gone away. Sean mentioned that they have chosen the path with the less resistance and he says that this is without being disrespectfu! to the businesses. Sean agrees that we need more businesses but we need to show that it can be supported; if we want to have to have a bigger grocery store, we have to show support for it and a lot of business will not go to a place if there isn’t a lot of support. Sean mentioned that is sucks making tough decisions and it’s why they are called tough decisions and hard decisions and it isn’t fun but what isn’t fun either is having a community taxing us as a city, it is hurting our infostructure because they are hooked up to it and we are not collecting for it. Sean said he Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 feels bad that it will affect people that don’t want to be a part of it and he can’t imagine that there will every be an annexation, City of Shelley, State of Idaho, anywhere that will gain 100% for it; it’s why it is called forced annexation because someone does not want it to happen but does it serve the greater good. Sean believes that this answers some of what Randy Adams talked about. We increase out tax base and it increases our fire, it increases money to the police and Sean believes it helps in a lot of way. Louise mentioned that business are more likely to come if they have access to public water and sewer than if they have to put their own well and septic tank. Mayor Kim asked that if at the point they have to hook on to the infrastructure, can we hook them up to city services without charging those fees. B.J. said they could consider waiving those fees, we would not be able to waive taxes because their taxes will be there. Mayor Kim asked if an Urban Renewal could give back and it was mentioned that it could be the fire department would not receive anything from them. Don would like to entertain things that we could do because they are the ones making that sacrifice; Don asked how we recognize that without setting a precedence. Leif said that the precedence if that if we were going to force annex somebody else in, right now they’re the ones being forced annexed in; it’s not a property that is in the city that is going to develop now. Mayor Kim mentioned that there was eight that we are forcing. B.J. clarified that there are eight that have not consented. B.J. wanted to state what Leif was saying in another way, is that the distinction he would make is if a property was not developed, they would not waive their fees and if they were already developed at the time of annexed then it would be a factor or a basis to waive the fees. Sean said he knows that Jordon worked on this and the council looked at other avenues and there is no other option, they have been exhausted. Sean stated that they needed to ask themselves is do they suffer the consequences of handshake deals that is going to continue to get developed and it’s already being developed and we are providing services for and hope something opens up later down the road. Mayor Kim also stated that they already served a serve will letter to Copper Meadows. B.J. stated that there is a role but you can’t have additional testimony but as far as city like policies, questions about taxation or services, city staff can address those. B.J. asked if Cooper Meadows pay for the water they are getting. Lisa said yes they are paying for the water service. B.J. mentioned that the city did agree to do some of the road maintenance, snow removal; Justin said yes, B.J. said that portion is not being reimbursed by the County and that is something the city is paying for and providing outside of the city. Sean mentioned that in previous council meetings and this could be something that Jordon could answer, shipping water outside of the city to county is at a higher cost than what we are charging. Sean stated that was part of the water district plan that Councilman Jeff Kelly brought up about the city sending water outside city limits and that more has to be regenerated and put back in and that is at a higher cost because it is leaving the city. Mayor Kim asked if the city engineer could answer that and B.J. said he could because is considered to be city staff and had to tell the truth or he could be fired. Dave stated that the study determined that the city doesn’t have enough water source in order to satisfy their long-term growth projections. Dave stated that what Councilman Kelly was talking about is that we have a finite amount of water and if we continue to ship it outside of the city, then we are going to have to pay in order to purchase water and the city was using city funds, general funds to purchase water, not water funds and the enterprise funds for water. Councilman Jeff was talking about is that it costs us money that we cannot recoup when we Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 send water outside the city because the city doesn’t have the ability to tax those people to reimburse the general fund for the water that we have to purchase. Don asked a question for Justin or Jordon about someone making a comment that it was putting a strain on our equipment to send the water out there. Justin stated that he wasn’t really sure if it puts a strain out there, it is going through the system that are running the same through city. Justin said that it expands our system more piping and plumbing and bigger distribution to maintain. Don asked if it was adequate to what we need to push out. Leif said that’s where the difference between what we charge for water and we get for taxes which we might be having people use water and we are charging them for the water, but it probably doesn’t make up the difference of what it costs for our system and for the water etc.; it is not enough to cover all those costs. Sean stated that section is going to continue to grow and there is already agreements in place and on record that the City of Shelley is going to continue to provide services. Mayor Kim stated that what she is hearing is that from Councilman Kress that he see the need for annexation but he is hoping that there is some way we can provide something for them. Sean said he absolutely does and he definitely would not be in favor of annexation and slapping them on the back. Leif said he was leaning that way too and what is the benefit but that is not in the written in the plan. Leif asked B.J. we would need to adjust the plan. B.J. said he does not know because they are talking about doing is offering some sort of offset or credit or benefit to certain properties he doesn’t know if that is a deviation from the plan tat was published and where that leaves them. B.J. said he would need to do some checking and try come back and give them his best opinion. Sean stated that doesn’t know if it needs to be added as part of this annexation proposal plan; it sounds like what Mayor Pascoe was talking about was water hookups and figuring out a way to take care of property owners with different things. Leif asked that what the plan is and the way it’s presented today for them to approve, disapprove, or table it for more answers; is this something that can be done as in we are going to do this now and going to make reparations later or does it have to be part of the plan from the get-go. Don stated that it would probably be cleaner to have it part of the plan from the get-go. B.J. mentioned that however council want to do it; B.J. is just figuring out what’s the way that he can make sure it is legal. B.J. also stated that he doesn’t know if tonight they can modify it in a way to add on concessions to specific properties tonight. Leif pointed out because of the way it was published. B.J. said he was happy to take a look at that if they wanted him or they can treat them as separate issues, case-by-case basis but he doesn’t know if that meets their objective in discussing that tonight and if they want to tie them together, he will do his best see if he can do that. Sean stated that he doesn’t think that it makes sense to tie them together to go through and do the annexation and them come back in as an agenda item. Sean stated that it further complicates to defend it or research it and to do it; Sean believes that they can move forward with the plan of annexation and do a future agenda item for the eight properties that have not provided consent and discuss what that might look like. B.J. stated that, that they could do but it doesn’t provide any sort of guarantee that it would if it were all part of a packaged deal. B.J. mentioned that procedurally they could make a decision and then later they could bring up the other issues about some sort of offset or credit or waiver of connection fees. Seans concern is that they have eight that have not consented and they could be opposition or neutral and he does not want to put together a discussion of how we can help to compensate or help or take care of these parcels and then the Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 eight number grows before they have a time to vote on it again. B.J. stated in that respect, the testimony that of all the parcels, eight did not provide consent which means we do have consents that have been recorded and they can’t come back and undo their consent once they have given it in writing and it has been recorded. Sean stated that we were three hours in and it seems that we weren’t closer to where we were three hours ago. B.J. offered consideration that if the council has mixed feeling they can table it; the council does not have to make a decision tonight. Mayor Kim asked if there was anyone ready to make a motion. B.J. stated that they could make a motion and he is not trying to discourage it but if there is hesitation they could hold off. Don commented that his hesitation is just the position they are in and as Sean said, it is a hard decision and it sucks and it affects peopie but sometimes hard decision have to be made. Sean stated that he doesn’t know that where he stands right now is going to change and what is he trying to say is that it is going to suck because it is not going to be 100%. Sean stated that unfortunately they have to make a decision and he appreciates that it does not has to be tonight and he appreciates Mr. Howards comments of how that would make him feel, pro-business, pro-Shelley. Sean mentioned that they are taking care of a greater good and they are trying to do what is beneficial for the City of Shelley and unfortunately it impacts these people in a negative way but if we look at it from a whole, it’s a benefit to not only the city but to others. Don believes that it provides the pathway that the city needs in order to have that commercial growth that Shane was talking about. Don thanked Mr. Howards and Mr. Nulph for their comments and be willing to have the conversation. Louise asked if anyone’s decision would change about the annexation if ft was put on the next agenda to look at what we can offer. Don asked B.J. if he could look into what we can offer. Sean moved, don seconded to approve the annexation plan. Allin favor, approved unanimously. David Gillmore — Emergency off the grid texting David Gillmore presented to install a repeater on the Butte and presented an off- grid emergency texting. David gave out a packet with information that identify the benefits of placing a repeater on the Butte. The packet also had different device recommendations for the repeater. David mentioned that if a cell tower goes offline, people could hook up to Wi-Fi and be able to make emergency off the grid texting. It was also mentioned a lot of cities use the repeater for the first responders and it is a community driven device. Mayor Kim asked if David was here representing a business. David said he does not represent a business, he was there as an individual and he has a repeater on his home and that his goal is to have all of Shelley covered with this option. David mentioned that by putting a repeater on the Butte would create coverage available much wider Firth area to the Idaho Falls and Ammon area. Mayor Kim asked Justin if we could place a receiver on the Butte. Justin mentioned that we would need to have to look at the agreement that we have with the tower now. Some of the agreements are exclusive. David said that the repeaters would not need to me maintained because they charge with the solar panel on them, however, it may just need to be looked at every once in awhile to make sure there isn’t anything wrong with them. The maintenance would be minimal with just the possibility of changing the repeater every three years. Mayor Kim mentioned to David that we would need to look into what we could do. Sean asked if the repeater could go on a windmill because it is a lot higher than the Butte. Don said it would be something that Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 David would need to find out. David would be leaving his information with Lisa for the City to get back with him on the matter. Discussion of City Vehicle Usage This item was requested to place on the following agenda. Ted Hendricks — Consider approval of Interim Financing for water project Louise spoke to the Mayor and Council about the two financial institutes that Ted provided as an option for interim financing for the upcoming water project. The two financial institutes were Community Citizens Bank and Bank of Commerce. After reviewing both proposals, Louise mentioned that Bank of Commerce was the better option. Don asked about the investments in the state fund. Louise mentioned that they talked about arbitraging the funds. When Louise ran the analysis, it would be $200,000 cheaper for the rural development not to arbitrage. Louise recommended to accept the Bank of Commerce interim financing with a $15,000 loan fee and a $2,500 legal fee. The rate would be at 4.6% fixed rate. The loan would be for three years. Louise moved, Don seconded to accept the Bank of Commerce interim finance. All if favor, approved unanimously. Cail for a public hearing for water meter rates and water rate increase Mayor Kim mentioned that they had discussion at the work meeting. The work meeting was right before the council meeting. Sean moved, Louise seconded, to call for a public hearing to set the rate at $55.00 base rate a flow rate of $1.75 per thousand gallons used on all residential homes and commercial businesses and to take consideration to follow the sewer equivalent resident unit, ERU calculations to match the water ERUs. Louise moved, Leif seconded to have the public hearing will be April 8, 2026, for the water rate increase. Allin favor, approved unanimously. New Council Business — Consider approval of General Business Licenses Leif moved, Don seconded to approve the general business licenses, Frontier Credit Union, Flint Rock Retreat, CTOU, Inc, Razor’s Ede Inc. All in favor, approved unanimously. Old Council Business None Department Head Reports Lisa mentioned that the City Hall has had a couple of calls in regards to the tennis courts. She said we have people calling to see when they would start being available to the public. Sean also mentioned that he received a message asking the question. Mayor Kim let the tennis head couch, Hayley answer questions and ask questions because she was in the audience. Justin mentioned that he had a couple of questions left by Mikel such as when there are home games would the games take all eight courts, when does the tennis season begin and finish, and how many matches are home games. Haley said their season starts on Friday and will end in May. Mayor Kim asked if there was a schedule for the games and when would practices be. She also confirmed with Jordon that if one of the agreements was to leave one court open. Jordon mentioned that it was asked that the team Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 leaves one court open for the public. B.J. mentioned that if someone in the public shows up but if no one does, the school is the first to use the courts. Haley said that last year there were 40 kids and they were planning to put 10 kids on each court. Mayor Kim asked about practices. Hayley said that they plan to split the varsity teams practice and the JV team practice and they would be everyday from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sean mentioned that during Spring, there a not a lot of people playing because it is still cold outside. Haley mentioned that she was sure that the schedule was sent to Mikel a couple of days ago. Lisa mentioned that Mikel has been out of the office for the week. Haley was wondering if they were going to be able to use the courts for their first game. Justin said he would put the nets up and they should be fine to use them. B.J. mentioned to have the information sent to the council and it would need to be on the agenda to discuss and make decisions. Mayor Kim mentioned once we received the schedule that they would set the tennis court policy and the next agenda. Jordon thanked everyone for their comments and considerations. Leif thanked Jordon for all of his hard work. Justin gave an update on the hawk light and it is now five weeks out. Knife River will begin starting the LSLR project mid-March or end of March and they would start in the Edwards subdivision with Brent Way. Justin said that next week they would begin putting door hangers and knocking on doors. Leif asked what the process would look like. Justin mentioned that his guys would be going out with the door hangers and road construction would begin, tearing up the road and putting in the new lines and the meter pits. Leif asked if there was a start date, Justin said they are hoping for March 16" dependent on the weather. Chad said that everything was going good at the police department. Council Reports Louise had a report from Mikel. Basketball is done and Mikel has extra Jazz tickets for the March 21% and March 25" for $10 each. Soccer sign ups end March 21%. Mikel will begin painting the fields. Baseball sign ups will go out in March. The MYAC group is working on their playground equipment project to get more money. They will hold their annual BBQ fundraiser on April 18" or the 25" with the lona and Ammon groups. They plan to make the fundraiser an American 250 theme. The pool will be getting the new filter and should be installed March 1*. Tree City committee will have its first meeting on March 5". Louise mentioned that she really enjoying working with everyone. &* Don thanked everyone in the room and to the city team. Don also asked Chief to let Officer Underhill congratulations and we are happy to have him on the force. Mayor Kim thanked everyone for their hard work. She wanted to let P&Z know that we are thankful for them. She mentioned that we do support Howards and Nulph and we appreciate them. Mayor Kim told Chief Randy that she appreciated him being at the meeting and appreciates having his input and we would like to unite and see how we can help the fire station keep on going because growth is hard. Mayor Kim thanked B.J. for working hard and keeping them in line. Mayor Council Meeting — February 25, 2026 Kim also said that hard decision are hard and she said she was proud of the Council and feels like they are making strids. Adjourned: 11:35 p.m. APPROVE: Orting ATTEST: Daleasie— Council Meeting — February 25, 2026
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