All present included Mayor Hart,
Council Member Scott,
Council Member Smith,
Council Member Barton,
Council Member Gillespie,
and
Council Member Anderson.
STAFF:
City Manager Dale Coulam,
City Attorney Bryan Pack,
Public Works Director/City Engineer Chuck Gillette,
Fire Chief Parker,
Public Safety Captain Studley,
and
City Recorder Kari D. Jimenez.
EXCUSED: None.
Mayor Hart acknowledged that there was a quorum present and all Council Members were in attendance.
Council Member Anderson led the Flag Salute
Council Member Anderson gave the Invocation
There were no disclosures or conflicts of interest with items on this meeting's agenda.
Parks and Recreation Report
SCI Public Safety Report
SCI Fire Report
SCI Fire Total Record Volume report
Chief Parker provided an electronic report, a copy of which is available as an attachment to this agenda. He reported that they have been busy with inspections at Black Desert Resort. They are getting ready for Ironman and assisted with the CERT earthquake and fire prevention education, Washington County Special Needs rodeo, Vista School Festival, provided a tour for the Santa Clara schools, the Great Shakeout drill and the Hog & Jog. They attended the Santa Clara and Ivins Mayors' State of the City addresses, as well as participated in the Ivins City TalkAbout at Rocky Vista University.
Captain Studley provided an electronic report. A copy of the report is available as an attachment to this agenda. They have been busy with traffic, drug activity, accidents, focused enforcement for speeding and similar public safety activities. K9 Copper attended a state certification and scored as one of the highest in the groups. They are also preparing for Ironman where they will have 19 Ivins employees working Ironman.
Commissioner Pam Gardiol reported that the Planning Commission appointed her as the new Planning Commission Chairman and they approved two Preliminary Plans.
Budget
Presentation
Cade Visser provided a PowerPoint presentation, a copy of which is available as an attachment to this agenda. He reported that there is an estimated General Fund surplus of $7,000 and the Enterprise Funds have a positive cash flow. The next steps are to adopt the tentative budget and set a Public Hearing for May 16th on the proposed budget and then if the City does not go through the Truth-in-Taxation process, the budget will be adopted on June 6th or June 20th. The Mayor and City Council agreed to set the Public Hearing on the budget for May 16th.
MOTION: Council Member Gillespie moved to tentatively adopt the Tentative Budgets to Complete Fiscal Year Ending 2024 and the Tentative Budgets for Fiscal Year Ending 2025 and set a Public Hearing for the next City Council meeting
SECOND: Council Member Anderson
VOTE: The motion carried unanimously.
| Council Member Scott |
AYE |
| Council Member Smith |
AYE |
| Council Member Barton |
AYE |
| Council Member Gillespie |
AYE |
| Council Member Anderson |
AYE |
VOTE: The motion carried unanimously.
| Council Member Scott |
AYE |
| Council Member Smith |
AYE |
| Council Member Barton |
AYE |
| Council Member Gillespie |
AYE |
| Council Member Anderson |
AYE |
| B. |
*Discuss and consider approval of expenditure for a new 2023 Ford F-150 Crew Cab for new Parks and Recreation Director |
Staff Report
Dale Coulam reported that this is in the budget. The only vehicles the City currently has for use by the new Parks and Recreation Director need to be surplused so staff is recommending that this expenditure be approved.
MOTION: Council Member Smith moved to approve approval the expenditure for a new 2023 Ford F-150 Crew Cab for new Parks and Recreation Director
SECOND: Council Member Barton
VOTE: The motion carried unanimously.
| Council Member Scott |
AYE |
| Council Member Smith |
AYE |
| Council Member Barton |
AYE |
| Council Member Gillespie |
AYE |
| Council Member Anderson |
AYE |
| C. |
Continued discussion regarding updating the General Plan |
Arts Culture
Economic Development
Open Space
Parks
The Mayor and City Council continued their discussion on updating the General Plan. Mayor Hart referred to the Economic Development chapter and commented that he wanted to ensure that chapter was not off putting to commercial development. It has been hard enough for the City to set the stage to get any at all. There's no question that there are types of of commercial development that the City do not want to have and that Ivins residents do not want to have but he did not want that to be generally read and come across as discouraging to those businesses that Ivins would want to have. Regarding the reference to past General Plan updates and the reference to tourism, Mayor Hart's preference would be to rephrase that to state that the General Plan was strategically planned for by the City Council. Council Member Smith commented that there was a goal at one point in time to increase tourism and that goal has been met. The Mayor and City Council discussed verbiage relating to the City accomplishing its tourism development goals and there is a general resistance to additional tourism development. The Mayor and City Council discussed the Arts and Culture, Open Space and Natural Resources and Parks chapters and Council Member Scott and Council Member Gillespie will provide updates to what was discussed tonight, prior to the next City Council meeting.
Council Member Smith was excused at 8:18 p.m.