Garden City Council Meeting

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  August 14, 2014. Devin and Evan Skinner requested a license to sell Old Hickory Sheds from Bennion’s lot along Logan Road.  The request was granted if Skinners will use Bennion’s building to handle all their paperwork and place cement foundations under the two model sheds that were to be set up for people to look at and exam.  An agreement with Bennion will be required to show that he has agreed for this use of his property. 

Jared Mecham of 874 Balsamoriza Road has requested that his home be given a short term rental license.  Bear Lake Cabin Rentals will be in charge of handling this rental.  Permission was granted. 

A motion was made to award the bids to Watterson Construction Company for parking lots to be created at 75 North and 350 South on the east side of Bear Lake Blvd.  The motion passed. 

Marc King of Utility Billing Solutions made a presentation before the Council showing the monies that had been saved by the City by using his services.  His company monitors all electrical usage by the City.  The company also checks out all the various plans available from the Electric Company.  Changes in service are made when there are opportunities to save money.  The savings is then split between the City and Utility Billing Solutions.  Marc noted that all electricity rates will be going up this fall because a rate increased that was granted last fall to Rocky Mountain Electrical Company.  The amount of savings will probably decrease somewhat at that time. 

The Capital Improvement Plan needed to updated.  Bess Huefner, council member, requested that some changes be made in the order in which the improvements were to be made as well as the amount to be allotted to the various projects.  She noted that a new boardwalk needs to be created along with repair on the existing one.  She estimated that it would cost approximately $250,000 to do that.  Several Council members felt that estimate high and suggested the number be lowered to $150,000.  
 

If the Tiger Grant is funded, most of that money will go to beautification projects as well as 300 West.  The Shundahai water tank needs to be funded at $480,000, and Elk’s Ridge water tank will require about $60,000.   A pressure system needs to be added to the list for Cheramoya.  The list continued on and included several additional large and small projects.  

Gary Cox noted that water rates for businesses that operate year around needs to be discussed and perhaps some changes made in that area.  Bess Huefner noted that the encumbrance ordinance needed to be updated to make it less cumbersome to handle.

The TRT grant application is due on October 10.  It will be asking for funding for Heritage Park playground equipment.  Huefner and Cox will prepare the grant.