The Hanksville Town Council meeting convened its regular session on the 4th day of January 2024 in the Hanksville Community Center; meeting commenced at 6:00 p.m.
Present: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei, C. Eric Wells, C. Morgan Roberts, C. Mona Wells and C. Robert Gilner
Absent: NONE
Employees: Clerk Lisa Wells and Treasurer Jessica Alvey
Public in Attendance: None
Meeting to Order: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei
Pledge: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei
Prayer: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei
Roll Call: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei
Swearing in of new council member Robert Gilner by Mayor Jeffren Pei
Motion to approve minutes of December 2023 council meeting: C. Eric Wells; Second C. Morgan Roberts. Aye: All in attendance.
Council member Mona Wells:
Nothing to report.
Council member Morgan Roberts:
Nothing to report – Clerk informed the council that the tenants in Apt #2 at the Affordable Housing have not paid since August. They owe $2,125 to get them current. The council discussed the history of these tenants and the procedure to evict tenants for failure to pay; they advised the clerk to send an eviction notice demanding payment in full and if they don’t pay in full how to proceed from there. The eviction notice will include a request from the council for a mandatory meeting with the tenants at the next council meeting to discuss payment history. The clerk will give them until the end of the month to pay in full, no partial payment will be accepted.
Council member Eric Wells:
Discussion of 2 utility customers that only have a sewer connection and have failed to pay. There has been no recourse to shut off the sewer due to health concerns. C. Eric Wells will investigate the best practices to discontinue a sewer connection. Also, discussion of Justin Ekker – his water was shut off in December due to failure to pay, it has been over a year since he has paid anything on his water. An anonymous person would like to pay $1000 to Justin’s account but is requesting from the council if they would consider forgiving some of the past due amount and then Justin would have a credit on his account. After deliberating on that request, the council opted to not forgive any past due amount since Justin has tampered with town property in the past and turned his disconnected water back on several different times. He has a long history of not paying his account. The council will accept the $1000 and it will be applied to all past due and the rest will be applied as a credit. He owes $778.50; the clerk has not received the money yet from the donor. His meter will remain off until payment is received.
Triple R has been given notice that they won’t be able to install the 6” line as approved by the council preciously in August 2023. C. Eric Wells contacted Ensign Engineering to see what would be required as per the State of Utah regulations to connect the subdivision that Triple R is developing. Ensign said the proposed 6” water line will be insufficient to provide adequate flows and pressures for the new development; neither a 6” nor 8” line would be able to meet the system’s needs during peak demand periods beyond 500’ into the subdivision. This is due to an increase in elevation beyond that point. The results consistently showed that without a booster pump station, the flows and pressures drop below minimum acceptable levels past 500’ into the new development regardless of the pipe size and the only way to feasibly service the full scope of this subdivision would be to have the developer install a properly sized booster pumping station. The design and specifications would need to be reviewed and approved by the Division of Drinking Water prior to installation. The mayor directed the clerk to advise Wayne County planning & zoning, as well as the Wayne County Fire District of this situation.
Mayor Jeffren Pei:
Mayor Pei made assignments for the council: C. Mona Wells will be over Cemetery, Gun Range and Park facility, C. Robert Gilner was assigned roads, C. Eric Wells – sewer and water and C. Morgan Roberts – buildings. Town Event assignments were also made:
Easter- C. Morgan Roberts
4th of July – C. Eric Wells
Founder’s Day – C. Mona Wells
Christmas Tree Lighting – C. Robert Gilner
Clerk Lisa Wells:
Bills presented to council for approval (spreadsheet attached)
Motion to approve bills for payment – C. Eric Wells; Second C. Mona Wells. Aye: All in attendance.
Motion to approve 5% cost of living raise for Eric Wells and Lisa Wells – C. Mona Wells; Second Morgan Stephens. Aye: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei, C. Mona Wells, C. Morgan Stephens, C. Robert Gilner ABSTAIN from voting: C. Eric Wells
Planning Commission:
ABSENT
Tabled Business:
Discussion of EMS building utilities that are currently being paid by Wayne County. The mayor would like the council to consider charging rent to Wayne County Fire District and Wayne County EMS and then take over the utility bills.
New Business
NONE
Public Comment:
NONE IN ATTENDANCE
MOTION TO ADJOURN: C. Morgan Roberts; Second C. Mona Wells. Aye: All in attendance - meeting adjourned at 7:10pm
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