Hatch Town Board Meeting

December 16, 2015

Board Present: Mayor Ron Riggs, Tony Dinges, Duane Barnhurst, Chad Justus & Merrill Burrows Staff Present: Jacie Torgersen, Kerri Justus, Lewis Barney & Ben Neilson Public Present: Ensign Engineering, Jaylee Torgersen, Ashley Julander & Jan Valek

1. Meeting Called to Order The meeting began at 7:10 pm with Councilor Burrows offering an opening prayer and Mayor Riggs leading those present in the pledge.

2. Approval of Previous Minutes 2.1 November 19, 2015 Councilor Justus motioned to approve the meeting minutes and Councilor Dinges seconded the motion, the vote was unanimous.

3. Review Invoices, checks & financial report 3.1 December A few questions were asked concerning the December invoices on the purchase of the picnic table and Pelorus which is the town’s computer program. Councilor Barnhurst motioned to approve the December expenditures and Councilor Justus seconded the motion, the vote was unanimous.

5. Petitions, Remonstrations and Communications 5.1 CIB Grant Report Curtis Neilson from Ensign Engineering reported that the as-built mapping is done for the water master plan report. The IPAD mini can now be used in the field. They are currently working on septic system mapping on homes. They will be contacting the health department for this information. They will be able to print maps for the town any size that the town would like once the project is completed. The IPAD mini is Paunsagunt Cliffs. They have given permission to have the town’s information on their IPAD so Mr. Ben Neilson is able to use it for both water systems. Pausaugunt Cliffs uses the town building for their office and meetings.

5.2 Letter of Credit Approval Councilor Burrows motioned to approve the Letter of Credit from Wesley McAllister from Garkane Power in lieu of his deposit and Councilor Barnhurst seconded the motion, the vote was unanimous.

6. Ordinances 6.1 2015-05 Mobile Coach Ordinance Jacie Torgersen & Lewis Barney have the reviewed the ordinance and went over the changes that they thought should be made. The council still had a few questions. Councilor Barnhurst suggested that the town have Barry Huntington, who prepared the ordinance, come to the meeting next month to answer questions. 1 Hatch Town Board Meeting

7.2 Fire Department- There was some discussion from Councilor Burrows on the old wildland truck. GSA has the title for the truck; the town does not have it. He is going to get the VIN # to them so they can start the paperwork to issue the town the title. Hutch will need to invoice the town for the work that was done on the snowplow truck and wildland truck so that the town can pay him. The money needs to be exchanged between the two parties. Once the town has the title to the truck then it can be put up for bid. Councilor Justus is going to have a few more repairs done on the plow truck but in the future would like to use R&R welding for repairs. Anyone who drives the fire truck needs to keep track of their hours and turn them in each month. Chad & Kerri Justus will take care of the truck and get someone to drive it if Chad is not available.

7.3 Planning & Zoning Commission 7.3.a Appoint new member Councilor Dinges motioned to appoint Jan Valek as the new member of the planning & zoning commission and Councilor Burrows seconded the motion, the vote was unanimous. 7.3.b Report on meeting The Planning & Zoning will meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month if needed to review items before the council meetings. They reviewed the proposal submitted by Kevin Mackaben for his motel. They had two concerns on the proposal. They could not see where the parking was on the property and if the set-back requirements were met from the map.

They also reviewed a proposal from Kurt Sawyer to subdivide his property. The plans and plat maps meet the town’s requirements. The property is all fronting the street and is 1 ½ acres in size. He would like to divide it within the family. A concern was brought up if there are water connections on each of these properties. There is not, but the town does have water available for these lots.

7. Report of Officers – boards – committees 7.1 Water Department – 7.1.a Water Usage Water Usage at Well #5 for November 2015 is 324,000 gallons. 7.1.b Right of Way to road at Well #4 There is a lock on the gate on the existing road that the town has been using. Milo Hurst, who is the property owner, put the lock on the gate. The town has a perpetual right of way to that road and needs to access the well through there. He cannot block the town access. There is another road that the Irrigation Company uses that the town could use if they made an agreement with the irrigation company. The town would need to put in a culvert and improve the road if they were going to use it. Mayor Riggs met with Brian Bremner, the county engineer & Les Barker, the county assessor. They said that the town is a county road and the town needs to have access. The Mr. Hurst can lock the gate if he provides the town with a key. He wants to abandon the road and fence it off to put livestock in there. Mayor 2 Hatch Town Board Meeting

Riggs suggested that he have a cattle guard installed. The easement that Leland Riggs granted is on the north side of the road, not the south side where the road currently is located. Councilor Dinges suggested that the town have the county attorney send a letter to Mr. Hurst about digging up the county road. Mayor Riggs will talk with the county and see what the town needs to do to proceed.

Councilor Justus left to work at 8:20 pm. All members of the public left at this time also.

7.1.c SCADA Repair Mr. Neilson had a virus on the water computer. It was $80 to have the computer repaired. An anti-virus firewall protection was also purchased for 2 years for $100.

There are two sensors that monitor the water level in the tank that were installed in 2009. They have been pulled out and sent in to be repaired. There is a problem with the pressure transmitter at well #5. The transmitter is good but it is not sending the information to the computer. The problem is in the computer program. VFC controls have been working on the computer. Mr. Neilson said the town could get rid of the SCADA system and start over with a new system, it would be approximately $21,000 or the town could spend around $4,000 in repairing the current program. The council would like to work on repairing the current SCADA system.

7.1.d Tank Cleaning There is algae growth on the outside of the water tank. Mr. Neilson would like to have permission to spray chlorine on the outside of the tank to kill the algae and repeat every 6 months. Permission was granted.

7.1.e Water Samples Mr. Neilson removed the submergible probe from the tank to send off for repairs. There was a slimy, hello growth on the cable and the probe. The probe is 20 feet down in the tank. He will take 2 bacteria tests tomorrow and send them off to be sampled. If they come back positive then the town will need to clean the inside of the tank and the water system would have to be shut down for 24 hours.

The town had one bad water sample in November. There were four other samples taken and all of them came back fine. The SUU water lab sends all bacteriological samples to the state.

In May 2015 the Division of Drinking Water changed the collection of data that needs to be submitted. This change will take place January 1, 2016.

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8. Unfinished Business Councilor Merrill Burrows is resigning as of December 31, 2015 as a Council Member and the Fire Chief for the Town of Hatch. The council thanked him for his service. He is going to be doing an apprenticeship online and that will be taking up a lot of his time.

9. New Business The next meeting will be held on the 3rd Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 7pm.

10. Adjournment Councilor Barnhurst motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:45pm and Councilor Dinges seconded the motion, the vote was unanimous. jjt