Kearns Community Council
Executive Meeting // Tuesday May 19, 2009
Members
Marlon Brennan, Brett Helsted, Charles Henderson - Late,
Kathy Larrabee, Paula Larsen, Kevin Lundy - Late,
Kent Markus, Alan Peterson, David Taylor
6:35 Executive meeting begins
Call to Order – Paula Larsen, Vice Chairman
Motion – Secretary Pro Tem Motion by Council member Markus to have Council member Taylor act as Secretary Pro Tem at this time. 2nd by Council member Helsted. Vote called for. 7 yes, 0 no. Motion passed.
Roll Call of Members - Seven Members in attendance, two late as listed.
Minutes - Public meetings 5/5/09 & Executive meeting 4/21/09 were approved as recorded.
Reports
Salt Lake County Mayor’s Office – Megan Hillyard had nothing at this time.
West Side Rep. - Greg Schultz had nothing at this time.
Committee Reports
Taste of Kearns – The Chair, Lundy stated that he had received a lot of positive comments. They served over 3,000 hot dog meals. Leftover meals were donated to the food bank in Kearns. Public Works – Marlon discussed the Neighborhood-to-Neighborhood cleanup program. It was a great success. A special thanks to Skee and his troop for passing out flyers to the area affected. It was reported that there wasn’t a lot of trash to cleanup because of the county dumpsters being in the area the week before. **Motion by Chair Lundy to ratify the payment for the refreshments for the Neighborhood-to-Neighborhood program. Paula 1st, 2nd by Marlon. Vote called 6 yes 0 no. Motion Passed** Treasure - ACCT Report – Brett attended the meeting and insurance coverage is offered to the various community councils. CERT training is recommended so that we can better serve the community. Jeff is asking for individuals to train and this can go through Cathy Harding. Also alt. means of communicating is suggested such as HAM radios instead of cell phones and landline phones. Also received a letter concerning the Paratransit services that UTA provided for those disabled individuals in the valley. A Rate hike and or discontinuation of services in on the table at the UTA. A suggestion of having the KCC draft a letter of support of not ending or raising rates for these individuals was considered. Decided to take this under advisement to gain a better understanding of what is going to on with this decision. Viability of water system also was discussed at the ACCT meeting. This issue relates to the east side and having the west side districts pitch in for the cost of upgrades. This is in regards to the water pressure of the water system and fire hydrants. There could be a new disclosure statements that the various community councils have to sign, but this could happen next year. Currently we have for Special projects $3,079.67 and $121.99 in Administrative. Chair Lundy will follow up concerning the status of money from county.
Unfinished Business
St Francis School addition. Council member Larsen and Chair Lundy have received phone calls concerning the traffic impact from the addition to the school and changes to the parking configuration. It is understood that the church will loose about 30 stalls with the addition. Council member Larsen and Chair Lundy will go and talk with the Father to understand his concerns. Article Submissions are due by June 1st. Make sure you submit to Chair Lundy A.S.A.P.
New Business
Financial Oversight Committee to meet on June 4th. Hometown Night theme will be a 50’s theme. Council members with the mayor will be lip-syncing a song. Discussion about bands and radio station to come to the event. Brad Jenks who did his Eagle project replaced 6,000 headstones out in Copperton. He won a scholarship that assisted in him completing this project and he is a local scout that should be honored for his service in the community. Council member Peterson will look into contacting him and having him come to the next KCC meeting. Chair Lundy concerned about Planning and Zoning packets not getting sent to Council member Helsten. The Door Christian Church and the Pony League special funding requests will be discussed at the Public Meeting on the 2nd of June.
Executive Meeting Adjourn 7:59 PM