MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SODA SPRINGS, CARIBOU COUNTY, IDAHO HELD FEBRUARY 15TH, 2012.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:00PM BY KIRK L. HANSEN, MAYOR.

ROLL CALL SHOWED THE FOLLOWING PRESENT: KIRK L. HANSEN, MAYOR

RANDALL E. PRESCOTT, PRES.

MITCHELL J. HART

TODD B. SMITH

EXCUSED: LYNDA LEE

ALSO PRESENT: Mark Steele Alan Skinner, Director

Robert Johnson Tausha Vorwaller, Clerk

Charles Fryar Clyde Nelson, Attorney

Blake Poulsen

Lloyd Rasmussen Kim Spencer

Austin E. Robinson Earl Somsen

Jackie Robinson Greg Haney

David Naccarato

The invocation was given by Robert Johnson, Mayor Hansen then led everyone in the

‘Pledge of Allegiance’.

Councilmember Lee was absent and excused and Councilmember Hart was present via speakerphone.

The Council reviewed the minutes from the last meeting and the pre-paid accounts payable. Councilmember Prescott moved to dispense with the reading of the February 1st, 2012 minutes and approve them as written along with the pre-paid accounts payable for February, 2012. Councilmember Smith seconded the motion. All in favor, motion carried.

(SEE ATTACHED ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REGISTER FOR DETAIL)

Resident Robert Johnson discussed with the Mayor and Council the disposal of fluorescent light bulbs. Mr. Johnson explained how he had replaced all the bulbs in his house several years ago with the new long lasting fluorescent bulbs. He mentioned that changing out the bulbs had reduced his electric bill and in six years he has had only one burn out. Mr. Johnson explained how these bulbs have a little bit of mercury in each one and should be disposed of properly. Mr. Johnson shared the information that he researched on how to clean up broken bulbs and how and where to dispose of the bulbs. Home Depot will accept them and also the Bannock County landfill at certain times. Mr. Johnson suggested setting a time and place for people to drop off their discarded fluorescent bulbs and the City could collect them and take them to a disposal site. Mayor Hansen suggested a once a year drop off and Councilmember Smith suggested that a drop off site could be at True Value along with the recycling program. Director Skinner will check with Robert Lau, owner of True Value. Mayor Hansen thanked Mr. Johnson for being proactive and providing this information.

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City Building Inspector, Blake Poulsen gave a brief report on the training he attended in Idaho Falls. He thanked the Mayor and Council for supporting him and sending him to these trainings because there is always changes that he needs to learn about and it is a great experience. Mr. Poulsen reviewed the courses that he attended which included; low slope and flat roofs, pole buildings, ADA and new regulations on manufactured housing. The Mayor thanked Mr. Poulsen for his report.

David Naccarato of McKinstry Essention, Inc. introduced himself to the Mayor and Council and gave a presentation on the services provided by his company. McKinstry is a design and build energy performance company that has been in Boise for 6 years and are currently doing projects for area cities. Mr. Naccarato mentioned that Idaho has been a leader in utilizing new legislation that enabled financial borrowing against energy saving projects and generation and mentioned that the City of Soda Springs has more choices to pursue being a power City. Mr. Naccarato explained that if the City chooses McKinstry to be their energy performance service company they would review what technologies could be utilized and what would be financially feasible and beneficial to the community. The 4 main projects to be considered would be; 1)conservation – ways to make City facilities more energy efficient through lighting and better heating & cooling systems, usually finding 20% to 30% savings through an audit of facilities, 2)hydro updating, replacement, retrofitting or other new hydro applications - studying whether we can get more production out of the hydro plants and whether it would make sense financially, 3)natural gas fire generation plant - preliminarily this looks promising with all the infrastructure in place, 4) waste energy solution which is generation through gasification – this would be primarily for the County to study waste volume, partnerships with surrounding counties and whether it’s feasible. Mr. Naccarato explained the first step would be for the City to approve McKinstry to provide energy performance contracting services and then hold a meeting to develop a plan for each study. McKinstry would then submit cost proposals for each study. Councilmember Smith suggested that the County pursue the trash issue separately. Mr. Naccarato stated it would be okay to include the County in the initial planning meeting. Councilmember Hart agreed that it makes sense to move forward with selecting McKinstry. Councilmember Smith moved to select McKinstry as the City’s energy performance service provider and move forward with the planning meeting. Councilmember Prescott seconded the motion. All in favor, motion carried. A short meeting will be held tomorrow, February 16th at 10:30am and then try to set up the official planning meeting for Monday, February 27th, 2012 following the County Commissioner’s meeting at the Court House.

The Mayor and Council discussed the recycling issue with Kim Spencer and County Commissioners Lloyd Rasmussen and Earl Somsen. Director Skinner mentioned that the City and County had met twice previously and bins were located at True Value and it was suggested that a committee be formed to work out the details of what items to take, where to store items, a pickup schedule and who will oversee the project. A meeting was scheduled for Monday, February 27th at 4:30pm at the Court House. Mayor Hansen suggested that Director Skinner attend along with himself, Councilmember Prescott, Carl Toupin, the County Commissioners and representatives from Monsanto and Agrium.

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The Mayor entertained the introduction of an ordinance setting park hours. There was no introduction of the proposed park hour’s ordinance and Mayor Hansen moved on to the next agenda item.

One payment request for the WWTP project was reviewed. The request of 40% of the WesTech Engineering, Inc. contract amount is for the tertiary treatment which is the filters for phosphorous removal. Councilmember Prescott moved to approve the payment request, seconded by Councilmember Hart. All in favor, motion carried.

The Mayor and Council discussed the notification received from the Idaho Independent Intergovernmental Agency (III-A) that the health benefit plan had received approval from the Department of Insurance (DOI) and that we can now cancel our other policies effective March 1st. Mayor Hansen requested a copy of the documentation from the DOI before canceling policies. Councilmember Prescott moved to approve canceling the Assurant Health and Kansas City Vision plans contingent on verification of the DOI approval of the III-A. Councilmember Smith seconded the motion. All in favor, motion carried.

The Council reviewed a request from Attorney Nelson to pay half of his expenses for the Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys Winter Conference he attended in Boise, Feb 7th through the 10th. Councilmember Smith moved to approve the request, reimbursing Attorney Nelson $545.26, seconded by Councilmember Prescott. All in favor, motion carried.

Councilmember Prescott moved to adjourn the meeting at 6:00pm, seconded by Councilmember Smith. All in favor, motion carried.

PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL THIS 7TH DAY OF MARCH, 2012.

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Kirk L. Hansen, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Tausha Vorwaller, Clerk