June 13, 2024 – Torrey Town Council Minutes

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Torrey, Utah
PO Box 750027
Torrey, UT 84775
torreyutah.gov




Minutes

Torrey Utah

PO Box 750027

Torrey, UT 84775

Torreyutah.gov

Approved

Notice is hereby given that the Mayor and Members of Town Council held the regular

scheduled Town Council Meeting on Thursday the 13th day of June 2024 at 7:00 pm at the Torrey Town Pavilion located at 75 E 100 N. The agenda was as follows:

Welcome Mayor Mickey Wright

Administrative Business

                Welcome/ Opening Remarks

Roll Call: Pat Kearney, Jordan Pace, Colleen Dudleston, Mayor Mickey Wright, Pearl Thorndahl-Stewart, Richard Braaten, Dave Love, Dustin Oyler

Excused: Karen Mayne

                Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Jordan Pace

Review & Approve Minutes of May 9, 2024 Regular Town Council meeting.  The minutes are not available.

Review & Approve Minutes of June 6th Public Hearing; Property Disposal Ordinance

Pat Kearney made a motion that the council approve the minutes of the June 6, public hearing on a property disposal ordinance. Jordan Pace seconded the motion. All council members voted in favor.

Review & Approve Minutes of June 6th Public Hearing; 2024-2025- Torrey Budget

Pat Kearney made a motion that the council approve the minutes of the June 6, public hearing on the Torrey budget. Jordan Pace seconded the motion, all council members voted in favor.

Agenda Requests/Discussion

                Morgan Knight: New Business, The Farm Stand on Main

Morgan plans to sell bread, treats and vegetables. Morgan applied for a business license and has received her food handlers permit. Pat Kearney made a motion to approve the business license for Morgan. Jordan Pace seconded the motion. All council members voted in favor.

Jeremy SimmonsWater Hook-up request for a propertyacross the street from Skyview hotel. Jeremy wants to subdivide the property. He would bring water under the highway from the Skyview hotel. Jeremy discussed his plans and the intent to bring in an engineer to determine the water needs. The subdivision may be 26 lots maximum, however it is still to be designed. Pat said that if we have water it will be available.

Colleen will prepare the letter of intent to provide water. No water amount is specified.

Olga Assayah: Water Hook-up Request for a new residence at 192 N 280 West. Pat Kearney made a motion to approve the water hook up for the Assayahs’ based on approval of their home plans through the planning and Zoning committee. Jordan Pace seconded the motion. All council members voted in favor.

Nicholas and Keri Kubilius: Water Hook Up Request. Their address is 650 E 200 North in Torrey Breaks in the Torrey water district. After the water hook up approval they can go to the county for a building permit. Pearl Thorndal-Stewart made a motion to approve their request for water. Pat Kearney seconded the motion and all council members voted in favor.

Doug and Pearl Stewart:  Deer Problem. Doug explained the issues they are having with the deer population. Following a discussion, Pat recommended the Town call Fish and Game to discuss the herd and the current issues. Mary Bedingfield Smith recommended hanging a bead curtain. Pearl Thorndal-Stewart made a motion that the council call the Fish and Game Department to discuss a deer control plan. Pat Kearney seconded the motion and all council members voted in favor. Mayor Wright will call Fish and Game. 

Ann Torrence: Special Events Permits for Etta Place. Ann Torrence presented her need for a special events permit. She needs a special event permit from the Department of Alcohol. Ann needs a consent form from Torrey to hold these events.

Pearl Thorndal-Stewart made a motion to give Ann Torrence local consent to provide to the Department of Alcohol to participate in these events. Jordan Pace seconded the motion and all members voted in favor.

Mayor Business: Review Mayor’s Report: A copy is included in these minutes.

Zoom links will no longer be on any agenda. We are going to convert the Zoom license to a government license which will allow Torrey to hold seminars. Remote participants will be sent a panelist link so that they can talk. Other participants will be able to listen but not talk.

Apple days: We still need volunteers. Parade entries are coming in. Pearl is looking for help with the dance.

Walking path is in design stage with PKJ Design. Soon we will be looking for public input.

Replacing Sand Creek Bridge, The project made the short list so the project will be forwarded to the House Appropriations Committee. If we are awarded the grant, we will receive 1.2 million. It will take a while to receive the funding.

Outdoor Planning Assistance Grant, we need to revisit the process. 

New Grants, the Utah Emergency Services has a technical assistance grant to create a flood mitigation plan. The technical assistant will write the FEMA, BRIC grant. We need to complete a statement of interest by July 30, 2024. This is a very competitive grant across the country.

The Rural Community Opportunity Grants will repair roads and trails in resort areas. Potential Torrey roads to be done was discussed.

IT, the state has started a pilot program that will provide IT infrastructure management help. Torrey was asked to be part of the pilot program.

There was a discussion of security cameras on the outside of the post office and other needs to be discussed in a closed meeting.

Town Business

Landscape Ordinance Review and accept resolution. Mayor Wright proposed that the council table the discussion on the Landscape ordinance until more information is available.

Torrey 2024-2025 Annual Budget Adoption: Colleen presented the budget that was sent to the state. The council reviewed the printed budget for the year going forward. Pat Kearney made a motion to accept the 2024-2025 budget. Pearl Thorndal-Stewart seconded the motion and all council members voted to accept the 2024-2025 budget. Pearl recognized Colleen for all her hard work preparing the budget and closing out the current budget. Pat seconded the praise and all agreed.    

Report on Forest Service MOU, Mickey remarked that he has a rough draft MOU with the Forest Service. He wants to revise it before presenting to the town council.

Report on Farmers Market Contract. This contract is in rough draft form and will be presented at a later meeting.

Property up for Bid. We can now put up the house up for bid. The council still needs to make a decision on the minimum price. A discussion was held regarding the minimum bids. The terms of the bidding process was discussed. Pat recommended that she write the ad and ask the council for their input. Dave Love will work with Pat. A date will be designated for public inspection.

There is an opening on Planning and Zoning we need to run an ad.

Clerk Report – Karen Mayne                                                                                                                                                      

                Building Permits Submitted: D. Torrey, O. Assayah, L. Beekman, A. Dieffenbach  

              GRAMA Requests:  There were no GRAMA requests.

                The Town June Newsletter was.

The Torrey Park, Dark Skies Star Parties for 2024 are scheduled for: Friday, May 31; Friday, June 7; Friday, July 5 and Saturday, September 28. Moab is now a certified dark sky city.

The Torrey Dark Sky signs are ready to be installed. Mary Beddingfield -Smith is contacting the UDOT to schedule installation.  

Financial Report Colleen Dudleston  

The Council reviewed the May 2024 financial reports. Bills and credit card records were discussed. Xpress Bill Pay was discussed to be use for business license renewal fees. Pearl Thorndal-Stewart made a motion to accept the May financial report and pay the bills. Pat Kearney seconded the motion and all council members voted to approve.

Council Reports:

Pat Kearney: Pioneer Cemetery, Cemetery, Trees & Office

                A suggestion was made to display the military flags in the cemetery. The flags could be moved from the DUP building or we could get another set. Pat feels there is too much flag activity in the DUP.

Discussion continued about the placement of the flags. Dustin will work on another arrangement for the flags at the DUP. All agreed that the military flags should be flown at the cemetery as well.

Richard Braaten: Roads

Richard is trying to determine how much money is left after the culvert project. The remaining funds will be used to improve existing roads.

Jordan Pace: Water

Pat mentioned that the county has sandbags available. Jordan has a new chain lock on Hells hole gate. Jordan is considering whether to put cameras out there due to vandalism. Jordan has been approached about Torrey having a splash pad or a water feature for kids. Discussion will continue. 

Pearl Thorndal-Stewart: Park, Pavilion, Post Office, & Town Events

The park is looking good and the pavilion is ready to go. The post office security issues are being addressed. Apple Days is eligible for an advertising grant from the county this year. Pearl has requested funding. Pearl presented the event schedule for Apple Days.

Richard reported on his sponsor funding efforts. Pearl has ordered banners to display sponsors.  Pearl asked about a foam machine party for the youth. Discussion continued about an additional event.

Pat has offered a refrigerator for the use of the town.

Maintenance Report: Dustin Oyler

All the water tanks have been painted.

P&Z Report: Dave Love  

A fence currently being built had to be reduced from 7’ high to 6’. A building permit was then given.

Building permits reviewed were for Assayah, Beekman, Torrey and Dieffenbach.

Aram Kyababchyan met with Dave to discuss a property division.

Planning and Zoning approved the Subdivision ordinance. The Council will review prior to the public hearing.

Public Comment: Dustin reported that the Torrey Post Master has had action taken against her and her position. Mayor Wright said that action has been taken to sponsor post office legislation supporting rural America.

Mayor Wright added that he learned that there is no required time to hold a public hearing. He also learned that the public hearings can be an item on the agenda.

Adjourn:  Pearl Thorndal-Stewart made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Jordan Pace seconded the motion and all council members voted in favor. Adjourned at 9:00PM

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