PROCLAMATION AND LINE EXTENSION
Young Child Proclamation and sewer line extension
The city of Salmon in conjunction with the Idaho Association of the Education of Young Children (IAEYC) and the National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is celebrating a week dedicated to making childhood in Salmon a good memory.
The goals of the associations are; to promote and inspire high quality, early childhood experiences for our state’s youngest citizens by providing a foundation of learning steps for children and, to thank the Salmon teachers who make a positive difference in young lives. Mayor Leo Marshall encourages all citizens of Salmon to work, support and invest in making early childhood in Salmon a good experience.
Mayor Marshall officially proclaimed April 10th through the 16th as the “Week of the Young Child” in Salmon.
At the April 7 meeting of the Salmon City Council the councilors went on to set July 21 as the 2021-2022 Budget’s hearing date. There will be meetings between now and then to determine issues the budget needs to address. The budget’s second reading will take place on August 4 followed by a third reading on August 18. A motion to approve the three dates was made by Councilor Jim Baker and was approved unanimously.
Sacajawea Center Director Suzy Avery asked the council to approve her applying for another no-match-required grant she has found. It is a Park Service Grant for $3,000 to be used for safety equipment, paint and flooring for the old ranch house/police department, a cash register and other office furnishings. Councilor Jim Bockelman made a motion to approve the grant application and it passed unanimously.
The next item on the agenda required a conflict-of-interest declaration since a member of the council, Jim Bockelman, was involved. City Administrator Emery Penner explained the matter involved a sewer line extension for two lots on Idaho Avenue owned by Bockelman and Justin Phillips. Penner said every other house on that street is connected in some way to the city sewer. In order for Bockelman and Phillips to get sewer services they have to pay to have the main line extended to their lots which is a distance of 225 feet. Penner said the city has looked at historical agreements associated with the properties and the city code and had City Attorney Fred Snook review the paperwork. Penner said Snook changed some of the language, corrected typos and approved the plan. Penner said the city will basically pay half and the lot owners will pay half of all the line extension costs.
Councilor Neal James made a motion to accept the extension agreement with Phillips and Bockelman. The motion passed five to one with Bockelman abstaining from the vote.
Jarred Bragg of High Basin Engineering will be doing the $2,500 engineering work on the line extension, as required by the Department of Environmental Quality, and his doing the work was also unanimously approved by the council.