The Ferron City council met in their January meeting. In the public comment period,a citizen stated she had not been notified by the city her property was contaminated due to a gas leak from Gilly’s. Her animals are on the property and eat the grass and drink the water by the contaminated ditch.
She was upset because the city council never informed her of the leak or contamination to her property. So far none of her animals have been sick. She can’t put the animals in the part of the field where the contamination is.
She learned of the leak on Dec. 11, 2014.
Mayor Trent Jackson acknowledged there could have been better communication with the property owners affected by the gas leak. Upon discovering the gas leak, booms were put out. “Once the CVSSD took over it was out of the city’s hands,” said Mayor Jackson.
On Dec. 11, 2014, the resident used a jar to collect a sample of water from her property. The water was cloudy and had a greasy residue. She was told other samples would be taken for analysis.
Mayor Jackson and the council will do a better job in the future to keep Ferron citizens informed of the situation and will inform the property owners if they find out anything else.
According to the CVSSD, there was a gas leak that got into a city drain line and ended up in an open ditch. It is believed the leak was in the premium fuel line at Gilly’s. The State Department of Water Quality has jurisdiction and they are handling the situation. The state required Gilly’s to shut down the premium fuel line. The DWQ has also issued a Notice of Violation. The NOV outlines the requirements that Gilly’s must complete. The CVSSD used their vactor truck to clean the line and the sheriff’s office has also been involved in some of the clean up.
Representatives from J and B Recycling approached the city council to provide a dumpster for metal at the fairgrounds. J and B Recycling offered a guaranteed price per ton for the metal. Metal prices fluctuate with the market and if the price per ton is higher than the guaranteed price the city will receive the higher price. The city has a metal dumpster now and wondered if it should be put out for bids. At the time the other dumpster was placed there was no competition.
The city will put metal recycling out for bids in the coming weeks.
A citizen discussed curb and gutter on her property. She said, two years ago the CVSSD brought some dirt to her property and it is still there.
They have graded some of it, but it runs straight down to her house. She wants to know why there hasn’t been any curb and gutter on her property and would like to know what priority number she is this year. There is no water retention and the property owner can’t do a fence or driveway because they don’t want the CVSSD to say something if it impedes with the curb and gutter project. The dirt needs to be leveled out. There is also a pile of dirt on Canyon Road that has pieces of concrete in it. It also needs to needs to be moved.
Mayor Jackson will talk to the CVSSD and get it taken care of.
The citizen also let the city council know vouchers are available to spay and neuter stray cats. They are available through Best Friends Animal Society.
The council approved a $150 donation to the stock show for a belt buckle.
The council put out bid for salvage of the State Street property Beau Killpack put in a bid for $50. He can salvage materials on the property. He has 30 days from Jan. 9 to finish salvage on the property.
Mayor Jackson reported it’s not too early to start thinking about Peach Days.
There is a CVSSD meeting next week and he will make sure they know there needs to be better communication between the CVSSD and property owners.
Councilwoman McCall Fuller said the fire department called her about the equipment in the ambulance not being effective because of the temperature the fire department is kept. The fire department was told to keep the temperature at 55 degrees to keep heating costs low. She will call the fire department back and let them know they can keep the temperature higher so the ambulance crews can use the equipment.
Councilman Joe Trenery said there needs to be a cover over the salt. He will look into what materials are needed.
Councilman Ronny Bloomer reported in the planning and zoning meeting there was a business license granted for a lawn care business.
Councilwoman Adele Justice said there was a letter sent to a nuisance property owner. There has been some progress on the property but there is still a lot of stuff that needs to be removed. The city attorney advised the city they need to stick with the original letter sent to the property concerning cleaning the property up.
The sound system needs to be fixed for the horse races this year. No one has contacted the city about the beautification committee.
Councilwoman Abby Jensen received a report about a person living in a car at the fairgrounds. It will be checked out.
Jordan Leonard gave the golf course report. He said, 24 season golf passes had been sold.
Play is slow right now and the snow is melting. He is at the golf course two to three days a week. Golf pass Valentine special $275 for a limited time.
Ryan Winn has been completing maintenance on the golf course equipment. A new bridge is planned for hole six before spring play begins.
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