Orangeville City Council held their January meeting. Mayor Roger Swenson and the council discussed nuisance and noise ordinance issues. The city has received complaints about diesel trucks being started at 4 a.m. or earlier and then left running for hours disturbing a residential neighborhood. In one case a diesel truck was left to run all night.
Both Mayor Swenson and Councilman Kent Wilson complained of dogs barking loudly near their homes in violation of the city noise ordinance, but were reluctant to turn in their neighbors.
Jason Mills applied for a dog kennel license and a business license Councilman Wilson volunteered to help Mills with that application. A neighbor has filed a noise complaint against Mills’ kennel business. The business is in a commercial zone.
The Council approved of Orangeville resident Carolyn Drushell to be the newest member on Orangeville’s Planning and Zoning Board.
Councilman Wilson received approval to purchase a $3,000 water meter to be installed by Jay Mark Humphrey in the secondary water line pipe connected from the Cottonwood Creek Irrigation Company reservoir to Orangeville City’s secondary water system. This will allow the city to monitor more closely the amount of water being used by residents.
The Community Impact Board was given a list of projects from Orangeville City in 2014. The city council approved resubmitting the list of projects they would like funded in 2015: a restroom at Welcome Park $75,000, a walking trail along Cottonwood Creek $150,000, ball complex improvements $50,000, curb, gutter/sidewalks $500,000, and the city cemetery project $50,000. The city is requesting grants from the CIB for these projects.
The Cottonwood Creek Bridge project has been completed and removed from the list. These funding grants help the city to make improvements.
Councilman Tom Baltzer indicated cows are continuing to invade the Orangeville City Cemetery and funds will be needed for better fencing to keep the cows out of the cemetery. Baltzer said seven headstones have been knocked over by the cows. Mayor Swenson said he spent several hours shoveling manure piles into a five-gallon bucket and hauling them to where the dirt is dumped.
In the discussion to amend the Orangeville City Personnel Policy and Procedures it was pointed out Utah Local Government Trust Insurance Company wants employees and members of the council to take safety training. Taking this training will reduce the cost of insurance for the city. This safety training change was approved for the Orangeville City Personnel Policy and Procedures.
The City of Orangeville 2014-2015 General Fund Budget was amended by transferring $100,000 from the General Fund to the Capital Projects Fund. The city has a total of $793,000 in a variety of project funds. Part of this Capital Projects Fund will be used to pay for putting lights on Orangeville City flagpoles to illuminate the flag and several other projects that have been approved by the council.
On Jan. 12, Main Street residents near 635 South Main Street in Orangeville for a short time were without culinary water due to the repair of a broken water main.
Mayor Swenson said the replacement of old water mains and sewer pipes for Orangeville is an ongoing project.
Before adjourning the council discussed changing the city council meeting schedule from the second Thursday of the Month to the second Tuesday.
This issue will be on the agenda of the next city council meeting.
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