[0:00] We're going to call the Star City

[0:01] Council meeting to order. It's Tuesday,

[0:03] August 4th, 2026 at 7 PM. I just got to

[0:07] say happy birthday to my son. It's his

[0:08] birthday, so happy. He's not listening

[0:10] anyway, but I'll say anyway. Um here at

[0:12] the Star City Call Council Chambers. Um,

[0:14] can you all please join me for the

[0:16] pledge of

[0:16] » Allegiance

[0:21] to the flag

[0:23] of

[0:25] the republic stands one nation

[0:29] indivisible with liberty and justice for

[0:32] all.

[0:35] » Perfect. Thank you. Uh, tonight's

[0:37] invocation is by Miss Elizabeth Dems

[0:39] from the Calvary Chapel Star. And I

[0:42] think Ryan just turned that on for you,

[0:43] I think.

[0:44] » Yeah, I think it's on.

[1:50] Amen. Thank you so much. Appreciate that

[1:51] very much. All right, roll call.

[1:55] » Day

[1:56] » Here.

[1:57] » We lock

[1:57] » Here.

[1:58] » Salmanson here. And Neielson.

[2:00] » So Neielson just sent me a message. He's

[2:02] coming in hot. He's going to try to get

[2:04] online while he's coming and then he'll

[2:06] be in here. So, we'll recognize him when

[2:07] he gets in here. So, all right. Uh the

[2:10] first item on on there is this uh is

[2:12] item four the presentation is the STAR

[2:14] road report online. You can see that

[2:16] road report and refers to all the

[2:18] projects we have going on uh in and

[2:20] around STAR. Um, I will just make a

[2:22] mention real quick again that on August

[2:25] 18th is when the ITD, the Idaho

[2:27] transportation department's project for

[2:29] Highway 44 widening uh through STAR is

[2:32] going to be uh the bids will be opened.

[2:35] U they plan on starting that project in

[2:39] November with the completion of October

[2:41] 2027.

[2:43] That will coincide with they're

[2:46] anticipating that will coincide with the

[2:48] completion of the 4416 overpass. also.

[2:51] So, it'll be a little bit more well,

[2:54] it's painful anyway to drive through

[2:55] town, right? So, it's just going to be a

[2:56] little bit more painful with uh that

[2:59] road construction going through town,

[3:00] but it'll be beautiful once it's all

[3:02] completed. Okay. All right. With that

[3:04] said, we'll move on to item five, the

[3:06] consent agenda.

[3:07] » Mayor Chadwick,

[3:08] » Councilwoman Solomon,

[3:09] » I'll move to approve the consent agenda

[3:12] consisting of 5A, the approval of

[3:14] claims. 5B, approval of minutes for June

[3:17] 16th, 2026, June 23, 2026, and July 7th,

[3:22] 2026.

[3:24] Uh 5 C, Stone Crest 2 subdivision,

[3:26] annexation and zoning, preliminary plat

[3:29] and planned unit development, findings

[3:31] of fact, conclusions of law. 5 uh D

[3:35] rusty flat subdivision reszone and

[3:37] preliminary plat findings of fact

[3:39] conclusions of law with one um uh change

[3:43] to that item on the last page of the

[3:46] findings uh the date and the decision

[3:50] needs to be corrected to to July 7th.

[3:54] » We get that Sean. Okay. And then uh 5e

[3:58] ACD temporary license agreement for the

[4:01] plumber floating feather traffic signal

[4:03] cabinet art wrap.

[4:06] » All right, we have a motion. Do we have

[4:07] a second?

[4:10] » Is that Councilman Day?

[4:11] » Yeah. Second.

[4:12] » We have a motion by uh Councilwoman

[4:14] Solomon, a second by Councilman Day. Any

[4:16] further discussion? And that motion

[4:18] included an adjustment to item D.

[4:21] Hearing none. Roll call.

[4:23] » Day

[4:24] » I.

[4:24] » We. Smanson I.

[4:27] » Okay, that motion carries. Okay, we're

[4:29] going to move on to item six. This is

[4:30] our budget hearing for our fiscal year

[4:32] 2027. Give us just a minute to set this

[4:35] puppy up. And then uh Sean, are you

[4:37] pulling up my PowerPoint on there? Okay,

[4:40] cool. All right. And I will come up here

[4:42] and just speak to everybody about it. Um

[4:47] we will have discussions.

[5:05] I'm going to turn a little bit more kind

[5:07] of to the crowd and to council on there.

[5:11] Set that right there. Cool.

[5:15] Huh? No, I'm just going to do the water.

[5:17] Thank you.

[5:19] All right. So, we're going to talk about

[5:20] our 26 27 budget uh tonight. Um back in

[5:25] May and June, we had some budget

[5:26] workshops. Really worked out the numbers

[5:28] and stuff on here. Uh tonight is a lot

[5:31] about public input if we have some input

[5:33] on it. Um and adjustments if there's any

[5:36] that the council wants to make. We

[5:37] cannot adjust it up. We can only adjust

[5:40] it down. Okay. Um, we publish it in the

[5:44] state law requires us to make the

[5:46] publish and once you publish it uh in

[5:48] the p in the in the media, you're stuck

[5:51] with that number unless it goes down.

[5:54] Okay. All right. Oh, that's me. Sorry, I

[5:57] got to remember I'm doing this.

[6:02] All right. A little bit. If you haven't

[6:03] been here before, we're going to talk a

[6:05] little bit about what we call reliable

[6:06] income and mandatory expenses. Some of

[6:08] the reliable income that we have in the

[6:10] city of Star come from property taxes,

[6:13] revenue sharing, liquor revenue, and

[6:14] franchise fees. Revenue sharing and

[6:17] liquor revenue is a distribution amount

[6:19] that comes to us from the state uh from

[6:22] revenue sharing from sales tax revenue

[6:23] and liquor revenue from the liquor that

[6:25] they uh that gets sold uh throughout the

[6:27] state of Idaho. It gets distributed

[6:29] amongst uh counties and cities, a

[6:32] portion of it does. Um, and then they

[6:34] distribute it to us based on population

[6:36] based on the US Census Bureau population

[6:41] numbers, not Compass's population

[6:42] numbers. And so, while Compass shows

[6:44] that we have 25,000 people, the US

[6:46] Census Bureau still shows us with 21 on

[6:49] there, just so you're aware. And so,

[6:51] we're we're kind of getting hosed on

[6:52] that a little bit. And I wish they would

[6:54] make some changes on that, but but not

[6:56] everybody has an MO, which is what

[6:58] Compass is, a metropolitan planning

[6:59] organization. There's only six of them

[7:01] in the state of Idaho. and you have

[7:02] rural areas that are not part of any of

[7:04] those um that wouldn't have accurate

[7:06] numbers anyway. So they they have to use

[7:08] the US Census Bureau right now for that.

[7:10] Um property taxes is what it is. Um City

[7:14] of Star utilizes our property taxes 100%

[7:16] of that to go uh pay for our police. And

[7:19] then we get franchise fees from um

[7:23] uh s I'm sorry from uh power, gas, uh

[7:27] trash um and cable which cable is going

[7:30] down. Most people don't use cable that

[7:32] it's going to tank out at one point. Um

[7:35] and then we have and that's it on the

[7:37] reliable income that comes in every

[7:38] single year. Mandatory expenses things

[7:42] that we we are required to pay for is

[7:44] our police, the animal control, our

[7:46] legal staff, which is both the 80 county

[7:49] prosecutor, the county prosecutor. We'll

[7:51] talk about that a little bit later. Our

[7:52] city staff and our liability insurance

[7:54] that we have as a city.

[7:57] Some of our pass through income and pass

[7:59] through expenses. They come through a

[8:01] lot of it comes through our our impact

[8:03] fees and proportionate share agreements.

[8:05] Um such as our star park impact fees

[8:07] that we had this year can only be used

[8:10] on the funds that are collected on that

[8:11] can only be used on park improvements uh

[8:13] as based on our capital improvement

[8:14] plan. Same thing with the newly adopted

[8:17] Star Police impact fee. Our Ada County

[8:19] Highway District has an impact fee that

[8:21] they have recently updated. The Star

[8:23] Fire District has an impact fee. Highway

[8:25] District 4 has an impact fee. Ada County

[8:29] um has uh new impact fees for the

[8:32] sheriff, jail, and coroner. And then we

[8:34] have a proportionate share agreement

[8:35] with Idaho Transportation Department. Um

[8:39] that is an agreement that requires

[8:41] development to pay $1,000 per unit uh in

[8:44] their developments to help fund state

[8:46] highway projects in and around STAR. We

[8:48] also have some other pass through income

[8:50] and expenses uh relating to our

[8:52] inspectors that we have for building

[8:54] inspectors on there and we'll talk about

[8:55] that here in just a little bit. City of

[8:58] Star is pretty fiscally strong. We have

[9:00] about $18 million in all of our accounts

[9:02] in the city right now. Um that's a good

[9:04] thing. So what are we proposing to do

[9:06] this year? Oh, and I will just make a

[9:08] note just on the record that Kevin's

[9:10] here. He was coming in hot. He let us

[9:13] know. So thank you.

[9:16] property taxes. The city of Star is uh

[9:19] planning to levy property taxes in

[9:21] amount of $2,388,000

[9:23] $564

[9:25] um to all the citizens and businesses in

[9:27] Star. Part of that comes from a foregone

[9:30] balance which was previous taxes that we

[9:32] have not collected. The state of Idaho

[9:34] only allows us to collect 1% of the

[9:36] foregone every year. Um and that's about

[9:39] $23,784

[9:40] of that uh is comes out of the uh that

[9:44] total amount there. So the total is

[9:45] 2388564

[9:47] is what we're requesting to be collected

[9:50] uh on that. We still have a healthy

[9:52] foregone balance right now uh before

[9:54] taking out that 23,000. We have 641,000

[9:57] sitting in that balance. So it'll take

[9:59] quite a few years to get that money

[10:00] recovered on there. What does that do to

[10:04] uh property taxpayers and star? With the

[10:06] growth that we have seen, we see our

[10:08] property taxes continue to decrease even

[10:10] with increasing our uh property taxes by

[10:13] the full 8%. were allowed and the 1%

[10:15] foregone that we're allowed to collect.

[10:17] We're anticipating to see our levy rate

[10:19] dropped to which then this is really

[10:20] low. 0491,

[10:24] which is basically $4910 per 100,000 in

[10:27] taxable value uh of your property here

[10:30] in Star. So that's dropped what about

[10:32] three bucks from last year, you know,

[10:34] even with making an increase on there,

[10:36] which the increase is necessary. We'll

[10:38] talk about that here uh shortly.

[10:41] the land values in Star just so you

[10:43] understand where that comes from. So you

[10:45] take that 2 million 388 that we're

[10:47] talking about and you divide it in that

[10:48] taxable value uh of Star. Our total

[10:52] values in our community is 5.7

[10:55] billion in ADA and Canyon County. That

[10:57] is a lot. When I was first on city

[11:00] council and Kevin was first on city

[11:02] council, Councilman Nielsen, we were

[11:04] only like at 690 million in taxable

[11:06] value uh back in 2016 time frame. That

[11:09] kind of shows you how we have grown a

[11:11] lot. Our taxable value less our

[11:13] homeowners exemptions and other

[11:15] exemptions that are there is $4.8

[11:18] billion. And so you take that 2388 into

[11:20] that 4.8 and there's little adjustments

[11:22] that happen with that as well.

[11:25] Revenue uh sharing, we're anticipating

[11:28] receiving $1.6 million from the state uh

[11:32] in that revenue sharing fund, which is

[11:33] about a 9% increase. Our liquor revenue

[11:36] is about a 522% increase to 302,000.

[11:40] Um, and then our franchise fees amongst

[11:42] those all those uh groups is 513,000.

[11:45] We all pay those franchise fees. If you

[11:47] don't realize that, you look on your

[11:49] bill from your Idaho Power, from your

[11:52] Interm Mountain Gas, from your cable,

[11:54] and from your Republic Services, you

[11:56] will actually see it broken out on there

[11:57] that there is a franchise fee amount.

[11:59] So, every new house that comes in or

[12:01] every new business adds to that figure

[12:03] every year on those franchise fees,

[12:06] which is a percentage of what you're

[12:07] paying on there.

[12:10] This graph here, and it's Oh, and I

[12:12] forgot to mention folks, there is a if

[12:14] you haven't received the packet, there

[12:16] is an actual packet back there that

[12:17] talks about all this stuff and has these

[12:19] graphs in here as well. But this shows

[12:21] you an idea of the growth of our

[12:23] reliable income from 2019 till now. Um

[12:27] we have roughly five close to close to

[12:30] five billion or $5 million in reliable

[12:32] income every year that comes in from all

[12:34] those different sources.

[12:38] Now we also have these impact fees

[12:40] [clears throat] that we talked about a

[12:41] little bit previously. We're

[12:42] anticipating and remember some a lot of

[12:44] this is pass through. In fact, ACD,

[12:47] every bit of that is passed through

[12:48] minus a $20 administrative fee that we

[12:50] get back uh from them for administering

[12:52] those for collecting those impact fees

[12:54] for each permit right on there. So, in

[12:57] this budget sheet that we have here, I

[12:59] think we actually break that down on

[13:02] there or in the packet it's broken down

[13:03] as well as far as uh what those um uh

[13:08] amounts are. And if you look at and

[13:11] we're basing everything on 750 building

[13:13] permits this year, which is going to be

[13:15] less than what we were received this

[13:16] this this next fiscal year compared to

[13:20] what we're receiving this fiscal year.

[13:22] We were just over 800 as what we're

[13:23] anticipating receiving. We were seeing a

[13:25] small reduction in the number of permits

[13:27] coming in every year. Um it was as high

[13:29] as,00 several years ago. Um but it's

[13:33] still pretty strong for the city of

[13:34] Star. Since we're a dual county city,

[13:37] we're anticipating about 600 of these

[13:39] building permits coming in from the 80

[13:40] county side and 150 of them coming in

[13:43] from the Canyon County side. How we

[13:45] determine that is based on the number of

[13:47] approved flats that are in those

[13:50] different counties um on there on what's

[13:52] available to be built.

[13:55] So, if you look at ACD, we're saying

[13:56] that we're going to be collecting 3.4

[13:58] million from development on that to be

[14:02] transferred back to ACD for road

[14:03] improvements. That breaks down they

[14:05] basically 700 um I'm sorry

[14:07] [clears throat]

[14:08] 600 permits by $5,83.

[14:12] They significantly increased

[14:14] their impact fees. It used to be about

[14:16] 3500 Ryan. Is that right? About 3500 for

[14:19] impact fees for ACG prior to their

[14:21] increase to 5,800.

[14:23] Um so their capital improvement plan's

[14:25] been updated. The Star Park impact fee

[14:27] stays local. We just updated our impact

[14:29] fees here um I think in April time

[14:33] frame. Um, and this figure for impact

[14:36] fees is based on 750 housing starts in

[14:39] STAR uh this next year. U which is about

[14:42] uh what do we got? $4,695

[14:45] per impact fee. And we we tiered that

[14:48] into into three years. So 46 4,695 the

[14:52] first year. The second year is going to

[14:53] be higher. The third year is going to be

[14:54] the ultimate buildout on that that

[14:56] they're going to be collecting 100% of

[14:58] the impact fees for that because it used

[15:00] to be 2,50 bucks. So 4,000

[15:04] 600 is a significant increase in impact

[15:07] fees. Starfire impact fee uh is 16 $1.6

[15:11] million that we're collecting on that

[15:13] and they're based on 750 as well. Uh the

[15:16] Starfire impact fee is $2,152 per

[15:19] residential door. Um highway district 4

[15:22] is the Ada County Hobby District's

[15:25] equivalent in Canyon County. We'll be

[15:27] collecting impact fees at a at a rate of

[15:29] 150 of those at a $5,000 $5,50 uh cost

[15:34] per per unit. We also have a brand new

[15:37] star police impact fee uh that we

[15:39] instituted in April uh and we'll be

[15:42] collecting money on that uh to apply

[15:44] towards our capital improvement plan

[15:46] which includes police cars uh on that

[15:48] which is a little more unique than

[15:50] others in the state of Idaho on there.

[15:52] So, it's going to help us fund some of

[15:54] our police with this uh uh some of the

[15:56] equipment that we need for our police on

[15:57] there. And then Ada County impact fees,

[16:01] you know, they have the Ada County uh

[16:03] what we talk sheriff, a coroner, and um

[16:05] the jail on there. And that we're only

[16:08] getting about $750 um per unit on that

[16:12] at 600 units that come up with that

[16:14] $450,000.

[16:16] Okay? So, that's important to know

[16:18] there. But remember, these are

[16:20] passroughs. That's a lot of our income.

[16:22] A lot of our budget is pass through

[16:25] money on there.

[16:28] Here's a approved list of ITD proportion

[16:30] shares based on development. The yellow

[16:32] is stuff that we've been collecting

[16:34] money on based on preliminary plast. The

[16:36] whites are ones that we're still waiting

[16:37] to collect funds on uh as we go. And I

[16:39] believe if you look at that is that a 7

[16:42] something million uh that was uh that

[16:44] we've got um agreed upon and we've

[16:47] collected uh just north of $4 million so

[16:50] far on that. And again, this is passed

[16:53] through. It's money that could only be

[16:54] used on state highway improvements here

[16:56] within the city of Star.

[17:00] Okay. Building and land use fees.

[17:03] [clears throat]

[17:05] We get fees for each of the permits that

[17:09] get submitted to the city of Star. And

[17:10] these fees help fund our planning

[17:13] department and our building department

[17:15] out there. Um, if you look, we have

[17:17] building application and it should say

[17:19] review, not RV fees on there of 2.3

[17:23] million. Uh, that's an average about

[17:25] $3,159

[17:27] per per residential unit. It's all based

[17:29] on the square footage of the unit. I'm

[17:30] just giving you an average. A smaller

[17:33] square footed unit will pay less. A

[17:34] higher square footed unit will pay more

[17:36] on that. We have building permit fees um

[17:39] that we get as well on that, which is

[17:41] $2,215.

[17:43] We get electrical permit fees, we get

[17:45] plumbing permit fees, and we get

[17:46] mechanical permit fees. So, the

[17:49] electrical, plumbing, and mechanical, we

[17:52] contract out the um inspectors on that

[17:55] and they get 60% of that income and we

[17:57] retain 40% of that income as a city to

[18:00] help fund some stuff.

[18:04] Uh building and land use, uh additional

[18:07] continue fees, we do charge for

[18:09] reinspections and all the fees between

[18:11] building, electrical, mechanical, and

[18:13] plumbing. Uh, so we anticipate

[18:15] collecting about 18,000 commercial

[18:18] permit fees. Um, these are just

[18:20] averages. This could be higher, this

[18:22] could be lower. It just depends on which

[18:24] commercial units come in and the square

[18:26] footage of their units and whatnot

[18:27] because they pay a fee associated with

[18:29] that uh the size of that development.

[18:32] And land use fees. Land use fees are

[18:34] applications when people come in and ask

[18:36] for annexation and zoning um

[18:39] reconsideration, all that kind of stuff.

[18:41] Those are land use fees uh that the

[18:43] developers and stuff pay to the city of

[18:45] Star to have those hearings on there and

[18:47] there's quite an extensive list of those

[18:49] fees, but that's the total amount that

[18:51] we're anticipating to collect.

[18:54] We also are still anticipating to get an

[18:56] ITD police grant. We hope um of 35,000

[19:00] that will help. It's not a lot, but

[19:01] every little bit helps. We also don't

[19:04] have spots. We have sports on there.

[19:08] We have sports and recreation grant that

[19:10] we're looking at at $5,000. And our

[19:12] hometown celebration, we do get people

[19:14] that do sponsor that. If you notice, if

[19:16] you're at the fireworks show this year

[19:18] around the stage, you saw the names of

[19:20] the sponsors. Those guys help uh fund uh

[19:22] that celebration. And then we have

[19:24] miscellaneous events and programs like

[19:26] our flag pole program that we do for

[19:28] veterans uh here in the city of Star,

[19:30] things like that that we uh receive

[19:31] funding for on that.

[19:35] » [clears throat]

[19:35] » We do have uh sports fees, class and

[19:37] activity fees and camps. There's quite a

[19:39] bit of income uh coming in and being

[19:41] generated for that. What we are seeing

[19:44] now we're starting back in the day none

[19:47] of the the staff was able to be paid for

[19:49] by the fees that we were collecting on

[19:52] that. But now we're starting to see a

[19:54] lot of the staff uh salaries being paid

[19:56] for by these fees being collected

[19:58] because of the volume that and the

[20:00] programs that we're putting out there.

[20:01] It's a great thing, right? We have a

[20:04] very rob sports and activity and camp

[20:07] thing. I mean, I I know our staff is

[20:10] ready for camps to be done this week.

[20:12] They've had a lot this summer, right? Um

[20:15] and school starts next Wednesday, week

[20:17] from tomorrow in West Data School

[20:19] District.

[20:21] And we also have uh rentals at Freedom

[20:23] Park, uh Freedom Park Reynolds, which is

[20:25] renting our paddle boards, collecting

[20:27] money for snacks and all that kind of

[20:28] stuff. And that's going to be it could

[20:31] be higher, it could be lower uh than

[20:32] that 43,000 on there. It's all going to

[20:35] depend on whether if we have swimmer's

[20:37] edge, if we have all those kind of

[20:39] things out there that may uh right now

[20:42] smoke, right, is deterring folks from

[20:44] going out there to to utilize the

[20:46] facilities and stuff like that. So,

[20:49] um we also received money from court and

[20:52] code fines. Um the code fines, it's not

[20:54] a whole lot. the code fines will be

[20:58] interesting because we just adopted the

[20:59] fine structure for that and how we're

[21:01] going to be collecting that this year.

[21:03] Um, and so that's added on to the court

[21:05] fines that we receive from the courts um

[21:08] for misdemeanors and infractions and

[21:11] things like that that they collect based

[21:12] on the tickets and things that that are

[21:14] issued out there. We do have a alcohol

[21:17] and beverage licenses in STAR. I believe

[21:20] I can't remember if it's 11 I think it's

[21:22] 11 liquor permits that we have for the

[21:24] city of Star and then unlimited number

[21:26] of beer and wine licenses that we're

[21:29] allowed uh to provide and oh did I did I

[21:32] go too far I'm sorry I didn't I let me I

[21:36] I jumped ahead on my paper right here

[21:38] and not on there. Um we have

[21:40] miscellaneous revenue um which doesn't

[21:42] fit in any other category. We do collect

[21:45] police mitigation fees that help us pay

[21:47] for our police department. Every new uh

[21:49] house that's built in Star at the time

[21:51] of permit pays uh a little over $3,000

[21:54] uh for a police mitigation fee. It's a

[21:56] onetime fee to help fund the police.

[21:58] Okay? It's not ongoing, and that's

[22:00] something that we are working on with

[22:01] the state. You'll notice on here, we do

[22:03] not have fire mitigation fees. We've

[22:06] suspended collecting fire mitigation

[22:07] fees because we passed that two-year

[22:10] temporary levy. That was the whole

[22:11] purpose of the fire mitigation is to

[22:13] help them try to fund some of the staff

[22:15] that they need for the fire department.

[22:17] The fire mitigation fees that we have

[22:19] collected, which is roughly 6 million so

[22:21] far, are helping to fund the fire

[22:24] stations earlier than what we could have

[22:26] after this levy was approved. The fire

[22:29] district doesn't get levy money until

[22:31] January. Um but they have started the

[22:34] hiring process and the training process

[22:35] now for the firefighters uh that come on

[22:39] sooner and then it allows them to to

[22:41] utilize it for um the what we've

[22:44] collected for their um increases and

[22:47] stuff for the current fire uh staff out

[22:49] there. Um

[22:52] you will see the fire mitigation fee

[22:54] come back if a levy doesn't pass again

[22:56] in the future on that just so you're

[22:57] aware. But passport issuance, uh, we do

[23:01] issue passports. Michelle's team

[23:03] upstairs does a great job of of

[23:06] passports and we take passport pictures

[23:08] up there. So, we collect about $170,000

[23:10] per year uh, in those fees.

[23:14] So, I think I skipped this thing on

[23:16] there, so I'm going just talk about it.

[23:17] We do have dog licensing fees, vendor

[23:19] licenses, which are your door todoor

[23:21] guys and the folks that go around uh,

[23:23] with the food trucks and whatnot. our

[23:25] alcohol beverage licenses, what I was

[23:27] talking about. We we're anticipating

[23:29] about $11,000 for that. Um we do have

[23:32] park reservations, facility rentals. We

[23:35] get interest revenue. Um Michelle has

[23:38] just secured we just we've been working

[23:40] with Clearwater uh financial to come up

[23:42] with a plan and they helped us a little

[23:44] bit on coming up with a plan after Miss

[23:46] Sue asked about two years ago asked us

[23:48] this question on how we could increase

[23:51] um our interest revenue. and uh Michelle

[23:54] has got this all figured out and we're

[23:55] going to get more money from the banks

[23:57] and interest on our accounts and stuff

[23:59] like that. It's quite it's a significant

[24:01] amount which is going to be nice. And

[24:02] then we also get money from donations.

[24:04] So if you look at our revenue, our

[24:06] revenue projected revenue is $25 million

[24:08] for this next fiscal year. Of that 2.3

[24:11] million of that is property tax money

[24:13] which is 9.5% of the total. If we look

[24:16] at this year's re uh total revenue

[24:18] versus last year's budget revenue, this

[24:19] is decreased about 4.93%.

[24:22] And that's for various factors on there

[24:24] why it's decreasing. That could be a

[24:26] deceiving number. Be transparent because

[24:28] we had a 4 million $4.9 million about

[24:31] project for the Liberty Hall that was

[24:33] included in last year's budget that's

[24:35] not there. We do have some increases in

[24:37] costs or in revenues that we're

[24:39] collecting from impact fees being

[24:41] increased, you know. So, there's a lot

[24:43] of numbers that play into that, but but

[24:45] a lot of times you'll see people report,

[24:47] well, they went down 5%. Well, why why

[24:49] is it really 5% or is it really not 5%.

[24:52] I'm just going to tell you it's really

[24:53] truly not a 5% decrease on there, but I

[24:57] wanted to point that out uh to you on

[24:59] that. Okay. Expenses. Our biggest

[25:03] expense right now is our law enforcement

[25:04] expense. Our contract with Ida County

[25:06] Sheriff uh is for this next fiscal year

[25:10] is going to be about $5.5 million. Um we

[25:14] are going to be adding two patrol

[25:15] deputies with that. One juvenile

[25:17] detective for um um Independence

[25:20] Elementary School. Uh one IAC detective

[25:23] is in internet ch children's against

[25:26] crime or intimate

[25:28] crimes against children. Right? let's

[25:30] say that the right way. Uh detective,

[25:33] we're seeing an uptick in that um even

[25:35] here in Star. And so it's important that

[25:37] we have a detective that's hammering

[25:38] that uh a lot. And then we're adding a

[25:40] detective sergeant. And so what that's

[25:42] going to do is that's going to bring us

[25:44] to approximately 1.14 officers per

[25:47] thousand. Our goal in the city of Star

[25:49] is one. Right now we sit just under uh

[25:52] one at about 0.94.95.

[25:56] Um, but we are going to be collecting

[25:59] um, if you if you look at my packet, it

[26:01] breaks it down on how we're paying for

[26:03] that between police mitigation fees,

[26:06] property taxes, and impact fees that

[26:09] we're collecting to help pay for the

[26:10] cars and stuff that we need for that. We

[26:13] are required to do animal control, which

[26:15] is $88,000

[26:17] uh, with ADA or with the um, Idaho

[26:20] Humane Society. Um, it saves our

[26:23] officers a lot of time on taking these

[26:25] calls. calls. I think we had rough

[26:27] 300 calls about 300 calls uh through the

[26:30] Idaho Humane Society that took last

[26:32] year. Um so that's that's a lot of

[26:35] calls. That frees up our our officers

[26:37] time on that.

[26:39] Other expenses for payroll between the

[26:41] mayor and city council, the clerk and

[26:43] treasurer's office, planning and zoning

[26:44] and building department, sports and

[26:46] wreck, um building and grounds

[26:48] department, and our contract employees,

[26:50] and additional insurance uh as it may

[26:52] come throughout the year. Um the city

[26:56] staff is receiving a 3% increase that

[26:59] does not include the the city council.

[27:01] Last year uh the city council approved

[27:04] the increase for the mayor which include

[27:06] a 3% increase yearly on that to follow

[27:08] the the the city staff at a minimum of

[27:10] three. Um

[27:13] we years past we were able to do a

[27:15] higher increase for the staff but we

[27:17] also provide uh a pretty good uh benefit

[27:20] package here as a city of star. So the

[27:22] 3% I think is fair uh for this for this

[27:25] year on that. Those numbers include

[27:28] FICO, Medicare, workman's compensation,

[27:30] public retirement, health insurance are

[27:32] all included in those costs on there.

[27:35] I I put in here so you can see it our

[27:38] our uh city's organization chart that we

[27:40] have together so you can kind of see

[27:42] where the staff align.

[27:45] Um, additional expenses that are

[27:47] required, we paid the 80 county

[27:48] prosecutor about $60,500

[27:51] is what we're anticipating. The reason

[27:52] Canyon County is lower is we don't have

[27:54] as much yet on the Canyon County side.

[27:57] We'll be paying them more as years go on

[28:00] as we continue to grow. Um, and so

[28:03] you'll see that number fluctuate up as

[28:05] well. We pay our city attorney about

[28:08] $61,800 per year. And we also put out

[28:12] for additional legal because we there's

[28:14] oftentimes that we get a lot of cases uh

[28:16] where cities get sued for various

[28:18] reasons. Even that even if they sue us

[28:21] and we get taken out of the lawsuit, we

[28:23] still have to represent that in court.

[28:25] And so we have to pay for that

[28:26] additional legal and we have a couple

[28:27] folks that's listed in that packet uh

[28:29] that we utilize for that. And then

[28:31] ICRAMP is our insurance, our liability

[28:34] insurance through the city um that we

[28:36] pay to uh an organization that ensures a

[28:39] lot of um government entities on there.

[28:44] Parks and recreation development. This

[28:46] is what we're anticipating doing this

[28:48] year in our parks or I'm sorry, parks

[28:49] and facilities development. Freedom

[28:51] Park, we're going to do some concrete

[28:53] repair along uh Freedom Park pathways.

[28:56] There's a lot of cracks that happen on

[28:58] there and we figured out the reason why

[29:00] is some of the heavy equipment when the

[29:02] park was being designed were driving

[29:03] over it at that time which caused some

[29:05] cracks out there. Um

[29:08] we have to still pay for that. We can't

[29:09] get that from them from several years

[29:11] ago. We also have the Boisey River

[29:14] Bridge that is included in that cost

[29:15] that's going to cross the Boisee River.

[29:17] It's a bridge that's currently being

[29:19] taken down uh up in northern Idaho. Um

[29:22] and will be sent down here and stored in

[29:24] EMTT until we get our permitting and

[29:26] stuff done with the feds. Uh and then we

[29:29] can move on with design and start doing

[29:31] concrete abutments and stuff like that.

[29:33] Hopefully this fall or this winter when

[29:34] the water's lower.

[29:37] Rosen's Park, you'll see that this has

[29:38] been on our on our plan for the last

[29:41] this is the third year that this has

[29:42] been on here. We've had some challenges

[29:46] with the irrigation up there uh with the

[29:48] flows and we're trying to get that

[29:49] resolved before we do anything on that.

[29:52] We think we have some hopefully our

[29:55] engineers will have that figured out

[29:56] here shortly on how we can fix the

[29:58] irrigation system up there to asssure

[30:00] that we have enough flows before invest

[30:02] money in grass and trees and stuff like

[30:04] that on that part. The Riverwalk parking

[30:07] lot down there um is currently an

[30:10] asphalt crushed asphalt parking lot. Uh

[30:12] we're anticipating paving that this next

[30:14] year and maximizing our parking lot

[30:17] stalls because we need to with the

[30:19] volume of people that are down there. Um

[30:21] and it'll just it'll save us a lot of

[30:23] maintenance and whatnot uh in that

[30:24] parking lot. And then we are doing a

[30:27] police substation on Pard. We purchased

[30:29] a facility last

[30:32] August I think time frame uh on Pard

[30:35] right there in front of the middle

[30:36] school and the new elementary school.

[30:38] and we're going to be remodeling that

[30:39] into a police substation. And the school

[30:41] district is giving us an additional acre

[30:43] next to the acre that we purchased. Um,

[30:46] and we should be securing that. You guys

[30:48] will see that probably here in the next

[30:50] next meeting, I'm hoping as far as

[30:51] approving that second acre. And then

[30:53] we'll start working on this uh this fall

[30:55] on reming that and putting police up in

[30:57] that area as well. Okay? And that's

[30:59] going to be help being paid for with

[31:01] some of our park impact fees. Now, one

[31:03] thing we got to I just want to make sure

[31:04] everybody understands 100% of all these

[31:06] projects cannot be paid for with park

[31:08] impact fees. State law does not allow

[31:10] it. State law allows us to only have um

[31:16] to maintain the level of service, the

[31:18] current level of service that we have to

[31:19] pay that percentage of these new parks

[31:21] and new facilities for police and stuff

[31:22] like that. The rest of it comes out of

[31:24] general funds that we have in there. So

[31:26] it's roughly 51% I think comes from park

[31:29] impact fees and 49% somewhere the

[31:31] numbers in there that comes from general

[31:32] funds on that.

[31:35] All right. We do have professional dues

[31:37] that we have to pay and that includes uh

[31:39] organizations like the 80ount county

[31:40] emergency management, Compass, uh

[31:42] Treasure Valley Partnership, uh folks

[31:44] like that that we pay on a yearly basis

[31:46] that is based on our population numbers

[31:49] uh typically with all those

[31:50] organizations as determined by Compass

[31:54] uh which has us at 25,000 people. So we

[31:56] pay a per person price. So every year

[31:59] you'll see that number go up as we

[32:00] continue to grow. And then we have

[32:02] several committees um uh that are uh

[32:06] doing projects. The bulk of that 124 is

[32:09] 100,000 going to the historical museum.

[32:11] It's part of our purchase several years

[32:14] ago. Well, even last year, I think maybe

[32:17] it was last year. Everything runs

[32:18] together. Um down there at the

[32:20] Riverhouse um by by Liberty Hall, we

[32:23] purchased a property 2.4 acres that had

[32:26] two houses on it and a shop. One house

[32:28] is going to be um um for our parks and

[32:32] recreation offices. The sec second house

[32:35] is going to be our historical museum uh

[32:38] that we have and the committee's been

[32:39] doing a good job of putting stuff

[32:40] together for that. So, we're going to

[32:41] convert it into a historical museum when

[32:43] the project's done down there for

[32:44] Liberty Hall. Okay. It's our first one

[32:46] for the city.

[32:50] All right. Building. I'm sorry. Let's go

[32:52] back to

[32:54] Did I jump around? Oh, wait. I'm going

[32:56] the wrong direction here. Sorry.

[32:59] Will you start that again for me?

[33:03] I'm just learning how to use this

[33:04] controller, guys. I'm sorry. Huh? I am

[33:07] new. Thank you. Let me let me try to get

[33:11] down there.

[33:23] All right. This is some of the pass

[33:25] through. Uh this is like it should be

[33:27] right around the 60% mark of what we're

[33:29] collecting uh on those inspectors uh for

[33:32] electrical, plumbing and mechanical.

[33:33] Those are all contracts. Um impact fees.

[33:37] This is what we're passing through back

[33:38] to those uh organizations there um for

[33:42] for them to utilize on their capital

[33:44] improvement projects. You know, ACD Star

[33:46] Fire Highway District 4 in Ada County.

[33:49] Sports and recreation. We anticipate

[33:50] having about $177,000 expenses for

[33:53] sports, $196,000 for classes and

[33:56] activities.

[33:58] our buildings and grounds. Um these are

[34:01] expenses for our buildings and grounds.

[34:03] 167,800 for buildings, grounds 171,

[34:06] equipment, which includes the

[34:07] everinccreasing cost of fuel at 95,000,

[34:11] tools, uh repair, our uniforms, which

[34:14] includes a AED and first aid equipment

[34:17] for all of our our vehicles and

[34:19] landscaping cost right there. Um that we

[34:21] see

[34:23] our capital expenses that we're planning

[34:25] on doing this year for vehicles. Um, we

[34:28] need to get three 3/4 ton trucks, one on

[34:30] one ton truck, and one small truck for a

[34:32] custodial. That's going to cost us about

[34:34] $260,000. These are onetime capital

[34:36] expenses. Our equipment for our parks

[34:39] and recreation department, we look at

[34:41] those four items that they need as we

[34:43] have grown our parks and the needs for

[34:45] those folks out there is about 260,735.

[34:50] And then because our building was built

[34:52] by the lowest bidder back in 2010, it is

[34:56] time for us to really replace these

[34:58] windows that are leaking severely in

[35:00] here. And so we're going to be replacing

[35:02] all the windows in the city of Star so

[35:03] we can make it more energy efficient on

[35:05] here. Um we do have some serious leaks

[35:08] out of some of these windows in here. So

[35:10] that'll happen this next year as well.

[35:14] So in conclusion, we just continue to

[35:16] remain fiscally conservative and strong.

[35:18] We have no debt, no bonds. We have a

[35:20] healthy balance in our savings account

[35:22] in case of recession. Our police is paid

[35:25] for with property taxes and police

[35:26] mitigation fees. You look at 9 and a

[35:28] half% of our revenues generated from

[35:30] property taxes. Our parks construction

[35:32] is paid for with impact fees, not taxes.

[35:35] Overall budget decreased by about 4.9,

[35:38] but we talked about that. And our goal

[35:40] is always to have growth pay for growth.

[35:42] Cool. All right. All right. So, we'll go

[35:44] sit down and if you guys signed up on

[35:45] that sheet back there and want to speak,

[35:48] more power to you. And then we'll have

[35:49] some conversation with the with the

[35:51] council on it.

[35:58] And give us just a second to get

[36:00] everything put back put back together

[36:02] here.

[36:29] So, that used to take me two hours in

[36:32] the past, but I've had everybody tell

[36:34] me, "Spe it up."

[36:37] » A long time.

[36:37] » Auctioneer school was good for you.

[36:39] » That's right. That's right. Do you have

[36:42] the sheets there, Mr. Ryan?

[36:47] I'll just ask you guys too. We'll give

[36:49] everybody a chance to come and chat

[36:51] about the budget if they choose.

[36:55] Mr. Jeff, you want did you want to talk

[36:56] about the budget? That was for the other

[36:57] stuff that you were talking with him

[36:58] about. Right. Okay. Jerry, did you want

[37:02] to say anything? Bruce, give everybody a

[37:05] chance here. How about you ladies over

[37:07] here? Anybody want to talk? Did you want

[37:09] to speak?

[37:11] You can be You could be the only one.

[37:13] That's okay.

[37:14] come on up. Ask questions.

[37:20] You don't have to speak. I just I want

[37:22] to give everybody that's here an

[37:23] opportunity to talk before we move on on

[37:26] that with the council. We're good. All

[37:28] right. Thank you. All right. So, we have

[37:30] nobody willing to speak. So, we'll move

[37:32] on to the council to have a discussion

[37:34] about it. What's the council desire? You

[37:37] can make a motion. Um,

[37:41] you want to make changes, you can make

[37:42] you can we can discuss changes. We can

[37:44] do all that stuff on here.

[37:49] And who turned up the air the turn off

[37:51] the air in here?

[37:56] Chadwick. Councilman Nielsen. I guess

[37:59] I'll I'll kick this off. Um, you know,

[38:02] every year like we we get a little

[38:04] faster, we get a little more accurate,

[38:05] we get a little better at at this

[38:08] process, I think. And and um you know, I

[38:11] do appreciate that you uh went through

[38:13] this in in about 40 minutes uh instead

[38:16] of two hours. Um I even missed the first

[38:19] little bit because I didn't want to sit

[38:21] through that much. No, I'm joking. Um

[38:25] but really look, we've we've had several

[38:28] uh workshops and a number of um chances

[38:32] for us to to talk about some of these

[38:34] things to work with city staff and

[38:36] understand what their needs are within

[38:38] their each department and and to be able

[38:41] to look at the revenue and and expenses

[38:43] that are coming in and really make some

[38:45] um I think some good choices and and

[38:48] provide some guidance uh to you as you

[38:50] put this together. And so I I feel like

[38:52] our process has been thorough and um and

[38:55] well thought out. You know, one of the

[38:57] things that that we really put a lot of

[38:59] thought into and deliberated quite a bit

[39:01] as a council um is our investment, our

[39:05] continued investment and growth in our

[39:06] in our police uh and um staffing and

[39:11] equipment and and things like that. And

[39:12] you see a number of those things

[39:14] reflected in our budget here. We we

[39:17] target that uh you know our

[39:20] comprehensive plan calls out

[39:23] um a target of one officer per thousand

[39:26] people in STAR and and you saw in the

[39:29] presentation today the recommendation of

[39:31] adding five officers uh in some capacity

[39:35] uh to our police force here. That that

[39:36] takes us just barely over that 1%

[39:40] um or that that one per 10,000, excuse

[39:42] me. It's on a percentage, but that one

[39:44] one officer per 10,000 just barely over

[39:48] uh that ratio. And so it keeps us right

[39:50] in the in the sweet spot in that zone

[39:53] that we're looking for that our chief

[39:55] has asked for. And um and I I think our

[39:59] force is doing a really good job with

[40:01] that. Nationally, that ratio is more

[40:03] like three per thousand. Um, and so I I

[40:07] think we very fortunate for the

[40:10] community that we live in and for the

[40:11] job that our police officers do. So just

[40:14] some thoughts and that I wanted to share

[40:16] based on the process that we went

[40:18] through and and where I'm I'm supportive

[40:21] of this budget um as is presented here

[40:23] today. Okay.

[40:26] Any other comments?

[40:28] » Mayor Chadwick.

[40:29] » Councilman, your light is green.

[40:31] » Uh, all right. Uh

[40:35] so, uh continuing along on that same

[40:38] thought with the police, um I do want to

[40:41] just remind I try to do every chance I

[40:44] get out in the public too is you know um

[40:47] a lot of times the people think the that

[40:51] your property taxes are funding our

[40:54] entire budget. And again, it is only

[40:58] funding um you know 100% of your

[41:01] property taxes go towards the police and

[41:05] of that uh what is it of we still are

[41:10] short over 50%. And so we have to find

[41:14] revenue from other sources in addition

[41:17] to your property tax to cover our

[41:20] amazing police force that we have here

[41:22] to keep everyone safe. And so, um, you

[41:26] know, I just want to, you know, make

[41:29] that statement. Um, and, you know, we've

[41:34] been in a number of, uh, workshops and,

[41:37] um, excited, you know, I'm comfortable

[41:40] with this, uh, budget,

[41:43] um, and excited to see what we do this

[41:46] year.

[41:48] » Okay. Councilman Welock.

[41:51] » Yeah. Yeah. I'm you know you we've

[41:54] talked about all the numbers back and

[41:56] forth

[41:57] and as you auctioned through the uh

[42:01] presentation which I appreciate

[42:05] that you went from uh the historic tax

[42:10] levy rate of 100,000 per taxable value

[42:14] in 2015 was $219

[42:18] per 100,000.

[42:21] That was 11 years ago was 219.

[42:26] Five years ago

[42:28] or in 2020 it was 124. Half that.

[42:33] And we're again half that once more

[42:37] in 2026 at $4910

[42:41] per $100,000.

[42:44] I don't think people appreciate that

[42:46] their taxes are going down while our

[42:48] budgets are going up. They don't get the

[42:51] connection

[42:53] that more people are paying for

[42:58] the a service that is getting

[43:01] that is making our uh tax base stay

[43:05] stable while still going down

[43:09] because they get the they get here in

[43:11] whatever year they came

[43:13] and they don't recognize that 11 years

[43:17] ago it was four times that much perund

[43:20] 00,000

[43:22] and and I don't know how to get that

[43:24] across to people that you talk to

[43:25] everywhere you go.

[43:28] The amount of money we're doing now in

[43:31] property taxes, we're being as

[43:33] responsible with as we can while

[43:36] providing a city that still is very

[43:39] attractive to move into and safe because

[43:43] of our our police presence. I think

[43:47] we've done a good job of trying to boy

[43:51] up the the fire

[43:54] fire safety in our community as struggle

[43:56] as that's been

[43:58] and uh I'm comfortable with with the way

[44:03] things are happening and being allocated

[44:06] tonight.

[44:07] » Okay. Thank you, Councilman Day.

[44:12] Mayor Chadwick.

[44:13] » Councilman Day. I'll um

[44:17] yeah, so I kind of echo what what uh

[44:19] Councilman Wheelock just said.

[44:23] I always tell people that uh my taxes

[44:28] today are cheaper than they were back in

[44:32] 2015, 2016 here.

[44:35] Um so

[44:38] you can't complain about that.

[44:41] And then as far as um

[44:46] our police budget, you know, I think uh

[44:50] you know, we we really you know, we

[44:53] talked about it a lot as a council um

[44:56] discussed it and and uh our police

[45:00] are a priority, you know, as they should

[45:03] be. Um,

[45:06] so I'm very I'm very pleased with the

[45:09] budget. Um,

[45:12] and the direction that we're heading as

[45:13] a city. Um, our our our

[45:17] financial position is

[45:20] amazing

[45:22] compared to others. So, I think we've

[45:26] done a really good job. Uh,

[45:30] I attribute that to you, Mayor Chadwick,

[45:33] as well.

[45:34] for for being uh

[45:39] for being so involved

[45:42] uh you know being so involved in in the

[45:45] city. You know, I've never seen a mayor

[45:47] that has been this involved and and out

[45:51] front and uh leading by example. So,

[45:54] thank you.

[45:55] » Thank you,

[45:57] » Mayor Chadwick. Council Nielson, I'll

[46:00] just follow on with a couple of thoughts

[46:01] and then a motion. Um, and I I

[46:04] appreciate Councilman Welock calling

[46:05] out, you know, some of that uh some of

[46:07] those ideas about property taxes. I I

[46:11] see three three things that really drive

[46:13] that levy rate down. Um, number one, the

[46:16] value of each each of our homes goes up.

[46:19] So, the city isn't necessarily

[46:21] collecting that much less revenue. Um,

[46:24] as much as I'd like to look at that

[46:25] number and say, "Hey, we're doing more,

[46:27] you know, better with your money." Um,

[46:30] it's not really the whole picture. um

[46:32] because inflation drives some of that

[46:34] and then just the fact that growth

[46:36] occurs, right? That it's being spread

[46:38] around and and this is the thing that

[46:41] that I think Councilman Wheelock was

[46:43] calling out very a accurately that

[46:45] people just don't understand there

[46:46] there's this idea in our community that

[46:50] because of the growth, the city should

[46:52] be getting a whole bunch more more

[46:54] revenue coming in and it's actually the

[46:56] opposite. the city gets the same amount

[46:59] of revenue that comes in

[47:02] and it just lowers everybody else's

[47:05] bill. So the more growth we have, the

[47:06] lower the property tax bill goes. And

[47:09] then the third reason is because the

[47:11] Idaho legislature actually did lower the

[47:13] amount of the levy rate that the cities

[47:16] can uh increase

[47:19] restrictively so to the point that

[47:21] growth no longer pays for itself in the

[47:24] state of Idaho. your legislature has

[47:28] shot itself in the foot and shot all of

[47:30] the cities in the foot and then has kept

[47:32] a knife at the back. And you know, I'm

[47:36] using that language very um deliberately

[47:39] because

[47:41] we can't fund the basic things that

[47:44] cities are supposed to fund with the

[47:47] amount of of tax revenue that that by

[47:50] law we're allowed to bring in. Um that's

[47:52] current. Mayor Chadwick is doing a lot

[47:54] of great work with our uh state

[47:56] legislature and a lot of other people

[47:58] are too um to help to uh overcome that

[48:00] challenge, but it's the reason that we

[48:03] don't have our police officers fully

[48:05] funded um that we have to find other

[48:08] revenues. And when you look at the the

[48:10] purpose of government first and foremost

[48:13] is protection of a citizens life,

[48:15] liberty, and property, right? Um and so

[48:18] that that is pretty much one of our

[48:20] number one things. So those those are

[48:21] the three three reasons that that levy

[48:23] rate continues to go down. Two of them

[48:25] just kind of happen. Uh the other one

[48:27] happened to us, but I don't think that

[48:30] that should take away from the fact that

[48:31] Mayor Chowwick knows and and our council

[48:34] president, uh Councilwoman Salmanson,

[48:37] they know where every penny goes, as

[48:38] well as our city staff who's spending

[48:40] it. And there is a a real tight focus on

[48:43] on that, which I'm I'm really pleased

[48:45] about. I I do think that that we do a

[48:48] good job with the money that we have.

[48:50] Um, so having said that, um, I am going

[48:54] to to move that we approve the fiscal

[48:57] year 2027 budget as presented.

[49:01] » Okay, we have a motion. Do we have a

[49:03] second?

[49:04] » Second.

[49:05] » We have a motion by Councilman Nielsson

[49:07] and a second by Councilwoman Smanson.

[49:09] Any further discussion?

[49:11] Hearing none. Roll call.

[49:13] » Day. I,

[49:15] » We lock.

[49:16] » Salmanson. Hi.

[49:18] » Neielen. Hi. All right. Uh, can you pull

[49:21] up the agenda again for me, please, and

[49:25] go to the resolution on 7A?

[49:30] Right, that motion carries. That budget

[49:32] has been approved. We have to do two

[49:34] more things as action items. Um we since

[49:38] we are taking foregon we are required by

[49:40] state statute to create a resolution to

[49:44] uh declare our intent to recover the 1%

[49:47] foregone as we stated in our budget. And

[49:50] so we need a motion to approve this

[49:52] resolution.

[49:54] » Mayor Chadwick.

[49:55] » Councilwoman Sonson.

[49:56] » I'll move to approve resolution number

[49:58] 2026-04.

[50:00] Resolution of the city of Star, Idaho,

[50:03] declaring the intent to recover 1% of

[50:05] the city's foregone property tax balance

[50:08] in the amount of $23,740

[50:12] for fiscal year 2027 for the purpose of

[50:14] general maintenance and operations.

[50:17] » Okay, we have a motion. Do we have a

[50:19] second?

[50:21] » I'll second.

[50:22] » We have a motion by Councilwoman

[50:23] Solomon, a second by Councilman Nielsen.

[50:25] Any further discussion?

[50:28] that just as a note,

[50:31] 1% is all we can collect

[50:33] » Right out of that for gone.

[50:34] » It It sounds like uh

[50:38] you know, we're only doing that because

[50:41] we only want to take 23,000 back.

[50:45] It's [snorts] because we're only allowed

[50:47] to take 21 or 23,000 back,

[50:51] » Which is painful because honestly, you

[50:53] have $600,000 there that could come in

[50:54] there and help pay for your police. So,

[50:57] we are only allowed by state statute and

[50:59] the same bill that council Nelson was

[51:02] talking about to claw back 1% at a time

[51:05] per year.

[51:05] » That that goes back to that exact

[51:07] statement that Council Nielson made is

[51:10] is they're literally just holding back

[51:12] what what is our opportunity to have

[51:15] saved some money for our citizens that

[51:18] now they've handcuffed us and we need.

[51:22] » Yep.

[51:22] » So,

[51:23] » Very much so. I just wanted to make that

[51:25] a a statement. Okay. Any further

[51:28] discussion?

[51:30] Hearing none. Roll call.

[51:31] » Day.

[51:32] » I.

[51:33] » We lock.

[51:33] » I.

[51:34] » Simmonson.

[51:35] » I. Neielson.

[51:36] » I.

[51:36] » All right. That motion carries. The

[51:38] resolution passes. Move on to item 7B,

[51:41] the ordinance. We need to suspend of the

[51:43] rules for the pass the ordinance.

[51:46] First,

[51:48] » Mayor Chowick.

[51:49] » Councilman Nielson.

[51:51] I move uh to introduce ordinance number

[51:54] 438-2026

[51:58] and pursuant to Idaho code section

[51:59] 50-902

[52:01] the rule requiring an ordinance to be

[52:03] read on three different days with one

[52:05] reading to be in full be dispensed with

[52:07] and that ordinance 4382026

[52:11] be considered after reading once by

[52:12] title only.

[52:13] » Okay, we have a motion. Do we have a

[52:15] second?

[52:16] » Second. We have a motion by council

[52:18] Nelson, a second by Councilman Day to

[52:20] suspend the rules. Any discussion?

[52:23] Hearing none. Roll call.

[52:24] » Day I.

[52:26] » Velock.

[52:26] » Hi.

[52:27] » Salmenson Neielson.

[52:29] » Hi.

[52:29] » All right. That motion carries to

[52:31] suspend the rules. Move on to approving

[52:34] the ordinance itself.

[52:38] Councilwoman Solomon.

[52:39] » Sorry. Uh I'll move to approve ordinance

[52:41] number 438-2026.

[52:45] uh an ordinance to be termed the annual

[52:47] appropriation ordinance of the city of

[52:50] Star, Idaho for the fiscal year

[52:51] commencing October 1st, 2026 and ending

[52:55] on September 30th, 2027.

[52:58] appropriating sums of money in the

[52:59] aggregate amount $25,250,41051,000

[53:06] » Sorry $251,410

[53:10] to defay all necessary expenses and

[53:12] liabilities of the city of Star for said

[53:16] fiscal year specifying the object and

[53:18] purposes for which such appropriations

[53:22] are made and the amount

[53:25] appropriated

[53:27] for each object and purpose authorizing

[53:31] the certification to the county

[53:33] commissioners of Ada and Canyon counties

[53:35] Idaho the amount of $2,388,564

[53:42] property taxes to be levied and assessed

[53:45] upon the taxable property in the city

[53:48] providing for publication and providing

[53:50] an effective date.

[53:51] » Okay, we have a motion. We have a

[53:53] second.

[53:53] » Second. We have a motion by Councilwoman

[53:56] Somson and a second by Councilman Welock

[53:58] to approve ordinance 432026.

[54:01] Any further discussion? Hearing none.

[54:03] Roll call.

[54:05] » Day

[54:06] » I.

[54:06] » Welock.

[54:07] » Hi.

[54:07] » Smanson.

[54:08] » I Neielson

[54:09] » I.

[54:10] » Okay. That motion carries and the

[54:11] ordinance passes. Thank you all for

[54:14] attending.

[54:16] Four five of you that came in. This is

[54:19] where I wish citizens would come and

[54:21] participate in all these.

[54:28] Oh, my state of the city. So, my state

[54:30] of the city is on October 14th, I think.

[54:34] Is that right, Dana? That's a second

[54:36] Tuesday in October at Liberty Hall. And

[54:39] we'll give a state of the city, uh,

[54:41] including all the budget items and stuff

[54:42] like that at that point as well. and

[54:44] what our city's looking at. October 14th

[54:46] at 7 pm at

[54:50] October 13th, sorry, Tuesday, October

[54:52] 13th. It's on a Tuesday at 7 p.m. at

[54:55] Liberty Hall. Our first event in that

[54:58] center. All right. Thank you everybody

[55:01] for participating and being here

[55:03] tonight. It is 7:55 and we are

[55:07] adjourned.

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