[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.