[0:03] That's rocket ball.
[1:19] I should have had my
[1:26] This is where I go get it.
[1:36] » Welcome to everybody tonight. I will
open the regular meeting of city
[1:41] council. It's February 11th, 2026. The
time is 5:31. I invite everybody to
[1:48] stand for a moment of silence after
which councelor Hettinger will lead us
[1:51] in the pledge of allegiance.
[2:14] » I pledge aliance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[2:19] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[2:25] justice for all.
[2:34] » Madam clerk, will you please do roll
call?
[2:37] » Mayor Kidman
>> here.
[2:39] » Vice Mayor Pharaoh
>> here.
[2:41] » Councelor Hedinger
>> here.
[2:42] » Councelor Pller
>> here. Councelor Roundtree is excused.
[2:46] Councelor Hammond is absent.
[2:55] » Item number three, consent agenda, items
3, 1, 3, 2, and 33.
[3:02] » Mr. Mayor, I move to approve the consent
agenda.
[3:05] » Second.
>> Have a motion from councelor Pller and a
[3:09] second from councelor Hettinger. All in
favor say I.
[3:12] » I.
eyes have it. Thank you.
[3:18] » Item number four here from the citizens.
We do have
[3:23] » couple of blue cards.
>> Looks like uh Amanda's joining.
[3:28] » Oh, you want to say something about
that?
[3:31] » Councelor Hammond, can you hear us?
>> I can. Thank you.
[3:36] » Okay. Thank you for joining. 532.
[3:43] We will start with um Gail Priest.
Uh just state your full name and city of
[3:49] residence and you will have three
minutes.
[4:01] My name is Gayla Priest and I'm a
resident of Paige for 44 years.
[4:08] Um, I'm concerned about the community
center.
[4:12] The restrooms have been limited to uh
one stall for several months and then
[4:18] closed down completely, replaced uh by
at least uh one stall working, one stall
[4:25] not working in the community center.
They've been replaced by an outhouse
[4:30] outside the building which has been
placed in front of a gravel area which
[4:35] is not conducive to wheelchair or walker
people who are using walkers to be able
[4:41] to use it. There is also no heater in
the outhouse. So if you're going out
[4:46] there in 30°ree weather, it's a little
bit chilly.
[4:51] Um the there's quite a few seniors who
use the community center every day. I am
[4:56] one. Um, I have some issues uh being
able to be able to use the bathroom when
[5:05] I'm there. Um, I know there's a lot of
people in the park who also use that
[5:10] facility for restrooms and um I'm not
really um know how many, but at least 40
[5:19] to 60 people a day are at that community
center. So, that's a lot of people that
[5:24] are without being able to use the
restrooms.
[5:28] Um, I understand that the restrooms were
recently renovated in 2025 and this has
[5:34] been a problem since the renovation was
done and completed. So, evidently it's
[5:40] not working and it wasn't working when
it was completed.
[5:44] Um,
I think this responsibility falls under
[5:48] public works.
Um I have not been able to contact
[5:53] anyone in public works. I was told that
there was nobody there that it was
[5:58] vacant position. So um do you know when
it will be filled?
[6:04] Um
other than that that's you know I'd
[6:08] really like to uh urge the council to
look into the community center and
[6:13] getting that u b the restrooms completed
and working for the public. Thank you.
[6:21] » Thank you.
[6:28] » Um, next we will have Michelle Zia.
[6:47] Good evening. You know me by now.
Hello neighbors.
[6:54] Nice to see you guys.
[7:00] So tonight I want to talk about
construction and for you to consider
[7:09] what it could be like for we're hearing
5 to 10 years worth of construction. Um,
[7:15] but let's just say it's five years and
we have construction going on where
[7:21] there's egress and ingrass on 89
and 98.
[7:27] And these are highways that already
have, especially in front of Horseshoe
[7:32] Bend, significant issues with accidents.
Paige PD can confirm that. Um, we've
[7:39] been working for years. I worked for the
park before and we were working for
[7:43] years on um managing those traffic
issues there. Some fatal, some really
[7:48] bad ones. So,
uh some of us are wondering how you're
[7:53] going to manage these say a loaded 15
ton construction vehicle dump truck. um
[8:01] you know cruising up and down 89 or 98
you know dozens of those a day every day
[8:07] for five years
possibly 10 years
[8:15] 89 and 98 are scenic highways
they don't just lead to Paige people
[8:23] traverse through Paige maybe to Paige
and then onto
[8:27] Monument Valley Grand Canyon
Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef.
[8:35] Don't forget Glenn Canyon National
Recreation Area is right here.
[8:42] All of those places have been preserved.
Paige has been preserved.
[8:49] People have been conservative about what
they do with the land here. The land's
[8:54] important to the Navajo Nation. We have
public lands surrounding us. We are a
[9:01] destination for the beauty,
[9:07] the natural beauty.
[9:12] This is not us.
[9:16] We are kids riding bikes.
Kenna,
[9:24] we're people riding dirt bikes and
hiking and I my husband and I ride quads
[9:30] up to the top of the pee for that
amazing view. Anybody else been out
[9:36] there?
We don't want to look at a data center.
[9:41] Nobody wants that.
[9:47] Okay, your your time is up.
>> Thank you very much.
[9:56] » Um, last we have Angie Crim.
[10:10] Hi, my name is Angie Crim. I live here
locally in Paige. I am a business owner
[10:17] and I own Big John's Texas Barbecue and
I own the Barnyard and I am a taxpayer.
[10:23] Um about 2022 before the barnyard
started being built, um I'm here to
[10:29] speak about the sidewalks and the
lighting on Hall Road. In 2022, I
[10:34] started um communicating with the city
uh imploring the city to um put some
[10:40] sidewalks and lighting on Hall Road. But
I knew how important it would be for my
[10:44] business, for the hotels that are local,
um, for people to get back and forth and
[10:50] walk safely, for my staff to walk safely
back and forth to work in the daylight
[10:54] and in the evening time. And I have um
sent letters, I've sent emails, I've
[11:02] this is probably the fourth time I've
come spoken to the city council,
[11:06] imploring the city council to please put
uh lighting and sidewalks on Hall Road.
[11:12] I see that obviously that was done uh
dur at the end of Hall Road where a
[11:16] paracub is and all that and I think
that's great. Um I'm happy for um that
[11:22] it's a start, but I'm here to ask I was
told that this is a good time of year to
[11:27] come before the council because the
budget is going to be made and to see if
[11:32] the city could put that in their budget
to uh extend the lighting and the
[11:38] sidewalks on Hall Road. There's it's not
I know at one point it was industrial.
[11:43] It's not just industrial anymore. The
ranchets are there. I don't have to tell
[11:47] you guys and some of you may live there.
How many folks live on that road? How
[11:51] many kids are going to be heading down
to the new splash pad and to the paracub
[11:56] or I have a friend that owns a business?
She has staff that um lives in housing
[12:01] there. The J1s that come over from other
countries, they don't have vehicles. um
[12:05] they would love to simply walk to
Walmart and purchase items for their
[12:10] home and they can't really do that. I
don't know if any of you have ever
[12:14] attempted to ride a bike or walk on Hall
Road, but it is not safe. So, um
[12:20] obviously we have a coffee shop coming
in. There's hotels on that road. Um and
[12:26] it's not just about me, of course. Yeah,
I'm here because I have a business and
[12:29] I'd like the support, but I just think
that that's no longer an industrial
[12:33] area. And I would hate to see somebody
have to get hurt or get killed on that
[12:38] road before the city makes the decision
to make that a priority and put that in
[12:43] the budget. Um, like I said, it's just
been really frustrating for me. This
[12:48] being my almost fourth year to come
before the city and beg for some help.
[12:53] As a business owner, I have never asked
for anything from the city and I don't
[12:57] think this is asking too much. So, I
would definitely um urge the council to
[13:04] put that in the budget to keep our um
our local community safe and to keep our
[13:11] visitors safe. I'd appreciate it. Thanks
so much.
[13:14] » Thank you.
[13:18] » Okay.
Item five,
[13:22] reports and announcements. Um,
from the mayor, from myself, I have just
[13:29] a review of last meetings
um, call for letters of interest for the
[13:37] open county or open council seat that
was vacated when we lost a dear friend.
[13:45] Um,
[13:48] those the letters of interest are needed
to be submitted by February 19th, 2026
[13:55] at 5:00 p.m. to the city clerk's office.
Just a reminder on the qualifications
[13:59] for anybody interested, they need to be
18 years old, at least a qualified
[14:04] elector, and residing within the city of
Paige and has lived in Paige at least
[14:09] one year from the date of appointment or
prior to the date of appointment.
[14:14] And
that is the only thing that I I wanted
[14:18] to review. So for item number 52, city
manager's current event summary. We'll
[14:24] turn that over to
manager Marberry.
[14:28] » Thank you, Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of
council. Just a couple tonight.
[14:34] One note, state legislation has changed
the if I get this right, the primary
[14:40] dates coming up. So, I wanted to let
everyone know that the
[14:45] new primary is August 4th,
>> July 21st.
[14:50] Okay. So, it's been moved up two weeks
from August 4th to July 21st. So, please
[14:57] note that in your calendars and I think
that moves everything up two weeks for
[15:00] that election. So, um can I throw you
under the bus and say if anyone's got
[15:06] questions to ask the city clerk?
So, yeah, if you have questions on that,
[15:11] feel free to to contact the city clerk's
office. She's got all of that
[15:14] information.
Um, and the other one, I just want to go
[15:18] back to the meeting last Thursday. That
was a big long meeting and and just want
[15:23] to recognize my executive assistant,
Robin Crother, that set up that whole
[15:28] meeting and took care of everything. And
without her, I couldn't get anything
[15:32] done. And so I just wanted to thank her
for that and and make sure everyone knew
[15:36] that that meeting went so smoothly
because of her. So thank you so much.
[15:40] » Thank you.
[15:48] » Item number six, uh, boards and
commissions council leaison reports from
[15:54] any board meetings since our last
council meeting. We'll start with
[15:58] councelor Pharaoh and then councelor
Hinger. Yeah, we had the uh the airport
[16:04] the newly formed uh airport advisory
board met. This is their second meeting
[16:10] and they went over a number of of items
to include that the airport master plan
[16:17] is now on the website. They talked about
a a number of priorities they're working
[16:23] out and understand what the rules are of
the operation of the airport and they're
[16:29] coming together
nicely to figure out how to look at how
[16:34] that airport works under the direction
of Lore who's working um to everything
[16:41] from parking to the buildings and
there's going to be a item on our agenda
[16:46] tonight that they voted on.
[16:51] » Councilor Hinger.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh Parks and
[16:53] Recreation Advisory Board met on
February 2nd. Our planning and zoning
[16:57] director, Sylvia Schaefer, gave an
update on the downtown revitalization
[17:01] project and how that's going. Um, they
are continuing to gather input from the
[17:05] public and from business owners. So, if
anyone's interested in more information,
[17:09] you can visit page beautifification.com.
Um, in case you haven't seen the signs,
[17:14] I know there's one at the library and
they've got a couple around town, but
[17:18] the website is also a great source. Um
they're preparing the paracub for an
[17:22] open house that will be on March 2nd.
And then equipment for the updated
[17:26] lighting at the sports complex has been
ordered and should be arriving in early
[17:30] March at which point they can schedule
the installation of it. And then the
[17:34] other thing um that the board discussed
was priorities for next year's fiscal
[17:38] budget. And one of those ideas that
they're um that they've really been
[17:42] diving into is creating an urban trail
system. And so I know staff is working
[17:46] on uh looking into a couple of things
based on questions that the board had,
[17:50] but I know that aligns with our city
council strategic priorities. So I'm
[17:55] excited to hear more as they uh get that
plan together. And then as you all know,
[18:00] there's an RFP for the pump track on
tonight's agenda.
[18:04] » Thank you, Councelor Prowler.
>> Thank you. Um I' I'd love to tell you
[18:10] that the Planning and Zoning Commission
is the department that never sleeps. Um
[18:13] but we haven't had a meeting in a while.
We we did last week. Um it was kind of
[18:17] light, but uh you know, I don't get a
report on these much, so I figured I'd
[18:21] get it in here. Um it was just voting on
minutes and then some training on open
[18:26] meeting laws. Real real high-speed
stuff. But um you know, PNZ lives to
[18:31] fight another day.
[18:35] I will report on
PUE's board meeting last night. Um,
[18:44] pee is doing well. The one item that I
would like to share is about the water
[18:48] funding update. Um, some of you may have
seen
[18:52] news releases from Eli Crane or other
sources about a about a lump of money
[18:57] that 3 something million that was
finally released for use. That was
[19:04] actually a 2023
fund that got stuck in the bureaucracy
[19:09] and it took that long for them to get it
out so that pee could use it. That goes
[19:15] towards um
our upgrade of the water treatment
[19:19] plant. Um, we're still working for there
the the team is still working for
[19:26] funding from many different money pots
to try to pay for all of the of our
[19:32] commitment from the city boundary and
the water treatment plant and at the
[19:37] same time trying to
uh get the National Park Service to team
[19:42] up with us for
um
[19:46] rate American Outdoor Act funding to pay
for the lumps um that is the pump
[19:51] station and the piping coming to the
city boundary. So that's the efforts
[19:55] being made by the water the water
project group at pee
[20:01] and lately it seems like things are
moving. So um otherwise pretty regular
[20:08] meeting from pee.
Any others? No.
[20:13] Item number 62,
airport advisory board bylaws. Is that
[20:19] over to city manager
advisory board by?
[20:26] » That would be
[20:29] » I'm not sure.
>> Where is that? City attorney. Okay. It's
[20:34] uh so one of the things that uh our
boards do is they um need bylaws to kind
[20:39] of govern some of their operations. Uh
because the airport board was just
[20:44] reformed. Um they needed bylaws, but
they can't adopt them without city
[20:48] council approval. This is pretty
boilerplate. Um it's kind of a form that
[20:53] the city clerk has uh for the bylaws. So
the the airport board did vote to
[20:59] approve them as um drafted and so this
is kind of a formality probably just to
[21:05] get city council's approval so that they
can um become binding.
[21:10] Councelor Frell.
>> I move to approve the airport advisory
[21:14] board bylaws.
>> Second.
[21:17] » I have a motion from councelor Pharaoh
and a second from councelor Hettinger.
[21:22] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[21:24] » I.
>> I.
[21:26] » The eyes have it. Thank you.
Item number seven, unfinished business.
[21:32] We have selection of design build team
for BMX pump track park. This definitely
[21:38] goes over to city manager.
>> That one is me and thanks to the
[21:42] attorney for the assist on that one. Um,
so yeah, the pump track we received
[21:49] trying to find out five proposals on
that.
[21:53] We had a or four proposals.
Trying to get my
[22:00] back. Anyway, I can remember it because
we had some proposals received on that.
[22:05] uh had a committee of five um review
that American Ramp was the the highest
[22:12] ranked firm. They actually had two
options in their pricing proposal that
[22:17] were slightly different. one. Option one
had a a technically a second track, a
[22:25] little beginner speed loop they called
it, in addition to a normal track that I
[22:30] believe would handle, I'm not sure the
certification, but UCI
[22:36] sanctioned events. It would qualify to
to hold some sanctioned events on it.
[22:41] This option two had a little less track
amenities and a raised observation area
[22:47] with some benches. Um, we would
recommend probably going with option one
[22:52] to get the most track for our money and
then have our park staff work on seating
[22:55] and amenities around it as as we can do
in house. Um, so we would uh ask the
[23:03] council recommend going with the the
highest ranked firm, American Rank
[23:07] Company. Um, and their proposal was it
not to exceed about $500,000.
[23:13] » Okay. Any questions or comments?
Councelor Hettinger. Um, I just want to
[23:18] make sure I'm looking at this picture
right. So, it's all one track, but kind
[23:21] of the top picture in the back is the
beginner loop.
[23:27] Like, you can't get from one track to
the other, but it's all kind of
[23:30] connected. Or is it completely separate
in a different area?
[23:33] » They're they're next to each other, so
it's all kind of like a skate park with
[23:38] two different bowls or
>> Perfect. Okay.
[23:41] » areas. Um, and their pricing proposal
had a pretty good picture of it. So,
[23:46] » thank you.
>> But we'll we'll work out details and
[23:49] bring updates to council as we move
through the actual design process. Those
[23:53] are more concepts than anything at this
point.
[23:58] » Any other comments or questions?
I will entertain a motion.
[24:06] » Councelor Hinger. Mayor, I move to
approve the contract with American Ramp
[24:10] Company for the design and construction
of the BMX pump track park option one
[24:14] for an amount not to exceed 500,000.
>> Second. I
[24:18] » have a motion from Councelor Hinger and
a second from councelor Prowler. All in
[24:23] favor say I.
>> I.
[24:24] » I.
>> I.
[24:27] » Thank you. Unanimous approval.
Item number eight under new business
[24:34] number one request to terminate airport
terminal space lease by Westwind Air
[24:38] Service. This also goes over to city
manager.
[24:42] » Thank you, mayor. Uh we'll have uh
Laura, a new airport director, pinch hit
[24:47] for me on this one.
>> Okay. Yes, sir.
[24:50] » Good evening, Mayor Council. Nice to see
you. Yes, my name is Laura. I'm your new
[24:54] airport director and I am here to talk
about Westwind Air Service. Um, so West
[25:00] Wind has requested to terminate their
lease. They currently occupy the gift
[25:05] shop area of the main terminal. And
while the verbiage of their lease makes
[25:12] it a little complex for them to
terminate it themselves, there is
[25:15] verbiage that allows the city to
terminate it with or without cause with
[25:19] 60 days notice.
Um, it is recommended by the airport
[25:25] that we do allow for the termination of
this lease. The airport advisory board
[25:30] did actually address this on Monday. And
am I allowed to say what they they said?
[25:35] They did allow they did recommend that
we also allow the termination of the
[25:38] lease. Um,
why should we let them out of their
[25:43] lease? It's a good question. So, first
of all, they're excellent tenants and
[25:47] they did request to be let out of their
lease. So we would be giving them what
[25:51] they want for sure. Uh secondly, that
space is highly sought after. It has
[25:58] been since I've worked at the airport
for the past seven plus years, I get at
[26:03] least a couple inquiries every year as
to ooh what is that? Can we have that
[26:09] space? What can we do with that space? I
feel that if the lease was allowed to
[26:14] terminate, we would not have difficulty
finding another person to lease that
[26:18] space. We would go out for proposals and
see what kind of services would come to
[26:24] us and then y'all would be able to
choose the best thing for the airport,
[26:28] for our guests, and for our citizens.
The second reason came up quite suddenly
[26:34] yesterday actually during our
pre-construction meeting for the
[26:39] terminal expansion. So if y'all don't
know, so the terminal expansion I do now
[26:45] I know because I just found out
yesterday
[26:48] supposed to start between three and four
weeks assuming that everything goes
[26:53] according to plan. So, we have the TSA
section, but we also have the section
[26:57] that's the counter space that we're
redoing. And that's going to displace
[27:01] our tenants.
So, the architect and the engineer idea
[27:06] was to kind of create some makeshift
counters, some space in the middle of
[27:11] the terminal that would still allow our
tenants to do business when we've taken
[27:15] away their counter space for a month to
two months. If the Westwind space
[27:20] happened to be vacant, I think it would
be an ideal place to kind of shift our
[27:26] current tenants so they can still do
business with a really nice space while
[27:31] we've displaced them with the
construction. Now, that said, the
[27:36] construction is happening less than six
60 days. So, I don't know if we're
[27:42] allowed, that would be a Josh question.
If the council is allowed to terminate
[27:45] the lease more quickly, perhaps at the
end of this month or immediately, but if
[27:51] we could terminate it earlier, that
would be even better, I think, both for
[27:54] Westwind, who really would like to be
out of the lease, and uh for the city.
[27:59] That's it.
>> Any questions?
[28:02] » You can.
>> We can
[28:04] » if if if it's at their request, you can.
And the reason this is coming to the
[28:08] council is because this is a lease that
was approved by the council. So staff
[28:11] doesn't have the ability to modify it.
Um and so we're asking
[28:17] now for you to modify um the terms of
the lease to allow them um to terminate
[28:24] it less than the 60 days that the lease
provides.
[28:28] » Okay. Any questions, comments?
Anybody want to try that that motion? Go
[28:35] for Do we know when when when they want
it to be effective or when we when staff
[28:40] would recommend we it be effective?
>> Um they would have they would love
[28:43] yesterday. Um I would recommend perhaps
just to be clean at the end of this
[28:48] month. That would allow them they've
already started getting their stuff out.
[28:52] Um but that would allow them to really
make the space clean and then we'd have
[28:56] time to prep it for the construction so
we could move people in if that's what
[29:01] we end up doing.
count.
[29:04] » And I have a question. Do they prepay
their lease? Like, have they paid
[29:08] through the end of this month or through
the end of a certain period that we're
[29:12] aware of?
>> The billing is monthly.
[29:14] » Okay.
>> Um I would need to check with finance as
[29:16] to whether or not they have paid this
month or not,
[29:19] » but that makes it clean. If we end it at
the end of a month, it's just a nice
[29:25] » Okay.
>> And it looks like councelor Hammond also
[29:27] has her hand up.
>> Councelor Prowler.
[29:28] » Oh, uh we'll let Councelor Hammond go
first. So, I was just kind of
[29:32] » Oh, stabbing him.
>> Hammond does have a hand up. Councelor
[29:35] Hammond.
>> Councelor Pller, were you about to make
[29:38] a motion?
>> I was.
[29:40] » Go for it.
>> All righty. Uh, I move to allow Westwind
[29:46] Aviation to break their lease with the
city of Paige at the end of this month,
[29:50] the 28th of uh, February, 2026.
>> Second.
[29:56] » I second.
>> We have a motion from councelor Preller,
[29:59] a second from counselor
Hammond and Pharaoh. All in favor say I.
[30:05] » I.
>> I.
[30:06] » Thank you. Unanimous.
>> Thank you.
[30:13] » Next items are under number nine,
executive sessions. We have two
[30:16] executive sessions. Number one, request
to amend existing purchase agreement
[30:22] with Tribal Hospitality
for portion of partial 8022005A
[30:28] south of 98. And number two, lease
agreement with CBI for residential
[30:34] treatment facility. I'm looking for a
motion to go into executive session.
[30:42] » Councelor Hettinger.
>> Mayor, I move to go into executive
[30:46] session 9.1 and 9.2. to consecutively in
the conference room.
[30:51] » Second.
>> We have a motion from councelor
[30:53] Hettinger, a second from councelor
Prowler. All in favor say I.
[30:56] » I.
>> I.
[30:58] » We will go to the conference room and we
will return when we are finished.
[31:05] Thank you for the time.