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Home My Public Portal About20211208 - BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING MINUTES - 2021-12Minutes of Regular Meeting 2021-12 Ault Town Board of Trustees December 8, 2021 7:00 p.m. Page 1 of 3 TOWN OF AULT, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF AULT, COLORADO. MEETING HELD IN THE TOWN HALL IN SAID TOWN OF AULT ON THE 8TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2021 AT 7:00 P.M. PRESENT: MAYOR Rob Piotrowski Trustees: Butch White Scott Riley Corry Cole Sharon York Justin Marshall ABSENT: Tyrell Anderson ALSO PRESENT: AUDIENCE: N/A Town Clerk Town Attorney Police Chief PW Supervisor Sharon Sullivan Greg Bell Tom Nissen Grant Ruff REGULAR MEETING 2021-12, December 8, 2021 MEETING PROCEDURE: Comments from the Public are welcome at two different times during the course of the meeting: 1) Comments on items not scheduled on the agenda will be heard under public comments. 2) Comments on all scheduled Agenda items will be heard immediately following the presentation by Staff or the Petitioner. Please wait until you are recognized by the Mayor and keep comments as brief as possible. The Town Board of Trustees will act on an Agenda item after comments from the Staff and the Public has been heard. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Piotrowski at 7:00 p.m. I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I1. ROLL CALL: All members were present with the exception of Trustee Anderson. III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE RILEY and seconded by Trustee Cole to approve the agenda as written. Motion passed with a unanimous vote. IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTE APPROVAL: Regular Meeting 2021-11 November 10, 2021: A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE COLE and seconded by Trustee Marshall to approve the Regular Minutes 2021-11 as written. Motion passed with a unanimous vote. V. COMMITTEE REPORTS Finance- There will be appropriations to the General and Water Funds for the 2021 Budget. Library- No report. Parks and Cemetery- Looking good, not much use this time of year. Email Grant if there are requests for things needed at the Parks. A lot of people are going to the Dog Park. Water and Sewer- Testing is in the acceptable range. Freedom Acres line is charged and ready. Public Works will bleed out the line at the Cemetery. Minutes of Regular Meeting 2021-12 Ault Town Board of Trustees December 8, 2022 7:00 p.m. Page 2 of 3 Streets- The Streets are in good shape. Police- There were 610 calls for service with 372 in Ault, resulting in 198 citations issued, which 164 were in Ault. There were 120.5 hours spent in Pierce and 60 hours spent in Nunn. The Town of Nunn coverage will continue month by month into 2022 for now. Beautification- The lights on Town Hall are broken and need repaired. The Ault Business Alliance have decorated the planters with Christmas decorations. Special Projects- No report. Planning Commission- Russ Weber of Safebuilt sent a draft Resolution to amend the IBC Code. Staff Reports: Elections will be held April 4, 2022, and nomination petitions will be available on January 4, 2022. Greg Bell stated they are trying to contact Atmos Energy regarding a line from Hwy 14 to the Highland Industrial Park. VI. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE: November 10 to December 8, 2021: A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE COLE and seconded'. by Trustee Marshall to approve the accounts payable November 10 to December 8, 2021. Motion passed with four (4) yes votes and one (1) abstention, being Trustee White. VII. REFERRALS REQUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS 1). Request by Brian Blakely of Xcel Energy for a Letter of Support: After discussion, the Town Board decided to take no action and will not provide a letter. VIII. PUBLIC COMMENTS: The purpose of the Public Comments Section of the Agenda is for members of the public to speak to Town Council on any subject not scheduled on the Regular Agenda. In order to accomplish scheduled agenda items, comments should be limited to a five-minute time period. Town Council shall make no decision or action, except to schedule the matter for Council discussion at a later date. THOSE ADDRESSING COUNCIL ARE REQUESTED TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND TO STATE THEIR NAME TO THE BOARD None. IX. OLD BUSINESS 1). Consideration of TDS Franchise Agreement: Attorney Bell stated that Katheryn Davis of TDS stated they will not do a drop to the WWTP. This will be crossed out from the contract. The Town will amend the fee to 5%. After discussion, A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE WHITE and seconded by Trustee Marshall to approve the contract with crossing out the drop line to the WWTP and changing the franchise fee to 5%. Motion passed with four (4) yes votes and one (1) no vote, being Trustee Cole. 2). Consideration of verbiage for bid request for 400 B Street: The Board reviewed the verbiage, and the Clerk will run the bid request starting December 9th and the bids will close on January 3rd at 4:30 p.m. The Board will review at the January 12th Board Meeting. X. NEW BUSINESS 1). Public Hearing for the 2022 Mill : Municipal Budget: The Public Hearing opened at 7:35 p.m. The Clerk presented the budget with explained changes. There were no comments of support or opposition to the issue. The Public Hearing closed at 7:40 p.m. a. Resolution 2021-19 for Supplemental Appropriation: A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE WHITE and seconded by Trustee Marshall to approve the Supplemental Appropriation to the 2021 budget for the General and Water Funds. Motion passed with a unanimous vote. b. Resolution 2021-20 to Adopt a Budget: A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE COLE and seconded by Trustee Marshall to approve Resolution 2021-20 to Adopt a Budget. Motion passed with a unanimous vote. Minutes of Regular Meeting 2021-12 Ault Town Board of Trustees December 8, 2022 7:00 p.m. Page 3 of 3 c. Resolution 2021-21 to Appropriate Sums of Money: A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE WHITE and seconded by Trustee Cole to approve Resolution 2021-21 to Appropriate Sums of Money. Motion passed with a unanimous vote. d. Resolution 2021-22 to Set Mill Levies: A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE COLE and seconded by Trustee White to approve Resolution 2021-22 to Set the Mill Levy. Motion passed with a unanimous vote. 2). Approval of year-end employee recognition: The amount will remain the same as the prior two years. A MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE RILEY and seconded by Trustee Marshall to approve the year end employee recognition to be $300 for full time and $200 for part time. Motion passed with a unanimous vote With no further business to come before the Board the meeting was adjourned at 7:52 p.m. s r S4r ATTlfs[r: , Tow n Clerk Rob Piotrowski, Mayor OF AULT