The highlight of the Preston City Council meeting was when they recognized the Preston High School girls’ basketball team for being the 2024 Girls 4A State Academic Champions. The title is awarded to the team in each division with the highest combined GPA. The council gave each of the girls a key chain and a copy of the US Constitution. Due to track and softball participation many of the team members were unable to attend.
Business licenses presented were Ken Nordyke, 510 East 4th South, Resolute Home Builders LLC, Thi Thuy Bich Huynh, 655 South 4th East Ste 400, A-Nails & Spa, and Rick Jensen & Derek Mosher, 206 South State, The Vape Shop.
Melanie Keller presented a proposal to locate the Farmers Market in the city park near the shelters and possibly use the shelters. The committee in charge of the market would like to begin May 22 and continue every other Wednesday until Oct. 9 from 5-8 p.m. Concerns were expressed about parking during baseball games and making sure the market reserves the shelters for those dates.
She also requested $500 funding from the city to pay for start up costs such as 501c. No action was taken as it was not an action item on the agenda but it is expected that Shawn Oliverson who is working with the group will present a formal propsal in the near future.
Lance Harrison, Brady Garner came before the council to discuss custodial fees for rec games and practices held at the Preston schools. Clarification was given by Councilman Todd Thomas explaining that fees have not been billed to the city for a number of years due to a verbal agreement waiving fees between former councilmember Allyson Wadsworth and former Superintendent Marc Gee after the city waived a significant amount in fees/permits for a remodel/addition at the Pioneer which included six kindergarten classrooms on the east end of the building, and a 72x78-foot gymnasium to the north of the building’s front. There was a discussion on the amounts and number of hours billed by the district and how they were tracked as well as ideas on what options might be available going forward. The school district is working toward a fee schedule for renting the buildings and when that is completed the district and the council with revisit the matter. It was tabled until further notice.
Kyle Kunz, 860 North Brookside Dr. And Rick Parker, 840 North Brookside Dr., came before the council to discuss flooding that is a problem again this year despite much lower precipitation and runoff so far this year. The council responded through Councilman Terry Larson who has been working on the issue. He noted there is a solution in the works that they hope will solve or at least mitigate the problem.
Mike and Rochelle Oliverson, 589 Eagle Drive, also came to express their concerns about flooding. Since water from their area flows toward Brookside Drive it is hoped that any solution there will also help them.
Resolution 161 updating the Idle Funds Policy by removing banks that are no longer local and adding any that are new was approved.
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