The Price City Council met together in Price City Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 11 for the biweekly city council meeting. Mayor Micheal Kourianos was excused, and his stead running the council was Mayor Pro-Tempe Amy Knott-Jesperson. The agenda featured approval of items discussed in previous meetings and future plans to improve the city.

Knott-Jesperson opened by giving the safety seconds for the meeting. She spoke of a recent event where she saw two little boys running down the sidewalk and thought that she should slow down. Right as she slowed down one of the boys darted in front of the car but Knott-Jesperson was able to stop in time. She used this as a reminder to drive distraction-free and be aware of the road.

Moving onto the business section of the meeting, the council first looked at a potential approval to direct the Request for Qualifications Review Committee to look at and conduct interviews with construction firms Johansen & Tuttle and Jones & DeMille Engineering who both entered bids for the cities flash flood project. The council would then take the recommendations from the RFQ and present them to the public in a future meeting. The council moved to vote and approved the matter unanimously. 

The next item was a notice of award for the emergency watershed protection project. Miles Nelson, the public works director explained that this project would be very timely if the award was approved, as the EWP grant would only apply for 220 days. The grant would amount to $2,377,237.50 with a required price match from the city of $701,250.00. The total estimated cost of the project, which would work to armor the city’s drainage ditch and perform maintenance on the stormwater retention basin, would be $3,078,487.50. When put to a vote, the council members came together and all voted in favor of the award.

After this, the Council Members looked at a potential resolution that would support the state’s statute for actions taken with community cats. “Essentially this means that if there’s funding available, cats can be taken to the animal shelter, where they will receive some health care, safety, vaccinations and be neutered. Where they will then be released back into the community,” explained Council Member Joe Christman. Again, the Council approved the item unopposed. 

The last major item was approval for the establishment of a fee schedule for dog licenses, something which was initially discussed in the Council’s previous meeting. The members again moved to vote and again passed the item unanimously. 

Ending the meeting, the council approved the consent agenda and asked for public comments, to which there were none. The Price City Council meets biweekly in Price City Hall. The next scheduled meeting is for Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 5 p.m.