On the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 13, the Price City Council convened for their regularly scheduled council meeting. With the warmth of city hall welcoming attendees to the meeting, the council faced a myriad of agenda items, including appointments, donations and repairs.

Before all the fun could start, the council first had a safety seconds presentation from councilmember Joe Christman. Christman gave a reminder to check on furnaces to ensure they weren’t becoming a danger. He also gave the reminder to check smoke detector batteries to ensure everything is in working order.

The first agenda item following this was the appointment of Zack Tonc as the new city treasurer. Tonc, who also serves as the Helper City Recorder, was given the oath of office by Price City Recorder Jaci Adams. Tonc holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting in addition to his three years working with Helper City. “I’m excited to start,” exclaimed Tonc after being sworn in.

Next, the council heard from the Southeast Utah Health Department, who wanted to make a $5,000 donation to the Price City pickleball court project. Paige Haeck, who is the head of the health department’s tobacco program addressed the council,” We are so excited to help sponsor and promote physical activity and family togetherness and a tobacco-free environment at the future pickleball courts.” The council expressed gratitude for the donation and approved its acceptance unanimously.

Following this, the council looked to approve a bid to replace the boilers at the Desert Wave Pool. The winning bid was from First Service & Mechanical, who was also the only eligible bidder. The project is estimated to cost $296,710. Mayor Mike Kourianos pointed out a majority of this project would be funded through the ZAP tax, which was recently approved for renewal. Public Works Director Miles Nelson spoke on the importance of this project,” This is so we don’t lose services to the pool. And we’re excited to get the more efficient boilers in place, then we’ll save us some energy.” The council put the item to a vote and it passed unopposed. 

One item was pulled from the consent agenda, which was a potential agreement for an air permit analysis between the city and Stantec. Steve Richardson from Stantec explained this study would be to see the feasibility of the city building a two-megawatt generator to run when the price of electricity on the open market would exceed what it would cost to operate the generator. To ensure its safety, air quality and sound studies would be performed to make sure the citizens of Price wouldn’t be harmed. The current planned location is by the high school substation. This generator would be powered by natural gas. 

Following this, the meeting was adjourned.

The next scheduled meeting of the Price City Council is Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 5 p.m. in Price City Hall. To stay up-to-date with the city, you can visit its website or Facebook page.