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| Donnie Cline has transformed the the old storage porch of the Community Hall into a west exit. |
Boise County
Commissioner, Jamie Anderson, said that if the City took the path of not
deannexing, the property would have dual jurisdictions—“...part of the trailer
park might have lights out at 10 p.m., the other at midnight.”
City Clerk, Kim
Bosse added, “That land does impact our revenue. Technically, we should have
been getting a portion of the State Revenue property tax.”
Mike Riley said if
the property was not deannexed, he would sit with the county and Weilmunster
and remaster the project. He disagreed with Mayor Powell’s comment that the
City of Crouch is in this predicament because of the county: “You got the
master plan in 2010; in January, 2011, I rented this hall to talk about the
project; on January 20, 2011, I got the project approved. I spent tens of
thousands of dollars to get where we are. There was ample time for the City to
know what was going on.”
City Attorney, John
McFadden, responded, “99.99 percent of the time, people want to annex into the
city, not the other way around. The due level of fiduciary responsibility the
City did. I don’t think the City did anything wrong.”
The Clerk announced
that the Community Hall is on its way to having a usable west side door, where
the wood storage used to be, thanks to a handy community service worker.
City limit signs
have been put up.
Council is still
considering the location of the sign that will commemorate the birthplace of
artist James Castle, generously offered to the City by the Idaho Commission on
the Arts. They would like the specially-crafted, porcelain enamel sign by
impressive Boise artist and sign-maker, Mark Baltes, of Landmark Impressions,
to be in a prominent location in Crouch.
The new museum in
the Syringa Building is furnished and ready to be in use. There has been no
response yet regarding the grant from the Idaho Heritage Trust, which would be
used for renovation. Commissioner Anderson has helped Kim Bosse with the grant.
The City received a $200 check from the GV Syringa Club, to help with the
renovation of the building. The heat is running high, so the City will have it
checked. Bosse is ready to start moving the city office into the building
within the next month, “since we’re paying for the heat.”
Syringa Club
president, Georgianna Goetsch, requested that the club be allowed to use the
Syringa Building as a meeting place. “Kim has been dealing with our memorabilia
in the museum,’ said Goetsch, “It has a lot of historical significance. In
2015, the club will be celebrating its 100th anniversary—we do have
an interest in the museum.” Council voted in favor of letting them make use of
the building.
The council voted to
apply for a Local Rural Highway Investment grant, part of which could possibly
be used for the re-design fee for the Crouch Bridge. There was discussion about
the City and Boise County working together for this grant, because together,
they get more points, and because the City of Crouch influenced the re-design
of the bridge.
Bosse stated that
when John Cottingham returns to work on the ArtPlace Community Grant in the
spring, she would be happy to work with him.
Round two, regarding
the GV Market emergency generator, got the mayor to respond, “I was here when
we had the floods. It was two weeks before we had electricity. It would have
been great to have that food and those refrigerators during the emergency.” The
owners of the market are looking into muffling the sound. Councilmember Jackie
Kraupp said, “I think we need to get with them and solve it.”
Next council meeting
is December 12, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., in Crouch Community Hall.
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