Resident raises concerns about drainage payment and an ICE detention during public comment

During the public‑comment period on Sept. 9, resident Teresa Volenweider addressed council and raised multiple concerns, including an allegation that $157,000 of public funds was used to pay for a private drainage system and an appeal for the council to investigate repayment.

Volenweider said she had viewed video footage of a violinist detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Utah, identified him as John Shin and urged people to watch the video. She also discussed a separate local matter, saying she believed $157,000 “should not have been used to pay for a private drainage system masquerading as a public drainage system” and asked councilmembers to “check into this to get this money back.”

Volenweider referenced a November 2022 incident and identified Officer Michael Iceberg as having been at a neighboring house; she connected that presence to an arrest she said occurred 65 hours later. She also referenced a drainage map shown in 2019 by someone she named (Matthew Schliss) and alleged that the map placed a house in the middle of a ball field, which she argued could have been used to obtain public funds.

Council response in the meeting record was limited to an acknowledgement: “Okay. Thank you, Miss Fallen Water. Appreciate that,” and no formal referral, investigation or staff direction on the record was taken that night.

The statements reported here are from a public comment and are presented as the resident's claims. The council record does not confirm the allegations, and no council action to investigate was recorded in the meeting minutes for Sept. 9.