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Votes at a glance: Rexburg Council passes budget and fee measures, advances rezones, and adopts nondiscrimination policy
Summary
At its recent meeting the Rexburg City Council approved FY2024 budget amendments (1st read), adopted FY2025 utility rate and fee changes for city/county facilities, approved zoning changes including a commercial rezone and a code amendment to allow tiny homes-on-wheels in RV parks, and adopted Title 6 nondiscrimination policies and the FY2025 appropriation ordinance.
The Rexburg City Council took the following formal actions during its meeting (procedural votes recorded by voice unless noted):
• Ordinance 13‑19 (FY2024 budget amendments): Council moved and approved to consider the ordinance as a first reading after a staff presentation that reported a reduction of about $783,300 in the FY2024 budget. (Public hearing opened and closed; motion moved SEG 175–179; passed SEG 184–190.)
• Resolution 2024‑09 (FY2025 utility rate changes): Council opened the public hearing, heard no testimony, and adopted the proposed utility rate adjustments by motion and voice vote. (Motion and second: SEG 206–215; passed SEG 217–221.)
• Resolution 2024‑08 (Fee changes for city/county jointly owned facilities including golf course and airport): After a joint public hearing with county commissioners, the council approved the fee schedule (city and county votes recorded); staff noted increases of roughly 10% for airport fees and about 5.5% on certain daily golf rates, with an average ~4.3% change for season pass holders. Council and county commissioners agreed the adopted rates are maximums and may be negotiated downward for community partners. (Public hearing and motions: SEG 222–236, SEG 536–586.)
• Ordinance 13‑17 (rezone to Community Business Center at 250 N 12th W / 1022 W Main): Planning staff presented a comprehensive plan amendment and rezone request to convert parcels along Highway 20 to commercial/CBC; council approved the comprehensive plan change and advanced the rezone ordinance (first reading) with discussion of required sewer and lift‑station upgrades that developers would largely fund. (Presentation and approval: SEG 1917–2285.)
• Ordinance 13‑18 (Development Code amendment — tiny homes on wheels in RV parks): Council approved an amendment that allows tiny homes‑on‑wheels within campgrounds/RV parks under a conditional use permit; staff said units would remain mobile and require standard RV utilities and spacing. (Presentation and vote: SEG 2288–2484.)
• Resolutions 2024‑11 and 2024‑12 (Title 6 non‑discrimination policy and complaint procedure): Staff presented the nondiscrimination policy and formal complaint procedure required for federal grant compliance; council adopted both resolutions. (Presentation and vote: SEG 2487–2566.)
• Ordinance 13‑16 (FY2025 budget appropriation): Council considered second reading and adopted the FY2025 budget appropriation ordinance by motion and voice vote. (Second reading and passage: SEG 2587–2608.)
• Consent calendar: Council approved minutes from July 17, 2024 and authorized payment of city bills. (SEG 2610–2630.)
Several other nonbinding directions and informational items were recorded (staff to pursue pickleball vendor bids and to follow up on a lane-painting dispute at an ITD interchange). Most formal votes were recorded as voice votes without individual roll‑call tallies in the transcript.
Provenance: each item above is supported by staff presentations and the formal public‑hearing/motion language in the meeting transcript. For full context, see the meeting timeline entries.
