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Snowflake council adopts tentative FY23 budget, amends fee schedule and okays infrastructure contracts
Summary
On July 5, 2022, the Snowflake Town Council approved the tentative FY23 budget ceiling, adopted an amended FY23 fee schedule, granted several special-use permits and variances (including one 4-1 vote), and authorized purchases for a storm-drain pipe and golf-course pump upgrades.
The Snowflake Town Council on July 5 approved the town’s tentative FY23 budget ceiling, adopted an amended comprehensive fee schedule and signed off on several development permits and infrastructure purchases.
The meeting included approval of multiple motions affecting planning, utilities and town services, and a series of contracts and upgrades the council said are covered in part by grants or the town’s general fund subsidy for the golf course.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda (minutes, June check register, Resolution 2022-03): approved unanimously; motion by Kerry Ballard, second JoAnne Guderian; Lynn Johnson and Joe Bjornn were absent. - Resolution 2022-04, FY23 Comprehensive Fee Schedule: approved with Planning & Zoning fee adjustments (see separate story); motion by Greg Brimhall, second Lora Jones; unanimous with Cory Johnson and Joe Bjornn absent. - Tentative budget FY22-23: approved (sets town spending cap and will be published for a public hearing); motion by Kerry Ballard, second JoAnne Guderian; unanimous with Cory Johnson and Joe Bjornn absent. - Special-use permits (temporary residences while homes constructed) for Langston and for Brannon & Williams: both approved with 12-month expirations; motions and seconds recorded and passed unanimously with absences noted. - Variance request (Flake) to construct an accessory structure without a primary structure: denied on motion by Ballard, second Jones. - Variance request (Adair) for smaller setbacks: approved 4–1 (yes: Greg Brimhall, JoAnne Guderian, Lora Jones, Kerry Ballard; no: Lynn Johnson; absent: Cory Johnson, Joe Bjornn). - Purchase of storm drain pipe for Snowflake Boulevard: awarded to low bidder Pacific Ponderosa for $220,391.22; motion by Brimhall, second Lynn Johnson; unanimous with absences. - Golf course pump-station upgrades: approved; council reviewed alternatives and estimated costs (see separate story for details). - Resolution 2022-05 establishing salary amounts for Council and Planning & Zoning members: approved to incentivize candidates and applicants. - Personnel policy manual: revised leave accrual rates approved; Juneteenth noted as a federal holiday.
Council members also used the meeting for routine reports—bike-park planning, street work updates and community events—and the manager reported no additional items. The council adjourned after completing the agenda.
The tentative budget will be published and scheduled for a public hearing as the next procedural step.
