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Snowflake council approves consent agenda, calls 2024 election with home-rule expenditure option
Summary
The Snowflake Town Council on March 5 approved a consent agenda including a variance request and voted unanimously to call the 2024 election, recording that four council seats are on the ballot and that the Alternative Expenditure Limitation (Home Rule Option) will appear as a ballot item.
The Snowflake Town Council voted March 5 to approve its consent agenda, which included approval of the Feb. 6 meeting minutes, the February check register and a variance request (202-05-079) allowing Brimhall to complete required improvements. Councilmember Kerry Ballard moved to approve the consent agenda; Cory Johnson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously with JoAnne Guderian excused.
The council also approved the Call of Election for 2024. Mayor Byron Lewis told the council there are four council seats up for election and that the Alternative Expenditure Limitation, also described on the agenda as the Home Rule Option, will appear on the ballot. Councilmember Kerry Ballard moved to approve the Call of Election; Mayor Lewis seconded. The motion passed unanimously with Guderian absent.
The meeting record shows the council opened a public hearing on the Alternative Expenditure Limitation but heard no public comment before closing the hearing by motion. No additional public testimony or challenges to the items in the consent agenda were recorded.
Votes at a glance: the motions recorded in the minutes are described as unanimous among members present (Byron Lewis, Kerry Ballard, Lora Jones, Joe Bjornn, Cory Johnson, Greg Brimhall); JoAnne Guderian was noted as excused for these votes.
What happens next: The town will place the Alternative Expenditure Limitation (Home Rule Option) on the 2024 election ballot and proceed with standard election scheduling and notices.
