Ammon City Council approves $2,000 contract for Ammon Arts Community Theater and elects Scott Wessel council president

The Ammon City Council voted unanimously Jan. 8 to approve a $2,000 contract for services with Ammon Arts Community Theater, Inc., and elected Councilmember Scott Wessel as council president.

City Administrator Micah Austin presented the theater contract as an action item. Thea Disney, who identified herself and gave a brief summary of upcoming performances, told the council the theater is in its seventh year, that attendance and the number of shows are growing, and that the funds will be used for costumes, props and other materials. "Each year the theater tries to do something new," the minutes report. The city receives 20 tickets per performance for staff use.

Councilmember Jeff Fullmer moved to approve the theater contract and Councilmember Heidi Boyle seconded. The roll-call vote recorded Wessel, yes; Oswald, yes; Fullmer, yes; Wheeler, yes; Boyle, yes; Hamberlin, yes; Slack absent. The motion passed unanimously among members present.

Separately, Councilmember Sid Hamberlin moved to elect Scott Wessel as council president, a motion seconded by Councilmember Kris Oswald. Wessel accepted the position and the council approved the motion by roll call with the same voting pattern; the minutes record the motion passed unanimously with Slack absent.

The consent agenda, covering the accounts payable report and minutes from the Dec. 18, 2025 regular meeting, was also approved at the start of the session by a unanimous roll-call vote of members present.

The meeting adjourned at 6:54 p.m.