The Cottonwood City Council voted to move ahead with roof repair of the Fire Station at their June meeting Monday, June 10.
They had a bid of $14,800 to do a membrane type cap similar to what was done at the high school gym. Cottonwood Rural Fire Department agreed to pay for half.
A pay increase was approved for a city employee that earned their wastewater license. The council had previously agreed to up pay by $1/hr. for employees that achieve such certifications.
A catering permit was approved for Keuterville Pub & Grub for August 21-24 at the City Park. This is for the VFW beergarden during the Idaho County Fair.
Ryan Uhlenkott appeared before the council to discuss the Ironwood Sewer/Water agreement. He said with about half of the houses having been sold they are moving to a homeowners association (HOA) which would become the lead entity in dealing with the city. The original agreement was capped at 18 houses and he has requested they up that to 23 as there are 23 lots in the subdivision. City Attorney Joe Wright will review the updated agreement and they will look at it at the July meeting as an action item.
Uhlenkott also said they are looking at possibly putting in a daycare in the large corner lot on the southeast corner that is currently vacant.
In another item of business, Uhlenkott presented a proposal to subdivide the playground property at the old Elementary School.  He presented a preliminary site plan which has 11 building lots platted. There was discussion about getting a firetruck in and out of the access road. Wright said that the property is already platted on the city maps and there would have to be a replatting process. He and the council will study this and bring back any recommendations at the July meeting. The preliminary site map is shown on page 3.
In reports Police Chief Terry Cochran said the breakins that occurred appear to have been a group of juveniles. The new security cameras at the City Park were instrumental in identifying the culprits.
Gus Hoene reported the city pumped 2,474,800 gallons and sold 2,106,280 for a loss of 14.8%. A leak near the highway shed was found and fixed.  Pump Tech is currently set to be here June 18 to install the new pump and motor for well #2. After it is installed it may be 4 to 6 weeks before it is operational due to the testing that needs to be done and the time it takes to get the results back. Due to that it was decided not to make the splash pad operational until the new well is running and approved to put back into the system.
They will have a separate water meter for the splash pad so they can keep track of the water it uses. Once things are back to normal they are looking at Memorial Day to Labor Day for operations and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day.
Brett Miller reported they are now sprinkling in the agri-forest. There were some pump and chlorine issues that had to be taken care of first. The highway districts have asked if the effluent water could be used for their dust control. Amy Uptmor of JUB Engineers is looking into that. Currently they are using water from well #3 which is not connected to the city system and is just used to irrigate the Wimer Ballfields.
Kristine Holthaus reported there was some ditch repairs on Goldstone St. The city crew has done lots of street sweeping now that the sweeper is back in operation. She said they also sent out letters to those citizens living on gravel streets on whether they would like dust abatement done.
Mayor Keith Holcomb brought up the Simmons Sanitation request for access to their proposed transfer station off of the corner of Jenny and 1^st Street near the left field corner of the baseball field. Wright said that should be covered by LTAC which the city adopted a couple years ago. LTAC spells out how approaches need to be done to city streets. As to the issues some area residents have concerning the transfer station, Wright said since the facility is completely outside of the city limits, there’s not much the city can address outside of the access point. The city’s area of impact is defined as the city limits.
Linda Nida reported the new picnic tables have come in. However there was some shipping damage and some replacement tops are being sent. She said they received a $10,000 grant from Innovia which goes toward said picnic tables a well as the security cameras. The bid came in rather high on the proposed sign for the pavilion so they are looking at getting a new quote from a firm the Credit Union uses. The sidewalk still needs to be finished but has to wait until Enneking gets some stuff done. They need to set up a walk through time with the contractor to get the Pavilion project officially finished.
No update on the airport.
Nida reported the fire department responded to a vehicle extrication as their only call this past month. She met with rural development on possible grants to help pay the roof repair. They are also looking at fixing the rain gutters on the south and east sides of the building. The issue mostly is where they drain to.
The meeting adjourned at 8:32 p.m. The next regular meeting is set for Monday, July 8 at 7 p.m.