April 2023 CALENDAR
April 3 –Acadeca Decathlon Fundraiser 5-7 pm in the Sugar Salem High School Cafeteria – Baked Potato Bar
$5 per person, $25 per family
Family STE(a)M in Space Night
5:30-7 pm at Kershaw Intermediate School – Activities for the whole family April 6 – Planning and Zoning 7:00 pm April 8 – Easter Celebration @10:00 a.m. at OLD Sugar-Salem Jr. High Gym April 9 – Easter Sunday
April 13 – City Council 6:30 pm
April 20 – Planning and Zoning 7:00 pm April 27 – City Council Work Meeting/ Farmer Merchant Banquet
Dates to Remember:
May 4 – Planning & Zoning 7:00 pm
*All city meetings are subject to change. Citizens are invited to attend Planning & Zoning and City Council Meetings. Agendas are on the city website and on the door at city hall 48 hours prior to the meetings. You may call city hall to ask what items are being discussed. *
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EASTER CELEBRATION: Saturday, April 8th at 10:00
a.m., celebrate Easter with us at the OLD Sugar-Salem
Jr. High Gymnasium.
WATER METER READS: Due to the heavy snow
amount, we will be reading meters at the end of April
instead of March. Please do not start watering until May 1st.
BUSINESS LICENSES: Commercial licenses are $20.00. Home businesses are $10.00. Business licenses expire Dec 31st. Many businesses have not renewed their licenses for this year. Please contact city hall to have it renewed or let the office know if you are no longer conducting your business.
NEW FEE REMINDER: We will charge $10 on the delinquent amount after the 25th of the month. Paper bills will have a $1 fee. Shut off and re-connect fees are $20 and after hour reconnect fee is $30. Sign up for paperless billing and autopay at Xpress Bill pay to avoid paper billing fee and possibility of late payment charges.
FENCE PERMITS ARE REQUIRED: If you are putting in a new fence this year, remember to come into city hall and fill out a fence permit. There is no fee unless the fence is taller than six feet.
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS: Backflow preventers are required on all sprinkler
systems. If you didn’t have a test on your sprinkler system backflow preventer done last year, please have one done this year and return your report to City Hall or email it to ajacobson@sugarcityidaho.gov. This is necessary to ensure that contamination of the water supply will not happen in the event of a pressure loss to the water system. Odd numbered addresses are to be tested this year and even numbered addresses are to be tested in even numbered years. If you have an even numbered address and did not test last year, need to be tested this year also. Businesses are required to test every year. The deadline to have these completed is July 1st to avoid water services from being terminated. If you have an appointment to have your test done and it is after the 1st of July, please notify the city at ajacobson@sugarcityidaho.gov with the date it is scheduled and with whom. Thank you!
NON-OPERATING VEHICLES, MACHINERY IMPLEMENTS OR EQUIPMENT (lawnmowers, etc.): SUGAR CITY CODE 3-2-3 states “No one shall allow any partially dismantled, wrecked, junked, discarded or otherwise non-operating motor vehicle, machinery implement or equipment….to remain on property longer than 14 days…or within city longer than 14 days unless in an enclosed building or so located upon the premises as not to be readily visible from any public place or from any surrounding private property….. If you have any such items, please remove them from your front yards and have privacy fencing for such items in back yards to avoid city citations.
ALLEYS & STREETS: Dumping is NOT allowed in the alleys. Do NOT place any refuse, furniture, yard waste, etc. in alleys. If you have any waste, trash, weeds, etc. in the alleys please remove all items to avoid any citations. There is no longer a spring cleanup. There is no longer a city dumpster to use during summer months. Yard waste is not allowed in the streets such as grass clippings being blown or swept into street. Waste in the street washes to drains causing them to plug up. It is difficult to clean the drains and it creates a hazard for potential street flooding. Wet grass and leaves are also a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The city would appreciate your cooperation in keeping the gutters clean.
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Steve Adams, Mayor
Wendy McLaughlin, Clerk-Treasurer
Arlynn Jacobson, Public Works Director
Quinton Owens, City Building Inspector
Kimber Jones, Code Enforcement Officer
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Ph: 208-356-7561 Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. P.O. Box 56 – 10 E. Center Fax: 208-359-2654 Sugar City, ID 83448