Farmington pondering vacating Sunny Street

By JEFF LAMPE
For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The continued growth of a local business has the Farmington City Council pondering vacating a city street.

At Monday’s council meeting, Mayor Kenn Stufflebeam directed the council to read through a proposed ordinance that would vacate Sunny Street on the city’s southwest side.

“Sunny Street is encompassed completely by Lozier Oil these days and the city has not taken care of it at all lately,” Stufflebeam said. “(Lozier Oil) would like to take over complete maintenance of this so the city doesn’t have to.”
Stufflebeam said Lozier Oil in recent years has spent more than $6,000 on asphalt for the road.

The council is expected to discuss and act on the ordinance at its Feb. 17 meeting.

In other business, the council unanimously approved three funding recommendations from the CEDC:
• $3,337.50 to Scott Anderson for installation of HVAC at 17 E. Fort St.
• $12,521.50 to Oak Ridge Cemetery for half the cost of installing solar lights in the southwest corner of the cemetery.
• A pair of $30,000 forgivable loans (one for each of two different property identification numbers) to Dana Cardenas, owner of Mi Casa restaurant. Money will be paid out in five payments on the anniversary date of the ordinance funding the agreement, so long as the restaurant is up to date on property taxes and open at the time of the payments.

Police Chief Chris Darsham reported that Sgt. Andy Steck raised about $9,025 during a recent fundraiser for the city’s K-9 program. That included a $1,000 donation from the Farmington American Legion and several other major donations from local businesses, Darsham said.

Darsham also said grant money has arrived to pay for new Tasers for the police department.

 The council also read Darsham’s report of the following activity for the Farmington Police Department in January: 3,583 building checks, 277 total calls, 227 business checks, 26 traffic stops, 26 reports completed, 11 traffic tickets issued, 10 arrests, 10 assists to other departments, six crashes handled, four crimes against people, four property crimes and three ordinance violations.