[0:04] start it.

[0:08] I'm going to call this meeting to order.

[0:09] Town council hearing and meeting. It's

[0:10] Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 at 6 p.m.

[0:13] And we'll start with the pledge

[0:18] to the flag of the United States of

[0:21] America and to the republic for which it

[0:24] stands. One nation under God,

[0:27] indivisible, with liberty and justice

[0:30] for all.

[0:32] >> Kevin, you want to pray for us?

[0:33] >> Yeah.

[0:36] >> Heavenly Father, we're grateful to

[0:37] gather here and those that can make it

[0:39] out to join our meeting tonight. We hope

[0:42] this will go smoothly and we're grateful

[0:45] for all the rain we had. Um I'm still

[0:48] going to pray for rain, but maybe we

[0:49] could slow the flow a little bit this

[0:50] time. But we appreciate what we've got.

[0:53] And uh please bless our little

[0:54] community, Father, that we may be

[0:55] prepared in all things. Forgive us for

[0:58] our transgressions and transgresses

[1:00] against our neighbors and friends and

[1:02] that we can all get along and work

[1:04] together. We humbly say these things in

[1:06] the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

[1:09] >> All right, roll call.

[1:11] >> Oh, Kevin S here,

[1:12] >> Mike Ferrar here,

[1:13] >> Scott Taylor here, Richard Palmer here,

[1:15] >> and Vinlo will not be joining us

[1:17] tonight.

[1:19] Um, any conflicts of interest?

[1:21] >> No.

[1:23] >> Money for me.

[1:26] >> It's not your wife.

[1:27] >> Nope.

[1:34] » Uh, mayor's town update reports

[1:35] recommendations. I really don't have a

[1:37] lot. I mean, there's not I could sit

[1:38] here talk about the flood all day long.

[1:40] I do want to talk about a silver lining

[1:42] to the flood. Um we're in my estimates

[1:47] our water level is dropping about 10 to

[1:50] 15 feet a year in the aquafer. Um they

[1:54] say any rain will take years and years

[1:55] to get down to the aquafer. So any of

[1:57] this rain is not doing anything. That's

[2:00] the science, that's the engineers. Um

[2:03] and I respect what they say, but the

[2:05] proof's in the pudding. From this last

[2:07] storm, uh we gained 2 feet in our water

[2:09] level. I don't know how long that's

[2:11] going to stay. It's only been a few

[2:13] days, but it's holding so far. So,

[2:16] that's some good news. I know it can't

[2:18] soak through the ground that fast, but

[2:19] maybe there's a river uh that's feeding

[2:21] it when we get some rain. Um I'm not

[2:23] sure. They've never really monitored the

[2:25] level. So, that's some pretty good news.

[2:26] That was the silver lining to the storm.

[2:29] So, um we did a couple more storms like

[2:31] that. And it's not a lot. It's 2 feet

[2:33] when you're losing, you know, 10 to 15

[2:34] feet a year, but it's something. It's

[2:36] not going this way. It started going

[2:37] that way. So, that was really good news.

[2:40] So, we need to dam up our pond out here.

[2:42] >> Yeah, we need dam water.

[2:45] >> Yep. So, that's it.

[2:47] >> Dude, would stop washing his car.

[2:49] >> You guys got anything?

[2:51] >> No.

[2:52] >> Nope. All right, let's roll on the

[2:53] public comments. Three minutes each.

[2:55] Anybody here have got anything they want

[2:57] to say? Anybody online?

[3:01] » Nope. All right, I'm going to close

[3:03] public comments. We're going to roll

[3:04] right into the public hearing. Item

[3:06] number one, parody water. I'm going to

[3:08] open a public hearing for item number

[3:09] one, parody water revenue revenue bonds

[3:11] not to exceed 4,500,000.

[3:14] This uh the meeting on the 19th is the

[3:16] public hearing for the purpose of

[3:17] receiving input from the public with

[3:19] respect to the issuance of the bonds and

[3:21] any potential economic impacts to the

[3:23] private sector from the engineering and

[3:25] well rehabilitation work to address an

[3:27] emergency drop situation and the

[3:28] acquisition of the assets of big claims

[3:31] water and sewer special service district

[3:33] including real property and water

[3:34] rights. the project to be funded by the

[3:36] parody water revenue bonds in the amount

[3:39] to not to exceed $4,500. The council

[3:42] will not need to adopt any documents.

[3:44] Just hold the public hearing. The

[3:45] minutes from the hearing should include

[3:47] the bond being issued, the $200,000

[3:49] emergency project, as well as the

[3:50] drinking water board and rural

[3:52] development bonds that are being issued

[3:54] and acquiring the big plains debt, the

[3:56] repayment terms, and any comments

[3:58] received from the public. So, what's

[4:00] we're not taking out, before everybody

[4:01] panics, I know some people read stuff.

[4:02] We're not taking out $4.5 million loan.

[4:05] Um, this is us still finishing up the

[4:07] change over from Big Claim to the town.

[4:09] Um, even though we assumed all their

[4:11] debt and their assets, we have to

[4:12] officially put the debt into our name.

[4:15] We've been waiting on some of the state

[4:17] people for about a year. Um, so we're

[4:19] finally at the point where the ball is

[4:21] rolling. So, that's what this is. Just

[4:24] something that we're required to do

[4:25] public hearing. So, let's see if anybody

[4:27] had anything to say and I'll let

[4:28] Michelle probably do have some stuff you

[4:30] want to add or

[4:31] >> No, just mainly that it it's the

[4:34] existing or pre-existing debt that was

[4:37] with big claims and then it also

[4:39] includes the $200,000 loan that

[4:41] >> $200,000 that the division of drinking

[4:44] water gave us for our state of emergency

[4:46] declared. Uh the reason we are taking

[4:48] that loan is I don't believe in debt,

[4:50] but it's $200,000

[4:52] 0% interest for 30 years. So, it's free

[4:55] money. I can put that in the bank and

[4:56] earn money on interest. So, it's

[4:58] definitely a good thing and we can use

[5:00] the moneyound that Yep. And we can use

[5:02] the money for the repairs because that's

[5:04] a lot of money and I didn't know where

[5:06] we're going to get the money. So, all

[5:07] that works out pretty good. So, um any

[5:11] public comments? Anybody have anything

[5:13] to say about that?

[5:15] Online?

[5:17] No. All right. I'm going to close out

[5:20] the comments for item number one. I'm

[5:21] not going to read all that again. And

[5:24] I'll open up the public hearing for item

[5:25] number two, resolution number

[5:27] R-20226-27,

[5:29] amending the water conservation plan.

[5:32] I'll go over that with you guys later in

[5:34] detail. It's just basically setting up

[5:35] some stages for water conservation.

[5:38] Anybody have anything to say?

[5:41] Anybody online?

[5:45] Nope. Okay. I'm going to close the

[5:46] public hearing for item number two,

[5:48] resolution number R-2026-27,

[5:50] amending the water conservation plan.

[5:52] Then roll in item number three, open up

[5:54] public hearing to resolution number

[5:55] R-2026-28,

[5:57] amending B schedule with emergency water

[5:58] rights in exhibit A. This is also goes

[6:01] with number two. This is just going to

[6:03] be something we're going to talk about

[6:04] later with emergency water rights.

[6:05] Anybody have any comments or questions

[6:08] from the public? Anybody online?

[6:13] Nope. Okay. Okay, I'm going to close

[6:14] public hearing for item number three,

[6:15] resolution number R-20226-28,

[6:18] amending P schedule with emergency water

[6:20] rates in exhibit A. On item number four,

[6:23] open up public hearing for ordinance

[6:24] numbers O-20226-18,

[6:27] revised procurement ordinance. This is

[6:29] just Michelle's been working on some of

[6:30] our procurement ordinances and policies

[6:32] to ensure room state law. Anybody out

[6:35] there got anything comments or

[6:36] questions? Anybody online?

[6:41] Nope. Okay, I'm going to close item

[6:43] number four, ordinance numbers

[6:45] O-20226-18,

[6:47] revised procurement ordinance. Roll

[6:49] right into discussion and action. Going

[6:51] to open up number five for discussion

[6:52] action. Special event permit for the

[6:54] 2026 Grand Circle Trail Fest to be Trail

[6:56] Fest to be held on October 2nd, 2026 at

[6:59] Ruby Ryder Ranch and the Wire Mesa

[7:01] Trail, Apple Valley, Utah. This will be

[7:03] on October 2nd, 2026. Um, this is the

[7:06] yearly trail run they event. There's one

[7:08] that they do for three days. This is the

[7:10] one they do for one day. going to have

[7:11] about 400 people. These guys know the

[7:14] drill. We had zero problems from them

[7:16] last time with setup, the race and tear

[7:19] down, clean up. They're looking at 5

[7:20] a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Um they water down the

[7:23] road with dust. They've done a really

[7:25] good job with that. Bring in the town, I

[7:28] think about $1,700 somewhere around

[7:30] there. We have $500 vent fee, $250 drone

[7:33] fee. They usually pay $250 for dirt road

[7:34] and 750 for fire. So I think it's a

[7:38] pretty simple one. Scott Taylor move we

[7:40] approve the special event permit for the

[7:42] 2026 Grand Circle Trail Fest to be held

[7:44] on October 2nd 2026 at the Ruby Ryder

[7:47] Ranch in the Wire Mesa Trail, Apple

[7:49] Valley, Utah.

[7:50] >> Second.

[7:52] >> All in favor?

[7:53] >> I.

[7:54] >> Motion carries. On item number six,

[7:57] resolution number R-20226-31,

[7:59] establishing procedures for resolving

[8:01] ties and filling midterm vacancies.

[8:03] We're going to adopt an official

[8:05] permanent uh procedure for uh adopting

[8:10] uh uh town counsel

[8:13] members when we have a vacancy. And the

[8:16] reason we have to do that is the year

[8:18] the rules change all the time. Um so

[8:21] this one is basically just care

[8:23] clarifying that the town council does

[8:25] interviews that we interview the people.

[8:27] We vote. If there's a tie, we go to a

[8:30] tiebreaker. There's I think there was

[8:31] three or four different choices we could

[8:33] choose. Uh me and Jenna looked at it and

[8:36] we chose the simplest one. Jenna, what

[8:38] is that? How would that tiebreaker work

[8:39] if there was a tie

[8:40] >> that arm wrestling?

[8:41] >> It's called by drawing by lot.

[8:44] >> Oh, okay.

[8:46] >> Yeah.

[8:47] >> So, that's all that is. If you guys read

[8:49] through it, if you have questions for me

[8:51] or Jenna, I would say me, but Jenna

[8:53] probably knows it better than me. I've

[8:54] read through it, but it's pretty simple.

[8:56] It's mainly just for, like I said, just

[8:57] for a time here.

[9:04] Scott telling move we approve resolution

[9:06] number R-202026-31

[9:09] establishing procedures for resolving

[9:11] ties and filling midterm vacancies.

[9:15] Roll call vote.

[9:17] >> I sir I

[9:18] >> Mike Ferrari I

[9:19] >> Scott Taylor I

[9:20] >> Richard Palmer I

[9:22] >> motion carries on item number seven

[9:25] interviews and appointment to fill

[9:26] midterm vacancy on the Apple Valley Town

[9:28] Council pursuant to Utah code 28-1-510.

[9:33] We have three applicants. We have Brooke

[9:35] Paxton, Leaf Relish, and Tanya let me

[9:38] see Netson. Is that right? Nen

[9:40] >> Nudson.

[9:41] >> Nen.

[9:43] >> Okay. Um, before we get started, I can

[9:45] tell you I know all three of these

[9:47] people. I think most of us do. Um, I'm

[9:50] pretty excited about this these three

[9:52] people. Um, I could flip a coin right

[9:55] now and and I would think any one of

[9:57] these three people would be great for

[9:58] the town, great for town council. Um, I

[10:01] think we have excellent choices. Um, so

[10:03] I'm very excited about that. So, let's

[10:06] jump in with Brooke since we have her

[10:07] online. Brooke, can I make you go first?

[10:10] you want to uh what do we normally do is

[10:12] kind of tell us a little bit about

[10:13] yourself and um I think everybody's got

[10:16] our application. We've sent those out to

[10:18] everybody and

[10:20] tell us a little bit about yourself and

[10:21] why you think you'd be a good council

[10:22] member.

[10:27] » Sure. Um I am married. I have two kids.

[10:34] I homeschool. Uh, I also am very

[10:38] involved

[10:40] with the community garden in Apple

[10:43] Valley and really just want to be of

[10:47] service to the town and if I can be, I

[10:51] would love to make myself available.

[10:55] >> Thank you, Brooke. We appreciate that. I

[10:57] think we all know Brooke. She's heavily

[10:59] invol involved with the town garden. She

[11:01] does amazing things. Uh, she does an

[11:03] amazing job. has two amazing young boys

[11:05] that uh some of the best young men I've

[11:07] ever met. Um she's good people and and

[11:11] she shares a lot of the town values with

[11:13] the residents want. So

[11:15] >> yes, Ryan's a great guy. Ryan's a great

[11:18] guy. So, okay, let's roll. Let's put Lee

[11:21] on the hospital. Lee, come up.

[11:24] >> Did you bring a lot of cash?

[11:27] Yeah, I got to

[11:30] uh leave. I've been here for 12 years.

[11:34] We built our home

[11:36] or 14. So any I'm retired. I spent uh 30

[11:40] plus years in a career in corporate

[11:42] development

[11:44] uh building building us and

[11:48] some in Canada, some in Mexico, some in

[11:50] Europe. So had quite a bit uh career and

[11:55] put on a lot of plane miles.

[11:58] Anyway, uh I've been on the planning

[12:00] commission for over 10 years since I've

[12:03] been here. U going way back to Mayor

[12:07] Moer and through his second term and

[12:09] beyond. I think I've served seven or

[12:12] eight mayors in that time.

[12:15] Um, some of it was contentious, but but

[12:18] mostly uh the best thing I'm most proud

[12:21] of is we aren't as contentious as we

[12:23] used to be.

[12:25] >> I remember a time when we had called

[12:27] police come in here and break up fights.

[12:30] >> So, u I think we've matured a little bit

[12:33] since then.

[12:34] >> But anyway, I I just want to continue my

[12:37] career in helping the city and I think

[12:39] it's time for me to get to graduation.

[12:41] So

[12:43] >> let me just say regardless of anything

[12:45] that happens in the vote tonight that I

[12:48] appreciate all the time you've spent in

[12:50] our community helping out being 10 years

[12:52] on the planning commission certainly

[12:53] earned your rewards on

[12:54] >> I have a short memory

[12:59] » that certainly does help your

[13:00] qualifications.

[13:02] >> I've worked with Lee on planning

[13:03] commission for a short time and rally's

[13:05] worked with him as good as they come. uh

[13:08] has a lot of the town values uh

[13:10] concerned um kind of uh does a good job

[13:14] on his homework, his research.

[13:17] The only drawback, there is a drawback

[13:18] to electing Lee and that's Bradley was

[13:21] going to be very upset with us because

[13:22] he has to find a new planning commission

[13:24] member and he doesn't want to lose Lee,

[13:26] but he does know what's best for the

[13:28] town if that's the case we decide on.

[13:29] So, all right, Tanya, you want to come

[13:31] up? Tell us a little about yourself.

[13:38] Tanya Kudson. I moved here in 2019 about

[13:42] three months before COVID hit from

[13:45] California. Best move I ever made. Um

[13:50] >> I lived in Ranch Cook Monga, which when

[13:53] I moved there in 1999 was open fields. I

[13:57] know those of you that haven't lived in

[13:58] California find that hard to believe,

[14:00] but open fields. We would have hot air

[14:03] balloons, land, herds of sheep. I mean,

[14:06] it was it was rural, it was country, it

[14:09] was wonderful.

[14:11] And when I left, it was a nightmare. So,

[14:14] I just had to get out. Um, I worked 30

[14:19] years in aerospace,

[14:22] um, planning, uh, program management,

[14:25] uh, working closely with engineering.

[14:28] Uh, I can read blueprints. I just did

[14:32] everything I could learn about the

[14:34] aerospace industry. And although I don't

[14:37] know a lot about this side of the

[14:41] government and and all of this, I feel

[14:43] like I'm very motivated and I I'm very

[14:47] detail oriented and I just want to see

[14:50] the town I'm retired, the town that I

[14:53] retired to grow in a slow and managed

[14:58] way, not like what I've seen before. I

[15:01] also lived in Maine for seven years in a

[15:03] little tiny town. So I know what it's

[15:05] like to live both in a huge town and a

[15:10] very small town. Sorry, I haven't

[15:12] interviewed in 25 years.

[15:14] >> You're good. You're good.

[15:17] >> You're good.

[15:17] >> And I didn't plan on it either.

[15:19] [laughter]

[15:20] >> I like to spring things on you

[15:22] >> and I'm open to change.

[15:23] >> Good. Good.

[15:24] >> So I just want to help. And if you

[15:28] decide to go with Lee, I might be

[15:30] interested in the planning commission

[15:32] talk. So, just putting that out there.

[15:34] >> Good. That's good. That's good. We're

[15:35] going to need someone,

[15:37] right?

[15:40] >> Have a female perspective.

[15:41] >> Yeah. Yeah.

[15:42] >> If it makes you feel any better, we only

[15:45] run because we don't know what we're

[15:46] getting ourselves into.

[15:48] >> And you don't. [laughter]

[15:51] >> Hey, you guys have any questions for

[15:53] anybody? Any clarification? Like I said,

[15:55] it's always pretty easy. We go. It's

[15:56] know such a small town. I know

[15:58] everybody. But you guys have any

[15:59] questions? You had the applications for

[16:01] a while now.

[16:04] Anything for anybody?

[16:07] >> No. You guys good?

[16:09] >> I'm good.

[16:10] >> So, the next step is just to basically

[16:13] just um just state your vote out loud

[16:16] like mayor Michael Bar and then who you

[16:20] vote for out loud

[16:22] and then

[16:22] >> I thought we got to write it down.

[16:25] >> We don't write down.

[16:27] vote out loud. If we get to drawing by

[16:31] lot if needed. If we don't

[16:33] >> if we don't h if basically we're going

[16:36] to vote among all the qualified

[16:37] candidates each council member's vote is

[16:40] immediately disclosed publicly. If any

[16:42] candidate receives three vote that

[16:44] candidate is appointed and the process

[16:45] begins. Um if no candidate receives

[16:48] three votes then we'll identify the two

[16:49] candidates with the most votes. use the

[16:52] adopted drawing by law procedure only

[16:54] when the vote results do not clearly

[16:56] identify the final two. So

[16:58] >> um and then after that we do um

[17:04] we'll conduct the drawing at the public

[17:05] meeting if needed um and then the second

[17:09] vote if needed is vote between the only the final two candidates.

[17:13] >> Okay.

[17:14] >> Should I start?

[17:16] >> Yep.

[17:17] >> Okay. Well, first of all, I want to

[17:19] thank all those of you who have put your

[17:21] name in the hat. Appreciate when our

[17:23] community steps forward to serve.

[17:26] Sometimes it's a tough job, but it does

[17:28] have a lot of rewards also. So, thank

[17:30] all of you.

[17:31] >> Win

[17:33] [laughter]

[17:33] seen this yet.

[17:36] >> Well,

[17:38] that's my opinion anyway. But, um, well,

[17:42] Lee, I'm simply gonna vote for you

[17:43] because I already got a plaque for me,

[17:45] so I don't have to buy another plaque.

[17:48] You save the stand box.

[17:49] >> Good idea.

[17:51] >> Is that what do we need to do any

[17:53] formality or is that it? That's a vote.

[17:56] >> Just want to make sure.

[17:59] >> I feel he's certainly put his time in on

[18:00] the planning commission will make a

[18:02] great asset.

[18:03] >> Yep. Okay. I'll go next. Um, yeah, this

[18:06] is a tough one. Like I said, this is

[18:08] probably the hardest one we've had to

[18:10] do. And I honestly I appreciate the

[18:13] three of you. I could literally just

[18:15] flip a coin. any three of you would be

[18:17] amazing for this town. Um the tiebreaker

[18:19] in my mind was for me because it was a

[18:22] tough decision was kind of what Kevin

[18:24] just said. Um Lee has put in 10 years on

[18:27] planning commission. He definitely has

[18:29] some experience and he uh has definitely

[18:33] put put his time in. So I'm going to go

[18:35] for Lee.

[18:39] » All right. Um Scott Taylor, I want to

[18:41] thank everyone for putting their name in

[18:44] the hat. Um, it's not an easy thing to

[18:46] do.

[18:48] So, I really appreciate it. Lee, I

[18:49] appreciate your 10 years of service to

[18:51] the city. You got a lot of history

[18:53] behind you. Um,

[18:56] so I really appreciate that. Um, Tanya,

[18:59] thanks for coming and, uh, appreciate

[19:01] your words. Saw your application, the

[19:04] things you submitted. A very capable,

[19:06] very competent person and could easily

[19:09] do the job. Brooke as well, we have very

[19:12] good candidates. Um Lee has put in his

[19:15] time 10 years with the planning

[19:17] commission. So my vote goes to Lee

[19:20] Freish.

[19:23] >> Okay. Do we continue?

[19:27] >> I think we should continue and get

[19:28] Richard's vote.

[19:30] >> I think that's fine.

[19:31] >> Yeah. He needs to put his neck out there

[19:32] like

[19:34] >> this is not a fun thing. I promise you

[19:36] guys.

[19:39] >> Love to hear Richard's.

[19:41] >> It is. It is a tough decision. It really

[19:43] is

[19:44] >> real hard decision.

[19:46] >> Um I'm not going to be a repeat record

[19:48] of what they all said. Thank you Lee for

[19:51] that. Tanya, thank you for applying.

[19:54] Brooke, thank you. I got to go with Lee

[19:56] just because of the experience and he he

[19:59] will fill that seat.

[20:01] >> He's got some brains upstairs. So he's

[20:04] going to help us out. So I vote Lee.

[20:06] >> But but don't go away because

[20:09] always open up down the road. So,

[20:11] >> Brooke, same for you. Tanya, yes, you're

[20:13] gonna have a planning commission spot

[20:15] open now and I'm hoping to talk to both

[20:17] of you and hopefully I want to put your

[20:19] names in like in the hat. So, for sure,

[20:22] >> and it's a great place to start. You

[20:25] learn a lot of the graph work.

[20:26] >> Takes a lot of uh

[20:29] courage and a lot of giving to even put

[20:32] your name in the hat and willingness to

[20:34] do this because it's not fun and you get

[20:36] a lot of criticism. I would say one

[20:38] thing on the planning commission.

[20:40] Bradley is probably the best leader we

[20:42] ever had.

[20:43] >> Good. Thank you. That's good. That's

[20:45] good.

[20:48] [laughter]

[20:53] » Take my hat off to his predecessor too.

[20:55] He was in the office when there was a

[20:57] lot of tough stuff going on. I I can't

[20:59] remember his name right off the top of

[21:00] my head, but I just ran into the other

[21:02] day.

[21:02] >> Oh, Alan.

[21:03] >> Allan. He really did a great job, too.

[21:06] He was here under a lot of duress, man.

[21:08] >> A lot of problems.

[21:09] >> There was a lot of problems, a lot of

[21:10] things going on. So,

[21:13] [laughter]

[21:15] >> so there's no motion. We're good. All

[21:17] right.

[21:18] >> Welcome to the team, Lee. And we'll

[21:20] swear you in. You can come in. Jenna

[21:21] will work that out and you'll be

[21:22] September's meeting. You'll be up here

[21:24] with us.

[21:24] >> Yeah. Your date takes effect August

[21:26] 31st. So, September 1st, you would be

[21:29] appointed to come in and see me if you

[21:31] want before the meeting or what not. or

[21:33] we could do it right before the meeting

[21:34] or at the meeting, whatever work for

[21:36] you.

[21:36] >> Okay, sounds good.

[21:37] >> Thank you.

[21:38] >> All right, we're going to roll into item

[21:39] number eight. Um, open up discussion and

[21:43] action. Item number eight, resolution

[21:44] R-2026-27

[21:47] amending the water conservation plan.

[21:49] So, if you guys had this to look over

[21:52] the reason for this for

[21:53] >> I was overwhelmed.

[21:55] >> Yeah, it's a lot. So, there's what we've

[21:58] done. What I've done to preh propose to

[22:01] you guys is first we get pressure from

[22:04] the state obviously to put some

[22:05] conservation in and I've tried to avoid

[22:07] it as long as possible. I was I think

[22:09] there was two towns cities in all of

[22:11] Utah that had not implemented water

[22:13] conservation. Some looked at that as a

[22:16] bad thing and were thinking that we were

[22:18] incompetent and I took it as a pride

[22:20] that we were able to avoid it this long

[22:22] but I can't avoid it any longer. Um,

[22:25] we're not in strict water u restrict

[22:28] restrictions right now, but this gives

[22:30] us some stages. And what the stages can

[22:32] do uh right now when we have an

[22:34] emergency that I'm trying to text

[22:36] people, this is what I need you guys to

[22:38] do. We're putting on Facebook, it'll be

[22:39] much easier to say we're in stage one,

[22:41] we're in stage two, we have an

[22:42] emergency, we're in stage four. It's

[22:44] going to be posted on the website. No

[22:46] questions. You guys can go right there

[22:47] and say this is where we're at. So stage

[22:51] one is pretty much just normal. There's

[22:53] really no restrictions. a little bit of

[22:54] common sense. Stage two is where I think

[22:57] we are right now and where I will once

[22:59] if this passes that's where we'll put

[23:01] us. Um you guys will have access to

[23:03] that. Not a lot of restrictions, a lot

[23:05] more common sense. Watch us watching

[23:07] construction water. Stage three rolls

[23:09] into a water crisis. Um that would be

[23:12] that you know we got a well down or the

[23:15] aquifers drawn air or something like

[23:18] that. Stage four is the old craft mahoot

[23:22] and that's when we're going to roll into

[23:24] you can't spare a drop of water. There's

[23:26] no outside watering. You're taking

[23:27] showers. You're we're in bad shape.

[23:29] Probably similar what happened out in

[23:31] Cedar. I mean they didn't have a choice.

[23:33] There was no water out there. What that

[23:34] three four years ago? Um very similar to

[23:37] what we just did when I had the wells go

[23:38] down and the aquafers dropped. So

[23:42] the bad news is what comes with that.

[23:45] And I'll explain this as best I can. So,

[23:47] if we have to do this short term's not a

[23:49] problem. If we have to do this long

[23:52] term, if I have to say we're going to be

[23:53] in stage three for the next year and we

[23:56] vote and we say we're going to be in

[23:57] stage three for next year. The issue

[23:59] with that is it doesn't get cheaper to

[24:02] run the water department. I still have

[24:03] to have my water operator. We still have

[24:05] to fix pipes. We have to pay the

[24:07] electrical. We have to do all that. If

[24:09] we cut our water usage in half, what

[24:12] happens? The water department is 100%

[24:15] funded by the water users and the rates.

[24:18] So if we cut the income in half,

[24:21] someone has to pay for that. And I'm

[24:23] sorry to say that's the water users. So

[24:26] it's the kick is not only do we put you

[24:28] in water conservation and say you have

[24:30] to conserve water and use half the

[24:31] amount of water you were using before,

[24:34] now you're going to have to pay a little

[24:35] extra because we don't have enough money

[24:37] because you're conserving water and

[24:38] doing what you're supposed to do. You're

[24:39] going to have to pay a little more. Now,

[24:41] the way I've structured this is it will

[24:42] not hit people that conserve water. The

[24:45] flat rate stays the same. I'm not I

[24:47] don't propose we change that. I propose

[24:49] we're hitting in the upper tiers. So,

[24:51] the people that say I have a business to

[24:54] run or people that say f you or people

[24:56] that do whatever, they're going to pay

[24:58] the difference. Um so, the very first

[25:01] we'll have different this was only for

[25:03] stage three and stage four. We don't

[25:04] need that for stage two. Those are

[25:06] regular water rates and it would only be

[25:08] again longterm. If I'm going to say,

[25:09] "Oh, we're going to put everyone in

[25:11] stage four because we have a well went

[25:12] down and for we're going to be in stage

[25:13] four for a week. We're not implementing

[25:15] that silly." This is for long term.

[25:18] Hopefully, hopefully hopefully it never

[25:19] comes to that, but I want to be prepared

[25:22] um for that. So, that's basically what

[25:25] this is is adding some different stages.

[25:28] Every town has this and other than two

[25:30] of us that didn't have it, um they also

[25:32] have implemented this. So, I didn't

[25:35] reinvent the wheel. Um I'm not that guy.

[25:38] I went to other towns, other cities. I

[25:40] got ideas and I put our own together

[25:41] that applies to us. Um, obviously I

[25:44] don't say no water in the golf courses

[25:46] because we don't have a golf course. So,

[25:48] um, I kind of broke it down to apply to

[25:50] us and

[25:51] >> but but last week you could have been

[25:53] jet skiing over circle if you wanted to.

[25:56] >> Is that [clears throat] the truth? Went

[25:57] from no water to too much water. So,

[25:59] that's what this is. This is just a tool

[26:01] to help us if something goes down and we

[26:03] have emergencies and stuff like that. Do

[26:07] you guys have any questions? I'm sure

[26:08] you read through it. You got questions.

[26:10] >> Whisy's for drinking. Water's for

[26:12] fighting.

[26:13] >> That's right. Ain't that the truth?

[26:14] >> We live in the desert. If you look on a

[26:16] global scale, there's water shortages

[26:18] everywhere in the world right now. We're

[26:20] really going through some serious times.

[26:22] >> Sure.

[26:22] >> So, we really need to be conservative

[26:24] and in [clears throat] and reward your

[26:27] reward for that is we're going to charge

[26:28] you more.

[26:29] >> Yeah. No kidding. Like I said,

[26:31] >> that's the reality.

[26:32] >> Hope nothing ever happens and hope it's

[26:34] not long term.

[26:36] I'm I'm very on top of this. I would say

[26:39] the water is 90% of the mayor's job,

[26:41] unfortunately. So, yes,

[26:44] >> it's 90% of the whole public

[26:46] >> department's job. It really is. Yeah,

[26:47] >> it really is.

[26:48] >> So, any questions you guys down there?

[26:56] » All right, move the motion. Scott Taylor

[26:58] move we approve resolution number

[27:00] R-202026-27

[27:03] amending the water conservations plan.

[27:07] >> Roll call vote.

[27:09] >> I bar.

[27:10] >> Scott Taylor I.

[27:11] >> Richard.

[27:12] >> Motion carries. On to item number nine.

[27:15] Uh open up discussion action for

[27:16] resolution number R-2026-28

[27:19] amending fee schedule with emergency

[27:20] water rates and exhibit A. Basically

[27:22] this is what we just voted on. Now we

[27:24] have to put it on the fee schedule. So

[27:26] that's pretty simple. We did a voter on

[27:27] it,

[27:28] >> but we have to vote to put it on the fee

[27:30] schedule, too. So,

[27:32] >> Scott move we approve resolution number

[27:35] R-202026-28

[27:37] amending fee schedule with emergency

[27:39] water rates and exhibit A.

[27:42] >> Second.

[27:43] >> Roll call vote.

[27:44] >> Kevin s I

[27:45] >> Mike Fer.

[27:46] >> Scott Taylor I

[27:47] >> Richard Palmer I

[27:48] >> motion carries on number 10 resolution

[27:51] number R-2026-29

[27:53] amend title 01.20.03

[27:56] 030 bulk meter. Basically, it's a pretty

[27:59] simple one, too. We are changing the

[28:01] deposit to $2,000 from $1,000 for a bulk

[28:04] meter. And the reason is that is it

[28:06] hasn't been changed forever. And bulk

[28:07] meters don't cost $1,000 anymore.

[28:09] They're $2,000. So, we have to have a

[28:11] deposit to cover our bulk meter in case

[28:13] it gets lost or stolen. We are covered.

[28:16] Um, we put some wording in there. No, I

[28:19] think that was it. Oh, yeah. And then,

[28:20] uh, if your water pipe, let me see, what

[28:22] was this? Okay. If the meter's lost or

[28:24] stolen, we keep your deposit and you

[28:26] have to pay a 100,000 up to 100,000

[28:30] gallons of water usage because if you've

[28:32] lost the meter, we obviously don't know

[28:33] how much water you used.

[28:34] >> I thought you were going to say 100,000

[28:36] cash.

[28:36] >> No, 100,000 gallons of water. 8,000

[28:38] gallons of water. And that's and I know

[28:40] some people be going, "Oh my gosh,

[28:41] that's a lot. That's not a lot when

[28:43] you're dealing with bulk water." Yes,

[28:44] ma'am. Go ahead.

[28:44] >> Just to confirm, we've already changed

[28:46] this. I just noticed in the code section

[28:48] it wasn't uh changed. So, it's we're

[28:51] changing the

[28:51] >> Yes, I should have add that. Thank you.

[28:53] No, it's okay.

[28:55] >> So, we've already voted on this. We just

[28:56] I guess I should have said this is

[28:58] housekeeping. We just sometimes we find

[29:00] other places that it's written that we

[29:01] didn't catch.

[29:03] >> Yes, ma'am.

[29:04] >> On number nine, uh the one on the

[29:08] conservation, number nine, the number

[29:11] eight, actually, I think, um the water

[29:13] conservation plan, doesn't it need to go

[29:16] back to the division of drinking water

[29:17] for approval when you make an amendment

[29:20] to it? Does it have to be approved by

[29:21] them initially?

[29:23] >> I don't know. I'll find out. I don't

[29:25] think so.

[29:28] >> I'll find out

[29:28] >> because like for our Yeah. Like our

[29:30] loans and things that be

[29:32] >> Yeah.

[29:35] >> And it had to go through.

[29:37] >> Okay. Thanks for the reminder. I will

[29:39] find out.

[29:41] >> Wouldn't be hard to do. So, we're

[29:43] perfectly fine doing that. Okay. All

[29:46] right. Back to item number 10. If you

[29:47] guys have any questions, I guess it's

[29:49] just a housekeeping.

[29:51] >> I make a motion we approve resolution

[29:53] number R-202026-29

[29:56] 29 a minute title 01.20.030

[30:01] voltmeters.

[30:02] >> Second.

[30:02] >> Roll call vote.

[30:04] >> Kevin sir I

[30:05] >> Mike Fer.

[30:05] >> Scott Taylor I

[30:06] >> Richard Palmer I

[30:08] >> motion carries. On item number 10

[30:09] ordinance number 0-2026-8

[30:12] revised procurement ordinance.

[30:14] Basically, we have a new employee, uh,

[30:18] her name's Lady K that works for

[30:20] Michelle, and this was one of her

[30:21] projects. We said, "We need you to take

[30:23] our procurement and check it against

[30:26] state laws and get this, uh, procurement

[30:28] policies and ordinances flowing better

[30:30] and just make sure we're state

[30:33] compliant. I think we put some emergency

[30:34] provisions in there." Um,

[30:37] >> yeah, a lot of it was based off of the

[30:39] federal grant that we're getting

[30:41] required to have specific types of

[30:44] government rules and so we needed to

[30:46] have those added into

[30:48] >> That's right. Can you just mention what

[30:51] a couple of those might be?

[30:53] >> Well, we just had to have it like

[30:55] current that we have just was not

[30:58] comprehensive enough basically.

[31:02] >> Yeah, the changes are in green. It's a

[31:04] lot, but it's mainly just wording. I

[31:06] don't really think we changed too many

[31:08] policies. In fact, I don't really think

[31:10] we changed any policies. It was a lot of

[31:11] wording and making sure we were

[31:13] compliant with state guidelines.

[31:14] >> Yes, most of it was just um

[31:17] incorporating like the information that

[31:19] we needed for those and then also

[31:21] creating like the different tiers for

[31:24] specific types of procurement. So

[31:26] whenever we need like a sole source or

[31:28] when we needed to have like um different

[31:31] types of approval then at what stage

[31:33] those approval required and we had also

[31:36] lost some of our policies on the last

[31:38] time they did a procurement change and

[31:40] so we were we're just going through that

[31:42] everything is there that we

[31:45] >> but you're right I forgot the main

[31:46] reason was is because for the grant that

[31:49] some of any of the grants we apply for

[31:51] there this want this and we have one

[31:52] grant that is specifically saying we

[31:54] need to have this in there so That's was

[31:56] the main driving force behind it.

[31:58] >> I make a motion we approve ordinance

[32:00] number 0-2026-18

[32:03] the revised procurement procurement

[32:06] ordinance. That's a tongue twister.

[32:08] >> Roll call vote

[32:09] >> s I.

[32:10] >> Mike for I

[32:13] >> motion carries on item number 12

[32:14] resolution number R-2026-30

[32:17] adoption of administration procurement

[32:19] procedures manual. Now this is the same

[32:20] thing but it's in in the manual right

[32:22] Michelle or

[32:23] >> Yeah. So this one is basically so we

[32:25] don't have to amend enforcements every

[32:27] time and have public hearings and stuff

[32:29] to do. So this one is just kind of like

[32:32] the policies of how we're going to

[32:34] manage it in house and the council just

[32:36] has to approve approve it without public

[32:39] hearing and all that kind of stuff. So

[32:40] it's easier to make changes to um if we

[32:42] find that it's not working for us.

[32:46] >> Sounds good. Any question?

[32:50] » I make a motion. We approve resolution

[32:53] number R-202026-30,

[32:56] the adoption of the administrative

[32:57] procurement procedures manual.

[33:00] >> Second.

[33:01] >> Roll call vote.

[33:02] >> Kevin Sar I.

[33:03] >> Mike Per I.

[33:04] >> Scott Taylor I.

[33:05] >> Richard Palmer I.

[33:06] >> Motion carries. On to consent agenda. Uh

[33:09] we have item number three, the minutes

[33:10] from July 15, 2026, town council hearing

[33:13] meeting. Item number 14, the

[33:14] dispersement listing for July 2026. Item

[33:17] number 15, the budget report for fiscal

[33:18] year 2027 through July 2026. And item

[33:22] number 16, July 2026 water usage

[33:25] comparison. I'm sure you've all looked

[33:27] through it. There was a couple things I

[33:29] wanted to point out just to go on video

[33:31] in case someone looks at this in the

[33:32] future. They don't have to bug me and

[33:34] ask me. If you see a very big expense

[33:36] for cleft drilling and pump, that is

[33:38] obviously when we had our emergency

[33:41] uh wells go down and we paid them

[33:44] $36,910.

[33:46] And also Southwest sells service and

[33:48] pumps $25,795.94.

[33:51] That was also that same emergency for

[33:54] the new pump and motor and all that good

[33:57] stuff. So that's kind of I don't point

[33:59] out all the stuff that's the normal

[34:01] something that's abnormal. I like to

[34:03] point out so I don't get a bunch of

[34:04] calls tomorrow and next week.

[34:05] >> We blew the water budget out right out

[34:08] of the well.

[34:08] >> Blew that one. Yes, sir.

[34:10] >> Dan's work. Dan said he'd work for free

[34:12] for the next five years. help me. It's

[34:14] going to take a while.

[34:18] » The um Utah local government's trust

[34:22] >> that one is because we've had to com

[34:23] we've now combined the the district's

[34:26] insurance rate with the town and societ.

[34:32] » Okay. Same amount just combined, right?

[34:36] >> Any other questions about the I mean the

[34:38] budget just started so there's not a lot

[34:40] of questions. The fiscal year just

[34:41] >> We're looking good so far. Yeah, we're

[34:43] good. We're good so far. One month in

[34:45] and we're doing great.

[34:48] >> Guys want a motion.

[34:51] >> I move we approve the consent agenda 13,

[34:53] 14, 15, and 16.

[34:56] >> All in favor?

[34:58] >> I

[34:58] >> All right, let's do that again because I dropped the ball. All in favor?

[35:01] >> I motion carries. Um, no close session

[35:05] needed. Someone wants a message for

[35:07] >> motion we adjourn.

[35:09] >> Second.

[35:09] >> All in favor?

[35:10] >> I motion carries. Meeting adjourned.

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