[0:00] Yes. Thank you. He was waiting in the

[0:02] hall. >> Okay, we'd like to welcome everybody out

[0:05] to our commission meeting this afternoon. We will start with an

[0:09] invocation given by Commissioner Bingham.

[0:16] » Heavenly Father, as we come before thee to the beginning of this commission

[0:19] meeting today, we're grateful unto thee for the opportunity to live in Box Elder

[0:24] County and we're grateful for the freedoms that we enjoy and the

[0:27] opportunity to live and work and strive to provide for our families and

[0:31] to enjoy the neighbors that we have and the friends that we enjoy in this

[0:34] county. We're thankful unto thee for the

[0:37] blessings that we enjoy, for the timely rains that we've had and

[0:41] and pray that thou bless us with moisture as we

[0:45] greatly need and we recognize that thou art in charge of the rain.

[0:49] And we we pray for that blessing in our lives.

[0:53] We're thankful unto thee for our government,

[0:56] the opportunity to have a voice and pray that thou will inspire practice this day

[1:00] that what we do will be according to the thy

[1:03] mind and will and we thank thee again for all of our blessings.

[1:07] In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

[1:09] » Amen. Okay, our pledge of allegiance will be

[1:12] given by uh Fire Marshall Kevin Lloyd.

[1:17] » [clears throat] >> I

[1:19] » pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[1:25] republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[1:32] justice for all.

[1:36] » Thank you, Commissioner Bingham and and uh

[1:39] Fire Marshall Kevin Lloyd, we appreciate that.

[1:42] Uh need a >> [clears throat]

[1:43] » motion to approve the minutes from the June 10th, 2026 and the June 25th, 2026

[1:49] meetings. >> I'll make a motion to approve the

[1:51] minutes from June 10th, 2026 and also June 25th, 2026.

[1:57] » Second. >> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry

[1:59] to approve the minutes from June 10th, 2026 and June 25th of 2026 and a second

[2:07] by Commissioner Bingham. If there's no further discussion, all in

[2:10] favor say I. >> I.

[2:12] » The motion passes. Thank you very much. Okay, ministry administrative review,

[2:18] reports and future agenda.

[2:22] I see none. Um

[2:25] Former agenda items. >> Nothing.

[2:28] » Okay, approval or emergency management, Mark.

[2:33] » Nothing. >> Good there.

[2:34] Okay, uh ARPA uh LATCF.

[2:38] » Nothing right now. >> Okay, [snorts] we're good there. Okay,

[2:41] under the auditor's office um

[2:47] Larson and Co. financial audit 2025 presentation.

[2:55] And Sherling's going to come up and visit with us about that.

[3:01] » [clears throat]

[3:04] » Thank you.

[3:07] I'm toasty.

[3:10] Thank you. That's good, right?

[3:21] » Okay, our financial audit for the calendar year 2025 has been completed uh

[3:26] by Larson and Co., our um external auditors, and John Haderlie

[3:32] is here. That's not any partner with their firm.

[3:36] That will turn the time over to him to talk a little bit about their audit

[3:39] procedures and so forth.

[3:49] » Thanks, Commissioner, for letting us come and take a few minutes.

[3:53] This is number two of the day for us, so I'm going to be short.

[3:59] Okay, so I'm going to go through the reports that we're required to issue as

[4:02] part of our audit, what opinions we issued,

[4:06] and then if you guys have any questions, I'm happy to answer any questions.

[4:09] Um the audit process actually went really smooth, so we appreciate the

[4:13] county. Um we really appreciate Charlene and her

[4:15] staff in getting us the information. >> [clears throat]

[4:18] » Um we actually just hung out with Nate last

[4:21] week in Chicago, so that was fun. It's fun to see him back there.

[4:25] Um all right, so independent auditors report, page one, we're going to start

[4:29] there. So that's the primary scope of our audit

[4:32] is your financial statements, so we're looking at each fund, we're looking at

[4:36] the balances in each fund, and we perform tests on each of the balances to

[4:39] make sure that they're materially correct.

[4:42] In the second paragraph is our opinion, so this is the first opinion that we

[4:45] issue. It's an unmodified or an unqualified opinion. I know you're not

[4:49] going to see those two terms there. Um

[4:53] if you want to if you want me to actually read the geek language, then I

[4:56] will, but really what that opinion is saying that the the financial statements

[5:00] are materially correct, and they they give a

[5:03] fair presentation of the status of the government as of December 31st, 2025.

[5:09] Um under your responsibility, so we're now

[5:12] we're in the middle of the page one, um that second paragraph, I just want to

[5:16] kind of reiterate that the county now has a responsibility.

[5:20] Um and and this is a a direct result of

[5:25] worldwide events, right? So sometimes standards change because of things that

[5:28] happened in the world. Um and if you remember the event called

[5:32] COVID a few years ago, that that changed our standards, and

[5:37] nobody wanted to talk about the effects of COVID to their organization.

[5:42] Inside the state of Utah, all the governments fared fairly well. You

[5:45] didn't see a lot [clears throat] of bankruptcies of the government. Um

[5:48] however, there were a lot of private businesses

[5:51] that went out of business. There were a lot of governments outside of the state

[5:54] of Utah that really struggled um and they didn't want to talk about it in

[5:57] their financial statements. So, now because of that, you are required as a

[6:04] commission group as well as Sherlene's office to throughout the year, if

[6:08] there's conditions or events that arise that negatively impact the county, then

[6:13] you need to do a financial analysis to say, "Okay, do we have enough funds that

[6:16] we're going to overcome this? Is Is it long-term? Is it short-term?" And then

[6:20] we're going to ask for the same financial analysis because we have the

[6:23] same requirement to look for those. So, typically at the close of the audit when

[6:27] we're issuing financial statements and I'm doing a final review, I'll pull up

[6:32] like a 5-year history of the county and look in each fund and what I'm looking

[6:36] for is like negative trends of revenue, uh the significant increase in

[6:40] expenditures that's not, you know, typically normal. Um

[6:46] Granted, we have been in high-flight high-inflation periods for the last 3 or

[6:49] 4 years. Um but that's not really a negative event that's going to prohibit

[6:54] you to from continuing to offer the services that you offer into the future.

[6:58] Um I know in here it says going concern, that's the language right now.

[7:03] Going concern means that you can continue to operate as a county. If you

[7:07] have a negative trend in revenue or if you have negative impacts, you're not

[7:11] going to cease to exist. You're going to get financial assistance somewhere. So,

[7:15] going concern really isn't applicable to a government. Um so, now GASB is

[7:19] considering changing for governments the term going concern to financial

[7:23] distress. So, if you find yourself in a financial distress situation, that's

[7:28] going to be the same type of a situation.

[7:31] All right. So, let's flip back to

[7:38] page 58. This is the second report that we're required to issue and this just

[7:43] outlines that we performed your audit in accordance with government auditing

[7:45] standards, and part of those standards require that we look at your internal

[7:48] controls. We don't test individual controls with

[7:52] enough of a sample size that we give an opinion on your controls,

[7:56] but we are documenting all of your processes, and inside those processes

[8:00] are significant controls. We're documenting the controls, and then we

[8:03] will look at a sample of transactions and and actually walk it through each

[8:07] process to make sure that all of those controls are being followed.

[8:10] Really what we're looking for is A, you have controls in place, and B, they're

[8:13] actually functioning the way they should be. Um if if you're not going to follow

[8:18] your own policies and procedures, then your

[8:21] controls you really aren't doing you any good. So, you can sit here and you can

[8:24] you can assess risk, and you can implement controls, and you can try and

[8:27] protect everything, but if if you're not going to follow follow what your own

[8:31] policies say, then you're you're kind of wasting your time.

[8:34] So, we really care that you have controls, and we identify the controls,

[8:38] but then they're actually functioning the way that they should.

[8:41] All right. The third report we're required to issue, and this one contains

[8:45] the second opinion, and this is issued by the state auditor. Every year they

[8:49] they issue their state compliance guide, and they come up with different areas of

[8:54] Utah code that they feel are significant, or that they've had

[8:58] continued problems with. Maybe it's a new compliance issue. Um if they've

[9:03] issued an audit alert, typically they'll they'll include that in as part of the

[9:07] compliance guide. So, the areas that we're required to look at, and this

[9:10] opinion is very specific to these areas, are your budgetary compliance, so making

[9:14] sure that you have budget integrity, fund balance. What we're looking here

[9:18] for is that you're not exceeding the maximum amount of fund balance in the

[9:22] general fund, and then we look at all funds to make sure that all funds

[9:26] maintain a positive fund balance or retained earnings if you're used to that

[9:30] term. Uh in government, we call it fund

[9:32] balance. Uh we look at the fraud risk assessment.

[9:34] They actually beefed up this procedure. I know that I've talked to you about the

[9:37] fraud risk assessment before and not really my favorite document in the

[9:41] world. But I will say as a commission group, what you need to know about the

[9:45] fraud risk is know and understand what those questions are on the fraud risk

[9:49] assessment. If you mark yes, great. What we're

[9:53] looking for now is they're requiring us to get documentation that says, okay,

[9:57] they marked yes, make sure you know and understand and have documentation as to

[10:01] why they marked yes. Um

[10:04] And if you mark no, understand why you're marking no and

[10:09] what if you have a mitigating control in place that is mitigating that risk

[10:15] because you don't have that. The best example that I can give is internal

[10:18] audit function. Outside of Salt Lake County and Salt

[10:21] Lake City, I would venture to guess no governments

[10:26] can afford to have an internal auditor on staff all the time. Now, Shirlene's

[10:31] office kind of functions as that internal auditor. So, she is your

[10:36] mitigating risk and she has the ability to go and should go audit every

[10:40] department in the county to make sure that they're

[10:43] on the up and up and that they're following the policies and procedures

[10:45] and they're reporting correct financial information. So, that would be the

[10:48] mitigating mitigating control. You don't have an actual independent auditor on

[10:52] staff or internal auditor on staff, but you have Shirlene's office and and she

[10:56] kind of serves as that function. Um one of the things that about the

[11:01] fraud risk assessment is and the reason why they beefed up our procedures is

[11:06] when they started scoring that and saying, well, you get a certain number

[11:09] of points if you have a separation of duties or if you have a CPA on staff,

[11:14] you get a certain number of points. Well, if you don't have that, you don't

[11:16] get those points. Therefore, it says that your

[11:19] your fraud risk is higher than it should be.

[11:22] Um and so they've really motivated everybody

[11:26] to commit fraud and lie on the fraud the fraud risk assessment. That's why I

[11:29] don't like it because everybody in the state, doesn't matter how big your

[11:33] organization is, filling out the same document. Well, Box Elder County is not

[11:37] the same as Salt Lake County. You're not the same as San Juan County. You're not

[11:40] the same as Bluff Town. But everybody's filling out the same

[11:43] paper, and so everybody's controls are and should be

[11:48] different based on where you live, how big your county is,

[11:52] the technology that you use, the staff that you have available. Um all of those

[11:57] are different risks that you have to assess.

[11:59] Um but it is a good document to get you thinking about internal controls. And

[12:03] And that's what I care about is that you're you're actually thinking and and

[12:06] implementing internal controls to protect the county.

[12:09] Uh we look at cash management, making sure that you're filing the semi-annual

[12:12] report, tax levy recognition, the URS compliance, justice courts. What we're

[12:17] looking for on the justice courts is that the money that they collect is

[12:20] actually making it back to the county, and that they're reconciling bank

[12:24] accounts, and any reports that they issue showing the money that they are

[12:29] collecting reconciles back to the county.

[12:32] Um we look at restricted taxes, any any moneys [clears throat] that you receive

[12:36] that have a restriction on it have to be spent a certain way, so we're looking at

[12:40] that. Government fees.

[12:43] Typically, what we're looking for government fees are are they

[12:45] proportionate to the fee that's charged, and are they applicable? Um the the the

[12:51] couple of different examples that I would give you

[12:53] uh and and really why this came up was because of the the state schools in

[12:59] Utah. Um if I were to come here to park, and I

[13:03] had to pay to park, and let's say I'm here for maybe a half an hour,

[13:07] um and I have to pay $8 to park. But if Sherlene comes in and she works here 8

[13:12] hours, and she pays the same $8, that's that's not a proportionate fee, that's

[13:16] not fair. So, that's the one thing that we're looking at. The other one that is

[13:20] a lot of the universities will charge a study abroad fee.

[13:24] Now, my daughter just went and studied abroad,

[13:27] but she's 1% of BYU that actually goes and studies

[13:30] abroad. And I'm not calling out BYU cuz they're a private school, but

[13:35] if all of the students have to pay a student study abroad fee, but only 1% of

[13:39] the students actually use that fee, then that's not a fair fee to make

[13:45] everybody pay for something that only 1% use.

[13:49] Um then we look at the public treasurer's

[13:52] bond. They've made this one fairly easy. Now, you used to have to go out and get

[13:56] a bond specifically on Charlene. Any monies that come through the county

[14:00] she's liable for and she's responsible for.

[14:03] Um and so, she has to be bonded. And now, under UACIP, they have a crime and

[14:07] theft policy that includes that, so it saves the county a little bit of money.

[14:11] So, I appreciate that they've done that. Um and then we look at the open and

[14:14] public meetings act, making sure that you're given proper notification. So,

[14:18] all those areas, that's that's kind of the background of those areas and what

[14:21] we're looking at. Um we didn't find anything significant that

[14:25] we would report as part of this report. So,

[14:28] the opinion then becomes an unmodified or an unqualified opinion on this

[14:31] report, as well. All right, if you want to flip over to

[14:35] page 62, so this is the fourth report that we're required to issue. And this

[14:39] one is for the federal government, so this one gets submitted directly to the

[14:43] federal government. Um if you spend over now a million dollars of federal money

[14:48] in in any one given year, then you're required to have a separate federal

[14:53] single audit. We do them concurrently because it saves the county money um and

[14:58] it's more efficient for us. Uh but, they are two separate audits.

[15:03] Um so,

[15:06] this audit specifically looks at how you are spending the federal dollars and if

[15:11] you're in compliance with the grant contracts for each individual grant that

[15:15] you're awarded. Um we're also looking at the compliance,

[15:20] making sure that you're in compliance and the controls over the compliance.

[15:26] So, this one is kind of a a multi-faceted opinion

[15:29] um and it's also unmodified or unqualified.

[15:34] So, we'll go through the the findings in in question costs that's part of the the

[15:38] audit. If you want to turn to page 66. So, this gets also this part part of

[15:45] the package also gets submitted to the federal government. So, the first part

[15:48] is directly related to our financial statement audit. So, there were no

[15:52] material weaknesses identified. There were no significant deficiencies and we

[15:56] didn't have any non-compliance material with the financial statements.

[16:00] The federal awards, now this is specific to the this federal single audit. We had

[16:04] no material weaknesses, no significant deficiencies. We issued an unmodified

[16:08] opinion um and there were no audit findings that

[16:12] were required to be um

[16:15] noted as part of the findings in question costs in relation to the

[16:18] federal awards. So, that's good because once you have

[16:22] um no findings for 2 years and you're on

[16:26] time for 2 years, you become low risk and really

[16:31] everybody freaks out when they're they're not considered low risk. So, it

[16:34] doesn't mean that you're high risk, it's just you're not low risk or you're low

[16:38] risk. And what it means more to us as auditors and it's more costly to you as

[16:42] a county if you're not low risk because we have to test more of your federal

[16:46] awards. Um but once you become low risk, then

[16:50] our coverage drops down a few percentage points um and we we test less grants as

[16:56] as a result of that. Um so, the current year findings, like I

[17:01] said, there were no financial statement findings or compliance findings and the

[17:05] no no federal award findings. There was one prior finding last year um on

[17:09] budgetary compliance and that was in the RDA fund. But that was corrected. We

[17:13] made sure this year that they were within budget, so that was corrected

[17:16] during the year. So, not a not a repeat finding.

[17:22] So, any questions for me?

[17:31] Okay. >> Looks great.

[17:33] » Thanks. >> Well, we really appreciate the county.

[17:34] We appreciate the staff. Like I said, they they they really do make it a

[17:37] smooth process. So, any information that we request, we get it almost immediately

[17:42] and that makes me feel good not getting bad reports from my staff saying, "Hey,

[17:45] we've been we've been trying to contact him and they're not giving us the

[17:48] information." So, thank you and we really appreciate it.

[17:51] » I really appreciate appreciate you and all that you do.

[17:54] » Okay. >> I appreciate you, Shirley, and your

[17:56] staff. Thank you so much.

[18:00] » Would you like a motion? >> Yes, sir.

[18:02] » I'll make a motion at this point that we go into [clears throat] a

[18:06] public hearing on a proposed agricultural protection area in the

[18:08] Tremonton area of unincorporated Box Elder County.

[18:11] » Second. >> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry

[18:15] to go into a public hearing on a proposed agricultural protection area in

[18:19] Tremonton area of unincorporated Box Elder County and a

[18:23] second by Commissioner Bingham. All in favor?

[18:26] » Aye. >> So.

[18:27] » Do you want me to explain it a little bit?

[18:29] » Yeah. >> So, this particular ag protection area

[18:33] was brought in in March and it had five parcels

[18:38] and but four of those parcels were listed as an

[18:42] unzoned area, so they were not able to be included into the ag protection area.

[18:47] So, today the resolution will just include one parcel. It has 12.01

[18:54] acres. Everything has been noticed um properly.

[18:58] We sent notices out to those around within 1,000 ft to begin with and then

[19:04] the notices were sent again for the public hearing today.

[19:08] » Very good. >> Okay, our public hearing is open.

[19:12] Please keep your comments to addressed directly to

[19:16] this public hearing.

[19:34] » Okay, Deanna Hardy Bergin. Um, in our preamble it says grateful to

[19:38] almighty God for life and liberty. We the people in order to secure and

[19:43] perpetuate the principles of free government do

[19:47] ordain and establish this constitution. In Article 1 Section 1 it says all men

[19:53] have an inherent and inalienable right to enjoy and defend their lives and

[19:56] liberties, to acquire, possess, and protect property.

[20:01] So right there in Article 1 Section 1 it tells us that we who are property owners

[20:06] already have that protection. So our state legislature, I don't know who's

[20:10] doing these agricultural protection areas, but they're usurping power that

[20:14] they do not have. And you as our local representatives are supposed to be the

[20:19] checks and balances to stand up and say, "State legislature,

[20:24] what you're doing is you're violating your oath of office and you are not

[20:28] protecting the rights of the people." Article 1 Section 2 says all political

[20:33] power inherent in the people. And all free governments are founded on

[20:39] their authority for equal protection and benefit. And they have the right to

[20:43] alter or reform their government as the public welfare may require.

[20:48] So again, you we elected you as our

[20:51] representatives to watch over us, to make sure that our property rights are

[20:57] being protected under the constitution. Each of you are supposed to be following

[21:01] the constitution as well as our state legislature and they are not doing that.

[21:05] So you need to stand up against these agriculture protection areas because

[21:09] they're unconstitutional and it's your supreme power that you do

[21:13] not have. Thank you. >> Thank you.

[21:25] If there are no other comments, I would ask for motion to close public hearing.

[21:31] » I would make a motion that we close public hearing.

[21:34] » Second. >> We have a motion to close public hearing

[21:36] by Commissioner Perry and second by Commissioner Bingham. All in favor say

[21:39] aye. >> Aye.

[21:40] » Aye. >> Public hearing is now closed.

[21:44] Okay. >> [clears throat]

[21:47] » The resolution 26-22

[21:54] approving the proposed agriculture protection area in the Tremonton area.

[21:59] » I'll make a motion that we approve resolution

[22:02] resolution 26-22 approving the proposal for agricultural protection area

[22:07] in the Tremonton area. >> I'll second it.

[22:10] » We have a motion by Commissioner Bingham to approve resolution number 26-22

[22:16] approving the proposal of the agricultural protection area in the

[22:20] Tremonton area second by Commissioner Perry. All in favor say aye.

[22:25] » Aye. >> Motion passes. Thank you.

[22:29] » [clears throat] >> Okay.

[22:32] Request for a few a waiver for the fine arts building at the fairgrounds for the

[22:38] Special Olympics and Caleb Bingham is going to come and visit with us for just

[22:42] a few minutes about that.

[22:53] » Hi. >> Hey, how are you doing?

[22:54] » I'm good. How are you? >> Good.

[22:56] » Good. I'm Caleb Bingham and

[22:58] » And I'm Matt Rose. >> [laughter]

[23:00] » Um he's kind of my right hand guy right about now.

[23:03] Um, we're here today to ask for a a fee waiver or to waive the fee for us to use

[23:11] the Fine Arts building in the fairgrounds to host a meet and greet for

[23:14] the Special Olympics. Um, my journey with this organization

[23:19] kind of began about 3 years ago, a little bit longer than that, but 3 years

[23:23] ago I kind of became a main part of it when I

[23:25] helped um, organize the torch run in the Tremonton area.

[23:31] And um, it started out as obviously an awesome

[23:36] run, but we've kind of turned it into this

[23:39] it's just one of those amazing days. We've I've taken it and I've run with it

[23:42] and about April of this year, um, I was

[23:46] approached by the Special Olympics asking if I would feel comfortable

[23:51] taking over um, the sports aspect of it um, as the head of delegation.

[23:57] Um, I of course said yes, cuz I do

[24:02] » [laughter] >> that, um,

[24:03] what I inherited is kind of a compromised

[24:07] program. Um, so what our goal is is to kind of take the Special Olympics

[24:12] program that we have and revamp it, rebuild it, remold it,

[24:18] kind of get more people more aware of what it is. People

[24:23] don't even know we have a program. Um, I myself have a son that is special

[24:27] needs and I until this until I inserted myself into the torch run had no idea

[24:35] that we had a program for children with special and not even children's it ages

[24:40] 8 to 99. Adults with special needs, special

[24:44] humans with special needs, we can accommodate all of them

[24:47] with all of the fun things. We we do um, we just finished baseball. We're about

[24:53] to wrap up bowling. We have a handful of things and so what we are asking for is

[24:59] that we could use this to help make that possible. Help bring the

[25:05] community in, do like a meet and greet so they can know how can they be

[25:09] involved in this number one and how can we get more participants to be involved

[25:15] in this too so we can kind of grow this small little program into

[25:18] something so much bigger than all of us.

[25:22] Um Yeah and we oh I guess the the funding

[25:27] part yeah we Um we're kind of starting from scratch

[25:32] cuz I don't really know what the fund

[25:35] situation looks like with the that's kind of was the gray area of why they

[25:39] asked me to take over there was some iffy things happening so

[25:44] Um Yeah we would love to have your support

[25:47] in that and you have that. >> I have some stuff for you.

[25:51] » [laughter] >> I have a couple of things here um so

[25:54] that you know we have there there's roughly estimated 1600 um children that

[25:59] one is from uh age 3 to 21.

[26:02] Uh so there's quite a few outside of that in our county that are eligible for

[26:06] this program. Um we typically have 20 to 30 show up

[26:11] and participate regularly. Um I do have some handouts for you there's some

[26:15] pictures of the torch run and a proposal for our meet and greet. Um as part of

[26:20] this we're we're we're working towards unification. There's a unified sports

[26:23] aspect of this that would include the high school students where the uh

[26:27] intellectually disabled and the able-bodied athletes participate

[26:31] together. So we appreciate you hearing us out um and I'll give you these

[26:35] handouts and we'll be done. When when are you when's this proposed

[26:40] thing? >> July 23rd. Um we spoke with Jan Rhodes

[26:45] about it it's it's open. We just need your support.

[26:50] » Um well and so July 23rd what time are we talking about? And we're talking

[26:53] about just using the fine arts building, like open it up, yeah, some seats, a few

[26:57] things like that. I mean, I just trying to figure out what it is we're we're

[27:01] we're going to approve here as to what you'll be using the fine

[27:03] » be using the fine arts building for two hours on that evening.

[27:07] » So, it's just a meeting location more or less?

[27:09] » Yes. We need it We need a large place to meet with the the athletes and their

[27:13] families. >> and see get some interest in people to

[27:16] help and donate time and those type of things.

[27:19] » Yeah. See what it's all about and we have like people from the Special

[27:23] Olympics lined up to also help us. >> Yeah.

[27:27] » That's great. >> Yeah.

[27:28] » Yeah. >> Yeah, we have a waiver or we have

[27:29] liability insurance as well once we have approval.

[27:32] » Um, to use the facility, uh, as well. >> Okay.

[27:36] And then, um, I one thing I'll just recommend before we get to anything is

[27:40] have you talked to the, um, the Brigham City campus or the or the

[27:44] Boys & Girls Club in Brigham City campus here in Brigham City at all? About

[27:48] possibly using their facility? They've recently come online. The Boys & Girls

[27:51] Club is built out of the old Mountain View Elementary, but behind there they

[27:54] have a huge They have a great big gymnasium that they have for community

[27:57] purposes that I I think they might work with the Special Olympics if you would

[28:00] communicate with folks down there, I think would be best.

[28:02] » So, that's actually they have their own. So, Brigham City actually has their own

[28:06] organization and then Tremonton and Garland

[28:08] » Okay, so you got two different Okay. >> Correct. Yeah, we're two different

[28:10] entities. Yeah, so like here you have like the

[28:13] Golden Spikers and then north from here we have We're the Black

[28:17] Bears. So, we we represent like Tremonton Garland.

[28:21] » So, part of the request is is location. >> Like our Yes.

[28:24] » Okay. >> Yeah, that's great.

[28:25] » end of the valley, so >> Okay, so this is for northern

[28:28] » Yeah. >> Okay.

[28:29] » Northern side of the county. >> That's great.

[28:31] » Perfect. Good to know.

[28:34] Um, just so you know, we're

[28:38] we are in the process of changing the rules. We're just going to make it very

[28:40] clear cuz that this is hap- happening is for groups that come in normally we

[28:44] would we'd have you pay just what it cost to cover the cost of our employees

[28:48] there. It's a It's less than what we charge normal people do normally do it

[28:51] just if you came in and rented the facility, but I don't know that we have

[28:54] that in place at this point, do we that I'm not aware of?

[28:56] » We don't have that in place yet. >> So,

[28:59] future reference, um if you do come back and ask, there's very likely there'll be

[29:02] a cost associated if you need to use the facility going forward, but for this

[29:06] purposes, I would make a motion that we approve the use

[29:10] of the building on the It's the evening, right?

[29:13] » Yes. >> Evening of July 23rd for the

[29:16] Special Olympics in Northern Baxter County.

[29:20] » Second. >> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry

[29:23] to approve the fee waiver for the fine arts building at the fairgrounds for the

[29:27] Special Olympics um on July the evening of July 23rd and

[29:31] a second by Commissioner Bingham. Uh if there's no other no other

[29:36] questions, all in favor say aye. >> Aye.

[29:38] » Motion passes. Thank you. >> Thank you guys so much.

[29:41] » Appreciate it. >> Appreciate you. Thank you.

[29:45] » Okay, indigent burial for Craig Perser uh with Myers Mortuary and Christie's

[29:51] going to talk to us a little bit about that.

[30:01] » Uh this is just another indigent burial. He had I think you

[30:07] got the information in your packet. >> the information here about his

[30:10] condition, yeah. So, yep, aware of that. >> So, yeah, it's just another indigent

[30:14] burial for >> This one's Myers, right?

[30:16] » Myers Mortuary. I think they might be the only ones that are still covering

[30:21] indigent burials because I haven't got a haven't got any

[30:26] requests from McGilley's.

[30:28] » Well, it's it's Lindquist has taken over the other two, so we need to find out

[30:31] from Lindquist. They may or may not be aware of the fact that there's an

[30:34] indigent burial process, so we probably ought to reach out and just make sure

[30:37] they're aware of it. >> We are actually one of the

[30:40] one of the few counties that actually do offer.

[30:43] » Yeah. >> And so lots of mortuaries

[30:46] stopped doing it. Does that make sense? >> Yep. But we can find out for sure.

[30:50] » I can do that. >> You want to follow up? I would make a

[30:53] motion that we approve the indigent burial for Craig Perser with Myers

[30:56] Mortuary with the information we have on cost.

[31:00] » I'll second it. >> A motion by Commissioner Perry to

[31:03] approve indigent burial for Craig Perser with Myers Mortuary and a second by

[31:09] Commissioner >> Bingham.

[31:10] » There is no further discussion. All in favor, say aye.

[31:13] » Aye. >> Motion passes.

[31:14] » So, Chrissy, I have a question. >> Yes.

[31:17] » So, if the county doesn't do that and you have someone who's an indigent, who

[31:20] buries them? >> I I think they just call around till

[31:24] they find a mortuary that will take them. They can use it as a tax

[31:28] write-off. But I do know that some mortuaries it's

[31:32] not beneficial. Like maybe they're not big enough. Lindquist, they seem to be

[31:36] pretty big, so I bet >> We probably ought to reach out to them

[31:38] cuz I think the change over I think they'll Gillis used to Gillis used to do

[31:41] it, but then they changed ownership, so we probably need to reach out.

[31:43] » They used to We used to alternate >> Right. between But now they are actually

[31:47] running Gillis and the other one in Brigham City. They run both of those, so

[31:50] » So, they they run Myers, too? >> No, it's not Myers. It's What is it?

[31:54] Aaron's. >> Oh.

[31:55] » So, they actually Myers is actually Lindquist runs both Aaron's and Gillis

[31:59] here in Brigham City. So, we just need to reach out to them and find out, so.

[32:02] » All righty. >> Thanks.

[32:03] » Thanks, Chrissy. >> Okay, the annual CEO board report and

[32:09] Shawn Milne is going to come and talk to Shawn Milne is [clears throat] going to

[32:11] talk to us about that.

[32:22] » Good evening, commissioners. Thank you for this opportunity.

[32:27] I'm Shawn Milne. I work for the Bear River Association of Governments,

[32:30] otherwise known as BRAG, and uh it is about that time of year. I

[32:34] owe you kind kind a overview report of fiscal year 26 monies that have passed

[32:39] through from the governor's office of economic development.

[32:42] Uh they've now rebranded themselves, so they're back to GOED.

[32:45] And um give you a heads-up for another forthcoming agenda item where I'll ask

[32:50] for fiscal year 27 guidance from you so that I can apply by

[32:56] September 1st for fiscal year 27. Um gentlemen, last year or this this

[33:02] current year you had approved through the recommendation of the CEO board,

[33:06] which is the county's economic opportunity, the CEO advisory board. And

[33:11] as the name suggests, they're advisory only to you. You have the ultimate

[33:14] authority on how to appropriate the $200,000 rural

[33:18] county grant or RCG money that you receive through GOED

[33:22] from the state legislature to assist rural counties with economic development

[33:26] with great flexibility. It was appropriated the following:

[33:30] contract for Bragg for economic development services of $69,000. It goes

[33:35] towards the departmental costs. Small business pass-through grants,

[33:40] which in your particular case, you would ask that they have a one-to-one matching

[33:44] grant. Um it's specifically targeted to

[33:47] entrepreneurs and small businesses to help them to sustain or grow their

[33:50] operation or capacity, $75,000.

[33:54] Infrastructure grants that also was appropriated for a one-to-one matching

[33:59] grant. This is to help small businesses mostly along Main Street or other

[34:04] non-residential areas that might be able to grow but for lack of

[34:11] capital for utilities, water, sewer, that sort of thing, even broadband for

[34:16] them to be able to grow, and there was an allocation of $50,000.

[34:20] And then a chamber website has a dashboard and it has a

[34:24] subscription component to it, and so there was an approval of $6,000 to help

[34:28] them with that annual subscription change that uh

[34:32] that they have or not change, but changes that are included as they need

[34:35] them that that annual subscription. All right. So, in the most recent CEO

[34:41] board meeting, uh the uh leadership for the year has been

[34:46] updated that Stephanie TuGa Madsen is the chair and Ginger Chin with Northrop

[34:50] Grumman. Stephanie's with Coldwell Banker, by the way.

[34:53] And Ginger Chin with Northrop Grumman is the vice chair.

[34:56] You have a couple of vacancies. Um one we've had for the better part of the

[35:01] last year, anyhow. The second one um

[35:05] as I've mentioned prior, and I've had the opportunity to speak with Chairman

[35:09] Tyler Vincent about this. GOED has new administrative rules.

[35:13] And they want to see that anyone like yourself that can vote on the

[35:16] recommendations of the CEO board not actually be on the CEO board. Uh you

[35:21] gentlemen know this, but for the benefit of the audio record and any other

[35:24] audience members that might be curious about economic development, uh BRAC has

[35:29] an EDD board, an economic development district board, which is required just

[35:33] like the CEO board is required by the state. The EDD board is required by the

[35:38] feds for an EDA grant, Economic Development Administration grant, that

[35:42] BRAC performs for the region. And we have uh at a recent BRAC

[35:47] governing board asked you to uh shuffle that up a little bit and make it a bit

[35:51] more practical, a bit more functional than what it's been for a couple of

[35:56] years. In anticipation of next year, we need to update the region's

[36:00] comprehensive economic development strategy, or CEDS.

[36:04] So, uh at that governing board meeting, we

[36:07] had asked for new members to uh be a small group of folks that will then help

[36:12] us decide the expanded official board. Uh and it was

[36:18] nominated that Tyler Vincent be that appointee.

[36:22] And so, with with that, he still has a function, and it will actually be more

[36:27] regional in perspective even if he's not on the CEO board. So, we would need to

[36:31] seek a replacement, but that's not tonight. I'm just giving you a heads-up

[36:34] formally so that we can do that before September 1.

[36:37] Um they'd also mentioned and you've likely received an email. I'd seen that

[36:42] you should have received the email. I've seen that you were recipients of it that

[36:46] the administrative rules also ask for a formalized contract with Brad, which

[36:50] we're happy to do and seems like a very intuitive thing that based on our

[36:55] relationship, you've given a direction that I have here in front of me and not

[36:59] on the screen a slide deck that I produced for you guys and the CEO board

[37:03] and it always attributes, you know, where those dollars are going. They want

[37:07] to see that reduced to writing and openly in a public meeting like this

[37:12] adopted and make sure that that contract goes forward for the stated objectives

[37:17] that you want to see for economic development for the ensuing year. And

[37:21] those objectives may be narrative in nature, but they need to have certain

[37:25] metrics attributed to them. And so, for that purpose, I will also be asking you

[37:29] for a contract to be approved before that September 1 deadline and I'll work

[37:33] with the CEO board as the state requests to do so so that they have a a view of

[37:39] it. Any recommendations and input that they can provide and then it'll come to

[37:43] you for approval. Uh

[37:46] so, again at the most recent CEO board, we

[37:49] have approved a process of an online grant application for those small

[37:53] business grants that will ask them to provide certain

[37:57] proprietary information, business information, ownership information that

[38:01] if they're asking for public tax dollars that they provide you with enough good

[38:06] information to mitigate risk and to see about the likelihood of their project

[38:11] succeeding and what they expect their outputs to be. In other words, how would

[38:15] they measure success? They get to come to you and say, "This is This is the

[38:19] ruler and, you know, would would you please give my business uh

[38:25] a portion of this funding? So, that will come before you as well after the CEO

[38:29] board has had that. We established dates that will be forthcoming and as soon as

[38:33] that closes so as not to provide confusion, we will then immediately open

[38:37] the matching grants for the utility infrastructure as well.

[38:41] Um, I feel like that's a pretty good overview, but I stand ready to answer

[38:45] any questions if you have them. Whether it be about fiscal year '26 or '27 in

[38:50] preparation for that. Do you have any guidance even for the CEO board for our

[38:54] next meeting before the September 1st? >> At this point, I don't.

[38:59] » I don't either. >> Okay.

[39:01] » All right. Well, thank you very much Oh, one last information item.

[39:05] You You gentlemen are familiar with opportunity zones?

[39:08] Under the first Trump administration, they were certain tax advantaged uh

[39:12] census tracts that allowed for tax deferral for capital investment. Uh OZs

[39:17] or opportunity zones 2.0 is now out and I submitted the same census tract. Uh

[39:22] there were only two available in the entire county that have to meet certain

[39:26] low socioeconomic status and I submitted on behalf of the county the same uh

[39:31] census tract, which is this downtown overlay here in Brigham City. Both of

[39:34] them were located in Brigham City only and uh this one because we had a measure

[39:39] of success with some redevelopment here on Main Street, it was seen as the the

[39:43] same likely scenario that uh the governor ultimately gets to choose. The

[39:49] state will get uh only 37 in the entire state and there is a there's over 100

[39:54] census tracts in Salt Lake County alone that could qualify. So, they're working

[40:00] out their internal rules for how they'll proportionalize

[40:03] uh as many of those 37 as they can in rural and and I put in the same uh

[40:08] opportunity zone that we had last time because it it was successful and has the

[40:11] greatest amount of likelihood of being successful again.

[40:15] And with that, gentlemen, thank you very much again for your time.

[40:19] » Thank you. >> Thank you, Sean. Appreciate it.

[40:26] » Okay.

[40:30] Appointment of Michael Nelson to the Box Elder Sheriff's Office Merit Commission

[40:35] uh commissioners. >> Okay. So, commissioners, um

[40:39] I just want to point out the fact that uh Danny Earl has served on the Merit

[40:42] Commission for about 2 years now. He um has had some complications come up with

[40:46] his family that make it so that he has asked to resign from the commission at

[40:50] this point. So, he'll be stepping down and we'll have uh we'll we'll make sure

[40:54] that uh we'll get Christie to write a letter of thank you for his service and

[40:57] support there for his service on the Merit Commission. But, uh since then

[41:01] I've I've spoken with Michael Nelson, who is former chief of police here in

[41:04] Brigham City. Um brings a great deal of experience in law enforcement. So,

[41:08] therefore, we felt like he would be a great choice and a great replacement for

[41:12] for Danny Earl. And so, I would make a motion that we appoint Michael Nelson to

[41:15] replace Danny Earl on the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office Merit Commission

[41:19] to serve out the remainder of the term that was being served by Danny Earl.

[41:23] That's my motion. >> Second.

[41:26] » We have a motion by Commissioner Perry to approve

[41:29] or to appoint Michael Nelson to the Box [clears throat] Elder Sheriff's Office

[41:32] Merit Commission. A second by Commissioner Bingham. If there's no

[41:36] further discussion, all in favor? I. >> I. And he can't even object. I mean,

[41:40] that's he just, you know, he's here and we do appreciate him being

[41:44] here and we're grateful >> for his willingness to serve.

[41:46] » Appreciate that. Chief.

[41:49] Okay. Um consideration of approval for horse walker use agreements number 26-30

[41:55] at the Box Elder County Fairgrounds.

[42:01] » That's you, baby. >> Or is that

[42:03] » Annie. >> Annie.

[42:04] » Okay. >> I was like, I didn't work on this.

[42:11] » Okay, Commissioners. Annie Hansen with the Box Elder County Attorney's Office.

[42:15] Um what we have for you on the agenda today are the individual horse walker

[42:21] use agreements for the Box Elder County Fairgrounds. We have two residents who

[42:26] have chosen to set up their private horse walkers there on the fairgrounds

[42:32] property. And to ensure that the county's properly protected, um we've

[42:38] asked them to enter into a a month-to-month agreement. And they have

[42:43] um agreed to do that. So, those should be before you today. It's

[42:46] month-to-month. You'll see the termination clause in there. Requires, I

[42:50] believe, uh 30-day notice from either party. And so, that leaves some

[42:56] flexibility if there's a a higher priority need for the fairgrounds.

[43:04] » So, does that include the fair, you know, some kind of agreement where

[43:10] they're going to take care of it, make them so that it's not a problem during

[43:12] the fair, or what? >> It does. The agreement actually requires

[43:15] them to move remove the horse walkers at the first of August while preparations

[43:21] are being made for the fair, um which should open up that area if

[43:26] it's needed for the fair. And then they can um reinstall them after the fair is

[43:30] over. And it did require them to um add some safety measures including fencing

[43:37] and covers for the um the gear boxes and stuff like that.

[43:41] » Which they've all agreed to do. >> Mhm.

[43:44] » And I noticed on the one, uh it's the the agreement 36-30, that he's scratched

[43:49] it. It was an older version. So, are we going to going to get a newer version of

[43:52] that? Is that correct? >> Yeah, we'll be sure that he has signed

[43:55] the most recent version on the monthly amounts, which was 350 per month.

[44:01] » even if we agree to it today, it'll be that version

[44:04] the the amended version that he'll fix and have that signed, okay?

[44:07] » That's right. >> All right. So, uh um if that's the case,

[44:11] I'd make a motion that we Let's do them separate, I think. We'll start with the

[44:15] agreement 36-30. Um I'll make a motion that we approve

[44:19] that agreement. >> I'll second that.

[44:22] » Okay, we have a motion to approve the consideration and approval of horse

[44:26] walkers use agreements uh number 26-30

[44:30] at the Box Elder Fairgrounds by Commissioner

[44:32] uh Perry and is second by Commissioner Bingham.

[44:36] There's no further discussion. All in favor? I. I. The motion passes.

[44:40] » I I'll make a motion we approve agreement 26-31

[44:44] with for considering for the horse walkers.

[44:47] » Second. >> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry

[44:51] to approve uh agreement number 26-31 and is second by Commissioner Bingham.

[44:58] There's no further discussion. All in favor?

[45:00] » I. >> I.

[45:01] » The motion passes. Thank you.

[45:05] Okay. Um

[45:08] Jensen zoning map amendment M U -160 to RR5 and Scott Lines is going to

[45:15] come and hang out with us for a few minutes.

[45:22] » All right. >> [clears throat]

[45:22] » Scott Lines, Box Elder County Community Development.

[45:26] Uh this first uh item is a request from the

[45:31] Jensen family in the Manaway area. They requested They submitted an

[45:36] application requesting that

[45:40] uh 96 acres be rezoned from MU160 to an RR5, which is a rural residential

[45:47] five-acre zone. Um It went to the April Planning

[45:52] Commission meeting. And at that meeting, they the Planning

[45:56] Commission tabled the request giving the applicant time to go through the

[45:59] annexation process with Manaway. Uh

[46:02] ultimately, Manaway voted to reject the annexation request. So, it went back to

[46:07] the Planning Commission in June. And the Planning Commission,

[46:11] um, reviewed the project or the proposed

[46:14] request. And they ultimately recommended denial to the County Commission. Their

[46:20] findings and following reasons for the denial is one, uh, there is not adequate

[46:25] roadway for more homes to be built on the existing road.

[46:29] Uh, and that's based on uh, section 2-2-080

[46:34] of our code, which [clears throat] addresses that

[46:37] adequate facilities, um, for a change in zoning. And the

[46:41] second item that they, or reason for their recommendation of denial, was that

[46:46] this would not constitute general orderly development of the county. And

[46:51] that's based on section 2-2-060 of our, uh, land use code.

[46:58] Um, >> [clears throat]

[47:00] » so, as far as this goes, uh, there's property north, south, east,

[47:05] and west of this, primarily used for, um, either rural residential or as just

[47:11] mountain property. Um, there are

[47:14] two the zone of those surrounding properties is either the MU-160, which

[47:19] is what this property is, and then the RR-5, which is what this is being

[47:24] proposed to. Uh, the properties that are zoned that are currently zoned are RR-5

[47:31] and are adjacent to this, are located on Willard Peak Road, um, an

[47:36] existing, uh, county

[47:39] B road. Um,

[47:42] I don't know if there's any additional info you would like beyond that. What

[47:46] you're taking into consideration here, um, the four approval standards you

[47:51] would be looking at and what the Planning Commission looked at are

[47:53] whether the proposed amendment is consistent with the goals, objectives,

[47:57] and policies of the county's general plan,

[47:59] whether the proposed amendment is harmonious with the overall character of

[48:03] existing development in the vicinity of the subject property,

[48:07] the extent to which the proposed amendment may adversely affect adjacent

[48:10] property, and then the adequacy of facilities and

[48:13] services intended to serve the subject property.

[48:26] » Okay.

[48:35] So, basically what our recommendation came out from the planning commission is

[48:38] to they denied this correct? >> Yeah, so they recommend

[48:42] » [clears throat] >> I can see why the adequate roadside

[48:44] roadway for homes is absolutely

[48:47] critical there, so. >> Yeah, what they considered this based on

[48:50] that roadway and the the infrastructure >> Yeah.

[48:53] » accessibility for the project and why their second finding was

[48:58] um this would not constitute general

[49:00] orderly development was the for of the county was that uh it was a bit of what

[49:05] what they would consider leapfrog development, so jumping

[49:09] from with without having that infrastructure

[49:12] in place, you'd be jumping

[49:16] from infrastructure to property that is without infrastructure.

[49:21] Um they kind of viewed it as maybe having

[49:24] the zoning getting the cart ahead of the horse, so.

[49:27] » All right. >> Sounds like it.

[49:28] » So, I'd make a motion um that we follow the recommendation of our

[49:32] planning commission and deny this zoning map amendment

[49:36] MU-160 to RR5. >> Second.

[49:40] » We have a motion to deny the amendment MU-

[49:45] 1602 um from

[49:48] to deny the application uh with RR5

[49:52] um by Commissioner Perry and the second by Commissioner

[49:56] Bingham. Is there any further discussion?

[49:59] All in favor? >> Aye.

[50:01] » Aye.

[50:08] » Okay, Scott. Ordinance number 657 zoning map amendment.

[50:13] » So, this request uh ordinance 657, this came in. It's uh

[50:19] near exit 12 in Snowville. It's the property is just off exit 12 on your way

[50:24] to Snowville there. Um

[50:26] it consists of five separate parcels and approximately 861 acres of land.

[50:33] Uh so, the surrounding area is north, southeast, and west all being used for

[50:40] agriculture and it is all currently unzoned. Uh the reason the applicant is

[50:46] requesting that it be changed from unzoned to the MGE-1 X zone, which is

[50:50] the mining uh quarry sand and gravel excavation

[50:54] zone, is that that use, so in this case a gravel

[50:59] uh operation, that use is is limited to just that zone.

[51:04] Uh it's not allowed in the unzoned area, so they would need to rezone from

[51:08] unzoned to that zone in order to be eligible for mining. Um now, something

[51:15] that they uh

[51:19] they presented and and uh to the planning commission and and has

[51:24] been confirmed by uh adjacent property owners as well as that this property had

[51:30] at times been historically used for a gravel pit uh both for UDOT as well as

[51:36] for the county. Um it was never used as a commercial

[51:40] operation, so general sales to the public or contractors or anything

[51:45] uh beyond the state and the county. Um,

[51:49] but that did come up uh, both during the public hearing and from a planning

[51:54] commissioner that owns some property in the vicinity. Uh, so

[52:00] public hearing was held at that June planning commission meeting regarding

[52:03] this. There were a few that spoke, the applicant um, and then two adjacent

[52:08] property owners. Both of them or none of them were opposed to it, expressed no

[52:14] concerns. Um, they the planning commission

[52:19] did want uh, and they requested that when it comes time for

[52:25] the conditional use permit, if this is if this is approved by the county

[52:29] commission, that the uh, conditional use permit for the operation limits them to

[52:35] using exit 12 and the interstate as their access. There is a smaller county

[52:42] road that does touch this property, um, but it's not in any sort of condition to

[52:49] handle increased loads and traffic that would come from a gravel operation.

[52:54] So, um, with that said, the planning

[52:57] commission found that uh, the request meets those approval

[53:02] standards. So, whether the proposed amendment is consistent with goals,

[53:06] objectives and policies of the general plan,

[53:08] whether the proposed amendment is harmonious with overall character of

[53:11] existing development in the vicinity of the subject property,

[53:15] the extent to which the proposed amendment may adversely affect adjacent

[53:18] property, and the adequacy of facilities and services intended to serve the

[53:22] subject property. So, they felt uh, as long as the project was limited to exit

[53:26] 12 and the interstate, um, that it met all of those approval standards, and

[53:32] they recommended approval for this zone change request.

[53:37] » This is ordinance number 657, is that correct?

[53:40] » Correct. >> So, if we approve that, that would be

[53:42] all these limitations that you've just talked about

[53:45] be in there. >> Uh

[53:47] if you say in your motion that you would like those to be included.

[53:51] » Okay. So, my motion would

[53:53] » Also, I'm just going to say one thing. I drove by it yesterday

[53:56] and there is gravel stockpiled out there, you know, that's been screened

[54:02] and sitting there on the property. So, it obviously has been used to mine

[54:06] gravel in the past.

[54:09] » So, I would make the motion to approve ordinance 657 with the stipulations that

[54:14] came from the planning commission about using the exit, making you sure so

[54:17] they're not end up using the county road for that purposes and those other

[54:20] stipulations that the planning commission wanted to put in there.

[54:23] » Second. >> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry

[54:26] to approve ordinance 657 um with the caveat that they use exit 12

[54:32] and the other um uh

[54:36] and stipulated. Yeah. The the and the other issues

[54:40] explained and a second by commis- Commissioner being a

[54:45] If there is no further discussion, all in favor?

[54:49] » Aye. >> Aye.

[54:50] » Motion passes.

[54:56] Okay. >> [clears throat]

[54:59] » We're now to our public comment period of our meeting. Those wishing to make

[55:03] public comment shall sign the comment roll

[55:06] and will be responsible for the following rules outlined in the county

[55:09] commission rules and procedures. Speakers will have one three-minute

[55:13] opportunity to speak regardless of the number of items they wish to address.

[55:17] Speakers shall address their comments to the county commission

[55:21] only. This is not a time This is a time to be heard. There will be no back and

[55:25] forth dialogue with the commissioners. Speakers may file copies of their

[55:30] remarks or supporting documents with the county clerk

[55:35] and the county clerk will make the information available to the county

[55:38] commission. We have Deanna Hardy

[55:43] first.

[55:58] » Okay. Deanna Hardy Brigham, the Box Elder

[56:00] Committee of Liberty reminds the Box Elder County Commissioners of our

[56:03] history. The people had to attend church or

[56:06] synagogue to hear the scriptures being read to them by a priest.

[56:10] When the reformers came along and translated the scriptures into English

[56:13] and other languages, the people would read the Bible secretly because if they

[56:17] were caught, they'd be put in prison or killed.

[56:20] The people recognized that the state government run church was not like the

[56:24] church in the Bible. The people fled their countries and came

[56:27] to America because of religious persecution.

[56:30] You have heard separation of church and state. This statement is nowhere in the

[56:35] Constitution. Our founding fathers wrote the First

[56:39] Amendment in our US Constitution that, quote, "Congress shall make no law

[56:43] respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise

[56:48] thereof." The government is not to intrude in

[56:52] religion. Before public education began, children

[56:55] were taught in home by reading the Bible.

[56:58] In 1642, the Massachusetts legislature enacted the first public education law

[57:03] in the nation. It required all children receive an education and be taught the

[57:08] principles of religion. In 1647,

[57:12] a law affirmed that a general education was necessary because it was one of the,

[57:17] quote, "one chief project of the old deluder Satan to keep mankind from

[57:22] knowledge of the scriptures." Satan wanted to keep people from being

[57:26] able to read so they could not read the Bible.

[57:29] That That that law became known as the Old Deluder Satan Act. Subsequent

[57:35] American literacy laws similarly stressed the importance of citizens

[57:38] knowing the scriptures. The teaching and reading the scriptures

[57:42] was critical because illiterate citizens could not

[57:46] read and judge the laws of the colony against the Bible.

[57:50] Civil leaders might pass evil laws without opposition from the people,

[57:56] which would allow us allow the rise of both tyrannical and

[57:59] oppressive leaders and policies. In 1963,

[58:03] our government took out the reading of the Bible in our public schools.

[58:07] We have the rise of both tyrannical and oppressive leaders and policies.

[58:13] Our state-controlled public schools are like the state-government run church.

[58:18] George Washington stated, "A primary object should be the education of our

[58:22] youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can

[58:26] be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those

[58:32] who are the future guardians of the liberties of the country?

[58:35] The knowledge of both scriptures and the science of government are critical for

[58:39] the liberty of the people. And just like we ran from the state-run church, we

[58:44] need to flee from the state-government controlled schools. Thank you."

[58:49] » Thank you. >> [clears throat]

[58:51] » Bridget Cottom.

[59:00] » Hello. I'm Bridget Cottom. I've been in Brigham

[59:03] City for most of my life, Box Elder County for most of my life.

[59:06] It has now been 64 days since you yelled at the residents of Box Elder County to,

[59:10] for health's sake, grow up, and there still has not been a public apology.

[59:14] We haven't forgotten, and we are still waiting for the basic respect this

[59:16] community deserves. If you want this community to trust your

[59:19] decisions, you need to start by treating us with respect and not contempt. Thank

[59:22] you. >> Thank you.

[59:26] » [snorts] [clears throat]

[59:31] » Okay. I won't register.

[1:00:42] So many you void.

[1:01:32] » No closed session, right? Okay.

[1:01:36] You can probably get to that [snorts] point.

[1:01:38] » I was going to jokingly say yes, but >> What?

[1:01:41] » going to jokingly say yes to a closed session.

[1:01:43] » to a closed session? >> No, I do not.

[1:01:44] » Then we Then I'm going to challenge you to tell us what it's for, so there you

[1:01:47] go. >> I'd rather I'd rather go home.

[1:01:50] » I need to be going. I don't know what we're going to have a closed session.

[1:01:52] There you go. We wouldn't be calling it.

[1:01:57] Okay.

[1:02:14] » [snorts]

[1:02:28] » Okay, we have no closed session. >> Nope.

[1:02:30] » So, I need a motion. >> Motion to adjourn.

[1:02:33] » Second. >> A motion to adjourn by Commissioner

[1:02:34] Perry and a second by Commissioner Bingham.

[1:02:37] So, we are adjourned. All in favor? >> Aye.

[1:02:40] » Aye. >> Aye.

[1:02:41] » Thank you. Okay.

[1:02:49] » Yeah. Yeah.

[1:02:55] » What's that? >> [clears throat]

[1:02:57] » All right.

[1:03:00] » Thank you.

[1:03:03] » On the third >> sites over there.

[1:03:06] » I want to make sure the buildings are currently

[1:03:10] » So, I think we're okay. I think that we're okay.

[1:03:14] » Yeah, everything's all right.

[1:03:17] » I think that

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