[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