Okay, we'd like to welcome everybody out
to our commission meeting tonight. We
appreciate you being here in attendance
with us. Uh we will start off by having
an opening prayer uh given by myself
after which Glenn Thirstston from the
attorney's office will give us the
pledge.
Our
dearly father, as we bow before thee
this day, we are grateful for thy many
blessings. Father, we're grateful to be
gathered as friends and as citizens of
the county to visit and and to listen to
the uh needs and the things that will
come across our table this day for our
uh county. Father in him, we ask thy
spirit to be with us this day. Please
bless us to be kind and understanding
one to another that we might understand
those things which will be presented.
Father in heaven, we're grateful for the
many blessings that uh thou provides
unto us. We're thankful for the moisture
which we've received and ask that they
will provide more. Please bless us,
Father, that our uh hills will be uh
wet, that we will not have uh any more
fires. Please bless uh those uh
firefighters and emergency services
folks who are uh working at this time to
put other fires out throughout not only
the state, but the nation that they will
be watched over and kept safe. We're
grateful, Father in heaven, for the
freedoms we enjoy in this country. We're
grateful, Father, for uh those men and
women in our uh military and also our uh
police and fire and emergency services
folks who protect us and keep us safe.
Please bless and watch over them and
their families. Father in heaven, please
bless and watch over each and every one
of us and our families in this county.
Bless us with health and strength and
those things that we need. Father,
please bless those who are struggling or
having uh that have illness or have
struggles at this time that they will
bless them and boy them up and help them
through uh the struggles that they are
going through. Know of our love and
gratitude for thee and for thy son
father and we ask for this prayer and do
so in the name of thy son Jesus Christ.
Amen.
To the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
Thank you, Glenn uh Thirstston for the
pledge of allegiance. We appreciate you
helping us with that today. Uh
administrative review uh reports and
future agenda items. Commissioner Perry,
do you have anything?
>> Uh no, we'll be doing one for mineral
lease committee next time, add adding a
person there, but other than that,
that's it.
>> Okay. Commissioner Bingham, do you have
anything?
>> Nope, not today.
>> Okay. I have nothing either. Uh do we
have any anything from staff attorney's
[snorts] office?
>> Remind reminder this is the only
commission meeting we'll have during the
month of August because of the fair
though.
>> All right. Very good. Um
e emergency management issues. Mark,
we're good to go. Our fires are all out.
We're all doing good. Kevin's
>> people been doing a great job.
>> Okay. Well, let's hope we continue to
get more rain and no no lightning.
uh Charlene
uh ARPA or LTCF.
>> Nothing new on the agenda for
>> Okay. Thank you.
Okay. Uh Boxelder County employee
recognition and Commissioner Perry's
going to take care of that. Okay. We
received a nomination that uh I'm going
to read the whole nomination because it
is very impressive. Um, so our
nomination was for Lieutenant Alexander
Evans of the Boxar County Sheriff's
Office. And it said, "For more than 20
years, he has been one of those rare
leaders who quietly keeps his agency
moving forward. He never looks for
attention or asks for recognition.
Instead, he simply sees what needs to be
done, takes responsibility for it, and
works until it is handled. The recent
agencywide uniform transition is one of
the clearest examples of that
dedication. This was a massive project
that affected employees across the
entire sheriff's office. It involved
coordinating vendors, managing
individual fittings and logistics, and
addressing countless questions and
concerns. Lieutenant Evans took his took
this responsibility seriously because he
understands that uniforms are not just
clothing. They directly impact employee
comfort, safety, confidence, morale, and
how deputies represent the agency every
day. He spent countless hours working
through the complex details,
prioritizing getting it right over just getting it
done quickly. He listened to employees.
He worked through uh through the
inevitable problems and willingly
absorbed a tremendous administrative
burden so the process would be
stress-free for the POS for stress-free
as possible for everyone else. He
brought that same level of operation
dedication to the recent transition to
the new inmate phone provider. Again,
much of the complex work happened out of
sight, requiring deep coordination,
patience, problem solving, and following
through. By taking on the most difficult
pieces and doing the heavy lifting
behind the scenes, he helped make the
transition as smooth as possible for
both staff and daily operations.
Lieutenant Evans also leads the honor
guard with a profound amount of respect
and care. He recognized the amount
immense importance of his respon this
responsibility. Whether the team is
handling a routine flag detail or
representing the agency during times of
profound grief, his steady leadership is
absolutely critical over the past year
as our law enforcement family faced the
heavy reality of honoring one of our uh
one of our own recently fallen officers.
Whether he was leading the team through
the local funerals last August or
representing the agency at the memorial
ceremony in Salt Lake City in May or
standing vigil during the National
Police Week in Washington DC, he ensured
our fall and were honored with utmost
dignity. He approaches these assignments
with genuine kindness and he expects a
high level of professionalism during
these details. But he balances that with
a deep understanding of the emotional
toll that they take. Always making sure
his team is supported and cared for
throughout these demanding deployments.
What stands out most about Lieutenant
Evans is the way that he makes employees
feel important. He genuinely notices
people, takes the time to listen,
recognizes their contribution, and
reminds them that their work matters.
With over two decades of experience, he
is deep has a deep understanding of the
people here. He has a unique ability to
identify potential in others, mentor
future leaders, and quietly step in to
help balance workloads. He holds people
accountable, but he never makes them
feel disposable. He makes them feel like
an essential part of the agency's
success. Most importantly, he actively
builds morale by creating an environment
where people feel genuinely supported
and valued, especially during difficult
periods. His leadership is rooted in
service, humility, and true desire to
see others thrive. So much of what
Lieutenant Evans does is not highly
visible. It is it is the problem he
solves before it becomes a bigger issue.
The employee he takes a moment to check
on, the workload he quietly helps carry
or the detail he catches that keeps
something running smooth.
The those things may not always draw
attention, but they make a very real
difference in our daily culture.
Lieutenant Alexander has spent his
career supporting this agency, his its
employees and the people of Boxer
County. The extraordinary effort he put
into the uniform transition, the inmate
phone system, the honor guard, and the
daily unwavering support he gives to our
staff makes him highly deserving of the
recognition as employee of the month.
And so therefore, we'd like to invite
Lieutenant Ale Evans to come forward and
be recognized as our employee of the
month for this month.
[applause]
» [applause]
» And it's also your birthday this month.
» I'm trying to forget.
>> Thank you.
[cough and clears throat]
>> Okay, perfect. We don't have any
>> I know, right?
>> Watch on my wrist. I got you.
>> Turn off his
>> smile.
Okay, now we'll just glare.
We got you.
>> Thank you.
» Oh, hey.
» Thank you, Lieutenant. And you notice a
lot of his employees were here because
that's how they're the ones that
submitted him for this is the folks that
work with him. So that shows you the
care that they have and they appreciate
his efforts. So
we really appreciate our law enforcement
and all that they do for us. Uh
[cough and clears throat]
so thanks for all that they do. We
appreciate all of our employees. Um
we're very blessed in this county to
have great employees.
Um,
auditor's office approval of the update
to the consolidated fee schedule
resolution number 2624.
Shirley Larson and this has been a big
job. Thanks, Shirley.
» I think we've got a final version we
hope of consolidated fee schedule. There
are always some fees that get missed
[clears throat] as we tried to combine
everything and make sure we had a
complete list and also some adjustments
to fairgrounds fees. So if there's any
questions regarding that was a big
endeavor like you say between attorney's
office and and all the departments truly
>> well and everything that everything it
touches it's all of us and so yeah it's a quiet job.
>> Yeah.
and entertain a motion if you're okay
with it. I've read through it. I
>> I've looked through it as well. So, I
would make a motion that we adopt or
approve the update to the consolidated
fee schedule has been presented in
resolution 26-24.
>> Second.
>> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry
to approve the updated consolidated fee
schedule resolution number 2624 and a
second by Commissioner Bingham. If
there's no further discussion, all in
favor say I.
>> I. Motion passes. Thank you so much.
» Okay. Uh, Bragg Box seller services
update by Lucas Martin.
How you doing, Lucas?
>> Well,
so Lucas Martin, I'm the executive
director with the Bear River Association
of Governments. Uh, Bragg receives,
well, Bear River Association of
Governments is a regional um voluntary
form of government. now receive
contributions from each of the three
counties boxer cash and rich each year.
Um those county contributions are an
important piece of matching funds for
federal or state dollars that allow us
to deploy social services throughout the
three counties. Um so this report
touches on each of the uh departments
within the bare river association of
governments and highlights just services
rendered in Boxiller County and shows in
proportion to total services in those
same areas um across the region. The
only department it doesn't address is
economic development because you'll be
hearing from Sean after me and he'll
address kind of those those pieces
there. So the first page looks at the
area agency area agency on aging uh
department there at Bragg. Uh so you can
see 619 households assisted in Boxeller
County. Um total for the region is 18 uh
1,883.
So roughly 32% of the clients assisted
were in this area. Um you can see a lot
of those activities around the embudsman
activities, significant number of
veterans and Medicaid enrollments that
happened uh in the region as well. The
dollars down below are are actually a
little more heavily weighted towards the
Boxel County area. So even though
there's 32% of the clients assisted,
you've got about 36% of the dollars for
the region deployed. There's some pass
through dollars that go through to your
um and that's in addition to the
onbudsman program has also brought in a
volunteer um to help manage the
increased number of calls associated
with that. You can see on the next page
um the senior citizen services and
service dollars. So there's a
significant number of past $3 that come
through the area agency and aging
two-year senior programs on the Barry
River Senior Citizen Center and Treemont
and also the services deployed out of
the Brigham City um community center. So
$310,000 that's about 34 um percent 35%
of the dollars deployed throughout the
region. Uh a couple of highlights there.
Um Box County served 81,656
meals. That's approximately 50% of the
meals served across the entire region.
So really kind of highlighting the
efforts in providing food uh towards our
elderly adults. Um it mentions there
that you know in a survey 70% of rural
seniors indicated that senior center
meals are the only meal they eat for
that day. Um which reinforces other data
we have around one in five seniors
reporting skipping meals and kind of a
sign of that heightened vulnerability.
We'll actually kind of see this later as
well when we talk about the mobility
vouchers program and how in this region
a lot of those are utilized actually to
get to senior centers and access some of
these services. So that's kind of our
highlight there of the aging services
programs and deployment. Do you want me
to go through all of them and then deal
with questions or do you want me to
address questions as we go?
>> I think just go through it.
>> Okay, let's do it. Uh the next
department is section 8. Well, it's the
housing department. the housing
authority, also known as section 8. Um
section 8 provides long-term rental
assistance to households that are in
need. Um we have 619 total vouchers.
They'll serve more than that uh over the
course of the year because you have some
vouchers that turn over and they may
serve, you know, a couple families. So
you can see in Boxeller County there's
241 households that were assisted as
well as one household assisted with HUD
VASH vouchers. Those are um vouchers are
specific for homeless veterans. Um so
about 35% of the clients that are served
in the region are tied to um Boxeler uh
county. You can also see that there's uh
housing units. Currently Bragg only owns
housing in uh Boxeller County and in
Bigham City and in Tmont. Um and so
those units provide important resources.
There's especially in in smaller
railroad towns like Tmont. There's not
as many um affordable properties that
can be utilized. You can see the total
deployment. So $1.2 2 million paid out
on behalf of households in the area
about 33% of the region. So again,
slightly higher than the roughly 30% of
the region the population represents. Um
I think this [clears throat] is really
important. Uh HUD vouchers are usually
used are often utilized by elderly
disabled clients who have fixed incomes
and don't have other alternatives. And
so many of those 241 households could be
facing homelessness or significant
challenges uh without some form of
assistance. So, a really crucial program
in your area, one that makes a big
difference. Um, those dollars also, you
know, are revenue to landlords and then
obviously the properties that are
rented. Um, property taxes and things
come back to the county. So, there's circulation of those dollars as
well, um, with how they're deployed.
Um, the next section is our residential
resilience, formerly known as the
weatherization department. They've
pulled some other programs in. So, we
have emergency home repair as well as
weatherization. You can see that they um
well that household count is not right.
It says 619. Um
yeah, I'll have to look and see what the problem is there. The the
numbers up above are correct on the on
the household count. So um but the total
is not. So you can see that the majority
of the clients are being served by the
program are actually being assisted here
in Boxeler County. Um there's a couple
reasons for that. Um you can see 48% of
our emergency home repair clients are
actually here in Midbox Southern County
and 35% of our weatherization slightly
lower on weatherization crisis clients
at 34%. Um but overall on the county
it's 32% so almost 33 um so again just
slightly higher than the 30% average in
the context of dollars it closely
matches um that deployment and so you
can see the majority of those dollars
emergency home repair 46% going to
clients here. Part of that is because we
uh offer slightly higher amounts, the
maximums of 20,000 as opposed to 18 in
cash. And that's because Box County is
very large geographically and you've got
a lot of rural area. Um and so it can be
more expensive to go and make a repair
further out, especially for bringing in
a contractor for something. So those
grant amounts were, you know,
intentionally raised to reflect some of
those needs and allow us to still serve
clients that are out in in places like
Stand Rod and other rural rural areas.
Um, a couple points on that too with the
weatherization piece. Significant
savings for those families. It doesn't
cost them anything to have the homes
weatherized. They have to meet meet a
certain age requirement. Um, but whether
they're being rented or owned by the
homeowners, that utilization can save
them uh quite a bit. So about 35% on
average of their energy costs can be
reduced over the course of the year
after the home's been weatherized. So
some real opportunities for for them as
well. Uh, the next section is our human
services department. uh that human
services focuses on uh fighting poverty.
It's community action arm of the agency.
And so you've got a couple different
elements tied within that. The first is
utility assistance. Um so one of the
primary programs that Bragg is is known
for. You have 396 households that
received assistance uh here in Boxeller
County uh for out of a total of 1300. So
about 30% which is very close to your population um for the region. Um,
the next one is VITA, so the voluntary
income tax assistance. Those are when
free tax preparation for low-income
households at 231. That's about 24%.
It's a little bit lower. You'll notice
there's an asterisk next to that. And we
point out that there's two VITA sites
here in Boxelder County. Um, one at the
Bear River Senior Center and one at the
community center kind of matching the
deployment actually of the senior
dollars we talked about before. um those
fill up very quickly and so often we
have folks from Boxel County that come
to cash as well to have taxes prepared.
So these numbers reflect where the where
the return was prepared at rather than
where they actually live. So we just
have indicated that it's likely that
number is actually higher, but that's
not how the IRS tracks the returns on
that end. Um you can see there's
significant savings there under the the
payments about $195,000 that was paid in
um on behalf of of residents of the
county. Um those dollars [clears throat]
in many cases you have you know Brigham
City themselves that are utility
provider and so in some cases it it
supports those municipalities. Um and
again [clears throat] he prioritizes
elderly disabled and households that
have children under the age of six. So
that focus on vulnerable households. Um
it's also unique in that it utilizes a
lot of volunteers and so it's an
opportunity to engage um both volunteers
uh in the sense of the site that's being
used as well as the tax preparers and so
Bragg works very actively to um train
those volunteers and help them meet
those certifications and that's one
space where obviously there's some
opportunity for growth here in Boxiller
County. The next one is the start
department. Uh that is the short-term
assistance for rent. uh start is focused
on assisting clients that are homeless
or at risk of becoming homeless. That's
the the target group for those programs.
Um you can see the process 210
applications um that's about 30% of the applicants in in Box County um had
52 households that were assisted with um
the [clears throat]
emergency shelter hotel stays or excuse
me 92. my glasses are adjusted for a
longer range than the short range and
then 48 for our emergency response um
hotel stays out of a total of 157. So
you'll notice that the year round
shelter stays are 100% Boxelder clients.
That's by design. And so we pursued
funding specifically to meet those needs
over the course of the year for Boxeler
County and then a portion of those
dollars in the winter response came to
Boxelder and a portion go to to cash. So
619 total clients assisted during the
year um out of the 1,800 total start
clients. So about 32% again assisted
there. Um down below you can see the the
dollar deployment. Uh you can see the
$42,000 in rent and deposit assistance
um coming into Boxeler County and higher
amounts about 46 almost $47,000 tied to
emergency hotel stays for a total of
$89,000.
Couple other notes there. New Hope
Crisis works closely with Bragg um as
part of our coordinated entry process.
Um they currently don't have staff that
are certified to perform spat
assessments, the service prioritization,
data assessment, uh tool assessments and
so Bragg staff does that that work for
them and we help with those coordinated
entry meetings.
Uh the next section is looking at our
community development clients that are
forward- facing. So this is primarily
our mobility vouchers. Um, for the
mobility vouchers, we have 41 households
that were assisted in in Boxeller County
out of a total of 52. So, the vast
majority of those are in fact located in
Boxeller County. Um, 1300
[clears throat]
one-way trips, again, the majority of
them here in Boxiller County. You can
see the dollars deployed there primarily
went to Boxiller. This program is
specifically trying to help people who
don't have access to public
transportation and can't get themselves
to things like medical appointments or
food. um cash has more access to
transportation through uh CVTD. So, it's
pretty natural to see higher amounts of
those dollars coming into Boxelder
County. Um and that's pretty clearly
reflected in the services as deployed.
Um some things that they highlighted
last year from boxell recipients using
trips for things like diialysis to
improve the quality of life while
extending it and significant number of
them assisting seniors to access those
senior centers especially on the north
end of the county uh coming in to be
able to to reach the bear river senior
center for those meals and activities.
Um and then we just noting that we have
significantly more demand of ox county
for this particular program than we have
funding for. So another opportunity for us as far as growth goes.
Um the last page looks at a few things.
So we're kind of looking at regional
demographics um based on 2025 estimates
and um poverty numbers and then looking
at each of those departments as a whole.
So you can see the the total uh
deployment of dollars across the board.
Um so you can see that box of the county
is about 30 30.5% roughly of the
population that matches the uh brag
contribution exactly of $28,000 500
that's provided by um the council or the
commission. Uh Cash counties comes in
about 68% and Rich County is 1.26. They
actually give about 2% so slightly
higher than their population would
reflect. Within those, we've listed the
poverty totals on the side as well as
the total number of households in
poverty. So, you can see the boxer has
about 4,400
um individuals in poverty and 14,000 in
cash and 228 in rich. That's one of the
strengths honestly in Boxeler County. Um
you've done well with your economic
growth. We're providing highpaying jobs
with benefits um through a lot of the
different factories and different
opportunities here and it's reflected in
those numbers. You can see the largest
population centers some of the um
poverty data there. 11.2% in Brigham
City. So you can see about 2,300 out of
the 4400
uh live in Brigham that are in poverty.
So you're tend to be more dispersed.
Whereas in Logan 12,000 out of the 14 uh
live in in Logan. So much more
concentrated poverty as opposed to in
Box other county where again it's spread
out among some of your other uh smaller
municipalities.
And then the total distribution of
dollars across all three counties. Um
the $2.3 million uh dollars that was
deployed out of six and a half at 36.41%
and kind of a a distribution when
comparing the county contribution to the
ratio of services. You're at $1 invested
by the county for $83 in deployed
services on behalf of residents of Oxel
County. So, um, I noticed a couple of,
like I said, errors on some of the the
household numbers that I'll get an
updated, uh, copy for you on that just
as I went through this again. But I
wanted to kind of turn the time over to
you for questions about kind of how
those services are deployed and and what that looks like for our region.
» Any questions, commissioners?
>> Yeah, I I have a question. And um we're
talking about the services that are
provided for people that are down on
their luck, I guess, is the best way to
say it. Is there any kind of program
that uh provides education or job
support or something like that that
would help them to improve their
situation?
>> I love that you asked that. There's
actually one that uh I didn't touch on
that I could have. So, benefits
navigator. Um it's part of the human
services department. It's actually
working with families with children and
it's trying to help them prepare to take
that next step actually to move beyond
being on government benefits and being
able to to to move forward without
those. So has financial education
components. It helps them identify, you
know, ways to to access education and jobs to move forward. Um so that's kind of the the primary piece is trying to help them connect with
those resources. It doesn't actually
directly deploy a resource to them.
That's a requirement from the state. can
only provide the education and support
to those clients. So there's uh
currently 10 in box elder out of 31
households that are being assisted uh in
our region. So about 32% of those that
are there. So programs like that tend to
require a little bit more case
management support, a little bit more
time inensive and so they generally work
with smaller groups of people. But
that's what we're currently doing.
>> So is that education provided by Bragg
or is it routed through some other
entity?
>> Yeah, that's a great question. So,
there's a couple ways they can do that.
Um, we have and we we [snorts] actually
have our human services director here
with us today, Diana Newold, and so she
can speak to that more specifically if
she'd like, but the the case case
managers um do actually um
[clears throat] have training or been
receiving training in in a few different
areas. So, several of them are community
justice advocates. So, understanding
specific needs around uh budgeting and
debt uh tied to the the clients
themselves. um received some resources
from the state through TANF and training
and then at my trade is actually in in
financial education originally and so
we've worked with them as well and
trying to develop what that looks like
and how that can best assist assist our
clients there. So heavily focused on
trying to access education services and
um and financial pieces. the education
part. I mean, that's so important that
we, you know, rather than just we're
just giving money, right? We have people
are having a hard time that we
[clears throat] have them come in and we
educate them and help them to because
most people don't want to just have a
handout. They they they're in a tight
spot. They've had a hard time and and so
as we help educate them, help them find
ways that [clears throat] they can
better theirelves and and better their
situation and and so really the
education part of it is huge. it is
helping them to the point where they can
um get some help to get to get going,
but also helping them get good
employment and making sure they
understand budgets and making sure they
understand expenditures and and how we
do those things. And and really that's
what makes uh citizens strongers is they
learn that and and and all of us that
you know as we work and we accomplish
stuff, we feel better about ourselves.
And so, not only does it help us to be
self-reliant, but it also helps us as
far as, you know, having feeling
self-worth and feeling like that we're
accomplishing things and that even
though we've had a hard time and we've
had to receive help um by that training
and and being able to have some
education and help us to to figure out
how to budget and and get our feet on
the ground again is is huge.
>> Yeah, absolutely. And I I think that's
another place to like I said, give kudos
to Boxiller County. You can see from
those poverty numbers that you've been
much more successful, right, in trying
to to to build that opportunity for
folks to um to to grow their um their
income and meet their their needs. So,
position themselves well, and that's to
be commended.
>> Yeah. Thanks for your help. We
appreciate it.
>> Commissioner Perry, do you have
anything?
>> Thank you.
>> Appreciate it. Thank you.
>> Thanks, Lucas.
» Sean
You're up.
» Good evening, commissioners.
>> Thanks for the opportunity to revisit
you. May I connect your mic?
>> Sure.
>> Do you have any viruses?
>> Uh, none that I know of.
>> Good.
» And I'm sure that Keith would say it's
probably still too soon to talk about
anything else.
>> Yep.
» Well, good evening. For the record, I am
Sean Mill,
Fair River Association of Governments,
and I am your economic development
director
by contract. And that is why I'm here
this evening. [clears throat]
Tell that person to call me back at a
less inconvenient time. All right.
>> Don't hand it to me. I'll take care of
[laughter]
>> I want them to call me back, sir. Uh,
all right.
So, you may recall that I was here uh at
your last meeting to give you a fiscal
year 26 update as well as a review of
the CEO board's fiscal year 27
recommendations.
Uh again for the benefit of the audio
record as well as anybody else here this
evening the CEO board is the county
economic opportunity advisory board and
as the namesake uh implies they are
advisory to you. You are the ultimate
authority on how to spend certain monies
that come from the state of Utah through
the state legislature via GOED
governor's office of economic
development.
Boxelder County is a county that is
classified as rural.
Um,
uh, as a county of the third class and
your population numbers, you are
considered rural. And so this county,
uh, can apply for these the rural county
grant or RCG that was set up a number of
years ago. and for the last three years
had has utilized Bragg uh me
specifically and some other team members
a fraction of their time throughout the
year uh to perform certain economic
development services. As part of that,
you have utilized some of that rural
county grant or RCG money, a total of
$200,000 per year or up to
uh to pay for those services through
Bragg, which um my boss um Lucas Martin
moments ago had said I'd come up
separately because it is a separate
monetary contract than than the body of
work that he just presented on.
Over the last year,
what you had approved last year were a
total of four different pots of money
for dispersement. Uh, by the way, um,
the slide deck, I don't know if it's
been provided to you. Uh, oh, it's not
showing up there. Well, then that's
super inconvenient. One moment, please.
Was it up there at all at any time?
>> Oh, there you go. When you click
slideshow, it disappears.
>> Well, isn't that awkward? Okay. All
right.
Well, so with that, the pots of money
last year are exactly what the CEO board
has recommended for Frisco 27. So notice
that the boxes don't really change, but
you can see some other text change
because the recommendation is to uh do
the exact same, which is small business
grants, infrastructure grants, which are
also intended to go to small uh
businesses, as well as uh the chamber of
commerce for a particular data set that
shows up natively on their website.
There's some back-end geeky stuff that I
love from a previous uh career path in
life. It just pops up organically from a
bunch of different sources and um
provides companies that might be looking
to locate here whether in cities or the
unincorporated county as to certain
demographical and financial information.
The middle two unless you have questions
on the first the contract with Bragg or
the website dashboard at this particular
moment. Okay, hearing none. Then the
middle two are um what the CEO board
recommends to support smaller
businesses, homegrown if you will,
cottage industry businesses.
There are tools that already enable
large businesses, large scale
enterprises to grow in our midst. Um
many of us might know those by PIDs,
CRAAS, RDAs. And so they have a whole
suite of tools at their disposal that of
course you know from our interactions
that they'll engage. And so the CEO
board is recommending for your approval
again this coming year to recreate these
small business grants. You'll notice
that it says onetoone matching grants
for both of them. Uh it's because they
want the companies to have some skin in
the game. They don't want to increase
your risk. They want them to realize
that their money can also be put into
this pot. Um and it could be used in a
number of different ways. Whether it be
parking improvements, whether it be
facade improvements, lighting, ADA
capacity, uh excuse me, ADA compliance,
utility capacity. Some main street
businesses
are owner, the owners are different than
the landlord. And sometimes there's a
bit of a cat and mouse as to who's going
to do certain improvements to make those
older properties a bit more compliant
either with
standard consumer patterns or increased
electricity capacity. So the 1:1
matching grant on the one hand on the on
the left side is a little bit more
discretionary. The second pocket, the
50,000 that you see on the right hand
side is intended specifically towards
utility upgrades. some uh that we would
think of in smaller communities
throughout the county,
some of the reasons why those
storefronts or those old business
locations sit vacant is because they're
just prohibitively expensive and it
becomes kind of a catch 22. Do you
preserve it to look like it's historical
yester year? Um or do you raise the
building down to the ground and then put
something new on top? And often times
businesses and landlords might just say,
"Gosh, you know, it's it's kind of
expensive for a fledgling business
that's going to go in there because
often times the big books retailers that
are national brands we all know and shop
at, they're looking for bare ground, not
to come in and rehab uh rehabitate uh
rehabilitate
>> rehabilitate. Thank you very much.
Rehabilitate old expensive buildings
because it just makes it that much more
expensive."
So that's one agenda item. the two kind
of go hand in hand. Um
the other item, let me change my view
here real quick,
is the need for a contract that is in
writing. That is the first time that the
state has required such. I've sent this
over to Glenn in the uh attorney's
office for review
and I would defer to a head nod from him
if it's good to go or if he has any
questions or concerns.
>> Excellent. But it basically seeks to
codify what has been the traditional
approach of this county as well as the
two other counties that Bragg serves for
economic development services. Uh the
different body of work and to enumerate
it and to proportionalize where that
dollar amount that is your grant is
conceived to go in our best estimates
because we've not tracked it previously
before by this breakdown in this column.
And at year's end, we will give a report
as to where the proportionality then
actually falls.
And so
it just seeks to memorialize in writing
what has been agreed to by the pre by
the counties previously. And that is a
new um administrative rules requirement
as is as previously noted that no
elected official from this body to serve
on the CEO board which again previously
had addressed. It also makes another
minor change in administrative rules and
it takes your CEO board appointments
from two-year appointments to four-year
appointments, which I'll discuss at a at
another agenda item at a later date. Not
prepared to do that tonight. So, you
have before you two requested votes.
One, approval of the contract as
presented and reviewed by the attorney's
office and the ability to apply on the
county's behalf for the rural county
grant. according to
the recommendations that one moment I'll
go back to
that I showed a moment ago.
So at this time I'll pause for any
questions.
>> Yeah. The question I've got is okay. So
you've got up there matching grants etc.
So what happens if nobody applies for
then what happens to that funding
>> if nobody applies for them?
>> Yes. I would be shocked but the the CEO
board would come back to you through me
in this kind of forum and ask to
redeploy the monies in another manner. I
will tell you that by example here I'm
going to go to another tab and Lucas can
herang me later for all the tabs that I
have open. This is an actual list of
applicants from a similar small business
grant that the box elder CEO board is
recommending to you and you approved for
this year which will be released here
shortly that they've been doing for a
number of years. They do put more money.
They put 90,000 in this pot for this
last year. This is the number of
applicants that they had and not all of
those were awarded. I would be surprised
with a more robust economy such as box
eldelders versus riches, meaning overall
population, the amount of registered
businesses that you have in the county,
I I would be surprised if you didn't
have four times more of the requests
than this recommendation seeks to put
money in.
>> Okay.
>> And working with U Monica in the
chamber, she too is a member of the CEO
board. uh she has long been advocating
for this kind of approach uh because she
feels that in conversations with some of
her smaller chamber members that there
is definitely that demand there. But to
your question, sir, if there weren't
then we would come back with another set
of recommendations from the CEO board to
you and ask to reallocate it. I would
then also ask go or go as they've now
rebranded themselves. I would ask them
to acknowledge your desire to shift that
funding which in the past that they've
been more than willing to do.
>> So,
>> okay. Entertain a motion to approve uh
the development contract.
>> I'll make a motion to we approve
economic development contract 2643 as
explained.
>> Second. We have an approval for the
economic development contract uh number
26-43
by Commissioner Perry, a second by
Commissioner Bingham. There is no
further discussion. All in favor say I.
>> I.
>> Motion passes.
>> Want a second motion?
>> Yes, sir.
>> I'd make a motion that we approve
um Bragg to file for the rural county
grant authorization.
>> Second. We have a motion by Commissioner
Perry to
uh allow Bragg to apply for the rural
county grant and a second by
Commissioner Bingham. All in favor say
I.
>> I.
» Thank you gentlemen. Appreciate it.
>> Thank you.
>> Thanks Sean.
» Okay.
We need to visit a little bit about the
Utah Education Initiative fall
extravaganza
and it's going to be a request for a fee
redu reduction and facility access for
the fine arts building at the
fairgrounds for the end of September.
And Marvin Hawkins
actually Nilson.
>> Okay, we'll have Robert Nelson come and
visit with us. Good to see you, Robert.
>> Thank you for your time.
Can you hear me fine? So, the Utah
Education Initiative is is actually uh
we'll explain that a little later, but
that's who I'm actually representing
tonight. And [snorts] uh we are propos
we have scheduled an education
extravaganza scheduled for September
23rd, 2026, 5 to 8:00 p.m. at the
Fairgrounds Fine Arts Building. We have
paid a million dollar.
The $3 million liability insurance has
already been purchased. That's done.
Over over 20 trade schools and
universities will be participating for
prospective students. 18 months ago, we
held one of these events and we had over
550 students participate at a different
venue.
invitations to the invitations will go
to Boxelder County residents and anyone
else interested. This year is expected
to be much larger. That's why we're
looking at a larger facility with larger
parking.
We are requesting a fee waiver for the
state sanctioned high impact educational
activity.
This is a directive from Governor Cox
and the Utah system of higher education.
The Utah Education Assoc in Initiative
is a network across the entire state of
volunteer mentors who assist potential
language skills and higher education
students. Target groups identified for
specific assistance. non-traditional
students, adults above 25, adults
needing to upgrade skills or earning
potential, Latino, Hispanic population
to assist in English skills and improve
employment opportunities,
immigrant population to assist in
English skills and productive
assimilation, high school students, and
we will be supporting the traditional
high school counselor activities.
coordinated efforts between the UEI and
the interfaith organization group to
ensure widespread advertising in businesses advertising
all religious organizations to ensure
maximum exposure to those needing ueI
assistance. I appreciate your time. Any
questions,
>> commissioners?
>> Yeah. Um, okay. I I just was checking
talked with our fair director and
according to what I got back, you said
you're holding the event on the 23rd and
it shows from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. What I
was initially told is that you were
hoping to get the fine arts building the
day before for 4 hours to set up and
then wanted the the facility for the
full day of the 23rd. Is that correct?
Do you know?
>> I I believe that is what uh Marvin
scheduled and failed to give me those,
but I I think that's what they have done
to to be able to get it. uh organized
and set up for that evening.
>> I was just trying to figure out where
you got that evening, why they couldn't
come in the day of rather than tie the
building up a whole night before or the
day before. Why we couldn't if you were
to just just do the 23rd and have them
set up during the day because if you're
only going to be operating from 5 to 8,
why they couldn't come during the day to
set up this
>> I believe that's something that probably
could be arranged.
>> Okay.
>> Sorry, I don't have better information.
>> So, we're not tying the building up for
an extra day is what I'm trying to
figure out costwise. I I think we could
make that happen.
>> So the folks that are involved in doing
this, they're all volunteers.
>> Yes.
>> So there's no funds moving through this
operation.
>> Correct.
>> And this is for Boxhelder County and
anybody else who wants to come to
>> anybody else who wants to come. We are
this group is basically organizing it uh
from a small area and inviting all of
[clears throat] the other areas to be a
part of it. So you're inviting
universities, trade schools. What are
you inviting?
>> Yes, the universities, the trade
schools, um reg, you know, all uh
>> according to the flyer, you have 18 of
them and they've all committed to be
there. Is that what I'm understanding?
So those 18 that are listed will be
committed.
>> They've all committed to be there.
>> Committed. That's
>> they have committed. Like I said, 18
months ago, they we we had one of these
and had that many people and we had over
550 people.
>> What was the one 18 months ago?
>> It was held at uh a Church of Jesus
Christ Latterday Saints building.
>> Okay. So, we didn't we didn't provide
the facility. This is the first time
you've ever asked for us.
>> This is the first time we have the
parking was limited. uh and and there
were other things involved that we felt
like we wanted to to move out because it
is a it is a state sanctioned uh
activity that we are doing.
» Okay.
So I would uh make a motion that we
approve the Utah Education Initiative
fall extravaganza
fee reduction and facility access for
the fine arts building at the
fairgrounds.
on September 23rd with the caveat
that you try to limit it to the 23rd.
Prepare in the morning and have your
activity in the evening.
>> How much of a reduction are we talking?
>> Because it's it's cost it's $700 is what
I was told from Jan.
>> Yeah.
>> If we just do the full thing or are we
talking half or what are we talking?
>> I was I heard the amount five. So I
don't know. I
we're asking a waiver.
>> That was two days was 700. So if they
went to one day, would it be 500, Jan?
Okay.
So you want to do the full 500 or you
going to
your motion? So um the question is
uh Jan and the question then you're
going to have to have people there to
set up. What are you going to have to
have require from county employees?
>> We'll just have the building ready. They
have to set up themselves. They'll have
to set up the tables and take them down.
So, are you requiring them to sweep and
clean up after themselves? What are you
requiring?
>> Correct. Yes,
>> that'd be good.
>> So, then I I would say let's wave the
whole fee.
>> Okay, I'll second that motion.
>> Okay, we have a motion by Commissioner
uh Bingham to wave the fee uh for the
Utah Education Initiative fall
extravaganza
uh as requested on September 23rd, 2026.
uh and that they will use the building
that day only
and second by Commissioner Perry. All in
favor say I.
>> I.
>> Thank you. I will pass on the word that
the 23rd is it.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you for doing this.
>> Okay. Thank you.
» Resolution for the
Okay. Um,
number E, uh, agreement number 26-44
to terminate contract for mental health
services between Boxelder County and
Bever uh, mental health
incorporating the commissioners.
>> This is this is basically what we we've
already done. um beer mental health has
ceased to exist basically. Now we have
Barver
um behavioral health I think is the new
name. So that's why we have to go
through the contract to cancel because
Barber mental health is now become as of
July 1st bear
health or bear behavioral health. So
that's what this contract is
and we do need to change if we're going
to do the contract. It's got the wrong
signature on there. So it's currently
we'll have to change the signature on
there if we did make the motion.
>> Okay. So that's that's what it is. It's
just to terminate that contract because
Bever mental health doesn't exist
anymore. So my motion would be to
approve that uh agreement 2644 to
terminate the contract for Bever mental
health services between Boxer County and
Beverent mental health services.
>> Second. We have a motion by Commissioner
Perry uh to terminate contract number
26-44
for mental health services between
Boxelder County and Bar River mental
health services and a second by
Commissioner Bingham. All in favor say
I.
>> I. Motion passes.
>> Just remember to cross that out when you
sign it.
>> Okay.
uh public entity affidavit to receive
conveyance of land and Glenn's going to
come visit with uh with us for that.
>> Glenn Thirstston from the county
attorney's office and I'm going to try
to be quick because I know there's a
high school rodeo club that really wants
to talk to you and not not be here any
longer.
>> Um so afraid they're gonna rope you or
something?
>> I don't know. I don't know what they're
going to do. They're a wy bunch. Uh so
out um off of I 84 between exits 30
I had it pulled up between 36 and 37. Um
there's a parcel of land that the
treasur's office actually brought up
that they hadn't been they'd been
delinquent in their property tax
payments is actually owned by the bank
of Utah. Um and it was a weird thing. It
wasn't included in a deed and it turns
out that the entire parcel is underneath
a county road. And so they said, "How
about instead of paying property tax on
a county road, we just give you the
county road?" Um, so it's at the
intersection of 136 North and 108th
West. Um, and in order to do that,
according to state statute, they have to
give us a deed. And then we have to
provide this affidavit saying that we
actually [snorts] want to receive the
property before it can be recorded.
>> And who's given us the deed?
>> The Bank of Utah.
>> Utah. Okay.
>> Okay. Hey, I will make a motion that we
approve the public entity affidavit to
receive conveyance of land.
>> I'll second it.
>> We have a motion by Commissioner Bingham
uh to approve public entity affidavit to
receive conveyance of land and a second
by Commissioner Perry. All in favor say
I.
>> I.
>> Very good.
>> Thank you.
sir.
Wow.
You guys are up.
Bever High School Rodeo Club requests a
fee waiver, a reduction for the
fairgrounds.
Michelle Sorenson is going to visit with
us about that.
Oh yeah, my name is Ty Hiplo and I'm one
of the members. I'm actually the vice
president of our club. And so a little
bit about our club. We are one of the
oldest rodeo clubs in high school rodeo
history. We were established in the
early 1960s, which makes us over 60
years old.
>> How about get that a little closer to
your mouth. Thank you. We're all deaf up
here, so [laughter]
>> No, that's good. Uh, thank you for
giving me a couple of minutes to speak
with you guys today. U, we are here to
ask you consider
uh a reduced offering rate for stalls
and facilities for the high school rodeo
contestants during our rodeos.
Um,
typically we only require the facilities
for about a day and a half. It's only a
day this year.
High school rodeo is much more than just
a sport. These kids spend countless
hours caring for their animals,
practicing, traveling, and competing
while also keeping up with school and
other responsibilities.
We learn lots of important things like
responsibility, hard work,
sportsmanship, respect, and how to win
and lose with grace.
But rodeo is an expensive sport.
Families are already paying for horses,
feed, fuel, entry fees, equipment,
veterinarian care,
and travel. Facility and stall fees are
just another expense that make it hard
for some families to participate.
And we are not asking the county to
provide facilities for free, although
that would be amazing. We're just simply
asking you to consider a reduced rate
for these youth events, particularly
because we only use it for a short
amount of time.
These events also bring people into our
communities.
Uh families purchase fuel, they eat at
local restaurants, shop at local
businesses, and often stay in the areas.
So, by supporting the high school rodeo,
you're also supporting the local
economy.
Most importantly, we believe in
investing in opportunities for our youth
is an investment into our community.
These are hardworking kids who choose to
spend their weekends competing, taking
care of animals, supporting their
teammates, and developing skills that
they will use throughout their lives.
We hope you will consider creating a
youth or high school rodeo rate that
makes the county and facilities more
affordable while still covering your
costs. Uh a small reduction in fees from
the county also combined with the
improved RV infrastructure can make a
meaningful difference to the kids and
their families while also benefiting the
county financially.
Commissioners.
>> Well, I want to thank you for the
presentation. Um,
so one of the things that most people
don't understand, I understand the
economic development.
>> That economic development goes to the
state, goes to the local municipalities,
not usually to the county. Not very much
of it. What is your offer? You said a
reduced offer. uh like half where we can
talk to my secretary Relle about that.
>> Are you talking Okay, originally I was I
was showing that we had two days. So
you're only going to need it for the
September 12th day. Is that correct?
>> Yeah. So
>> Oh, no.
>> So we have to rodeo on Friday the 11th.
And so to have time to set up, we have
to set up on the 11th in the morning.
Rodeo the 11th and then we will rode on
the we'll run our rodeo on the 12. We
actually need almost two full days
because if our kids are going to rodeo
at the Oregon rodeo
on the 11th, we'll have to be set up so
we can start at 8 a.m. on Saturday
morning.
>> Okay,
>> that makes sense. And so um but um in
previous years we haven't needed it that
long because we just ran a rodeo which
was morning and night we were in and
out. This year we're going to have the
full Utah rodeo. association at Tree
Mountain because Morgan does not have
stalls and so they're everybody's going
to move from Morgan to Treemont for the
whole evening. It's going to bring a lot
of people in.
>> So I have another question. When you
have uh participants, you said they have
entry fees. What are the fees?
>> Um the fees you pay like a certain
amount for each event. Isn't it like 50
bucks?
>> Yeah, 50.
>> Depends on that event. Oh yeah, but like
mostly around 50 bucks per event. So it
honestly just depends on how many events
the kids do. Like I personally do four
events. So I goat tie, I pull bends, I
breakaway rope, and I barrel race. So
all that combined is $200 just in entry
fees.
>> So that goes to livestock rental. What
does it go to? you know,
>> um, for most of it, it just goes to like
the association for like and the club for putting it on
>> judges.
>> Yeah, that we do pay for judges and
that's why um the rough stock events are
more because they have to pay the
livestock.
>> Okay.
>> So,
I I I checked with our fair director. I
mean, it looks like right now the cost
that the total cost would be around
$2,100 is what it would cost the county.
Um, plus tractor fee. And I'm not sure,
Jan, what what would the tractor fee be?
Do you know for something like that for
It sounds like it'd only be one day of
tractors, but I'm not positive. Is it
two days of tractors or not?
>> It be one day. Well, we'd have to dig
for their barrel racing. Okay.
>> So, it would be a tractor fee is $50
extra.
>> $50 extra. Okay.
I'd be willing to make a motion to to
give them what we've been talking about
um for nonprofits. And so I would say I
would give it to them at 50% off. So it
would be half of whatever. So if it's 21
if it comes up to 2150 or 2,200, it
would be half of whatever the total
amount would be. It' be my proposal. I'd
be willing to give it to them. um the
use of facility for half of what a full cost would be for this event.
That's my motion.
>> I'll second it.
>> Okay. We have a motion by Commissioner
Perry to approve um a fee waiver of half
of the cost of the rental uh for the
fairgrounds and a second by Commissioner
Bingham. All in favor say I.
>> I. I.
>> What was your name?
>> Ty Hipple.
>> Will you spell that for me? Yes. T A Y C
E
>> and then H I P W E L L.
>> So I have another I have another quick
question.
>> Do you charge admission?
>> No, we don't.
>> Oh, we only do that at state finals.
>> Oh.
>> So I can come and watch for nothing?
>> Yes, you can.
>> How about if I contribute or something
like that, right?
>> Yep.
>> Okay.
You're welcome.
>> Well, I that's all I have, so you know.
[laughter]
>> Thank you guys.
>> Hey, thank you so much. Appreciate it.
>> Thank you.
>> Okay. Uh Northre Grumman Fire Department
submits a request for proposal. Jim Hess
is going to come visit with us. Thank
you guys. Have a good night.
>> Thank you.
Hey Jen, before we go to this last, if
somebody wanted to to contribute to that
and wanted to maybe contribute to pay
for the tractor fee, could they do that?
>> Is that something they could do? Just do
it through the
>> come see you
>> come see me and I take it off the
>> So what's the total tractor fee, Jim?
Just
>> the total
>> What would be the total tractor fee? It would be for that Saturday for after
the barrel racing
after so many barrel racers they have to
come in and dig the track or the dirt so
that it's a clean slate so they can race
again.
>> So is it $50 an event?
>> It's $50 for the tractor fee for the
day.
>> Oh, okay.
>> So if somebody wanted to do that, they
could come to you and and donate that
$50.
>> I'd be willing to pay that, too. Yeah.
>> All right. Just wanted to follow up on
that. So anyway, okay.
Sorry, Jim.
>> That's okay. Good evening. Uh Jim Hess,
North Grumman Fire Department, Fire
Chief. Uh pleased to be here with you
this evening.
>> Hi, Jim.
>> We're coming for a long time.
>> It's been a long time, boy. [laughter]
Uh coming at this kind of backwards. I
am here this evening to request from you
a a request for proposal to provide
ambulance service for the Northwork
Grumman
uh site. Uh going back to uh for history
on this Senate Bill 2000 uh 2025, Senate
Bill 215
uh it's titled the emergency medical
services modifications modified some of
the some of the Utah rules. To put it in
a nutshell in my words, prior to this uh
these modifications, all ambulance
service areas were dictated by the Utah
Bureau of EMS. They worked with county
EMS uh councils, but they would come in
and decide who could go to what areas.
It was their administrative rules. This
changed and made it now the
responsibilities of each municipal
entity, the county or each city to go in
and designate
and to provide the 911 service as well
as interfacility transfers. And it seems
that this this particular modification
was heavy on inter facility transfers.
Personal opinion, I think this was
reversing some control that uh one
particular private agency had on this
entire system. So this is reversing it.
So this request that I have submitted to
you is due to my relicensing uh to relic
my ambulance.
I think they have us come at it this way
is now for Boxelder County. This would
be for you to request me to provide
ambulance service being a licensed
agency for the Northwork Grumman site.
And you're going to find this with all
agencies that need to come that provide
it for Boxer County. So, this is going to be from Fielding, from
Plymouth, from Tmont, from Bighgam. Uh,
Snowville has already done it for you,
but each one of them is going to need to
receive from you a a bid for proposal to
cover that specific area. So, in other
words, I'm coming at this backwards. I'm
requesting for from you to request for
me to provide ambulance service to my
area and the paperwork that I gave you
basically to let you know we are a a
private entity. We do support offsite as
requested from the county. We'll take
our ambulance offsite help where we can.
We're there to to support the community.
um by the previous licenses that we've
had, we are a licensed transport agency
911 on our site and we are a first
designated as a first responder offsite.
Um the two ambulance areas, two
ambulance services that we support would
be Tmont and Brigham and at their
discretion, if we happen to be on site
and they want us to transport, we're
then allowed to transport. But that's
based on their their request, not ours.
>> Transport means what?
>> Hauling a patient from the scene to the
hospital. Okay. So, to flip that around
just a little bit, if there was another
entity out there and they came out to
North Grumman and said, "Hey, we we
heard there's a problem. We want to come
on." Could they even get on your
>> Yeah, they could. And we could request
it. Just like the we had a a significant
fire at our facility last year. We had
county responders coming in. If we had a
mass casualty event, we are going to be
calling and requesting help to come in.
Okay.
>> Absolutely.
>> Y
looked at your boundaries.
It's this isn't an exact the state said
I could use this uh if you would prefer
I could go and pick all of the specific
plots of land by number and put it on
there. It it basically we do not cover
the highway. The highway belongs to
Tmont or to Brigham Ambulance. We are
everything with inside our fence. So it
follows the highway a little bit of
section off of Highway 102 onto Highway
83. It follows around from the south
down the west side of our facility up
around to the north. Uh covers a little
bit of Foss Valley Road and then follows
our perimeter fence along our fire
breaks all the way back.
>> Blue section in the middle.
>> The blue section is actually auto leave.
Okay.
>> So we are not responsible for auto
leave.
>> You don't respond. You won't respond
there. Then
>> we will if requested and we have before.
>> Okay.
>> So if they request us to come in auto
leave actually has an unlicensed
ambulance and they can do that as a
private business.
>> Okay. So, they do have an ambulance
there, but because they're not licensed,
they can only haul their employees. If
they have a contractor up on site, and
we've had this before, there was a
contractor, they called us to go up and
help. We went up, it was a burn victim,
and we had Lifellight land at our
facility to home.
>> Okay, that's good to know.
>> But technically, that is actually
Tolton's area, but we will go to help.
Um what about you have property that I
don't know if I mean county I think
handles it right now or through Karen um
where the train route
>> nope that is not ours. So that Karen
belongs to Brigham City and Karen is the
first responder there as well as the
ranch.
>> So this this does not include
>> Okay. Good to know.
>> No that still falls and that's based on
what was originally established by the
Utah Bureau of EMS.
>> Right.
>> So yeah this is just for our core site
that promontory. I just want to make
sure Newore was interested to be
interested in hearing if they wanted to
do something like that. But that would
be a long ways for you guys to respond.
>> Yeah. No.
>> And you don't you're not there that
frequently.
>> So, in fact, when we had the uh they had
the train unveiling there,
>> um I talked with Brigham City Fire
Chief. We had our ambulance there on
standby. They said, "If it's a critical,
haul it, but if it's not, let us know
and we'll come pick them up."
>> Okay, good to know.
>> We have those verbal agreements in
place.
>> Great.
Well, I'd make the request that we have
Northrup Grumman Fire Department. Uh we you know ask that you provide
services there and that we would provide
you with a letter support to continue to
provide services on your facility.
>> Second.
>> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry
to provide support to Northwick Grumman
Fire Department uh request for the
request of a proposal and a second by
Commissioner Bingham. If there's no
further discussion, all in favor say I.
I.
Thanks, Jim.
>> Thank you very much.
>> This sign of that
Chrissy.
Okay. Peach day schedule for the county
building.
» We'll just close the whole day.
>> Okay. So, no, we won't. peach day
schedule. Um as as as you're all aware,
every year peach days we provide um
[snorts] the facility over here to our
um south um the front part of our
parking lot is taken up. The chamber of
commerce is asked and they put in uh
some of the food trucks and food vendors
and things in that parking lot starting
Friday morning. Um makes it very
difficult for people to get in and out
of our facility on that Friday of peach
days. And then over at our DMV office,
we have a similar situation where people
can't get into the DMV office because by
3:00 in the afternoon, people are coming
early to get ready for the parade and
the youth parade. And so that parking
lot fills up and nobody can get in to do
any services there. And we have a
similar situation over our county
attorney's office and the courts um
because again parade and we shut
everything down along Main Street here
where all the county facilities are. So,
and knowing Brigham City's done it in
the past and we did it last year, my
proposal and my motion would be that we
um shut county offices down at 3 p.m. on
the Friday of Peach Days um to make the
facility available and get our employees
home safely and out of the parking lot
so that we can open that facility and
use it as necessary.
>> Second.
We have a motion by Commissioner Perry
uh to shut our buildings down at 300 PM
on uh peach days and a second
>> the Friday of peach days. Saturday,
>> excuse me, the Friday of Peach Days. Um
and a second by Commissioner Bingham.
All in favor say I.
>> I.
>> Okay. A review of victim services
offered and victim
demographics through 126.
uh 126 through 6:26. Cheryl Bergen's
going to visit with us about that.
>> Hi, Cheryl.
>> How are you?
>> Good. How are you?
>> Good.
>> It's great, isn't it?
>> Great. [laughter]
Doing great. Um,
>> should
>> push the arrow with the
>> Okay,
>> look at that.
>> It works. Okay, I I won't even use my
computer. All right, we've done this
before, right? Um so this is just a a
look um from January through June of
this year. Um and as you know we do
receive some funding from UOVC. So got
to mention them. All right. So as you
can see total served in in quarter 3 was
317 quarter 4 314.
You can see um out of that those numbers
the new clients and the continuing
clients. Okay, any questions? Okay, I
know you guys have a really long agenda
today. Um, this is just kind of breaking
down some of our demographics. Um, and
this is of those new victims served.
Okay, so I believe it was 272 total new
victims from January through June. So
that gives you kind of that breakdown of
um the ages that we're looking at.
Um this also breaks down um by gender.
As you can see, we have a few more um
female victims than we do males.
And then these are some of the
victimizations. So this is a total. So
this isn't just on new victims, it's for
all of the victims that we served during
that time period. And you can see with
the domestic violence, we've got 160. So
what we find is that most of the time a
domestic violence is associated with
another charge, could be assault, could
be criminal trespass. There's could be
there could be a lot of things with the
DV tag. So that gives you an idea of how
many cases related to domestic violence
or interpersonal [cough]
um uh violence that we're dealing with.
So quite a bit. We've got 34 sexual
assault. That's for adults. Um 43 child
abuse. um 146 like I mentioned multi-
victimizations if it's not domestic
violence sometimes we see assault um
with other with other crimes right
um here we've got the 58 child sexual
abuse um 166 adult physical assault 31
identity theft fraud or financial and
then 42 protective order or stalking
injunction violations that's a lot
um I wanted to give you an idea because
as as I've mentioned before when I've
come is that I spit out all of these
numbers, but the reality is every number
there's a person. Um, and this is a
little bit of an overview of the process
for them because when a case gets going,
yes, it's the state versus the
defendant, right? But there is a person
also that is involved and they often get
overlooked and that's why we're there is
to make sure victims are not getting
overlooked and we're there to make sure
that they're getting the help and
support that they need throughout that
process. And so
it all starts with them making a phone
call reporting or maybe it's a family
member that's reported and having to
tell their story to the police. um
there's an investigation and that there
could be pretty invasive medical exams
depending on what's happened. So they're
getting retraumatized just by going
through this process, right? So
there's a lot of times we're getting
called out to help during an
investigation to help a victim. Um but
most of the time we're getting involved
once the case has been referred over to
our office. So then it gets over to our
office, right? and it's there for
screening and depending on a whole lot
of factors that could take days to
months um before a decision is made on charges. And so in the meantime, we
have victims that are in limbo um not
sure what's going on. Um and so for us,
we really want to make sure that we're
getting information to these victims of
the resources that are available and of
course letting them know when charges
have been filed um and when charges
haven't been filed on some cases. So um
we want to make sure that throughout
that process they're being heard.
Court is
slow
there. I I know everybody has a right to
a speedy process, but it's not speedy
and victims get extremely frustrated
when it's just continuence after
continuence and they don't understand.
Um, and so this could drag on for
months. Um, and so it's trying to help
them understand the court process,
what's happening. Most of them have
never been in court, don't understand
it, and so that's why we're there. So,
as you can see, um, educated and
notified victims regarding the court
process happened 1,823
times. Um, we attended a,084 hearings.
Um, most of our victims do not want to
be there. They don't want to see their
perpetrator. Um, but they, a lot of them
do want to know what's going on. Um, and
so there's a lot of communication. I
would say the biggest part of my job is
communication between vict the victims
and prosecutors.
Um
we finally get to the end of a court
process, right? Whether that's a
defendant has entered a plea or they
have been found guilty by a jury. Um and
we finally get to sentencing. And at
sentencing, it's one of the few times a
victim really can speak openly in court.
And there's various ways that they are
able to get that statement um heard by
the judge. Um so we help them through
that process of trying to get a victim
impact statement. It is important for
the judge to hear from them and to know
how whatever has happened has impacted
their life. Um so we really try to to
get them to at least do a statement.
There's times that we are reading the
statement for them. Sometimes we're able
to submit it um with the the presentence
report. Um, but we want to make sure the
judge gets their side um and how it's
impacted them. And along with that is
the financial restitution. Not all cases
are asking for restitution, but many
are. So, we're working with victims to
try to get the documentation to verify
what h they've had to spend um or um
estimates of what they're going to have
to spend. And so, um with impact
statements and restitution, that
happened 169 times. And then we finally
get to the, you know, we're done with
sentencing. And um if we get to
sentencing, sometimes we we don't get a
guilty verdict. Sometimes um things
happen where a case may may get
dismissed. And so one of the biggest
things that we try to do is to help them
understand that the court process is
just one piece of the puzzle and helping
them heal. um and trying to empower them
to to move on and to be able to get the
help and and the resources because some
of these victims, it's going to be a
lifetime impact that they have. So, we
want to empower them. And then through
all of this, we continue to work quite a
bit with law enforcement. Like I
mentioned before, we're um they're doing
really well in giving us calls on
domestic violence. that law changed a
few years ago where now if a victim
screens in um high on the lethality
assessment that they get to call two
victim advocates advocates over at New
Hope and then they get to call us as
well. Um and there's lots of reasons why
but it's they've been doing really well
with that and of course uh children's
justice center. I'm also the the
Boxelder County uh forensic interview in
interview specialist. There we go. So I
continue to do that. um had 99
interviews um over the last six months.
Um way too many interviews, right? Um
and then of course we continue to work
with DCFS. So that's the gist. Any
questions?
>> Yeah, I mean just uh viewing
some of the description you have about
uh some of the crimes that have been
committed. Um can you give me an idea of
these folks and what kind of a support
group they have?
Seems like to me that in this situation
they don't have much of a support group.
>> Is that true or not?
>> It just depends. Um for some um they
might have been isolated by um their
perpetrator and they may not have a lot
of family or friend support and then we
have some that have a great support
system. Um we're there to just help
where we where they need us um and meet
them where they are. Um, so it just
depends.
>> But even if they have a great support
group, they're probably not familiar
with the legal
>> No.
>> situation at all.
>> Most of the time, no. Yeah. Most of the
time it's um sometimes it's their first
time, sometimes they've been down this
road before um as a victim. And so it
just it depends, but most of the time
they they don't know, they don't
understand. Um and that's why I say
communication is such a key part because
I'm a social worker. I'm not an
attorney. Right? So, that's why it's so
important that as as we staff cases and
we are talking to the prosecutors,
they're helping us understand what the
legal aspect of things are and we're
helping the prosecutors understand where
this victim is and and the social aspect
and the trauma that these victims have
gone through. So, that's why I say
communication is such a key part of what
we do.
>> Yeah. Well, sometimes you just need
someone to talk to that'll listen to
you, too.
>> Yes. I'm on the phone a lot. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> And you didn't mention your dog.
>> You got an emotional support dog that
helps, right?
>> Oh, well, yeah. Maggie.
>> Okay. Just making sure.
>> Yes. Yeah. No, I um Maggie Maggie's
doing great. I have taken her into the
CJC and the kids. Um not all kids are
fond of dogs and Maggie's not a small
dog. Um but we do ask about that before
um they get there and if they've said
you I don't want to see Maggie, we just
keep her in another room. But for the
most part, um, they want it they want
the dog there.
>> Can we track to see how many times
Maggie's being used and how
>> I mean,
>> I haven't been tracking that. Lee,
>> I'm just Well, I'm just asking because I
know that they're doing that so many
things.
>> You USU has been doing that a little bit
with Sage, which is a similar dog over
there. And so, I know they've been kind
of trying to see when they use Sage in
the public versus when they're using
Sage for for those purposes. And I just
was kind of curious.
>> I have not been tracking that. Um, I
could
>> I just just curious just to see because
I think it's
>> the rest of the 181 things that you have
to track.
>> Yeah. You know,
>> yeah,
>> let's add one more. It's all good. It's
all good. But yeah, um, we do take her
over there and and frankly, she's
probably a support animal for her
office.
So,
>> well, these are when we talk about this,
Cheryl, it's very sad,
>> but thank goodness that we have a
facility and and a place where they can
go and and that they can visit with
people and get help and and that is so
critical.
>> Yeah, we appreciate what you do.
>> We really appreciate what you guys do.
>> Sure. Thank you. Appreciate it.
>> Thanks for the report.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. Resolution
26-20
25 consenting to Utah United States Fish
and Wildlife Services acquisition of the
state lands for the use by within the
boundaries of the Bear Riverver
migratory bird refuge and our attorney
is going to visit with us about that was
contacted by Joel Ferry. Uh he said he'd
spoken to some of you I don't know if he
has or not
>> about the dispute that's gone on between
the state of Utah and the bird refuge.
interesting because the bird has treated
as their property for so many years and
uh discovered that it didn't belong to
them. So they've entered into an
agreement. They're in the process of
entering into agreement. It's not done
yet of transferring the land from the
state to the refuge that could be used
in the bird refugees the way they've
always used it. The refuge will will
access some federal funding to pay for
that which the state will then use for
the Great Salt Lake and other things u
to help the state. the federal
government requires that the county
where the property sits at least say
that they're okay with the process. And
so that's what this resolution does is
saying that we're okay with this
happening. Uh we think that it's the
benefit of the interests of the citizens
of the county. So that's all this is is
a resolution saying that. Okay.
>> So, uh when I talked to Joel, he was
talking about a meander line between the
Great Salt Lake and a bird refuge.
>> Do they have a map showing that?
>> I have not seen one. I know the area and
I don't know how it all came about, how
the dispute came about, but I I know the
area they're talking about. It's it's
basically just a lot of area out there
with no real landmarks to mark what's
what.
>> So, he sounded like kind of anxious
about that. I kind of like to see a map
before we get too carried away.
What do you think?
>> Um, I'm okay with that. I I mean, um,
>> you would think in today's world of GPS,
they could generate something. See, from
our perspective, whether the state owns
it or the refuge owns it, it's going to
be treated the same way from our
perspective. So, the fact that they're
transferring it to the refuge indicates
that it's going to be used by the refuge
for refuge purposes and not for anything
else.
>> So, I'm [clears throat] not real
concerned about where it's located,
>> but it has been for years. I mean, it's
just
>> and it it's been used by the refuge for
years. That's the kicker is it's just
that they should have been they should
have bought it from us. I mean it's not
they should have bought it from the
state because it sits within the whole
meander line and part of this is it has
to do with uh state sovereign lands and
they can't own state sovereign lands and
that's part of why this is all
>> if you go out on the bar the auto tour
out there and get on the very far side
and look out as far as you can see and
it's out in that area yeah is where it's
located.
So,
» I don't know. I'm comfortable um
promoting it passing it at this time. I'
I'd make a motion we pass resolution
2625
as presented.
>> I'll second it. We have a motion by
Commissioner Perry to uh approve
resolution number 2625 consenting to the
Utah United States Fishing Wildlife
Service acquisition of state Utah State
Lands for the use by the by and within
the boundaries of the bird refuge
migratory bird refuge and a second by
Commissioner Bingham. All in favor say
I. I.
>> Motion passes. Thank you.
Gner Community Development
uh review and approval of the River
Vista Subdivision Improvement Agreement.
And Scott's going to come visit with us
about that.
>> Explain what that all means.
>> Good evening. Scott Lions Community
Development. Uh the River Vista
Subdivision is a subdivision located at
4165 West, 5600 North. Uh it is west of
Bay River, sorry, east of Bay River
City. It is just a one lot subdivision,
1.471
acres in size and uh anytime a
subdivision is done or not not every
time but often when subdivisions um as
part of the approval process is an an
improvement agreement is required for
any improvements that are uh that take
place associated with that subdivision.
In this particular case, it's a small
one. It's uh I think it's $15,400
uh that they are required to put up as
security to ensure that the water line
and fire hydrant are put in place in
association with this single lot to uh
provide fire protection.
>> So um then they will get that those uh
utilities from Bear River City.
>> Uh no, this is across the river from
Bear River City.
>> Oh, on the east side of the river.
>> Yeah.
So their water uh I'm trying to remember
off the top of my head. But I think
their water is through
>> is it Elwood?
>> West uh Acme.
>> Acme water.
>> So that's who provides water.
>> Acme does provide to bear river. Yeah.
>> So it's an acme service area. That's
who's providing their water. Um
>> and they'll be on a septic tank then.
>> They would be on a septic tank. Correct.
So once that um water line and hydrant
are installed, Acme would inspect it and
uh if it meets their standards, they
would send us a letter saying we've
inspected and accept this improvement uh
and the infrastructure. At that point,
we would uh instruct the escrow officer,
in this case, I believe it's Heritage
West Title, to release those funds back
to the um property owner or developer.
So,
>> so I mean I've lived in this county all
my life. How do you get there?
>> Uh to this property.
>> Yeah.
>> So, this is the one uh you've got the
bridge that comes out of uh Fair River
City comes out on the kind of southeast
side. Okay.
>> Um and it's just a little bit south of
that bridge.
>> Okay, that makes sense.
>> Kind of got that windy area after the
bridge. So, yeah, it's right there.
>> Okay, I do know where it is. Sorry.
>> Yeah, no problem.
I'll make a motion that we approve Boxar
County subdivision improvement agreement
26-41.
>> I'll second it.
>> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry
to approve uh River Vista Subdivision
Improvement Agreement number 26-41
and a second by Commissioner Bingham. If
there's no further discussion, all in
favor say I.
>> I.
[snorts]
Okay, our second item tonight, uh, this
relates to, uh, if you recall, the
planning commission came before you in
November of last year regarding zoning
the unzoned areas of Boxiller County.
So, this has been a reoccurring theme or
reoccurring con concern from from the
planning commission. Um, and it's
something that we've frequently dealt
with as county staff as well. We we uh
feel similar to the county or the
planning commission that um zoning these
areas is consistent with the county's
general plan. Um that it is to the
benefit of the land owners and uh and
community as well that it provides
predictability for those land owners and
communities uh throughout the county. Um
[clears throat] in fact the planning
commission as part of their presentation
that they made uh was to clarify that uh
without zoning it's difficult for them
to perform the duties that they were uh
appointed to do. Uh state code outlines
what their what their appointed duties
are and those are to prepare and
recommend a general plan to the county
commission which they did in 2021. That general plan was adopted. Um and to
quote that general plan directly
um
the following uh let's see our goals and
strategies that should be undertaken.
Create an agricultural heritage area
that supports ongoing farming and
ranching and zone unzoned areas with a
flexible agricultural zone to help
reinforce the agricultural heritage
area. Um so with with those uh things in
mind um and we've seen a lot of often
what happens is people don't
most residents don't realize if they're
in an unzoned area. They assume that
their area is zoned for agriculture
because that is what's taking place in
that area.
uh what's what the use is and what the
zoning is are two two different things.
And um so what then when a project is
proposed, whether that be some sort of a
commercial project, uh whether that be
some sort of an industrial project, um
we had a phone call just a few months
ago uh about a salvage yard. And you
know these things the neighbors they
start to call in they're concerned they
think oh I'm in an agricultural zone.
How can a salvage yard be allowed? And
it's you're actually in an unzoned area.
Um and
salvage yard is allowed. Um just because
the surrounding area is generally
agriculture doesn't mean that that is
your zone. Um so we've seen it with all
sorts of things. Um and for that reason,
the planning commission again would like
to uh see some support from the county
commission to proceed with uh this
zoning effort. Um and doing some solid
outreach, education,
um and working towards getting the
unzoned areas of the county into that
flexible agriculture zone. uh in in the
next couple months.
>> So, do you need a motion for that?
>> I I think I propose that we we send it
back to the planning commission. I think
if you guys can come back to us with a
proposal
>> um that would be the ideal situation
because I think I really appreciate I do
recall the conversation they had with
us. Could we direct you to just take
this back to the planning commission and
come up with a proposal that you can
bring back to the commission that we can
support?
>> Yeah, I don't think in motion is
necessary, but direction's fantastic.
then we as staff can move forward with
that with the planning commission and bring that
>> Yeah, if you guys can move forward and
then like I said, we want we want our
planning commission to feel like they're
being heard and so I think that if they
could come back with some sort of
proposal that would be beneficial to us.
>> Fantastic.
>> Thank you. Thanks, Scott.
>> Thanks, Scott. Appreciate it.
>> Appreciate it.
>> Carson, you're going to come and visit
with us about ordinance 665 prohibiting
the use of bicycles on the landfill
road? Yes sir. Carson Riser Walker
County Landfill. Uh this ordinance
would designate the landfill road as a
controlled access road and in doing so
would prohibit bicycles on that road.
And the reason for doing that is uh in
the summertime we get a sub a
substantial amount of people on bicycles
coming up and down that road. And we
have cross traffic all both directions
with big trucks, large trucks and
trailers with very few spots with an
actual shoulder. and it's just creating
a safety hazard. And also at times I've
gone out there after hours and caught
people that will park at the bottom of
the hill and throw their bike up over
the fence, go over the fence and then
[laughter] bike up and down that and
>> just leave their bike on the inside till
the next day.
>> That is an option. [laughter]
So what this would do would just
prohibit bicycles there. Um I brought
this I don't know Glenn wrote this up if
you guys have had a chance to look it
over, but it does make bicycles as the
state does. So you're talking about
above the gate or the whole road out to
>> That's a good question. Um right there
where the bottom gate is. So is 6800
north turns and goes up the hill. It
would just be from that
>> control access point where the bottom
gate is from that point.
>> Shut the gate. It would be hor there and
crashes. Now you can't you know we got
to get you guys out so we can get an EMS
up there. There's all kinds of that. So
yeah,
>> I'll make a motion that we pass
ordinance 665 as presented. So, I'll
second it.
>> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry
to approve ordinance number 665
prohibiting the use of bicycles on the
landfill road and a second by
Commissioner Bingham. If there's no
further discussion, all in favor say I.
>> I.
And are you guys going to put the
sign up or is Darren going to put the
sign up that tells them that it's
prohibited there?
>> Put some signs there for sure.
>> Somehow
>> we'll get together on that.
>> I just know that it needs to be signed.
We can't just pass it, but we need to
put make sure we got signage there.
>> Sure. We'll make sure there's
>> Thank you. Thanks, Carson.
>> All right, weed department. Wyatt, how
are you doing?
>> Good. How are you guys?
>> Good. You're going to talk to us about
approved Todd Gibbs appointment the
appointment to the county weed board.
>> Uh yes, sir. So, um the
Boxiller County Noxious Weed Control
Board, uh always has five members. they
s uh plus a representative from amongst
you three.
>> Sorry, I missed the last couple minutes.
>> Oh, it's okay. [laughter] Not much has
happened besides us, but um and they
serve four-year terms and they also have
a chairman from amongst those five that
serves a um a two-year two-year term.
So, at our second quarter meeting, our
chairman uh Max Huggins, his term of
service came to fruition. And so, um,
they needed to, um, let him go and they
voted, uh, Ryan Adams from Honeyville as
the, uh, new chairman. And so, in doing
that, they needed to replace, uh, Ryan
um, and fill fill that vacancy. So after
discussing a couple names, a couple
candidates of people throughout the
county, they voted on having Todd Gibbs
be their uh suggestion to you
commissioners to be appointed to fill
that vacancy. So Todd wasn't able to
make it tonight, but um he uh just a
little history of him, he lives in the
Portage area. Uh he runs farm ground up
there. He also he retired from UD do. He
was the Riverside shed manager and so he
has a lot of uh noxious sweet experience
from that. I think that's why they kind
of chose him just all that together. So
anyways, um so I can answer any
questions about Todd or or anything
else. And other than that, yeah, the
board's just request or
>> he's not here, but he's willing to do
it, right?
>> Yep. He's willing to I've talked to him.
before we make the most.
>> Yes, I I've talked to him multiple
times. Actually, it took me a minute to get a hold of him. That's why I
haven't been here before because we
actually already had our third quarter
meeting. But, um, yes, he is very
willing and and able to do that. So,
>> I think Todd's a good choice. So, I'd
make a motion we have appoint Todd Gibbs
to be on the county weed board.
>> I'll second it.
>> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry
to appoint Todd Gibbs uh to the county
weed board and a second by Commissioner
Bingham. All in favor say I.
>> I.
>> Thanks.
>> Thank you. I'll let them know.
>> Have a good day.
>> Thank you. You too,
>> Janica.
» All right. Several human resource policy
updates.
>> It won't be that bad.
>> Um, the first one is to change the
volunteer policy.
We have created a volunteer policy that
stands on its own. So, I need you to
amend section two to remove 2.7. That's
the volunteer section. And then approve
policy 29.
That's the new volunteer policy. In that
policy, some changes that it has um we
now only have to approve the volunteers
every fourth year. So, that would say
they sign up one year and it's good for
two subsequent years and then the fourth
year that starts over. I know that's
been an issue in our fire departments.
Um so, we're looking to resolve that.
And then it
>> apply also to the fair.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, good. Yeah.
>> Yep. All volunteers. So, it'll be a lot
better.
>> Yes.
>> From their standpoint. Um, it updates
how we're doing things. It allows like
after this commission meeting, you don't
have a commission meeting again before
the fair. We still don't have all the
volunteers signed up. It allows me and
the commission chair to sign off on
those and then we'll ratify them at the
following commission meeting
um to make sure that they're covered if
there's anything that happens. So, just
helps with the timeline on that. And
then the last policy that I would ask
you to approve is in our road
department, we have several on call
policies. We have an on call pool. We
have snow removal. We do have a need for
a wildfire response on call pay for our
road department.
Um they're the ones that
stop your like they build your fire
lines um and help the fire department.
So, we do have a need for them to be
called out and be available
for the summer months. Um, that specific
policy does rely on the state fire
marshall's office to give us the dates
of what they expect fire season to be.
So, it's typically June through like
October 1st. Um, if he determines that
it's a different set of dates, like
we're running early, we're going to run
late, then we need to be able to
accommodate that. So, we'll run off of
his dates and if we need to, we can
adjust. But that's kind of what we're
looking at.
>> Okay.
>> So, those are the three policy changes
that I would ask you to approve tonight.
» I need a motion.
>> I'll make a motion that we approve the
policy changes as has been explained to
us.
>> I'll second it.
We have an uh we have a motion by
Commissioner Perry to approve um the
ordinance changes as presented um by
Janica and a second by Commissioner
Bingham. All in favor say I.
>> I.
Motion passes. Thank you.
>> Here are your PAs. A little bit early.
Sorry, one item early.
» Okay, we're to our public comment period
of our meeting.
Those wishing to make a public comment
shall sign the comment role and will be
responsible for the following rules
outlined in the county commission rules
and procedures.
Speakers will have one three minute
opportunity to speak regardless of the
numbers of items they wish to address.
Speakers shall address their comments to
the county commission only. This is a
time to be heard. There will not be a
back and forth dialogue with the
commissioners. Speakers may file
uh their remarks or supporting
information with the county clerk. The
clerk will make the information
available on the available to the county
commission. And our first uh public
comment period or comment person is
Deanna Hardy.
Okay. Diana Hardy Bigham. The Boxilla
Committee of Liberty reminds the Boxella
County Commissioners that when we
separated from our former mother
country, Great Britain, and gained our
independence 250 years ago, there were
running bets on how long our country
would last. We have lasted 250 years,
but our Constitution is hanging by a
thread because our representatives have
failed to keep their oath of office. The
[snorts] constitution is to restrain
government, not the people. Sadly, the
government is restraining the people and
not itself.
Remember the states were created first
and then the states created the federal
government only delegating a few and
defined powers. James Madison defined
them as war, peace, negotiation, and
foreign commerce primarily external
things. Our founders were focused on
liberty and they said that liberty must
be supported at all hazards. As you go
through history, you can see who usurp
power. Here are a few examples.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt brought
in the retirement program. Social
Security will eventually end being
bankrupt. President Jimmy Carter brought
in the Department of Education.
President Obama brought in healthcare.
There are many more usurpations of power
throughout our history. We must go back
to our founding father's own words.
Quote, the meeting of the minds. Have
you heard of the word hermeneutics?
is the fine art of finding
the meaning of the author's words and
phrases and then explaining it to
others. Document interpretation.
You cannot take the words alone on the
paper to translate their meaning. You
not only have to read the words but you
have to know why they were written, the
culture and the history in which they
were written to the full understanding.
George Washington said, "If to please
the people we offer what we ourselves
disapprove, how can we afterwards defend
our work? Let us raise a standard to
which the wise and honest can repair.
The rest is in the hands of God. Our
republic needs repairing so that we can
keep it, that we may continue to have
liberty. He further stated, "The
Constitution is the guide which I will
never abandon. Truth will ultimately
prevail where there is pains to bring it
to light, guard against the impostures
of pretended patriotism. The sole
function of government is to protect
life, liberty, and property. And
anything more than this is usurpation
and oppression. We pray the Lord will
save our republic. if it is his will.
Thank you.
>> Thank you, Don Pool.
» Um, thanks for taking the time. I'm here
to talk to you about that contract that
dissolved with Bay River Mental Health.
When my attorneys and I saw that, we
thought maybe you all came to your
senses and decided to take a close look
at addiction in real time. Bay River
doesn't have any sober livingings. I
have 22 beds. I'm only uh here because I
think you all are going to be giving a
new contract to Bay River and I think
that contract is probably going to
include substance use disorder. Up until
recently, Bay River wasn't qualified or
licensed to do substance use disorder
and they were doing so illegally as per
the ASA. I tried to meet with you all. I
can only assume it's this attorney here
that advised you not to talk to me. I'm
here to talk to you again. I still want
to talk to somebody in this county about
what's happening in this county in
reference to Bay River
and their inability to serve this county
and our constituents together. So, if
what I think is going to happen is going
to happen and you intend to issue a new
contract, I want Beacon Recovery, who is
more than qualified to handle all mental
health and substance use disorder
patients in this county. Beacon Recovery
leads the nation. We are number one in
recidivism. We have a 37% recidivism
rate that I can prove. Mr. Perry, you
asked for those that those numbers and I
gave those to you, but nobody from your
office or any of the offices, including
this attorney, contacted me to say,
"Hey, do you really have a 63% success
rate?" If that's the case, and I can
prove it, the numbers that I can save
monetarily to this county are
staggering. Not to mention the human
lives that can be saved and the families
that won't be decimated. I can prove my
numbers. Can Bear River Does Bear River
know what their recidivism rate is? I
know what mine is and I can prove it.
And I keep waiting for somebody to say,
"Tony, we don't believe you. We don't
believe that Beacon Recovery has a 63%
success rate with the people that are
graduating their program." And yet, as
many times as I asked county officials
to question me, say, "Do you really have
those numbers? Do you really have a 63%
success rate?" Nobody's asking me.
Instead, they're forcing people to go to
Bear River mental health that is not
equipped to treat this disease that is
decimating lives and families. I am
begging this commission to consider
taking a serious look at what Beacon
Recovery can do for this county and our
constituents. These are human beings
that deserve better than what they're
getting. Please ask me to prove my
numbers of a 63% success rate. Thank
you.
>> Thank you, Cassie. pool.
» Would she be able to go ahead? She has a
meeting.
>> Pardon me.
>> Would she be able to go ahead? She has a
meeting at
>> Sure.
>> Thank you.
>> You betcha.
So, I am Jenny Lynn McKinnon and I am a
nurse and a therapist, hypnotherapist
with Beacon. And I am here to just
remind you that as we move forward with
Beerver Behavioral Health, the rising
tide raises all shits. And what I've
seen is that there is a space, there is
place in this community and we need Bay
River Behavioral Health. I also see that
they are very overloaded. We have people
that come out of the prison are supposed
to go to they get sent to Bear River
mental health or bear river behavioral
health and they're told you can come
back in 30 days and get treatment. By
then they've relapsed and this has just
happened just recently in the last week
with a personal friend. they there's problems, there's challenges
there and we're asking uh from Beacon
Recovery to have a seat at the table in
negotiating with the contract so we can
both coexist and raise the level of
recovery in Brigham City. Thank you very
much for your time.
>> Thank you.
» All right, Cassie.
Okay, thank you for letting her do that.
Okay, commissioners, as you know, I'm
Casey Pool. Um, I'm here today because
our community deserves answers about the
single source Medicaid behavioral health
and substance use treatment decision.
Providers and patients were led to
believe that Medicaid patients were
required to transfer their treatment to
Bear River Behavioral Health. And if
that was not actually mandatory, I want
to know how that information was
communicated and who was responsible for
correcting it because we were all led to
believe that all Medicaid patients were
mandated to go there. Um, sorry.
Treatment centers were giving
approximately 19 days notice as well as
the patients before the change took
effect. 19 days to make decisions
involving people fighting addiction,
trying to stay sober, keeping their
housing, staying out of jail, and
rebuilding their lives. They have um we
have already seen consequences from
this. I personally know one patient who
relapsed during this disruption, and
that would be my own child.
Um Tony at Beacon Recovery has continued
treating some of the Medicaid patients
for completely free because they did not
want to leave the program where they
were stable. Many of these patients have
already been through the Bay River
system, some multiple times, and they
chose Beacon because they needed
something different. They needed a
different approach. And that should tell
us something. Beacon also has three
sober livingings, as you may know, in a
community with extremely limited sober
living resources. This is a necessity.
We need this. We can't lose our sober
livingings. Um,
sorry. So, I do have some important
questions. Why was a single source
arrangement chosen instead of um a
competitive bidding process where
qualified local providers such as Beacon
um or Renaissance Ranch, for example,
could be considered? When did the county
officials know that this was going to
happen? And why weren't treatment
providers brought to the table sooner?
Like, why did we only get to know 19
days before? And most importantly, um,
was Bear Rivers's capacity evaluated
before directing such large number of
Medicaid patients into one system? Um,
if people were already struggling to get
timely appointments, adding hundreds of
patients doesn't solve an access
problem. It makes it worse. Um, we
should be asking why a valuable
community resource like Beacon and all
the other recovery um,
sorry guys, why all the other recovery
centers were not even considered? If our
goal is reducing relapse, homelessness,
recidivism,
um, shouldn't we be using every
qualified resource available? Can't we
work together as a community to to help
save these lives? Um because these
decisions aren't just about contracts or
Medicaid dollars. They affect whether
someone stays in treatment, stays sober,
stays housed, and stays out of jail. Our
community deserves transparency about
how this happened and the people who and
the people's lives who are directly
affected deserve a voice in in what
happens next.
Lastly, we were all led to believe that
only Medicaid pays up.
>> Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Tyler.
>> You bet.
All right, Sydney.
I'm gonna completely massacre your last
name, but
>> Miley.
>> it's not that hard.
>> It just spelled weird. [laughter] When I
got married, I asked my husband, "Am I
going to be telling people how to say
that forever?" And he said, "Yep."
[laughter]
» Okay.
My name is Sydney Forsin Miley and I sit
in front of you today as a concerned
citizen of Boxelder County. I'm sure
you've all heard the controversy
revolving around the Flock AI powered
security cameras. I've recently become
aware that there are already six of
these cameras in Bigham City. They are
currently the only ones in Boxelder
County. When I was out of town last
week, there was only three. I wanted to
come speak to you all before smalltown
America Tranquility is gone forever in
Boxelder County. As a longtime resident,
meaning my whole life, this makes me and
many other citizens very uncomfortable.
There is one of these cameras on the
route I used to take to work. And the
key word there is used to. I add a time
to my commute to take an alternate route
in order to not be recorded by a
privately owned AI camera where I don't
know what data it's taking, storing,
analyzing, or who can access it. The
Fourth Amendment under the Bill of
Rights reads as follows. the right of
the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects
against unreasonable searches and
seizures shall not be violated, and no
warrant shall issue but upon probable
cause by oath or affirmation, and
particularly describing the place to be
searched and the persons or things to be
seized. It has become precedent under
the fourth amendment that there is an in
fact an a lesser expectation of privacy
while one is driving a vehicle on a
public roadway. This was established in
Supreme Court case Carol versus United
States in 1925. This isn't a new idea.
Its precedent set by a Supreme Court
case that stands over a century later. A
lesser expectation of privacy while
driving is acceptable because you are in
fact generally in public while in your
vehicle. Lesser doesn't mean none.
Something that has no precedent under
that diminished expectation of privacy
is being monitored by a system that can
track your car from place to place
through aworked private database. I have
researched the ins and outs of SCOTA's
precedent surrounding privacy
expectations in vehicles. Most current
case law in regards to this is being
stopped and searched. There is not much
about being photographed or recorded
inside one's personal vehicle. And there
is definitely no case law about AI
cameras analyzing every move of private
citizens. What all that means is with
these AI cameras, we are all in
uncharted territory. It has been stated
by their manufacturer that these cameras
are capable than more of automated
license plate readers. They are being
put in place under the guise of safety
instead of what they really are, which
is mass surveillance. that includes
facial recognition. A regular old
traffic camera on a pole does not zoom
in close, analyze activities inside the
vehicle or faces, and compare them in a
database. They simply record, "We, as a
community, are being stalked by these
devices, and I recommend you review Utah
code 76-5-106.5
subsection A.
Until there are laws enacted on what
data can and can't be collected and
accessed by private companies such as
Flock on citizens just minding their own
business, I humbly ask you to consider
banning them in Boxelder County or at
least considering a moratorum until
there are more regulations. Many cities
have already banned them. Many counties
have paused their usage and are
considering doing the same. Let us as
proud Boxhelder County residents, please
set an example to the rest of Utah and
join the trailblazing cities that have
already outlawed this dangerous,
invasive, and unregulated piece of tech.
We're not a flock to be hurted. We are
Americans who stand on freedom. Thank
you for your time.
>> Thank you.
» Okay,
we got the warrant register done. Uh
personal action vote, that's done. We
need to move into a close session.
Commissioners,
>> I'll make a move motion that we move
into close session.
>> Second it.
>> Have a motion go into close session by
Commissioner Bingham and a second by
Commissioner Perry. All in favor say I.
>> I. We are now on close session.
Okay.
Thank you.