[0:00] tonight. We appreciate you being here in

[0:01] attendance. Um we will start off by

[0:05] having our invocation given by

[0:06] Commissioner Perry.

[0:11] » Our dear Holy Father, we come before

[0:12] this time grateful for the blessings of

[0:14] bestowed upon us. We're grateful for the

[0:15] moisture we received in this past week

[0:17] and we're grateful for the opportunity

[0:19] we had to hold our county fair and have

[0:20] successful fair and a safe time that

[0:24] people could enjoy themselves. And at

[0:26] this time, Father, we ask thy spirit to

[0:28] guide and direct us as we conduct

[0:29] business here at Boxler County. That we

[0:31] can do so in a manner of pleasing in thy

[0:33] eyesight. We pray that thou will bless

[0:35] and watch over those who are protecting

[0:37] us and serving serving us in our

[0:39] community, especially those who are

[0:41] fighting fires and protecting us in

[0:44] overseas. And we pray that they'll

[0:46] please bless and watch over the families

[0:48] who lost loved ones recently. that

[0:50] they'll know that we

[0:52] are concerned for them and want them to

[0:53] know that we love them and appreciate

[0:55] their their family members and the

[0:59] contribution they've provided to Boxar

[1:01] County. We pray that th that will guide

[1:03] and direct us in all that we should do

[1:04] and say and we say this name Jesus

[1:05] Christ do it.

[1:06] >> Amen.

[1:07] >> And we'll have our pledge of allegiance

[1:09] by uh Treasurer Sean Thornley. Please

[1:11] stand for the pledge of

[1:12] >> allegiance

[1:15] to the flag of the United States of

[1:18] America.

[1:19] and to the for it stands one nation

[1:25] indivisible with liberty and justice for

[1:28] [snorts] all.

[1:30] >> Thank you, Commissioner Perry and Sean.

[1:33] Thank you so much. Um I need a motion to

[1:36] approve the minutes from the July 22nd

[1:38] 26 meeting as well as the August 12th,

[1:42] 2026 meeting. I would make a motion that

[1:44] we approve the minutes from July 22nd,

[1:46] 2026 and August 12th of 2026.

[1:49] >> Second.

[1:50] >> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry

[1:52] and a second by Commissioner Bingham to

[1:54] approve the minutes from the July

[1:56] 2022nd,

[1:58] 2026 meeting and the August 12th, 2026

[2:02] meeting. All in favor say I.

[2:04] >> I.

[2:06] >> Okay. Administrative review reports and

[2:08] future agenda items. Do uh any of our

[2:12] departments do we have anything?

[2:14] >> Commissioner Perry,

[2:15] >> not right now. No.

[2:16] >> Commissioner Bingham?

[2:17] >> No,

[2:18] >> I don't have anything as well.

[2:20] >> Marla, do you have anything?

[2:22] >> Okay, very good. Uh, under former agenda

[2:25] items, Commissioner Bingham has uh uh

[2:27] some things he would like to bring

[2:28] forward.

[2:29] >> Um, yes. The planning commission has

[2:31] been discussing zoning in the county and

[2:34] they have set up um a couple of town

[2:37] hall meetings for the citizens of the

[2:40] county to be involved in a discussion.

[2:42] The dates for that are September 15th at

[2:45] the Utah State University building here

[2:47] in Brigham City at 700 p.m. and also

[2:51] September 26th at the fairgrounds at

[2:54] 1000 a.m. for those that would like to

[2:56] participate.

[2:58] [clears throat]

[3:01] That is 10 a.m. Correct.

[3:02] >> 10 a.m.

[3:03] >> Okay. Thank you, Commissioner Bingham.

[3:06] We appreciate that. Uh, is Mark here? I

[3:10] don't see Mark. Emergency management

[3:11] issues. Uh, ARPA or LTCF.

[3:18] Charlene,

[3:19] I don't there.

[3:22] Okay. Um

[3:24] Annie, would you like to discuss

[3:28] um the

[3:29] >> number 16?

[3:30] the uh HR administrative

[3:34] services director assignment agreement

[3:36] 26-50.

[3:40] » Okay, we'll have Jennica do it.

[3:44] >> All right,

[3:45] >> we've gone to number 16.

[3:46] >> Yeah,

[3:48] >> sorry.

[3:48] >> I'll just go ahead real quick.

[3:51] Okay. So, before you you have an

[3:53] agreement for an administrative services

[3:55] director assignment. It's agreement

[3:58] 26-50.

[4:00] That specific agreement

[4:02] um would allow to have the commission

[4:06] appoint Annie Hansen as the

[4:08] administrative services director for a

[4:11] temporary period not exceeding 18

[4:13] months.

[4:14] Um that specific department would house

[4:18] GIS risk management and the PIO and

[4:21] communications for the county. So do you

[4:23] have any questions on the agreement that

[4:25] you have?

[4:27] >> Commissioner, do you have anything?

[4:29] >> I would appreciate a motion.

[4:32] >> Uh I would make a motion that we approve

[4:36] um administrative services director

[4:38] assignment agreement number 26-50.

[4:40] >> I'll second it. We have a motion by

[4:43] Commissioner Bingham to approve number

[4:45] 2650,

[4:47] uh, administrative services director

[4:49] assignment and a second by Commissioner

[4:51] Perry. All in favor say I.

[4:54] >> I. Motion passes. Thank you.

[4:59] Okay.

[5:04] under public interest peach day's

[5:06] presentation

[5:08] and Monica Holdway is going to come and

[5:10] visit with us for a few minutes.

[5:15] » Hi Monica,

[5:17] good morning, good afternoon, evening,

[5:19] >> whatever it is.

[5:21] >> The time goes.

[5:22] >> We're having fun here. Thank you.

[5:26] for you.

[5:29] >> So, this is just my annual Hey, it's

[5:31] next week.

[5:32] >> We know that, right? [laughter]

[5:34] >> The fair and then peach. Fair and then

[5:36] peach days. Yep. So, we're really

[5:38] excited. Um everything is pretty well

[5:42] the same as in other years. So, the only

[5:44] thing on the county lawn um is going to

[5:47] be the fruit display, of course, and

[5:50] then the hospital's first aid booth. Um,

[5:52] we are not putting bleachers up on the

[5:54] lawn this year. Um, so there won't be

[5:57] bleachers there. So, um, the mayor and I

[6:01] So, um, we were on Good Things Utah this

[6:03] morning. Um, we were on channel 2 last

[6:06] week. Um, we will be on Fox 13 on

[6:09] Thursday and then they'll be in town on

[6:11] Friday morning.

[6:12] >> We're so grateful you're in the news.

[6:16] >> I'll call you if they need, you know,

[6:18] comments. No. Um, we're really excited.

[6:20] Um, like I said, our main entertainment

[6:22] is Maddie Wilson. She'll be performing

[6:25] Saturday night. Um, but yeah, everything

[6:28] else I've already given the employees,

[6:30] the Park County employee parking passes.

[6:33] Um, and like I said, everything else

[6:34] will be the same. So, as long as the

[6:36] sprinklers don't go off on the county

[6:38] lawn, that would be awesome. [laughter]

[6:40] >> We'll we'll see if we can't get that. We

[6:42] don't have that problem.

[6:43] >> Yep.

[6:45] >> We will send it out to Cody. So, unless

[6:47] you have any questions for me, we just

[6:48] really appreciate the support of the

[6:50] county staff and you as the

[6:52] commissioners. So,

[6:54] >> it's going to be a fun time, isn't it?

[6:55] >> It is. Yeah.

[6:56] >> Busy busy.

[6:57] >> Peaches.

[6:58] >> Huh.

[6:58] >> Even without even without peaches.

[7:00] >> Well, there will be still be peaches

[7:01] available. They just lobby from here.

[7:03] >> Yeah. That today on the news they

[7:05] brought that up a little bit and we just

[7:07] said and our peach queen handled it

[7:08] really great. She said, you know, peach,

[7:11] we can have peach days without peaches

[7:13] because it's all about community and

[7:15] celebrating the harvest and maybe

[7:17] celebrating the harvest of not peaches

[7:18] this year, but other harvests and

[7:20] celebrating the community. So, she

[7:22] answered it really well and

[7:23] >> good. Well, that's really what it's all

[7:25] about, right? The fair and then peach

[7:26] days. It's all about bringing

[7:27] communities together and

[7:29] >> Yep. celebrating relationships,

[7:30] celebrating our area. So,

[7:32] >> celebrating our heritage. So,

[7:34] >> yeah. Okay. Any questions?

[7:36] >> Nope.

[7:37] >> I think we're good. Thank you so much.

[7:38] appreciate it. We look forward to it.

[7:43] » Okay. Um number eight, uh proposed

[7:46] agricultural protection area and we need

[7:49] to do a public hearing and Mara's going

[7:52] to talk to us a little bit about that

[7:53] one.

[7:54] >> This particular a protection area is in

[7:56] the Lwood area. Um all of the proper um

[8:02] publications notices have been sent and

[8:05] mailed and put in the paper and have

[8:08] been sent to the A board and the

[8:10] planning commission for review. The

[8:11] total acres in this one is 1,384.76

[8:17] acres and um all the parcels that were

[8:22] needing to be reszoned went through that

[8:24] at the same time as the act protection

[8:27] was in process. So,

[8:29] >> okay. Very good. Thank you.

[8:31] Commissioners, I need a motion to open a

[8:33] public hearing.

[8:34] >> I would make a motion we open a public

[8:36] hearing.

[8:37] >> Second.

[8:38] >> We have an a motion to open a public

[8:40] hearing by Commissioner uh Perry and a

[8:42] second by Commissioner Bingham. All in

[8:44] favor?

[8:44] >> I.

[8:45] >> Public hearing is open. Please keep your

[8:48] comments to this agenda item only.

[9:00] Diana Hardy Bigham. The Boxella

[9:03] Committee of Liberty again opposes

[9:04] agricultural protection areas because

[9:06] they are unconstitutional.

[9:08] Where in the constitution does it give

[9:10] the government authority to form

[9:12] agricultural protection areas? Also,

[9:14] when the government requires a fee from

[9:16] the property owner to be in the

[9:17] agricultural protection area, this is

[9:20] extortion. Paying for protection. It

[9:23] would be interesting to conduct a survey

[9:25] with all the property owners as well as

[9:27] the citizens to see how many have read

[9:28] the Utah Constitution. It probably

[9:31] wouldn't be many. They do not have the

[9:33] knowledge that they already are

[9:34] protected according to Article 1,

[9:36] Section 1, which states, "All men have

[9:38] the inherent and enable right to enjoy

[9:40] and defend their lives and liberties to

[9:42] acquire, possess, and protect property."

[9:45] Article 1 section two all political

[9:48] powers inherit in the people and all

[9:50] free governments are founded on their

[9:52] authority for equal protection and

[9:53] benefit and they have the right to all

[9:55] to reform their government as a public

[9:57] welfare may require. US Constitution

[10:00] Amendment 9 states the enumeration in

[10:02] the constitution of certain rights shall

[10:04] not be construed nor deny or disparage

[10:07] others retained by the people. God gave

[10:10] us our land and liberty and government's

[10:12] duty and responsibility is to preserve

[10:14] and protect those rights. Our

[10:16] representatives take an oath of office

[10:17] to support, obey, and defend both the US

[10:19] and state constitutions. Are each of you

[10:22] keeping your oath of office? Thomas

[10:24] Jefferson stated, "Bind government down

[10:27] from mischief by the chains of the

[10:29] Constitution. Both the US and state

[10:31] constitution should be followed, not

[10:33] ignored and subverted." When the Utah

[10:36] legislature is passing arbitrary laws

[10:38] that violate the constitutions and their

[10:40] oath of office, the cities and counties

[10:42] are to be the checks and balances to

[10:44] notify the Utah state legislature that

[10:47] they have usurp power and the cities and

[10:49] counties will not comply. Thomas

[10:52] Jefferson stated, "Anything contrary to

[10:54] the constitution

[10:56] are null and void and of no force. The

[10:58] agriculture protection areas are null

[11:01] and void and of no force because they

[11:03] are contrary to both constitutions. A

[11:05] well-informed people can always defend

[11:07] their property and liberty. A people who

[11:09] are not wellinformed sink to desperatism

[11:12] and slavery. John Adams stated property

[11:15] must be secured or liberty cannot exist.

[11:18] Thank you.

[11:20] >> Thank you.

[11:28] Is there anyone else would like to make

[11:30] comment? Okay, I make I would like a

[11:33] motion to close public hearing, please.

[11:36] >> I'll make a motion that we close the

[11:38] public hearing for the agriculture

[11:39] protection area.

[11:40] >> I'll second it.

[11:42] >> We have a motion to close the public

[11:43] hearing by Commissioner Perry and a

[11:44] second by Commissioner Bingham. All in

[11:46] favor say I.

[11:47] >> I. Public hearing is now closed.

[11:52] Resolution

[11:54] number 2626, approving the proposal to

[11:58] create an agricultural protection area.

[12:01] Um, I'd like to make a motion to approve

[12:03] resolution number resolution number

[12:05] 2626, approving a proposal to create an

[12:07] agricultural protection area.

[12:10] >> I'll second it.

[12:11] >> We have a motion by Commissioner Bingham

[12:13] to approve resolution number 26-26,

[12:16] approving a proposal to create an

[12:18] agricultural

[12:20] protection area. A second by

[12:22] Commissioner Perry. All in favor say I.

[12:24] >> I.

[12:25] >> Motion passes. Thank you.

[12:28] >> Okay. Uh, predator control contract

[12:31] 2647.

[12:32] Chrissy.

[12:39] This is a contract that we enter to

[12:42] enter into with the state every single

[12:44] year. I think it's pretty standard. Um,

[12:47] Glenn has I think has gone through it.

[12:50] So, I think it's good to go. It's with

[12:52] the wool growers for the state.

[12:55] >> Yep.

[12:57] >> I've read it.

[12:59] >> I need a motion.

[13:00] >> I'd make a motion that we approve the

[13:02] contract um 26-47 for predator control.

[13:07] >> Second.

[13:08] >> Have a motion by Commissioner Perry to

[13:10] approve predator control contract number

[13:12] 26-47.

[13:14] A second by Commissioner Bingham. All in

[13:17] favor say I. I. Motion passes. Thanks,

[13:20] Chrissy.

[13:23] Ambulance and fire needs of Boxelder

[13:26] County in Willard City. Je Jeremy

[13:28] Kippton will come and visit with us a

[13:30] little bit about that.

[13:34] » How are you guys doing?

[13:35] >> Doing well. How are you guys

[13:36] >> doing? Good. Good to see you, man.

[13:39] >> Wow. Well, thanks.

[13:39] >> Hey, man.

[13:40] >> Thanks for letting us have just a few

[13:42] minutes of your time. The mayor uh asked

[13:44] me to get us on the agenda and he let me

[13:45] know about an hour ago he wasn't going

[13:47] to be here in time. [laughter] So,

[13:48] you're stuck with

[13:49] >> I kind of give you the assignment.

[13:50] >> Yeah, exactly.

[13:52] >> Isn't that great?

[13:53] >> So, you're stuck with Van and I. Um, but

[13:56] I think, you know, I think our message

[13:57] and I'm happy to

[13:58] >> yourself just so that

[13:59] >> Oh, I'm sorry. I'm I'm Jeremy Kempton.

[14:02] I'm the city manager for Willard. Van's

[14:04] our fire chief.

[14:05] >> I'm Van Mund and I'm fire chief.

[14:07] >> Thanks.

[14:09] So, um, like I said, um, our hope maybe

[14:12] tonight is maybe to get a little

[14:13] direction from you guys and a little bit

[14:15] of an idea what you need from us and

[14:16] what your hopes are if if there are any

[14:20] desire to have some relationships moving

[14:23] forward between um, Willard City and Box

[14:25] Elder, specifically South Willard. Um, I

[14:27] know we've had some discussions

[14:29] >> Sure.

[14:29] >> over the past year and um, I think we're

[14:32] at a point now we've we've purchased a

[14:34] couple of ambulances and we're ready to

[14:37] >> head down that path and I think we're

[14:39] just trying to decide what what you guys

[14:41] envision that relationship to look like

[14:42] for and not maybe just ambulance and

[14:45] fire but police as well. But

[14:47] >> um,

[14:48] >> well I guess what our next steps would

[14:50] be. Van

[14:50] >> I mean we are headed down that road for

[14:53] world city. I mean, we're we're not

[14:56] going to go to do anything else. We are

[14:59] going to provide our own ambulance

[15:01] service and everything for our city. And

[15:04] our contract, our fire contract with

[15:07] Oxel County, I believe, expired in June

[15:09] or July. So,

[15:11] >> um I guess we're like Jeremy said, we're

[15:14] here to discuss or see where you wanted

[15:18] us to head down what we needed to do to

[15:22] see where we're going with that and and

[15:24] providing ambulance service to South

[15:26] Willard.

[15:28] >> Okay.

[15:29] >> I'm comfortable. I I think that's where

[15:30] we'd want to go. I think you having an

[15:33] ambulance that much closer to our

[15:34] citizens that are in South Willard makes

[15:35] sense. you're already providing a great

[15:37] service and have been providing us a

[15:39] great service when it comes to fire um

[15:41] with with this fairly as rapid response

[15:43] as anybody could expect right now in

[15:45] South Willard with where we're at. So,

[15:47] we would probably want to continue to

[15:48] have, you know, negotiations and make

[15:50] sure that we're getting working with

[15:52] Willard to continue to provide service

[15:54] to those folks in South Willard until

[15:56] the day comes if they choose to be part

[15:58] of Willard at some point. But until

[16:00] then, yeah, we I think as a county, as a

[16:02] county, we that you're the best option

[16:05] to provide that public.

[16:06] >> You guys are doing Yeah. And you guys

[16:08] are doing a phenomenal job.

[16:10] >> On the law enforcement side, we

[16:11] obviously have to deal with uh our

[16:13] sheriffs, the sheriff's department would

[16:14] be the issue with the law enforcement

[16:16] part, but I think from fire and EMS

[16:17] side, we would we would definitely

[16:19] support you guys moving forward with

[16:21] that.

[16:21] >> So, what do we need to do is our next

[16:24] step? Do we need to draft up?

[16:26] >> Well, you pro probably need to draft up

[16:28] an

[16:29] >> agreement, but also um

[16:31] >> if you haven't started down the process,

[16:33] you need to get a license to the state

[16:35] for your EMS.

[16:36] >> We cannot that until February.

[16:39] >> Okay,

[16:39] >> that's what the state said because not

[16:42] no more than six months before we're to

[16:44] take over.

[16:45] >> Okay. Our area. So, that's when that

[16:48] process will be started and

[16:51] ultimately we haven't uh shouldn't have

[16:54] issues there.

[16:55] >> We we've been working with the state

[16:56] pretty close to make sure we're ready to

[16:58] go. So once that deadline gets here,

[17:00] we're ready to pull the trigger and get

[17:01] going.

[17:02] >> Yeah. We just want to make sure you're

[17:03] prepared that when that does happen that

[17:04] you guys are ready to go.

[17:05] >> I know Cody and Kevin want to work with

[17:07] you. So if you want to reach out to them

[17:08] as well, they may be able to do

[17:09] something to work with you because we we

[17:11] do have a contract in the county to

[17:12] provide ammo service.

[17:14] >> Right. Okay.

[17:14] >> We could probably provide for South

[17:15] Alert right now if we needed to. So

[17:17] >> Okay.

[17:18] >> And I actually chief, I think that's

[17:20] something we ought to be looking at.

[17:22] >> And what's that? I think that's

[17:23] something we ought to be looking at is

[17:24] moving forward as quickly as possible.

[17:26] So,

[17:26] >> I think we need to have a meeting and

[17:28] visit.

[17:29] >> Uh we've been busy with other cities,

[17:31] but I think we need to sit down and

[17:32] visit and find out what direction we

[17:34] want to go on

[17:35] >> best request with the through the

[17:37] through Kevin to to pay you for the fire

[17:39] services you guys have provided this

[17:40] last year. So, I don't know if you

[17:42] received that yet or not, but

[17:43] >> what's that?

[17:44] >> I don't know if you received that

[17:45] payment yet or not, but I know Kevin was

[17:46] going to forward it through our

[17:48] >> I'll find I I don't know if we have or

[17:49] not. We may have. I can't. Usually

[17:51] they'll ask where we want it allocated.

[17:53] I I don't think I've seen it quite yet,

[17:54] but

[17:55] >> Yeah. Very good.

[17:57] >> Who would you like us to reach out to to

[17:58] set up a meeting?

[18:01] >> I think if we can get with Corey Oaks

[18:02] and Kevin Lloyd and and

[18:05] >> set a meeting, have them reach out to us

[18:06] and set up a meeting and we can all sit

[18:08] down and talk.

[18:08] >> Great.

[18:09] >> So, find out what our next steps are and

[18:11] what we do to go forward.

[18:12] >> Okay. We'll do that. We'll we'll get

[18:14] we'll reach out to them, get something

[18:15] set up and get moving sooner than later.

[18:17] >> Sounds awesome. Sooner the better.

[18:19] really appreciate you guys.

[18:20] >> If you can have if you want to have your

[18:21] attorney start drafting some language

[18:23] that we can have our attorney's office

[18:24] kind of match for what you're proposing

[18:27] moving forward ambulance service wise

[18:29] along with maybe the look at the fire

[18:31] contract to update it.

[18:32] >> Okay.

[18:32] >> Maybe kind of combine the two to say

[18:34] this is what what would be so we could

[18:36] get a contract in place moving forward.

[18:38] >> Okay. We'll get started on that. I think

[18:39] she's already started working on that.

[18:40] So, but I'll I'll nudge it along.

[18:42] >> Okay. Very good. Okay.

[18:44] >> Thank you, gentlemen. Thanks for your

[18:45] time.

[18:51] Okay. Um,

[18:54] number C, request of purchase of surplus

[18:57] prop uh, parcel number 08-065-000012,

[19:03] uh, compliant parcel that was not sold

[19:06] at tax sale in 2026. Ryan Nelson, how

[19:09] are you?

[19:09] >> Good. How are you guys doing?

[19:10] >> Good.

[19:13] >> So, exactly that. I'm seeking the

[19:15] commission's approval to buy that parcel

[19:17] that was not sold in 2026 and it is

[19:20] compliant which is very few and far

[19:23] between out there.

[19:26] » Okay, this where do you want to have

[19:28] Scott come up and explain? Scott, can

[19:30] you talk for a minute, please?

[19:32] >> So, we're trying to figure out exactly

[19:33] what what we can do and how what our

[19:34] options are and that's why we're asking

[19:36] Scott to come talk to us. So,

[19:40] » how's it going, Scott?

[19:41] >> Good.

[19:44] you want to explain to us what what we

[19:46] need to do as a commission on this or

[19:47] what our options are?

[19:48] >> So, [clears throat] as far as when when

[19:50] there is county surplus property, uh the

[19:54] county has a a disposal process that was

[19:58] adopted um 25 years ago, amended 15

[20:02] years ago. Um anyway, it basically

[20:07] allows the county commission to one

[20:09] decide if they want to surplus that

[20:11] particular piece of property. um that uh

[20:15] you know it may be something the county

[20:17] wants to hold on to. They may find some

[20:19] use for it, whether that be for fire or

[20:21] sheriff or roads or who knows what. Uh

[20:24] if it's not a piece that they want to

[20:26] hold on to, um then it likely makes

[20:29] sense to either get back, you know, on

[20:32] the tax books, something like that. Uh

[20:35] so this policy outlines how that is to

[20:39] take place. So step one is to decide if

[20:42] it, you know, if if it makes sense to

[20:44] surplus it or not. And then uh if if

[20:48] decided that surplusing makes sense,

[20:50] then the county commission needs to

[20:52] decide how uh h how to value that

[20:56] property. Um so it sets forth five

[21:01] different ways to do that. uh sealed

[21:03] competitive bid, a public auction,

[21:06] evaluation by a qualified and

[21:08] disinterested appraiser, um the Boxler

[21:11] County Assessor's Office, or other

[21:13] professional publications or valuation

[21:15] services. So, so those are the those are

[21:18] the five different ways that um a value

[21:21] could be applied to that property in

[21:23] order to um determine this the sales

[21:26] price for it. Once that is decided, then

[21:30] you would direct um me to take it

[21:33] through the process. We run it through

[21:34] the planning commission. Planning

[21:36] commission reviews it per this policy.

[21:38] Couple things they look at as far as um

[21:41] the general plan and things like that.

[21:43] And then their recommendation comes back

[21:45] to you and we're supposed to go through

[21:48] a noticing period and then um you would

[21:51] take action from there as far as the

[21:54] final sale of the property. So step one

[21:57] would be determining if you want to

[21:59] surplus it and how to value it.

[22:03] >> Okay.

[22:04] >> Commissioners,

[22:07] >> is there discussion?

[22:08] >> Is there a best way to figure out how to

[22:09] value it? I don't

[22:11] >> how that

[22:12] >> So So he may have done some research. Uh

[22:15] I've spoken I believe it was your wife

[22:17] that stopped by. I spoke with her for a

[22:19] little bit and kind of gave her the

[22:20] rundown as far as what the different

[22:22] options are that you that that are have

[22:25] been used historically. Um,

[22:30] I think the two the two main ones that

[22:32] I've seen often times when we surplus a

[22:35] piece of property, it's it's kind of

[22:36] these smaller slivers or triangles,

[22:39] awkward pieces of property that that

[22:42] nothing really can be done with them

[22:44] except for uh, you know, usually it's an

[22:46] adjoining neighbor that is

[22:49] >> okay there's this 2,000 square foot

[22:52] piece adjacent to my property and in

[22:55] that case uh, the property may only be

[22:58] worth a couple hundred dollars and so it

[23:00] doesn't make sense to have an appraisal

[23:02] done where the appraisal is going to

[23:03] actually cost more than the property and

[23:05] so you have used the assessor's office

[23:07] to value that in in those scenarios.

[23:10] There have been other scenarios where uh

[23:12] you know an appraisal has been requested

[23:15] and that appraisal has been the

[23:17] responsibility of the interested party

[23:19] uh and sometimes they go through with

[23:22] it. Sometimes they say, uh, that's going

[23:24] to in the end, you know, it might be

[23:27] $6,000 for the parcel and, you know,

[23:29] a,000 or two for the appraisal and that

[23:32] the appraisal price just pushes it to

[23:34] where it no longer makes sense for them

[23:36] >> and they kind of abandon the, you know,

[23:38] the quest to acquire that piece of land.

[23:40] So, this particular case, it sounds like

[23:42] you've done a little bit of homework.

[23:43] I'll let you.

[23:45] >> Um, yeah. So, when it went up for tax

[23:47] sale, it was going up for, I believe,

[23:49] like $475

[23:51] and nobody bid on it, so it just went to

[23:53] Fox County. Uh, one of the options is to

[23:56] pay the price that the county assessor's

[23:58] office has it at. They currently have it

[24:00] assessed at $1,86.

[24:04] We're willing to pay that price and it

[24:07] fits under one of those ones. And that

[24:10] was the evaluation in 25 which is the

[24:13] latest that I could find on public

[24:15] record. Um if there's a newer valuation

[24:17] from the assessor's office, we'd also be

[24:19] willing to pay that price.

[24:22] >> And currently the property is just

[24:24] there's nothing on the property. It's

[24:25] just

[24:26] >> there's nothing on the property. I have

[24:27] a map of it. It's all the way out in

[24:29] Park Valley and it's just empty right in

[24:33] the middle off the road. To give you a

[24:36] reference, it's uh going west of

[24:39] Snowville on Highway 30 before you get

[24:42] to the split where it would go north to

[24:44] the Clear Creek area or south to the

[24:46] Park Valley. So, it's just east of that

[24:48] split. Okay. Um and it's an 8.8 acre

[24:52] parcel that uh straddles the Highway 30

[24:56] there.

[25:01] » Um I don't know. Can we can we take it

[25:05] um I would suggest that we take it under

[25:07] adisement and maybe make a decision

[25:09] between now and the next commission

[25:10] meeting and then if we do that then we

[25:12] would go through the abandonment process

[25:13] and make sure that m Mr. Nelson is aware

[25:15] of it and keep them informed and that

[25:18] way at least because in fairness until I saw it on the agenda I wasn't

[25:23] aware that we had this piece of property

[25:24] out there. So I need to find out what it's doing out there and what uh if

[25:28] any reason why we want it. It's would

[25:30] have been ideal if somebody had just

[25:31] bought it during the tax sale and I get

[25:33] that but and that's why I'm not sure

[25:34] closed bids going to help us out a lot.

[25:36] I don't know if anybody buy during tax

[25:38] sale that it's going to go for a whole

[25:39] lot more than that anyway. So, but I

[25:42] think we ought to explore the issue and

[25:43] find out what this property looks like

[25:45] and talk to a few of our the folks out

[25:47] there to find out if there's a purpose

[25:48] of any kind that we'd ever I I don't

[25:50] know why we'd want to keep it as a

[25:51] county personally right now um off the

[25:54] top of my head, but I I would like to

[25:56] have at least a couple weeks to figure

[25:58] that out and next commission meeting

[25:59] make the decision

[26:01] what we want to do. So,

[26:04] >> yeah, I think that's a good suggestion.

[26:07] >> So, you want a motion to that? Yes, sir.

[26:09] I would make a motion that we uh

[26:12] that we table the item till next meeting

[26:15] to make a before we make a decision on

[26:17] it so we can find out more about the

[26:19] property to determine if if and what we

[26:21] need to do with it if we want to go down

[26:24] that road of abandonment which can be

[26:26] purchased.

[26:27] >> Second. We have a motion by Commissioner

[26:30] Perry to take the center adisement, give

[26:33] us some opportunity to review and see um

[26:37] this look at this property, make a

[26:38] decision if the county needs it or not.

[26:41] Uh this is parcel 08-065-0012

[26:45] and a second by Commissioner Bingham.

[26:48] Any other

[26:50] comments? All in favor?

[26:52] >> I.

[26:53] >> Motion passes. Thank you. We'll do some

[26:55] review and get back with you.

[26:56] >> Thank you.

[27:00] Okay. Appointment to the Metro Lease

[27:02] Services District and Commissioners.

[27:05] >> Uh yes. Um I it' be my motion that we

[27:08] appoint Michael A. Allen from Brigham

[27:10] City to uh serve on the Mineral East

[27:13] Committee, the Mineral East board. It

[27:14] would be a four-year assignment.

[27:17] >> Is that correct, Glenn? This is a

[27:18] four-year one, right? Okay. It'd be a

[27:20] four-year assignment. And he would be

[27:21] taking the Brigham Karen area would be

[27:23] the area of the Mineral East board.

[27:24] That's the area he represents.

[27:30] Is that a motion?

[27:31] >> That was a motion. Yes.

[27:32] >> Second.

[27:33] >> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry

[27:35] to appoint Michael A. Allen. Is that

[27:38] correct?

[27:38] >> Yes.

[27:39] >> To uh the Mineral Lease Special Service

[27:42] District and a second by Commissioner

[27:44] Bingham. All in favor say I.

[27:46] >> I.

[27:47] >> Motion passes. Thank you.

[27:52] Okay. under community development

[27:56] ordinance um number 666 home occupations

[28:01] and can we please change that number

[28:04] and

[28:04] >> we will have Scott Lions come and talk

[28:06] to us about that. Can we change it to

[28:07] like 667 or something like that?

[28:09] [laughter]

[28:14] » We were the uh the unlucky ones.

[28:18] So, this proposed ordinance is a text

[28:22] amendment to section 5-1-290

[28:27] of the uh county's land use and

[28:30] development code. This section of code

[28:33] regulates home occupations. Um, so the

[28:37] applicant here requested currently under

[28:41] home occupations uh there is a list of

[28:45] prohibited uses. Um, and this particular

[28:48] one is body piercing, body art, or

[28:51] tattoo parlor. And they are requesting

[28:53] that that be removed from the list of

[28:55] home of from the list of prohibited

[28:58] uses. Um, so in the the definitions um

[29:05] come from state code and state code uh

[29:08] for a variety of reasons. uh that gets

[29:13] pretty gets pretty technical as far as

[29:15] health department regulations and

[29:17] different things like that associated

[29:18] with this, but it includes um like

[29:22] permanent cosmetics. So, when you get

[29:24] your eyebrows microbladed or have your

[29:27] eyeliner tattooed, different things like

[29:30] that, that falls under this same

[29:33] section, uh same land use, if you will.

[29:37] Uh so the request is to remove that

[29:40] entirely. Um it's viewed by the

[29:44] applicant and I should say as well by

[29:46] the planning commission as no different

[29:48] than if somebody wants to have a chair

[29:51] in their basement and a home salon or

[29:52] anything like that. So uh the planning

[29:56] commission held their public hearing.

[29:57] There was no opposition to it. There

[29:59] were um two attendees that spoke in

[30:02] favor of it and the planning commission

[30:05] uh forwarded a recommendation of

[30:06] approval and that recommendation um is

[30:11] included in ordinance number 666.

[30:19] » Okay.

[30:20] Well, since we can't change the number,

[30:22] I I will make a motion that we approve

[30:23] ordinance 666.

[30:26] >> Second. We have a motion to approve

[30:29] ordinance 666 by Commissioner

[30:33] Perry and a second by Commissioner

[30:34] Bingham. There's no further discussion.

[30:36] All in favor say I.

[30:38] >> I.

[30:39] >> Thanks.

[30:40] >> Thank you.

[30:42] >> Okay.

[30:45] Number 12, fairgrounds ratification of

[30:47] agreement 26-49

[30:51] road to services. And Glenn's going to

[30:53] visit with us that with that a little

[30:55] bit.

[30:56] >> Yes. So, we had the rodeo last week. Um,

[30:59] there's some difficulties and

[31:01] complications in getting the uh the

[31:05] rodeo had been taken over by a new rodeo

[31:07] company. We had a little bit of problems

[31:09] getting them to sign it. Um, we did get

[31:11] it signed before the rodeo. Um, and we

[31:15] didn't have a county commission meeting

[31:16] in between when we got it signed in the

[31:18] rodeo. So, we're here to ratify that

[31:21] decision.

[31:22] >> Yep. I'd make a motion that we ratify

[31:24] the agreement 2649 for rodeo services as

[31:27] discussed.

[31:28] >> Second. We

[31:29] >> have a motion by Commissioner Perry to

[31:31] approve ratification of agreement number

[31:34] 26-49 for the rodeo services as

[31:37] presented by Glenn Thirsten. Second by

[31:39] Commissioner Bingham. There's no further

[31:41] discussion. All in favor say I.

[31:43] >> I.

[31:44] >> Hey, thank you Glenn. Appreciate it.

[31:48] Quarter's office

[31:51] public land survey system grant number

[31:54] 2648 for the monument replacement and

[31:57] restoration

[31:59] uh committee. Chad Montgomery is going

[32:01] to visit with us.

[32:02] >> Chad Montgomery, Boxelder County

[32:03] Recorder. Um this is our standard uh

[32:07] state contract grant for the section

[32:10] corners that we have an opportunity to

[32:13] apply for every year. we were

[32:15] successful. Um, and the contract is for

[32:18] $24,836.80

[32:22] um that we can get from the the state

[32:23] for this uh to use through uh to

[32:29] uh upgrade and uh perpetuate the the

[32:33] section corners in the county.

[32:37] >> Very good. Need a motion.

[32:39] I'll make a motion that we approve or we

[32:42] ratify the agreement number 26. Nope,

[32:44] sorry. We approve FY27 public land

[32:48] survey system grant agreement 26-48 from

[32:51] the Monument Replacement and Restoration

[32:53] Committee.

[32:54] >> I'll second it. We have a motion by

[32:56] Commissioner Bingham to approve the

[32:59] public land survey system grant

[33:00] agreement number 26-48

[33:03] for the monument replacement restoration

[33:06] and second by Commissioner Perry.

[33:09] There's no further discussion. All in

[33:10] favor say I.

[33:11] >> I.

[33:12] >> Thanks Chad. Appreciate you.

[33:15] >> Okay. Number 14, public hearing.

[33:19] uh the winter 2026 seasonal road closure

[33:24] public hearing and Darren's going to

[33:25] come up and visit with us for a few

[33:27] minutes and then we'll open a public

[33:28] hearing.

[33:35] » Good evening, gentlemen. Darren

[33:37] McFarland with Boxiller County Roads. Um

[33:40] this is our annual announcement of road

[33:43] closures that the uh state government

[33:46] asked us to start doing a few years

[33:47] back.

[33:49] Doesn't change anything the seasonal

[33:50] road closures they stay the same dates

[33:53] and all. So

[33:56] >> okay how many are we talking about?

[34:00] » I think there are depending on weather

[34:03] there can be seven. There's two of them,

[34:05] three of them that weather depending we

[34:08] don't close sometimes,

[34:11] >> but those are out west, way out west.

[34:14] Cotton Thomas Pass, if it doesn't snow a

[34:16] lot, we don't close it.

[34:18] And a couple others, Lynn Pass. So

[34:22] ones in town that I guess if you want to

[34:24] call it in town are five short divide,

[34:27] long divide, Rocky, Dougway, Willard

[34:29] Peak Road, and Derry Road.

[34:35] And those are November.

[34:36] >> They're all They're all weather pending

[34:38] except for Rocky Dougway. And that's

[34:41] July

[34:43] it's either July 15th to November 1 or

[34:45] July 1, November 15th.

[34:47] >> And everything else is weather pending.

[34:49] >> Everything else is weather. Yep.

[34:51] >> Okay.

[34:52] >> Open and closing depends depends on

[34:55] weather.

[34:57] >> Very good. Okay.

[35:00] >> Okay. Motion to open the public hearing.

[35:04] I'll make a motion we open the public

[35:06] hearing to discuss 2026 seasonal road

[35:09] closure.

[35:09] >> I'll second it.

[35:10] >> We have a motion to open the public

[35:11] hearing for the 2026 seasonal road

[35:14] closure by Commissioner Bingham and a

[35:17] second by Commissioner Perry. All in

[35:18] favor?

[35:20] >> Public hearing is now open. Please keep

[35:21] your comments to this

[35:24] uh

[35:26] issue only. We'll go from there.

[35:45] Vernon Warner. Um, I'm a proper property

[35:49] owner up in the Devil Gate Valley. um

[35:52] recipient of um property that was

[35:55] inherited

[35:57] um that I received from my

[35:59] great-grandfather, grandfather, and it's

[36:02] just been in the family for years and years. Um the family had over

[36:06] six square miles of land up there in the

[36:08] Devil's Gate Valley. We were the ones

[36:10] that put the roads in originally for

[36:13] sheep and cattle grazing. So, um it's

[36:18] been a problem ever since. We used to

[36:20] have an old cable up there with the

[36:22] white rocks that said no trespassing,

[36:24] but then it was declared a public road

[36:27] sometime I don't know in the early

[36:30] 2000s. Um there [clears throat] was a

[36:33] originally a gate and a cable up there

[36:35] established. Uh there was a new one put

[36:38] up there in the year 2007 to close the

[36:41] Devil Gate from [clears throat] the

[36:43] public because they were doing such so

[36:46] much property damage running all over

[36:48] the place going through the meadows. Uh

[36:51] so [clears throat] it is our intent that

[36:54] this is a road closure. There should be

[36:56] a road closure. Otherwise, it's

[36:58] restricted access by the 52-inch

[37:00] vehicles, and that's not [clears throat]

[37:02] not fair to us as property owners that

[37:04] don't have a 52-in vehicle to go through

[37:08] there. But we should have access to our

[37:09] road to kind of see what's damaged. So,

[37:11] if you're closing the road, then call it

[37:13] a closure, not a limited access. Close

[37:15] it completely. So, it's my testimony and

[37:20] my my request that we look at that

[37:23] seriously that uh one, you're

[37:25] restricting me as a land owner to be

[37:27] able to go up there and check on my

[37:28] property after the 15th of November.

[37:32] That's generally speaking when they

[37:34] close it. Uh but it's not a road

[37:36] closure. It's a restricted access. So,

[37:38] anybody with a a small vehicle can go up

[37:41] there and do whatever they want. and we

[37:43] the land owners don't have keys and

[37:44] can't go up there and check on things,

[37:46] make sure that our property is not being

[37:48] destroyed. Uh and then it's open back in

[37:50] the spring, [clears throat]

[37:52] but we don't have a chance to go up

[37:54] there and really notify the uh county

[37:57] roads that, hey, the road's still not

[37:59] accessible. really better hold off and

[38:01] keep it from, you know, the church has

[38:04] gone up there and done a lot of work

[38:06] this year and I'm sure they don't want

[38:08] that road destroyed at their expense

[38:10] that they did uh to make it so it's

[38:13] easier to get in the church camp. So, um

[38:16] there's a couple of things. If if you're

[38:18] going to allow the uh restricted access

[38:20] instead of a road closure, then I think

[38:22] that that you as a commissioner uh

[38:26] should agree that the property owners

[38:27] that have property up there be able to

[38:30] be given a key that we don't have to go

[38:32] and fight for a key. We can have the

[38:34] access to a key so that we can go and

[38:36] make sure that people aren't destroying

[38:38] that are going in there on a restricted

[38:40] access. So, that's one of the requests

[38:43] that we as land owners up there have

[38:45] agreed that we're asking for.

[38:48] [clears throat]

[38:49] Uh, and then, uh, the the gate there at

[38:53] Devil's Gate. Originally, there was a

[38:55] sign there that says it was a road

[38:57] closure, uh, but that was taken down.

[39:00] Uh, and so we'd like this to be

[39:03] considered that we either go with what

[39:06] was established for years up there, go

[39:09] back to that or the land owners have

[39:12] keys so we can go in and check on our

[39:14] properties, make sure that people aren't

[39:16] vandalizing, tearing things up. So, uh,

[39:19] that's one of the things that I request

[39:21] in this public hearing and, uh, let it

[39:23] be known. Thank you. Okay.

[39:25] >> Thank you so much. Appreciate it.

[39:40] Todd Thompson, Manowway Valley

[39:41] Recreation Camps. I was going to ask the

[39:44] commission for clarification on the

[39:45] closure at the Manowway Road. Is that a

[39:48] seasonal closure or is that closure

[39:50] subject to discretion of the road

[39:53] department?

[39:56] It

[39:56] >> says seasonal on the agenda.

[39:58] >> Well, I understood it that we were just

[40:00] talking about it would be seasonal based

[40:01] on the weather. Is that So, Steve, I was

[40:02] going to ask you a couple questions.

[40:03] Correct me

[40:04] >> if I'm wrong. Um, it's a seasonal

[40:06] closure, but depending on the season,

[40:08] the uh roads department decides when

[40:10] that's going to be closed. Is that

[40:11] right?

[40:13] >> Because we may not have snow one year,

[40:15] we may have.

[40:15] >> So, it could be it could it could stay

[40:17] open if we didn't get any snow. though

[40:19] and it' be a seasonal based on

[40:22] precipitation and what it's going to do

[40:24] to the road and create what what I think

[40:26] it's going to create for the roads

[40:27] department to maintain

[40:28] >> the ability to to

[40:31] safely pass passage is is your

[40:34] >> that that's my understanding. Yes,

[40:35] >> correct.

[40:37] I'd also like to um maybe suggest the

[40:40] commission would entertain the idea of

[40:42] an intermediate gate placed between the

[40:44] Manowway current Manowway gate now and

[40:47] the Willard Basin area. I understand and

[40:51] fully understand that you're protecting

[40:53] that road until the moisture or snow

[40:56] pack melts and the road is safely

[40:58] passable. However, the upper three miles

[41:00] of that road takes much much longer to

[41:03] melt off, become passable than the lower

[41:05] three miles.

[41:07] So, I'm asking the commission to

[41:08] entertain the idea of putting an

[41:09] intermediate gate at the White Rock

[41:11] Willard Peak Road Split where landowners

[41:15] could once it becomes passable in the

[41:17] lower three miles access their property

[41:19] safely start winter renovations,

[41:22] closures, and spring openings earlier

[41:25] than allowing and waiting for the upper

[41:28] portion of that road to be melted off.

[41:30] It's a very distinct time difference

[41:33] there for accessibility to the private

[41:34] properties.

[41:36] So, I'm asking the commission if they

[41:37] would entertain that idea and accept

[41:39] that as a possibility to place that

[41:43] intermediate gate at that strategic

[41:45] place.

[41:46] >> And you're saying put the intermediate

[41:47] gate rather than going down into Devil's

[41:50] uh Devil's Gate area would be going

[41:52] continuing up into Willard Peak.

[41:53] Correct.

[41:54] >> I'm proposing that the gate be put on

[41:56] the Willard Peak Road to inhibit passage

[41:58] to the upper portion of the Willard Peak

[42:00] Road, but yet allow passage to the the

[42:02] Devil's Gate land owners. Yeah.

[42:05] If you travel that road and you look at

[42:07] it, it it's an it's an logical spot in

[42:11] that it's landlocked on each side. It

[42:13] would the the terrain creates a natural

[42:16] barrier for passage around the gate. So,

[42:19] I think it would be easily monitored and

[42:21] I think it would be able to be uh

[42:24] enforced the closure rather than having

[42:26] vehicles go around. It's really a

[42:30] natural spot for the for the train to

[42:31] put the gate there, allowing then once

[42:34] again restricting that upper passage for

[42:36] safety purposes, which I understand, but

[42:38] yet allowing private owners to access

[42:40] the lower portions that are melded off

[42:42] and safely passable.

[42:44] >> Okay. So, when you say there is a

[42:46] natural place to put it, I haven't seen

[42:48] a place anywhere where somebody can't go

[42:49] over with a motorbike or side by side.

[42:52] Everywhere I go anyway, people just said

[42:55] a white rock, didn't you, Todd? That's

[42:57] correct.

[42:57] >> Yeah.

[42:58] There is there's there's I mean if

[42:59] you up there where he's talking about if

[43:01] we go just past where the white rock is

[43:03] and you put a gate and I don't know what

[43:04] we'd have I that's Darren but

[43:07] >> depending what Forest Service where our roadway can do this is but if you

[43:11] put one there they have two choices. One

[43:13] they can go off the cliff and down the

[43:14] side of the mountain.

[43:15] >> Yeah. Straight down.

[43:16] >> They have to go up into they they would

[43:17] have to go into scrub oak.

[43:19] >> Yeah. And it's and that road up the

[43:21] [clears throat] hillsides. So if you put

[43:22] the gate in a certain spot it would be

[43:24] very difficult. But I'm just curious if

[43:26] we put a gate in, could we put it in

[43:28] where it would be far enough off the

[43:30] road so that when the season is open, it

[43:32] would be accessible to go back and forth

[43:34] >> so you don't have to move the road every

[43:35] year or remove the gate. Is it going to

[43:38] be able to go back far enough that we're

[43:39] not going to have

[43:40] >> people hitting it

[43:42] >> going up as when they go by it? That's

[43:44] that would be my concern

[43:46] >> and I'd want to consult with with our

[43:48] roads department to find out. And I

[43:50] don't know is I'm assuming we're now in

[43:52] National Forest Service area at that

[43:54] point on that roadway and and I think

[43:56] we'd have to get the National Forest

[43:57] Service to give us permission. Is that

[43:59] correct? And Darren's nodding his head

[44:00] correctly. So

[44:02] >> I'm I'm happy to exp I would be happy to

[44:03] explore that. I think we have that issue

[44:05] come up every year,

[44:06] >> but I think we can ask we'll ask our

[44:08] roads department to go back to the

[44:10] Forest Service and ask them if they

[44:12] would be amanable.

[44:13] >> Again, it's going to be their call

[44:14] because it's their land whether they're

[44:16] going to let us do this or not. But I

[44:18] something something worth asking.

[44:19] >> And I agree, Commissioner Prey. I

[44:20] believe it is National Forest because

[44:22] they if it's my understanding that they

[44:24] have control of the gate on the on the

[44:27] um Devil's Gate road.

[44:29] >> Yeah. Right.

[44:29] >> So they would as well have to have buy

[44:31] in and have some um authorization to

[44:35] control that road.

[44:36] >> That's we can explore.

[44:37] >> I'm I'm willing to ask our our roads

[44:39] department to go and meet with them and ask and get see if we can we get

[44:43] permission. And I mean I

[44:43] >> and I'm I'm certainly willing to make

[44:45] myself accessible to the excuse me if

[44:48] you'd like to ride up there and visit

[44:49] evaluate the site together. I welcome

[44:52] you and I extend that invitation to the

[44:54] commissioners. Let's let's get organized

[44:55] and visit the site.

[44:56] >> I can I can see where I put a I could

[44:57] put a gate there. I put a gate but yeah

[45:00] >> but it is landlocked. Yeah.

[45:02] >> Or the natural barriers on each side

[45:04] obviously commission.

[45:05] >> You might get somebody creating you can

[45:07] get anywhere you want if you're

[45:08] determined to get there.

[45:09] >> Yes. But those

[45:10] >> they're not going to do it without

[45:11] damaging person or vehicle. I guarantee

[45:13] you.

[45:14] >> I I think deterrence is is the issue

[45:16] here.

[45:17] >> Just don't plant a Russian olive tree on

[45:18] this side so that they can

[45:19] >> and and um I echo the I echo the request

[45:24] of Mr. Warner that if in fact we're

[45:26] going to go ahead and lock the gate at

[45:28] Manowway that we as land owners have

[45:30] access to a key as well to continue to

[45:32] when the road is safely passable to

[45:34] continue works at our property there. So

[45:36] thank you for your time. Okay.

[45:37] >> Thank you.

[45:43] Do we need to make a decision tonight on

[45:44] this?

[45:45] >> Okay.

[45:47] >> Can we There's no further discussion. I

[45:51] need a motion to close public hearing.

[45:53] >> I'll make a motion to close public

[45:54] hearing on road season road closures.

[45:56] >> Second.

[45:57] >> Have a motion by Commissioner Perry to

[45:59] close the public hearing and a second by

[46:01] Commissioner Breen. All in favor say I.

[46:03] >> I.

[46:04] >> Public hearing is closed.

[46:06] >> Okay. And so we'll be able to come back

[46:08] at a future commission and make a

[46:10] decision on this. We won't need to make

[46:11] a decision today. We can maybe I'll give

[46:13] Darren direction to go back and let's

[46:15] meet with the Forest Service and see if

[46:16] we can get some of these questions

[46:17] answered before we make that final

[46:18] determination.

[46:21] >> So, is that

[46:27] >> is there an ordinance?

[46:28] >> Yeah, there yeah, there's an ordinance.

[46:29] >> So, yeah, I' I'd make a motion that we

[46:31] table the ordinance to a future meeting

[46:33] so that we can find out from the

[46:35] forester. Before we do that, I'd like to

[46:37] find out from the Forest Service if this

[46:39] is an option. So,

[46:41] >> I'm not sure you need to table it. You

[46:42] should pass the ordinance. You can come

[46:43] back in later a minute if you need to.

[46:45] I'd hate to have the ordinance not go

[46:46] into place.

[46:47] >> Okay.

[46:47] >> When we need it.

[46:48] >> You got to come back.

[46:49] >> I don't know if you have any thoughts on

[46:50] that, Glenn, but

[46:52] >> I think you could do either way, but I I

[46:54] think it would be ill advised to build

[46:59] up the entire ordinance based on one of

[47:01] the roads having an issue. There are

[47:03] seven that need to be roller you could

[47:05] pass it.

[47:06] >> So if we pass it with the with the

[47:07] knowledge that we're going to come back

[47:09] to look at possibly amending it in the

[47:10] next Okay.

[47:13] >> I I can accept that. Yeah. So okay, I

[47:16] would I would make a motion then that we

[47:18] pass seasonal road closure ordinance 658

[47:20] with the knowledge that we plan on

[47:22] coming back to possibly make an

[47:23] amendment for that one road.

[47:25] >> Second. We have a motion by Commissioner

[47:27] Perry to approve road closure ordinance

[47:29] number 658

[47:32] uh for winter uh with the agreement that

[47:35] we will come back possibly to discuss um

[47:39] to some changes to the ordinance and a

[47:41] second by Commissioner Bingham. All in

[47:43] favor?

[47:44] >> I.

[47:44] >> Motion passes. Thank you.

[47:49] Okay,

[47:51] we're out our public comment period of

[47:53] uh our meeting. Those who wishing to

[47:56] make public comment shall sign the

[47:58] comment role and will be responsible for

[48:00] the following rules outlined in the

[48:02] county commission rules and procedures.

[48:04] Speakers will have one threeminut

[48:06] opportunity to speak regardless of

[48:08] number of items they wish to address.

[48:10] Speakers shall address or rem address their comments to the county

[48:14] commission only. This is a time to be

[48:16] heard. There will not be a back and

[48:17] forth dialogue with the commissioners.

[48:19] Speakers may file copies of their

[48:21] remarks or supporting information with

[48:24] the county clerk. The county clerk will

[48:26] make the information available to the

[48:28] county commission. And we have one

[48:31] tonight and it's Deanna Hardy.

[48:44] Diana Hardy Bigham. The Boxella

[48:47] Committee of Liberty opposes the zoning

[48:49] of all Boxeller County because it's not

[48:52] constitutionally principled. The only

[48:54] time zoning is required is when a land

[48:56] owner is doing something immoral or

[48:58] dangerous or both that will harm another

[49:00] property owner. When Melanie Melanie

[49:03] Wilding of the Planning Commission came

[49:05] before you stating that the planning

[49:06] commission's hands are tied because all

[49:09] the land in Boxeller County is not

[49:11] zoned. Why should the planning

[49:13] commission have arbitrary power over

[49:15] property owners in telling them what

[49:16] they can and cannot do with their

[49:18] property? The planning commission is

[49:20] just another quasi government program

[49:22] operated by appointed board members

[49:25] which goes against our republic form of

[49:26] government. Elected representatives have

[49:29] jurisdiction over zoning and not an

[49:31] appointed quasi government board.

[49:34] Central planning is a Marxist ideology

[49:36] and not constitutionally principled. The

[49:39] US Constitution article 4 section 4

[49:41] states the United States shall guarantee

[49:43] to every state in the this union a

[49:45] republic republican form of government

[49:48] and shall protect each of them against

[49:50] invasion. Are you protecting our

[49:52] government from the invasion of Marxism?

[49:55] How about socialism, communism? It is an

[49:58] invasion to adopt central planning and

[50:00] zoning all landowners property. The only

[50:03] exceptions are listed above. James

[50:05] Madison comments on property. This term

[50:08] in particular application means that

[50:10] dominion which one man claims and

[50:12] exercises over the external things of

[50:14] the world in exclusion of every other

[50:17] individual. Central planning is based on

[50:20] community planning and destroying

[50:22] individuals planning. Government is

[50:25] instituted to protect property of every

[50:27] sort as well that which lies in the

[50:29] various rights of individuals as the as

[50:32] that which the term particularly

[50:33] expresses. This being the end of

[50:35] government that alone is opinions, their

[50:38] religion, their persons and their

[50:40] faculties, name more which indirectly

[50:42] violates their property in their actual

[50:45] possessions. In the labor that acquires

[50:47] their dailies assistance, and in the

[50:49] hallowed remnant of time which ought to

[50:51] relieve their fatigues and soo their

[50:52] cares, the influence or inference will

[50:55] have been anticipated that such

[50:57] government is not a pattern for the

[50:59] United States. If the United States

[51:01] means to obtain or deserve full praise

[51:04] due to wise and just governments, they

[51:06] will equally respect the rights of

[51:08] property and the property in rights.

[51:11] They will rival the government that most

[51:13] sacredly guards the former and repealing

[51:16] its example in violating the latter will

[51:18] make themselves a pattern to that and

[51:20] all other governments. And it's really

[51:22] sad you just violate other people's

[51:23] property rights just today with your

[51:25] decision. Thank you.

[51:30] » Okay.

[51:33] A warrant register is done.

[51:36] Personal actions volunteer action forms.

[51:40] Jennica, how are you?

[51:47] » We don't have a close session, do we,

[51:48] Steve? Okay.

[52:25] >> Okay. Very good. We don't have a closed

[52:27] session, so I need a motion to close the

[52:28] meeting.

[52:29] >> I'll make a motion we adjourn.

[52:31] >> Second. Have a motion adjourned by

[52:33] Commissioner Perry or Commissioner

[52:34] Bingham and a second by Commissioner

[52:36] Perry. All in favor say I.

[52:38] >> I.

[52:38] >> Very good. We're journ till the next

[52:40] session. Thank you so much for being

[52:41] here with us.

[52:45] Okay.

September 2, 2026 Box Elder County Commission Meeting

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