[0:00] Good times.

[0:03] >> Okay, I think we're going to go ahead

[0:04] and get started.

[0:06] Looks like we have everyone here that we

[0:08] need.

[0:11] Um, I would like to first of all excuse

[0:14] council members um Keegan Garrity and

[0:16] Katherine Buse who are out of town right

[0:18] now. So, there's just the five of us,

[0:20] but we will be able to get things done.

[0:22] I'm going to start with opening remarks

[0:24] by council member Joanne Bennett.

[0:27] >> I'm going to give my remarks in the form

[0:29] of a prayer.

[0:33] Our Father which art in heaven,

[0:36] we are thankful for this beautiful place

[0:39] that we live.

[0:40] We are thankful for the freedoms that we

[0:42] enjoy.

[0:44] And a more perfect union,

[0:47] we are facing more enemies within and

[0:49] without than we have ever before.

[0:53] But we want to pay tribute to those who

[0:55] have put paid the ultimate sacrifice

[0:59] in preserving our freedoms.

[1:02] And we also want to

[1:05] pray for the safety of those

[1:07] military who are

[1:10] deployed around the world and let them

[1:12] know of our gratitude for what they

[1:15] sacrifice for us.

[1:18] We also want to pray and thank those in

[1:20] our county,

[1:22] the public servants that work in our

[1:24] behalf,

[1:26] for the dedicated work which they

[1:27] perform for us. And we pray that they

[1:30] will

[1:31] be guided and watched over.

[1:33] We pray that thou will bless us this

[1:35] day,

[1:36] that we will have thy spirit, and that

[1:38] we will have the power of discernment to

[1:40] be in with us in all we do. And we say

[1:42] this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

[1:45] >> Amen.

[1:45] >> Please rise for the pledge.

[1:52] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[1:56] United States of America and to the

[1:59] Republic for which it stands, one nation

[2:02] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[2:06] justice for all.

[2:12] » Thank you, Joanne, and thank you for

[2:14] mentioning our military people,

[2:16] especially with this Memorial Day

[2:18] weekend just passed. We

[2:20] are really grateful for all those who

[2:22] serve and all those who have served. So,

[2:24] we we thank you for that. Um I would

[2:27] take a motion if someone wants to

[2:29] approve the agenda.

[2:31] >> Move to approve.

[2:32] the amended agenda.

[2:34] >> Okay.

[2:34] >> Second.

[2:35] >> It's been moved and seconded that we

[2:37] approve the amended agenda. Those in

[2:38] favor say I. I. Any opposed?

[2:42] Okay.

[2:43] Um let's do the approval of the minutes.

[2:45] We have the workshop from last meeting

[2:47] on the 12th and also the council regular

[2:50] meeting minutes.

[2:53] Excuse me.

[2:54] >> I move we accept the

[2:56] >> Second.

[2:58] >> Okay, it's been moved and seconded that

[2:59] we approve the minutes from both the May

[3:02] 12th Council workshop and the regular

[3:04] Council meetings. Those in favor say I.

[3:07] Any opposed?

[3:09] Okay. Report of the County Executive,

[3:11] George.

[3:13] >> [cough]

[3:15] » Do not have any appointments or

[3:18] updates [snorts] to provide.

[3:19] >> [cough and clears throat]

[3:22] » I'm going to excuse myself. All of a

[3:24] sudden I got a bad tickle in my throat

[3:25] and I can't talk.

[3:27] >> [cough]

[3:30] » Okay, items of special interest. The

[3:32] presentation of the Bear River Health

[3:33] Department audit. We'll turn that time

[3:35] over to Jordan Mathis.

[3:38] >> Stop burning it.

[3:40] >> Just a minor point of correction. This

[3:42] isn't an audit. It's the annual report

[3:44] required for us to report um

[3:49] to the state.

[3:49] >> Thank you.

[3:51] >> [cough]

[3:52] >> Thanks.

[3:54] >> But we do have financials.

[4:03] » That's weird.

[4:04] >> Um

[4:06] >> We all have that for those that are

[4:08] >> participating.

[4:17] You can find this [snorts] on our

[4:19] website.

[4:20] >> Right.

[4:21] >> It shows up. I'll show you.

[4:23] >> Um

[4:24] find on our website.

[4:26] Or you can come to our offices.

[4:29] You're You're doing the first part. SD

[4:31] Hunt's going to help me, but it's

[4:33] already up on our website. You just go

[4:34] to about us, go to annual report,

[4:37] and they're right there.

[4:40] SD's going to walk through

[4:42] um the data from this annual report for us. We're

[4:45] going actually So, if you're going

[4:47] through it, jump to the very back.

[4:50] Um

[4:51] >> Page, we'll start on page eight.

[4:54] And I'm always excited to come and

[4:55] present the annual report to all of you

[4:57] um and and share the great work that the

[4:59] Bear River Health Department does for

[5:00] the community.

[5:02] But I am going to start uh just quickly

[5:05] talking about some of the data points on

[5:06] here. I know we only have about 10

[5:08] minutes, so I'll go as as quick as

[5:09] possible. Starting on page eight, you do

[5:11] see the leading causes of death. It's

[5:13] broken down for Bear River Health

[5:14] Department for 2024 to 2025, so you can

[5:17] kind of see the difference. And then

[5:19] also compares it to Utah. You can see

[5:21] the trends

[5:22] um and I do not want to cause anyone

[5:24] great alarm with the bottom one being

[5:27] kidney disease. It shows a huge

[5:29] increase, but this is not really

[5:32] statistically significant. The number is

[5:34] actually so small in such a big

[5:37] population. We're looking at If we were

[5:39] to say of a hundred or a thousand

[5:40] people, they were saying a thousand

[5:41] people, it would be nine. We'd go from

[5:43] nine to 13.

[5:45] So,

[5:46] it's not It looks like it's a huge

[5:48] increase, but that is just really we're

[5:50] such a small population. And also some

[5:52] of those numbers could have been

[5:54] secondary primary or secondary causes of

[5:56] death that that the physician may have

[5:59] mentioned there as and that is why it's

[6:01] made it onto that list. So,

[6:03] no need to like

[6:05] jump out of your seat in regards to

[6:07] that. But, that is just those things are

[6:09] kind of the same every single year. You

[6:11] don't see a lot of change with that

[6:13] those top 10 leading causes of death.

[6:15] You'll see our socio-demographic

[6:17] snapshot for each community on page

[6:19] number nine. And I did then just want to

[6:21] go through a few things

[6:23] and highlight a few items on page number

[6:26] 10 and 11 to just talk about a few of

[6:28] the services that have been took care

[6:30] the took place this past year.

[6:33] One thing that we wanted to mention was

[6:36] right there at the top where it says TB

[6:38] monitoring and follow-up visits.

[6:41] I really want to compare that data more

[6:43] to 2023 than to 2024 cuz the 2024 and

[6:47] 2025 are very much the same. There's a

[6:50] very small increase there. And what we want to make mention to each county

[6:54] is that the federal money does not take

[6:56] care of the TB um

[6:59] any of the TB monitoring or any of the

[7:02] follow-up visits associated with that is county money. And so, we

[7:06] appreciate that because you'll see that number isn't going down. It is it's

[7:10] continuing and with TB monitoring any

[7:12] active case requires active monitoring

[7:16] daily for 9 months.

[7:18] And for 4 months we do monitoring for

[7:20] latent TB. So, it is time intensive when

[7:23] TB patients do present themselves at the

[7:26] health department so we're in our in our

[7:28] health district. So, that is just

[7:29] something to take note of. I think

[7:30] that's noteworthy. I also want to

[7:32] mention um

[7:34] the high-risk expectant mothers that

[7:36] were visited by a Bear River Health

[7:37] Department nurse. You'll see a decrease

[7:39] in that area.

[7:41] First of all, mentioning that we do

[7:43] continue to focus on this

[7:46] in the community because we do believe

[7:48] and it is it is proven that infant and maternal

[7:52] health is very important in regards to

[7:53] public health. You'll see that decrease

[7:55] in our um

[7:57] uh there's a lot of reasons why that

[7:59] potentially could decrease and I can't

[8:01] necessarily put towards exactly what

[8:03] that is. However, I do want you to know

[8:05] that we have talked to our community

[8:07] health

[8:08] um

[8:10] our community health worker, yeah, Mary,

[8:12] who does a great job in in promoting

[8:15] this program with physicians cuz a lot

[8:17] of these patients actually are referred

[8:19] to us by physicians or by our own WIC

[8:21] program. And so they've they're they're

[8:23] high-risk mothers that have come to our

[8:25] program or gone to a doctor and have

[8:27] they have said this service would be of

[8:29] use to you. So, that word will continue

[8:31] to get out and we'll see how those

[8:32] numbers do change this next year.

[8:35] Um

[8:36] we've seen an seen an increase in

[8:38] mothers and babies enrolled in the

[8:39] Medicaid that were visited by our

[8:41] nurses, um which is a big help to some

[8:43] of those families as they as they begin

[8:45] raising kids for the first time.

[8:47] Our environmental health services on

[8:49] that second section is very close to

[8:51] last year. There's very few changes,

[8:52] just reiterating the the work the

[8:54] environmental health does do. Um it's basically showing they do a lot

[8:59] more than this, but this is a one of the

[9:01] things that we do show is is the

[9:02] inspections that occur.

[9:04] Our our WIC program, and unfortunately

[9:07] we didn't get the percentage and

[9:08] increase on this graphic, but there was

[9:10] a 6.2% increase in WIC services this

[9:13] past year. Um WIC funding is increasing.

[9:17] So, federally we are seeing an increase

[9:19] in in WIC funding, which is good. We

[9:21] haven't seen that for a quite a while,

[9:23] and definitely good because we're seeing

[9:25] an increase in services, which we have

[9:27] seen

[9:28] since COVID. Those numbers have

[9:29] continued to climb. So,

[9:31] turning over to the next side on page

[9:33] number 11 is our behavioral health

[9:35] services. Um

[9:37] this again just reiterates the

[9:39] importance of treatment in these

[9:40] programs. I can If you can see in those

[9:42] line graphs up there, the the percentage

[9:45] in change or increase as individuals are

[9:48] able to abstain from using both alcohol

[9:50] and drugs in both of those. So, again,

[9:53] very important work with our behavioral

[9:55] health team. And our community health

[9:57] services just showing you some of the

[9:59] services that have been provided to the

[10:00] community.

[10:02] Um

[10:02] where the numbers of participants

[10:04] attending an evidence-based mental

[10:05] health and suicide prevention training

[10:07] that's been done at the health

[10:08] department, 894 individuals this past

[10:11] year received that training. Um

[10:13] Our car seat, they do car seat checks,

[10:15] and you can see that the there's an

[10:17] increase in knowledge just from those

[10:19] car seat checks. And also a an increase

[10:21] in our tobacco retailers actually not

[10:25] selling to underage users, which is huge

[10:27] increase, right? And a lot of that does

[10:29] due to our compliance checks. So, some

[10:31] great work by our team at the health

[10:32] department that we're there to report.

[10:35] Um and that's our data, and I wanted to

[10:36] then flip to page um

[10:40] number seven. And the reason I we're

[10:42] kind of going backwards this year and

[10:43] showing you this report is uh

[10:47] Our report is outlined in our strategic

[10:49] goals, and we like to tell a story for

[10:51] every goal through through the year. We

[10:53] kind of pick a story and and our our

[10:55] team picks a story that we we should

[10:57] highlight and seems noteworthy. And this

[10:59] past year

[11:00] for for the goal of healthiest people,

[11:03] we wanted to talk to the community and

[11:05] our the councils and the commission

[11:07] members about um our new dashboard that

[11:10] we've been working on with the CDC

[11:12] Foundation. And that has been some

[11:14] awesome work that's been taking place,

[11:16] and it will really help our community be

[11:18] able to see more timely data. And any of

[11:21] you, if you're interested in looking at

[11:23] more of that data, all you've got to do

[11:25] is scan that QR code, or you can

[11:27] actually access it on our website, which

[11:29] Jordan's showing you right now.

[11:31] And you can see the the live dashboard

[11:33] that's taking place. It's broken up um

[11:36] and this has been I want you to realize

[11:38] this is not our We have been working in

[11:41] a partnership with the CDC Foundation,

[11:43] but the CDC Foundation has created this

[11:46] dashboard for us and it it it might look

[11:49] kind of elementary, but there's actually

[11:51] a lot that goes into it and it's been a

[11:52] lot of great work. So, what it is is

[11:54] able to show people the work we're doing

[11:57] in a very timely manner. So, if you any

[12:00] of you would ever like to see that and

[12:02] like to pull it up, just know that it's

[12:03] here on our website um and accessible to

[12:06] anyone at the in the public. So, with

[12:08] that, I'll go ahead and turn it over to

[12:09] Jordan.

[12:11] >> Thanks, Estee. Estee does a great job

[12:13] with our team compiling this. Um

[12:16] if you ever want to look really deep

[12:18] dive into some of the data,

[12:20] >> [snorts]

[12:20] >> um just a real quick explanation of the

[12:22] dashboard. It's broken up into our

[12:24] strategic priorities up there on the

[12:26] top, our our indicators for a great

[12:29] organization, our indicators for

[12:31] community partnerships,

[12:33] increasing access to opportunities for

[12:35] individuals in our community, and

[12:37] probably our biggest one, which is

[12:39] healthiest people, which ties back to um

[12:41] a lot of the health indicators. You just

[12:43] go in and you can click on any of those

[12:46] and you can

[12:47] it populates and looks you can look at

[12:50] it um you can determine why we're

[12:52] looking at it by clicking here. I'm not

[12:54] going to go into all that

[12:56] um with you here.

[12:58] What I'd like to do is just kind of go

[13:01] over the other priorities. So, that that

[13:04] dashboard shows us how we get to

[13:06] healthiest people. We're going to kind

[13:07] [clears throat] of reverse engineer

[13:09] this. If you jump

[13:10] back from healthiest people, um

[13:13] we get to healthiest people by creating

[13:15] access to opportunities within our

[13:16] community. And the the story that we we

[13:19] opted to highlight there

[13:21] um in the report is our team's work

[13:25] around suicide prevention. We've known

[13:27] for a long time through the data that

[13:29] Oh, thank you.

[13:31] That um suicide, as you saw in the

[13:33] leading causes of death, uh is an issue.

[13:36] Um right now it's currently trending in

[13:38] a in a better direction.

[13:40] Um and I like to think that it it's

[13:43] partially because of the engagement of

[13:44] our community on a lot of different

[13:46] fronts. Um and we've been working on

[13:48] this for years.

[13:49] Um but just recently we're able to get a

[13:52] grant from the Department of Health and

[13:54] Human Services to focus on a

[13:56] comprehensive suicide prevention plan in

[13:59] our community.

[14:00] Um so that is a 5-year grant that allows

[14:03] for us to bring partners together and

[14:04] they've started to implement it. We have

[14:06] the plan.

[14:07] Um we're bringing the partners together

[14:09] on a regular basis. Um

[14:11] and one of the highlights from there is

[14:14] regularly we work with the um

[14:17] the medical examiner's office who leads

[14:19] the charge, but they do what's called a

[14:22] suicide fatality review, which is

[14:24] gathering the data on the occurrence of

[14:26] suicide in our community, and we look at

[14:29] are there gaps? What things could have

[14:31] been done to potentially prevent this

[14:33] from occurring? Um and are there things

[14:36] that we can do as a community to look at that. And uh so it's it's

[14:42] looking at those things. And so those

[14:44] That's happening. We're the first

[14:46] community in the state. They've been

[14:48] doing these on a statewide basis, but

[14:50] they do them community specific. They

[14:51] come up to our area and we we convene

[14:54] the partners and we have those

[14:55] conversations.

[14:57] Um so that's been a huge thing and we

[14:59] have that for 5 years. This is the first

[15:01] year of five. Our team worked really

[15:03] hard on that.

[15:04] The next one is

[15:06] um in in reverse engineering, we create

[15:08] opportunities by

[15:11] creating partnerships.

[15:13] Um I've said this time and time again, I

[15:14] believe it. Uh public health doesn't

[15:16] happen um in a silo. We create

[15:19] partnerships. And one of the things that

[15:21] was highlighted this year was a really

[15:24] quick partnership that was pulled

[15:25] together kind of last minute.

[15:29] We got the news that that an individual

[15:32] who had measles had entered the Budge

[15:35] Clinic

[15:36] into the pediatric area.

[15:38] And had been there for quite some time

[15:41] um

[15:42] and waiting to be seen.

[15:45] And unfortunately during that during

[15:47] that window there were 11

[15:50] infants that were exposed. That were

[15:53] there either

[15:54] seeking care or with their their

[15:56] caregiver.

[15:58] And so these were individuals that had

[16:00] no opportunity for access for an

[16:02] immunization. They were too young to get

[16:05] the vaccine.

[16:07] And so the only thing to prevent an

[16:09] infection of those individuals who are

[16:10] also the most susceptible to the disease

[16:13] was to administer

[16:16] immunoglobulin.

[16:18] I always have a hard time saying that.

[16:21] To them but you have to do it within a

[16:22] certain window. And by the time we found

[16:25] out about it we had about a day and a

[16:26] half to to pull them all together and

[16:28] figure it out. So we worked with the

[16:29] state, we worked with Intermountain.

[16:32] And then we were able to pull two

[16:34] pediatricians from our community

[16:35] together to administer those. And we are

[16:39] able to get a hold of all of those

[16:41] individuals.

[16:43] Their their parents or caregivers and

[16:46] all of them came in within a day and we

[16:48] were able to administer those to them.

[16:51] In fact that work was highlighted in the

[16:54] New England Journal of Medicine

[16:56] because there isn't a whole lot of

[16:58] precedents for for that.

[17:01] It's

[17:02] just due to the effectiveness of the

[17:04] vaccine there hasn't been a whole lot of

[17:06] need for it. So how to do it. So these

[17:09] two physicians really figured it out on

[17:11] the fly. And we had no additional

[17:14] infections in those susceptible

[17:16] individuals.

[17:18] That all happened because of bringing

[17:20] individuals together um from a variety

[17:22] of different agencies and making it

[17:24] happen. Um so we were really proud of

[17:26] that. That one could have been increased

[17:28] access to opportunities as well.

[17:31] Um

[17:32] but

[17:33] we also in reverse engineering that one

[17:36] last time, you know,

[17:38] hit the last page. Um how can I go back?

[17:42] Right there.

[17:44] We really believe that people only want

[17:46] to partner with us if we're a great

[17:47] organization. Um

[17:50] if we're a great organization, we we

[17:52] believe that people will actually want

[17:53] to work with us. And uh and so we work

[17:57] really hard at trying to

[17:59] um not only focus on who we are, uh but

[18:02] focus on how do we build the best

[18:04] workforce possible. Um and so there's a

[18:07] few things that that we focused on. We

[18:10] can look um I'll talk a little bit about

[18:12] the budget here in a second, which

[18:14] you'll see there. But a couple things

[18:16] that I want to highlight is

[18:18] um 87% of our team members uh we do it

[18:22] and we do

[18:24] twice twice a year we do a survey of our

[18:26] staff. Um and 87%

[18:30] of our our individuals who work for the

[18:32] Bear River Health Department feel that

[18:34] they're part of a team. And when you

[18:36] look at levels of engagement across the

[18:38] workforce, that is really critical.

[18:41] Feeling like they're part of a team and

[18:43] when they come to work, they belong. Um

[18:47] and the work that they do matters. Um

[18:49] we've also that graph there at the

[18:50] bottom, we really focused on increasing

[18:52] two-way communication. Uh when we first

[18:55] started this, we noticed that that there

[18:56] was they didn't feel like there was

[18:58] opportunity for two-way communication

[18:59] and that continues to rise. Um so it

[19:02] also creates opportunity for dialogue

[19:04] for us to really problem solve and work

[19:06] together. Um

[19:08] and then uh

[19:11] the other part uh we've always had

[19:12] pretty high reported this, but most people know

[19:16] what they need to do to succeed in their

[19:17] role, uh which I feel like is important.

[19:20] And then, 70 80% of individuals

[19:23] recognize

[19:25] um

[19:25] recognize that leadership across our

[19:27] department recognizes that people are

[19:30] the most important part of our

[19:31] organization. Um and that's really

[19:33] important to me. Uh cuz we can focus on

[19:36] these other numbers, these these uh

[19:38] these financials, which are important,

[19:40] but people in the end are the the

[19:42] individuals that help to change lives

[19:44] and change communities. Um

[19:48] So, looking at this, I'm not going to go

[19:49] into a whole lot of detail on the

[19:50] finances. Um we had about a $15 million

[19:54] budget.

[19:55] Uh we had about $15 million

[19:58] in revenue. Um the one thing that I do

[20:01] want to bring to your attention,

[20:03] um is next year you will see this jump

[20:06] drastically.

[20:08] It's going to go from about 15 million

[20:10] to uh right around 24 million.

[20:13] Uh

[20:14] do not be alarmed by that. That is

[20:17] because of the other partnership that

[20:20] we've been working with the counties on

[20:22] creating, which is the integration of

[20:25] behavioral health services.

[20:27] All the dollars that the counties used

[20:29] to hold on to and receive in contracts,

[20:32] um and have for match, are going to be

[20:34] accounted for in that budget. Um the

[20:37] majority of that is going to be passed

[20:39] through to in by contract to

[20:43] Health

[20:44] um for the delivery of those services in

[20:46] our community.

[20:48] Um

[20:49] And with that, that is my report. If you

[20:52] have any questions,

[20:54] I'm happy to answer those, or I can go

[20:56] into the next agenda item if you want.

[20:59] >> Does anybody have questions for Jordan?

[21:02] >> [clears throat]

[21:03] >> These are great numbers. You guys have

[21:04] done a great job. Yeah, Trevor, if you

[21:06] want to join Jordan, we can just move to

[21:10] part B, the substance abuse and mental

[21:11] area plan.

[21:13] Mental health, I'm sure that should

[21:15] >> And let Trevor explain what the plan is

[21:17] and go over that.

[21:19] >> Okay.

[21:19] >> I think most of you are familiar with

[21:20] the area plan. If you've been in your

[21:22] seats for the last few years, I think

[21:24] everybody here has been.

[21:26] Um the area plan is dictated by statute,

[21:29] comes from the Department of Health and

[21:31] Human Services out of the Office of

[21:33] Substance Use and Mental Health.

[21:35] By statute, we're required to prepare a

[21:37] plan and then submit it to the counties

[21:39] to have the counties review and then

[21:40] approve it as the local mental health

[21:42] authority. And so we go between Cache,

[21:45] Rich, and Box Elder counties as

[21:47] interlocal agreements have been

[21:49] written out here in the last year. So,

[21:52] Jordan sent you the area plan, I

[21:54] believe.

[21:55] I told it when we presented to the Board

[21:57] of Health that it's 84 pages long, and

[22:00] so for you guys to understand it fully,

[22:02] we plan on reading it today, but

[22:04] we'll skip that.

[22:06] Um

[22:07] you can look at it. It goes over just a

[22:09] high overview

[22:10] what um

[22:12] the county they're responsible for and

[22:14] then the contract to help Department of

[22:17] Bear River

[22:18] mental health currently and the 12

[22:20] mandated services that we have to

[22:22] fulfill.

[22:23] And it kind of gives uh community input

[22:26] now as a new one, so we did that through

[22:28] the health department's board meeting.

[22:30] And

[22:32] that's kind of it in a nutshell. It's a

[22:34] plan that outlines our services that we

[22:36] provide [clears throat] to the citizens

[22:37] of the three counties and how we

[22:38] implement and

[22:40] spend the money that's contracted down to us.

[22:46] So,

[22:47] this year we're focusing on as we

[22:49] integrate services. We haven't talked

[22:51] about that. Have you talked about that?

[22:53] >> Uh

[22:54] >> So, this year we're integrating

[22:55] substance use with mental health. So,

[22:57] traditionally, probably about 30 years

[22:59] ago, there was a split for some reason

[23:01] in this area.

[23:02] Bear River Mental Health has been around

[23:03] since like 1922, I believe. And then at

[23:06] some point there was an issue where

[23:08] substance use went to the health

[23:10] department, mental health stayed with

[23:11] Bear River Mental Health.

[23:13] And it's been like that since then.

[23:15] Jordan Nessi, who's presented in the

[23:16] past, says that this area is a barren

[23:19] acorn, which is completely true compared

[23:21] to the rest of the state. So, the rest

[23:22] of the state's always had mental health

[23:24] and substance use integrated together

[23:26] under the same roof.

[23:27] For a variety of reasons, funding,

[23:29] duplication of services, and also for

[23:31] the main reason it helps clients who

[23:33] have co-occurring

[23:35] diagnosis get the services in one place.

[23:38] And so, the treatment team's all

[23:39] together. In our area, it hasn't been.

[23:41] Substance use was with the health

[23:42] department. And as we've gone through

[23:45] the last few years with

[23:47] um

[23:48] the interlocal agreement being changed,

[23:50] kind of some contractual issues that

[23:52] we've seen that the county attorney's

[23:54] office brought to

[23:55] light, we've decided that substance use

[23:58] should still go with mental health for

[24:01] those reasons, duplication of services.

[24:04] Um this area wasn't capitated in

[24:05] Medicaid under substance use that um the

[24:08] counties have since approved that we

[24:10] capitated. We're in that process. It

[24:12] will start July 1st of this year.

[24:14] And so,

[24:16] with the integration, we streamline

[24:18] funding, we streamline services to

[24:20] clients, we streamline

[24:22] who's doing what. So, the employees that

[24:26] have been employed with

[24:27] Bear River Health Department will now

[24:31] come over to Bear River Mental Health

[24:33] and be employed by us.

[24:35] Uh they're all on board. I think we've

[24:37] had one employee seek a different job.

[24:39] The rest of them are coming over. We are

[24:41] going to change the name to Bear River

[24:43] Behavioral Health so that we encompass

[24:45] both mental health and substance use

[24:47] through the name.

[24:48] And that's going to be done through a

[24:50] DBA. So, all of our forward-facing

[24:51] documents going forward July 1st will be

[24:54] Bear River Behavioral Health. The

[24:55] website will change, our name will

[24:57] change, our logo's changing.

[24:59] And so,

[25:02] through this transition, what we're

[25:03] hoping is with the area plan, we'll ramp

[25:06] up this

[25:07] case management with substance use. I

[25:09] think it's kind of been lacking.

[25:11] And mental health always had a really

[25:14] strong component of case management,

[25:16] which then leads into the receiving

[25:18] center. For those of you that know about

[25:21] the receiving center, I think everybody

[25:22] here does. Receiving center, we're

[25:24] hoping will be functional July 1st.

[25:29] Receiving center's for those who have

[25:32] mental health or substance use crisis.

[25:35] They can come in for a 23-hour period of

[25:37] time, receive services. Hopefully that

[25:39] will help with

[25:41] individuals going to jail who shouldn't

[25:42] be in jail. And individuals going to the

[25:45] hospital that don't meet the criteria of

[25:47] inpatient, they can come, get the

[25:50] services with us. Our case managers will

[25:52] then link them to other resources within

[25:55] the community during [snorts] that 23

[25:57] hours.

[25:58] And

[25:59] that's kind of that receiving center in

[26:00] a nutshell.

[26:01] >> [laughter]

[26:02] >> But,

[26:03] we should have that up and going if

[26:05] construction continues to go as we plan.

[26:10] Any questions on the area plan or

[26:12] receiving center?

[26:13] >> [cough]

[26:13] [clears throat]

[26:15] >> Can Can I just mention the the case

[26:17] manager? It It falls in line with what

[26:19] we're doing with the I always forget the

[26:20] name, the criminal justice

[26:22] >> Coordinating Council.

[26:25] >> Yep.

[26:25] >> Yes.

[26:25] >> Uh

[26:28] case management is really about a warm

[26:30] handoff. As we're trying to get people

[26:32] from from services to services to

[26:35] services, it's trying to help them to

[26:38] navigate and develop warm handoffs and

[26:41] have a greater opportunity for success.

[26:44] The more people that fall through cracks

[26:47] and end up

[26:49] hanging out with the sheriff all too

[26:51] often costs money.

[26:53] Um case management is a way that we can

[26:56] actually reduce that cost. And that's

[26:59] why we're going to focus on that in the

[27:01] receiving center. Those things just go

[27:03] hand in hand. So, that's the focus of

[27:05] the plan.

[27:06] Um

[27:07] My last part is we did hold a public

[27:10] hearing.

[27:11] The Board of Health

[27:13] um voted and recommended to the counties

[27:18] to give consideration for the approval

[27:20] of the substance abuse

[27:23] and mental health area plan. Is that

[27:25] what it's called? Mental health

[27:26] >> Yeah, there's a prevention part of it as

[27:29] well that the health department will

[27:30] keep the prevention part. So, we'll work

[27:32] with them going forward on it as well.

[27:34] >> We do need a formal vote

[27:37] from you as the substance abuse and

[27:39] mental health authority for the approval

[27:41] of this plan moving forward. It will be

[27:44] an annual thing. We'll be back every

[27:46] year.

[27:46] >> [clears throat]

[27:48] >> Okay, who has questions for either

[27:50] Trevor or Jordan?

[27:51] >> Uh

[27:53] how is it working with the other

[27:54] counties too with all

[27:56] with everything that's happening on, you

[27:58] know,

[27:59] I mean, there's a lot going on and

[28:00] there's a lot

[28:02] you know, they got Rich County, Box

[28:03] Elder County. As you all work together,

[28:05] does does the receiving center does it

[28:07] help these other counties too as much

[28:10] cuz of travel or

[28:12] >> So, the receiving center was located in

[28:14] Cache County for a variety of reasons.

[28:17] One is the call volume is much higher in

[28:20] Cache County. So, for instance, we have

[28:23] a mobile crisis outreach team. We kind

[28:25] of we track those calls.

[28:27] And then that I think will transfer over

[28:29] kind of how our receiving center is

[28:31] being used. And so, typically in a

[28:33] typical month,

[28:35] we will get about 130 calls for MCOT.

[28:39] All right, about 30 to

[28:43] 40 come from Box Elder. Rest are from

[28:44] Cache.

[28:45] And then we may get one to two from Rich

[28:47] County. So, that was one of the

[28:49] determining factors of why to have it in

[28:52] Cash County.

[28:53] The other thing is the travel time

[28:54] really from Box Elder County is a half

[28:56] hour to, you know, from most your

[29:00] populated areas. Obviously, Grouse

[29:01] Creek's way further.

[29:03] And then Rich County is a little bit

[29:04] different, but even the Garden City

[29:07] 50-minute drive. So, we have to respond

[29:10] within an hour, and so our individuals

[29:12] go there, and so we feel like,

[29:15] you know, if law enforcement want to

[29:16] bring somebody to us or family member

[29:18] wants to come to the receiving center in

[29:19] Cash County, it's not that

[29:21] far of a drive compared to like if you

[29:23] look at Four Corners, which is kind of a

[29:25] sister agency to us,

[29:27] they are driving from Moab to Price. I

[29:30] think it's an hour and a half to get to

[29:31] the receiving center. So,

[29:33] we cover some frontier prop- frontier

[29:36] counties, and then Cash is still

[29:38] considered rural

[29:39] um with the Office of Substance Use

[29:41] Mental Health. So, that's why it's

[29:43] located in Cash. And we do believe that

[29:45] we're within driving distance of those

[29:47] law enforcement agencies and the

[29:49] counties

[29:50] if they choose to use it. They may

[29:53] not. It's up to them.

[29:55] >> I love the new name.

[29:57] You know, get get rid of the the mental.

[29:59] You know, that's kind of such a negative

[30:01] connotation it seems like anymore.

[30:04] Uh I I love the new name, and then I

[30:07] seriously, I uh

[30:08] I want to compliment the

[30:10] abilities that you guys have all pulled

[30:13] together to the workability. It's been

[30:16] quite amazing to watch. And uh it what

[30:19] hasn't been easy, but it's been you've

[30:21] been able to just work everything out,

[30:22] and it's been good.

[30:23] >> Yeah, it's been good. I think Joel and I

[30:24] have a great relationship. Uh their

[30:27] individuals coming from the health

[30:28] department to our company have been

[30:31] great. They've jumped on board. They've

[30:34] been very positive.

[30:36] A lot of questions, which is

[30:37] understandable.

[30:38] And but it's I don't want to say it's

[30:40] going to run completely smooth, but it's

[30:42] been going pretty well.

[30:43] >> It has.

[30:46] >> Any other questions?

[30:49] Does someone want to make a motion? Did

[30:51] you Do you feel like

[30:52] >> accept the area plan, right?

[30:54] Of uh the Bear River Health Department

[30:57] and Bear River Behavioral.

[31:01] Yes.

[31:02] That's my motion.

[31:03] >> I'll second.

[31:04] >> Okay, I have a motion and a second that

[31:06] we approve the

[31:07] area plan that has been presented to us.

[31:10] All right, is there any further

[31:10] discussion?

[31:12] Those in favor say I.

[31:13] >> I.

[31:13] Any opposed?

[31:15] Okay, thank you.

[31:20] Okay, it's time to set public hearings.

[31:23] Someone want to make a motion for that?

[31:26] >> Make a motion that we schedule the

[31:28] public hearings for June 9th,

[31:30] 2026 at 5:30 p.m. for the following

[31:34] ordinances.

[31:35] Our ordinance 2026-30,

[31:38] 31,

[31:39] and a resolution 2026-17.

[31:45] » Second.

[31:46] >> Okay, it's been moved and seconded that

[31:47] we set the public hearings as as

[31:49] presented. Those in favor say I.

[31:51] >> I.

[31:52] Any opposed?

[31:54] Okay, it's time to hold a public hearing

[31:56] about the um ordinance 2026-28

[32:00] enacting the county board per diem

[32:02] standards for the planning commission

[32:03] compensation. Andrew, you're going to

[32:05] present that for us?

[32:15] » I'm going to hand something out really

[32:16] quick that comes up later in this in the presentation.

[32:20] >> Okay.

[32:31] » Thank you.

[32:57] » Good evening, Council. So, Ordinance

[32:59] 2026-28

[33:01] comes as a request to do two things.

[33:06] So, an overview of the ordinance is it

[33:09] does, number one, it establishes a

[33:11] general policy on county board per diem

[33:13] standards. And number two, it

[33:16] specifically sets the per diem

[33:17] compensation of the County Planning and

[33:19] Zoning Commission to a set dollar

[33:21] amount. Um all other boards will stay at

[33:24] $0 per diem, but specifically the

[33:27] Council Ordinance and Policy Review

[33:29] Committee said

[33:31] to send this to the County Council for a

[33:33] final dollar amount with $70 as the

[33:36] placeholder. So, that the recommendation

[33:39] was to further discuss the $70 number.

[33:44] So, right now there is no dedicated

[33:47] general policy uh setting or defining

[33:50] per diem compensations for the members

[33:52] of county committees, boards,

[33:54] commissions, or etc.

[33:56] Uh

[33:56] the members of county plan The members

[33:58] of the County Planning and Zoning

[33:59] Commission currently receive $15 per

[34:01] diem for each meeting they attend.

[34:04] Utah State Code says that the county may

[34:07] set and compensate board members at a

[34:08] per diem rate for meetings actually

[34:10] attended such that the per diem rate

[34:12] doesn't exceed limits established by the

[34:14] state's Division of Finance via

[34:16] administrative rule.

[34:19] So, a little bit more on those

[34:21] limitations.

[34:23] Uh the limitations from state uh

[34:26] state rule say that for a meeting that

[34:28] lasts up to 4 hours, the maximum you can

[34:30] compensate a board member is $135.

[34:34] If the meeting runs up to 4 hours, you

[34:37] have the option to enhance it to up to

[34:39] $200 per meeting.

[34:41] This means that in general per diem

[34:43] rates cannot exceed $135. However, per

[34:46] diem compensation may be set higher at

[34:48] 200 for a meeting that lasts longer than

[34:50] 4 hours, though this is not required.

[34:53] Uh right now the ordinance in front of

[34:55] you is written so that a board member

[34:58] cannot receive per diem or travel

[35:01] compensation if the board member is

[35:03] already compensated by a government

[35:04] entity while performing their their

[35:06] service on the board. A good example

[35:08] would be uh Council member Nolan

[35:11] Gunnell. He technically sits on the

[35:13] Planning and Zoning Commission as a

[35:14] non-voting ex officio member,

[35:17] but technically since he's serving in in

[35:18] his capacity as a council member, he

[35:20] wouldn't be able to receive specific per

[35:22] diem. That's only for meant for the

[35:24] Planning and Zoning Commission board

[35:26] members.

[35:31] In terms of the Planning Commission

[35:32] compensation, uh it's standard practice

[35:35] uh to provide some form of compensation

[35:37] to members of local planning

[35:38] commissions, such as meals for the day

[35:40] or night of the Planning Commission

[35:42] meeting, per diem compensation for each

[35:45] attended meeting,

[35:46] or

[35:47] uh compensation through educational

[35:49] materials, conferences, et cetera,

[35:51] related to land use.

[35:53] Additionally, if no per diem

[35:54] compensation exists, almost all planning

[35:56] commissions in Utah at least allow their

[35:58] members to submit reasonable costs for

[36:00] reimbursement incurred in performing

[36:02] their duties as members of the Planning

[36:04] Commission.

[36:06] So, the handout that I passed out uh

[36:09] shows two different graphs.

[36:12] So, the yellow bar indicates where Cache

[36:15] County currently sits in terms of its

[36:16] per diem.

[36:18] The green is the placeholder $70 amount,

[36:22] but it shows uh

[36:24] a continuum of a sample of cities where

[36:27] you have some that don't compensate

[36:29] whatsoever such as Tremonton or Provo

[36:33] City, but then you have others such as

[36:35] Logan City where they compensate $50 or

[36:38] these other cities compensate even

[36:39] higher than that.

[36:41] So, that's just for Utah cities as a

[36:43] comparison.

[36:44] This is for Utah counties as a

[36:45] comparison.

[36:48] For the other sheet, Box Elder County,

[36:51] their commissioner serve

[36:53] their planning commission members serve

[36:54] without compensation.

[36:56] Uh whereas with other counties, it's

[36:59] rather common to have them be paid

[37:02] somewhere at least $70.

[37:04] Uh for example, Wasatch County or Utah

[37:06] County.

[37:09] So, this means that there's really two

[37:12] there's two categories of compensation

[37:15] really that you can

[37:16] infer from this. One is

[37:18] the category where there is no

[37:20] compensation per diem or you have a

[37:22] compensation of $60 per diem or above.

[37:25] So, right now Cache County is sitting

[37:27] somewhere between those two categories

[37:29] of not paying and paying $60 plus.

[37:33] >> We're pretty close to the not paying

[37:35] >> Yes.

[37:37] >> [clears throat]

[37:37] >> Pretty darn close.

[37:38] >> Yes.

[37:39] >> So, the next steps would technically be

[37:41] to hold a public hearing.

[37:43] Afterwards, consider the proposed

[37:45] amount.

[37:46] Uh

[37:47] I would suggest that you all discuss the

[37:48] $70 amount and decide

[37:51] uh if that is a number you would like to

[37:53] adjust up or down.

[37:55] If you like it as is, keep it. Adjust it

[37:58] if you like it.

[37:59] And then afterwards, pass or reject the

[38:01] ordinance.

[38:02] Do you have any questions?

[38:05] >> So, I'm saying that we ride at 70. I

[38:07] mean, if you look at the tenure of our

[38:09] planning and commission members,

[38:11] it is deep and strong.

[38:13] And so, I've been advocating a long time

[38:15] that they get paid.

[38:17] And I understand

[38:20] we want to be in the middle, but I don't

[38:22] think we're in the middle when it comes

[38:23] to quality of our commissioners.

[38:26] So, I

[38:27] >> We can discuss that further after we

[38:28] hold the public hearing, too. We'll have

[38:30] that option.

[38:32] >> Yep. Just so for now, the

[38:34] for the public hearing portion, at

[38:36] least, the placeholder is $70

[38:39] for those who want to speak on it. But,

[38:41] if there's no questions, I would suggest

[38:42] moving to a public hearing.

[38:44] >> Thanks, Andrew.

[38:46] Okay, so this is a public hearing. Is

[38:47] there anyone here that would like to

[38:49] speak to this ordinance?

[38:54] Speak now or forever hold your peace.

[38:55] >> I'd like to close the public hearing.

[38:57] >> Okay, it's been moved and seconded that

[38:58] we close the public hearing.

[38:59] >> I'll second that.

[39:00] >> Oh.

[39:02] I [snorts] can't second it. Okay, it's

[39:03] been moved and seconded that we close

[39:04] public hearing. Those in favor say I. I.

[39:07] Any opposed?

[39:08] All right, let's go to the initial

[39:10] proposals for consideration of action.

[39:13] 8A, this is our

[39:15] county board per diem standards. And I'm

[39:16] going to agree with Nolan. I served on the Logan City.

[39:22] Comparing us to these cities, I don't

[39:24] know how other cities are, but in Logan

[39:25] City, we met twice a month. It wasn't

[39:27] just once a month. And so, the amount of

[39:29] work was spread out more. It wasn't such

[39:32] um

[39:33] impressive meetings that our

[39:35] commissioners do. And I would recommend

[39:38] that we take that placeholder to $100 a

[39:40] month.

[39:42] That would be my

[39:43] thought about that. I think that's more

[39:44] than fair for what they do. And um

[39:48] I don't know that we need to

[39:50] I don't know how you guys feel about

[39:51] making it more if they're meeting last

[39:53] more than 4 hours. I don't know if we

[39:54] want to get into that.

[39:55] >> but we don't want to give them incentive

[39:57] to have long meetings.

[39:58] >> [laughter]

[39:59] >> Well, that's I kind of thought that, but

[40:01] >> If we have another 10 minutes, we have

[40:02] paid $200.

[40:03] >> I have been in meetings that went longer

[40:04] than 4 hours, and that's pretty massive.

[40:07] So,

[40:08] anybody further discussion? Let's

[40:10] discuss this.

[40:10] >> Does that make them an employee?

[40:13] >> No.

[40:14] It's It's a per diem.

[40:15] >> the $70 was like travel money kind of

[40:20] for the meeting was $70 or you're

[40:22] talking per hour. Does per diem it means

[40:25] per day, right?

[40:26] >> Well, per diem technically does and in a

[40:28] lot of instances it's like this is the

[40:30] amount of money you get to to cover your

[40:32] expenses, but in this instance it really

[40:35] is a a fee that we would pay them for

[40:38] their service for being here and they

[40:40] call it per diem in this instance, but

[40:42] um it's not it's not compensating for

[40:44] money that they have spent. It is for

[40:47] their time.

[40:48] >> But it's at least $100 you're saying or

[40:51] 70 whatever the number is for that

[40:54] meeting.

[40:55] >> For that meeting they meet once a month

[40:56] and it's many hours a lot of times many

[40:58] hours and things that they discuss.

[41:00] >> before they even get to the meeting

[41:02] they're studying stuff that's been

[41:03] mailed out and traveling to the site.

[41:05] >> going out to look at the sites. Yeah,

[41:07] there's a lot more involved.

[41:08] >> am at least 100 bucks with Sandy on

[41:11] that, so.

[41:12] >> Andrew, did you want to say something?

[41:14] >> our guys have had tenure for a long

[41:16] time. I mean we've got Chris Sands I

[41:18] don't even know how many years he's

[41:20] served, so. But a lot of them have been

[41:22] there a long time. So.

[41:23] >> They do a great job.

[41:25] >> Get increasing at least recognizes that

[41:27] they were underpaid from the past too,

[41:29] so.

[41:31] >> It was like $15 30 years ago when I was

[41:36] in the board of adjustments it was like

[41:38] 15 bucks is what they paid you for the

[41:41] to be on a meeting on that and I wow,

[41:44] that's a

[41:45] boy, that tells you all we really had no

[41:47] inflation.

[41:48] >> [laughter]

[41:49] >> No, it's a

[41:50] >> I think we need to recognize that.

[41:52] >> There was a lot to say though.

[41:55] And it it's actually to me a huge

[41:57] compliment to the people that have

[41:59] served

[42:00] because of their their willingness to

[42:01] just serve to serve.

[42:04] I mean that's

[42:05] >> It's a true volunteer service.

[42:07] >> it has, but but uh you know with $5 gas

[42:12] and some things like this, you know,

[42:13] there there is it does it takes a lot of

[42:15] time. And there's a lot of sacrifice on

[42:17] their parts, a little bit of uh

[42:20] I hate to say call it change, but a

[42:22] little bit of something to you know, to

[42:25] help

[42:26] uh alleviate some of those costs that

[42:29] even that they are putting out just to

[42:30] travel.

[42:32] You know, I think I think it's well

[42:34] warranted.

[42:35] So.

[42:37] Now, you said Yeah, go ahead.

[42:40] >> Chair, you made a comment specifically

[42:43] on the frequency

[42:44] about being paid. So, in the ordinance

[42:47] as it is written right now, I know that

[42:48] the planning commission currently meets

[42:50] once a month, but if that ever did

[42:52] change, the ordinance is written so that

[42:54] it's $70 or $100 per meeting. So, if you

[42:59] want to change it to per month, that

[43:01] would also require an amendment.

[43:02] >> No, I think per meeting is still I'm

[43:04] still comfortable with that. Thank you.

[43:07] I don't know

[43:08] if anyone wants to make a motion, if

[43:09] there's more things you want to discuss.

[43:12] >> All right, I'll make a motion that we

[43:14] raise the per diem to 100 bucks per

[43:16] meeting, $100.

[43:17] >> I will second that.

[43:18] >> It's been moved and seconded that we

[43:20] approve ordinance 2026-28

[43:23] with the per diem amount being set at

[43:24] $100 per meeting.

[43:26] Those in favor say I.

[43:28] >> I.

[43:29] >> Point of order, I believe you would have

[43:31] to vote on the amendment first and then

[43:33] the ordinance itself.

[43:34] >> Okay.

[43:34] >> That's That's correct.

[43:35] >> Thank you.

[43:36] >> Vote on that amendment and then a vote

[43:38] on the amended or

[43:40] >> ordinance. Okay. So, do you want to

[43:42] make a motion just to amend the

[43:43] ordinance?

[43:44] >> Oh, he did. Okay. So, let's take a a

[43:47] vote on amending the ordinance ordinance

[43:50] to $100 per meeting.

[43:53] >> We strike out the number 70 and insert

[43:56] the number 100.

[43:57] >> 100.

[43:58] >> Okay. And you seconded that.

[44:00] >> that.

[44:00] >> Okay. It's been moved and seconded that

[44:01] we amend the ordinance

[44:04] to be $100 per meeting. Those in favor

[44:06] say I.

[44:07] >> I.

[44:08] >> Any opposed?

[44:09] Okay, now after the motion has been

[44:11] amended, I need a motion on the amended

[44:14] ordinance.

[44:15] >> And it is initial, so we have to

[44:17] >> Yes.

[44:19] >> Suspend the rules.

[44:22] » I will

[44:23] suspend the rules and say that we

[44:25] approve the ordinance on the per diem

[44:27] standards for planning commission.

[44:30] >> I'll second that as amended.

[44:32] >> Okay, it's been moved and seconded that

[44:33] we

[44:35] suspend the rules and approve ordinance

[44:36] 2026-28 as it has been amended.

[44:39] Those in favor say I.

[44:41] >> I.

[44:41] >> Any opposed?

[44:43] Okay, perfect.

[44:45] Okay, um

[44:46] oh, we have some open spaces um

[44:49] applications. Is Are you going to do

[44:50] that for us, Chris?

[44:51] >> Yes.

[44:52] >> Thank you. I was happy to see those come

[44:54] in.

[44:54] >> And these are all the initial, right?

[44:56] This is the initial.

[44:57] >> Yes, that's right.

[44:58] >> Yeah, first round.

[44:59] >> Yep, that's what I read.

[45:00] >> So, we're voting to whether to move them

[45:02] on to the second round, correct?

[45:03] >> Correct.

[45:04] >> Yeah.

[45:04] >> Correct. So, there's no there's no

[45:06] particular financial commitment at this

[45:08] point.

[45:12] Thank you, Andrew.

[45:15] Okay,

[45:16] very excited. I'm Chris Sands with

[45:18] COSA Cash Open Space

[45:20] Advisory Committee.

[45:22] Um

[45:23] and we're excited to be presenting two

[45:26] projects to you this evening for

[45:29] approval to move uh

[45:32] to the second uh phase

[45:35] of um

[45:36] our application process.

[45:38] And so, the first one here is the

[45:40] Paulson Family Valley View Farm. Uh Mr.

[45:43] Wilcox is here to represent the Paulson

[45:46] family. And so, if we have any questions

[45:48] about the applicant, I imagine he'll be

[45:50] able to answer uh for uh the applicant.

[45:59] Scrolling up. I'm scrolling the wrong

[46:01] way. Okay. All right, so a little

[46:03] summary on on this one. It includes

[46:06] three non-contiguous parcels. One of the

[46:09] reasons

[46:11] two of the parcels are not contiguous is

[46:12] cuz Highway 30

[46:15] splits

[46:17] goes in between the two parcels.

[46:19] >> Natural natural barrier.

[46:21] >> It's a natural barrier

[46:22] or man-made barrier perhaps.

[46:23] [clears throat]

[46:24] And

[46:25] we're we're just under 150 acres for

[46:28] this combined project. And currently the properties are used for primarily

[46:34] dry farming

[46:37] for wheat and safflower. And of course

[46:40] the applicant is interested in in

[46:42] preserving the agricultural operation

[46:45] here.

[46:45] And it is a multi-generational family

[46:49] farm.

[46:53] Here's where we're at in the COUSAC

[46:55] process. So there's two rounds and this

[46:58] is in the first round

[47:00] the second step in the first round which

[47:02] is to bring

[47:04] it received

[47:05] unanimous recommendation from the COUSAC

[47:09] for

[47:10] approval by

[47:12] to to the county council for your review

[47:14] and approval to the second round.

[47:21] And this is a quick summary of the

[47:23] factors that we evaluate. And just as a

[47:26] reminder these come directly from the

[47:28] bond language for the most part.

[47:31] Those categories and it's a 100 point

[47:34] scale.

[47:35] And for this project in particular

[47:39] this project scored

[47:42] 63.67

[47:44] altogether which is which is a pretty

[47:46] good score. And

[47:49] as comparison you'll see at the bottom

[47:51] of the screen there the Harris farm

[47:53] which was has moved through

[47:56] both rounds and and is approved for

[48:00] funding. The score on that project just

[48:03] west of Richmond was 65.7.

[48:06] And so, it's a it's a really great

[48:08] project.

[48:11] Um the components of the

[48:15] uh just just to touch on each of the

[48:17] scoring components for protect scenic

[48:20] vistas, of course this was a really

[48:22] important category. This is a view from

[48:25] the drone um sitting above one of the

[48:27] parcels looking um southeasterly and you

[48:31] can see Highway 30 corridor

[48:33] um in in the middle ground there. Uh but

[48:36] it received 12.67 out of 15 for this

[48:39] category. So, it's um great scenic

[48:42] vista.

[48:43] It's also within our designated gateway

[48:46] area for the Highway 30 corridor

[48:50] um on the western side of the county.

[48:52] So, falls within there, received 12.33

[48:55] score out of 15 for that.

[48:59] Um

[49:00] maintaining agriculture got over 13

[49:02] point score.

[49:04] Um this farm's been in the family for

[49:06] over 150 years. So, um

[49:08] a lot of history and um some interesting

[49:12] aspects to this project that I'll touch

[49:13] on in here in a minute.

[49:15] Um

[49:16] there's no um

[49:18] waterways on the property, but the

[49:22] parcel boundary is split by Fourmile

[49:25] Creek. So, it's immediately adjacent to

[49:27] Fourmile Creek

[49:28] um corridor in this area. And there are

[49:31] a number of natural drainages, sort of

[49:34] ephemeral drainages on the property as

[49:36] well.

[49:39] Wildlife habitat

[49:40] um

[49:41] great wildlife habitat. Um nothing like

[49:45] critical habitat, but um they see a lot

[49:48] of wildlife on the property. It scored a

[49:51] out of 15 uh for wildlife habitat.

[49:57] As far as allowing public access,

[49:59] there's no plans in the county master

[50:01] plan trails to have any trails that

[50:05] would traverse this property. However,

[50:08] with the highway 30 corridor, we know

[50:10] that the multi-use trail is headed that

[50:13] way and has made it out to the

[50:15] intersection as part of the current

[50:17] highway widening. And so we would

[50:18] anticipate that that multi-use trail

[50:21] will be continued at some point in the

[50:23] future and will end up

[50:28] going right along these properties.

[50:33] And then lastly here the distinguishing

[50:36] factors 7.5 out of 10 points for this

[50:39] category. It was you know, these are

[50:43] gateway parcels historic family

[50:46] farm and on site is a historic family

[50:50] cemetery.

[50:51] Which is which is pretty unique. They're

[50:54] interested in continuing the sustainable

[50:56] stewardship of this open space for for

[50:59] wildlife and for agriculture.

[51:01] And so

[51:03] it's a it's a really great project. So

[51:06] next steps for this one would be

[51:10] to receive your approval to move to the

[51:12] second round and then we'll receive a

[51:14] more detailed application on some of the

[51:16] financial numbers and that sort of

[51:18] thing. I know that they're partnering

[51:20] with Utah agricultural land trust. I

[51:23] don't think their representative is here

[51:25] tonight

[51:27] and Brian or Deborah could could speak

[51:30] in more details about that process but

[51:33] perhaps Mr. Wilcox could too.

[51:36] And so any any questions on on this one

[51:40] or would you like me just to jump

[51:42] through the next one?

[51:43] >> You know, I think we'd rather take a

[51:44] vote on this one before we move to the

[51:46] next one, that'll make it a little bit

[51:48] easier. Um does anyone have questions

[51:50] for Chris?

[51:51] >> I I have a question. How does this

[51:53] relate? Do you all and COSAC, how do

[51:56] they intersect? Are they totally

[51:58] separate or

[51:59] >> We are totally separate, yeah. Um we we

[52:01] represent the county and um

[52:04] organizations like the Utah Agricultural

[52:07] Land Trust are nonprofit organizations

[52:10] that help land owners

[52:12] uh apply for and receive funding and

[52:15] they can also um hold easements. Uh they

[52:18] could also uh do the baseline work for

[52:21] easements. So, they provide services to

[52:23] land owners who are interested in

[52:25] pursuing conservation easement project.

[52:28] And so, um because COSAC doesn't apply

[52:31] for other funding,

[52:33] uh

[52:34] that's what these organizations do. They

[52:37] step in and and help find other funding

[52:39] so that

[52:41] county money is not paying for 100% of

[52:44] the project.

[52:45] >> Okay, thank you.

[52:46] >> Yes, ma'am.

[52:48] >> Anybody else?

[52:50] This looks like a great project.

[52:52] >> It is. We're very excited. I I'll just

[52:53] mention too, I

[52:55] if I'm not mistaken, these two projects

[52:57] also came to us

[52:59] uh following the mailing that went out

[53:01] to our gateway land owners. And so,

[53:03] we're very excited to to see some

[53:06] applications. We have quite a few uh

[53:08] coming in the door that you'll be seeing

[53:11] more of us here, I think, in the next

[53:13] few months.

[53:14] >> I'd actually like to if we could, I'd

[53:17] like to hear the other one.

[53:18] >> Oh, before we vote?

[53:20] >> Yeah, before we vote on even on it cuz

[53:21] they they do I won't say overlap, but

[53:24] they're contiguous to with these two.

[53:26] >> And then you could probably see the impact of the two together, which I

[53:31] think could be pretty

[53:32] I know the area and uh I think it'd be neat to see the impact of everything together, just

[53:38] what what could be accomplished.

[53:40] >> You bet. You bet. So, maybe before we

[53:42] jump out of this one, Andrew, hang on a

[53:44] second. Let me pop back up.

[53:46] Just point [clears throat] out Does this

[53:48] have a laser pointer on it by chance?

[53:50] Okay.

[53:51] >> It's on the TV.

[53:52] >> So,

[53:53] um

[53:53] just note that um you see the the two

[53:58] parcels uh at the north and then the the

[54:01] southwest parcel. So, it's the the

[54:03] bigger southwest parcel

[54:05] um that is immediately adjacent to the

[54:08] Hat J Ranch. So, on the eastern

[54:10] boundary, um the southeastern boundary,

[54:12] so those parcels going from that one to

[54:15] the east

[54:18] Yep. Just keep going. All of them all

[54:20] the way to the highway and then across

[54:22] the highway.

[54:23] >> Oh.

[54:25] >> Is the next one.

[54:26] >> You'll see it there.

[54:27] >> That's awesome.

[54:28] >> So, those two and again, the landowners

[54:30] could probably

[54:32] reference I know it came up during our

[54:34] site visits out there, but of course

[54:36] they know their neighbors and other

[54:37] landowners and maybe other family

[54:40] members who are landowners that are at

[54:43] least tentatively interested in in uh

[54:46] pursuing this as an option. And so,

[54:50] I think

[54:51] these

[54:52] projects have real potential to build on

[54:54] themselves and create, you know, kind of

[54:58] at the right time

[55:00] the perfect uh preservation of a gateway

[55:02] entry um

[55:04] for the valley. So, this is pretty

[55:06] exciting for us.

[55:09] Okay. Well, with your blessing, we'll

[55:11] maybe jump over to the next one and I'll

[55:13] just talk through that one real quick.

[55:16] >> [clears throat]

[55:22] » Okay, this is the Hat J Ranch project.

[55:25] Mr. Olson over there uh to the left of

[55:27] Mr. Wilcox

[55:29] um is the applicant on the Hat J Ranch.

[55:32] And so, a little bit about this project,

[55:35] um there are seven parcels all together

[55:38] in this project and totaling about 335

[55:41] acres all together. You can see the

[55:43] image there that highlights the parcels

[55:46] and you can kind of look to the uh west

[55:49] and then to the north to see the other

[55:51] properties um, that are part of uh the

[55:55] Polson uh family

[55:58] project. Yes, sir. Thank you, Andrew.

[56:00] Perfect.

[56:01] So, again, we've got this project has

[56:04] parcels on both sides of the highway and

[56:07] um

[56:09] the properties are used for grazing,

[56:11] cattle ranching, dry farming, and um

[56:14] they've had uh the operations been um

[56:18] continuing since it was homesteaded in

[56:20] the 1860s. So, a quite a history on this

[56:23] side of the valley.

[56:24] >> Larry, did you start it?

[56:26] >> [laughter]

[56:26] >> In 1860.

[56:32] » And so, just just like on the other

[56:33] previous project, um this is where we're

[56:36] at in the overall process.

[56:41] And uh just a refresher on the scoring.

[56:44] Uh this [clears throat] project scored

[56:45] uh 62 out of 100, which again is a

[56:48] really solid score. Um uh similarly

[56:51] comparison is is the Harris Farms

[56:53] project um as highlighted there. And so,

[56:57] again, it was a unanimous recommendation

[56:59] from

[57:00] the COSAC

[57:02] uh

[57:03] scenic vistas. Now, um I will mention

[57:06] that we have the same photo in each of

[57:08] these and that's because Justin

[57:11] uh the the wind got hold of his uh drone

[57:14] that day and so, it didn't make it uh

[57:17] through the rest of the day and so,

[57:18] we're limited on our photos, but we do

[57:21] have a couple of great

[57:22] >> What's interesting is that

[57:24] even where your your pointer is right

[57:26] now,

[57:26] >> Uh-huh.

[57:28] >> see that's there's quite a bit of impact

[57:29] that could be happening, you know, it's

[57:31] been proposed at different times that

[57:34] it could really change the scenic vista.

[57:37] >> Absolutely.

[57:37] >> Which I think this is this is very important uh you know, to keep uh

[57:43] I don't they'll look into this.

[57:45] >> Yeah.

[57:45] >> And they get into it a lot tighter

[57:46] because

[57:47] >> Yes.

[57:48] I got a letter like a letter today from

[57:50] the Cascade Development.

[57:53] My next door neighbor which is across

[57:54] the fence

[57:56] they indicated that they wanted to come

[57:57] to

[57:58] planning and zoning and they think this

[58:00] he wants to put 10 houses on the 100

[58:01] acres just next door to me.

[58:04] And as I talked to him I says uh

[58:07] I wish he would have done with this

[58:10] evening process he's going through and

[58:12] they said, "Well, we understand why he's

[58:14] not I mean there's a difference between

[58:15] you know

[58:17] $200,000 for a

[58:20] building lot and uh

[58:22] and what they're only going to get out

[58:23] of this for the easement.

[58:25] >> Yeah.

[58:25] >> It's it's it's amazing it happens at the

[58:27] exact same day they're having this

[58:29] meeting plus

[58:30] but I now I got to go and

[58:33] they can find water but uh yeah.

[58:38] » Very interesting.

[58:41] » [clears throat]

[58:41] >> Okay, so scenic vistas obviously this is

[58:44] also as I mentioned along the Highway 30

[58:47] gateway.

[58:48] Um these lands you're looking at them as

[58:50] you're driving west leaving the valley

[58:52] and you see them these are the first

[58:55] lands you see when you come around the

[58:56] corner

[58:58] um heading into the valley.

[59:00] And so uh this is within the valley

[59:02] gateway got a almost 12 out of 15 score.

[59:07] Uh maintains agriculture it's a great

[59:09] working farm

[59:10] um 13.5 out of 15.

[59:14] Uh maintains waterways. There is a a

[59:17] short section of Three Mile Creek that

[59:19] traverses the the southernmost parcel um

[59:23] right along the boundary and um so it

[59:26] does have um

[59:28] an intermittent stream that flows

[59:30] through

[59:31] one of the parcels. So it scored a

[59:33] little bit better in that category.

[59:36] Wildlife habitat,

[59:38] a lot of the

[59:40] wildlife we see here in the valley

[59:41] including coyote, mountain lion,

[59:44] raptors.

[59:46] Um

[59:48] Public access, similar to the Polson

[59:51] project.

[59:52] Um

[59:53] there are no planned trails through this

[59:57] area as part of the county master plan.

[1:00:00] However,

[1:00:01] >> [clears throat]

[1:00:01] >> the multi-use trail along Highway 30 is

[1:00:05] anticipated to be expanded and will um

[1:00:08] immediately pass these parcels.

[1:00:13] So it did get some points. And then

[1:00:15] distinguishing factors,

[1:00:17] um

[1:00:19] again, just building on this gateway

[1:00:22] area, the quantity of acreage, the

[1:00:24] amount of the gateway that we can

[1:00:26] preserve in this one project. So makes

[1:00:28] it pretty unique.

[1:00:31] Okay, and that's

[1:00:34] uh the end of our presentation on that.

[1:00:36] And so any questions I can answer

[1:00:39] or Mr. Olson can answer.

[1:00:43] » Anybody?

[1:00:46] » Yeah, I know I'm I've I know the area.

[1:00:49] I've been up there.

[1:00:50] I've

[1:00:51] in a lot of those places and it's a it

[1:00:54] really is as you're coming into the

[1:00:55] valley, that's kind of like the shock and awe right there as you're,

[1:01:00] you know, pulling into the the valley

[1:01:02] and I think that's there's some

[1:01:04] a lot of merit to do to actually, if we

[1:01:07] could, uh support this. And so

[1:01:10] with that I I would move that we uh go ahead and and pass the

[1:01:16] guess revolution resolution 2026 15 and

[1:01:19] 16 for round one approval of both the

[1:01:22] Polson Valley View

[1:01:25] uh farm open space application and the

[1:01:28] Hat J

[1:01:29] Ranch open space application.

[1:01:31] >> Second.

[1:01:32] >> Okay.

[1:01:33] It's been moved and seconded and

[1:01:34] >> Mr. Chair, can we take those one at a

[1:01:36] time so it's clear which

[1:01:38] >> Okay.

[1:01:38] >> Then I'll okay then I'll I'll back up.

[1:01:40] 2026-15.

[1:01:42] We'll start there on the Polson family

[1:01:44] Valley View Farm open space application.

[1:01:47] >> I'll still second.

[1:01:48] >> Okay. It's been moved and seconded that

[1:01:50] we approve resolution 2026-15.

[1:01:53] Is there any further discussion?

[1:01:56] I would just like to say this is exactly

[1:01:58] what the voters had in mind when they

[1:02:00] passed that bond. So, I really

[1:02:01] appreciate this.

[1:02:02] >> Very excited.

[1:02:03] >> Yeah. Okay. Those in favor say I. I. Any

[1:02:06] opposed?

[1:02:08] Okay.

[1:02:08] >> Then I would follow up with a motion for

[1:02:10] to pass resolution 2026-16

[1:02:14] of round one approval for the Hat J

[1:02:16] Ranch open space application.

[1:02:19] >> I will also

[1:02:21] second that one as well.

[1:02:22] >> Okay. So, moved and seconded that we

[1:02:23] also approve resolution 2026-15.

[1:02:27] Those in favor say I. I. Any opposed?

[1:02:30] Okay. Perfect. Look forward to seeing

[1:02:32] those move along.

[1:02:33] >> Yep. We'll be back soon.

[1:02:34] >> Congratulations. Yes. Thank you.

[1:02:37] >> Much appreciated.

[1:02:38] >> Thank you.

[1:02:40] >> Okay.

[1:02:41] Amy,

[1:02:42] you're next on the agenda.

[1:02:45] >> [clears throat]

[1:02:58] » Good evening, council members.

[1:03:00] What I'm presenting to you is an

[1:03:02] amendment to the personnel policy and

[1:03:04] procedures manual for the um county cell

[1:03:07] phone and cell phone stipend policy.

[1:03:10] Um this has been through the ringer

[1:03:12] through ordinance and policy committee,

[1:03:15] and we have definitely talked about it a

[1:03:17] lot.

[1:03:18] So,

[1:03:19] um

[1:03:20] I hope you've had a chance to read

[1:03:21] through it. It is quite lengthy. I don't

[1:03:23] want to have to do that tonight. Um

[1:03:25] but I'm happy to answer any questions

[1:03:27] that you may have.

[1:03:30] Uh maybe what I should highlight is some

[1:03:32] of the changes to help you. So, um

[1:03:35] the the changes are are mostly to levels

[1:03:38] where it's has the bullet point of level

[1:03:40] one, two, and three. Um the original

[1:03:43] document uh specifies a dollar amount.

[1:03:46] Um

[1:03:48] in the personnel policy and procedures

[1:03:50] manual, we'd like it to be a little bit

[1:03:51] more general so that every time we have

[1:03:53] a change like that, we don't need to

[1:03:54] come back to the council and have you

[1:03:56] approve that. However, that doesn't mean

[1:03:58] that you wouldn't have approval for a

[1:04:00] change in a stipend amount um as it

[1:04:02] states here in the policy. So, it just

[1:04:04] means that we don't need to change the

[1:04:05] personnel policy and procedures manual.

[1:04:07] >> Would the current stipend amounts stay

[1:04:09] in in

[1:04:10] >> staying as in effect. Yes. Um and it

[1:04:13] talks about um that uh right above that,

[1:04:16] the stipend amount, it says the monthly

[1:04:18] stipend is allocated based on the

[1:04:20] estimated usage levels as determined by

[1:04:22] the department head or the elected

[1:04:23] official. The stipend amounts are

[1:04:25] reviewed annually by the compensation

[1:04:27] committee with any adjustments submitted

[1:04:29] to the county council for approval. So,

[1:04:31] each year the the compensation committee

[1:04:33] that will be part of our discussions and

[1:04:35] then if there needs to be an adjustment

[1:04:37] made, we'll we'll bring that forward to

[1:04:38] you.

[1:04:40] >> Okay.

[1:04:41] >> So, um the other thing that it does on

[1:04:43] level two,

[1:04:44] um it does tighten that up a bit uh to

[1:04:48] um where it talks about uh

[1:04:51] phone calls, text messages, photos, and

[1:04:53] emails during working hours or after

[1:04:55] hours. So, this would be um

[1:04:58] maybe someone that's on call in our

[1:04:59] public works department, um something

[1:05:02] like that. Where level three is uh

[1:05:04] reserved for department heads, elected

[1:05:06] officials, public safety, or exempt

[1:05:07] employees.

[1:05:09] >> So.

[1:05:12] >> Okay.

[1:05:13] >> Does anyone have questions for Amy about

[1:05:15] this resolution?

[1:05:19] » Can you just

[1:05:20] go over GRAMA cuz when I'm reading that

[1:05:23] it

[1:05:26] just tighten that up for me, would you?

[1:05:28] >> Yeah, so basically um

[1:05:31] I'll give myself as an example. So, I

[1:05:33] use my personal phone as a work phone as

[1:05:36] well. If there were to be some type of

[1:05:38] investigation or something that someone

[1:05:40] wanted to see emails or text messages or

[1:05:43] phone calls, then my phone could be

[1:05:45] GRAMA'd and I would have to basically

[1:05:48] turn over that information. So, um this

[1:05:51] hasn't been something that has been in

[1:05:52] our policy before and I think it's

[1:05:54] really important that our employees

[1:05:55] understand when they are receiving a

[1:05:58] stipend for using their personal phone

[1:06:00] for work that this is what they're also

[1:06:02] agreeing to.

[1:06:03] >> And that's what I wanted to point it

[1:06:04] out.

[1:06:04] >> They can GRAMA even your personal.

[1:06:07] Yeah.

[1:06:08] >> Okay.

[1:06:10] >> Well, can I can I clarify that?

[1:06:11] >> Yes, please.

[1:06:12] >> can GRAMA records related to your work,

[1:06:15] not not just everything on your phone.

[1:06:17] >> Well, you know, it's not like they're

[1:06:18] going to hand you your phone and say you

[1:06:19] can see everything.

[1:06:20] >> You have to produce the records that are

[1:06:21] related to the GRAMA request.

[1:06:23] >> That's on your personal device.

[1:06:24] >> Okay.

[1:06:26] >> They don't have to give you don't have

[1:06:27] to turn over your whole phone.

[1:06:28] >> I thought that's what you were saying

[1:06:29] like I thought you

[1:06:30] >> Anything.

[1:06:31] >> I know, right?

[1:06:32] >> The reverse of it is if you have a text

[1:06:35] related to the GRAMA request on your

[1:06:37] personal phone, you cannot deny

[1:06:39] >> Yes.

[1:06:40] >> access to that text.

[1:06:41] >> What if I can't even find it?

[1:06:43] >> [laughter]

[1:06:43] >> Well, I mean, most people delete their

[1:06:45] texts after 30 days or something, so

[1:06:48] >> Basically, that doesn't Yeah.

[1:06:50] >> You can set it up that way if you want.

[1:06:52] >> Okay.

[1:06:53] >> It goes somewhere.

[1:06:55] >> Okay.

[1:06:56] >> Generally speaking, do employees have

[1:06:58] one phone and they put all of it on one?

[1:07:01] >> Yeah.

[1:07:01] >> Like I do.

[1:07:03] >> Yes.

[1:07:04] Um yeah, like in my case I'm using my cell phone number that's my personal

[1:07:09] number that I've had for 20 plus years.

[1:07:12] That's the number that's on my business

[1:07:13] card. That's the number I give to

[1:07:15] employees

[1:07:16] if they need to contact me.

[1:07:18] That's yes.

[1:07:21] » Okay, anybody have any other questions

[1:07:23] or discussion or do you want to make a

[1:07:25] motion?

[1:07:29] » I think it's something good this should

[1:07:31] come around so I will make a motion.

[1:07:34] >> I'll second it.

[1:07:35] >> On resolution 2026-18 amending the Cass

[1:07:38] County Personnel Policy and Procedures

[1:07:40] Manual.

[1:07:41] Cell phone policy.

[1:07:43] >> You still want to second it Joan?

[1:07:44] >> Sure.

[1:07:45] >> Okay.

[1:07:45] >> [laughter]

[1:07:45] >> Okay.

[1:07:46] All right, it's been moved and seconded

[1:07:48] that we approve resolution 2026-18.

[1:07:51] Those in favor say I.

[1:07:52] >> I.

[1:07:53] >> Any opposed?

[1:07:55] Okay. Thank you so much Amy.

[1:07:58] All right, pending items. Are we George,

[1:08:01] I think I forgot to ask you earlier are

[1:08:02] we any closer to the our Class B road

[1:08:06] agreements?

[1:08:07] >> Made no progress on

[1:08:09] >> Okay.

[1:08:11] >> Remember I got your back.

[1:08:13] >> Matt is all the ones on setting up a

[1:08:15] meeting with River Heights.

[1:08:17] >> Yeah.

[1:08:17] >> So that's what we're waiting on right

[1:08:18] now.

[1:08:19] >> Okay.

[1:08:20] All right, the the last one of our

[1:08:22] pending items is this resort recreation

[1:08:25] um

[1:08:26] ordinance that we were that we received.

[1:08:29] And Angie is here

[1:08:31] to answer our questions. Um Andrew and I

[1:08:33] did meet with Angie and Brian earlier

[1:08:35] today and I know you all received the

[1:08:39] outline that Andrew had put together and

[1:08:41] a lot of those things we were able to to

[1:08:43] talk about and so we're going to ask

[1:08:44] Angie

[1:08:45] um

[1:08:46] first of all

[1:08:48] to

[1:08:49] the biggest question that I had and this

[1:08:51] may be and then the rest of you can we

[1:08:52] can go to a lot of questions but the

[1:08:55] this new ordinance takes away the

[1:08:58] development agreement all of the

[1:08:59] development agreement language which was

[1:09:02] something that we all kind of depended

[1:09:04] on when we approved the rezone and and

[1:09:07] we're looking at the um master plan that

[1:09:10] we knew was going through planning and

[1:09:11] zoning. We felt really comfort in having

[1:09:13] that development agreement

[1:09:15] uh process within our purview. And so

[1:09:19] this taking that out was a big concern

[1:09:21] of mine. But if you want to Angie kind

[1:09:23] of talk about why why that was done and how it relates to state code and and

[1:09:29] kind of start with that and then we'll

[1:09:30] go to everyone else's questions, too.

[1:09:33] >> Okay.

[1:09:34] Uh yeah. So

[1:09:36] at the beginning of this process um what

[1:09:39] we learned was that having a development

[1:09:41] agreement be a step after adopting a

[1:09:43] master plan was outside of state code

[1:09:47] because you couldn't require a

[1:09:48] legislative act um

[1:09:50] or additional requirements outside of

[1:09:53] the administrative standards that were

[1:09:55] approved as part of the master plan. So

[1:09:56] a per state code a development agreement

[1:09:58] cannot be entered into if there's

[1:10:00] already land use regulations in the

[1:10:03] county code that address the uses and

[1:10:05] what's permitted and not. So that was

[1:10:08] the primary reason for removing that. Uh

[1:10:11] we did use a development agreement

[1:10:12] process um while going through the

[1:10:15] master plan uh adoption uh in order to

[1:10:18] allow them to build new ski lifts uh

[1:10:21] maintenance facility, art trails,

[1:10:23] and uh one other thing which I can't

[1:10:25] quite remember. But

[1:10:27] ski lifts, yeah. Um like four different

[1:10:30] ski lifts. But um

[1:10:32] again, that was because the master plan

[1:10:34] hadn't been adopted yet and there was

[1:10:35] nothing in the code that um regulated it

[1:10:38] at the time.

[1:10:39] Uh so again, that is why that has come

[1:10:41] out. Um

[1:10:43] in the

[1:10:45] later sections of this code, there is a

[1:10:47] separate process called a development

[1:10:48] plan application which comes after the

[1:10:51] adoption of the master plan

[1:10:54] but um ensures that the master plan is

[1:10:56] being adhered to. So, they're not

[1:10:58] building anything outside what was

[1:10:59] approved in the master plan. They're

[1:11:01] building it in the locations that they

[1:11:03] described within the master plan. And

[1:11:05] so, that's just a check on making sure

[1:11:08] that they're still getting

[1:11:10] or still developing within what was

[1:11:12] approved.

[1:11:14] And then we're double-checking um the

[1:11:16] number of units that they were approved.

[1:11:18] And then they have to go through that

[1:11:19] before they can get any permits to

[1:11:21] actually build. So,

[1:11:23] that's [snorts] still an additional

[1:11:24] step. So, the step that only goes to

[1:11:26] planning commission

[1:11:27] because it's still an administrative

[1:11:28] step, but um

[1:11:32] that is an additional step to make sure

[1:11:33] again that they're adhering to what was

[1:11:35] approved as part of the master plan.

[1:11:36] >> So, they they will still do a

[1:11:37] development plan. They just so that

[1:11:39] adheres to the master plan, but they

[1:11:41] don't have to do the development

[1:11:43] agreement.

[1:11:43] >> Correct. And I I compare the development

[1:11:47] plan application process to our

[1:11:48] conditional use permit process, very

[1:11:50] similar. So,

[1:11:52] >> Okay. Um there was also if you look at C

[1:11:55] in the blue the blue part of the new

[1:11:57] this up here if you look at C the very

[1:11:59] first sentence says, "Within the

[1:12:01] boundary of an approved master plan,

[1:12:02] parcel legality is not applicable." That

[1:12:05] was like a bit like what does that mean?

[1:12:07] And so, we've asked Angie to explain

[1:12:09] that and then maybe flesh that out in in

[1:12:11] the and rewrite that differently to

[1:12:13] bring back to us.

[1:12:14] >> Yes.

[1:12:15] Um

[1:12:17] So, again going back to kind of our

[1:12:18] other base zoning districts um in our

[1:12:21] title 17 zoning regulations, 1710 is our

[1:12:25] development standards. Within that is a

[1:12:27] ratio for density based on the acreage.

[1:12:31] Uh so, we do do not have that for resort

[1:12:33] recreation. And so, [snorts]

[1:12:36] what we do have instead is part of 1714

[1:12:40] uh we have a section called density unit

[1:12:43] equivalent densities,

[1:12:45] which reads kind of like a menu. And I'm

[1:12:47] happy to hand out copies of this if you

[1:12:49] want. Uh Uh, but reads it like a menu of

[1:12:51] different things that could be

[1:12:52] incorporated into the master plan.

[1:12:54] >> It's in our It's in our path It should

[1:12:57] be in the the ordinance.

[1:12:59] >> Yeah, and again, I do have um copies

[1:13:01] here if you wanted to look at that more

[1:13:02] closely. And then

[1:13:04] based on this, um

[1:13:07] the Powder Mountain master plan, they

[1:13:09] included which items [snorts] from that

[1:13:12] kind of menu list that they wanted

[1:13:13] included in the master plan.

[1:13:15] >> Do you have copies of that for everyone?

[1:13:17] Would you I think that might be helpful,

[1:13:18] Angie, if you take a minute to or let

[1:13:20] Andrew do it.

[1:13:22] >> Pass those down.

[1:13:23] So, this first one that he has is from

[1:13:26] the staff report from the master plan

[1:13:27] showing what Powder Mountain has elected

[1:13:30] to develop as part of their master plan

[1:13:33] boundary.

[1:13:34] And then this uh second one is just a

[1:13:36] section of code from 1714, none of which

[1:13:39] is changing as part of this ordinance

[1:13:41] amendment. But again, it's kind of the

[1:13:43] menu of items. And then it also shows

[1:13:45] you how it's calculated out. So, um

[1:13:49] it's

[1:13:50] one unit is the equivalent of a

[1:13:52] single-family home, but then a hotel

[1:13:55] room that's under a certain square

[1:13:56] footage has different

[1:14:00] ratios and calculations.

[1:14:02] So, based on all of that, then they can

[1:14:05] um

[1:14:06] then they identified which ones they

[1:14:08] wanted in their master plan.

[1:14:10] So,

[1:14:11] they cannot go outside of what they've

[1:14:12] said in the master plan without amending

[1:14:14] it.

[1:14:15] So, and that is what

[1:14:16] um on that page from the staff report,

[1:14:19] they have 225 single-family lots they're

[1:14:21] proposing, uh 65 cabins,

[1:14:25] 415 multi-family units, and then some

[1:14:28] commercial rec facilities, ski areas,

[1:14:30] and corporate retreats. And again,

[1:14:32] how those unit densities are calculated

[1:14:35] are all based off that section of 1714.

[1:14:39] So, be like

[1:14:40] one unit for every 1,000 square feet of

[1:14:42] commercial.

[1:14:43] And then they've allowed for about 150

[1:14:46] of those units. So,

[1:14:48] >> So, basically, this is what's in our

[1:14:49] code, but this is what is in their

[1:14:51] master plan, and it's not

[1:14:53] specified in our code.

[1:14:56] Like, it

[1:14:56] >> Yeah, they've they've elected from that

[1:14:58] list of possible items, but

[1:15:00] >> to put that in the master plan as well.

[1:15:02] >> Obviously, they're not putting like a

[1:15:03] golf facility in the ski resort area, so

[1:15:06] I mean, I guess they could for summer

[1:15:07] time activities, but

[1:15:08] Um

[1:15:10] So, yeah, that was the question on that.

[1:15:12] Um we will be um clearing up some of the

[1:15:15] language, though, so it's it's more

[1:15:17] apparent and maybe not as confusing.

[1:15:19] Um

[1:15:22] And then, yeah, going back to the parcel

[1:15:24] legality, because we've identified this

[1:15:27] physical boundary um of the master plan

[1:15:29] area, and then as well as the

[1:15:31] limitations of those unit equivalent

[1:15:33] densities within the master plan, that's

[1:15:35] why the parcel legality is not an issue,

[1:15:37] because we've already limited

[1:15:39] the physical area and the scope of what

[1:15:41] they're going to develop because of the

[1:15:43] adoption of the master plan. So, in our

[1:15:45] other zones, we do look at parcel

[1:15:46] legality back to 2006 just to make sure

[1:15:49] it's not a restricted lot, but again,

[1:15:51] because we have these other mechanisms

[1:15:53] to

[1:15:54] um

[1:15:55] contain and limit what they can develop

[1:15:57] as part of that master plan, it's not

[1:15:59] necessary in this. And they still have

[1:16:00] to go through the subdivision process in

[1:16:03] order to create lots for all those

[1:16:04] single family homes. Uh they still have

[1:16:06] to go through that development plan

[1:16:08] process to do the site um analysis for

[1:16:11] any commercial or hotel or multi-family

[1:16:14] developments as well, so.

[1:16:16] But again, okay.

[1:16:17] >> If everything they're proposing is going

[1:16:19] to be in an HOA, or is it in only the

[1:16:21] single family lots that's going to be

[1:16:23] the HOA?

[1:16:24] >> Yeah, so the entire development is all

[1:16:25] on private roads, and so that all will

[1:16:27] be dictated by uh HOAs, their CC&Rs, and

[1:16:31] things of that nature.

[1:16:32] >> So, they're going to bring in the

[1:16:34] hotels and everything into that, too.

[1:16:36] >> Yes.

[1:16:39] Yeah, and then again, these proposed

[1:16:41] development standards. Um

[1:16:43] A under 17-14-40 says development

[1:16:46] standards shall be specific to each

[1:16:47] approved master plan. And then B as a

[1:16:50] condition of approval the applicant for

[1:16:52] that particular master plan has to

[1:16:54] submit uh development standards that

[1:16:56] because we don't have anything specific

[1:16:57] in the resort recreation that would

[1:16:59] apply to any and all resort

[1:17:02] developments in the future. Uh as an

[1:17:04] example

[1:17:05] Powder Mountain um has submitted

[1:17:08] this document

[1:17:10] um that provides

[1:17:13] all sorts of standards that they

[1:17:15] require. Um this is based off their

[1:17:16] Weber County development uh but applies

[1:17:20] to you know types of materials uh

[1:17:22] location building envelopes things like

[1:17:24] that and these are much more restrictive

[1:17:26] than anything that we could come up with

[1:17:28] in our code. Um our development table

[1:17:31] for setbacks and that for our other

[1:17:32] zones is just on half of a page in

[1:17:35] section 17-10.

[1:17:37] Uh but it does go through

[1:17:39] again uh very robust standards for

[1:17:42] design location landscaping

[1:17:46] um and then they have a separate

[1:17:47] document that would apply to commercial

[1:17:49] building structures as well as

[1:17:51] infrastructure. So road development uh

[1:17:54] storm water development that stuff. And

[1:17:57] again

[1:17:58] the road requirements and that are above

[1:18:00] and beyond what is currently required of

[1:18:02] our road manual. So

[1:18:04] but each um resort recreation

[1:18:06] development that can comes in would have

[1:18:08] to have their own standards adopted

[1:18:09] separately

[1:18:11] uh and codified into 17-14 and that's

[1:18:13] what this language is talking about in A

[1:18:16] and B.

[1:18:19] » Okay. What other questions do you guys

[1:18:20] have?

[1:18:22] I I I think I got most of my questions

[1:18:24] answered. There's there's a part in

[1:18:26] there where it talks about the land use

[1:18:27] authority. That means the county council

[1:18:29] in B where it on B where it says

[1:18:32] standards must be adopted by the land

[1:18:34] use authority. That is us.

[1:18:36] >> Isn't that planning and zoning?

[1:18:38] >> Yes.

[1:18:39] >> Because it's an ordinance amendment,

[1:18:41] it's technically legislative, so

[1:18:43] codifying those separate development

[1:18:44] standards after the master plan is

[1:18:46] adopted would go through council as an

[1:18:48] ordinance amendment.

[1:18:53] But I yeah, it would go through planning

[1:18:54] commission first as a recommendation as

[1:18:56] the recommending body.

[1:19:00] » [cough and clears throat]

[1:19:02] >> I just find it interesting that that

[1:19:05] title is used

[1:19:07] in two sections then.

[1:19:09] Cuz the planning and zoning is the land

[1:19:10] use authority.

[1:19:12] Am I wrong there, Mr. Dane?

[1:19:13] >> It depends.

[1:19:15] >> Yeah.

[1:19:15] >> See, that's what

[1:19:17] >> Depends on if it's legislative or not.

[1:19:19] >> So under the code there's we have a

[1:19:20] table in our code. We try to make it a

[1:19:23] little clearer, but there's specific

[1:19:25] decisions where they're the land use

[1:19:27] authority and specific where they're

[1:19:28] just a recommending authority and the

[1:19:29] county council is the land use

[1:19:31] authority,

[1:19:31] depending on what's being done.

[1:19:34] Um so so like Angie said, where this is

[1:19:38] a ordinance that is legislative, so this

[1:19:40] body is the land use authority.

[1:19:42] >> Yeah, like a CUP doesn't come to us, so

[1:19:44] they would be the land use authority on

[1:19:46] that, right? Is that a good example?

[1:19:48] >> Well, and subdivisions don't come to us.

[1:19:50] >> Yeah.

[1:19:51] >> So

[1:19:52] >> [cough]

[1:19:52] >> Rezones do cuz that's a map change. Um

[1:19:55] and then like our source water

[1:19:56] protection changes we made to the

[1:19:58] ordinance, that comes to you ultimately

[1:20:00] for final decision.

[1:20:01] >> Did you say subdivisions don't come to

[1:20:03] us?

[1:20:03] >> Right.

[1:20:06] » Cuz we've already

[1:20:08] imposed the policy that says a

[1:20:10] subdivision must meet this or cannot do

[1:20:12] that.

[1:20:13] So they're just administrative.

[1:20:17] » Okay, so Angie's going to um clarify

[1:20:19] some of that language for us. And so

[1:20:22] we'll if if it's okay with all of you

[1:20:23] guys, we'll continue this till the next

[1:20:25] meeting and and really dig into it. And

[1:20:27] if you have any other questions, um

[1:20:29] Angie and Brian

[1:20:31] are more than happy to take those

[1:20:33] questions.

[1:20:35] So that we'll we can be ready at the

[1:20:37] next meeting. Okay, thanks Angie.

[1:20:38] >> I'm just trying to think some of this

[1:20:41] that

[1:20:42] you read here and

[1:20:43] I'm looking at other parts of the

[1:20:45] county.

[1:20:50] » Uh so Powder Mountain

[1:20:52] >> how they're affected how they would be

[1:20:53] affected now by this.

[1:20:55] >> So the RR zone the resort recreation is

[1:20:57] only currently found in the southern

[1:21:00] part in the Powder Mountain area. It was

[1:21:02] established

[1:21:02] >> canyon?

[1:21:04] >> It was established in 2002 [laughter]

[1:21:07] and the initial rezone of Powder

[1:21:08] Mountain was done in 2002. Uh I think an

[1:21:11] initial 3500 acres, but it's only been

[1:21:14] at that location this entire time and

[1:21:16] it's only been right now that we've

[1:21:18] actually applied this section of the

[1:21:19] code for Powder Mountain.

[1:21:21] >> So no other places in our valley have

[1:21:23] that code.

[1:21:23] >> Yeah, cuz it requires a minimum 2000

[1:21:25] acres. So.

[1:21:27] But that is the only part of the county

[1:21:28] that's

[1:21:28] >> I I thought that it might

[1:21:31] be up there with Beaver Mountain.

[1:21:33] >> Yeah, that's just considered a

[1:21:34] recreational facility in the FR-40 zone.

[1:21:38] >> Okay.

[1:21:40] >> Anybody else have questions for Angie?

[1:21:42] Okay, thank you so much.

[1:21:45] Okay.

[1:21:47] I lost my

[1:21:49] There it is. Okay, that was the last

[1:21:51] thing on our agenda. Um

[1:21:54] the upcoming parades

[1:21:56] Um I have asked Andrew to please get us

[1:21:59] uh

[1:22:00] >> Lewiston parade.

[1:22:01] >> Oh, it's not on there. When is that?

[1:22:03] >> July 4th.

[1:22:04] >> Independence Day, yes.

[1:22:06] >> That one needs to be up there.

[1:22:07] >> Yeah.

[1:22:07] >> And I'll tell you guys this something

[1:22:09] kind of special. This was an idea of

[1:22:11] Catherine and I and we've shared it with the executive office, but we would

[1:22:15] like in the 4th of July parade to be

[1:22:18] something special that it's not just our

[1:22:20] regular truck that maybe we can We're

[1:22:23] looking at maybe some horses or

[1:22:25] something that we can decorate and go

[1:22:27] big and I also would like to discuss

[1:22:29] what you guys think about we'll have

[1:22:31] those two parades on the 4th of July

[1:22:33] that we invite any county employee who

[1:22:35] would like to join us in the parade to

[1:22:37] just come and be have it be not just a

[1:22:39] council entry but the whole county is it

[1:22:42] for anybody who wants to be a part of

[1:22:44] that and it's just going to depend on if

[1:22:46] we can find a little bit of money in the

[1:22:47] budget somewhere to get some horses or to do whatever

[1:22:51] that would take but we're we're

[1:22:53] discussing that so

[1:22:55] kind of see what you think about that.

[1:22:57] >> And all these people would be part of

[1:22:58] the parade with us.

[1:23:01] >> Absolutely. Not Kurt.

[1:23:03] >> [laughter]

[1:23:03] >> Kurt's not invited.

[1:23:06] » He can he can ride his Harley.

[1:23:08] >> Yeah.

[1:23:10] >> So our budget affords [snorts]

[1:23:11] stick horses then right?

[1:23:14] >> Probably by the time we pay for the

[1:23:15] candy. That's the thing.

[1:23:17] We wouldn't be able you wouldn't be able

[1:23:18] to throw candy. We don't have candy for

[1:23:20] everybody but but we'd like to we just

[1:23:22] like to make it special. This is the

[1:23:24] 250th anniversary of our country and

[1:23:26] especially on that July 4th there's some

[1:23:29] all these decorations around the

[1:23:30] building there are a few left over that

[1:23:32] I've gotten from Janine that we could

[1:23:35] use to decorate maybe I don't know we're

[1:23:37] just still thinking about it. So if you

[1:23:38] have any ideas

[1:23:40] let's let's discuss that.

[1:23:41] >> the air force the road department comes

[1:23:44] through with graders and some other

[1:23:45] things from the county so

[1:23:47] >> Yeah. Yeah they'll be there and I I

[1:23:48] think like they'll be candidates and

[1:23:50] maybe the party and you know there'll be

[1:23:51] some other things but for us just to do

[1:23:54] something special.

[1:23:56] Um we thought that would be really

[1:23:57] appropriate.

[1:23:59] So anybody has any ideas please contact

[1:24:01] me or Catherine.

[1:24:03] Okay. Um

[1:24:06] Council member reports.

[1:24:08] Let's start with you Mark. You have

[1:24:09] anything?

[1:24:10] >> Um no official

[1:24:14] uh liaison ships or department reports

[1:24:16] for me.

[1:24:17] >> Okay. David?

[1:24:19] >> I haven't had no MP for at least today.

[1:24:21] yeah.

[1:24:21] >> [laughter]

[1:24:22] >> I know when the last old people

[1:24:23] >> 72 hours.

[1:24:25] >> No, I I don't have anything to report

[1:24:27] right

[1:24:28] >> Okay. Nolan?

[1:24:29] >> Nothing.

[1:24:30] >> I don't have anything.

[1:24:31] >> Oh my word.

[1:24:33] And I feel like

[1:24:33] >> report, Sandy?

[1:24:34] >> I well, I feel like I'm busy all the

[1:24:35] time, but

[1:24:36] it's uh

[1:24:37] >> Hey, I will come out saying

[1:24:39] um

[1:24:41] Uh-oh.

[1:24:42] >> I have talked about water

[1:24:44] ever since I got on here.

[1:24:46] I went to my spring yesterday.

[1:24:49] I've I've been involved with that spring

[1:24:51] for over 60 years.

[1:24:53] This is the worst level I see my spring

[1:24:56] at.

[1:24:57] If we as a county don't do something on

[1:24:59] water and something

[1:25:02] we're messing up our citizens. I mean

[1:25:05] Hiram is now putting out a

[1:25:09] reduced use on that.

[1:25:11] My well is

[1:25:13] having some

[1:25:14] down draft.

[1:25:16] This is

[1:25:17] I don't know. It's going to take years

[1:25:19] to correct this, but

[1:25:21] that's the lowest I've seen my spring

[1:25:22] and I I just think we're needing to do something in that

[1:25:26] area.

[1:25:27] >> Well, and I'll just tell you this, too,

[1:25:29] because when I met with Brian and Angie,

[1:25:31] we talked about a couple of other things

[1:25:32] that we decide we started talking about

[1:25:35] solar ordinance and then the subdivision

[1:25:37] ordinance that we had a big meeting on.

[1:25:40] I think we need we've kind of need to

[1:25:41] jump back into those and set up a

[1:25:43] meeting. Um Brian said if we could meet

[1:25:46] with him as a few council members and

[1:25:48] give them direction, they will start

[1:25:49] drafting a code so that it would be

[1:25:52] ready to bring to the planning

[1:25:53] commission and then come to us. Like

[1:25:54] let's get let's get something done.

[1:25:56] Let's

[1:25:57] um

[1:25:58] see see what we need to do and and work

[1:26:00] with them, too, and

[1:26:02] >> And not only that, but um we need to

[1:26:04] come up with a Airbnb type of thing to

[1:26:07] consider in the county and

[1:26:09] I've got citizens who are complaining

[1:26:11] about certain types of rentals going on

[1:26:13] in residential neighborhoods. And so

[1:26:16] um we really don't have anything to

[1:26:18] address that.

[1:26:19] >> We don't. We don't, do we? I know

[1:26:20] several of the cities are passing those

[1:26:22] ordinances, but we need to do something

[1:26:24] as a county.

[1:26:25] So, anyway, let's think about those

[1:26:27] things and let's let's kind of make that

[1:26:29] a priority as um

[1:26:31] >> I agree.

[1:26:33] >> Okay.

[1:26:34] All right, I'm going to take a motion

[1:26:35] for adjournment.

[1:26:36] >> So moved.

[1:26:37] >> Second.

[1:26:38] >> Okay, done.

[1:26:40] >> [laughter]

[1:26:41] >> I agree there.

[1:26:45] » Yep. Go, go, go.

[1:26:47] Tell her happy birthday.

[1:26:48] >> I will.

[1:26:49] >> Okay.

[1:26:51] >> Ready? I was talking to you for just a

[1:26:53] minute about the fire board.

[1:26:54] >> And I think that the our shirts should

[1:26:56] be done

Cache County Council Regular Meeting – 05-26-2026

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