[0:01] To order, Council meeting today

[0:04] January 9th, 2026.

[0:07] Like to recognize the absence of our

[0:08] Council Chair, Goodlander. She is absent today

[0:13] and

[0:14] uh

[0:15] Councilman

[0:17] Keegan Garrity is not is not with us.

[0:19] Um

[0:20] We have the opening remarks will be

[0:23] provided by Council Member Mark Hurd.

[0:26] >> Right.

[0:27] Thank you, Madam Chair. Just briefly

[0:30] I've just been on my mind so I wanted to

[0:32] phrase it hopefully simple

[0:35] but

[0:36] uh

[0:37] community of terms that uh

[0:41] I'm grateful for the freedoms we enjoy

[0:43] in this land

[0:44] and I would just encourage each

[0:46] one in attendance or listening to

[0:49] uh take the time. If you know a veteran,

[0:51] give them a handshake, tell them thanks.

[0:55] If you can still hug your mother, do so.

[0:58] And with that, I'd like to uh continue

[1:00] with the prayer.

[1:01] >> Thank you.

[1:06] » Our Father in heaven, we ask thee

[1:09] for thy presence to abide here with us

[1:10] this evening as we begin our County Council meeting.

[1:14] We're grateful, Father, for the

[1:16] opportunity we have as

[1:18] citizens of our community to be able to

[1:20] participate in the government that uh

[1:23] prevails in this land. We're grateful,

[1:24] Father, for the means and opportunities

[1:27] that thou has blessed

[1:29] our community with and we pray for

[1:32] thy hand to continually be

[1:34] in the lives of of our friends and

[1:37] family around us.

[1:38] We pray for protection of thy spirit to

[1:40] be

[1:41] with our law enforcement

[1:45] and our

[1:46] military service members. We ask thee to

[1:49] continually watch over and protect them.

[1:50] We pray, Father, for

[1:52] preservation of this land and for the

[1:53] protection of the freedoms

[1:55] that are

[1:57] enshrined in the Constitution. We pray

[1:59] for

[2:00] the clarity of thought to fulfill our

[2:02] oath of office to protect and defend

[2:04] this Constitution.

[2:05] We pray, Father, for

[2:09] >> [cough and clears throat]

[2:09] >> We pray We offer a prayer of gratitude

[2:11] for the

[2:12] opportunities we have to know of thy

[2:15] love for us and the opportunity we have

[2:16] to serve one another.

[2:18] We say this in the name of Jesus Christ.

[2:19] Amen.

[2:20] >> Amen.

[2:21] >> And last, please rise and join me in the

[2:23] Pledge of Allegiance.

[2:28] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[2:31] United States of America,

[2:34] and to the republic for which it stands,

[2:37] one nation under God, indivisible, with

[2:41] liberty and justice for all.

[2:44] >> Thank you, Madam Chair.

[2:47] » Thank you.

[2:51] I will accept a motion to approve this

[2:53] evening's agenda.

[2:54] >> So moved.

[2:55] >> Second.

[2:55] >> We have a motion by council member

[2:58] >> Gunnell.

[2:59] >> [laughter]

[3:00] >> Nolan. And And seconded by Dave. Um all

[3:02] those in favor say aye.

[3:04] >> Aye.

[3:04] And I will accept a motion to

[3:06] approve that both of the minutes for the

[3:08] workshop on the 26th as well as the

[3:11] council meeting minutes.

[3:13] >> Move to approve.

[3:14] >> And second.

[3:15] >> And a second. Okay, any further

[3:17] discussion?

[3:18] Okay, all those in favor say aye.

[3:20] >> Aye.

[3:21] >> I will abstain. I was not in attendance

[3:23] at that meeting.

[3:24] Um now we'll move on to the report from

[3:27] our county executive.

[3:28] >> I I have no appointment, Madam Chair. I

[3:32] would tell you that most of our time is

[3:34] spent working with fire board issues and

[3:36] trying to get um

[3:38] progress in that area.

[3:41] >> Okay, thank you.

[3:44] Um we will move on to

[3:47] um the items of special interest. Um

[3:51] we have the um 2026 Cache County Royalty

[3:57] um that is joining us, as you can see

[3:59] here on the front row, and we have Trish

[4:02] Gibbs, who is here um on that's going to

[4:06] be introducing them. Uh I'm sorry, I

[4:08] don't know which one Trish Trish Gibbs.

[4:11] Would you please come and to the

[4:13] microphone and um

[4:15] present each of them is is that no? Yes?

[4:18] >> I'm going to interview them.

[4:19] >> Okay, we'll have them introduce

[4:21] themselves. But, thank you for joining

[4:24] us tonight. So, if you'll take turns

[4:25] coming to the microphone, and it looks

[4:27] like you're prepared. So, please.

[4:30] >> Now, this is being broadcast through the

[4:31] whole world.

[4:33] So,

[4:34] smile.

[4:38] » Hello, everyone. My name is Reese Page,

[4:41] and I'm your 2026 Cache County Fair and

[4:43] Rodeo Queen.

[4:45] My roots are in deep here in Cache

[4:47] County. My parents are Derek and Jamie

[4:49] Page, and you might even know my

[4:50] grandparents, Daris and Dixie Page.

[4:53] Um our fair and rodeo is being talked

[4:56] about all over the country. I've had the

[4:58] chance to talk with professional rodeo

[5:01] athletes, and even world champions, and

[5:03] they always have good things to say

[5:05] about our event. More often than not,

[5:07] they bring up our beautiful fairgrounds.

[5:10] It's got lush trees, a wonderful river

[5:12] flowing through it, and lots of shade,

[5:15] while also still being in a convenient

[5:18] location near town.

[5:19] As well as they often bring up our

[5:23] wonderful payout. We are one of the

[5:25] highest paying out rodeos in per rodeo,

[5:28] and because of this, we qualify to be in

[5:31] the CINCH Governor's Cup circuit, which

[5:34] attracts the best competition around,

[5:36] and more times than not, world

[5:38] champions. So, because Cache County Fair

[5:42] and Rodeo is such a unique um

[5:45] event due to its location and tough

[5:48] competition. We would love for you guys

[5:50] to come because it's truly something

[5:51] that you won't want to miss out on.

[5:54] >> Thank you.

[5:56] >> [clears throat]

[5:58] >> Hello everyone. I'm Hadley Thompson. I'm

[6:00] the Cache County First Attendant Queen.

[6:02] I am so excited to be here.

[6:05] Cache County Rodeo is one event you

[6:07] won't want to miss.

[6:09] Last year we welcomed more than 81,000

[6:13] people.

[6:14] Filled every seat and sold out all four

[6:17] nights. If we had more bleachers, we're

[6:20] confident they would be filled, too.

[6:23] We also had over 700 contestants entries

[6:27] last year.

[6:28] Bringing top talent and exciting

[6:30] competition to the arena.

[6:33] Join us August 5th through the 7th for

[6:35] an unforgettable experience.

[6:38] Tickets range from $15 to $27 depending

[6:43] on the night seating.

[6:46] Depending on the night and whether you

[6:48] choose covered seating.

[6:50] We'd love to see you there. Get your

[6:52] tickets early. They tend to go fast.

[6:55] Thank you.

[6:59] » I'm Breanna Bassett and I am the Cache

[7:01] County Fair and Rodeo Second Attendant

[7:04] Queen and I love the Cache County Fair

[7:07] and Rodeo. I grew up showing goats at

[7:09] the fair and going to the night every

[7:11] rodeo with my parents Justin and Carly

[7:14] Bassett.

[7:15] And let me tell you, not only is the

[7:17] rodeo athletes one of my favorite parts,

[7:20] but also the entertainment we have. We

[7:23] have Parker Haviland coming this year

[7:25] bringing his beautiful big black horses

[7:29] and they all hitch together and they

[7:31] pull a wagon. And they work hard all

[7:34] year long to bring us something

[7:35] different each year. Thank you.

[7:42] » Hi, I My name is Dixie Christiansen. I'm

[7:44] the Cache County Junior Queen.

[7:47] I'm from Richmond, Utah. My parents are

[7:48] Timothy and Denise Christiansen.

[7:51] Because of our outstanding rodeo,

[7:54] livestock, vendors, and carnival, we

[7:56] were voted best of Northern Utah's

[7:58] annual event this year, which will be

[8:00] the sixth time in a row.

[8:02] So, you should come and enjoy the best

[8:04] week of the summer at the Cache County

[8:05] Fair and Rodeo. Thank you.

[8:09] » Hello everyone. I'm Marley Hall, your

[8:12] Cache County 2026 Princess.

[8:15] Being Being part of a royalty looks like

[8:18] res- representing our rodeo at rodeos

[8:21] and events in lots of areas, including

[8:24] Preston, Lewiston, and Hyrum.

[8:26] It means waving to the crowd

[8:28] from Lewiston and Hyrum. It means

[8:31] Sorry. It means waving to the crowd from

[8:33] horseback in 4th of July parades,

[8:35] participating in buzz runs, being on the

[8:38] radio,

[8:39] thanking sponsors, and taking part in

[8:41] fun royalty photoshoots. Royalty members also help put on Cache

[8:48] County Fair and Rodeo itself. From

[8:50] carrying flags and moving cows to

[8:52] helping with the mutton bustin',

[8:54] throwing prizes from the truck, and even

[8:56] signing autographs for little kids.

[9:00] It's It's a summer full of service,

[9:02] friendships, confidence, and a

[9:04] unforgettable memories.

[9:06] We would love for you to come to our

[9:09] Sorry. For you to come and experience

[9:12] our queen contest this next year on May

[9:15] 29th. Thank you.

[9:20] » My name's Indiana Earl, and I'm the

[9:22] junior the Cache County Junior Princess.

[9:25] My parents are Clayton and Katelyn Earl.

[9:27] If you come to the Cache County Rodeo

[9:29] this year, you will see our special

[9:31] specialty act, Jessica Blair folks,

[9:33] riding her beautiful white horses,

[9:35] showing off her Roman riding her trick

[9:38] riding skills. Thank you.

[9:41] >> Thank you. Um as a council, we have a

[9:45] proclamation. If it's okay, we'll read

[9:47] it to you right now.

[9:49] Um this is a proclamation recognizing

[9:51] and honoring the 2026 Cash County Rodeo

[9:53] Royalty.

[9:55] Whereas, the Cash County Rodeo Rodeo

[9:57] Royalty serve as the official public

[9:59] faces of Cash County promoting our rich

[10:02] Western heritage and agricultural

[10:04] traditions throughout the community and

[10:06] the state of Utah. And whereas, the

[10:09] members of the royalty court demonstrate

[10:11] outstanding leadership, exceptional

[10:13] poise, and elite horsemanship serving as

[10:15] excellent role models for the youth of

[10:17] Cash Valley. And whereas, their

[10:19] dedication and hard work significantly

[10:21] support the success and promotion of the

[10:23] annual Cash County Fair and Rodeo

[10:26] bringing our community together.

[10:28] Now, therefore, be it resolved that the

[10:30] Cash County Council does hereby

[10:32] recognize and honor the members of the

[10:34] 2026 Cash County Rodeo Royalty Court.

[10:38] Reese Page, Cash County Rodeo Queen.

[10:41] Hadley Thompson, first attendant.

[10:43] Breanna Bassett, second attendant. Dixie

[10:45] Christensen, junior queen. Marley Hall,

[10:48] princess. Indiana Earl, junior princess.

[10:51] And thank them for their dedicated

[10:53] service, leadership, and excellent

[10:55] representation of Cash County throughout

[10:58] their tenure.

[11:00] I will accept a motion to approve the

[11:02] proclamation.

[11:03] >> So moved.

[11:04] >> Second.

[11:05] >> We've got jumping at the bit.

[11:08] All those in favor say I.

[11:09] >> I.

[11:11] >> Thank you so much for representing Cash

[11:13] County and for everything that you do

[11:15] with such poise. And what are you Would

[11:18] you rather do, ride a horse or come and

[11:20] talk to the county council?

[11:23] >> [laughter]

[11:29] » Thank Thank much. Uh would you

[11:32] >> [applause]

[11:32] >> Round OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.

[11:36] » [applause]

[11:38] >> ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW WE WOULD

[11:40] LIKE TO GIVE THE opportunity to have a

[11:42] photo op for the royalty and and

[11:46] 2-minute recess for them to come and get

[11:48] a a picture. Um so, if everyone could

[11:51] just

[11:52] breathe easy for a minute and they can

[11:53] come up and take a picture here.

[11:56] With the council?

[11:56] >> We'll settle that on the way.

[11:58] >> Yeah, you guys can come up here. We

[11:59] don't need to be in it.

[12:00] >> Can I get a small picture with you guys

[12:02] there, too?

[12:03] >> You can get a picture with us here if

[12:05] you'd like.

[12:05] >> [laughter]

[12:05] >> I was going to put them in the chairs.

[12:10] » Okay.

[12:12] >> Go all the way over.

[12:13] >> Well, we don't want to be blocking

[12:14] >> You're

[12:15] >> No, we do want you blocking the sign.

[12:22] » What's the average weight of those hats?

[12:24] They look like they got a lot of prom moms out there.

[12:46] >> Could you guys see?

[12:51] » Thank you so much for coming to see us.

[12:53] Thank you for all you

[12:56] Um we give it to you and we have copies

[13:00] Oh, we have multiple copies. So, we'll

[13:02] go ahead and distribute. Well, you can

[13:03] take that one and we'll provide copies.

[13:05] >> Well, thank you so much.

[13:05] >> Thank you.

[13:06] Thank you for coming to see

[13:07] us.

[13:11] » [clears throat]

[13:16] » You're welcome to stay for the remainder

[13:18] of our meeting.

[13:19] >> You'll just love it.

[13:29] » Thank you.

[13:30] so much.

[13:30] >> Thank you.

[13:32] >> Good luck. We'll see you guys at the

[13:33] rodeo on August 5th and

[13:36] >> through the 8th.

[13:37] >> Thank you.

[13:38] >> It'll be great again.

[13:40] >> Thank you.

[13:41] Thanks for all you do.

[13:48] Aw, this

[13:49] meeting got a lot less sparkly.

[13:52] We will

[13:53] >> they're good people, okay?

[13:55] They're nice. You're doing good.

[13:56] >> It's not sparkly.

[13:57] Um continuing with our

[14:00] agenda,

[14:02] we will have a presentation for VAWA,

[14:04] VOCA, and

[14:08] presented by County Attorney Dane

[14:10] Murray, as well as the Cache County

[14:12] Deputy Attorney Andrew Crane, Sarah

[14:15] Owen, Cache County Victim Advocate

[14:17] Supervisor, Scott Bodily, Cache County

[14:19] Children's Justice Center Coordinator.

[14:22] Andrew, thank you.

[14:30] » Andrew Crane with the County Attorney's

[14:31] Office. We'll give it a moment to decide

[14:33] to pull that. Part of the as you're well

[14:35] aware, one of the requirements for the

[14:37] VAWA grant is to do a presentation to

[14:39] the council uh twice a year basically,

[14:41] so this is part of that grant

[14:43] requirement.

[14:51] Most of what I'm going to go over today

[14:52] you've already seen, so if you have any

[14:53] questions, feel free to jump in, but

[14:55] really here's uh the mission of the County Attorney's

[14:58] Office. I'm not going to read that.

[14:59] You're well aware of that. There's been

[15:00] no change. Basically, we're here to

[15:03] uphold and defend the Constitution

[15:05] as best we can to make sure rights of

[15:06] all are protected.

[15:08] Um going over the VAWA over overview,

[15:12] essentially what we have um again,

[15:13] there's been no change to what we have

[15:15] going on. Um there are three SVEU

[15:17] prosecutors. You have one in each

[15:19] district court, and myself, Josh Cohn,

[15:21] Mark Winkel, spread out among the judges

[15:23] there. They're also two of our

[15:25] investigators are on the ground as well,

[15:26] Nick and Nate. And so, give a shout out

[15:28] to them. They've been very helpful for

[15:30] us in helping us get and follow up on

[15:31] cases. I've used them often, and they

[15:34] are an indispensable resource in getting

[15:36] follow up done on the cases.

[15:39] Um as far as the uh current grant year

[15:42] award that we are in, 2024-2025, it's a

[15:44] 2-year cycle. Again, there hasn't been

[15:46] any changes to this. These are some of

[15:47] the requirements we have to do. Again,

[15:49] talk about the We do semi-annual and

[15:51] annual reporting to UOVC, and we have to

[15:54] track our time and hours what we

[15:56] with what we spend on the VAWA cases.

[15:58] Um

[16:00] that

[16:01] Just I guess just a note for

[16:04] Coming up next year, we'll be in the

[16:05] grant cycle again. I'm not sure what the

[16:07] funding will look like when it comes to

[16:09] going through this process again next

[16:10] year. I'm sure we'll have more

[16:12] discussions as that comes up, but given

[16:13] the track record with what's happening

[16:15] on the federal side of things, I

[16:16] wouldn't I would not be shocked if what

[16:18] is available if we are granted anything

[16:20] would be lower again as well. So, just

[16:22] to give you a heads up on that.

[16:24] Uh just want to throw out some

[16:25] information on what uh we've have

[16:28] reported. Uh you'll see what we reported

[16:30] back in 2024 with the number of cases

[16:33] that were investigated by our

[16:33] investigators and cases received and

[16:35] reviewed by the prosecutors. Kind of see

[16:37] the differences there between 2024 and

[16:39] 2025. For the most part, everything has

[16:41] gone up.

[16:43] Um so, it has been a busy uh time for us

[16:46] in the office

[16:48] um with handling everything that uh we

[16:50] handle. So, unless there are any

[16:52] questions, that is what I have, and I'll

[16:54] be followed by Sarah.

[16:55] >> Is there any reason to account for the

[16:58] domestic violence to be

[17:00] to have that dramatic of an increase?

[17:02] >> It is. That was a big increase. Um

[17:04] I honestly don't know. It's just really

[17:06] ebbs and flows. I don't know if Dana I

[17:07] don't know if you have anything you want

[17:08] to share on that as well, but

[17:10] >> I'm going to speak a little bit, and I

[17:11] think what I'm going to talk about will

[17:13] probably be I I I'd answer for right

[17:15] now, but

[17:16] >> Okay, I will hold that.

[17:20] » Thank you,

[17:21] any other questions?

[17:27] » Thank you.

[17:37] All right, so this is a little bit

[17:38] overview of the Cash County Victim

[17:39] Services. Um, these are our three

[17:41] different funding sources. Um, so my

[17:43] reporting will be about the Voca, the

[17:45] Victims of Crime Act and the UVSP, the

[17:47] Utah Victim Services Provider. So we are

[17:50] funded by federal grants, state grants

[17:52] and then our county [snorts]

[17:54] county funds.

[17:56] Um, same with Andrew, as he said, uh, we

[17:58] haven't had a we haven't been provided a

[17:59] lot of information about what the grants

[18:01] uh, financial side is going to look

[18:02] like, um, but I think that is the

[18:04] continual trend that we've heard for

[18:05] last many, many years. Um, and so we

[18:07] will report to you um, as soon as we

[18:09] hear that information, um, but I think

[18:11] that is to be expected, um, of a

[18:13] decrease in in our at least federal

[18:15] funding at this time.

[18:18] Um, just again, our personnel overview,

[18:20] uh, we have six full-time victim

[18:21] coordinators. Uh, together we cover the

[18:23] district, juvenile and specialty courts

[18:25] in the first district. Uh, our district

[18:27] court, uh, Sarah, Tonya, Jenny and

[18:29] Caitlin, uh, we are all on the Voca

[18:31] grant. Uh, the juvenile court is Candace

[18:33] and that is our UVSP grant. District and

[18:36] juvenile court is Linda, um, she is our

[18:38] bilingual Spanish speaking advocate. Um,

[18:41] Caitlin covers our specialty courts,

[18:42] that is mental health and and drug

[18:44] court. And all of our

[18:45] coordinators cover our on-scene

[18:47] response. Um, and we have an executive

[18:48] assistant, Jennifer, um, who is critical

[18:50] to our team.

[18:53] I know there's a lot of numbers, you're

[18:54] provided a lot of numbers, um,

[18:57] but this is our quarter two numbers, um,

[18:59] of this grant cycle. So from October

[19:01] 25th to December 25th, um, our federal

[19:04] reporting, these are all the categories

[19:06] that we have to report. Um, so we track

[19:09] all of this information on a quarter

[19:11] daily, but on a quarterly basis that we

[19:13] turn over um, for our reporting. Um some

[19:16] of the numbers at the very top um that I

[19:17] think are helpful to just get a tiny perspective. Um our total new

[19:22] victims, you know, every quarter we've

[19:23] got new victims, but every quarter we

[19:26] also serve

[19:27] all of our victims at the same time. And

[19:30] so in this quarter uh we had 301 new

[19:32] victims, but over our overall our

[19:34] victims we served were 654.

[19:37] What's really hard is this is also how

[19:39] the federal guidelines want us tracking

[19:41] these cases. Um I have a personal

[19:44] opinion um that I think this doesn't

[19:47] equate for the true number of victims

[19:48] that we work with during these quarters.

[19:51] Um I think they are a lot larger. And so

[19:52] I just wanted to to offer that

[19:54] perspective on it. Um but as you can

[19:55] see, you know, we go through what we

[19:57] call persons and property crimes um and

[19:59] we serve victims of all across the

[20:01] board.

[20:03] Um same for quarter three. This is

[20:05] January um 25 to Oh, shoot. 26. I I'm messed up. I'm so sorry. January 26

[20:11] to March 26. Um same thing we've had 275

[20:15] new victims and our overall victims are

[20:16] 688.

[20:18] Um

[20:19] and every category ebbs and flows every

[20:21] quarter, um but that's our numbers for

[20:24] quarter three. We're just finishing up

[20:26] quarter four, which will end um at the

[20:28] end of June, and then we start our year

[20:30] two cycle um of these grants. Okay.

[20:35] So I just provided you guys with a lot

[20:36] of numbers, um but I think numbers don't

[20:39] equate to every single person. So I

[20:41] wanted to give you an example of a

[20:43] person in our community and what her

[20:46] story was like. Um so this is a case of

[20:48] walking in their shoes. Um this is a

[20:50] defendant Jerry Rice.

[20:53] I want to walk you through the many many

[20:55] years that this young girl, as you can

[20:57] see, this case started out when she was

[20:58] 6 to 7 years old.

[21:00] Um

[21:01] an incident happened um where she was a

[21:03] victim uh that she was sexually

[21:05] assaulted. Um it was a person that was

[21:07] in the home. It was a family member. Um,

[21:10] and she was really, really young. That

[21:12] really shapes a young person. Um, and

[21:14] when it's somebody that's living in the

[21:15] home, that also brings a lot of fear of

[21:18] how can I report what happened to me?

[21:20] So, as you can see, the disclosure

[21:21] happened when she was 14 years old. Um,

[21:23] she disclosed to law enforcement that

[21:25] she had been sexually assaulted. Um, she

[21:27] was interviewed at the Children's

[21:28] Justice Center. Law enforcement did

[21:30] extensive interviewing um, to be able to

[21:32] gather evidence for this case. Case was

[21:35] then turned over to the County

[21:36] Attorney's Office, and it was filed when

[21:38] she was 15 years old in 2019.

[21:41] He was charged with five counts of rape

[21:42] of a child and five counts of sodomy on

[21:44] a child.

[21:45] We went through then through the court

[21:46] process. So, that was ranging from 15

[21:49] years old to 17 years old from 2019 to

[21:51] 2022.

[21:53] We had 36 pre-trial hearings. We had a

[21:55] four-day jury trial. Um, and this girl's

[21:58] testimony will be a vivid memory in my

[22:00] life probably forever.

[22:03] Um,

[22:04] the moment she got on that stand,

[22:06] I think it impacted the jury instantly.

[22:08] You could tell the fear and the the

[22:12] anxiousness that she had to go through

[22:14] in telling her story to these random

[22:17] people that she doesn't know who they

[22:18] are. She's got Jerry Rice right in front

[22:20] of her in the courtroom. Um, it was a

[22:22] terrifying an experience for a young, person.

[22:26] So, at 17 years old in 2022, um, he was

[22:29] found guilty um, of all 10 counts. He

[22:32] was then sentenced to 50 years to life

[22:35] in the Utah State Prison.

[22:37] He then appealed his conviction um, and

[22:39] went through the appeals process. And

[22:41] then, you know, he went to prison as

[22:42] well. Um, and then at 19 years old in

[22:45] 2024, um, the appeals the Utah Court of

[22:48] Appeals denied that appeal. Um, now she

[22:52] faces continuation

[22:54] uh, with any potential uh, parole

[22:56] hearings. She will then have an

[22:58] opportunity to speak at the Board of

[22:59] Pardons and Parole.

[23:01] >> [laughter]

[23:01] >> I hope this is a helpful perspective of

[23:03] just unfortunately one person's story

[23:06] out of those as you can see 600 plus

[23:08] people that we deal with on a daily

[23:09] basis here in our community.

[23:11] Um but I I hope this can help you just

[23:13] know

[23:15] um how important this work is to be able

[23:17] to help every single one of these

[23:18] people.

[23:19] So, that's my report. If anybody has any

[23:21] questions or anything?

[23:25] » Thank you.

[23:26] >> These are this is an example of one that

[23:28] did

[23:30] >> Go all the way.

[23:31] >> They came through and was strong and and

[23:34] uh there's a but there's a lot of fear

[23:36] out there. The the quiet ones that we

[23:39] I guess just don't go through that

[23:41] process.

[23:42] >> Absolutely. And there's a there's

[23:43] >> There's a lot of there's a lot of pain

[23:45] that goes with it.

[23:45] >> lot of pain to come forward. There's a

[23:46] lot of pain to not come forward. Um and

[23:49] we meet victims where they're at um

[23:51] because it's still pain no matter what

[23:52] it is. Mhm.

[23:55] >> Thank you, Sarah.

[23:55] >> Yeah, absolutely. Okay, thank you all.

[23:59] » [clears throat] and cough]

[24:15] » Uh my name is Scott Bodily. I'm the

[24:17] director at the

[24:18] Cache [snorts] Rich Children's Justice

[24:20] Center.

[24:20] I don't have a fancy

[24:23] um media package to put up but I've got

[24:25] some information I wanted to be able to

[24:27] provide

[24:28] uh for everybody here. Uh just as a

[24:30] matter of clarification for those who

[24:32] are unfamiliar with the Children's

[24:34] Justice Center,

[24:35] uh we are the evidence collection point

[24:37] for a child abuse investigation

[24:40] for

[24:41] um Cache County, Rich County, and then

[24:44] we work also cooperatively with Box

[24:46] Elder County to provide medical

[24:48] services. Medical services

[24:50] are provided by contract through the

[24:52] Primary Children's Medical Center.

[24:54] Um

[24:56] so they work at the CJC but they do not

[24:58] work for the CJC.

[25:00] Uh specifically with the idea of

[25:02] creating a child-friendly environment um

[25:06] where a child abuse victim can come and

[25:09] talk about their experience

[25:11] in a way that can be introduced into

[25:12] court

[25:13] for a criminal investigation.

[25:16] Um

[25:18] wanted to talk quickly about some

[25:19] numbers.

[25:21] Um

[25:24] We talk about the number of interviews

[25:26] that we do.

[25:27] Um

[25:28] And a lot of times I last year I

[25:30] determined that that doesn't catch

[25:32] everything that happens at the

[25:33] Children's Justice Center.

[25:35] So, for example,

[25:36] in 2025 we had 222 interviews.

[25:40] But I started looking at all the people

[25:42] that come in to support that child.

[25:45] Um and we started tracking those numbers

[25:47] to to see who is coming in and receiving

[25:50] services or referrals or just helping

[25:53] that. That's law enforcement. That's our

[25:55] multi-disciplinary team.

[25:57] Um we started tracking that in March of

[25:59] last year, and by the time the year was

[26:01] over we had had 1,848 people come

[26:03] through the Children's Justice Center.

[26:06] Um using that metric our metrics for

[26:09] this year,

[26:12] um we already have 1,216

[26:15] that have come through the Children's

[26:16] Justice Center for 2026. Okay?

[26:20] Uh we've seen a significant increase in

[26:23] our caseload.

[26:25] Um Working cooperatively with the County

[26:27] Attorney's Office, we identified

[26:30] a potential issue as far as

[26:32] understanding with the turnover that law

[26:34] enforcement has experienced, that DCFS

[26:35] has experienced in how to bring cases or

[26:39] when it's appropriate to bring cases to

[26:41] the Children's Justice Center.

[26:43] Um so, we did a training in January with

[26:45] our multi-disciplinary team.

[26:49] Immediately after that training, we saw

[26:50] a huge increase in numbers. I'm not

[26:52] going to say that the training was all

[26:54] of it,

[26:55] um but just as an example,

[26:57] >> [snorts]

[26:58] >> in 2025, we were averaging 20 interviews

[27:01] a month.

[27:03] So far in 2026, we're averaging 27 a

[27:06] month.

[27:07] Um

[27:10] in 2025, we averaged 190 people coming

[27:13] through the center. In 2026, we're

[27:15] averaging 243 people per month

[27:19] through the center.

[27:20] Um

[27:23] That That all represents

[27:26] the work that we are doing with our

[27:28] community to be able to help

[27:31] um attorneys prosecute cases, to help

[27:34] our multidisciplinary team investigate

[27:36] cases,

[27:37] and to be able to help

[27:39] um kids heal through terrible

[27:42] experiences.

[27:43] Um

[27:48] There's a lot of other numbers that we

[27:50] could talk about, but I don't want to

[27:51] take up all of the time, and and I know

[27:53] that Dane has some things to present as

[27:55] well.

[27:56] Um so with that as a backdrop, I will

[27:59] entertain any questions

[28:01] if uh if anybody has some.

[28:07] » Thank you, Scott.

[28:12] » I I do have something, but we are at

[28:14] time for our public hearings. So

[28:16] >> Um I think we can go ahead and finish this,

[28:20] and then we'll move on to the public

[28:21] hearing. Thank you.

[28:29] » Dane Murray, Cache County Attorney.

[28:31] And the reason um

[28:34] I decided to present and have Scott

[28:36] present because we're required twice a

[28:37] year to have a presentation on VOCA and

[28:39] VAWA, but I thought this that's a good

[28:42] time to just

[28:43] update the council, the executive on

[28:46] what our office is is working on, where

[28:49] we're at for the year. And in

[28:51] June just so happens to coincide with

[28:54] our our number tracking cycle ending for

[28:57] the previous year. That's kind of an

[28:59] archaic um

[29:01] goes back to the how we had rotated um

[29:04] our special victims prosecutors in the

[29:06] past on the 3-year cycle. So, we've

[29:07] tracked cases on a 3-year cycle. We had

[29:10] grant reporting that was that was due at

[29:13] the end of June. And so, that's where

[29:15] we've tracked. So, from June 1st of each

[29:17] year to the next year on May 31st. And

[29:20] so, um

[29:22] up here we can you can see the the total

[29:24] number of cases for 3-year periods

[29:27] beginning in 2014 and the average number

[29:29] of cases per year.

[29:31] Um

[29:33] And then you see what we had for that

[29:35] same period in just 1 year in 2025-2026.

[29:39] So, we had 643 cases, which is

[29:42] um

[29:43] our our 3-year average from 2022 to 2025

[29:46] was 410. Last year we were about um 530.

[29:50] So, we had a a little more than 100

[29:53] additional cases year over year.

[29:56] Um but over our 3-year average, we're almost at half in

[29:59] um

[30:00] more than half in 1 year of what our

[30:03] 3-year average our 3-year total was.

[30:05] Um I think that

[30:07] I I guess that there's some good news in

[30:08] this. Our total number of cases

[30:10] submitted by law enforcement went down

[30:13] um a pretty significant amount from 300

[30:15] 3,029

[30:17] in 2024 to 2025 to 200 2,000

[30:22] 659.

[30:24] Um so, there is a de- decrease there,

[30:26] but there's an increase in our special

[30:29] victims cases. Um and that that includes

[30:32] what's what's part of VAWA, but also

[30:34] includes our internet crimes against

[30:37] children. It includes our sex offender

[30:39] registry violations, elder abuse, um

[30:42] all all of those other person crimes

[30:44] that we categorize as special victims.

[30:47] Um

[30:49] And so,

[30:50] I I

[30:51] Before I move on to to this um

[30:55] this next thing that we're working on, I

[30:56] just wanted to address the question that

[30:57] the the co-chair asked. I think one of

[31:00] the the reasons you're seeing our

[31:01] investigators numbers go up is because

[31:04] we have that resource and law

[31:06] enforcement, when we're receiving that

[31:08] many cases, it means law enforcement's

[31:10] receiving that many and having to

[31:12] investigate prior to sending for

[31:13] prosecution.

[31:15] And you hear from our local agencies,

[31:17] from their their victim special victims

[31:19] investigators, and they are carrying

[31:22] case loads that are about at their the

[31:24] maximum that a investigator can handle.

[31:27] Um you talk to guys that were working 15

[31:30] years ago who are now supervisors and

[31:31] just saying that was everyone is at the

[31:34] maximum I ever had, and that's just how

[31:35] they're living their lives. And

[31:38] um when you get to that point, you're

[31:40] Luckily, the county attorney's office

[31:42] has those

[31:43] VAWA investigators that's able to to

[31:46] assist. And I think that's what we're seeing is our year-over-year case

[31:49] loads went up, and we've had a lot of

[31:50] turnover in law enforcement. Um there's

[31:53] a lot of younger investigators, and so

[31:55] we have two really experienced

[31:56] investigators in-house who are able to

[31:58] help be a force multiplier for our local

[32:00] law enforcement agencies. And I I think

[32:02] that's a a really good benefit that

[32:05] we're able to to fund through the VAWA

[32:07] grant to have those resources for all of our agencies, cuz that's that's

[32:11] something that touches every single

[32:13] citizen here potentially.

[32:15] Um

[32:16] they work with every agency in the

[32:17] county, from the sheriff's office to

[32:19] North Park and

[32:21] Smithfield and Logan City.

[32:23] Um

[32:25] And then I just wanted to to give an

[32:27] update um

[32:29] on on something that

[32:30] our office is working on with CAPSA and

[32:33] our local law enforcement. Um we have

[32:36] what's called the domestic violence

[32:37] response team in in Cache Valley and

[32:39] it's a multi-disciplinary team made up

[32:41] of law enforcement, prosecution, victim

[32:43] services, and our community-based

[32:44] organizations. We meet monthly um,

[32:48] and and work on those relationships and

[32:50] how we respond to domestic violence.

[32:52] For the last year, um,

[32:55] Michaela Hansey from from CAPSA and

[32:57] myself have been working on implementing

[32:59] what's called a domestic violence

[33:00] high-risk team. That's become the

[33:03] national standard for responding to

[33:05] domestic violence and it's it's an

[33:07] evidence-based

[33:08] um,

[33:09] program developed by the the Geiger

[33:11] Institute, which is a a national

[33:14] nationally recognized organization that started as a domestic violence

[33:17] shelter similar to CAPSA and it expanded

[33:19] into research and

[33:21] um,

[33:22] it's to identify the most dangerous

[33:24] cases of intimate partner violence in a

[33:26] community and then come up with a

[33:27] coordinated response.

[33:29] Um,

[33:30] and

[33:31] it's it's been shown by research um,

[33:34] that domestic violence homicides, not

[33:37] all of them, but a very good portion of

[33:39] them are predictable and preventable

[33:41] using lethality assessment. Um,

[33:45] in Utah we have we use what's called the

[33:47] LAP. It's the um,

[33:50] just a lethality assessment protocol.

[33:52] Um,

[33:53] Cache County has going back many years

[33:56] because of the work CAPSA's done and

[33:58] because of the buy-in from our law

[33:59] enforcement agencies, we've been using

[34:01] that here. Um, just recently it was

[34:04] mandated by the state that all law

[34:06] enforcement agencies in the state use

[34:08] that. But that's something that we've

[34:09] been on the forefront of long prior to

[34:11] being mandated.

[34:13] So, we're we're working on on

[34:15] implementing this. There's going to be

[34:16] some memorandums of understanding

[34:18] between the different agencies and

[34:19] CAPSA. We're going to use those

[34:22] um, lethality assessments to identify

[34:24] which cases of intimate partner violence

[34:26] that are coming to law enforcement have

[34:28] the most potential for lethality in the

[34:30] future and then use the resources we

[34:33] have between our our different agencies

[34:36] and our community organizations to help

[34:39] get resources to those victims to try to

[34:42] facilitate

[34:44] better cooperation

[34:46] because a lot of times it's just not

[34:48] knowing what's out there for help to get

[34:50] out of those situations

[34:52] to help identify further investigation

[34:55] and to help inform both the prosecutor

[34:58] and people other people in the court

[35:00] process of the danger this individual

[35:02] poses to the public and so that's

[35:04] something we're working on hopefully

[35:06] within the next few months we'll we'll

[35:09] we've had meetings we have a MOU that's

[35:14] almost ready to to go out to the

[35:15] different agencies for their their

[35:17] review but I I really think that's going

[35:19] to be a have a big impact on how we

[35:21] respond to domestic violence in the

[35:22] community and I I think it's a testament

[35:25] to the relationships that we have um

[35:28] just today we had the northern Utah

[35:30] conference to end violence which is

[35:32] co-sponsored by Utah State University

[35:34] and CAPSA and that was a really great

[35:35] opportunity to see all those different

[35:37] groups come together

[35:39] Sarah and I had an opportunity to speak

[35:41] on the uh

[35:43] a panel at the end with

[35:46] Jill Anderson who's the CEO of CAPSA

[35:48] with

[35:49] Assistant Chief Houli and with the head

[35:51] of New Hope who does the the sexual

[35:53] assault nurse exams in in Cache County

[35:57] now

[35:58] and we were able to talk about the the

[36:00] relationships that have been built over

[36:01] years here and how that's benefiting

[36:04] victims in our community and and really

[36:07] that benefits our entire community

[36:09] because at any given time someone could

[36:11] end up

[36:12] this this doesn't um

[36:17] just limit itself to certain groups of

[36:18] individuals anyone could end up being a

[36:20] victim or knowing someone who's been

[36:22] victimized and needs the help of CAPSA

[36:24] or needs the help of law enforcement or

[36:26] the county attorney's office, or any of

[36:28] those other organizations. And I I think

[36:30] we all should be proud that our

[36:31] community has come together over the

[36:32] years and built such a effective um

[36:36] program here in the valley.

[36:39] Any questions for me about our

[36:40] department in general?

[36:42] >> I uh

[36:44] as the

[36:46] it was alluded that as the deep possible

[36:48] decrease in federal funding

[36:51] >> [clears throat]

[36:53] >> how are we going to make that up to be

[36:54] able to keep up with

[36:55] uh

[36:56] this case?

[36:58] >> And I I I hope that we don't lose that

[37:00] federal funding, but I think that's the

[37:01] reality that that we're in and there's

[37:03] going to have to be

[37:05] tough decisions to be made, whether it's

[37:08] what what level of service can we

[37:09] continue offering the public or

[37:12] um

[37:12] it it

[37:14] Yeah, I think that's that's something

[37:15] that's going to all throughout the

[37:17] country um that's it's been a real

[37:19] benefit to have some of those federal

[37:21] grants to help victim services and

[37:23] prosecution, cuz those are

[37:25] um and law enforcement, law enforcement

[37:27] agencies also receive those funds. And

[37:28] so, as those federal funds dry up, it's

[37:31] it really pushes burdens back onto the

[37:33] communities.

[37:35] Um

[37:35] I I I hope that they don't es-

[37:38] especially I'll I'll speak to VOCA

[37:41] specifically, the funds are victim

[37:43] services. That that's one that I really

[37:45] hate to see dry up because it's not

[37:47] coming from taxpayer dollars, it's

[37:48] coming from fines from

[37:51] federal defendants and from seizures.

[37:54] And so, that that's one that it it just

[37:56] really is unfortunate that that's drying up and it's just the nature of how sentences and things

[38:03] are going these days.

[38:06] But, but those those are going to be

[38:08] tough dis- discussions that are going to

[38:10] have to be had because that's the reality. You look at

[38:15] statewide, our

[38:17] domestic violence numbers across the

[38:18] state have been increasing consistently

[38:21] at about a 3% rate um

[38:23] on top of just the natural gain from

[38:25] population growth and Cache Valley

[38:28] hasn't been immune to that.

[38:31] » I appreciate you bringing that

[38:33] information up right now that we can

[38:35] keep talking about it.

[38:37] >> And that's something that

[38:39] unfortunately with how the federal

[38:42] fiscal years line up and where the state

[38:44] lines up, it puts the county in tough

[38:45] position sometimes to not know what

[38:48] we're we're going to have as far as

[38:49] funding until partway through a year.

[38:51] >> Yeah.

[38:54] Anything

[38:56] additional for the attorney?

[38:58] Thank you. Thank you for all the

[39:00] departments that spoke today for

[39:02] all you do to bring justice and advocate

[39:05] for the victims that we have here in our

[39:06] community.

[39:07] Thank you very much.

[39:10] Heavy stuff that you would deal with.

[39:12] Um

[39:15] We're past the hour for the

[39:18] um

[39:18] public hearing, so we'll move on to the

[39:20] item number seven

[39:22] on our agenda and that is the public

[39:25] hearings that we have for uh

[39:27] three different public hearings. We'll

[39:29] start with the Wellsville safe storage

[39:31] two rezone.

[39:34] We'll get some background.

[39:38] Thank you.

[39:40] Brian.

[39:41] >> Good evening.

[39:42] Brian Abbott with Development Services.

[39:45] Uh tonight we've got the Wellsville safe

[39:47] storage rezone.

[39:50] Um

[39:52] This is located off Highway 89 91.

[39:57] Sorry, next one.

[40:00] Um it's north of the American West

[40:01] Heritage Center, east of two Cache

[40:04] County owned parcels

[40:06] meant for future outdoor recreation use.

[40:09] It's in a view corridor identified by

[40:11] COG SAC. The south is the Wellsville

[40:14] city boundary, but the is off of the

[40:16] county road.

[40:18] As you can see on this map here, the

[40:20] yellow represents agricultural A10.

[40:22] That's the vast majority of the

[40:24] surrounding property.

[40:26] There's a little square of purple and

[40:27] that's an industrial zone near Hyrum

[40:30] JBS. That was rezoned in 2018.

[40:33] There's just a sliver of red on that

[40:36] end there.

[40:38] That's some commercial storage units

[40:40] near

[40:41] Nibley and then all of the green lines

[40:43] represent a future annexation area for

[40:45] Wellsville, Nibley, and Hyrum.

[40:48] Just a brief overview, this rezone

[40:50] request is for 8 acres.

[40:53] This came up for a rezone request

[40:57] in the industrial zone. That was denied.

[41:01] The planning commission recommended

[41:03] denial 4-2 and the county council denied

[41:06] it 5-1. That was on March 24th.

[41:09] The current request to rezone to the is

[41:11] for a commercial zone. This would allow

[41:14] for commercial business, commercial

[41:15] kennel and animal shelter, self-service

[41:17] storage facilities,

[41:19] general vehicle repair, recreation

[41:21] facility, campground,

[41:23] medical services and facilities, and

[41:26] additional uses.

[41:28] This came before planning commission May

[41:29] 21st of this year. Planning commission

[41:32] recommended denial of the rezone to the

[41:34] county council on a 5-2 vote.

[41:37] Public comments received against the

[41:39] proposed rezone were received by Utah

[41:42] State University and the American West

[41:44] Heritage Center.

[41:46] Some conclusions is that the commercial

[41:48] uses are not consistent with surrounding

[41:50] land uses, which are agriculture.

[41:53] And the nearest commercial zone is 1.74

[41:56] miles to the southeast.

[41:59] Any questions for me on this?

[42:05] » After the public hearing is closed.

[42:08] >> Thank you.

[42:10] Okay, we will now open the public

[42:12] hearing for ordinance 2026 - Thursday 30

[42:16] Wellsville Safe Storage to rezone.

[42:19] Um

[42:20] we will keep the comments to 2 minutes.

[42:23] Andrew um will have

[42:25] uh

[42:26] running stopwatch there and I we ask

[42:29] that

[42:30] uh you bring

[42:32] new uh comments if if something you were

[42:34] going to say has already been stated

[42:36] um

[42:38] just bring new comments with with each

[42:40] comment, please, and be civil in your

[42:42] comments, please.

[42:43] And and it is now open and come and

[42:46] state your name and your address at the

[42:50] microphone.

[42:51] Or city you live in.

[42:53] excuse me.

[43:05] » Uh Travis Baldwin.

[43:07] Um

[43:08] you want my address, too?

[43:09] >> Just the city you live in.

[43:10] >> Paradise.

[43:11] >> Thanks.

[43:12] >> Um

[43:14] I did send some emails. I don't know if

[43:16] you guys forwarded them to the county

[43:18] council. I sent them to Connor

[43:19] yesterday.

[43:22] Um I had some AI models mock-ups that

[43:26] you guys could see how we could I know

[43:28] one of the big things is this FedEx

[43:30] going along there. Um we did some berms

[43:33] with some bushes on top so you could

[43:35] hide them aesthetically. Um you could

[43:37] put some river rock in there with the

[43:39] berm and then put some trees on it so

[43:41] that way you can

[43:43] uh match that surrounding landscape and

[43:45] then we can color the storage units a

[43:47] light brown or whatever

[43:49] um or a cream color to match the wheat

[43:52] fields or the alfalfa fields. We could

[43:54] do green and light green um to match

[43:57] those surrounding areas.

[43:59] Um again, we're we're good neighbors.

[44:01] We've

[44:02] um

[44:04] we're We're there to to put a big

[44:07] um eyesore

[44:09] uh coming into Cache Valley. We'd like

[44:11] it aesthetic

[44:13] for the last 15 years I've donated to

[44:15] the American West Heritage Center of my

[44:16] business has. That's something we plan

[44:18] on doing and supporting and helping them out.

[44:22] Um

[44:23] and I did not bring any of those

[44:24] pictures, but I am sorry. I sent them to

[44:27] Connor. He said he'd forward them to you

[44:28] guys.

[44:30] Did you guys get them?

[44:33] >> That is at the start of the year.

[44:35] >> Yeah, we got them in the packet. We did.

[44:37] receive the pictures.

[44:38] >> Okay. As I I gave you guys three of them

[44:40] so you guys could look.

[44:42] >> They were received 6 6 9 of 2026 is when

[44:45] they were received I guess for us.

[44:48] >> Okay.

[44:48] >> Sent to us.

[44:50] So it's yeah, it's in the packet.

[44:51] >> Okay. But it has one has a berm, one

[44:54] just has some large trees. I mean, I had

[44:57] bushes out in Paradise, some shrubs that

[44:59] were 10 ft tall that you couldn't see in

[45:01] my backyard. So that's why I said,

[45:03] there's different things we can do to

[45:05] help alleviate and

[45:07] uh do that. The other thing is I know

[45:09] you guys didn't want it in the

[45:10] industrial zone and so we came back in

[45:12] the commercial and that was some of your

[45:13] guys's biggest um

[45:16] hold-ups against it. So

[45:18] we came back with the commercial.

[45:20] Do you guys have any questions for me?

[45:28] Okay.

[45:29] Thank you guys.

[45:41] » Margaret Bosworth and I'm part owner of

[45:43] the Christensen 8 acres, myself and my

[45:46] brother.

[45:47] And I do appreciate [clears throat] you

[45:49] letting us come back and and talk to you

[45:51] again. And just in the meetings that

[45:53] I've been to and that

[45:55] in the last meeting there was a

[45:57] gentleman from the American West says

[45:59] that it was never approached

[46:02] to buy it. And I mean if if that's what

[46:04] he if that's what he found, that's fine.

[46:07] They've never approached us on buying it

[46:09] when they did buy the the two prior

[46:12] uh west pieces that uh borders ours. At

[46:15] that time, Utah State, as far as I know

[46:17] talking to my brother, have not

[46:19] approached him on buying it.

[46:22] And it really wouldn't be any difference

[46:24] if either one of them did.

[46:26] We would want We would want to know what

[46:28] would go on that property as we are

[46:30] concerned just what it looks like, what

[46:33] it benefits, and the looks of it that we

[46:36] would want it to be nice depending on

[46:38] who whoever bought it. Uh

[46:41] the only thing my big concern is I think

[46:45] you need to really consider property

[46:47] right owners right property owners

[46:49] rights.

[46:50] And when you are a land owner, I mean, I

[46:53] know I mean, I love Wellsville and and

[46:56] everything, too, and coming into the

[46:58] valley and everything, also.

[47:01] But I think you need to look at property

[47:04] right owners the rights and uh lost

[47:08] revenue for our family in what we want

[47:10] to do with that piece of ground, whether

[47:13] now or down the road.

[47:16] And I guess that's all I've got to say.

[47:18] Is there any questions for me?

[47:22] » Thank you.

[47:23] >> Okay.

[47:32] » Move to close the public hearing.

[47:34] >> [cough]

[47:35] >> Second.

[47:36] >> Unless there's others.

[47:37] >> Can I just say something really quick?

[47:39] >> Uh yes.

[47:41] Follow protocol. Thank you.

[47:46] » My name is Deborah Van Noy, and I just

[47:48] wanted to comment on the topic of these smaller parcels of land. There would be an opportunity for

[47:57] generating

[47:58] uh very attractive revenue for these

[48:00] property owners by considering

[48:02] protecting the land

[48:04] with a conservation easement because it

[48:06] is part of the gateway into Cache

[48:07] Valley.

[48:08] And I don't know if these owners have

[48:10] thought about that as an option, but it

[48:12] certainly is a valuable one. I know that

[48:15] these acreages are in the 8 to 10 acre

[48:18] level, not large, but because they are

[48:20] in that view corridor, they would be

[48:22] very valuable. I just wanted to add that

[48:24] comment.

[48:25] >> Thank you.

[48:36] » Mike Baldwin, I'm from Wellsville. There

[48:38] I just live a couple miles from that spot.

[48:42] And

[48:43] yeah, I we did put it

[48:45] back to you guys. I appreciate you re-

[48:48] taking another look at this.

[48:50] And I do appreciate the the open space

[48:52] and I've worked with some conservation

[48:54] easements in the past with my father's

[48:56] land.

[48:57] And it it has worked out.

[49:00] But this is a smaller one. The amount of

[49:02] revenue you can generate with that is

[49:04] limited

[49:05] compared to what

[49:07] you can do for

[49:08] the Bosworth and Christensen family.

[49:10] They're the ones that came to us cuz we

[49:12] had another project that's that they

[49:14] were working on, their their son.

[49:17] And said, "Hey, we'd love to have that

[49:19] on our property here." I said, "Let's

[49:20] let's take a look and see if we can make

[49:22] this work for you." So, that's how it

[49:25] came together.

[49:27] For me, it's just and residents of

[49:29] Wellsville, just like me,

[49:32] that are around there, there's nowhere

[49:34] to go that isn't already full near us.

[49:38] We went through the planning and zoning

[49:40] and again,

[49:41] the gentleman that we might compete with

[49:43] out in Mendon on that corridor coming

[49:45] in, this is another open space corridor

[49:48] coming in on the west side of the valley

[49:50] Uh,

[49:51] has storage sheds Again, voted and

[49:53] didn't recuse himself of that, either.

[49:56] Uh, which was unfortunate, uh, where

[49:58] it's a conflict of interest on that. So,

[50:01] uh, but they did speak out, several of

[50:03] them, uh, about the property rights, uh,

[50:05] on the planning zoning commission, as

[50:07] well, that voted for it.

[50:09] So, that that's, uh,

[50:11] something to consider, uh,

[50:14] the her family has is being able to, uh,

[50:17] generate that income. They have a farm

[50:19] down below there. This is a piece that

[50:21] they can't farm without leasing it out

[50:23] to somebody else to try to do that. So,

[50:25] it limits the income uh, they can get

[50:27] just just off the leasing rights, not

[50:29] generating it with their own. So,

[50:32] any questions?

[50:34] >> So, I have a question. So, you're the

[50:36] developer.

[50:38] You're not the owner of the property,

[50:40] right? She's the owner, and you're the

[50:42] developer, right?

[50:44] >> Yes, I'm they they came to us, and we

[50:46] had a project there

[50:48] and where I was in Wellsville, as well,

[50:50] and have another business in Wellsville,

[50:53] uh, there that, uh, we just built. She wanted some help in in being able to

[50:56] put something together where they didn't

[50:58] know how to do it on their own. And so,

[51:00] that's why we said, instead of us just

[51:01] buying the piece from you, let's invest

[51:04] together, uh, on that, so it doesn't

[51:06] just

[51:07] you know, profit me or another partner

[51:10] that it that it helps their their

[51:11] family, as well, long term. And that's a

[51:14] fit that worked for them.

[51:15] >> Thank you.

[51:16] >> You're welcome.

[51:34] » Move to close the public hearing.

[51:35] >> Second.

[51:36] >> I'll second.

[51:37] >> Is there's others?

[51:39] >> Any further discussion? No? All those in

[51:41] favor say aye.

[51:41] >> Aye.

[51:43] Okay, moving on to

[51:45] the ordinance 2026-31,

[51:48] Richmond City Creek Rezone.

[51:53] » [clears throat]

[51:54] >> All right. So, the Richmond City Creek

[51:57] Rezone

[51:58] is just south of Richmond on Highway 91,

[52:02] uh 9000 North. It's current use right now is

[52:07] agriculture, and all of the surrounding

[52:08] areas are agriculture with a few houses

[52:11] uh located around there.

[52:14] A brief overview, this rezone request is

[52:17] for 7.58 acres on two parcels

[52:20] from agriculture to industrial.

[52:23] The nearest industrial zone is uh the is

[52:26] to the north

[52:27] uh 0.38 acres. Uh it was Lower Foods

[52:30] that rezone

[52:32] um was approved uh earlier this year.

[52:36] The industrial zone would allow for

[52:38] storage and warehousing, self-storage

[52:40] facilities, transport services, general

[52:42] vehicle repair, crematorium, and and

[52:44] some other uses.

[52:46] This came before the planning commission

[52:47] also on May 21st of this year. Planning

[52:50] commission recommended approval of the

[52:52] rezone to the county council 7 to 0.

[52:55] Their conclusions, the property is

[52:56] consistent with the industrial zone.

[52:59] The nearest parcel zoned industrial is

[53:01] just north of the subject property.

[53:04] Richmond City provided comment that they

[53:06] have no issues with this rezone.

[53:09] >> Thank you, Brian. And

[53:11] same guidelines as the previous

[53:15] public hearing.

[53:16] Please step to the podium and state your

[53:18] name and and the city you reside and

[53:21] keep your comments to about 2 minutes,

[53:22] please.

[53:32] » Hello, I'm Judson Eads. Um I'm the one

[53:35] that's

[53:36] uh under contract to buy that if it can

[53:38] be rezoned, and

[53:40] I probably need to be coached cuz I've

[53:41] never done this before, so I don't know

[53:42] if there's questions or anything I

[53:44] should be

[53:45] uh telling you that I haven't thought of

[53:47] or go if you got any recommendations

[53:48] ready to or questions you might have,

[53:49] let me know.

[53:53] » I've heard it, so I'm good, so.

[53:56] >> I was in the planning and zoning

[53:57] >> Public hearing goes, no no questions.

[54:00] Public hearing, so.

[54:01] >> Yeah.

[54:02] I

[54:04] >> Not not a data center.

[54:05] >> Not a data center.

[54:06] >> say what I want to do with not a data

[54:07] center.

[54:08] >> Ah.

[54:09] I I don't know. I don't have any

[54:11] questions.

[54:12] >> You have questions of what to do with

[54:13] it, but I

[54:14] Is that something I should answer?

[54:16] >> You can.

[54:17] >> do with it?

[54:18] >> Uh I own Adrenaline Industries, and we

[54:20] build um expedition trucks, which are

[54:22] like off-road motor homes.

[54:24] >> Cool.

[54:27] Any other questions for proponent?

[54:29] >> No, I've got some for Brian, but

[54:31] >> Okay.

[54:33] >> Good.

[54:33] >> All right, thanks.

[54:41] Any other public comment?

[54:44] » Move to close the public hearing.

[54:46] >> Second.

[54:47] >> All those in favor, say aye. Aye.

[54:49] >> Aye.

[54:50] >> Okay, moving on to resolution 2026-17,

[54:54] opening and amending the Cache County

[54:56] 2026 budget,

[54:58] third amendment.

[55:00] Mr. Funk.

[55:07] » Matthew Funk, Cache County auditor.

[55:09] This um

[55:11] budget opening is for the second

[55:13] quarter. We have um

[55:15] each quarter. Um this budget amendment

[55:18] would allow us to uh proceed with uh

[55:21] booking about a million dollars of

[55:24] revenue. Most of that would be inner or

[55:26] inner governmental revenue or the grants

[55:28] and what have you.

[55:30] Um expenditures uh in this opening would

[55:33] be 6.3 million dollars.

[55:36] At least 4 million of that uh would be funded by wraps.

[55:41] So,

[55:42] um

[55:43] and would uh adjust fund balances down

[55:45] by 5.2 million. Again, that's mostly

[55:48] wraps. It would actually increase the

[55:49] fund balance in the general fund by

[55:51] 177,000

[55:53] dollars.

[55:55] >> Thank you.

[56:01] Any uh public comment concerning the

[56:03] resolution 2026-17?

[56:06] Um following the same protocol, we know.

[56:12] Okay, seeing there is none.

[56:13] >> Move to close public hearing.

[56:15] >> Second.

[56:16] >> All those in favor say aye.

[56:17] >> Aye.

[56:18] >> Okay. Thank you.

[56:21] Um item number eight, we'll move on to

[56:23] initial proposals for consideration of

[56:25] action. And 8A is ordinance 2026-30

[56:29] Wells Bell Safe Storage 2 rezone. And

[56:33] Brian, if we could have you I think

[56:35] there's there's some additional

[56:37] questions for you, if you don't mind.

[56:49] Sorry, trying to pull it up.

[56:58] » The road

[56:59] that passes this

[57:01] it is a minor

[57:03] local road.

[57:04] >> Yeah.

[57:05] >> And the the county owns that right now.

[57:07] >> And industrial and commercial are not

[57:08] allowed?

[57:09] >> Uh

[57:10] I have one of their conditions, if

[57:12] approved, would be to upgrade that road.

[57:17] » At the cost That'd be their cost.

[57:18] >> Developer's cost, yes.

[57:28] » What's the distance to the The from the

[57:31] highway to there.

[57:33] Uh access.

[57:35] >> It's the very first parcel right as you

[57:37] turn. So.

[57:39] Not very far at all.

[57:41] >> But there is no they have no frontage

[57:42] themselves to

[57:44] US 89, right?

[57:45] >> Correct.

[57:47] >> But they have to improve it the entire

[57:48] length of the property?

[57:49] >> Of their property.

[58:03] » Uh there's quite a

[58:05] there is quite a distance between there

[58:08] and other commercial properties.

[58:10] I know it's the uh

[58:11] >> Um in the county, yeah. About a

[58:14] just under 2 mi to the next one.

[58:16] >> 1.67.

[58:18] >> Yeah.

[58:22] » And those those prop all those

[58:23] properties

[58:25] do they have frontage to US 89 that are

[58:28] zoned commercial?

[58:30] >> Um

[58:33] I don't think they're on the US 89.

[58:39] » But that one they

[58:40] >> understand your question correctly.

[58:41] >> No, all the other commercial properties

[58:44] that are in that area there that are do

[58:47] they have frontage to US 89?

[58:50] That are

[58:51] within that 1.67 mi?

[58:55] >> I I feel I don't know if I should speak.

[58:57] I think some of the ones they they turn

[58:59] off of the road and kind of have

[59:00] frontage roads of their own to them.

[59:02] >> Come back, yeah.

[59:04] >> The the one I'm thinking about, that's

[59:05] what they do.

[59:06] >> Are there any in Wellsville city limits?

[59:10] >> Yeah, pallets of I don't know what their

[59:12] name is. There's a pallet company that

[59:13] just got put in. That's the one that

[59:14] kind of

[59:14] >> That's the big one.

[59:15] >> comes in and and then kind of has their

[59:17] own frontage

[59:18] >> And that's in that's incorporated?

[59:20] >> Yeah.

[59:21] >> And how how far away is that?

[59:23] >> It's close.

[59:24] >> Just cross the highway?

[59:25] >> Yep. About, yeah.

[59:28] >> And that's Is that industrial or is that

[59:29] commercial in there?

[59:31] So it's different. They're They have

[59:33] different zoning. Okay. It's pretty big.

[59:36] >> Has there been any reported safety

[59:38] issues? I know with

[59:40] the I know when there's events that come

[59:42] out of and utilize that road to get out

[59:44] of the events that are at the American

[59:45] West

[59:46] Heritage.

[59:48] Uh

[59:49] it's quite a safety concern. There's a

[59:51] lot of them that refuse to turn left

[59:53] there.

[59:53] >> Yeah, they make most people turn right

[59:55] and then they go down the road a ways

[59:57] and do a U-turn.

[59:58] >> [laughter]

[59:59] >> I've seen that quite happen quite a bit

[1:00:01] and

[1:00:02] >> Hopefully they go to the light.

[1:00:05] How far is it to the light?

[1:00:08] 2 miles?

[1:00:13] I don't know. Everyone goes so fast,

[1:00:15] it's all relative. I mean other people

[1:00:17] do, not me.

[1:00:18] >> If you're walking, it's a long ways. If

[1:00:19] you're driving, it's just a little ways.

[1:00:20] >> Yeah.

[1:00:27] And And I should have asked you while

[1:00:28] you were up here, did you try to

[1:00:29] incorporate into Wellsville where you

[1:00:32] are adjacent to Wellsville?

[1:00:34] >> We have not yet.

[1:00:36] >> Okay.

[1:00:37] Cuz it is adjacent to Wellsville City,

[1:00:39] correct?

[1:00:40] >> Correct.

[1:00:43] Uh

[1:00:44] We were within the county, we

[1:00:46] >> Just wanted to

[1:00:47] Okay.

[1:00:51] » But what's the distance between that

[1:00:53] property and Wellsville City though?

[1:00:55] >> The next

[1:00:57] >> It's right against the across the

[1:00:58] street.

[1:00:59] >> American West Heritage Center is in

[1:01:01] Wellsville City.

[1:01:04] » Oh, across the small road. The front of

[1:01:05] Oh, across the little road. Not the high

[1:01:07] Not the highway.

[1:01:08] >> Yeah, and then across the highway.

[1:01:10] Anything south Like you said, you can

[1:01:12] see it up there. That's Wellsville City.

[1:01:14] >> Oh, yeah. Okay.

[1:01:16] >> Just right across the street.

[1:01:18] >> Got you.

[1:01:18] >> We do not have frontage on 8991.

[1:01:23] Um

[1:01:23] but you can buy it.

[1:01:25] We have to go back

[1:01:26] >> off on that, whatever that road is

[1:01:29] called.

[1:01:29] >> Yeah, we don't have frontage on anything

[1:01:30] now.

[1:01:32] >> Okay.

[1:01:33] >> So, the entryway would be on that minor

[1:01:36] road. And as you pointed out, it wasn't

[1:01:38] It is a minor road, but

[1:01:40] it did take on 8 to 10,000 people

[1:01:44] in the last month.

[1:01:46] That's the minor road there. So,

[1:01:47] arguably the minor road is

[1:01:49] definitely

[1:01:50] the most traveled minor road in the

[1:01:51] county.

[1:02:02] » I guess I'll I'll state my concern

[1:02:04] previously when we reviewed this.

[1:02:06] I didn't think that industrial would be

[1:02:09] the proper zoning

[1:02:11] for this. And And so, I think bringing

[1:02:14] it in with a commercial application for

[1:02:17] zoning

[1:02:18] um

[1:02:20] is is more appropriate. Um I I ideally

[1:02:23] would love to see it be in a gateway and

[1:02:25] to be open space, but also

[1:02:27] we deal with willing landowners. And

[1:02:29] that's right in what we state with our

[1:02:32] COZAC and and other things. And And that

[1:02:34] means that it has to be something that

[1:02:36] they would

[1:02:38] propose themselves

[1:02:40] and not be compelled to do. And so,

[1:02:43] believing in their right to develop

[1:02:45] their property

[1:02:46] um

[1:02:47] I I don't see why I how I would deny

[1:02:50] this.

[1:02:59] » I kind of like the idea that they did

[1:03:02] switch from industrial to commercial.

[1:03:05] And they're so close to commercial in

[1:03:08] Wellsville City, too.

[1:03:11] That

[1:03:13] makes it a lot better to me cuz I think

[1:03:16] I know probably America West Heritage is that zoned agriculture?

[1:03:23] Or

[1:03:24] But it's very commercial.

[1:03:26] Even if it is agriculture.

[1:03:28] >> out of the year it is, huh?

[1:03:29] >> Yeah.

[1:03:31] Well, they do it

[1:03:33] they have a year round program.

[1:03:34] >> They do. They do.

[1:03:40] » It just seems so

[1:03:41] It really does seem so different right

[1:03:44] in the middle of all that agriculture

[1:03:46] area.

[1:03:47] Uh

[1:03:48] I I know it would have an effect

[1:03:52] you know, no matter how

[1:03:53] much you tried to hide it. It would

[1:03:56] stand out

[1:03:58] in uh

[1:04:00] just

[1:04:01] you know, just appro- approaching that

[1:04:03] whole area right there is they're trying to make that a heritage a

[1:04:06] heritage area.

[1:04:08] And I uh

[1:04:10] I I worry that uh

[1:04:14] it would be to me it'd be somewhat

[1:04:16] blighted bringing in a a business

[1:04:18] right next to all of that.

[1:04:21] >> Well, what I noticed coming through

[1:04:22] there is all the buildings from Utah

[1:04:25] State, all their agriculture things.

[1:04:28] There's a lot of buildings. I mean

[1:04:30] >> A lot of agriculture buildings, not just

[1:04:32] that.

[1:04:33] >> classed agriculture, but they're still

[1:04:35] buildings. You know, with big

[1:04:37] agriculture

[1:04:38] >> Well, 25 pallets of Utah's like 20,000

[1:04:41] square foot building across the street.

[1:04:42] >> Yeah.

[1:04:43] >> I mean, it's massive.

[1:04:45] >> So, I think the view is really

[1:04:49] kind of

[1:04:50] already taken up

[1:04:52] with buildings. That's what I noticed

[1:04:54] coming through there.

[1:04:59] » Well, it's an issue, so it's up to

[1:05:03] >> Yeah, we can continue.

[1:05:06] >> No motion. I can't make a motion.

[1:05:11] » Continue?

[1:05:11] >> Do you have to change the rules or of

[1:05:13] that?

[1:05:13] >> Uh we can continue it and and

[1:05:16] take action on next

[1:05:19] meeting or we can take most take an

[1:05:22] action today. Either way.

[1:05:25] It's the first time that we're seeing it

[1:05:27] so we can just

[1:05:29] >> Go straight.

[1:05:30] >> We can do it next meeting as well.

[1:05:32] >> The rules would need to be suspended.

[1:05:33] >> Yeah.

[1:05:34] >> If we were to take action today we'd

[1:05:35] suspend the rules.

[1:05:35] >> Oh

[1:05:41] » Well, it seems like they've been coming.

[1:05:43] We've continued and continued

[1:05:46] already, but if you think you need more

[1:05:49] information or shall I make a motion

[1:05:52] suspend the rules and make a motion that

[1:05:54] we accept the rezone

[1:05:57] of Wellsville 2. That's how I feel about

[1:05:59] it.

[1:06:00] >> Of ordinance 2026-3?

[1:06:02] >> Yeah, mhm.

[1:06:03] >> Okay, we have a motion made by Joanne.

[1:06:06] Is there a second?

[1:06:08] >> I'll second.

[1:06:09] >> Okay.

[1:06:10] We have any further discussion on the

[1:06:11] motion on the floor?

[1:06:14] » This is a tough one. Um

[1:06:18] just north of there there is property

[1:06:21] for sale on both sides of the highway.

[1:06:24] Um I love the idea of open space and I

[1:06:27] love the idea of

[1:06:29] vistas and corridors, but at the same

[1:06:31] time I love the idea of property rights.

[1:06:35] Um

[1:06:37] I've wrestled with this, but um

[1:06:42] I I have a problem and I've we've got a

[1:06:46] letter here. I got emails

[1:06:49] during the week of not wanting it there.

[1:06:53] But um

[1:06:58] I have a hard time saying that we're

[1:07:00] putting this

[1:07:01] coverage on this property and not giving

[1:07:03] property owners say so what goes on this

[1:07:05] coverage as far as an open vista and

[1:07:07] everything else. I love the open vistas.

[1:07:09] I have ground of my own I want to keep

[1:07:10] open, but

[1:07:12] um we got growth, so

[1:07:17] And I want to support the planning and

[1:07:20] zoning, but there was a great debate in

[1:07:22] planning and zoning.

[1:07:24] And um

[1:07:25] I'm going to side with the two of the

[1:07:27] planning and zoning who

[1:07:29] denied this and I'm going to agree with

[1:07:32] what um

[1:07:34] Joanna's proposed

[1:07:35] >> here.

[1:07:37] » The executive, yes.

[1:07:38] >> Um

[1:07:40] you're just bending your rules to vote

[1:07:42] on it.

[1:07:43] It's a major issue. I wonder if you

[1:07:45] shouldn't have a full quorum

[1:07:47] to dispose of this issue.

[1:07:51] >> Noted, thank you.

[1:07:52] >> had question for you.

[1:07:54] >> Thank you.

[1:07:58] » It's a good point.

[1:08:02] Commissioner or council members, what

[1:08:04] your thoughts of what the executive

[1:08:05] said?

[1:08:08] There is a motion on the floor, but

[1:08:09] >> a motion on the floor.

[1:08:12] So

[1:08:17] We need to vote on the motion on the

[1:08:19] floor.

[1:08:21] Um all those in favor say I.

[1:08:24] >> I.

[1:08:24] Any opposed?

[1:08:26] >> Nay.

[1:08:27] >> Motion prevails.

[1:08:29] Okay, moving on. We will go to

[1:08:34] ordinance 2026-31

[1:08:37] Richmond City Creek rezone. Thanks,

[1:08:40] Brian. You just are planted there for a

[1:08:42] minute.

[1:08:43] >> It's all right.

[1:08:47] Questions?

[1:08:47] >> Questions?

[1:08:50] It's adjacent to industrial.

[1:08:52] >> Yeah, Lowers is just to the north of it

[1:08:55] a couple of fields. Yeah.

[1:08:56] >> Oh, a couple of fields. So it's not

[1:08:58] >> Yeah.

[1:08:58] >> 1.38 miles. So it would be a similar

[1:09:00] >> .38

[1:09:01] >> Oh, .38. Oh.

[1:09:02] >> Uh

[1:09:03] is there only one point of access?

[1:09:06] >> It'll be on I think that's 9000 North. I

[1:09:08] call it Whiskey Lane my whole life.

[1:09:10] >> There there it I just looking at the

[1:09:12] maps it didn't look like it came over

[1:09:14] >> It won't come off of the highway the

[1:09:15] access to this property.

[1:09:16] >> going to say UDOT will have a

[1:09:19] I don't think they want to take on UDOT.

[1:09:20] >> 9000 North

[1:09:24] >> So that's where their access then will

[1:09:26] be.

[1:09:26] >> Yep.

[1:09:31] » Whiskey Lane?

[1:09:32] >> Yeah.

[1:09:33] >> Is that what You got You got to be from

[1:09:34] the north You got to be from the north

[1:09:36] to call it that?

[1:09:37] >> But he didn't name it.

[1:09:38] >> Oh, okay.

[1:09:40] >> I don't think so.

[1:09:41] >> No. No.

[1:09:45] » It was named that when we learned to

[1:09:46] drive on there.

[1:09:47] >> highways but you're saying the access

[1:09:48] will be from from

[1:09:49] this lane.

[1:09:50] >> 9000 North

[1:09:52] >> Matt lives on

[1:09:54] Matt Funk

[1:09:54] >> Oh, Matt Funk lives on that. Oh, okay.

[1:09:57] He might have named it.

[1:09:58] >> How it's coming together. back in the

[1:10:00] >> [laughter]

[1:10:02] >> Okay, is there any further questions

[1:10:04] that we have?

[1:10:05] Or any action that we want to take this

[1:10:07] evening?

[1:10:09] >> I would move to suspend the rules and

[1:10:11] pass ordinance 2026-31.

[1:10:14] >> Second.

[1:10:15] >> We'll take Nolan. Second by Nolan.

[1:10:18] Uh any further discussion?

[1:10:20] Seeing none, we'll go ahead and vote.

[1:10:21] All those in favor say aye.

[1:10:23] >> Aye.

[1:10:24] >> Any opposed?

[1:10:26] The motion prevails. Okay, thank you.

[1:10:29] Now we'll move to the resolution

[1:10:30] providing round one approval of 2026-19,

[1:10:34] excuse me, providing round one approval

[1:10:37] to the Birch Canyon Weed and Seed Co-op

[1:10:41] open space application.

[1:10:43] That one was a tongue twister.

[1:10:45] Oh, Brian.

[1:10:47] Sorry, you sat down. Oh, no, Chris.

[1:10:49] Excuse me, Chris is here.

[1:10:51] Chris was

[1:10:52] on a couch.

[1:10:56] Thanks, Chris.

[1:10:57] >> Thank you. Thanks for having us. We're

[1:10:59] excited again

[1:11:01] to bring another couple of CO sec

[1:11:05] recommendations of approval to the

[1:11:08] council

[1:11:09] tonight.

[1:11:11] And so the first project and and for

[1:11:14] both projects

[1:11:15] I believe we have land owner

[1:11:16] representation

[1:11:18] here tonight. So if you have questions

[1:11:20] feel free to ask them if any questions

[1:11:24] you may have. So the first one is called

[1:11:27] the Birch Canyon weed and seed co-op

[1:11:30] project. This is a small relatively

[1:11:34] small property

[1:11:37] but it's uh

[1:11:40] size

[1:11:42] is significantly I'm sorry the

[1:11:45] significance of it is is much larger

[1:11:48] than just the size of the property.

[1:11:50] Um

[1:11:51] it happens to border the north end of

[1:11:54] the recently acquired Cash County

[1:11:58] parcel

[1:12:00] project known as the shoot property and

[1:12:02] so this project would abut um

[1:12:06] bond funded open space that the county

[1:12:08] council

[1:12:09] utilized

[1:12:11] um

[1:12:11] >> Can you point which direction that bond

[1:12:13] funded

[1:12:14] >> south.

[1:12:15] >> On that.

[1:12:17] map yep.

[1:12:19] >> Go down.

[1:12:20] >> It's down there.

[1:12:20] >> Yeah.

[1:12:21] >> It's straight at the bottom.

[1:12:22] >> Oh I know which side it's on.

[1:12:23] >> Straight bottom I'm sorry. We need

[1:12:24] >> Yeah.

[1:12:25] >> I know which side it's

[1:12:27] I know on that which way is it?

[1:12:28] >> So it'd be at the top end of the county

[1:12:29] parcel.

[1:12:30] >> Okay got you.

[1:12:32] >> And it happens to um

[1:12:34] involve

[1:12:36] Birch Canyon Road for those of you

[1:12:38] familiar with that area. It's very

[1:12:40] popular access for

[1:12:43] hikers, bikers and other recreationists

[1:12:46] in addition to a handful of land owners

[1:12:48] up in this area.

[1:12:51] Um so as mentioned Birch Canyon Road and

[1:12:55] Birch Creek both run through the

[1:12:57] property as well as the a water

[1:13:00] pipeline.

[1:13:01] And

[1:13:02] the landowners here are very interested

[1:13:05] in in protecting the

[1:13:07] native habitat that exists on the

[1:13:09] property.

[1:13:13] Um,

[1:13:14] just a reminder we're we're in this

[1:13:16] first round

[1:13:17] of our application process

[1:13:20] um, for this project.

[1:13:23] And

[1:13:24] this was is a summary of the categories

[1:13:28] that were evaluated for the property. So

[1:13:32] in terms of scoring for COSACH funding,

[1:13:36] we looked at scenic vistas,

[1:13:39] valley gateways, agricultural waterways,

[1:13:41] wildlife habitat, public access access

[1:13:44] and any other distinguishing factors to

[1:13:47] come up with

[1:13:49] the score out of a total of 100 points.

[1:13:54] This project received 49,

[1:13:57] which is still a pretty good scoring.

[1:14:00] Just for reference, we haven't had a

[1:14:03] of the 20 projects that have come before

[1:14:06] you, I don't think we've had one score

[1:14:08] more than 76

[1:14:10] to give you an idea.

[1:14:13] So it's not

[1:14:15] a below a certain grade fails or

[1:14:17] anything like that.

[1:14:19] This just shows that there is broad

[1:14:21] benefits

[1:14:23] for for the project overall.

[1:14:29] Um, in terms of protecting scenic

[1:14:32] vistas, the COSACH scored it a 5.7 out

[1:14:35] of 15.

[1:14:36] It is a very scenic property. However,

[1:14:38] it's not along

[1:14:40] a highway major highway that sort of

[1:14:42] thing.

[1:14:43] Um, and can't really be seen from the

[1:14:46] valley floor.

[1:14:48] So, really those who are going to

[1:14:50] experience are going to be

[1:14:52] up Birch Canyon or perhaps on some of

[1:14:56] the adjacent properties.

[1:15:00] Uh it's not near a Valley Gateway, so

[1:15:02] got a fairly low score for for that.

[1:15:08] Um it's not farmland, so again a low

[1:15:11] score for farmland. However,

[1:15:15] where it tends to stand out is in for

[1:15:19] maintaining waterways. As mentioned,

[1:15:21] Birch Creek flows through the property

[1:15:24] and um the landowners have worked for

[1:15:26] many years to

[1:15:28] um remove invasive species on the on the

[1:15:31] property and out of the riparian area.

[1:15:35] It's also really good wildlife habitat,

[1:15:38] so it got nearly 12 out of 15 points for

[1:15:41] that. Um there's fair amount of nesting

[1:15:43] that that goes on in some of the larger

[1:15:45] trees on the property, and of course,

[1:15:48] the usual wildlife that we would see up

[1:15:50] in the canyons frequent this um parcel.

[1:15:56] And um

[1:15:58] the existing

[1:16:01] uh Birch Canyon Road is a very popular

[1:16:03] trail

[1:16:05] uh access leading to a trailhead um

[1:16:09] or former trailhead, I suppose, uh that

[1:16:12] accesses Forest Service property or

[1:16:14] public land

[1:16:15] um up the road from this property.

[1:16:18] Um so, folks are already

[1:16:20] traveling through the property on the

[1:16:22] county road and are able to benefit from the view um of the property and and

[1:16:29] the other um resources that come with

[1:16:32] the property.

[1:16:34] Yes, sir. George.

[1:16:35] >> Chris, I I just want to make

[1:16:37] uh

[1:16:38] have a little understanding of what the

[1:16:39] situation is up there. I'm I'm familiar

[1:16:42] with the roadway. I've been up there. Is the roadway now

[1:16:49] in some way restricted from bikes?

[1:16:53] >> It's not.

[1:16:54] So,

[1:16:55] >> um

[1:16:56] and I guess there's motorcycles, trail

[1:16:59] bikes, there's electric bikes, and so

[1:17:02] on.

[1:17:03] >> Yeah. And vehicles, cars, trucks.

[1:17:05] >> Right.

[1:17:06] >> Yes.

[1:17:06] >> Um

[1:17:07] as I understood it, the owners of the

[1:17:10] property are proposing

[1:17:13] to close it? They

[1:17:15] >> No, no, no. Not to close it. So, um

[1:17:17] yeah, sorry if that there's a

[1:17:19] misunderstanding there.

[1:17:20] >> They say there for bikers would be a

[1:17:23] disturbance. What what

[1:17:24] >> Correct. For

[1:17:26] uh

[1:17:27] if you were to ask them for developing

[1:17:30] trails, other trails through the

[1:17:32] property, not the county road, but other

[1:17:35] trails through the property. Say to

[1:17:36] connect to the county roads.

[1:17:39] Um and the landowners are here, and they

[1:17:41] can speak to it, but they just recognize

[1:17:44] that

[1:17:44] um bicycles bring a level of disturbance

[1:17:47] that they would prefer to avoid.

[1:17:49] >> Yeah, and I think frankly the

[1:17:53] area would be better non-motorized.

[1:17:56] >> Yes.

[1:17:56] >> If we're something, but I want to make

[1:17:59] it clear if we're making that decision

[1:18:01] or not. By by approving this, we're

[1:18:03] really not changing whatever the road

[1:18:06] rights are now. Is that correct?

[1:18:08] >> That is correct.

[1:18:09] >> Okay.

[1:18:10] >> That is correct. And I think

[1:18:12] >> I don't want them changed. I just say

[1:18:14] that we're this isn't changing at this

[1:18:16] point.

[1:18:17] >> That's correct. And um and and of course

[1:18:19] all of that would be worked out at a

[1:18:21] later time, but at least as far as the

[1:18:23] landowner has explained to us,

[1:18:26] um they're open to public access. They

[1:18:28] want people to see the property and view

[1:18:32] the property,

[1:18:33] um but would prefer that it's by foot,

[1:18:36] for

[1:18:38] Sure. Yeah.

[1:18:40] Okay.

[1:18:42] You'll have to come You'll have to

[1:18:43] >> Sir, do you mind coming and speaking in

[1:18:45] the microphone and stating your name?

[1:18:47] No, you're

[1:18:49] >> Uh the main road is a county road and

[1:18:53] right now it supports about 19 different

[1:18:56] sets of users. Some go slow, horses,

[1:19:00] families, walkers. Some go fast.

[1:19:03] Um it will get more congested, but I

[1:19:07] because the road goes through my our

[1:19:09] land, we weren't talking about that road at

[1:19:12] all.

[1:19:13] >> Okay. That's all I wanted.

[1:19:15] >> And sir, will you state your name just

[1:19:17] for the record? No, you're fine.

[1:19:19] >> K.O. Robertson and this is Beth

[1:19:20] Callender, my wife.

[1:19:21] >> Thank you.

[1:19:25] K.O.

[1:19:26] Um

[1:19:28] Okay.

[1:19:30] And then some of the distinguishing

[1:19:32] factors, primarily, you know, just

[1:19:35] recognizing that it's adjacent to an

[1:19:38] existing bond purchase

[1:19:40] land and

[1:19:43] with that provides potentially a

[1:19:45] connection

[1:19:47] um

[1:19:47] to Birch Canyon from the county land.

[1:19:51] So,

[1:19:51] think about that and and opportunities

[1:19:53] there. We see We see an opportunity.

[1:19:57] Um

[1:19:58] So, next steps would be to

[1:20:02] um

[1:20:03] request your uh approval for round one

[1:20:08] um so we can move on to to round two and

[1:20:13] uh get more specifics as far as what the

[1:20:16] landowner would like to see in terms of

[1:20:19] a project and project funding.

[1:20:22] Other questions we can answer on this

[1:20:24] one for now?

[1:20:26] >> Another question.

[1:20:27] This one's a little bit different than

[1:20:29] what we've seen on the other open space

[1:20:30] ones. So, who would be a partner in

[1:20:33] funding on this? Give me example.

[1:20:36] >> Um

[1:20:39] it's going to be limited. Because it's a

[1:20:41] small parcel, you know, just from our

[1:20:43] work with you on the workshop,

[1:20:45] um

[1:20:46] there it's not going to attract in our

[1:20:49] CS funding necessarily or Lee Ray

[1:20:52] McAllister. They want to emphasize

[1:20:54] agricultural land. So,

[1:20:56] um potential

[1:20:58] funding sources as one thing, a

[1:21:00] potential funding source and or

[1:21:03] um easement holder in this case could

[1:21:06] be, for example, like the Division of

[1:21:08] Wildlife Resources. Or as we talked, you

[1:21:11] know, is this one of the projects that

[1:21:14] the county could potentially be the

[1:21:16] easement holder. Um

[1:21:19] if if

[1:21:20] you agree that that would be a good

[1:21:22] thing. So.

[1:21:23] >> Is that potentially a

[1:21:25] municipality?

[1:21:26] >> Could be a municipality, could be a

[1:21:28] nonprofit organization, also. So, there

[1:21:31] are other options. It's just not likely

[1:21:33] to attract much in the way of funding.

[1:21:36] And And so, I think

[1:21:39] um

[1:21:40] that's really

[1:21:41] the kinds of things that we'll get in

[1:21:43] dig into detail on in round two.

[1:21:45] Get those things figured out.

[1:21:46] >> I would

[1:21:47] tell you that I think there's

[1:21:49] significant support in Smithfield City

[1:21:53] for this project. This is This is a

[1:21:55] really beautiful canyon.

[1:21:59] I recognize, you know, if the landowner

[1:22:01] is not putting a restriction on the

[1:22:02] county road, but we may choose to do

[1:22:04] that. And And how to enhance this area.

[1:22:09] But it in connection with our shoot

[1:22:12] property, this is This is a real

[1:22:14] important parcel.

[1:22:17] And I would think that we would want to

[1:22:19] do everything to encourage this

[1:22:22] um

[1:22:23] project.

[1:22:25] Does the I recognize years ago when we

[1:22:28] were working on this is establishing a

[1:22:32] county road. Smithfield City was vitally

[1:22:35] interested, but it wasn't

[1:22:38] it was there was still an open

[1:22:40] discussion about what kind of use ought

[1:22:42] to be, but citizens enjoy walking up

[1:22:46] Birch Canyon.

[1:22:49] Just a lovely place.

[1:22:53] » Yeah.

[1:22:54] I think this is one of those unique

[1:22:55] projects, right? That we were talking

[1:22:57] about earlier. It's not going to fit the

[1:22:59] mold of most of the other projects that

[1:23:01] we're going to bring to you. So,

[1:23:03] uh we may we may need to be creative. I know that the landowners have

[1:23:07] expressed, you know, that the the financials of it is not the driving

[1:23:13] factor for them. They just really want

[1:23:15] to see this

[1:23:17] project conserved or this land

[1:23:19] conserved.

[1:23:21] >> Yeah. It mentions that the Bonneville

[1:23:23] Shoreline

[1:23:25] Trail. Does it Does it actually put it

[1:23:29] propose it? Is it going to traverse

[1:23:31] this property or is it near this

[1:23:33] property?

[1:23:34] >> Nearby. I think there's potential

[1:23:36] connections in the that could be made in

[1:23:38] the future to the Bonneville Shoreline

[1:23:41] Trail, but it's not not necessarily on

[1:23:43] this property.

[1:23:44] >> does not restrict

[1:23:45] >> That's right.

[1:23:46] >> That you know, bicycles are allowed on

[1:23:48] that.

[1:23:49] >> True.

[1:23:49] >> So.

[1:23:50] >> That's right.

[1:23:50] >> That That might be an issue then.

[1:23:53] >> Yeah. But, you know, you can as the landowner on your

[1:23:58] property, you can

[1:24:01] allocate uh

[1:24:03] an easement or a trail for Bonneville

[1:24:06] Shoreline Trail for all the uses. You

[1:24:07] could also have a trail that tiers off

[1:24:10] of that that maybe comes into this

[1:24:13] canyon that is more restrictive.

[1:24:16] So, I think that is possible.

[1:24:24] Other questions I can help answer or

[1:24:26] >> Thank you.

[1:24:27] >> Do you want to hear from the landowners?

[1:24:29] >> I I would I would move that we go ahead

[1:24:32] and

[1:24:33] allow this to move on and we we pass I

[1:24:37] guess phase one.

[1:24:38] >> Is this an ordinance?

[1:24:39] >> We have to spend this ordinance?

[1:24:41] >> I don't know.

[1:24:42] >> It's resolution we don't have

[1:24:43] >> Sorry.

[1:24:44] >> And so

[1:24:46] we go ahead and pass this and send it on

[1:24:48] to continue this process and

[1:24:51] I

[1:24:53] think it's going to it's going to be a

[1:24:55] evolution as we go because it is

[1:24:58] a unique

[1:24:59] five and a half acre smaller parcel.

[1:25:01] We'll have to learn as we go.

[1:25:03] >> I second that motion.

[1:25:05] >> Okay, thank you. We have a motion on the floor. Any further

[1:25:09] discussion?

[1:25:11] Seeing none, we'll vote. All those in

[1:25:12] favor say I.

[1:25:13] >> I.

[1:25:14] >> Thank you. It passes.

[1:25:16] Um Council, I ask for your forgiveness.

[1:25:19] I inadvertently skipped

[1:25:22] on our 8C.

[1:25:25] Um so while Chris is here, we'll go

[1:25:28] ahead if if you'll allow we'll go ahead

[1:25:29] and move on with E and circle back to C

[1:25:32] if that's okay.

[1:25:34] While Chris is at the podium, is that

[1:25:35] okay?

[1:25:36] >> Matt's thinking about Whiskey Lane

[1:25:37] anyhow.

[1:25:38] >> I know. So excuse me, we will get back

[1:25:40] to C but let's go ahead and let Chris if

[1:25:43] that's okay with the Council.

[1:25:44] >> Okay.

[1:25:45] Thank you, Chris.

[1:25:47] >> Thank you. Okay.

[1:25:48] >> I was feeling sorry for Matt. I was

[1:25:49] thinking

[1:25:51] >> Here's a Here's another great project

[1:25:55] for

[1:25:57] your consideration that we're bringing

[1:25:58] to you. This is called the Willow Ranch

[1:26:01] project and again we have the landowners

[1:26:04] are here this evening

[1:26:06] should we have any questions.

[1:26:08] And they are partnering with the Utah

[1:26:10] Agricultural Land Trust on this project.

[1:26:14] And so we have a a over 100 acres,

[1:26:17] um, on two parcels.

[1:26:20] And one thing you may not be able to see

[1:26:22] it there, but, um, the road along the

[1:26:25] southeast portion of, uh, the parcel on

[1:26:29] the east, there is called Center Street.

[1:26:33] >> We got Whiskey Lane and Center Street.

[1:26:35] >> That is the Center Street that comes all

[1:26:37] the way to downtown Logging.

[1:26:39] >> Oh, Center.

[1:26:40] >> Center Street. I thought you said

[1:26:41] Sinner.

[1:26:42] >> [laughter]

[1:26:44] » Don't tell her about Cannibal Road.

[1:26:47] >> [laughter]

[1:26:49] >> Yeah, then we have Cannibal Road.

[1:26:50] >> Sinner Street.

[1:26:51] >> So, Center Street,

[1:26:53] um,

[1:26:54] and so, one of the unique things I

[1:26:56] discovered about this project, if you're

[1:26:59] in downtown Logging and you're standing

[1:27:01] under the arch on Center Street and you

[1:27:04] look due west, this is part of the

[1:27:07] landscape that is framed by

[1:27:09] [clears throat] the tree-lined street

[1:27:11] down Center Street that you see in the

[1:27:13] background.

[1:27:14] Um, so, it's pretty

[1:27:17] important, you know, from a number of

[1:27:20] vistas across the county, even though

[1:27:22] it's not on a highway.

[1:27:24] Um,

[1:27:26] the farm's been in the family for over

[1:27:28] 150 years, has a intermittent stream

[1:27:32] that flows through,

[1:27:34] um, the property and, uh, the landowners

[1:27:37] are actively working on restoring,

[1:27:40] um,

[1:27:41] the property there.

[1:27:44] It's also, uh, that

[1:27:47] southwest corner of the upper parcel

[1:27:51] there

[1:27:52] touches, uh, US Forest Service land.

[1:27:55] And so, it does connect

[1:27:58] to public land.

[1:28:02] Um, similar to the previous projects

[1:28:03] we've brought to you recently, we're in

[1:28:05] the first round here and and looking for

[1:28:08] round one approval from the council. Um,

[1:28:11] I won't go over the scoring process, but

[1:28:14] I'll just jump right cut right to the

[1:28:16] chase.

[1:28:18] Um,

[1:28:19] this project scored 58 out of 100, uh,

[1:28:23] which is a great score, um, scoring

[1:28:26] similar to a couple of the other

[1:28:27] projects we've brought to you recently

[1:28:29] on that West Gateway area. Those prop-

[1:28:32] properties and projects are north of of

[1:28:35] this one, but not very far north. So,

[1:28:38] um, they're all part of that same

[1:28:39] landscape

[1:28:41] if you're Highway heading, uh, west and

[1:28:45] you're looking at the Wellsville

[1:28:47] Mountain, this project, the Hat J Ranch

[1:28:49] and the Poulsen family

[1:28:51] uh, farm, they're all viewable from

[1:28:55] um,

[1:28:56] Valley View Highway.

[1:29:00] Uh, protect scenic vistas, so this is,

[1:29:02] as mentioned, a pretty scenic parcel,

[1:29:05] um, got eight out of 15,

[1:29:07] uh, score.

[1:29:10] Uh, it is near a valley gateway, though

[1:29:13] it's not along it, so it did garner some

[1:29:15] points, um, because it can be viewed

[1:29:18] from from the gateway and Highway 30,

[1:29:20] which is only about a mile and a half

[1:29:23] away.

[1:29:26] It is primarily agricultural land, so it

[1:29:29] got a high score for agriculture, 11 out

[1:29:32] of 15.

[1:29:34] Um, there are

[1:29:36] intermittent uh, stream channels through

[1:29:38] the property and active works

[1:29:40] by the landowners and,

[1:29:43] um, establishing some uh,

[1:29:46] beaver dam analogs on the property.

[1:29:51] Wildlife habitat is, uh,

[1:29:54] similar to the other projects we've

[1:29:56] looked at, so

[1:29:58] it's 10 out of 15

[1:30:00] in this area.

[1:30:02] And then there's moose on that land?

[1:30:04] >> What's that?

[1:30:04] >> There's moose on the land?

[1:30:06] >> Yeah, they down from the forest,

[1:30:08] actually.

[1:30:09] >> Wow.

[1:30:10] >> So, they have

[1:30:11] >> has been

[1:30:11] mother and child there a couple of

[1:30:14] years. Sometimes we might have

[1:30:16] We have a pond.

[1:30:18] >> Wow.

[1:30:19] That's cool.

[1:30:22] » Um

[1:30:23] the landowners are willing to consider

[1:30:27] public access, and one of the

[1:30:28] interesting things about it is that that

[1:30:30] western along the western boundary there

[1:30:32] is a prescriptive easement to allow

[1:30:34] access to the Forest Service. So,

[1:30:37] there's um

[1:30:38] ranchers that use that as an access if

[1:30:40] they're bringing their livestock um

[1:30:43] through the area to the adjacent parcels

[1:30:45] or onto Forest Service property.

[1:30:47] Um

[1:30:48] and it doesn't have a great connection to to a public road,

[1:30:54] necessarily, but in the future um as

[1:30:58] this part of the valley continues to

[1:31:00] grow and um

[1:31:03] develop, then there could be an

[1:31:06] opportunity to make that connection to

[1:31:08] the property

[1:31:09] via public access.

[1:31:13] And then lastly, distinguishing factors,

[1:31:16] um just just a few items,

[1:31:20] uh the importance of the open space,

[1:31:22] it's sort of the backdrop um to some

[1:31:24] important views in the valley, and it's

[1:31:27] near the valley gateway.

[1:31:32] Okay, so similarly, um

[1:31:34] we'd like to

[1:31:36] seek your round one approval so that uh

[1:31:39] we can work with the landowners and the

[1:31:41] Agricultural Land Trust to um bring uh

[1:31:46] the project specifics to round two and learn more about the project and its

[1:31:52] potential.

[1:31:54] Any questions I can help answer or

[1:31:58] >> I would move

[1:32:00] Pass resolution 2026-20

[1:32:03] for the Willow Ranch open space

[1:32:05] application and moving it on to

[1:32:07] uh that providing round one approval.

[1:32:10] >> Second.

[1:32:11] >> Okay, thank you. Any discussion? All

[1:32:14] those in favor say I.

[1:32:15] >> I.

[1:32:16] >> Okay, thank you Chris and thank you.

[1:32:19] for coming.

[1:32:22] Okay.

[1:32:24] We're going to circle back

[1:32:26] to item C.

[1:32:28] Thank you Matt.

[1:32:31] Resolution 2026-17.

[1:32:37] The opening and amending the

[1:32:39] Cash County 2026 budget. May we

[1:32:41] questions for our auditor?

[1:32:47] » From our co-creations meeting it was

[1:32:49] fun to see something that's

[1:32:51] not taking money out.

[1:32:54] >> Yeah.

[1:32:55] >> So.

[1:32:56] >> Thank you to all your work you've done.

[1:32:59] >> This is considered a special

[1:33:01] >> And I just need to say

[1:33:02] uh council chair that

[1:33:05] my staff

[1:33:08] » Please pass along our appreciation.

[1:33:11] >> It So is this a special budget opening

[1:33:14] then rather than our

[1:33:15] >> It is not. It is the

[1:33:16] >> This is our quarterly and this is the

[1:33:17] only item?

[1:33:19] >> Yes.

[1:33:20] >> Holy moly.

[1:33:21] >> 40 items.

[1:33:22] >> There's a lot of them. Did you see

[1:33:23] >> 40 items in there.

[1:33:24] >> I know.

[1:33:24] >> 19 pages. 20

[1:33:26] >> It the one big one that you talked about

[1:33:29] with the wraps and everything.

[1:33:31] >> Yes, uh the fact that the council

[1:33:33] um to use the word I used in preparation

[1:33:35] so adroitly addressed the wraps tax with

[1:33:38] such um

[1:33:39] alacrity allows us to

[1:33:42] put the wraps funding into this so we

[1:33:43] don't need to have a special wraps

[1:33:45] opening here in a couple of weeks.

[1:33:58] Uh while you're thinking uh I note

[1:34:00] there's a big airport capital project in

[1:34:03] this, but the FAA is paying for 95% of

[1:34:06] it.

[1:34:07] So, the airport already has the funds

[1:34:11] for the remainder. So, there's no county money involved in that

[1:34:15] particular

[1:34:16] endeavor.

[1:34:19] >> Is that project been solidified by FAA?

[1:34:22] Is it a for sure? Okay.

[1:34:28] » So, what's the total increase?

[1:34:31] >> 170,000.

[1:34:32] >> The total

[1:34:33] >> line.

[1:34:34] >> The total increase across every fund

[1:34:38] is is $6.3 million.

[1:34:41] Now, of that $6.3 million a million of

[1:34:44] that is is revenue from other

[1:34:46] governments, federal and state, and

[1:34:50] pretty much the rest of it is coming

[1:34:51] from RAP funding.

[1:34:54] So, in fact, it's

[1:34:56] because we have RAP funding now, we are

[1:34:59] able to go back and decrease

[1:35:02] the amount of of of funds that we were

[1:35:05] going to expend from the general fund.

[1:35:07] And so, we're actually putting

[1:35:09] 177,000

[1:35:12] back into the general fund.

[1:35:15] >> That's exciting.

[1:35:17] >> So, the net amount

[1:35:20] Do you have a Not just an estimate's

[1:35:22] good.

[1:35:24] >> Well, it it will increase the the the total

[1:35:27] expenditures from $133 million

[1:35:31] countywide to $140 million.

[1:35:37] » Even taking into consideration all these

[1:35:40] variables you mentioned.

[1:35:42] >> Most of that is RAP funding. RAP funding

[1:35:45] is $5.1 million. So, of the of the $6.3

[1:35:48] million

[1:35:49] in expenditures, RAP funding is is

[1:35:52] roughly 5.1 million of that, and then

[1:35:55] we've got federal government coming in

[1:35:57] for

[1:35:58] about a million.

[1:36:03] » Okay.

[1:36:04] They're posted?

[1:36:06] >> I will make a motion on resolution

[1:36:07] 2026-20

[1:36:09] providing round one approval. No.

[1:36:11] >> That's 17.

[1:36:12] >> 17.

[1:36:12] >> Got me mixed up on the C.

[1:36:14] >> It's C. I'm sorry.

[1:36:16] >> I was all excited we down the page.

[1:36:18] All right. Resolution 2026-17

[1:36:21] opening and amending the Cache County

[1:36:23] 2026 budget third amendment. I say we

[1:36:25] approve it.

[1:36:28] » Second. Any second?

[1:36:31] >> I'll second that.

[1:36:33] >> Okay.

[1:36:33] >> Don't leave me hanging.

[1:36:34] >> Thank you. Thank you. Further

[1:36:36] discussion.

[1:36:37] All those in favor say I.

[1:36:39] >> I.

[1:36:40] >> Thank you.

[1:36:42] Thanks, Matt.

[1:36:43] Pending items.

[1:36:46] A.

[1:36:48] Mr. Executive.

[1:36:49] >> Okay. Um

[1:36:50] >> [clears throat]

[1:36:52] >> We've worked on this uh

[1:36:54] during the April 21st meeting you

[1:36:57] approved to have that developer come to

[1:36:59] our road.

[1:37:01] Uh

[1:37:02] the developer because of that was able

[1:37:04] to submit a subdivision application to

[1:37:07] River Heights.

[1:37:09] Uh

[1:37:10] we're we're providing you an update of

[1:37:12] what the consequence of that is.

[1:37:15] Uh

[1:37:17] Matt Thillitson talked to the River

[1:37:19] Heights City,

[1:37:21] and the council member who is in charge

[1:37:24] of the project, and they have received a

[1:37:27] preliminary plat for that subdivision.

[1:37:31] Uh

[1:37:33] Copy of the comments in the planning

[1:37:36] commission are with this packet that I'm

[1:37:39] going to give Anne to and add allow you

[1:37:42] to add that to the record of this

[1:37:44] meeting so you can review it.

[1:37:47] Uh based upon discussions with River

[1:37:49] Heights City staff, the next staff the

[1:37:52] next step will be to get their plans

[1:37:56] for the connection to our highway. We

[1:38:00] anticipate that'll be received in

[1:38:04] two to three [clears throat] months.

[1:38:06] And then at that point, we'll

[1:38:09] uh, Matt will go over it and see whether

[1:38:11] it it meets our necessary criteria.

[1:38:15] And if it does, we will

[1:38:18] formally approve it and the project is

[1:38:21] underway.

[1:38:22] >> They can take that long on a subdivision

[1:38:24] approval?

[1:38:24] >> It's their task.

[1:38:26] >> Yes, but

[1:38:27] >> It's I I think it's

[1:38:29] >> We don't get that long on the county.

[1:38:30] >> they're going to be doing at the same

[1:38:32] time, but

[1:38:33] we don't expect to see this until about

[1:38:36] two or three months. Is that right,

[1:38:38] Matt?

[1:38:40] So, that's an update.

[1:38:42] My suggestion is that you take this

[1:38:44] thing that's on your agenda every

[1:38:48] two weeks and put it out three months.

[1:38:53] Now, that's one part of highway County

[1:38:57] Road 238. There's a couple of other

[1:39:00] parts that you need to be aware of.

[1:39:03] Millville

[1:39:04] has filled in cuts

[1:39:07] and we're talking about trying to do a

[1:39:10] chip and seal there. We're going to be

[1:39:13] asking Millville

[1:39:15] to correct those uh, trenches so that we

[1:39:20] won't have the problem that's now

[1:39:21] occurring where the ground is sinking.

[1:39:25] Providence

[1:39:27] has asked us to work with them in

[1:39:30] getting school crossings done because

[1:39:33] they're changing what was a middle

[1:39:35] school to an elementary school, so they

[1:39:37] want additional crossing. My

[1:39:40] understanding is Providence

[1:39:42] has ordered those and is prepared to pay

[1:39:45] for them, but we're going to have to

[1:39:46] have Matt review those to make sure they

[1:39:49] meet our standards.

[1:39:51] Okay, those are the things that are

[1:39:53] happening with the highway.

[1:39:56] Any questions?

[1:39:59] >> This is job security for Matt, this

[1:40:01] flipping thing here.

[1:40:03] >> [laughter]

[1:40:04] >> Yes, I think for two or three months

[1:40:06] he's safe.

[1:40:11] » We could give it to him tonight.

[1:40:12] >> I would appreciate the report if you

[1:40:17] Add that Excuse me, here's the better

[1:40:19] copy. Let's add that one

[1:40:21] >> And that one?

[1:40:22] >> to the agenda so that you have it.

[1:40:26] >> We got to give us a written statement

[1:40:28] yes, will you?

[1:40:31] » Yeah, I can do that.

[1:40:33] >> Yeah, scan it into the minutes.

[1:40:35] >> Yeah.

[1:40:36] >> But it can be put into

[1:40:38] this record that it was just received.

[1:40:41] >> Mander?

[1:40:41] >> Uh according to state law, one of the

[1:40:44] members of the county legislative body

[1:40:45] has to

[1:40:46] >> Receive it.

[1:40:47] >> has to

[1:40:48] essentially tell me to put this in the

[1:40:49] record. Though I appreciate it, it has

[1:40:52] to be one of you all to

[1:40:53] >> Will you put that in the record, please?

[1:40:55] Thanks, Andrew.

[1:40:57] Thank you.

[1:40:58] And

[1:41:00] that's everything for that?

[1:41:02] >> Yes. Unless you have any questions.

[1:41:05] >> I Matt, you want to

[1:41:07] We make your life better?

[1:41:09] >> Just give it to him tonight.

[1:41:10] >> Give it to him tonight, be that.

[1:41:14] And they get to do all that.

[1:41:15] >> I know we're trying to We're trying to

[1:41:17] help out, but sometimes helping out

[1:41:23] it just keeps it can cost you a lot of

[1:41:25] money and that rather than say, "Merry

[1:41:27] Christmas."

[1:41:28] >> this.

[1:41:29] >> We got to get our executive group to

[1:41:30] talk to Providence. I mean,

[1:41:32] aren't they hailing from Providence

[1:41:34] here?

[1:41:35] >> Yeah.

[1:41:37] >> I'm just, you know, rubbing your nose in

[1:41:39] it for a bit.

[1:41:40] >> Or maybe he could withhold his property

[1:41:42] taxes from Maybe he could withhold his

[1:41:44] property taxes from them.

[1:41:46] >> Just maybe.

[1:41:47] >> Okay, ordinance 2026-21

[1:41:49] amending chapter 17.14 on the resort

[1:41:52] recreation RR zone.

[1:41:56] Brian Abbott

[1:41:57] >> Our clerk.

[1:41:59] >> RR

[1:42:00] >> We need to first one.

[1:42:07] » We've gone over this before. Do you have

[1:42:09] any questions? You want me to go through

[1:42:10] the whole thing again?

[1:42:12] >> Oh, please.

[1:42:13] >> [laughter]

[1:42:15] >> Please everything.

[1:42:15] >> Um

[1:42:16] Angie and I did meet with Sandy and

[1:42:18] Andrews the other day.

[1:42:20] Kind of went over any of concerns she

[1:42:23] had. I thought that was a good meeting

[1:42:25] and we came to a pretty good

[1:42:26] understanding.

[1:42:27] Um

[1:42:29] I don't know if we want to wait till she

[1:42:30] gets back or go for it.

[1:42:38] » Was there anything in that meeting

[1:42:40] different than what the planning and

[1:42:41] zoning had done?

[1:42:42] Talked about?

[1:42:43] >> Uh we updated a few things. We revised

[1:42:46] it a few things that they had concerns

[1:42:48] about. Um we can go over those if you

[1:42:52] would like.

[1:42:54] Um

[1:42:57] Which one are you on there? Yeah, right

[1:42:59] there.

[1:42:59] >> If you change it, has it got to go back

[1:43:01] to planning and zoning?

[1:43:02] >> Yeah.

[1:43:06] » I would think it would have to if we're

[1:43:07] changing it.

[1:43:08] >> Yeah.

[1:43:08] >> Yep.

[1:43:10] >> They're the land use authority. They're the land use.

[1:43:12] >> If we change it or it has been changes,

[1:43:15] it's got to hit the P&Z again.

[1:43:16] >> Um yeah, we just cleaned up the format a

[1:43:18] little.

[1:43:20] Um

[1:43:20] it was ABCD, now it's A 1 2 B. So

[1:43:25] >> Formatting?

[1:43:27] >> If we need to take it back to the

[1:43:28] >> Substantive changes are

[1:43:30] >> Pardon?

[1:43:30] >> Substantive substantive changes are

[1:43:33] >> Yeah, we just kind of cleaned up the

[1:43:35] format and added some numbers.

[1:43:40] » So, did we have a question on the land

[1:43:42] use authority, who that was? Did that

[1:43:45] get clarified in there?

[1:43:46] >> Yeah. Yeah.

[1:43:48] >> Yeah, it got clarified that here and

[1:43:50] there, so.

[1:43:55] » What do you want to do? Do you want to

[1:43:56] take action tonight?

[1:43:59] Do you want to take action?

[1:44:00] >> It's going to start feeling like the

[1:44:01] road one if we don't.

[1:44:02] >> It's perpetually beyond

[1:44:04] >> [laughter]

[1:44:05] >> We just

[1:44:06] keep rolling forward.

[1:44:07] >> So, you're saying there's there's no

[1:44:09] wording or anything different, it's just

[1:44:11] the layout?

[1:44:14] » Still though.

[1:44:19] » Dean, is P&Z the land use or what?

[1:44:21] >> not substantive, but it's just

[1:44:23] formatting, then it doesn't need to go

[1:44:25] back to them.

[1:44:25] >> Okay.

[1:44:27] >> Yeah, the

[1:44:28] uh the original the one from May is on

[1:44:31] there.

[1:44:31] Um all the same except the format of it.

[1:44:40] » Then I

[1:44:41] I'm ready to make a motion. I like to

[1:44:43] follow the planning and zoning, so.

[1:44:47] Um ordinance 2026-21

[1:44:50] amending amending chapter 17.14 on the

[1:44:53] resort recreation RR zone, I say we

[1:44:56] approve.

[1:44:59] » So, second the motion.

[1:45:03] » I like people hanging me out this night,

[1:45:05] so.

[1:45:09] It's like I'm dying.

[1:45:11] >> Yeah.

[1:45:15] Three, two,

[1:45:16] >> One, done.

[1:45:18] >> I'll second that.

[1:45:19] >> Okay.

[1:45:20] Still alive. Okay, discussion. It seems

[1:45:23] we need some discussion on the motion on

[1:45:25] the

[1:45:25] >> Yeah, know, as I it, it's there was

[1:45:28] It isn't anything that's confusing, but

[1:45:30] it's just

[1:45:33] There's just some huge There's no

[1:45:35] concept.

[1:45:36] >> huge concept

[1:45:37] >> Yeah, or uh

[1:45:38] I don't know. Impacts that that could

[1:45:41] that occur that Yeah, we just can't walk

[1:45:43] away from everything up there.

[1:45:46] >> It's a lot of

[1:45:48] >> tax dollar lot. And and we are we're

[1:45:49] covering the base, but it's I just don't

[1:45:51] want to just

[1:45:52] kind of just give up give the farm

[1:45:54] because

[1:45:55] They're the They're the red-headed

[1:45:56] stepchild kind of thing.

[1:45:57] >> We'll always know what's going on up

[1:45:59] there.

[1:45:59] >> Yeah, we've got to. It's a

[1:46:01] So, anyway, I'm still still second that.

[1:46:06] » My my concerns are just

[1:46:09] as we're changing it from the

[1:46:11] development agreement

[1:46:14] to just abiding by the master plan.

[1:46:17] I just operationally I just haven't been

[1:46:19] able to wrap my head around it fully

[1:46:20] about how we're going to make sure we do

[1:46:22] that right.

[1:46:22] >> There is an email that was sent to you

[1:46:24] today that might give you some insight.

[1:46:27] >> Yeah, and I haven't seen that yet today.

[1:46:28] >> came, so.

[1:46:29] >> Olga

[1:46:30] Mariasina

[1:46:33] >> Yeah.

[1:46:34] Sorry.

[1:46:35] And then also something from Mr. Webb

[1:46:37] about what we're talking about up there,

[1:46:39] too.

[1:46:43] » And and their master plan

[1:46:45] um

[1:46:46] is way more involved than even our code.

[1:46:48] >> Right, yeah. But

[1:46:49] just ensuring we enforce or follow

[1:46:53] you know

[1:46:54] Yeah, but there's

[1:46:55] >> master plan and all we have to ensure

[1:46:56] that it's abided by.

[1:46:58] >> Sure.

[1:47:00] » Thank you, Kurt.

[1:47:02] >> Questions?

[1:47:04] Particular ones?

[1:47:07] He and I had a discussion today on this

[1:47:10] letter, and I went over and I encourage

[1:47:13] you guys all to look at it and go over

[1:47:14] it, too, but

[1:47:16] from what Kurt's put into it, it seems

[1:47:19] that

[1:47:21] my concerns were is

[1:47:25] everybody kept saying the county was

[1:47:26] going to get all this money and

[1:47:27] everything else. I don't think we are,

[1:47:30] but I think we're not going to be

[1:47:31] spending money and everything there,

[1:47:33] too. So,

[1:47:35] net net on revenue taking costs, right?

[1:47:38] >> Yes, every service that we have to have them

[1:47:42] do for us,

[1:47:43] we have arranged for them to do it for

[1:47:45] no more than we pay or to have them do

[1:47:47] it

[1:47:49] by expanding their fire district, for

[1:47:51] example, and taking over sewer and water

[1:47:54] by the expansion of the their district

[1:47:55] up there that does that. And

[1:47:58] fees, we've got

[1:48:01] currently, there are

[1:48:03] uh

[1:48:03] interlocal agreements that are being

[1:48:05] written for your approval

[1:48:07] that that that talk about these

[1:48:09] standards that you're that you're

[1:48:11] passing now.

[1:48:12] So, you've got

[1:48:15] We rely heavily, of course, on our

[1:48:18] development services people to review

[1:48:19] this What is it? 1,300 pages,

[1:48:21] approximately?

[1:48:23] Those design standards are more strict

[1:48:26] than either one of the county's codes.

[1:48:29] And so, they've agreed to abide by them.

[1:48:31] We've agreed to abide by them. And we

[1:48:34] will keep updates as far as what they're

[1:48:35] doing, but we don't have to approve

[1:48:37] their approve them as long as they are

[1:48:39] in compliance with what we've both

[1:48:41] agreed to.

[1:48:44] >> I think the other thing to point out is

[1:48:45] the sewer and water, they take care of

[1:48:47] it. The fire, they take care of it.

[1:48:51] >> So, we're involved from the assessor and

[1:48:54] >> Well, the assessor and the recorder.

[1:48:55] >> Recorder.

[1:48:56] >> And the

[1:48:58] uh

[1:48:59] the treasurer, of course.

[1:49:00] >> When you say they take care of it,

[1:49:02] that's by an- they're annexing into

[1:49:04] their special services district. Yeah?

[1:49:06] >> Okay.

[1:49:06] >> Pardon me?

[1:49:07] >> He said by them taking care of it, it's

[1:49:09] they're annexing into their special

[1:49:10] services districts.

[1:49:13] >> Yes, fire is doing that and uh so is

[1:49:15] sewer and water.

[1:49:16] >> sewer and water?

[1:49:17] has already done it. The

[1:49:18] process for fire is in process.

[1:49:21] It's happening.

[1:49:22] >> Kurt, why don't you explain what our

[1:49:25] arrangement is with respect to

[1:49:27] education, recognizing that education is

[1:49:30] about 60, 65%

[1:49:34] of our tax bill?

[1:49:36] >> So, Cache County School District will

[1:49:38] get to keep the normal Cache County

[1:49:40] School District

[1:49:41] portion of the taxes.

[1:49:43] And then

[1:49:44] the

[1:49:46] if there are school-age children that

[1:49:48] are permanent residents that have to be

[1:49:50] educated in the Weber County School

[1:49:52] District, then that's done on a per

[1:49:54] student by basis. And so, we would only

[1:49:56] have to pay for the amount of students

[1:49:58] that we actually have.

[1:49:59] >> Isn't it enormously beneficial

[1:50:02] >> to the school district? So, can we cut

[1:50:03] their percentage of our tax base so

[1:50:06] >> Yeah.

[1:50:06] >> we get some back?

[1:50:07] >> good idea.

[1:50:08] >> Yeah.

[1:50:09] Right. Cuz they're getting a freebie

[1:50:10] here.

[1:50:13] >> Only in the extent that you take

[1:50:15] somebody

[1:50:16] drop money from the sky. Uh

[1:50:19] >> Well, that's what they kept telling me

[1:50:21] when they came to planning zone.

[1:50:24] » The total taxes we collect from this

[1:50:28] property a year is how much, Kurt?

[1:50:31] >> A hundred for us?

[1:50:32] >> Yeah.

[1:50:33] >> $25,000.

[1:50:35] >> It's It's pretty hard to view that as

[1:50:38] >> a windfall.

[1:50:39] >> a significant

[1:50:41] >> Yeah.

[1:50:41] >> And then,

[1:50:42] the the problem is all these services

[1:50:46] that need to be rendered up there to

[1:50:49] for the 25,000, if we had to provide

[1:50:52] those services.

[1:50:55] >> But, isn't there substantial

[1:50:57] area that is to be developed? So, this

[1:51:00] is set up a framework for when that

[1:51:01] development occurs.

[1:51:03] >> Yes. Yes, it it could be more

[1:51:05] substantial over time, but

[1:51:08] what what we've got here is a situation

[1:51:11] in which

[1:51:12] it will handle that.

[1:51:14] >> Yeah.

[1:51:15] >> Where

[1:51:16] there may be some spare money at some

[1:51:18] point there. But like it because the districts and things are not coming

[1:51:26] through us. They're coming directly from

[1:51:28] the homeowner.

[1:51:28] >> Yeah.

[1:51:30] >> The school will certainly benefit, but

[1:51:32] the idea that there's a huge

[1:51:36] value that's going to come to us

[1:51:37] >> is

[1:51:39] >> Maybe someday it will be larger than it

[1:51:41] is now, but

[1:51:44] >> Okay, are we going to give them taxing

[1:51:47] authority

[1:51:48] >> No.

[1:51:48] >> in our county?

[1:51:50] >> Are we going to give fire taxing

[1:51:52] authority in our county

[1:51:53] >> Give their fire district taxing

[1:51:55] authority

[1:51:56] over properties in our county.

[1:51:58] >> That's Yes, they are.

[1:52:00] They're allowed to expand their

[1:52:01] boundaries.

[1:52:01] >> Only by agreement

[1:52:04] with the

[1:52:05] >> with our fire district.

[1:52:06] right? Okay.

[1:52:08] >> Yeah. So, they don't get double taxed.

[1:52:09] We move back and let them do that and

[1:52:11] give the service.

[1:52:12] >> So, that would be an approval by the

[1:52:14] Cache County Fire District.

[1:52:16] >> And that's those

[1:52:17] >> So, that if they if they go to taxation

[1:52:19] through through truth and taxation up

[1:52:21] into this area

[1:52:22] uh that would only bite that would have

[1:52:25] to then go by the approval of the fire

[1:52:27] district, the Cache County Fire

[1:52:28] District.

[1:52:28] >> No, once we get once we move out of

[1:52:30] there

[1:52:31] we see that that territory and they take

[1:52:34] it over.

[1:52:35] So, from then on the taxation, all of

[1:52:37] that is done by Weber Fire as a separate

[1:52:41] taxing entity.

[1:52:42] >> So, it it's just a one-time

[1:52:44] action for us.

[1:52:47] » Let me a little background there.

[1:52:50] >> And so does your water and sewer.

[1:52:53] >> Yeah.

[1:52:54] >> The reason that this is important

[1:52:56] David is because

[1:52:58] the original agreement was that they

[1:53:01] would

[1:53:02] that we would pay them what they charge

[1:53:05] for fire.

[1:53:07] Turns out they charge four times as much

[1:53:09] for fire as we do.

[1:53:11] So,

[1:53:12] for example, of the $25,000

[1:53:15] we collect, they wanted $19,000 of it

[1:53:18] just to do fire.

[1:53:20] So, in order to negotiate that, we had

[1:53:22] to figure out could they could they

[1:53:24] expand their territory on their for

[1:53:26] fire?

[1:53:27] And

[1:53:28] went back and forth on that for a long

[1:53:30] time and finally got good counsel from

[1:53:32] the Utah Association of Special

[1:53:34] Districts. They said yes, they could do

[1:53:36] it. And

[1:53:38] there's just been a lot of back and

[1:53:39] forth with Weber County

[1:53:41] uh on issues other than Development

[1:53:43] Services. Development Services, I've

[1:53:45] relied heavily on Development Services

[1:53:47] to get to negotiate and to

[1:53:49] uh

[1:53:51] and to massage those

[1:53:53] that uh

[1:53:54] those design standards so that we were

[1:53:56] protected.

[1:53:57] So, I'll let them speak to that, but as

[1:54:00] far as the other things,

[1:54:02] it was my understanding that we

[1:54:04] needed to provide these things we

[1:54:05] couldn't provide them. Everything we can

[1:54:07] provide, we're still providing.

[1:54:10] Everything that we can't provide and had

[1:54:11] to either

[1:54:13] pay them to do

[1:54:16] or that we had to have them expand

[1:54:18] territory so that we didn't have to tax

[1:54:20] it or do it,

[1:54:21] in every one of those cases, it's not

[1:54:23] going to cost us any more than we would

[1:54:25] have paid ourselves.

[1:54:27] And that was a concern all along. The

[1:54:29] only thing that's up in the air, I'll

[1:54:30] disclose this, is that the sheriff has

[1:54:33] negotia- negotiated with their sheriff

[1:54:36] to do it on an hourly basis.

[1:54:38] Since there's hardly anybody over there

[1:54:40] right now, he felt that that was the

[1:54:41] most economical way to do it.

[1:54:44] That is not quantifiable right now. So,

[1:54:49] that that could change and we may have

[1:54:51] to renegotiate that at some point.

[1:54:54] But, that's the only one that that

[1:54:56] doesn't have uh strict parameters.

[1:55:02] » Okay.

[1:55:04] >> I really compliment Kurt and development

[1:55:07] services for dealing with a very complex

[1:55:09] problem here.

[1:55:12] » I would like to say thanks to the

[1:55:14] executive group because this is far more

[1:55:16] than we've got than what we had before

[1:55:18] because we were being told we're going

[1:55:20] to make so much money and I just kept

[1:55:22] disagreeing with that. It just didn't work out. So, at least

[1:55:26] we're

[1:55:27] on a path.

[1:55:28] >> Albeit crestfallen.

[1:55:32] » But crestfallen that there's not as much

[1:55:34] money as you thought.

[1:55:35] >> a cash cow like we were told.

[1:55:37] Thank you. If if we want to continue, I

[1:55:40] know Sandy was was deeply

[1:55:42] interested in this, but I don't

[1:55:45] I think she'd be fine if we passed it

[1:55:46] tonight, too.

[1:55:49] » Motion and a second and we've had some

[1:55:51] discussion. Any further

[1:55:53] comment?

[1:55:56] » I'd like to see it continued

[1:55:58] personally.

[1:56:01] » Question.

[1:56:04] For vote.

[1:56:04] >> Okay.

[1:56:06] Um all those in favor, say I.

[1:56:08] Any opposed?

[1:56:10] >> I'll say nay.

[1:56:11] >> We have one opposed.

[1:56:13] Okay.

[1:56:14] Thank you again.

[1:56:16] Appreciation

[1:56:17] to everyone involved.

[1:56:21] Okay.

[1:56:22] Other business.

[1:56:24] Um

[1:56:25] UIAC has their justice summit that is

[1:56:28] on June 26th.

[1:56:31] Do we have any council members that are

[1:56:32] able to attend?

[1:56:34] >> Where's that at?

[1:56:34] >> be going and I will be going and I will

[1:56:36] be going since we're part of the CJCC as

[1:56:38] well and the county attorney and the

[1:56:39] county sheriff.

[1:56:40] >> Okay. So, we do it It is

[1:56:43] in Salt Lake.

[1:56:46] >> Technically Murray, but yes.

[1:56:47] >> Murray.

[1:56:49] So, we do have representation from the

[1:56:51] county that will be attending and if

[1:56:54] others are able to attend,

[1:56:56] please communicate with Andrew.

[1:56:58] Um

[1:57:00] got a list of upcoming parades.

[1:57:04] Uh we need to make sure that we are

[1:57:06] registered for any of these parades if

[1:57:08] we want to uh participate, so

[1:57:12] uh

[1:57:13] do you guys know your calendars or

[1:57:15] I think we're planning for Do you have

[1:57:17] us registered for Hiram

[1:57:19] and Lewiston?

[1:57:20] >> Lewiston.

[1:57:21] Uh

[1:57:22] the Lewiston organizer has not gotten

[1:57:24] back to me, but the other ones I believe

[1:57:26] I've registered you.

[1:57:27] >> Cool. Thank you. And And is

[1:57:29] >> all of these are registered?

[1:57:31] >> Hiram, D-

[1:57:31] >> No, no, just D- Hiram, so Newfield,

[1:57:33] Hiram, and then Lewiston.

[1:57:35] >> Okay.

[1:57:35] >> Those are the ones I've done so far.

[1:57:37] >> Okay.

[1:57:39] Great. Is anyone able to attend Newfield

[1:57:41] besides me?

[1:57:43] >> I'll be out of town. Sorry.

[1:57:45] >> What side?

[1:57:48] >> Such a great parade.

[1:57:49] >> We've We've talked a lot about this.

[1:57:52] >> Oh.

[1:57:53] Well,

[1:57:54] let's see. It might be a intimate. Might

[1:57:56] just be parade of one.

[1:57:59] Uh

[1:58:00] okay.

[1:58:01] Um council member reports.

[1:58:03] We'll start Joanne.

[1:58:05] >> I don't have anything.

[1:58:06] >> Okay. Nolan.

[1:58:08] >> Um

[1:58:13] we had a meeting with development

[1:58:14] services back to um some things on for

[1:58:17] planning and zoning, so we've asked

[1:58:19] planning and zoning

[1:58:20] Brian at development services offices to

[1:58:22] work on our subdivision plan and water

[1:58:25] that we had brought for us,

[1:58:28] tweak it a little bit, get that out. Um

[1:58:31] I think given

[1:58:33] what we're seeing by Mother Nature, it's

[1:58:34] very important to start considering what

[1:58:36] we're looking at there from from that.

[1:58:38] We also talked about

[1:58:40] um rental units in the county, what

[1:58:43] we're looking at at that, coming up with

[1:58:44] some things, so we've asked the

[1:58:45] development services office

[1:58:48] now that Kirk can get out of their hair,

[1:58:49] maybe, yeah?

[1:58:51] Let them work on some things, so

[1:58:53] Now they'll still be busy with uh Powder

[1:58:55] Mountain, but hopefully they can give us

[1:58:57] some things on that, too. So, we'll be

[1:58:59] seeing more of that, hopefully, in let

[1:59:01] Planning and Zoning

[1:59:03] do that again and then bring it back to

[1:59:05] us. I think that's an important thing we

[1:59:06] need to work on.

[1:59:08] That's all I have.

[1:59:08] >> Thank you.

[1:59:10] Um

[1:59:12] I

[1:59:13] uh was invited by Chief George, all of

[1:59:15] us were invited by Chief George to uh

[1:59:18] attended a multi

[1:59:21] divisional

[1:59:22] uh training that they had for the fire

[1:59:25] up Blacksmith Fork Canyon and

[1:59:28] 2 weeks a week ago? I I don't know.

[1:59:30] Time.

[1:59:31] 10 days ago, probably. And um

[1:59:35] I went up there and it was

[1:59:37] super interesting. They had um

[1:59:41] he'll probably correct me, but I think

[1:59:43] they had So, they had representatives

[1:59:45] from the Forest um

[1:59:47] like the US

[1:59:50] Forest Department.

[1:59:51] >> Forest Service.

[1:59:51] Services, thank you. Um

[1:59:53] Fire Division. And then they had um

[1:59:57] like Weber and uh they had all the way

[2:00:00] down to Alpine. So, many different

[2:00:03] departments and then our department. And

[2:00:05] then they had um state agencies that

[2:00:08] were there, too. So, we had federal

[2:00:09] agencies and our agencies and and state

[2:00:12] agencies. They were all together and

[2:00:13] they did training. And I thought what I

[2:00:16] thought was really fascinating is they

[2:00:17] don't All these different agencies don't

[2:00:21] even use the same radio frequencies when

[2:00:24] they are radioing each other. So, it's

[2:00:26] like they have to learn, you know, if

[2:00:28] you if we have a disaster and we're

[2:00:30] calling in these different agencies they

[2:00:32] don't want to have to learn day of how

[2:00:34] to use each other's equipment or how to

[2:00:36] even com- communicate with each other.

[2:00:38] So, they are you know, having these

[2:00:41] multi-departmental training so that they

[2:00:43] can

[2:00:44] have be prepared beforehand. Um and they

[2:00:47] had videos of showing me how they were

[2:00:51] um our our our department was guiding

[2:00:56] the chopper with the bucket into the

[2:00:59] like inflatable swimming pools to fill

[2:01:01] it up with water and how they could

[2:01:02] learn to do that. Um, now again before

[2:01:05] disaster, um, there was they they showed

[2:01:09] me all sorts of um

[2:01:11] different drills that they had learned.

[2:01:13] I had dinner with them. Um, it was a

[2:01:15] really great experience and I enjoyed it

[2:01:17] very much and um

[2:01:19] that we have a great staff and I'm glad

[2:01:22] that we were able to uh see the training

[2:01:24] and that we were able to host that

[2:01:25] training and they they really

[2:01:26] appreciated and everyone um there

[2:01:28] appreciates the county and I think that

[2:01:32] all the different departments, I think

[2:01:33] we won something or maybe it was Alpine,

[2:01:35] I don't know. I'll say we won. Alpine

[2:01:37] had such a fancy rig up there. It was

[2:01:40] really fancy, but ours was humble and

[2:01:43] but it was okay. We still were really

[2:01:45] represented well. But, um, we really I

[2:01:47] really enjoyed that. Going in the same

[2:01:49] vein as fire, um

[2:01:51] we had a meeting where we had a

[2:01:54] an informal workshop to listen to those

[2:01:58] that are employed um in the fire

[2:02:02] uh

[2:02:03] the different fire departments across

[2:02:04] the county as they have expressed

[2:02:07] concern for um not being able to give

[2:02:10] voice and and to be heard and it was

[2:02:12] just a two hours of listening to them and their concerns that they

[2:02:17] have with uh the fire district and uh

[2:02:21] hopefully they felt that that they had

[2:02:24] an opportunity to to speak and and we

[2:02:27] listened to them and that their uh their

[2:02:29] concerns were were taken into account.

[2:02:32] So, that was last week and we have

[2:02:34] another meeting with the fire department

[2:02:36] Thursday, fire district on Thursday.

[2:02:39] So, lots going on with the fire

[2:02:41] district. Um

[2:02:43] Uh

[2:02:43] other than that, I I don't have any

[2:02:45] additional additional

[2:02:46] >> other thing um if you want to mention

[2:02:48] the UAC call yesterday.

[2:02:50] >> Yes, UAC call yesterday. We had an um

[2:02:53] uh

[2:02:54] Brandy had called an emergency UAC

[2:02:56] um call for

[2:02:58] I mean, we'll call it what it is. I

[2:03:00] think all of us U sacks. It was just the

[2:03:03] Yes, just the councils and commissions

[2:03:06] to talk about and get ahead of um

[2:03:10] We know we've all witnessed what has

[2:03:11] happened across mountain with um Box

[2:03:14] Elder and how we can learn more about

[2:03:19] uh data centers and and learn about the

[2:03:23] what they've experienced but also um

[2:03:25] messaging in our communities and um I

[2:03:29] think it's it was really good. They're

[2:03:30] going to put together um information and

[2:03:33] have an informational session for us and

[2:03:36] I look forward to that so we can all

[2:03:37] learn um here within within uh the state

[2:03:41] to see the impact that it has and and

[2:03:43] the the need that we have for those but

[2:03:45] also the need to learn about them and to

[2:03:48] help with the messaging across the

[2:03:49] state. Do you guys have anything else

[2:03:50] you want to

[2:03:52] share about that?

[2:03:53] >> send that email today. So

[2:03:54] >> Yeah, Brandy did.

[2:03:56] >> Did she send it to everybody on the

[2:03:57] council?

[2:03:58] >> Uh

[2:03:59] >> Or just those that was on the

[2:04:01] >> I know I got it. I don't know.

[2:04:03] >> It was sent on Friday morning.

[2:04:05] >> GOED communication and survey link

[2:04:07] below. So Have we had Has anybody

[2:04:09] >> They sent

[2:04:10] >> taken that from Have we just Have any

[2:04:12] one of us

[2:04:13] Are we all taking it or is it supposed

[2:04:14] to

[2:04:14] >> that to everybody.

[2:04:15] >> Okay, so it doesn't it's not redundant

[2:04:17] if we all take it on the council. Okay.

[2:04:19] So yeah, the GOED

[2:04:21] >> And they've given us another week to to

[2:04:23] find to finish that.

[2:04:24] >> Okay.

[2:04:25] >> I got kicked out of it twice.

[2:04:27] >> Oh, so it's

[2:04:28] >> So we need a week then, right?

[2:04:29] >> Mhm.

[2:04:31] >> I started it twice but it

[2:04:33] but I was in a bad place to

[2:04:36] >> The service wasn't great.

[2:04:37] >> No.

[2:04:37] >> Or you were in a bad place.

[2:04:38] >> No, I was bailing hay and it was bouncy.

[2:04:40] >> Oh.

[2:04:41] >> I must have kept hitting the wrong

[2:04:42] button, I think.

[2:04:44] I like your tractor head shock absorbers

[2:04:46] and comfort seat in it, so.

[2:04:48] >> So, yeah,

[2:04:49] we have a week we have until next

[2:04:50] Friday.

[2:04:52] Um this Friday, excuse me, this Friday

[2:04:54] to take that test that that survey, so

[2:04:57] um the opportunity zone survey.

[2:04:59] So, encourage everyone to hop on and

[2:05:01] take that survey.

[2:05:03] Dave.

[2:05:04] >> Uh it was interesting in that uh

[2:05:06] listening to that last uh Monday morning

[2:05:08] or yesterday [snorts] morning,

[2:05:10] it was really interesting.

[2:05:13] It's just what uh ever what ever

[2:05:17] comes out,

[2:05:19] an announcement of anything,

[2:05:22] it's just really interesting how

[2:05:24] certain

[2:05:26] factions grab it and try to just make it

[2:05:30] like a bigger issue than really what it

[2:05:32] is. And I'm not talking just DC, that

[2:05:35] is. And I'm talking about anything that

[2:05:36] comes out, it's just like

[2:05:38] you know, we got to blow it up before we really

[2:05:41] look at it and

[2:05:43] uh

[2:05:44] I felt bad of for a lot of the our

[2:05:46] fellow commissioners over there in uh Box Elder County as they're just trying to work through

[2:05:51] things and they also have the same,

[2:05:55] you know, respect for private property

[2:05:57] rights as anybody else, but uh

[2:05:59] anyway, it it it's tough. It's tough

[2:06:00] right now, but uh

[2:06:03] >> I bumped with my [clears throat] desk.

[2:06:05] >> You know, it's uh it's

[2:06:07] I think that I think if we go into a lot

[2:06:09] of these things and look at a lot of

[2:06:11] this stuff just a little more

[2:06:12] open-minded, I think that uh

[2:06:15] I think we'll get better results on

[2:06:17] everything, whether it passes or not,

[2:06:19] kind of thing.

[2:06:20] We just need to

[2:06:22] go through a little bit more open-minded

[2:06:23] on everything that comes our way. But,

[2:06:25] let's

[2:06:26] I uh

[2:06:29] Anyway, as far as other reports,

[2:06:32] uh

[2:06:33] there's a lot of moving parts right now,

[2:06:35] it seems like, going on in everything. I

[2:06:38] don't know if you guys feel the same

[2:06:39] way.

[2:06:40] Am I wrong? I mean, there's just a lot

[2:06:41] of

[2:06:42] you know, uh

[2:06:44] I feel like we're in a rubber room

[2:06:45] sometimes, cuz there's a lot of things

[2:06:48] going on.

[2:06:49] And uh

[2:06:51] and I I I wish we could

[2:06:53] kind of just methodically kind of pull

[2:06:55] some of those and maybe just

[2:06:59] vegetate on those later and come up with

[2:07:01] some,

[2:07:02] you know,

[2:07:04] not everything is as high priority as we

[2:07:06] think it is sometimes, so

[2:07:08] that's it.

[2:07:12] » Mark.

[2:07:13] >> Um nothing to report on as far as

[2:07:15] actions

[2:07:17] that have occurred since our last

[2:07:18] meeting, but just by way of things

[2:07:20] happening,

[2:07:21] um coming up, we've got

[2:07:24] uh O&P meeting on Friday,

[2:07:26] where we'll be discussing the airport

[2:07:30] um authority interlocal agreement.

[2:07:33] And if time permits,

[2:07:35] one of the other

[2:07:37] 10 items on the pending agenda.

[2:07:40] Um

[2:07:42] and then on

[2:07:44] uh Monday,

[2:07:46] 15th, um

[2:07:48] the Northern Utah Outdoor Recreation

[2:07:51] Initiative will be holding a workshop,

[2:07:54] um just by way of update. That's a state

[2:07:57] program that UAC appoints members of

[2:08:00] counties to,

[2:08:01] and I one of the county

[2:08:04] representatives on that board. Ours is

[2:08:06] five five counties in Northern Utah.

[2:08:10] And so, just representing our county

[2:08:12] there.

[2:08:13] Um and I'll bring back some information

[2:08:15] from that as to what we can do with

[2:08:17] um what we

[2:08:19] maybe recommendation on what we ought to

[2:08:21] do with the funding that could be

[2:08:22] available to us for outdoor recreation

[2:08:26] programs or projects.

[2:08:29] That's it.

[2:08:30] >> Thank you.

[2:08:31] >> I I have something after all.

[2:08:33] >> Okay, thank you. Go ahead.

[2:08:35] >> I I attended a a sort of a training with

[2:08:37] CAPSA and the other

[2:08:40] um

[2:08:41] agencies with that and it was very

[2:08:43] informative and

[2:08:46] they need funds.

[2:08:47] >> Was it USU?

[2:08:49] >> No, it was here at the CAPSA.

[2:08:51] >> Oh, okay.

[2:08:52] >> I and the brag there were several

[2:08:55] agencies there but we met over there at

[2:08:58] the

[2:08:59] What do they call that place anyway?

[2:09:02] That gray building on 10th.

[2:09:05] North where they the

[2:09:08] um

[2:09:10] the victims can go.

[2:09:12] >> Mhm.

[2:09:13] >> I don't know what it's called.

[2:09:16] But he does but

[2:09:17] >> It's it's on 10th North there's CAPSA's

[2:09:19] headquarters.

[2:09:20] >> Right. Right. That was it I think. Yeah.

[2:09:23] >> That's great.

[2:09:25] Yeah.

[2:09:26] >> Just invite Bryson to give them election

[2:09:27] update.

[2:09:28] >> For the primary election public and

[2:09:30] primary make sure my office gets them by

[2:09:33] 8:00 p.m.

[2:09:35] Please vote. We only have about

[2:09:37] 3,000 people that already have already

[2:09:39] voted.

[2:09:41] So it's usually it's a lot less than we

[2:09:42] thought.

[2:09:44] >> Oh, that's it.

[2:09:45] >> Do you have early voting some days?

[2:09:47] >> have early voting next week here at the

[2:09:48] Cash County Administration Building. We

[2:09:50] changed our hours to see if more people

[2:09:52] can if they want to vote early.

[2:09:56] Regular hours wouldn't have worked for

[2:09:58] those that work so it's going to be

[2:09:59] 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

[2:10:00] >> Oh, say that again.

[2:10:02] >> 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

[2:10:05] Yeah, Monday through Thursday of next

[2:10:07] week since Tuesday.

[2:10:09] All right, two weeks.

[2:10:11] >> Two weeks.

[2:10:12] >> There you go.

[2:10:14] >> Oh, great. Yeah, Bryson's been really

[2:10:16] busy. They're ready to go. So yeah,

[2:10:18] let's let's get a lot of votes. Drive

[2:10:21] the turnout.

[2:10:24] » Okay.

[2:10:26] I'll accept a motion to adjourn.

[2:10:27] >> So moved.

[2:10:29] >> Second.

[2:10:30] >> Okay. All those in favor say aye.

[2:10:31] >> Aye.

[2:10:33] >> I didn't want to

[2:10:34] leave Nolan hanging out there to dry,

[2:10:37] you know.

[2:10:37] >> This This I wanted to take that survey

[2:10:39] in the map to identify what area you're

[2:10:41] in is broken.

[2:10:43] >> Yeah, that's that's what I ran into.

[2:10:45] >> I did, too.

[2:10:45] >> Twice.

[2:10:46] >> Yeah, so I mean

[2:10:47] >> That's what I

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