[0:20] Okay, ladies and gentlemen, I believe
[0:21] it's uh about to the hour of 6:00. Uh
[0:24] welcome to be to the Pacin City Council
[0:27] meeting for September 20 September
[0:31] 2nd, 2026. And it's uh the time is 6:00.
[0:34] We'll start this meeting with opening
[0:37] prayer. Council Hulet will take care of
[0:39] that for us.
[0:42] Our dear gracious eternal fathers, we
[0:44] come before these this day. We're so
[0:46] grateful for this city that we live in
[0:49] and for the residents and we ask that
[0:51] thou bless them.
[0:53] We we're so thankful for the rain that
[0:55] we've received and please bless us with
[0:58] more rain and so we can have uh nice yards and so
[1:04] we can have beauties around us.
[1:07] help us make wise decisions and and that
[1:11] we can all work together and have
[1:13] harmony in this city. And we say these
[1:15] things in the name of Jesus Christ.
[1:16] Amen.
[1:17] >> Amen.
[1:18] >> Thank you, Brian. Council Smith will
[1:20] lead us in the pledge.
[1:26] allegiance to the flag of the
[1:29] United States of America and to the
[1:32] republic for which it stands, one nation
[1:35] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:39] justice for all.
[1:41] >> Thank you, Lacy.
[1:44] Okay, ladies and gentlemen, we'll we'll
[1:46] continue on. Uh see the consent agenda
[1:50] pretty open and shut one approval of the
[1:53] August 19th city council minutes. Unless
[1:56] there's any discussion about those
[1:58] minutes, council, I won't for an
[1:59] emotion. A motion.
[2:02] >> Mayor, I motion that we approve the
[2:04] consent agenda.
[2:06] >> I'll second that.
[2:07] >> Okay, we have a motion and seconded. Uh,
[2:09] starting with council Pvosard,
[2:11] >> yes.
[2:12] >> Council Moss,
[2:14] >> yes.
[2:14] >> Council Rolley,
[2:15] >> yes.
[2:16] >> Council Hullet,
[2:16] >> yes.
[2:17] >> Council Smith,
[2:18] >> yes.
[2:18] >> Motion carries. Thank you. Moving on to
[2:21] D petitions. Yard of the month. The
[2:23] motion approved yard of the month as
[2:25] well. council procar prog
[2:30] and rusty to come up.
[2:36] So this year for those of you that
[2:37] perhaps been following along with us
[2:39] beautifification committee decided they
[2:42] wanted to uh encourage the citizenry to
[2:45] clean their yards and take pride in PAC.
[2:48] We've got a campaign going right now
[2:51] that's really exciting and it's gaining
[2:52] traction and uh so we decided to uh have
[2:56] an extra uh award this year and we've
[2:59] awarded most improved yards of the month
[3:02] and the beautifification committee this
[3:04] month nominated
[3:06] uh we received four nominations but of
[3:10] the nominations
[3:12] and chief metal and DBI drafting and
[3:15] engineering was selected our most
[3:18] improved yard since they're they're
[3:21] brothers but they're all in business
[3:23] together sheet metal and uh we're real
[3:28] happy to award them certificate of most
[3:30] improved yard
[3:42] » you want a picture
[3:43] >> yeah stay here and we'll get
[3:46] Okay.
[3:47] >> Yeah.
[3:48] >> If I could get Brian and Audrey Camp to
[3:51] come up.
[3:54] >> This is kind of a unique one. Uh we
[3:56] received eight nominations for the art
[3:58] of the month and uh the committee voted.
[4:01] I I wasn't able to vote,
[4:04] but I was nominated to go and award them
[4:06] and let
[4:09] the door and told Audrey, she goes, "Is
[4:11] this going to be a problem?" And I said,
[4:13] "Not Not even uh if you get an
[4:18] opportunity to drive down by their home,
[4:20] it is gorgeous. While I was sneaking to
[4:23] take pictures, I had two neighbors come
[4:25] out and say how much hard work you guys
[4:27] put into
[4:29] >> me.
[4:31] [laughter]
[4:33] So
[4:38] congratul
[4:54] You can see it right there.
[5:04] » Good.
[5:12] » Thank you.
[5:39] Okay, moving on to number two.
[5:42] uh of office for the new battalion
[5:44] chief. Scott, you want to
[5:47] bloate a little bit and then we'll go
[5:49] from there?
[5:51] Brag, I should say.
[5:55] » Um,
[5:58] mayor and council, just to give you a
[6:01] little insight information, um, we've
[6:05] had the opportunity to hire a battalion
[6:06] chief a few months ago from our budget
[6:09] uh, previous last year. Um, we went
[6:12] through nom applications inhouse, out of
[6:15] house. We did some interviews and uh
[6:18] felt like that, uh, Wes Walker was our best fit for our battalion chief.
[6:24] Um, Wes has been in the fire service a
[6:26] long time. Um, fourth generation.
[6:30] Yep. Uh, firefighter um, for here in PAC
[6:34] Fire Department. Um, he's he's worked
[6:36] with us for over 20 years. Um he's
[6:38] worked in different locations in South
[6:40] Jordan, um Oram, um Spanish Fork, Lone
[6:45] Peak, and I'm glad that he was excited
[6:48] enough to come work for us and be uh an
[6:50] employee here in his hometown. Uh he's a
[6:54] great asset for us, and we're excited to
[6:56] have him. He has a lot of great wealth
[6:57] and knowledge. Um and he helps out with
[7:00] our uh medical calls and and with the
[7:02] crews. Um he's also a paramedic so that
[7:05] helps on days we're short on staffing
[7:07] with paramedics. So we're excited to
[7:09] have him as part of our full-time staff.
[7:11] So um great to have him here with us and
[7:15] he's always excited and smiling and I
[7:17] think he grows an inch or two every
[7:19] month. I don't know. He just keeps
[7:20] getting taller and taller. Yeah. But
[7:22] anyway, um thank you for supporting us
[7:26] in this position. So
[7:28] >> you bet. So uh let's have him come talk
[7:31] a little bit. Come on.
[7:32] >> Come on up.
[7:36] [laughter]
[7:38] » Well, I bushwacked you.
[7:41] [laughter]
[7:45] » So, I'm Wes. Um, my chief was saying,
[7:48] I'm super grateful to be here in PAC.
[7:50] I've worked in the fire service for 19
[7:53] years full-time. Um, I started my career
[7:56] in Salt Lake County. did 11 years up
[7:58] there. Came down to Lone Peak Fire
[8:00] District where there's a combination
[8:03] department where I was a captain there.
[8:05] From there I came down to uh Oram and
[8:08] then I left Oram after about two years
[8:10] and went to Spanish Fork for six months
[8:12] and then I went back to ORM was at ORM
[8:14] for five years total and the whole time
[8:17] I still maintained with Pac. So I
[8:19] started here and hopefully I'll end here
[8:21] one day. Uh but it's it's honor to be a
[8:25] part of this community and watch our
[8:27] department grow and develop. It's it's
[8:29] fun to be in this growing stage. Um it's
[8:32] not going to be fun. It's not going to
[8:34] be easy, but it we'll get there. So,
[8:36] thanks for having me here.
[8:39] >> Congratulations. That's we're more than
[8:42] happy to have you with us.
[8:44] >> Okay, judge. You want to take care of
[8:48] the swearing in?
[9:00] supportitution
[9:04] of the United States.
[9:15] I will discharge
[9:17] my office.
[9:28] Hey, do do we want a picture? Wes, get
[9:29] back up here. We're going to get a
[9:31] picture with you.
[9:32] >> Wes, you have to sign your
[9:34] >> sign.
[9:50] Can we do one?
[10:12] » We're gonna find a window. So, we're
[10:14] going to split the council and go this
[10:16] way.
[10:21] I feel like Moses
[10:24] less effective.
[10:27] >> Okay. One, two, three.
[10:31] >> Okay.
[10:40] So,
[11:07] I'll just remain standing. We'll go
[11:09] ahead and do CTC, Mayor's Youth
[11:12] Recognition Award. Shelby.
[11:19] » Hello, Mayor and Council. We are excited
[11:22] to be back giving out this award again
[11:25] this school year. There's a lot of
[11:26] benefits to recognition that I won't get
[11:29] into, but it's great that we're able to
[11:32] do this. So, when I call your name,
[11:34] please come up and share your name,
[11:36] grade, and favorite color. From Mount
[11:38] Nebo Middle School, we have Eden
[11:40] Frisbee.
[11:49] Um, my name's Eden and um I'm in seventh
[11:54] grade and my favorite color is butter
[11:56] yellow.
[12:02] » Teachers have said Eden is one of the
[12:04] hardest working students. She is a
[12:06] fantastic problem solver, taking
[12:08] initiative and creating solutions to
[12:10] many obstacles. She is also kind,
[12:12] compassionate, and models the kind of
[12:14] citizenship that proves our future is in
[12:16] good hands. Eden is an amazing helper
[12:19] and brings such a positive attitude to
[12:21] school every day. Great job, Eden.
[12:29] From Pac Junior High, we have Parker
[12:32] Maine.
[12:35] He is at football practice, so I knew he
[12:37] wasn't going to be here, but I'll read
[12:39] what teachers said about him. Parker
[12:42] consistently shows kindness, respect,
[12:44] and responsibility in the way he treats
[12:46] the people around him. He is the kind of
[12:48] peer that others look up to, not because
[12:50] he seeks attention, but because he
[12:52] naturally sets a great example. He truly
[12:55] embodies the Grizzly motto by being
[12:57] grateful, respectful, responsible, and
[12:59] resilient. Parker makes our school a
[13:01] better place simply by noticing others,
[13:03] including everyone, and offering a
[13:05] helping hand. Great job, Parker.
[13:47] Thank you. There you go.
[14:05] Okay.
[14:08] Got to admit I was a little bit nervous.
[14:09] I saw both these people come in just
[14:11] here just a little while ago for the
[14:13] just serve. So we have a presentation uh
[14:16] designating pace city as a just serve
[14:18] city. Alan, is it you or Christine's
[14:21] gonna talk to us? Okay, come on up,
[14:24] Christine.
[14:32] Well, we are really excited to present
[14:35] this plaque to hang in the Pacin City
[14:37] office that PAC city has been designated
[14:40] as a just served city, which is really
[14:43] exciting for us. um service just makes
[14:46] all of us better, those who are being
[14:48] served and those who are serving. So,
[14:49] we're really excited to kind of
[14:52] spotlight this in pace and focus on it.
[14:55] And part of the Just Serve program is
[14:57] that you will be giving out Just Serve
[14:59] awards for volunteers in the city. And
[15:01] so, I went ahead and chose one for
[15:03] tonight. Um you'll none of you will be
[15:05] surprised, but I would like to invite
[15:07] April Jones to come up. A welldeserved
[15:17] This is a heart of service award. It
[15:19] commemorates our 250th anniversary of
[15:22] being a nation. And a really pretty
[15:25] little um medallion that goes along with
[15:28] that. But April, if you see good being
[15:32] done, April is usually in the middle of
[15:33] it. So, we just really appreciate what
[15:35] she does for our city. And I have a
[15:38] little bit of swag. There's a sign that
[15:40] we can put on the lawn outside and
[15:42] things to put on the doors, but I just
[15:45] serve um when we reach out and take care
[15:47] of each other, we build bridges and it
[15:50] can't help us but make us all a better people and a better community.
[15:54] And I thank you guys for making sure
[15:56] this has happened in PAC. So, thank you.
[15:59] >> Thank you, Chris.
[16:04] » We need to do enough picture. Yes,
[16:06] >> we're getting our exercise.
[16:21] Yes, we also
[16:29] [laughter]
[16:51] Get everybody.
[17:03] One, two,
[17:08] Thanks everybody.
[18:09] Okay, moving along. Uh we'll go to
[18:12] public forum. Anybody can speak at uh
[18:16] the public forum. Please be cognizant of
[18:18] your time if you would. and uh identify
[18:21] who you are and uh possibly where you
[18:23] live. So, if if there's anybody who'd
[18:25] like to address uh the council and the public here, we'd love to have you
[18:30] do that. Mike, come on up.
[18:37] First, I thought I'd wear my be my Utah
[18:40] shirt to remind you which school
[18:42] >> I got a blue one that's better than that
[18:44] one. [laughter]
[18:46] Oh, I don't I told Dave that I regretted
[18:49] that we hired him.
[18:51] >> I had to say that, Mike. I just had to.
[18:54] >> Okay. Anyway, there's one couple of
[18:56] things I'd like to bring up. You guys
[18:59] sent out this thing to us about onion
[19:01] days. That made me think of a salmon
[19:03] supper. Now, the reason I'm talking
[19:05] about the salmon supper tonight is I've
[19:08] talked to a lot of people in town about
[19:10] the salmon supper, and there's it's
[19:12] getting to the point where it's kind of
[19:14] an exclusive event almost. Now, there
[19:18] have been several times when I wanted to
[19:20] go because I was traveling and when I
[19:22] got home, all the tickets were already
[19:24] sold out. Um, I'm wondering if there's a
[19:28] better way
[19:30] to do that. I've had two, some people
[19:32] actually say, "Let's have two salmon
[19:33] suppers." Now, that's that's really a
[19:36] hard thing for the staff.
[19:37] >> And you know full well that.
[19:39] >> Yes. And um they said, "Well, you could
[19:42] have one in the evening and one the next
[19:43] morning." But I don't think that'll
[19:46] work. But it almost seems to me that we
[19:50] ought to have a lottery of some kind
[19:52] where people could beforehand
[19:55] apply for so many tickets and then if
[19:58] they got picked they got picked because
[20:00] >> um as I was telling Dave a lot of times
[20:02] I've come back from Wyoming because I
[20:04] still have people there in my family
[20:06] >> and I know one time specifically it was
[20:09] too late
[20:10] >> by the time I got into town.
[20:11] >> Well well we haven't and I'm sure we
[20:13] were willing to explore different ways
[20:15] of doing it there. there there shouldn't
[20:17] be any problem there. But what we have
[20:19] done for the last three or four years is open it up for PAC city residents for
[20:26] a couple of days. Uh and that that works
[20:29] somewhat. This year we sold just over
[20:31] 2,000 to PAC residents and then the rest
[20:34] were put on sale uh the following
[20:36] Monday.
[20:36] >> My question is how how is it how is it
[20:39] notified? I mean I it's hard to get into
[20:42] the city website sometimes to do this
[20:44] stuff. It's not the friendliest website.
[20:46] >> April, could you could you help us out a
[20:48] little bit? Come on up if you wouldn't
[20:50] mind. As long as we got some time here,
[20:53] but this is not exclusive. Mike, I'd
[20:56] love to take a look at other ways, too.
[20:59] >> So, the tickets go on sale the um three
[21:03] days before and we set aside 2,000 for
[21:05] PAC residents only. You could log on to
[21:08] your our recreation account as long as
[21:12] you're a PAC resident and create a PAC
[21:15] account in that recreation. You could be
[21:18] anywhere in the world and buy your
[21:19] tickets when they go on sale. So they go
[21:22] on sale 9:00 a.m. This year will be a
[21:25] little different. We put the information
[21:27] about the pre-sale in the city
[21:29] newsletter and we try and do it for two
[21:31] months. So, it's kind of one of those
[21:34] things that tells if you're reading our
[21:36] city newsletter, and we're not trying to
[21:38] be secretive. We want to be as
[21:40] transparent as possible, but we have put
[21:42] it in there. Um, you can call the wreck
[21:45] department and we would tell you the
[21:47] days that are on sale and we can
[21:48] actually even help you. So, the um this
[21:51] year the pre-sale went on sale at 9:00
[21:54] a.m. and it was about
[21:58] roughly 1 in the afternoon that we sold
[22:01] out of our 2,000 tickets. So, people had
[22:04] that opportunity to buy them that whole
[22:06] day. Then when what happens next is we
[22:09] give the volunteer tickets. We set them
[22:11] aside because if you're a PAC and
[22:12] volunteer, you get a free ticket and
[22:15] then whatever is left, we put we have
[22:19] everything closed down until they go on
[22:21] sale to the general public on that
[22:22] Monday. On the general public sale,
[22:25] anyone can log in at 9:00 am and buy
[22:29] your ticket. It's kind of like what
[22:31] you're suggesting. It's a lottery in a
[22:32] sense. I don't know how the the system
[22:36] works, how it chooses who gets in first,
[22:39] who doesn't get in first, but you get
[22:41] that opportunity. And then the other
[22:43] thing we did this year is we had a
[22:45] waiting list. So if you gave us a call,
[22:47] we would put you on our waiting list. I
[22:48] had approximately 50 people on the
[22:50] waiting list and I was able to fill
[22:53] everybody on that waiting list. There
[22:55] was only two families and I just
[22:57] couldn't get a hold of them. So
[23:00] >> I appreciate all the hard work. problem
[23:02] is there's still a problem and I I think
[23:04] it needs to make it we need to make it
[23:07] easier than it is now because that
[23:09] presupposes that they have the apps or
[23:11] all these other things.
[23:12] >> Well, basically not an app.
[23:14] >> Well, yes, but I mean you need to have
[23:17] that information out to the public
[23:19] because I've talked to a lot of people
[23:20] and they are not happy.
[23:22] >> Okay. Well, you know, we certainly can
[23:24] take a look at different ways of of
[23:26] handling, Mike. And uh yeah, I'm I'm I
[23:29] appreciate you coming here. And we're not going to totally solve it
[23:32] right now, but I I really wanted April
[23:34] where she was here and available to to
[23:36] talk about a little bit.
[23:38] >> Happy to help you get things.
[23:39] >> Yeah. And I and I know April and so I
[23:42] appreciate all that, but uh I'm I'm I
[23:45] think you for the sake of the general
[23:47] public there it needs to be if nothing
[23:50] else make sure it shows up in the uh PAS
[23:53] chronicle several times. Sure.
[23:55] beforehand. So, so people on all those
[23:58] different ways know how to get into
[24:00] that. Get
[24:00] >> Yeah, we'll we'll we'll discuss and
[24:02] we'll get back to you.
[24:03] >> Okay. Thank you.
[24:04] >> Well, no.
[24:05] >> Okay.
[24:06] >> April, how many tickets did we sell this
[24:07] year?
[24:08] >> We sold 44.
[24:10] >> Okay.
[24:12] >> So, we kept it right under 4500
[24:17] >> just because you never know what's going
[24:19] to happen at the very last.
[24:21] >> Yeah.
[24:21] >> So, it's 4480, but we had sold.
[24:24] We have been up to 5,000, but boy,
[24:26] that's a really hard number to pick.
[24:29] >> We've talked, you know, a lot of us
[24:32] about different things that we could do.
[24:34] >> Unfortunately,
[24:36] I feel like if we went to two days, the
[24:38] magic is lost and we're not going to
[24:41] sell.
[24:43] >> However, I think one of the options that
[24:45] we could look at was to maybe start it a
[24:48] little earlier, bring our seniors in at
[24:51] maybe
[24:53] our seniors at
[24:55] which opens up more tickets for the
[24:56] general public.
[24:58] >> April, sounds good.
[25:00] >> If I can, mayor,
[25:01] >> please
[25:01] >> jump in on this.
[25:02] >> Yes.
[25:03] >> Uh there there's been three or four
[25:05] suggestions. I campaigned that everybody
[25:08] I talked to said we can't get salmon
[25:10] supper tickets and and I get it. I truly
[25:12] do. But I also recognize all of the hard
[25:15] work that the fire department that you
[25:18] that all the volunteers do. One of the suggestions that's gaining a
[25:23] lot of traction that I took some time to
[25:26] check on was to start the senior
[25:29] citizens earlier. So, I took the time to
[25:31] get on the buses as they were leaving uh
[25:34] the salmon supper and ask them if there
[25:37] would be any interest if we started
[25:38] earlier around 1:00 if they could come
[25:42] earlier. And they were so excited. Two
[25:44] buses says that way we can get back for
[25:47] other activities.
[25:49] So, I I think it's something I was kind
[25:52] of waiting until the dust settled from
[25:54] this year and the pains went away to
[25:56] talk about it, but uh I I really think
[25:59] the idea of maybe starting a little
[26:01] earlier and and helping get some of the
[26:04] people that couldn't come at 1:00
[26:07] because of work and that we could get
[26:09] those buses here and feed them and then
[26:11] be ready for the citizenry,
[26:14] you know, regular time.
[26:17] >> So,
[26:17] >> set aside for res but you have so many
[26:22] out of town people that are no longer
[26:24] piece of residents that are just
[26:26] devastated because that preale really
[26:28] does work. Yeah,
[26:30] >> we have our system set up that unless
[26:32] you are least reser
[26:40] » I I think the system works well. Well, I do I think the system's running well.
[26:46] >> Suffice it to say, we will explore those
[26:49] avenues and and thank you, Mike, for
[26:53] >> Yeah, we we'll explore them and we'll
[26:55] come up with a solution. It won't be a
[26:58] solution that everybody will love, but
[27:00] we'll come up with some better
[27:01] solutions.
[27:03] Mike,
[27:06] yes, we got that. Yep. Thank you for
[27:10] asking again. Thank you for bringing up
[27:12] the subject, Mike. Okay. Anyone else
[27:15] would like to address this in the public
[27:17] forum?
[27:19] Anybody online, Emily?
[27:23] Okay, we'll go ahead and close the
[27:25] public forum and go to number six, staff
[27:28] reports. And any staff would like to
[27:30] come and talk with us.
[27:34] Okay, Chief.
[27:37] [laughter]
[27:41] Uh, mayor and council, just a couple of
[27:42] things. Um, first, just to let you know,
[27:45] we've we've had quite a few calls, u
[27:47] medical and fire. Um, things are still
[27:50] dry even with all the rain we've had.
[27:52] Um, we were actually out on the freeway
[27:53] the other day with a fire um from a tire
[27:58] and so it was surprising to see how well
[28:00] the grass that was cut still burned. Uh,
[28:03] so things still are dry. So, we're we're
[28:06] cautious about that and hopefully we'll
[28:08] um still have good uh results for our
[28:12] area without any fires and things. So,
[28:16] um we're keeping our our park closed to
[28:18] fires. Um the Forest Service has still
[28:21] remained open for fires. No restrictions
[28:23] at all anywhere in in Pacin Canyon or
[28:26] the Uenta Wasach. Um but they have a a
[28:30] better moisture content up higher than
[28:31] we do down lower. Um, also, um, we've
[28:35] been working on, um, we we got a
[28:38] sidebyside a couple years ago. We use
[28:40] for fire and medical calls, rescue type
[28:42] stuff. Um, we've been doing work on that
[28:44] and and a lot goes to Renzy and he did a
[28:47] lot of fabrication stuff so we could
[28:48] put, um, a stretcher basically in the
[28:52] machine so when we had to go up into the
[28:54] canyons to get people, we can take the
[28:56] patients instead of having a whole group
[28:58] of people have to pack people out for
[29:00] miles on a trail. Uh, this machine will
[29:03] work wherever we go. Um, Forbay, Pacing
[29:06] Canyon, the trails here. So, it's taken
[29:08] a while to get the fabrication,
[29:10] everything done, but um, we'll have to
[29:12] show you pictures. He's done a fantastic
[29:13] job putting it all together. So, I would
[29:15] like to thank Ren for his help on that.
[29:18] Um, Station 92 is is going well. You
[29:22] hopefully you've driven by and seen all
[29:23] the earth work, all the fill they're
[29:25] bringing in um to bring the site up to
[29:27] grade. Um, it's amazing how much they've
[29:29] had to bring in, but um, things are
[29:31] going well. We did our pre-construction
[29:32] meeting today. There's a few little
[29:34] things we're working out, but we're continuing to move forward with
[29:37] the station um and getting that under
[29:40] construction. Um they're doing the peers
[29:42] right now, which they put down the
[29:44] ground to help stabilize the ground as
[29:46] they put the footings and stuff there
[29:48] because of liquefaction.
[29:50] >> How deep do those peers go, do you
[29:51] think, Chief?
[29:52] >> 40 feet.
[29:53] >> Yeah, pretty deep. Yeah, they it was
[29:56] surprising to to hear that when they did the um testing of the ground
[30:01] that um there was water 20 feet down and
[30:04] so they felt like there could be
[30:05] liquefaction. So um it's interesting
[30:08] that our whole area um there's been
[30:11] challenges. Salem had to do it. Spanish
[30:13] work on their station had to do it.
[30:15] We've had to do it, but unfortunately
[30:16] we've had to go a little bit deeper than
[30:18] the others just because of that site.
[30:20] But um things are going well. um they've
[30:24] got most of the um contracts um bids
[30:27] back in and so it looks like things are
[30:29] progressing well with that. So we look
[30:30] forward to um doing a groundbreaking
[30:34] here soon once we we're our plan is to
[30:37] uh with the site work get the the peers
[30:39] in place and then it can be leveled out
[30:42] a little bit and then we can do a
[30:43] groundbreaking for the station and park
[30:44] and have a nice event. Um, so we're
[30:48] looking forward to that. But, um, we're
[30:50] excited about it and we appreciate all
[30:51] your support for that. So, thank you.
[30:54] >> Thanks, Chief.
[30:59] » Robert,
[31:00] >> I'm just going to go really quick. Mayor
[31:02] and Council, apologize for those of us
[31:04] that were a little bit late. We were We
[31:06] were not on a donut break. We were
[31:09] >> That's too bad.
[31:10] >> I know, right? We were um actually uh
[31:12] attending an open house uh and saw
[31:15] council member Rolley there as well for
[31:18] uh Rocky Mountain Power is planning a
[31:20] transmission line, a 345
[31:23] KV uh transmission line through our city
[31:26] and we have some real concerns about
[31:27] that about its location. We we support
[31:30] the transmission. We we support
[31:32] generation and all of those things and
[31:34] distribution, but uh its location uh
[31:36] along the Sharp uh railway line that
[31:39] goes straight through our city is a real
[31:41] concern for us and so we were gathering
[31:43] some more information. We will be
[31:45] meeting with them and providing you
[31:47] updates as we get more information. So
[31:49] apologize for our tardiness. Uh I wanted
[31:52] to come and just quickly talk about a
[31:54] problem that I didn't expect to have.
[31:56] Um,
[31:58] I met with uh David Rolley today uh and
[32:01] the problem is a good one. Uh, our
[32:03] innovation center is so busy. Uh, all of
[32:06] the spaces have been rented out. They
[32:08] only have one desk left to be rented uh
[32:11] in in the whole facility. I would
[32:13] encourage you all to go down there
[32:15] sometime. Uh, it is a bustling place at
[32:18] all times of the day. Uh, and so we're so pleased with the success that
[32:24] we've seen there and the resource that
[32:26] that's been to the community. I just
[32:27] wanted to give you an update on that of
[32:29] how well that's doing uh and looking for
[32:32] ways to continue to provide that to our
[32:34] residents. So, thank you.
[32:36] >> Good problem to have. Thank you, Robert.
[32:40] >> Any other staff?
[32:43] » Okay, we'll go ahead and switch to
[32:45] council reports. Go ahead, Bob. Thank
[32:49] you. Uh beautifification committee uh is
[32:53] got a lot of energy still this time of
[32:55] year. Uh we had a had a project Saturday
[32:59] morning down under the freeway uh and
[33:02] worked our way on both sides of the
[33:03] freeway and and cleaned that up. It was fun. We had fun. We've now moved
[33:10] from uh yard of the month uh in
[33:12] September in awarding that that our our
[33:16] yard for October will be the best
[33:19] Halloween direction or uh decoration. So
[33:22] we would like we would like the
[33:24] nominations in by the 25th of October so
[33:28] that we can award it the first uh
[33:30] council meeting of November. So it'll be
[33:33] a Halloween themed uh yard. So, we'll
[33:37] accept nominations up till the 25th of October.
[33:42] Um, then Lacy and I and Robert and Dave
[33:48] and Sean had the wonderful opportunity
[33:51] to go up to the Uamps convention. Uh,
[33:55] man, we're facing a lot of complex
[33:57] issues. Transmission being being one of
[34:00] them. There's a lot of new power sources
[34:02] coming on, but there's not enough
[34:04] transmission lines to carry the the new
[34:06] power and trying to get Pacific Core or
[34:10] Rocky Mountain. Uh I think they told us
[34:13] in the one session, Lacy, that the
[34:16] application period is eight years out
[34:18] for power that's ready to come online
[34:20] right now that they won't even accept
[34:23] their application for eight more years.
[34:26] So, we're we're facing some growing problems with power. I think the
[34:30] most exciting part of the the trip was
[34:34] uh
[34:35] sitting in the hotel room without power.
[34:39] Uh you go to a power convention and uh
[34:42] the power goes out. But what was really
[34:45] exciting was the next morning I took a
[34:47] tour of the their generation plants and
[34:50] they actually had a real time video of
[34:53] the lightning hitting a transformer and
[34:56] that was pretty cool. uh looked like
[34:58] somebody really blasting an arc welder.
[35:01] Uh but it knocked out it knocked out the
[35:03] whole the whole south and west part of Logan. Uh but I was impressed how
[35:10] quickly they got it back up for as much
[35:11] devastation as it did. So uh a lot of
[35:15] neat things. I think Sean should be very uh happy with what Pac City is
[35:21] doing and what Sean's doing. I know that
[35:24] I come away with a sense of of uh
[35:27] admiration for Shawn and what we've done
[35:30] with our new generators and and power
[35:32] protecting the citizens of PAC and not
[35:36] buying spot power as much anymore. Uh I
[35:39] look forward to some of the new
[35:41] technology that's coming down the
[35:43] pipeline as long as we can get it to our
[35:45] lines. So, thank you for that
[35:48] opportunity to go and and see that and
[35:50] to hear hear the speakers. They were great. Thank you.
[35:54] >> Thanks, Council Moss.
[35:56] >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, I have a couple
[35:59] things. Um, first, I saw a post on
[36:03] Facebook about um complimenting the
[36:06] flowers along 9:30 towards the temple.
[36:10] Um, and I I live over there, but they
[36:13] said a big shout out to uh who whomever
[36:16] planted these flowers. They are
[36:18] stunning. And I just wanted to um thank
[36:22] Tracy and his team even though Tracy's
[36:24] not here today um for going
[36:28] just running with the plan and the idea.
[36:31] It was a great collaboration and and
[36:33] it's made it they've made it a really
[36:36] beautiful part of our city and those
[36:37] flowers are the sunflowers and the
[36:40] zenyas are just beautiful and I drive by
[36:44] there almost every day and there are
[36:48] people on that path every all the time
[36:51] and so it has been wonderful and um
[36:55] along those same lines I was driving
[36:58] early this early in the morning up to
[37:01] Provo to work and um this week and I
[37:04] just the rain has made everything so
[37:07] beautiful in our little part of the
[37:08] valley and the views of the mountains
[37:12] and I was just struck and I and I don't
[37:16] think I take it for granted but and
[37:18] maybe some people do but I don't think
[37:20] about it all the time but we live in a
[37:23] beautiful area with beautiful views,
[37:26] beautiful mountains, beautiful farmland
[37:30] and I just I just wanted to bring that
[37:32] to everybody's attention to notice that
[37:35] more often. We are truly blessed to live
[37:38] in such a beautiful place and I hope we
[37:40] can do
[37:42] a lot to preserve it cuz once once the
[37:44] farmland is gone, it's gone if you if we
[37:47] choose to let it go. And it's valuable.
[37:49] And um I've I've had the opportunity to
[37:53] live where there were no mountains. And
[37:55] you miss them when you've lived where
[37:57] there are mountains. And so, um, I just love looking at them, especially
[38:02] early in the morning if I happen to be
[38:04] up that early. Um, and then also Onion
[38:08] Days. I'm so excited. I hope to see
[38:09] everybody at all the activities. Starts
[38:11] tomorrow with the concert. Aaron Watson,
[38:15] right?
[38:16] >> Yep.
[38:16] >> I don't know who that is, but I'm going
[38:18] to go see. Um, and the parade and
[38:22] fireworks and all that stuff. I hope to
[38:24] see everybody celebrating our town.
[38:26] That's all I've got.
[38:27] >> Thank you.
[38:28] >> Thanks,
[38:28] >> Councley.
[38:30] >> Thank you, Mayor. I echo so much of
[38:32] what's already been said. And I want to
[38:33] thank uh April, as our busy weekend
[38:35] approaches. Thank you for all the hard
[38:37] work you put in. And I don't see Janine
[38:39] here tonight, but I hope she knows of
[38:41] our thanks and appreciation, too, for
[38:43] her 14 years of service. And we'll try
[38:45] to keep the onion rolling without her,
[38:47] but man, it's going to be weird without
[38:49] her. Um, I'm so thankful to to our
[38:52] firefighters and EMS. I see so many here
[38:54] with us tonight. Thank you guys. Uh we
[38:57] appreciate you. We trust you. We we
[38:59] trust you with our lives at times. So,
[39:01] thank you. And there there are certain
[39:02] names that are synonymous with Pac and
[39:04] Walker is one of those names. And so,
[39:06] Wes, I'm so glad that uh you you've come
[39:09] back home, but I joked and said you
[39:10] never left as hard as you tried to
[39:12] leave. You know as well as I do. Pac's a
[39:14] black hole. It sucks you in and keeps
[39:15] you forever. So, now I'm glad you're
[39:17] here and getting paid to be here. What a what a great blessing. But
[39:21] really, thank you to the Walker family
[39:22] for their their generations of of
[39:24] support to our city and our fire
[39:26] department. And thank you for for being
[39:28] here and for working for us and with us.
[39:31] And I saw all of you guys uh almost run
[39:33] out of here when we talked about doing
[39:34] the salmon stuff for longer. And I just
[39:36] want to know we're we're aware of you.
[39:38] We we appreciate you. We know what what
[39:40] you're doing. And and it is it's that
[39:42] catch 22. It has almost become an
[39:44] exclusive event. uh it is too much
[39:47] demand for what we have and so we just
[39:49] have to decide if if that's how it's
[39:51] going to be or what we can do
[39:52] differently. We've looked at a lot of
[39:53] different options and we have not found
[39:55] the silver bullet yet, but unfortunately
[39:57] it's just really popular. People love it
[39:59] and so it sells out in a few hours. So
[40:01] it's just know we're always looking at
[40:03] it, but we can't we can't kill off our help either. So it's that that
[40:08] metric we're trying to figure out, but
[40:09] thank you for bringing that up. And uh Sean, will you please thank your our linemen uh after that micro burst
[40:17] and that storm we had last week. They were up there repairing things
[40:20] quickly. And so please tell your guys
[40:22] thank you from us. They do a good job
[40:24] and they have a pretty dang good boss,
[40:26] too. So, thank you. And uh I just want
[40:29] to speak to to the council and mayor and
[40:31] just say thank you uh for all that you
[40:33] do. It's truly a pleasure to serve with
[40:35] each of you. I mean it. You know, I I
[40:37] love the idea and the fact that we can
[40:38] disagree and still smile and shake hands
[40:41] at the end of the meeting. That's what
[40:42] it's all about. Unity does not mean
[40:44] sameness. We can vote differently and
[40:45] still be unified in it. And I have no
[40:48] doubt in my mind that everybody sitting
[40:49] on this table, we're all up here because
[40:51] we want what's best for PAC. And I I I
[40:54] thank you for your example and your
[40:56] willingness to teach me. And and Bob,
[40:58] can I say I was not surprised to see you
[41:00] underneath the overpass, but I was sure
[41:03] glad you were there. uh really the
[41:05] beautifification committee and Bob, you have you've put uh your money where
[41:09] your mouth is and you're out there
[41:10] almost every Saturday and I see Dave and
[41:12] Robert out there, too. Thank you guys
[41:14] for truly being out there and and
[41:17] putting your your shoulder the wheel and
[41:18] going out there with shovels and rakes
[41:20] and truly cleaning up. Not just sitting
[41:22] around and talking about it, but really
[41:24] doing it. Uh so many residents and
[41:26] myself notice your good work. So, thank
[41:28] you.
[41:28] >> Thank you.
[41:29] >> That's all I have.
[41:35] So, I just have a few things. Um, I
[41:37] don't know how many of you know, but uh,
[41:39] President Christensen of the president
[41:41] of MTech is retiring next few weeks. And
[41:45] so, if you know of anybody good that um
[41:48] that uh, you know, that might could
[41:51] apply for that job, let the MTech know
[41:53] and they'll reach out to them and ask
[41:55] them to apply. Um, President Chris has
[41:58] just been fantastic, especially for PAC
[42:01] helping us get the MTech building here.
[42:04] And going along with that is uh, Senor
[42:06] is a business that moved into the
[42:08] Plunder building and they had kind of an
[42:11] open house uh, a couple of weeks ago.
[42:15] But one thing I did find out is one of
[42:17] the reasons they moved here is because
[42:20] of the MTech building and the MTech. And
[42:23] so we've arranged to uh next week to
[42:26] take them through the Mtech building.
[42:28] They haven't been through it. So we're
[42:29] going to take the the send some of the
[42:31] Senor people through that building. Then
[42:34] the last thing I have is just uh we uh
[42:37] hired a consulting company to help us
[42:39] bring retail into PAC. It's called
[42:42] retail strategies. And they were here
[42:45] this Monday. Came and looked over the
[42:47] town and they thought there was lots of
[42:48] potential here. and they met with about
[42:50] five of the different land owners that
[42:52] have land that's available for retail.
[42:54] So, we'll just keep you a breast of how
[42:56] that's going. But, if we can get more
[42:59] retail here, it helps us have more
[43:01] options for shopping and eating, but it
[43:03] also brings in the sales tax dollars to
[43:07] help us keep rates down. So, thank you,
[43:11] >> Lacy.
[43:12] Um,
[43:14] I uh Bob already took all the thunder on
[43:17] the U amps thing, but um I learned more
[43:21] about power in a couple days than ever
[43:23] in my life, especially I thought I knew
[43:26] everything about power, but it's scary
[43:29] though. Um, but it did teach me I ever
[43:33] since being on the council and that
[43:34] really pushed it more of just being so c
[43:37] conscious of our usage, especially,
[43:42] you know, when we're not in the room and
[43:43] just little things like that of just how
[43:45] much it affects us and the increase of
[43:48] usage. Um, but so that was a lot of fun.
[43:51] I was at Walmart when the power went out
[43:54] and so that was even more fun. Um, and
[43:57] it was a torrential downpour.
[44:00] Uh, I'm really excited for Onion Days.
[44:02] I'm really nervous though because I
[44:04] don't know what to expect on everything.
[44:07] My husband thought he was going hunting
[44:08] this weekend and I told him he is not
[44:11] and so cuz I will be busy. So, poor him.
[44:15] And I just want to give a shout out to
[44:18] Robert and whoever is helping.
[44:21] I don't know if anyone else has noticed.
[44:23] I've been trying to share them too. The
[44:25] videos that this city is okay, Melanie,
[44:29] like the videos are great. I know that
[44:32] we don't want to copy other towns, but
[44:36] other towns are doing it. They get
[44:38] that's how people get involved. I think
[44:40] it's great. And so, um, I hope we can
[44:43] keep it up for I know it's a lot of
[44:45] work, but
[44:47] >> stick around. You're tonight.
[44:49] >> She's doing great.
[44:51] >> All the council is tonight.
[44:52] >> Oh. Well, I wish someone would have told
[44:54] us that before, but [laughter]
[44:57] anyway. So,
[44:58] >> no one would show up.
[44:59] >> Yeah. Hopefully everyone we see at all
[45:02] the things. I'm excited about the
[45:03] fireworks. So, that's it. Nothing crazy.
[45:08] >> Okay, council. Thank you.
[45:11] Okay, we come to E. Adjourn it to uh
[45:15] closed meeting. I'll take a motion to
[45:18] adjourn to a closed meeting. Mayor, I
[45:20] motion that we adjourn to a closed
[45:22] meeting on September 2nd, 2026
[45:25] at uh 6:45 p.m. to discuss the purchase,
[45:30] exchange, sale, or lease of real
[45:31] property.
[45:32] >> I'll second.
[45:33] >> Okay. Have a motion and seconded. Roll
[45:34] call vote starting with Council Smith.
[45:37] >> Yes.
[45:38] >> Council Hullet,
[45:39] >> yes.
[45:39] >> Council Roelly,
[45:40] >> yes.
[45:41] >> Council Moss,
[45:42] >> yes.
[45:42] >> Council Provos,
[45:44] >> okay, we'll be adjourned to a closed
[45:46] meeting. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you
[45:48] for being here. It's uh it's important
[45:50] that we get participation from the
[45:54] citizens. So, thank you for being here.