Mona City Council Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Mona City Council Room – 20 West Center

MEMBERS PRESENT:	Randy Christensen- Mayor 
				Kris Kay - Councilmember 
	Jay Christensen – Councilmember
 Kevin Squire – Councilmember
TJ Pace – Councilmember
Amy Stanley- Councilmember

STAFF PRESENT		Alicia Hills – Recorder		
				Michelle Dalton – Secretary/Treasurer	
				Sara Samuelson – Finance Director	
				Jeff Elbert – Sewer Worker
				Shay Morrison – R6 Community Advisor
														
OTHERS PRESENT:	Myrna Trauntvein, Times News Reporter; Cailyn Cunningham; Allison Adams; Joshua Davis; Greg Dalton

Mayor Randy Christensen called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm.

Opening prayer/Pledge of Allegiance:
Councilmember Squire led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Councilmember Christensen led the prayer.

Public Hearing:
•	Amendment of Mona City’s 2024-2025 Budget & approve Mona City’s 2025-2026 Budget
Councilmember Squire made the motion to open the public hearing at 7:07 pm. Councilmember Christensen seconded the motion to open the public hearing at 7:07 pm. The vote of the Council to open the public hearing was as follows:
				Councilmember Christensen			Aye
Councilmember Kay				Aye
				Councilmember Pace				Aye
				Councilmember Squire			Aye
				Councilmember Stanley			Aye
	
Finance Director Samuelson gave a PowerPoint presentation of the proposed Mona City 2025-2026 budget, along with a PowerPoint presentation of the 2024-2025 budget amendments.
	
Public Comment:
	None
Councilmember Squire made the motion to close the public hearing. Councilmember Kay seconded the motion to close the public hearing. The roll call of the Council to close the public hearing was as follows:
Councilmember Christensen			Aye
Councilmember Kay				Aye
				Councilmember Pace				Aye
				Councilmember Squire			Aye
				Councilmember Stanley			Aye

Approval of Minutes:
Councilmember Christensen motioned to accept the City Council Meeting Minutes of June 10, 2025, as written. Councilmember Stanley seconded the motion to accept the City Council Meeting Minutes of June 10, 2025, as written. The Mona City Council roll call vote to accept the City Council Meeting Minutes of June 10, 2025, was as follows:  
Councilmember Christensen:		Aye
Councilmember Kay:			Aye
Councilmember Pace:		Aye
Councilmember Squire:		Aye
Councilmember Stanley:		Aye
Miscellaneous Items:
Cailyn Cunningham, Juab High School Sterling Scholar, requested service projects for the 911 Day of Service for East Juab County. Councilmember Stanley stated that Mona City could make blankets at the City Center for the event.

Action Items:
•	Approval of Resolution 2025-15: Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between Mona City and Nephi City for Natural Gas Services:
Councilmember Squire motioned to approve Resolution 2025-15: Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between Mona City and Nephi City for Natural Gas Services. Councilmember Christensen seconded the motion. The Mona City Council roll call vote to approve Ordinance 2025-15, was as follows:  
Councilmember Christensen:		Aye
Councilmember Kay:			Aye
Councilmember Pace:		Aye
Councilmember Squire:		Aye
Councilmember Stanley:		Aye

•	Approval of Ordinance 2025-14: updates to Mona City Code 5-2-2: Licensing and Regulation of Dogs: 
Councilmember Squire motioned to approve Ordinance 2025-14: updates to Mona City Code 5-2-2: Licensing and Regulation of Dogs. Councilmember Kay seconded the motion. The Mona City Council roll call vote to approve Ordinance 2025-14: updates to Mona City Code 5-2-2: Licensing and Regulation of Dogs, was as follows:  

Councilmember Christensen:		Aye
Councilmember Kay:			Aye
Councilmember Pace:		Nay
Councilmember Squire:		Aye
Councilmember Stanley:		Aye
Shay Morrison R6 Community Advisor
Community Advisor Shay Morrison distributed a flyer concerning the Central Utah Agri-Park and explained further details of the project. He encouraged the Council to direct questions to Shaun Kjar.

Morrison stated that with the upcoming elections, he would be willing to do some training for the newly elected officials. 

R6 will be having a staff training day on August 6th, and he will send out further information.

Secretary/Treasurer:
•	Park Bathrooms:
Secretary Dalton stated that due to the issues that occurred in the park bathrooms during the ball tournament last weekend, she has communicated with the company, Waxie, to receive larger toilet paper dispensers and replace the broken soap dispensers. She stated that Mona City has a credit with the company and was able to obtain a large portion of the supplies for free.

•	Street Flags:
Secretary Dalton stated that two of the American flags have fallen off the poles along Main Street and requested that the flags not be left up for so long. Mayor Christensen stated that he has given permission to replace the flags, but Dalton is looking for a way for the employees to safely replace the flags more frequently.
Director of Finance:
Finance Director Samuelson reported on the annual fraud risk assessment and stated that Mona City is in the Moderate Risk category. She explained the reasoning for Mona City’s placement as moderate.

•	Approval of Finances
Councilmember Squire motioned to approve the finances for 6/11/2025 through 6/24/2025. Councilmember Pace seconded the motion to approve the Mona City finances for 6/11/2025 through 6/24/2025. The Mona City Council roll call vote to accept the finances was as follows:  
Councilmember Christensen:		Aye
Councilmember Kay:			Aye
Councilmember Pace:		Aye
Councilmember Squire:		Aye
Councilmember Stanley:		Aye

•	Approval of Resolution 2025-13 for the amendment of Mona City’s 2024-2025 budget and approval of the 2025-2026 budget:
Councilmember Pace motioned to approve Resolution 2025-13: Amendment of Mona City’s 2024-2025 budget and approval of the 2025-2026 budget. Councilmember Squire seconded the motion to approve Resolution 2025-13. The Mona City Council roll call vote to approve Resolution 2025-13 was as follows:  
Councilmember Christensen:		Aye
Councilmember Kay:			Aye
Councilmember Pace:		Aye
Councilmember Squire:		Aye
Councilmember Stanley:		Aye

Gas, Roads, and Water:
There was no attendance from the gas, roads, and water workers.

Sewer: 
Sewer Worker Jeff Elbert reported that the Water/Roads workers were a big help to him with the sewer project on Friday, and he will need their help again to pull the auger for repair this Friday. 

Elbert stated that the plant had a “burp” today, but is mostly running well. 

He said that the Peak Fire System keeps alarming, but it is going to cost $30,000 to fix it. He said that it is going off at 2 a.m. and is getting annoying. 

Elbert said that the fine screen system (drum screens) is worn out and needs to be replaced. The Council instructed him to contact manufacturers to get a bid on the screens.

Elbert also stated that he has received a bid for the air conditioning system in the office of the sewer plant. He stated that the bid was fairly expensive and that he needed more bids. Councilmember Squire said that he had some contacts and would get more bids.

Recorder:
•	Acceptance of the State Historic Preservation Office Cemetery Grant and approval of converting Mona City Cemetery to a digital program
Councilmember Squire motioned to approve acceptance of the State Historic Preservation Office Cemetery Grant and approval of converting the Mona City Cemetery to a digital program. Councilmember Pace seconded the motion. The Mona City Council roll call vote to accept the State Historic Preservation Office Cemetery Grant and approval of converting the Mona City Cemetery to a digital program, was as follows:  
Councilmember Christensen:		Aye
Councilmember Kay:			Aye
Councilmember Pace:		Aye
Councilmember Squire:		Aye
Councilmember Stanley:		Aye
Council Business:
Councilmember Stanley presented a copy of the Mona Celebration Schedule and discussed the upcoming activities. 

Councilmember Christensen stated that there are two contingencies on their home, so he is unsure of when he will be moving.

Councilmember Pace stated that it is hot outside and there may be brown spots in the park grass.

Councilmember Squire stated that they may start work on the council stand at the end of July or the first of August. Also, the plans for the pavilion are nearly finished, and he will also receive a cost estimate for the upgrades.

Councilmember Kay said that the parade kings and queens are assigned, and there are 3 cars reserved. He also has someone to carry the flag. Secretary Dalton stated that there are currently 3 nominations for grand marshal, and the Council will decide at the next meeting who the finalists are.

Public Comment: 
Greg Dalton stated that there are fire hydrants around town that need to be trimmed. Councilmember Squire stated that he will have the city workers take care of it. 

Jeff Elbert asked if anything has been done about crosswalks, and Mayor Christensen stated that he has not made contact with the County about them yet.

Adjournment:
Councilmember Stanley made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:13 pm. Councilmember Christensen seconded the motion. The Council's vote to adjourn the meeting at 8:13 pm was as follows:
Councilmember Christensen:		Aye
Councilmember Kay:			Aye
Councilmember Pace:		Aye
Councilmember Squire:		Aye
Councilmember Stanley:		Aye

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Randy Christensen, Mayor		           		 Alicia Hills, Mona City Recorder

Date of approval: ____________________