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Municipality

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Oak City

Public Body

Oak City Town Council

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Minutes

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Meeting

Event Start Date & Time

March 19, 2026 07:45 PM

Description/Agenda

Minutes of Town Board Public Hearing and Regular Meeting Held March 19, 2026 The meetings were held at the Oak City Town Hall in the Conference Room beginning at 7:45 p.m. The following were in attendance: TOWN OFFICIALS OTHERS Mayor Kirt Dutson Jess Peterson R6 Council Member Copeland Anderson-Absent Dave Steele Council Member Shawn Gonder attended by phone Preston Finlinson Council Member Tom Nielson Barry Anderson Council Member Jared Rawlinson Jerry Anderson Town Deputy Clerk Karen K. Lovell Jackie Coombs UAMPS Town Recorder Allysa Nielson Rhonda Perks UAMPS The Public Hearing began with an invocation by Jared. The purpose of the Public Hearing was to get public comment on the proposed annexation of the real property containing 8.74 acres that lies north of Oak City and west of Highway 125. (15 mins). The Mayor pointed out that this item was considered at the Planning and Zoning Meeting held before this meeting. The Planning and Zoning Commission had voted unanimously, excluding absent member Peggy Kooyman, to recommend that the Town Council deny the Annexation Petition at this time with the plan that it could be reconsidered after the Town has dealt with its water issues. There were no further comments. The Mayor adjourned the Public Hearing at 8:00 p.m. The Regular Town Board Regular Meeting began at 8:01 p.m. The same parties were in attendance. The following agenda items were considered: A. Adopt Agenda. Jared moved, seconded by Tom, to adopt the Agenda as written. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson- Aye. Shawn-Aye. Tom-Aye. Jared-Aye. Copeland-Absent. B. Adopt Minutes of Town Board Meeting held Thursday, February 19, 2026. Tom moved, seconded by Jared, to adopt the Minutes as written. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson-Aye. Copeland-Absent. Shawn-Aye. Tom-Aye. Jared-Aye. C. Discuss and Possibly Accept Request of New Construction of Habitable Accessory Structure-Hans & Shellie Lovell. (5 mins). Shellie and Hans quickly went through what they had already presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission at the previous meeting. The cost division was discussed a little further with Tom offering that the Irrigation Company should pay one third of the costs of the easement with the Town paying one third and the Lovells paying one third. The Mayor reported that the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the Town Council approve the Hans and Shellie Lovell request for a Habitable Accessory Structure. Tom moved, seconded by Jared, to accept the Request of New Construction of Habitable Accessory Structure for Hans and Shellie Lovell. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson-Aye. Jared-Aye. Tom-Aye. Shawn-Aye. Copeland-Absent. D. Town Clean up Discussion. (7 mins). Tom is looking at setting up a town cleanup plan with Jeff Tischert. It was decided to hold this on April 25. The Mayor suggested trying to get rid of some of the old cars around that no longer run. Tom will look into this. E. CIB, Data Privacy and Regional Grown Summit by R6 Representative Jess Peterson. (10 mins) Jess went over what kinds of programs they have to offer. They want to be called first if the Town or its citizens need anything they could help with. He stated that the Community Impact Board CIB) might be able to help with roads and a new well. He suggested the town request monies for roads, the well, water, and the tanks. The deadline is April 30th. The Mayor will contact Jess on this within a couple of days. Jess explained that to conform to the data privacy, the State set up things that need to be done a little differently in Town. The Town will now need a records officer and a chief administrative officer. R6 is trying to help with this. The appointment of these officers needs to be done by resolution. Jess will help develop the resolution. There will be forms to fill out and training. Allysa offered to fill both positions but Jess didn't think that was possible. The Regional Growth Summit will be Wednesday, May 6 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This is for Town Councils and Planning and Zoning Members. Many break out sessions will be available. It will be held in Richfield at the Snow College building. Jess went through a list of different issues they can help with including Open and Public Meeting training. It was decided he will come present this training at the April Town Board Meeting. F. UAMPS Presentation Amend Pooling Agreement. (15 mins) Jackie Coombs, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) made a presentation. She pointed out that Oak City Town participates in many of the UAMPS Programs and Projects. She went through a few of these, some in great detail. She quickly went over what UAMPS does. Tom felt like what UAMPS was offering is the best way to go. How could the Town operate in any other way? Jackie pointed out that as long as Oak City Town participates in any of its projects, the Town has to sign the Pooling Agreement, this is the way it administers its programs. The Mayor said the Town Attorney had some concerns with the Agreement. He felt like it gives UAMPS too much control over the Towns power. The Mayor felt that UAMPS was kind of like a monopoly where it was the only true option. Jackie pointed out that if the Town was to pull out of every UAMPS Project and all Sales Contracts it could go without signing the Agreement. The Town would have to find another way to get power however, such as Rocky Mountain Power. Dave Steele pointed out that going without UAMPS would be very difficult. Jackie stated that the UAMPS attorney would be glad to meet with the Mayor and the Towns Attorney to go over any issues that Mayor and the Attorney have before the Town decides to sign the Agreement or not. At this time, Rhonda did a presentation on the Natural Gas Peaker Plant going in in Holden. This is actually still being looked at but she is pretty confident it is going to happen. There will be a meeting on this on March 26 at the Holden Town Hall. She explained that they are also involved in a plant in Idaho that is in the works. The Mayor, the Towns Attorney, and the UAMPS Attorney will get together ASAP to go over things. However; the Mayor explained that after listening to Jackie, he understood things a lot better about the Agreement. G. Consider and Possibly Adopt Resolution 2026-01, A Resolution Authorizing and Approving and Amended and Restated Power Pooling Agreement with Utah Associated Municipal Power System and Related Matters. (7 min) This item will be placed on the Agenda for the April Town Board Meeting. H. Discuss and Possibly Adopt the Proposed Ordinance 2026-02, The Annexed Territory Identified as 'The Anderson Trust Annexation'. Barry Anderson (10 mins) As noted in the Planning and Zoning Minutes for the meeting prior to this meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the Town Council deny the Proposed 'Anderson Trust Annexation'. Jared moved, seconded by Tom to deny the Annexation at this time. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson-Aye. Copeland-Absent. Shawn-Aye. Tom-Aye. Jared-Aye. The Council will be willing to consider the Annexation again after the water issues have been addressed. I. Public Comment. Allysa reported that since the Planning and Zoning Meetings and the Town Board Meetings are usually held one day apart, there are parties that want her to act on their request from the Planning and Zoning Meeting the very next day at the Town Council Meeting. This does not allow her time to prepare documents, or Ordinances and Resolutions, that need to be prepared before the Town Board Meeting. She asked if the Council was okay with her insisting that parties need to wait until the next month's Town Board Meeting. The Council was okay with this. There might be a rare time when the Council could act the next hour but that would only be on certain occasions. Allysa said she would be willing to send out information to the Council to help them be prepared for what is upcoming. Kirt also asked to have the agendas out a week before the meeting. Allysa will do this. J. Monthly Financial Report. The Financial Report was Read and Approved by Board Action. The Mayor went through the Financial Report quickly. The Mayor talked about the idea of using some excess funds in some departments to put some money towards in-kind monies to obtain a possible grant for the Well. Went through the delinquents quickly. He talked to one party that is very delinquent and has not done anything so he is thinking he needs to be cut off. He talked to another party that has committed to pay full by the end of the month. Several of the parties are making progress. The Mayor will give the flyer from Jess to the one party to see if he would reach out to R6 for help. K. Departmental Reports. Tom Nielson. Went to the water conference. Fixed the leak at Roger Andersons and fixing the fire hydrant there. There are actually two connections at Rogers so if it is okay, one will be discontinued. The Mayor felt okay about this as long as it was noted that it is no longer a viable connection. Got a letter from the Rural Water Association who will try to help the Town get its Minimum Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) down. The tank funding has been received. Trying to get this done ASAP. Talked to Ben Nielson, Town Public Works Specialist, about the springs. Everything Cold Water is putting out is used. Will probably be fine on the water for a while. Trying to get parts to finish the aquifer recharge project. Talked to Juan Lopez about raising and lowering the flags regularly at the Memorial. He is willing to do this if the Council is okay with it. The Council was fine with this. Jared Rawlinson. No report. Shawn Gonder. No report. Copeland Anderson. Copeland let the Mayor know that he had bought the curtains for the Hall stage. L. Miscellaneous. There were no miscellaneous items. M. Adjournment. The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 10:10p.m. Respectfully Submitted, __________________________________ Approved by: ____________________________ Karen K Lovell, Oak City Deputy Clerk Kirt Dutson, Mayor

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