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Municipality

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Oak City

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Oak City Town Council

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Minutes

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April 16, 2026 07:45 PM

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Minutes of Town Board Regular Meeting Held April 16, 2026 The meeting was 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 Dave Steele Council Member Copeland Anderson Barry Anderson Council Member Shawn Gonder Pat Bennett Council Member Tom Nielson Austin Curtis DHS Council Member Jared Rawlinson Shem McLaws DHS Town Deputy Clerk Karen K. Lovell Darla Hewitt Central Utah Health Dept. Town Recorder Alyssa Nielson Brandon Christensen An Invocation was given by the Mayor. A. Adopt Agenda. Tom moved, seconded by Jared, to adopt the Agenda as written. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson- Aye. Shawn-Aye. Tom-Aye. Jared-Aye. Copeland-Aye. B. Adopt Minutes of Town Board Meeting held Thursday, March 19, 2026. Shawn moved, seconded by Tom, to adopt the Minutes as written. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson-Aye. Copeland-Aye. Shawn-Aye. Tom-Aye. Jared-Aye. C. Discuss Tobacco and Smoke-Free Policy for Oak City Park-DHS Students Working Against Toxins. Austin explained that they are part of a club, at Delta High School, against smoking and other toxic substances. He went through a presentation showing why smoking is such a hazard including damage to people, fires from smoldering cigarettes, littering, and the cost of smoking and other toxins. If the Town accepts the Plan, they will put up signs at the Park and any other sites the Town designates, stating it/they are a tobacco-free environment. The Program is sponsored by the Central Utah Health Department. Austin passed out contact cards. Shem went through some numbers pertaining to smoking statistics at Delta High compared to other areas. Vaping, and the use of cigarette pouches has about tripled over the last two years. Policing will be handled by putting up signs and during activities sheriffs can help if needed. The Mayor wants to ensure that Oak City remains an inclusionary city, and that people have a right to smoke somewhere but he did feel it important to keep places like the Park, a playground for children, tobacco and toxin free. Shawn and Tom agreed. Tom even wondered if it might be good to make the Cemetery a smoke-free environment also. The Council felt to designate the entire Park block and the Cemetery. Decided to implement the program. Dave thought the Town might already have a facility use policy in place. The Central Utah Health Department will provide all the signs necessary. D. Discuss Possible Future Oak City Town Annexation Proposed by Barry Anderson. Barry talked a little further about why they are wanting to divide the property. They wanted to split the property between the four children after their parents' death. They drew up a plan and went to the County but the County pointed out it was unlawful as they proposed as they don't have the correct zoning. They are trying to find out how to get the property legal and annexed in while they can and while all children are living. Once annexed they will pay taxes. They are willing to sign a document allowing the town to allow them to wait until the new well is in, even five years, if necessary before they do any developing. When this was presented at the last Town Board Meeting, Tom voted against the Proposal as the whole state is in a drought and Oak City doesn't have the water. He has been talking to representatives from other cities and they are all having problems trying to get water and afford water. A problem is also the fact that new generations will probably be selling property within town limits and moratoriums can be placed but they only last a short time. Tom explained that up until the cold front, the Town was using every bit of water it has. Tom doesn't see brining in more ground with the water situation where it is. The Mayor explained that Clarke Christensen is willing to sell the town some property for a Well and Gerald Peterson might be willing to sell some ground also. The Town is currently applying for grants and funding. The Mayor has been looking at purchasing water from a certain party and several months ago the water was about a third of the cost the seller is willing to sell it for now. The price will still continue to climb. Shawn had concerns about people that in the past seemed to have pushed their annexations through without following proper guidelines. Barry is trying to follow every rule and he is getting nowhere. Shawn would like to see his go through. Shawn felt maybe only do Barrys now and not annex any further. If the Town does the annexing, it can somewhat control growth as people are going to build possibly up the canyon and drill wells and this will affect the towns water. The Mayor and Jared both had similar concerns over the Steele annexation and felt that maybe it should have been handled differently. The Council had no problem with growth just want to do it right the first time. Shawn also pointed out that the Town can limit water use if needed by water rationing and other ways. Shawn felt that those wanting to annex should have to either supply water rights or pay a water impact fee. Dave agreed. Jared felt that the Town needs to get the water issues taken care of before any further annexation is considered. Copeland was concerned about the fact that the Anderson Annexation is so close to the current Well site and the site for the proposed new Well. Allysa stated that the Planning and Zoning denied the annexation and if the Council is going to overrule the Planning and Zoning decision, the Town Attorney would need to become aware of it and would have some ruling on it. The Council did not want to override the Planning and Zoning decision. They accepted that decision and will adhere to it. Barry mentioned that he will go back to the Planning and Zoning and see if they will change their ruling. E. Discuss County's Upgrade and Funding of the Ballot Box Security System. Alyssa explained that the Town has a system but the County wanted to put in a new camera. The County will fund the cloud monitoring and the camera. The County has it in place now and just wanted to make sure the Town was aware of the changes. The Town might be able to keep the camera after the elections. Pat explained that the cloud monitoring will help immensely. F. Consider and Possibly Adopt Resolution 2026-01 A Resolution Authorizing and Approving the Amended and Restated Power Pooling Agreement with Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and Related Matters. Dave and the Mayor have had discussions on this and the Mayor understands things better now and feels better about the agreement. Shawn moved, seconded by Jared, to adopt Resolution 2026-01 A Resolution Authorizing and Approving the Amended and Restated Power Pooling Agreement with Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and Related Matters. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson-Aye. Jared-Aye. Shawn-Aye. Tom-Aye. Copeland-Aye. G. Consider and Possibly Adopt the Parameters and Accept the Resolution 2026-02 Authorizing the Issuance Parity Water Revenue Bonds of Oak City. The Mayor went over the issues the Town has with water. The tanks need to be relined and if the Town doesn't do it, the EPA will be charging about $13,000 per day in fines. The Utah Drinking Water Board has offered to purchase the Bonds with terms that will be included in the Resolution. Therefore, the Council at this time, considered the adoption of a Parameters Resolution authorizing the issuance Parity Water Revenue Bonds of Oak City and calling of a public hearing to receive input with respect to the issuance of such Bonds and any potential impact to the private sector from the construction of the Project. The revenue being used for the construction of culinary water system improvements, including improvements to existing well, installation of new meters, pipeline, SCADA improvements and addition of an ASR system, together with related improvements (the 'Project'), and pay costs of issuance of the Bonds. There will need to be a public hearing on this to receive input from the public with respect to the issuance of the Bonds and any potential impact to the private sector from the construction of the Project to be funded by the Bonds, which hearing will be held May 21, 2026. The estimated total cost of the bonds: Although the Issuer declared its intention to issue a Bond in a principal amount of up to $1,500,000 with interest at a rate not to exceed 3.0% per annum, the Issuer currently anticipates that the Bonds will be issued in the amount of $1,263,000 and bearing interest at 1.0% per annum. In that case, the estimated total cost for the proposed Bonds would be $1,399,810, which would include interest of $136,810. With the Town's low water rates and average Town income, it has been very difficult to get approved for any grants. Tom has tried several avenues and has not been able to find any available grants. The Mayor is still pursuing 1 other grant avenue for both this and the secondary well. The Town has just paid off a loan recently which will give the Town some extra money to pay this loan. Jared moved, seconded by Copeland, to adopt Resolution 2026-02 Authorizing the Issuance Parity Water Revenue Bonds of Oak City. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Duston-Aye. Jared- Aye. Copeland-Aye. Tom-Aye. Shawn-Aye. H. Consider and Possibly Adopt Resolution 2026-03 for the Chief Administrative Office and Record Officer. At the March Town Board Meeting, Jess Peterson of R6 stated the Town needed to appoint a Chief Administrative Officer and a Records Officer. Jared moved, seconded by Copeland, to appoint these two offices by adopting Resolution 2026- 03. Roll Call Cote: Mayor Dutson-Aye. Jared-Aye. Shawn-Aye. Copeland-Aye. Tom-Aye. I. Town Clean-up Discussion. Tom explained that Jeff Tiechert is helping with this. Going to do this on May 2. Will have certain people helping coordinate efforts in each neighborhood. The Town back hoe, trailer, and dump truck will be available. The Town will help haul off limbs and cars or metal. Tom talked to a recycling company to see if they would pick up the cars/metal. Still waiting to hear back on this. Tom will to talk to parties that have abandoned vehicles on the sides of the streets to see if they will allow them to be hauled off. Tom will advertise the clean-up. He is trying to find a couple of young men that would be willing to help clean yards. J. Public Comment. Pat Bennett attended to announce his candidacy for Millard County Sheriff. He has been with the sheriffs' office for 15 years. He went over some of his goals and concerns. The Mayor pointed out how much he appreciates the officers driving through the community. K. Monthly and Quarterly Financial Report. The Financial Report was Read and Approved by Board Action. The Mayor quickly went through the current budget and where things stand. Doing well on the budget. The Mayor felt the Town has some funds that could be spent to fix things up. L. Departmental Reports. Shawn Gonder. The Town is taking care of the T-Mobile installation south of town. Copeland Anderson. The curtains are not here yet. Tom Nielson. Had an issue up Dry Creek with leaking water but he thinks that is figured out. The Irrigation Company smashed a pipe up Dry Creek so that was fixed. Have been talking to Ben Nielson, Town Public Works Specialist, and decided to get better flags for the Veteran Memorial and then take them down once in a while but leave them up most of the time. Steve Nielson and Shawn Gonder will help with putting in sprinklers at Cemetery. Will try to have the new system in by Memorial Day. Jared Rawlinson. A few people have been offering to resurface the Town roads. The price is about $4.00 a square foot. Need to get with Jones and DeMille about the road scan they did and see what streets need the repairs the most. Will talk to them and see about how much it would cost to do a third of the roads they feel need to be done. Jared will get this information to the Mayor by Thursday of next week. M. Miscellaneous. There were no miscellaneous items. N. Adjournment. The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 9:32 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, __________________________________ Approved by: ____________________________ Karen K Lovell, Oak City Deputy Clerk Kirt Dutson, Mayor

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May 22, 2026 06:51 PM

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