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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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Event Start Date & Time

July 16, 2026 07:45 PM

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Minutes of Town Board Public Hearings and Regular Meeting Held July 16, 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 Mason Anderson Council Member Copeland Anderson Colin Christensen Council Member Shawn Gonder Tina Anderson Council Member Jared Rawlinson Ken Christensen Council Member Tom Nielson-Absent Lydia Bennett Town Deputy Clerk Karen K. Lovell Preston Finlinson The First Public Hearing began with an invocation by Mayor Dutson. The purpose of the Public Hearing was to get public comment regarding Ordinance 2026-02, Town of Oak City Code-Updated Subdivision Code. The Mayor explained that some of the items in the old Code were either outdated or did not pertain to all local subdivisions. The Mayor discussed these issues with the Town's Attorney and Jess Peterson of R6. They suggested six changes. The Mayor went over these. The items would be included in the updated Code. There was a little discussion on the idea of if a subdivider would need to donate water or water shares to the town upon subdividing. A large subdivision would definitely have to donate water, shares, or money to purchase water. The Mayor did state that the Steele's current Subdivision was already in progress, so they would not have to supply any water. There was no public comment. The Mayor adjourned the Public Hearing at 8:01 p.m. The Second Public Hearing began at 8:02 p.m. The same parties were in attendance. The purpose of the Second Public Hearing was to get public comment on the submission of an application to the Permanent Community Impact Fund Board (CIB) for funding assistance for the development of a new culinary water well. The Mayor reported that the Town would like to apply for financial assistance to put in a new well. The Mayor went through the information that the CIB is asking for in order to apply for a loan/grant. Ken suggested the idea of the Town purchasing a well in the area that has already been used and proven that could be refurbished. The Mayor had looked into this but found that that well would be just as expensive to refurbish it as it would be to do a new well and there would be no guarantee it would produce. Mason wondered why the Town was considering well sites that were so far out? The Mayor explained that it was mainly due to well protection zones and how they relate to building or property use near a town well and the further out the well is, the aquifer should be better. Mason had concerns about one of the well sites that is close to the Anderson Farm (North Fields Farms) as this would, most likely, affect the amount of water they can pull out of their current well. The Mayor went over three other optional sites that were discussed but they didn't really look feasible and would cost significantly more. The Mayor is going to talk to the engineers about sites and will talk to Mason further then. The purpose of the public hearing was to get input on financing the well; however, and not a site. The public felt there was really not much of an option to go without a well. The Mayor explained that Cold Water Springs will be redone and will look into Dry Creek. The Town is also applying for a water loan or grant from the State Division of Drinking water in the amount of $500,000 and a Million-dollar grant from the Federal Government (ECWAG). At this time, the Mayor had developed and presented an in-depth explanation of the CIB loan/grant Application. He explained that it would be 2.5 Million to do the North Well and a little more to do the Springs. Need a grant of at least a Million to even try to put in a well and do Spring development. Everyone agreed, The Council and the public, that the Town needed to at least try to get a well. The Mayor adjourned the Public Hearing at 8:22 p.m. The Regular Town Board Regular Meeting began at 8:23 p.m. The same parties were in attendance. The following agenda items were considered: A. Adopt Agenda. There were a couple of issues with the Agenda. Agenda items: Public Comment, Financial Report, and Departmental Reports were left off and the alphabetical items were mixed up. The Agenda was amended to accommodate these issues. Copeland moved, seconded by Jared, to adopt the Agenda as amended. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson- Aye. Shawn-Aye. Tom-Absent. Jared-Aye. Copeland-Aye. B. Adopt Minutes of Town Board Meeting held Thursday, June 18, 2026. Jared moved, seconded by Shawn, to adopt the Minutes as written. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson-Aye. Copeland-Aye. Shawn-Aye. Tom-Absent. Jared-Aye. C. Adopt Minutes of Public Hearings and Town Board Special Meeting held Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Shawn moved, seconded by Jared, to adopt the Minutes as written. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson-Aye. Copeland-Aye. Shawn-Aye. Tom-Absent. Jared-Aye. D. Discuss Upcoming Oak City Days-Julie McLaws and Marva Jean Anderson. The ladies didn't attend after all as they solved their Oak City Days issues prior to the meeting. The Council did discuss a couple of Oak City Days issues. E. Discuss and Possibly Adopt Ordinance 2026-02, Town of Oak City Code-Updated Subdivision Code. Copeland moved, seconded by Jared, to adopt Ordinance 2026-02, Town of Oak City Code- Updated Subdivision Code. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson-Aye. Shawn-Aye. Jared-Aye. Tom- Absent. Copeland-Aye. F. Discuss Application to the Permanent Community Impact Fund Board (CIB) for Financial Assistance to Develop a New Culinary Water Well. The Mayor quickly went through some of the general information. Will most definitely need to raise water rates. The Town of Oak City will pursue the CIB grant/loan application, the Division of Drinking water loan/grant and the Federal (ECWAG) grant. G. Discuss Town of Oak City's Current Consolidated Fee Schedule, Including Utility Fees (Water Rates) and Cemetery Rates and Possibly Adopt Necessary Adjustments, Resolution 2025-05. The Mayor stated that the Council has been discussing water for three months and have also discussed Cemetery rates. The Town is running about $60,000 a year in the red in the water department. The Council felt to go to a $40 minimum as compared to the current $24.10. There are a couple of other small changes. As far as going to the CIB for a loan/grant, they will want to see that the Town has done something about raising water rates. As far as the cemetery, the fee for 84649 zip codes will remain the same but the rate for those outside the zip code would raise to $1,200.00. The Mayor brought up the issue of placing the remains of a cremated party in the same plot as a coffin. Should there be a fee? Jared thought there was something about this in the Town's current Code. The Mayor felt a fee should be charged but he will look into the Code on this. H. Announce the Bid Awarding of the Tank Project. The Mayor reported that the bids have not all been submitted yet so this item was tabled. As part of the tank project, the Town needed to do a Water Conservation Plan. The Mayor had developed this Plan and he went through it quickly. Copies of this Plan are available at the Oak City Town Hall office. The Town's water situation is in critical condition right now but not necessary to panic. Jared moved, seconded by Copeland, to adopt this Plan by adopting Resolution 2026-03. Roll Call Vote: Mayor Dutson-Aye. Shawn-Aye. Copeland-Aye. Tom-Absent. Jared-Aye. As part of the tank loan closing, the Mayor went over all the details of what is included in this. I. Public Comment. Preston Finlinson commented on the problems through Town with sidewalks. Jared stated that they are working on these. The Mayor stated that there is a party that wants to do some work at the sidewalk near the Church. Jared will get in contact with this party. Mason Anderson stated that he would be opposed to winter meter reading. The Mayor agreed. Jared stated that at first, he thought it would be good but he has changed his mind. Copeland Anderson. The backflow preventer at the Church is done. The curtains are up at the Hall Stage. Will be talking to the health dept about the grant owed to us. Jared Rawlinson. The Mayor reported that Lindsy Choules has offered to help with tree planting and watering. Jared will talk to her. Put in a bid on the streets for 50,000 yards of road. Needs to be done by July of next year. When bids come back, will award. If it is cheap enough, will be able to do the whole town if not at least most. Will go with the Jones and DeMille recommendations on what streets need to be done first. Shawn Gonder. Talked to dixie power. There is a spot of asphalt missing from when they redid the power at the cul-de-sac. They are going to pay to have this repaired. Right now, a hook up fee for power is $5,000 whether or not the line extension needs a pole and/or transformer. Shawn would like to see that changed so the fee would go down depending on the equipment needed for the extension. Dave pointed out that the $5,000 fee is the fee for a new line to a new building. It is not the rate for an existing building. Jared pointed out that this was discussed last year and the fee was raised from $3,800 to $5,000 for a new connection, as the Town was losing money on the new connections. Dave suggested Shawn could look into what other towns charge. Could structure the rate back to say $1,000.00 plus actual cost. Will think about this. Tom Nielson. Was not in attendance and had left no report. J. Miscellaneous. Mayor Dutson. Talked about the property that was discussed at the Planning and Zoning meeting about the Snow and Lopez property. He has talked to previous administrations that think that the property was deeded to the Town to look at for a road. The Planning and Zoning Commission and the Mayor felt that the Town ought to keep the property rather than deeding it to someone and needing it later. The Town Attorney said cannot deed the property over but need to sell at fair market value but the Mayor would like to ask about deeding the one small piece to Snows but they would need to do a new survey. The Mayor is going to look into the property lines and see if the property description is right and if so, should probably just give Snows the piece they need to retain the property their garage and home are built on. The Council had discussed a problem with a property that the neighbors are wanting to have cleaned up as they feel they are losing property value. The Mayor has checked into this and found that the Town can force this party to clean up the property or the Town can come in and do it for them and be reimbursed by the property owner for the work. The Town Attorney will draw up a letter telling the property owner that they need to clean up or the town will clean It up for them and charge them. K. Adjournment. The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 9:40 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, __________________________________ Approved by: ____________________________ Karen K Lovell, Oak City Deputy Clerk Kirt Dutson, Mayor

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August 24, 2026 02:34 PM

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