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Wales

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Town Council

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Event Start Date & Time

August 2, 2022 07:00 PM

Event End Date & Time

August 2, 2022 08:30 PM

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NOTICE AND AGENDA Notice is hereby given that the Wales Town Council will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at the Wales Town Hall, which meeting shall begin promptly at 7:00 PM. Agenda items may or may not be discussed in the order they are listed. The agenda shall be as follows: Roll call Pledge of Allegiance Prayer/Inspirational Thought Approval of minutes for meeting held on July 5, 2022 Approval for payment of July 2022 invoices Business & Petitions (items to be voted upon) 1. Andrew Flake-Sunrise Engineering: report on south well 2. Nathanael Reece-solar proposal 3. Emergency preparedness-Eric and Denise Seda 4. Lynn Wall: culinary water study progress Open Discussions: (5 minutes each) Reports of town officers and boards Mayor Davis: 1. Complaint about noise in town park after midnight-kids and 4-wheelers. Discuss curfew ordinance Water-Council member Rees Roads-Council member Larsen Cemetery-Council member Thompson Parks-Council member Anderson Residents who wish to address the town council on any observations or problems concerning Wales Town will be given three (3) minutes to speak. Additional time will be allowed at the discretion of the Mayor and Town Board. No decision will be made unless said citizen arranges for time on the agenda at least five (5) business days prior to the town council meeting. Town council meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month. Mayor: Byron L. Davis I, Kevin E. Washburn, being the duly appointed and acting Town Clerk, do hereby certify that this agenda was posted according to law on August 1, 2022. ______________________________ Kevin E. Washburn

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Note: This facility is wheelchair accessible and a handicap parking space is available. Request for accommodations and interpretive services must be made three (3) working days prior to the meeting. Please contact the town office at 436-9345 for information or assistance.

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WALES TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 2, 2022 HELD IN THE WALES TOWN HALL Meeting commenced at 7:02 PM ROLL CALL: Mayor Byron Davis; Council members: Edward Anderson, Ron Thompson; Town Clerk Kevin Washburn, Fire Chief James Roberts, P&Z Secretary Lee fox Absent: Council members: Brandon Rees, David Larsen Residents in attendance: Tom Davis, Eric Seda, Denise Seda Others in attendance: Lynn Wall-Wall Engineering, Sanpete County Sheriff Jared Buchanan, Devin Christensen & Nethanael Reece-Nova Solar, John Kuchermeister-J.D. Fox Productions PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE--lead by Mayor Davis PRAYER/INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT: by Tom Davis MINUTES: Council member Thompson made a motion to accept the minutes of the July 5, 2022, Town Council meeting as written; Council member Anderson seconded the motion. Voting was unanimous to accept the minutes as written. INVOICES: A list of the July 2022 invoices was distributed and reviewed by the town clerk. Mayor Davis made the motion to approve payment and Council member Anderson seconded the motion. Voting was unanimous to have the invoices paid. COMMUNICATIONS & PETITIONS: 1. Devin Christensen and Nathanael Reece of Nova Solar made a proposal to install solar panels for all the town's electrical needs. The system would be approximately 7.7kh. the preliminary cost would be $206,000. Of this amount the town could receive reimbursement as follows: from federal government: 26%-renewable energy credit and 30% desperation; from Utah State: 10%-renewable energy credit. This would leave approximately $64,000 the town would pay. Someone asked what the life for solar panels is. Christensen said the solar panels they sell have a 25-year warranty but that in general solar panels last up to 30 years. Tom Davis asked if Nova Solar has done work for other small towns like Wales. Christensen said they have only done work for larger cities. Storage systems was discussed. Christensen noted that storage systems are expensive. 2. Sanpete County Sheriff Jared Buchanan was invited to attend the town council meeting and discuss how Wales could get police help from the county. He noted that the sheriff's department is short five officers. The department plan at present is to cover the north end of county, south county, Manti City, and Moroni-Ft. Green Cities. He suggested that Wales could make an inter-local agreement with the county for the sheriff's department to cover Wales for a fee. He also suggested that Wales might get the other small towns such as Sterling, Mayfield, and Fayette to join in a combined inter-local agreement. He said that Moroni-Ft. Green are paying $125,000 for the coverage. Town citizen Tom Davis suggested the town should discuss it more with the sheriff. Mayor Davis said an officer in town 1-2 times a week might be enough. It was decided to have further discussion on the matter at a later date. 3. Mayor Davis invited town citizens Eric and Denise Seda to attend town council meeting and present some ideas about emergency preparedness. They have accepted the assignment to chair a committee for this purpose. Mrs. Seda presented some basic material about how to acquire food storage, medical supplies, and other items for a food storage program. Mayor Davis said he wants the material to be distributed to every home in town and suggested that the young men of the local church might be willing to give some service by doing this task. 4. Lynn Wall of Wall Engineering presented some preliminary information about the water study he has been hired to do. He said the town needs to do actual measurements of the water system psi and gpm at each hydrant in town. James Roberts, town fire chief said he will borrow the meters necessary to make these measurements throughout the town as Mr. Wall needs. Wall handed out a chart of preliminary flow calculations to the council and public. REPORTS: - Mayor: Mayor Davis 1. Mayor Davis reported that a citizen living near the park as complained about the noise in the park late at night-as late as 1:00am. The noise includes a lot of loud vulgar talking and 4-wheelers. He would like people to call him right at the time of the disturbance instead of waiting for several days to inform him. Some towns have park curfew hours. Council member Thompson suggested 11:00pm would be a good curfew time. 2. Mayor Davis talked to the town lawyer about getting rights-of-way across private ground to the two town wells. Mayor said he as talked to some landowners who are willing to give a right-of-way. The lawyer suggested if some will not, the town could take the land needed by acclamation. One the landowners in attendance, James Roberts said the town just needs to come to him and ask but the town has not yet. 3. Mayor said the town dump truck is at the mechanic shop of Barney Dye. It has an alternator problem that Dye is trying to fix. 4. Mayor said the town wants to purchase a microphone/speaker system to use at town meetings. John Kuchermeister of J.D. Fox Productions brought a set of wi-fi microphones which were used during the council meeting. - Parks-Council member Anderson: no report - Cemetery-Council member Thompson reported that he as put some gravel on the cemetery roads and would like to do more. Council member Thompson made the motion to adjourn, seconded by Council member Anderson, with a unanimous vote in favor. Meeting adjourned at 8:37 PM MINUTES APPROVED: ___________________________ _________________ Mayor: Byron L. Davis Date: 8/02/22 ATTEST: __________________________ _________________ Town Clerk: Kevin E. Washburn Date: 8/02/22

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Meeting Location

150 N state
Wales, UT, UT 84667
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Contact Name

Doug McMullin

Contact Email

office@walesutah.gov

Contact Phone

801 427-3694

Notice Posting Details

Notice Posted On

August 01, 2022 06:25 PM

Notice Last Edited On

September 13, 2022 12:07 PM

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