City Council - Regular Meeting

Recording in progress.

Are we okay to start? Okay. Welcome everybody. This is an exciting day and we're excited to see so many people here with us today. This is a regular meeting of the Grantsville City Council. And for the record, today's date is Thursday, January 22nd, 2026. And the time is 6 p.m. This meeting is being held at the Grantsville City Council Chambers located at 429 East Main Street, Gransville, Utah, as well as electronically on Zoom. I am Mayor Heidi Hammond, and I will conduct a roll call. Council Member Thomas here. Council Member Williams here. Council member Butler here. Council member Dalton here.

Thank you. I've asked Les Peterson to lead us in the pledge of allegiance.

Please place the flag. When the command is given, please render the proper salute and then follow me in the pledge of allegiance. Present arms. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Um, our first item tonight is we will have an introduction of our newly appointed officer, Officer Adrien Garlic, and the administration of the oath of office performed by police chief Robert Sager. Mayor, council, I appreciate the time. Um, I think it's important to introduce our new officers to you. This is Adrien Garlic and I'll just ask him to say a little bit about himself. Thank you for having me here. Appreciate it. Um I'm just thankful to be here honestly. Um I'm coming from West Valley. Um I have uh almost 10 years experience right now uh with West Valley. I did a lot of different things as possible negotiator for seven years. Worked in homicide. Did a bunch of investigations. um was a field training officer and enjoyed it. Gave me a lot of experience, but I live out here in Stockton, so super happy to be here. Uh my wife right there, Jessica. Raise your hand. There she is.

Hi, Jessica. Where's Jessica? Right there. Thank you. And then right next to her is my son Jeremy. Um and got some other friends that came in, too. Uh all my other friends and family are back here with me as well. Um but yeah, I'm just grateful for the opportunity to be here. Um just looking forward to growing with Bradville. Looks like it's ready to grow pretty quick. So excited. Not only experience, we look for the quality and uh of officers and the personality and Adrian, he fits right in with us. He's going to be a great officer for our community. And so with further ado, I'd just like to administer the oath of office. And if you just want to raise your right hand and repeat after me. I state your name.

Adrien Garlic. As a law enforcement officer, as a law enforcement officer, do solemnly swear that I will support Do solemnly swear that I will support obey and defend the Constitution of the United States obey and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this state and the Constitution of this state. And that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. And I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. Congratulations. Jessica would like to pin the badge, so I invite her up.

Thank you. Don't poke him too hard. It's your opportunity. It's tricky.

Sorry, guys. the microphone. Thank you. I'll get a copy of this to you. Um, family and friends, officers that join, there's light refreshments. The police department, please take the time, go see where your dad's going to work and uh where your husband's going to work. That might go a long ways when he's telling you stories and take as many pictures as you need. So,

thank you. I'll try to sneak over there in a minute. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. And thank you to your family. I I've been in your shoes personally, so I I extend my greatest appreciation to not only you, your husband, you and your family. So, thank you very much.

All right. Our next item of business is public comment. Um, the floor is open to the public to bring their concerns to the council. If you have something you would like to say, please come forward. It will have a threem minute time limit. If there's anybody who is on Zoom, please raise your hand. Have fun at the party without us.

Is there anybody who would like to make a public comment tonight? Anybody online, Alicia? Um, not yet, but we just had somebody join. So, okay, we'll wait for just a moment.

No. No. Okay, we'll close that item of business. Um, item number three, summary action items. and the approval of minutes from the January 7th, 2026 special meeting, the swearing in ceremony, and the regular city council meeting. Anybody have any questions on the minutes from January 7th?

Anyone would like to make a motion? I'll make a motion. We approve the minutes from the January 7th, 2026 city council special meeting, the swearing in ceremony, and January 7th, 2026 city council regular meeting. Second. We have a motion by council member Dalton and a second by council member Williams. Um, all in favor? Passes.

Our next item is the approval of the bills. Does anybody have any questions or comments from the bills? Mayor I make a motion that we approve the bills as received. Second. All right. We have a motion from council member Thomas and a second from council member Butler. Um all in favor?

I passes as well. Our next item is a discussion and consideration of resolution 2026-07 approving an application for the land and water conservation fund grant. That will be presented by Michael. Nope. That'll be presented by our wonderful grant specialist, Alexis. Grant administrator.

Grant administrator. Okay. Hi. Um Alexis. Um so this is just um approving the grant um what we're going we're going to apply for that we've applied for for scenic slopes. Um so this will be for two baseball fields um some benches the restrooms with the snack shack I believe um the second basically basically portion of the the scenic slopes. We can't call it phases because that's uh against grant rules when it locks in but yes in essence it would be a phase. Yes. Second portion. Yes. Project area.

What is the grant amount? Um the grant amount it's just under 4 million. So it's 3.9. It's a 50% match. 50% match. So it's a $2 million grant application. Great. And thank you to Alexis for all your hard work on that. Keep our fingers crossed. We will keep our fingers crossed. Yeah. Is it a all or nothing? It's not

um No, they can give us a reduced amount. So I did submit a reduced budget. So if they don't give us the full um like um 2 million like essentially, right? Um then we could maybe just not right now do like the restrooms or something like that. Um but they could give us a lower amount of time. But we do have to match at 50. Yeah. Yes. Dollar for dollar.

Yes. But those dollars I believe can be matched by volunteerism or donations. So it doesn't have to actually be a full grant from the city. It can be a combination of resources. Mayor, I make a motion we approve resolution 2026-7 approving the application for the land and water conservation fund grant. Is this discussion or we vote on it? It can be a resolution. Discussion and consideration.

Oh, okay. So, I missed that part. Sorry. We discussed it in the second resolving it. So I'll second that for additional discussion. Anybody have any additional questions? All right. All in favor? I. All right. That passes as well. Council member Thomas made the motion. Council member Butler and a second by council member Thomas. Thank you, Alexis. Uh, item number five, a consideration of resolution 2026-09 appointing John Montgomery as a regular planning commission member.

Um, would you mind coming up and just introducing yourself to the public as well as the council? Sure, you bet. Thank you.

My name is John Montgomery. I live over in the Scenic Slope subdivision. I've lived here for about a year and uh my professional work is working for a nonprofit group. We finance affordable housing throughout uh actually the United States now deploying uh funds that are need to be reinvested in the community by several banks here in all banks really. So, it's about a 600 $800 million pool of funds that we um place in long-term financing for affordable apartments. And I'm the chief credit officer for that organization. Um serve as a planning commissioner for Farmington City as we were contemplating Station Park and all that going in. And so, it was quite a crossroads for that city. And um that's gone very well. Um, I live here. I came out to help support my father who's lived here for about 20 years. He's 93. My wife passed away of cancer a few three years ago this month. Actually, and so I'm here to support him. And my family is in Salt Lake area, four children, 10 grandchildren. And I don't know if there's anything more you want to hear about me, but I'm happy to help in whatever way I can. I think I could bring some experience as well as uh some affordable housing experience. Did a lot of work with the trails in Farmington City as well. And that's something I think we could try and improve here in Bransville as well.

So, does anybody have any questions for Mr. Montgomery? I just say thank you. Yes. So, appreciate your willing to serve. Happy to do it. Um, I since I just got off planning commission, I I think it'll be great with your experience. We've got some newer people there and I think having experience from you being in Farmington and coming here would be a great asset and thanks for your time, too. I know it's a thankless job. So, well, thank you for wanting to do this. I'm happy to to help.

All right. Thank you very much. And does anybody else have any questions or concerns or comments before we make a motion on this? Does that make us full? No. Okay. One one more open seat is Horox is he is he not? No, we had them on the agenda and we the mayor table meeting with him and he Yes. Yeah, I think he because he wanted Heidi to make those decisions. But he has been called the meeting. Well, either online or Yeah. Great.

Mayor, I make a motion that we move to approve resolution 2020609 avoiding John Montgomery to the regular planning commission. member. I'll second. All right, we have a motion by Council Member Thomas and a second by Council Member Dalton. All in favor? I. Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you very much.

All right. Our next item of business is item number six, consideration of resolution 2026-08 appointing Nick Smith as a replacement trustee to the board of trustees for the Desert Edge Public Infrastructure District number one. This will be presented by Tom Jolly, I believe. Hello. Uh, can you hear me?

Yes. Uh my name is Tom Jolly and I'm a district council for uh Desert Edge Public Infrastructure District. This is a simple resolution uh to appoint a new member of the board of trustees for Desert Edge Public Infrastructure District number one. Um this district was formed back on May 1st, 2024 uh by uh by resolution uh adopted by the city council. Uh the initial board consisted of five members. Uh the governing document was amended in uh February 5th, 2025 and um the board was reduced to three members and um one of those members, Spencer Connley, who was appointed by Grantsville City uh council uh has left uh the developer uh who is LGI Homes and um and now we're seeking to uh appoint a new board member member. And uh since the um since the board is not transitioned to an elected uh board pursuant to the terms of the governing document, the city uh council uh has authority to grant a new board member. And that's what we're seeking today. And I'm happy to answer any questions. Does anyone have any questions?

Pretty straightforward to find them. It always makes me I mean it sounds really silly, but I mean we don't know who Nick Smith is, right? Um and and I'm assuming you do. Uh, and I mean, we don't know if he has a record or if he's upstanding citizen or I mean he he'll be appointed to this this board and I mean I'm kind of going off of your recommendation. So, um, no, that that's that's a fair that's a fair question. I'm I'm not sure uh who's talking, but um this is Councilman uh Butler.

Hi, Councilman Butler. uh appreciate the uh good good question. So Nick Smith is uh uh an employee of the developer LGI Homes. Okay. So uh all the initial trustee members that are appointed by the board are uh employees of the developer LGI homes. So the current board current board members which were functioning as a quorum. There are two. One is Michael House and he is uh also an LGI employee and the other one is Julian Bernard and he is also an employee of LGI Homes. So Nick Smith is an employee as well.

How long has Nick Smith been an employee of LGI Homes? I do not know. Okay.

What position does he hold at LGI Homes? Uh matter that I don't know either. We just asked uh LGI to uh Spencer Connley was uh vice president, but I'm not sure what uh what position he holds within the company. I'm sorry to put you on the spot, but seems how we can't see him. Vice president of sales. Oh, he's Did you look it up? Yeah. Oh, well, Jake looked it up. He's the VP of sales, so take note. Well, thank you. I apologize. I I didn't have that information uh readily available.

LinkedIn is wonderful. Okay, thanks Jake. So, how long is this agreement in how is it how long is it? Maybe I need some explanation as to the how long that agreement is in place since it's prior council. I'm coming on that.

Can you give us any information on that? Sure. I mean um um when I sent all the information to uh Alicia Fairborn, we attached the original um the original uh resolution adopted by the city in 2024 and the resolution adopted by the city amending the governing document. So um a public infrastructure district is governed by the governing document which was approved by the board and um and there's a section in the governing document um that talks about it's section um 2011 of the governing document and it appoints uh a three member a three member board um that has to be appointed by the city council. pursuant to the public infrastructure district act and the three trustees are as follows. The first one will serve for an initial term of four years. Um the trustees number one and two and the third see trustee number three shall serve an initial term of four years. Trustee one and two shall serve an initial term of six years. Um, and so I think, uh, if I remember right, in our resolution, um, I think it said, if you'll scroll down, scroll down, I can't see it right on the screen here. I think, uh, we're proposing that this, this one will fill the, uh, trustee number two. So, um, so that'll be four years.

Okay. Thank you. Thank you for that explanation. Do we have any additional questions? I personally just didn't want to appoint him with us not asking these at least a few questions about the individual. I think it's a very wise thing to know. I have no idea who Nick Smith is. So, um, with that, uh, this is Councilman Butler. I'll make a motion to approve resolution 2026-08 appointing Nick Smith as the replacement trustee to the board of trustees for the Desert Edge Public Infrastructure District number one. I second it.

All right, we have a motion and a second by Council Member Williams. All in favor? I passes. Uh item number seven, Thank you very much. Item seven, consideration of resolution 2026-04 approving deviations from the Grantsville land use section 6.14.5 for a driveway loaded located at 437 South Meline Court. And it says Shelby will present this, but I do not see Shelby. Bill is here. All right. Not Shelby, but uh I hope that I'll do So, how's everybody doing?

Great. Good night. The uh this item is a request for a deviation from um strict application of the city's driveway and approach standards. Um you can see the information there in the staff report. I'm really here just for any questions if you have them. Staff is recommending that we not approve this uh for the reasons outlined in the staff report. Um, but uh that's a city council call. So, we're here to uh help with that. I believe we have the homeowner here as well. Do would you like to make any type of a statement?

Um, I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to do or what I'm allowed to do. So, I had hired somebody to do these driveways. Why don't you come up here? You can speak. I wasn't aware that I needed a permit. Can you state your name? Sorry. Robin. Robin Bolton. Thank you.

Um, yes. So, I had hired people to come and do the curbing and put in the driveways. I did one on one side. Um, I actually got notified on the second one that I had did that you had to get a permit. So, I went and did the permit. Anyway, I just didn't know that there were rules with the park strip, you know, with the whole house just being new and trying to put in all the landscaping. Um, as far as the permits and stuff we did in the in the house and followed there, when it came to anything that I did outside, they just there were really wasn't any. I don't know. I don't really know what to say. No, you're doing just great. Don't worry.

Sorry. Um, so yeah, I just they're already done. They look beautiful. She has done a very beautiful job putting in the landscaping at her home. Yes, I've I walk by there occasionally. So,

and so I know that the the rule and the reason they're requesting not to be approved is because you have to have a certain spacing for parking, but there is plenty of spacing on both sides. everything that's um like manholes are protected with rocks and boulders. Um the reason why this other driveway so the first one I put in uh my daughter lives in my basement and so I put the first one in so that I could get her cars off the street. The second one was an extension of our driveway because we couldn't get the fifth wheel back into our backyard. the angle was too sharp and we just couldn't get it back there. So, we widened it a little bit so we could try to get it in the backyard. So, that's our reasons for them.

Okay. Does anyone have any more questions for her? Oh, I I did have a question. Well, I was wondering if the build if this was a builder or this wasn't wasn't something you purchased in this setting. You you performed this work after it was per the house was purchased. Yeah, it was bare. Everything was bare. Okay. The whole yard was bare, so we've just been putting in piece a piece at a time. Okay. Thank you. And how long has it been since you moved into this home? Um I think we're in our third year.

Any more questions? Anybody else? And these additions are I mean it's pretty obvious from the picture, but they're all all done. Yes. 100%. And they're really pretty. Thank you.

So, Bill, maybe you can ask answer this. When these driveways are extended like this and in this particular one, um, whoever does them, they're supposed to get building permits. Is that correct? Correct. And were building permits pulled on these? No. No. If they had come in for a building permit, yeah, we would have said, "No, it needs to be smaller." And Yeah. Do we know who the contractor was that did this work? Um, I don't know if that in investigation has been done. You would think that contractors would know they need to pull permits for stuff like that, curb cut permits and rideway permits and things and especially I would say most do, but um yeah.

Yeah, this is definitely a lot of fingerpointing that could go on. The the contractor should have definitely known and and we work with contractors like this all the time to expand driveways and do things like this. And so, um, this is a little irregular. We don't typically, uh, permit or or require a permit for flat work. So, maybe the contractor just thought it's just a driveway. Who cares? But we do. And, um, especially if they have to cut the curb down to add a second access or, you know, expand the the actual point of access onto the road. That's where we start getting into, yeah, we want to know what's going on. It does, as it's pointed out in the staff report, it does affect uh drainage in the area. Um that the curb and gutter is an integral part of the drainage on the street. So, it's not just a simple matter of we'll just cut all the curb out, you know. So, that's why we that's one of the reasons why we we require the permit. Well, I mean, it states pretty clearly in here that there's only a certain number number of footage that you can allow for particular drive approach, right?

Yes, that's right. Exceeds it by quite a bit. Close to 10 feet, I think. Also, there was um I'll just bring this up. There's some discussion in planning and zoning on Tuesday about park strips and no asphalt in park strips and you can see in one of the pictures, albeit it is the drive approach. Sure.

But it is in the park strip and it is asphalt. I think we specifically discussed that that was a prohibited material in a park strip. In the park strip, right?

It was gravel. It would be okay. It um according to what we discussed, I mean, gravel would have to be I think it was a was a one and a half inch minus gravel or larger that was in the in the park. So we don't want that getting storm drained. So I did on that side with the black top. I did originally have the crusher fines and I felt like the vehicles were still sinking. So I had paid somebody to come in and put the black top on so that the cars wouldn't sink because our mud is very soft here. A lot of clay.

And then on the other side I just did the the park strip. But the driveway I didn't. It's just gravel on as much. Now, that discussion though, is that is asphalt currently in the code? Does that What we talked about was a discussion of what we wanted to change the code to for for park strips. I thought I remember seeing it that it it was already that it was one of the things already in there. I think so. Not allowed. Yeah, it's already there. Yeah. Yeah. educate me on I'm just sitting here thinking in the day and age of desert landscaping and waterwise and all that stuff.

Why would we not want it in the park strip? Uh the park in the park the park strip functions a couple of different purposes. Uh in addition to providing an area for landscaping that's decorative and nice, it also acts as a a water collecting area both for snow, which I've heard of snow. I haven't seen any recently, but I've heard of this white stuff that comes anyway. It you can uh push the snow up onto the

the park strip and it melts down into the ground instead of if it were covered in asphalt or concrete, it would run back out into the street. Um which again affects drainage. Um it also is the sidewalk should be uh designed such that it drains into that park strip or onto the uh adjacent property. so that it's got somewhere to go. If if it was asphalt and we covered everything with asphalt, the front yard will all just drain out into the street, which it's not designed for,

right? I thought I saw it in here, but what's the widest driveway that um this home can have on the main drive? On the main drive, it was I thought it was 30 30.

Yeah, it's a maximum of 30 feet unless an exception is granted by the city council. Um, and that's just the that's point to point, not the flare. Yeah. Right.

Um, you're right. It does look really nice. It does. It It does look nice. Won't argue with you there. I I mean I think in an effort to maybe come to some sort of compromise. I mean so if we if we deny this then she's got to tear it all up and and put it back. Sorry, Bill. Wasn't quite done with you yet. Here you are to walk it away. I mean we we we uh if we uh approve this or we deny it,

it would be it would be required to be removed. Yes. Yeah. and it would be restored back. Correct. The curbing would be rebred. Um, everything would be returned to its prior condition. Maybe not necessarily the asphalt on the other side in her in in her drive. Well, the the asphalt condition um that's uh it's too close to the property edge. Yeah. You got to be you got to be 10t from the property line. So, probably a cut would be required there of some kind. Yeah.

But you do utilize that. You do you have someone parked there. Correct. On the black top one. See the red car? Red car. Yeah. Okay. In that picture took those pictures. who took the pictures because it's almost like a driveby. We do a lot of that. Um, I get it. People will do things and we want to grab a picture on the fly. So, the official term is a windshield survey. I can see that. Yeah.

Maybe just stop and straighten the camera out. Can't get my neck. We'll direct stat to do that.

Yeah, that's what we'll do. I don't know if this is a good compromise, but I I think that I think that if we uh directed the homeowner to pour um concrete in that location right there, dig up the fines and pour concrete um from point to point and then on the other side tear up the asphalt in the park strip and and do the same. Um, I'd be okay with that unless they so choose to to replace the curbing. It might be more cost-effective to just replace the curbing right there and then and then concrete on the other side. Um, it does exceed the the amount of um frontage that she has um for driveway because she has that extra what 9 ft.

This was about 11 feet. Yeah. Is that with the flare though? Yeah, it could have been with the flip. Well, I mean I I'm okay with that. I I don't I mean, we could have a discussion about it. You talking about concrete? Concrete that in the park strip where it's fines right there. That whole drive. That is concrete. That is concrete. It's fresh. That is concrete. That's fresh. Just poured. Yeah. Well, you've already got half what I want done. Done. It I mean, that's why I say I can't see it very well. It looked like fines to me from here. So that's pretty fresh concrete that was poured that day then. Yeah. So So they cut the curb probably from where the cones start.

Yeah. And cut the curb back another 15 feet or 10 feet. I think that the only the biggest concern I have is I mean we have a we have a city we have a city component prop you know a piece of property that gets so I'm pretty frustrated that that whoever performed the work didn't follow a typical process. Um so it kind of puts us in a bad situation here. We're kind of going backwards. Um

it makes us the bad guys. Well, yeah. I just I I mean there's a reason why there's a set limit and those set limits are set for the houses and the houses have certain sets so that you don't have car or you don't create blind spots and other situations, safety situations that can exist when you have multiple means of egress on one lot. I'm not saying that there's a thousand cars coming out of there, but you know, it just it creates there's a reason why those rules are in place there to help us keep consistency and safety and some other components. Um, and drain too, right?

Yeah. And and water. I mean, we we have some we have a standard is probably how that how much of a lip we're supposed to have on the curb. And I don't know if that was meant when he cut it and whoever cut it. He said it was the gentleman that did the cutting. He did standards and he matched everything that was already there. And the same guy that did this side with the concrete is the same one that I had do the black top year prior. And the concrete looks sloped, right? Yeah. So, it's sloped. Yeah. I mean, it's a typical driveway approach where it's angled up. Yeah. And just a clarification on the traffic that you mentioned, Jake, um it is on a culde-sac road. So,

yes. Yeah, I actually drove by the property. Yeah. What windshield survey? Yes. Did my own windshield survey. Great. So, to clarify, you're saying you're suggesting that just the black top shirt portion be taken out and concreted. Yep. That's would be most preferable. I mean, other than putting back the curb as is. And and really I mean, I think in Robin's defense,

she hired she wanted to do something. She didn't know she, you know, pardon what I say, but it may be ignorant of the fact obviously that you didn't know that was city code. And so you hired a professional to come in and take care of this for you. You had a problem. That's what a contractor does, right? take care of a problem for you and and make it better. So, um you know, it's really on him and his company to do it right. So, that's where the frustration is is is you know, who you hired to to come in and do this. Three different people. The concrete cutter was one company. Yep.

The black top company was separate and then the concrete guy was a separate guy here. Yeah. So you acted as the GC, the general contractor. I guess that onus is on you. Oh man, tough deal.

So are we saying this is just for my education? Are we saying that we're fine with concrete in the park strip and not black top in the park strip? That's what it says on in the code. Aesthetically, it's looks better. Concrete. That's probably why it's written that way. Aesthetically, concrete to black top. Just that. Did I miss Is there a picture of it on the Do we have a picture of the black top? Yeah. Sorry. Right there. Is this a big picture though? I can't.

It's It's If you zoom out and I cannot see. Go down a little bit. One more. One more. Down. Down. Right there. Right there. Sorry, I can't see that.

Looks nice. So, does somebody want to make a motion on this or any more discussion or suggestions?

I think Rhett's suggestion of having that changed to concrete is a good suggestion. I think we would need to give her a time frame. Obviously, she can't do that tomorrow. The only concern I would have with that would be that we meet the 10- foot requirement from the edge of the property. So if that that concrete would need to flare such or be a foot into the property to accommodate that role. So So we can we get a thought from the pin to the bottom of the flare because that part doesn't count. Yeah, I I

Yeah, I'm going Yeah, absolutely. I'm going off of just information that I And then if we need to do that, so I just have to rebuild that piece of the concrete with like a mold or something and then and then can I take it over a foot so the cars still have plenty of room to get How how wide is it? How wide is the cut? Do you know? 10 feet maybe. You know what? This is going to make that weak right there. I mean, it's just Yeah. The only way to repair that curve is to tear both tanels out and completely redo them. Yep.

So, so I got to do the whole thing on one. Yeah, I do have a foot approach written down unless unless you know

we're fine to blind eye that variance that's or be fine with that. Mayor, I make a motion that we approve resolution 2026-04 approving the deviation from the Grantsville land use section 6.14.5 for driveway located at 437 South Maline Court with the condition that the homeowner pores the drive approach in the park strip on the um they they remove the asphalt um on the I don't know what side That is is that

north north side? Yeah. Um on the north approach in the park strip. So they remove the asphalt and then they re pour that in concrete um to the to the sidewalk in the park strip. So that's my my Can you give a time frame on that? Oh, within six months. There you have it. I was going to say that. Is that acceptable? Yeah, I think that'll give me some dry ground time. We think I would just probably wait till spring if that's okay. Yes. Till we get past the freeze and the the muck. Yeah. All the mud. Yeah. Six months will give you till end of July. So we have a motion. Is there a second?

I'll second it. Could I ask a question to just for staff's FYI on this? So, we are still obviously going to require a permit, but we're leaving the curb cut for the the other the the concrete one. We're leaving that just as is. Yes. Okay. And so, the permit would just be for the rehab of this portion. That was my motion. Okay. Thank you. I have a question. Do I need another permit or is the one that I've already got the permit? Because I've already filed for a permit. We'll have to look at what you've got a permit for, but yeah.

Okay. So, we have a motion by Council Member Butler and a second by Council Member Williams. Uh, all in favor? I I nay. Okay. Roll call. Uh, Council Member Williams. In favor? I. Uh, Dalton? I. Thomas? Nay. Butler. I made the motion. You sure did. All right, that passes. Thank you. We're just going to leave bill right there. So, we have a consideration number eight, consideration of resolution 2026-06 approving a driveway deviation at 1178 West Rocky Way.

Is that homeowner here? They would like to make any type of a statement. Looks like yes. Come on up. Why are these good? Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Yeah, I don't have anything on my screen either. That one.

Yep, that's the one. give us the history behind this one. So, uh similar kind of situation here. Uh property owner went and did a curb cut expanding the width of the driveway. Uh in this case, it's all gravel it looks like.

Yes. 3/4 miles. So, it's uh you can see the the before picture which was poured by the original contractor and then the uh curb cut was made wider and then gravel was put in the park strip and then along the um garage up to the garage. Anyway, so that's uh that's the situation with this one. The the main thing with this one is that um we are looking at a 10-ft side setback that has been encroached as well as the total width of the driveway combined exceeds the allowable limit. So, and then the the curb cut without a permit. Staff is making a similar recommendation on this one. Um, if you do find that it's warranted or or desirable in this location, there are some conditions that uh Shelby has included in the staff report for you to look at.

Seems like it might be an appropriate thing to include something in the newsletter um informing residents that a permit is needed and kind of give a history on the Yeah. Yeah. On the um again, contractors ought to know when contractors come in and do things like this. You pay someone to uh do a professional job, you ought to uh expect that they're going to come in and and and get the necessary permits and uh understand all the requirements, but Well, they're cutting something that's not their property. Well, exactly. So, they're performing work on someone else's property. You ought to Yeah.

It would be it would be justified to ask So, so we just widened the approach with the curb cut and then installed 3/4 minus. And I get the reasoning behind wanting to have additional space to put vehicles, etc. It's better than weeds, right? It Well, it is. And honestly, this this may be a more desirable use of the land to both access as well as park things on. Um the the question isn't whether or not this is a good idea. The question is do we allow it,

right? It's against the ordinance. I understand. kind of expensive. What are the uh what is the width of the driveways in this subdivision? Are they 16 ft?

Yeah, that's what it looks like. It's 16 feet is what Shel's got written in here. Okay. And then um yeah, it's it's only got 10 inches from the property line.

Can we notice the contract? I mean, I hate to punish people for finishing their yards. It looks great. Can we notice the contractor that they violated our codes? And please don't. If we know who the contractor is, if they didn't get a permit, we don't know who. Well, he he he can tell us and we can u let him know, but

so some so by by code there, we could have widened we could have curve cut and widened that because it wasn't the 30t. Is that what you're saying? Yeah, it could it could have extended all the way to the 30th foot width. So he's he could have picked up an additional flared out 14 ft and then Yeah. but because we exceeded that. Yep. Does it go all the way to the property line? The curb cut appears to Yes.

10 inches I think is what Yeah, it seems like we need to do some better educating. I believe the house just to the west of this one has the same exact issue. Well, we'll get them next. I was doing my dashboard. I'm sure my dashboard thing I I noticed, you know, 16 feet is probably not wide enough. I mean, I I

It's true. And that's a very narrow driveway door and your driveway width is 16 ft. You're constantly banging your yeah allowing the opportunity to flare those out. I think we could achieve that. The concern I have is that we pushed into that side where it's that 10 foot setback. Yeah, we've encroached on that. I think and again you could we could have flared that out such that to allow you to get vehicle this way on that so that it comes in and gets to that nice gate that he's got there. Mhm. Um and you know that's an additional 14 ft. It gets him most of the way there right up at front. So

yeah. So we say put the curve back to the 14 ft. We could. Yeah. That's up to you. which you know at this point you're only talking what four or five feet of curb that need put back in whatever. So the problem is that the curb is monolithic with the gutter. So you have to take the whole thing up and the whole piece has to come out based on where they're sectioned off.

Right. I didn't go into that kind of detail looking at it, but

well, it's not much different than what we just saw. I mean, concrete's concrete, so I think concrete's better than that. Even that 3/4 inch minus that's in the in the park strip. So, yeah, here we are trying really hard to put curbing in our city and we got people taking curbing out. I'm confused. Nothing against you. I just I mean we're trying to make Grantsville great again with curbing. So we're taking it out. Frustrating. All right. Well, mayor, I make a motion to approve resolution 2026-06 approving a driveway deviation at 1178 West Rocky Way um with a condition that they replace the um 3/4 inch minus gravel with a concrete approach in the park strip within a sixmonth time period.

Okay, we have a motion. Is there a second? I'll second. Uh, we have a motion by Council Member Butler and a second by Council Member Dalton. Um, all in favor. I I I All right, the motion passes. I have a quick question. So, this is my first home ever. Um, and I had no idea with codes and all that, but I would encourage like a pamphlet handout of saying, "Hey, these are are commonly broken violations for new homeowners." Uhhuh. Cuz I had no idea. I think that's a very good idea.

Yeah. Then that would be very helpful. Yeah. No, we appreciate it. Thank you for the and welcome to your first home. Thank you. Congratulations. pour some more concrete. Our next item of business is council reports. And without having a lot of assignments at this point without our final council member, I know these might be minimal, but let's just start with Rhett.

Um, I have met both with the historic preservation uh committee. We had our our we actually have a yearly um potluck dinner and we met and it was we had a wonderful time had some good discussion. Um it was an official meeting. Um we did uh did did conduct some business but we uh we all brought a little something to the to the table so to speak and and uh had had a great time, great discussion and told some pretty good stories too as if you can't imagine from that group.

I can't that sounds like we've all missed out. you know, so our next meeting is on March 12th, and actually I've asked uh Bill to join me at that meeting. We're going to have some discussion on, you know, potentially um maybe designating a historic um area with inside Grantsville. Um so we want to kind of discuss that and he's he's pretty knowledgeable in those regards um to give us some direction on that. I met with the library board as well. It's still moving forward. So, they they do a great job over there.

Um, and uh, PNZ was on Tuesday night. Um, there's some pretty some pretty I wouldn't say big changes or big amendments to some of the chapters that they're u, but there's a lot of them. Yeah.

And so that'll be coming our way. They just had a discussion on them uh, this last week and and a lot of it has to do with conditional use permits um, among a few other things. So they're just cleaning up consistently finding things and cleaning them up. So um kudos to to them to to the planning um and zoning to to take care of that and anyways bring it to the table. Uh the other thing was there was some uh there was a reszone for the I call it the debacle on Apple but um that's just uh the storage units that never were Applegate. Yes. Yeah. It's not like Watergate. It's Apple Gate.

It's Applegate. Yes. Gates. So, I mean that we we did um uh they did change the um the zoning on that to RM15 and um made some adjustments there. That'll that'll come before us um probably in our next meeting, I'm sure. Perfect. Thank you. That's that's all I have. Thank you. All right, Jake.

Um, from the school district side, we we have a scheduled meeting with them, uh, 10th of February to go over a number of items that that that will be covered from the park to to other things that we're addressing. So, um, that's all I've got there specifically that that that tailor to the school district. um maybe give an quick update as far as the Veterans Memorial Park. I know this body uh uh approved it to go out uh back out for bid. Um, and so we're in the process of of putting those scopes. They're putting they're in the process of putting those scopes together so that we can get that pushed back out and try to figure out how to get that in line with the budget.

All right. Thank you. Uh, Jeff,

we still meet um every the second Tuesday of every month for the mosquito abatement board. um they're working hard to try to develop a system to communicate better with citizens on um when we spray when when they spray. Um just so just so citizens know, I mean, there's been some complaints that citizens don't want their pets outside when the mosquito fog goes down the road. Um, right now they're looking at a notification system where residents could sign up to be notified when an area is set to be sprayed. The hard part about that is just the w the wind. They can't spray in the wind and I don't know how you'd ever

little unpred unpredictable here in Grantsville when the wind's going to blow, right? They just kind of get it done when they can get it done and we really benefit from it. So that's but that's they're working hard to to communicate better with with citizens. So I think that's a noble effort. But yeah, thank you. Derek, anything you'd like to add? I haven't I don't got any assignments. No assignments yet for Derek. I have nothing to report right now. So

no, we'll look forward to having our final council member and and um readjusting the council assignments. So, thank you to all of you for your efforts on those. I don't have anything um today. So, we will move on to our next item, the exciting part uh number 10. So, Alicia, would you like to now give us how are we getting our random order?

Okay. So I will just give a quick introduction that each applicant will have up to 10 minutes. You do not have to take the full 10 minutes to introduce yourselves and provide any information that you would like for the council and the public to know about you and why you would like to serve on the city council and any other information you would like to share. That is your opportunity. Um, Alicia will give you a 30- second warning when you are about to hit your 10 minutes and we will randomly select the order in which you will have the opportunity to present your um your information and once all the candidates have been interviewed, the council will take an initial vote. We will they will submit their votes on a paper ballot which they have before them and that will be passed to Alicia to read aloud and tally and the order of the candidates will be random and she will select that. Now um thank you to everyone who is willing to put in an application. It is not easy. It is a big decision to make and we have some very quality applicants and we're looking forward to hearing from you and we also encourage you that when the time comes for election again uh that you will consider that as well if you are not selected at this time. So okay so just for full transparency um I've set up an Excel spreadsheet. I don't know if anybody wants to I know you can't see a second. Um, so I put everybody in an order. Um, and then this has a a function in it that'll

just randomize the order. Okay. And first of all, they're in alphabetical order by last name, but we're randomize it right now. Um, and I can't see. I'm blind. Where is the sort? Right there. Right there. Um, and then that should have changed everybody. So, it looks like Lynette will go first. Hopefully everybody can see that. And I guess we'll address that when we get to number two. Okay. Starting now.

Yes. You may please come forward. Thank you. Hello. My name is Lynette Pashelle. Um I'm single. I have no children. I'm a family oriented person, however, and I am ready to ready and willing to serve my community. I've lived in Grantsville for about three years and I have enjoyed it immensely. Um just I uh my connection to Grantsville is I'm um I guess descended from founders of the of the town and uh I guess I have many removed cousins etc. from the area. So, I I am vested. I have a vested interest in this area. I'm a daughter of the Utah Pioneers.

Uh my qual qualification, so to speak, is I'm very interested in politics. I have been for a long time. I follow um national events very closely and I um on a national level and as how they affect us on a more local level as well and how local issues can be impacted and invested in how to keep small town lifestyle values a priority. pretty um my vision I guess um is the beautifification. I like to see things nice and um and like to encourage yard and property income uh upkeep because it uh increases the values and the appearance of our of our community. uh encourage people with gardening and such. Um I know that there are some really beautiful small towns around and uh I'd like to see Grantsville be one of them. Um also um I'd like to uh see I I'm interested in how uh the planning is taking place with all the new building etc. and um the traffic patterns and how that's going to affect some of us um and how uh I'm interested in bringing new businesses to town, convenience businesses,

and uh improve our our way of life here. and um I just really I I enjoy being involved and being part of the process. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Um our next applicant uh decided to withdraw his name from the from the consideration. So we will move on to number three, Sean Sakers. Did I skip somebody? No. Okay. Good evening, Madame Mayor and council members. Got a written thing for us but for us tonight. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you tonight. My name is Sean Sagers and I'm here because I love Grantsville. I'm not just saying that. I mean it in my bones. I graduated from Grantsville High School in 2003. I know what it means to be a cowboy. I know the feeling of sitting in those stands on a Friday night and the energy of the crowd. I know the way that the whole town shows up for its kids. That sense of community. That's what Grantsville is to me. But my connection goes back further than my own memories. Over 150 years ago, my great greatgrandfather, that's three, um, William Matthews left England, settled here in one of Gr as Grantsville's earliest pioneers. Five generations of my family have called this valley home. We've watched this town grow from a settlement to what it is today. That history isn't just something I'm proud of, it's something I feel responsible to. Grantsville gave me a start in public service. As a student at Grantsville High School, I served on the youth city council. That excer experience planted a seed. It showed me that ordinary people, young people even, could have a voice in shaping their community. And that lesson has carried with me. I went on to earn my bachelor's degree from Utah State University. Emphasis and with my certificate in law and societal studies. I wanted to understand how communities

work, what holds them together, and what pulls them apart, and how systems that serve people well. For the about the past 14 years, I've put my education into practice working for a municipality. In fact, I started my law enforcement career right here in Grantsville City as a reserve police officer. I've since spent years learning the ins and outs on how a city operates, not in theory, but in practice. I understand budgets. I understand the constraints we work in and the trade-off decisions that it requires. I've sat in meetings where we've had to say, "We'd love to do that, but here's where we can't actually afford it." That experience has given me a realistic perspective on what's possible and a deep respect for the responsibility of spending public dollars wisely. I've spent my career in public safety and emergency management. I've planned and participated in large-scale emergency preparedness drills, and I understand what it takes to keep a community safe. It's not just responding to crisis, but preparing them before they arrive. That perspective is one I'd be honored to bring to this council, not as a single issue, but a lens among many foral evaluating decisions we face. Now, let's talk about where Grantsville is headed. And I'll have to be honest with you, Grantsville isn't a small town anymore. And I think that that's okay. I'm not interested in pretending that we can freeze this community or place the door clo or close the door behind us. People are moving here because they see what we've always known. This is a great place to raise a family, build a life, and be a part of something real.

I welcome them and that part of Gr and that part of Grantsville's next chapter. But growth has to be thoughtful. It has to be responsible. If our infrastructure can't keep pace, if our water resources, fire services, roads, police department are stretched beyond capacity, then we're not serving our residents well. We're serving the pe or we're not serving the people who've been here for generations, nor the families who have just arrived. I'm a person of faith, and faith ties me to this community in ways beyond politics. I believe in service, and I believe that you've been given much. You have a responsibility to give back. Grantsville has given me the roots, my identity, my sense of home, and I want to give back to that place who made me who I am. I am I've thought about public service for a long time. When this vacancy opened, I knew the timing was right. I'm at a point in my career and my life that I feel like I can fully commit to this responsibility. I am ready. I am here because I believe I have a perspective to offer. Someone who knows how cities work from the inside, who understands public safety and emergency preparedness, who respects the weight of a budget, and who loves this town deeply. I'd be honored to serve alongside you. And I'd thank you for your time and consideration. Happy to any answer any questions you might have. We're not going to ask ask questions at this time.

Perfect. All right. Makes it easy for me. Yeah. Thank you, Sean. All right. Our next person, Peter. I'm sorry. I don't know how to pronounce the last name. WTO. I don't see him here. Not online.

Um, I don't see online. Just Alicia, is there a way to perhaps contact him and make sure he understood? I did uh text everybody. Okay. On top of them today,

then we're going to go with that. All right. Um, our next um applicant, Jason James King, mayor, council members, I appreciate the opportunity to, I guess, present myself here and just tell you a little bit about myself. Um, I am Jason King. Uh, I have only been living in Grantsville for a couple years. Um, we moved here at the end of 2023, so we are, um, my wife and I, my my wife's name is Megan. Uh, we are pretty new. Uh, we live over in the town homes, uh, over towards the end of the of Main Street. So, we get the opportunity every time we come into town to drive through Main Street and look at everything. And it sounds corny, but we always have something nice to say when we drive home. We we did we do a lot of traveling. So, um, but there are there are many things we love about Grantsville. Um, and let me just tell you a little bit about myself. Um, so I currently work as a senior faculty for Western Governor's University. Um, I'm I've used to work for uh a local publishing bookstore, uh, Covenant Seagull. I was their e-commerce manager working at their corporate office. Um, and excuse me, I also had a small business for about nine years, uh, uh, independent fiction publisher called Immortal Works. Um, and and the reason I bring that up is isn't just to to brag, but, um, just to kind of illustrate, I've had experience in the private sector, uh, building, managing businesses, you know, working budget, all the all the fun things that you guys get to do, I've had a chance to see tonight, you know. Um, so I've had those experiences. Um,

I too am a person of of faith. I a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You might have heard of it. Um, it's a small church. Uh, so I've also had the opportunity to serve in a lot of capacities. Um, a lot of committees, councils, bishop Ricks, leadership positions. So, uh, meetings are kind of, you know, part of our culture. Um, the reason I I applied to to fill the vacancy in the city council, um, and and let me just kind of paint the picture here. Uh, aside from a short stint as a county delegate when I was in my early 20s to impress a girl, this is my first foray into public office. Um, and that's important because uh although I I'm very um I follow politics, but I never really thought I'd get into anything like this. And the reason why I made that change when I saw that uh that notice go out. Um is is tied to the reason that I'm here. Uh so about six years ago, a little over almost six years ago, um I had just gone through a divorce. Uh, and then a few months later, I I actually got remarried to my current wife. Uh, which was a big blessing. Um, but we were homeless. Uh, they don't tell you when you get divorced that you kind of have to start over. Um, so we had a place in Salt Lake that we were going to move into. Uh, but it turned out that it became unavailable. And so we literally like in one week were thinking like, where are we going to go? um because of some family drama uh we weren't we weren't able to draw on family resources and so fortunately I had a good friend who lives out here I'm going to name dropper some of you might know her name's Holly Anderson um she's a used to be I think the ER director in Tula hospital but uh long she's a lifer she's been here forever so she let us come

live with her and it was out of necessity uh we lived with her for three months and in that short time we fell in love with this place. Um it was just peaceful and that was what both my wife and I were seeking was peace. We had had a really turbulent um life situations going on. Um but we found peace out here. Now we actually did end up moving back to Salt Lake. Um again, not a lot of choices sometimes. Um but we decided when we did move, we're like, you know what, we're coming back to Grantsville because this is this has everything that we want. Um, and so three years later, we were able to to move out to the town houses. And so this this place has a really special uh connection to us. Uh, and that's why I decided, long story, coming back. I promise I'm bringing it home. Um, when it came time to serve, I had to jump at the opportunity. Um, I feel like we've gotten a lot out of being here. We love the community events. um things like the honey harvest festival, uh the Christmas parade. I mean, you guys are keeping all this stuff a secret, you know. Um we loved it and and so I just I want to serve the community. Um I want to to share what we have um and just make it better.

My vision is to kind of build on what what you already have here um with a a focus on the community activities. Um, uh, you may not like this, but I keep trying to get my friends and family to move out here, but, uh, one of the ways I do that is I invite them to all these these things that we do. Um, I love the skeletons on Main Street during Halloween. Um, the flowers are beautiful on Main Street as well, the Christmas trees. Um, and so my vision, if I could contribute anything, and I'm sure that that's not always up to council members what assignments they're given, but I would love to to work with the community events. Um, given my background and some of the things I've done already, that kind of comes second nature. Um, but it would be an honor to be able to to give back to the community that that's brought my wife and I a lot of peace. Um, and I just wanted to to tell you those things. Uh, that that's why I'm here and that's why, you know, I'm doing this. Uh, this time not for a girl, but this time because I love the place that we live. So, thank you very much.

Thank you. Our next applicant is Justin Wingfield. Wherever you're most comfortable, I want to go I I've been 25 years with the last 50 years school for the school. They had the Nobody into the night with I call that the city

into the I I I've been working closely with the ISO way. I I want to see this people with the And don't be afraid of my more

understand the more you you can do with this. Thank you. Thank you, Justin. Thank you.

Our next applicant, uh, Gary Merrill. I guess before I get started, I want to put my time in and say Justin, you made a huge impact for my son Ethan. He talks about you and every time I go to a basketball game or football game, he sees you there. It's always his his joy to get out there and go talk to you. Uh my name is Gary Merrill. Um I am a product of Utah, born and bred. Um about a little over nine years ago, my wife, my four kids, and I decided to leave West Jordan hustle and bustle and settle out here in Tilla County. My wife originally wanted to move to Stanbury. I told her we're moving to Stanbury. We're going to Gransville. So, we've decided to put down roots here. Um, and have really come to enjoy it. Even though there's a lot of guys in my neighborhood and people I know I'm still considered a a new blood here and even though I feel like I've been here forever, but I I hope to be here for many more years. Um, I stand before you to uh apply for the vacant seat that is on for the community council. Um, I would like to be a part of this community and helping uh manage the growth both residentially and commercially that is coming that is needed, but at the same time doing everything in my power to help maintain the values and the culture that makes Grantsville what Grantsville is. Um, I remember I I love seeing Jake's campaign addresses talking about youth sports. I've spent many years and countless hours being a part of youth activities for my kids. Whether I'm a dancer or a drill dad or volleyball dad, coaching my kids in cross country, um, track, football, volleyball. I've seen the impact and the positive impact that's had on my kids life. And I like to be a part of helping the council to continue to improve those opportunities and afford those kids the the aspects of playing you sports and what it can do to mod to mold and to build them throughout their life. Um, in addition to that, I've also had the opportunity to officiate, which I love. Keeps me involved in esports. I I've

officiated baseball for everything from T-ball to going back to Coopertown, New York, and officiating in a a tournament back there. I've done everything from I do everything right now for you, uh, you conference football, and I've had the opportunity this year to have my first championship game for officiating at the high school level. Great opportunity. So, like I said, I I I really appreciate the aspect of trying to protect and and further those opportunities. Um, in my professional life, I have just completed my 25th year working for Builder First Source. We are the nation's largest supplier of lumber truss, framing uh framing services, mill work, and install trim services. Um during those 25 years, I've had the opportunity to work with a lot of different cities and municipalities throughout the Northern Wasach front and now uh branching off down into St. George. I've um I've seen municipalities who embrace the growth and the change and understand that we have to have strategic growth and afford opportunities for our citizens both for houses, affordable houses, move up houses, and forever houses. Um and I've seen also municipalities who have rejected the growth and who want to stay put. I've seen those who accept the growth and what it does and how it helps the city grow and I've seen also this the impact of of the of pushing that growth away. Um I have through through working through um with in my industry and being in sales I have also been able to develop working relationships with other people through other cities. Right now I have a working relationship with the mayor of Lehi talk with him on a regular basis. I have a working relationship with guys who sit on the West Valley uh planning and zoning commission, talk with them on a regular basis. Um we get to see and because of that we get to see the uh how how zoning and and how decisions from the city council are made and how they impact not just the immediate future but for the future 10, 15, 20 years down the

road for our kids, our grandkids and our grandkids grandkids. Um I understand the complexity and the competitive nature of municipalities. You guys are as a as a city council, you're you're desperately fighting with other cities that people don't realize for between not only Tilla, Erda, Stanberry, Lake Point, but also developing also going into Salt Lake City to find a way to bring economic development out here so that we not only have to have we can afford jobs for people, but also be able to have our kids have good and solid jobs so they can stay and and grow up in the community that we've learned to grow and love. Um, through my through my industry and through working, I've also come to understand perfectly that it's better to be respected than it is to be liked. There's a lot of times where you got to make a hard decision that people don't like, but it's the right decision. I I applaud you guys for a couple of uh city council meetings ago through the hard decision of the Soulberg development of waving the impact fees. I know it was a lot of money to wave those fees and the immediate impact that would have on the city, but understanding that by doing that, by giving a little, we gained a whole lot more tax dollars for future and for years to come. Not only through tax dollars, through sales tax, but also for jobs and infrastructure that will be happening with that. Um, also another difficult decision you guys made recently was when there was a the uh property on the corner of Main Street Booth that was out of a property of non-compliance. They're asking to reszone that from commercial to residential so they could do some improvements on. I know it was probably not the easiest decision to make sitting in your chairs and having the the owner standing before you, but to tell them that no, that is a been zoned and been laid out for the city plan and commercial and we're going to keep it that way. Ultimately probably didn't like your decision, but it's going to come down that he'll the respect will be there

because you made the right decision for the long-term play of the city. Um through my business I work every day um to make sure that I stay on budget. I know having a budget and maintaining a budget is a hugely important thing. That's the dollars even though they seem large if um if you take care of the dollars and the pennies or if you take care of the pennies the dollars will take care of themselves. Um there's a guy one of our developers I've worked with for a lot of times he goes he became a millionaire on making $50 decisions. And I think that's really important to look at that there's times when you got to get down into the micro level, but you also have to maintain that macro that macro view of the city to keep things moving down the path that you need them to go to. Um, I understand also in Grantsville that not every house can be a halfacre, but not every house needs to be have five acre or five houses per acre. They have to have a good balance of it all. Um, I find in my in my job I I find ways as well to work with builders to find ways to to make how to make projects pencil so that we can keep people working. It's it's also my job as a salesman for my company to go out and maintain and to get sales that as a as a mayor to be business development, right? So that I have to through those sales I I afford our operations teams jobs. we and it's it's a it's a stressful situation many times is is a competitive nature of dealing with other competitors and and trying to find ways to make sure that I can be the guy that the the developer the builder chooses to be their supplier of choice. I believe the reason I should be your choice to fulfill the remainder of this term um is through my work experience. I'm uniquely qualified to be part of that management of growth of the city and for long term as well as the near future. Thank you. Thank you, Gary. Our next applicant, Britney Lee Skinner.

Hello, mayor and council members. Uh, my name is Britney Skinner. Just to intro introduce myself, excuse me. Uh, my husband and I have lived in Grantsville for four years. We're originally from Mesa, Arizona. We will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary in two months. We have five kids, ages 9 to 29. Uh we had a wedding last year, one in March, and one more at the end of the year. So, we're hoping for grandkids soon. In our spare time that we have, we enjoy baseball and going on a cruise when we can. Um my experience, I graduated from Utah Valley University and then went on to BYU Law School. I've been an attorney for just over 10 years. Um my original my job right out of law school was assistant city attorney for the city of Bluffale. uh mostly handling all their prosecution, but it was a small city, so that only took up one day of my week. So, the rest of the time I worked closely with the city attorney. Um we drafted resolutions, we reviewed contracts, I attended city council meetings, planning meetings. So, I did a lot of this civil side with him in that um position as well. After that, we moved to back to Arizona for a little while and I was a prosecutor for Maricopa County um handling felonies and misdemeanors. And then for the last almost eight years I've been with my current firm which is Davis Miles and I'm an operating partner in our Utah office. We also have an office in Arizona and New Mexico. I practice family law now. Um some of the unique perspectives I think I would bring to city council. One as a woman. I'm a female. I think that would give you a different perspective uh that could be beneficial. Um also as a wife and um a daughter of a first responder. My dad was a firefighter. My husband's currently in law enforcement. I have a unique perspective on what that lifestyle is and what um they bring to the city um and what their responsibilities are. And I know that's a great responsibility and it's also something that the council needs to consider carefully. And so I have a

little bit of insight into that lifestyle and that perspective. Also, as a mother, I have my son graduated from Granville High School. My daughter's currently at Willow. I'm very vested to make sure that our community stays safe, that we have positive um activities and a safe place for them to grow up. Um also as an attorney, I my job with um Bluffdale gave me the experience of city council. I am also very skilled in advocating for my position in a respectful and nonadversarial manner when I'm in court. and um having that perspective, I've also, you know, reviewed case law, state laws, ordinances, so I'm familiar with that as well. Um lastly, as a citizen, I think I echo what everybody has said here tonight. I love the city of Granville. I'm very excited for the future. I have to say though, when my husband mentioned going to Grantsville, I told him I would never move to Granville because there wasn't a Target or a Costco. But the first um the first our first visit to Grantsville was the Fourth of July parade and I immediately fell in love. Just kids everywhere. We've been every year since. We've also the light parade, the I mean the stuff everybody's mentioned that we love of Grantsville of the Veterans Day program, the nights in the park. I mean, and I understand again with everybody else, we all want to keep that small town phil. We love Grantsville. Um I love that my daughter only has 20 kids in her class. She's not overcrowded. I know the teachers. I love this. But like everybody said, growth is inevitable and and I welcome that because I was new once too and I hope everybody gets to experience that. But I also understand we have to do it in a measured manner and there has to be some consideration of who's coming, what's coming and what we allow here. So I think I could be a really good candidate on the city council to give a perspective to my perspective at least um on what those should be. So I appreciate your consideration. I think you have a lot of great applicants tonight. So thank you.

Thank you very much. Um, our next applicant is Jeff. And I'm sorry I can't see very well. Ban,

mayor, and city council. Thank you for the opportunity and for uh considering me for the open position. Uh, my name is Jeff Banman. Um, I live over in Carriage Crossing

and um moved out here. Uh, my parents needed a little bit extra help and so they live in my basement. We take care of them and um so my wife and I have been married for 24 years now and we have four kids who are in Grantsville High School or just graduated. Thank God. Go Cowboys. Um it's u it's been an interesting uh journey in high school. It's a lot of time and running around in lots of different directions. Uh my wife uh is Wendy. She has a catering company in Salt Lake City and um so we run that and um um I am the building official in the city of South Salt Lake and I've been the building official for a couple years now. And um um so a little bit of my background, I have a bachelor of science in financial management. Um and so I'm very familiar

with u finances and lots of zeros and commas and trying to figure out how to get to financially where we need to be from where we are.

I was a general contractor for 20 years. um building houses, some res um some commercial, but mainly high-end finished carpentry up in Park City and dealing with the uh the inflated egos and pocketbooks up there is quite a interesting journey. Um I became a um building inspector about nine years ago now and um I thoroughly enjoy it. So Grantsville is going through a lot of building obviously and I think I have some unique qualifications that would help me serve our community in um in guiding growth forward. Um government a friend told me I really like this it's a unique balance between needs wants and cap capacity and trying to manage it is hard having run a business and running a business and also a staff of four trying to balance everything is is a difficult uh job. um trying to allocate resources, plan ahead, um and um try to make some people happy is a thankless and sometimes impossible job. Um as a building inspector or official, I'm I really enjoy trying to help people out. Um today I'm helping them a tenant with a overflowing sewer and a recalcitrant landlord. And so it's uh um trying to help people out is is really something I enjoy a lot. Um I did coach uh little league or wreck soccer I guess for a couple of years. Um and it's kind of fun to see some of my uh rec soccer players on the varsity

team now for Gransville High School. It's a lot of fun. um with the business background. I also appreciate the fact um of having quality staff, having people that represent you, giving them the u the resources and the appreciation um and to do their jobs uh and represent uh the city um is really important and maintaining is something that's going to be coming. maintaining a good workforce is going to be really difficult in the future. Um and u so there's a lot of things um a lot of moving parts um and I would uh appreciate your consideration. Oh, I also wanted to say thank you to Alicia been really good back and forth. He's very helpful.

Thank you very much. Our next applicant is Cameron Molton. Good evening, mayor and council members and citizens of Gransville that are in this room and I don't know how many are on Zoom. Um, but whoever is out there. So, uh, good evening. Um, my name is Cameron Molton. My wife Melissa and I along with our four children have proudly called Grantsville home for nearly 11 years. We deeply love this community and the wholesome family oriented environment it provides. I am committed to contributing to its continued success and ensuring that Grantsville remains a vibrant, thriving place for current and future generations. As a business owner, I have built and grown multiple companies from humble beginnings. Starting with just three box trucks in 2006, I have expanded operations across multiple states, managing various divisions that complement one another to achieve shared objectives. Today, my businesses operate with an annual budget approaching 20 million and employ over 100 people. This experience has equipped me with a practical knowledge of making strategic decisions, understanding how different departments, though operating in distinct ways, must work together toward a common goal of success. I excel at analyzing options based on data rather than emotion when facing tough choices. This approach has been essential in my career where I regularly weigh impacts on employees, customers, and stakeholders. I treat the responsibility of decision-making with the utmost seriousness. Recognizing that my choices directly affect people's lives, a principle I would carry forward with sacred respect if selected to serve on this council, I firmly believe that all levels of government should operate with the efficiency and accountability of a well-run business. Citizens should be viewed as valued investors in their community, deserving transparency, fiscal responsibility, and thoughtful stewardship of resources. Rather than creating new regulations for every

emerging situation, we should prioritize utilizing and refining existing regulations through adjustment and reallocation of resources where appropriate. This mindset promotes stability, reduces unnecessary bureaucracy, and focuses effort on what truly benefits the community. Clear and honest communication has been a cornerstone of my professional success. I thrive on delivering straightforward messages, even when they are difficult, because truth builds trust far more effectively, than softened or fabricated narratives ever could. I am committed to open dialogue with residents, fellow council members, and city staff to ensure decisions are wellinformed and collaboratively made. Now, to communicate a little more about me personally, I was born in Berley, Idaho. My wife Melissa and I were in the same kindergarten class together and began dating in high school. After high school, I served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Bulgaria Sophia Mission. Upon returning, I enrolled at Weber State University, where I earned a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice with a minor in psychology, initially planning to become a police officer. While attending school, I began driving box trucks with my brother-in-law in a small family trucking business. By the time I graduated in 2010, shortly after the birth of our first daughter, I had a change of heart about my career direction. I chose to remain in partnership with my brother-in-law and his brother and together we grew the company from a modest trucking operation into a much larger enterprise. We expanded into warehousing, importing and exporting and a dreage operation at the Port of Long Beach in California with the goal of providing our customers endto-end supply chain control through our integrated services. As for my decision to apply for this open seat, in politics, people often run to fix a specific problem or push a particular agenda. If asked tonight what I would change about Grantsville, I'm not sure I could point to anything major. Like many residents here, I feel we are living good lives and that the city operates well overall. My main

desire is to simply ensure things stay that way. Professionally and personally, I live by the philosophy that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. This doesn't mean avoiding improvement. It means pursuing change thoughtfully and only when necessary, so we preserve the stability and quality of life that makes Grantsville such a wonderful place to live and raise a family. My hope is that my children will have the same opportunity to raise their own families here in the future. Of course, there are minor frustrations such as when roads like Dery are torn up for what feels like way too long. But I understand that even in a small municipal government like ours, it deals with complexities most residents never see. It's easy to voice complaints on social media. Yet, my experience running businesses has given me a unique perspective, one that helps me weather those storms calmly, especially when others may be less informed on the full picture and issues. I am not seeking the seat because I think others are unqualified. Many strong candidates have surely applied. My goal is simply to contribute what I can to keep grants for the great community it is for the future generations. Through my professional leadership, family life, and volunteer service, I believe I have the skills and perspective needed to help guide the city in the right direction. Although it may feel like I've shared a lot here, I've always prided myself in using as few words as possible to accomplish what needs to be done. I don't believe in filibustering conversations or talking just to hear myself speak. I'm a person of action who prefers getting things done over endless discussion. It would be an honor to serve this great city. Thank you.

Thank you. Our next applicant, Sam Furnus, I believe I'm saying that correctly. Hello, my name is Sam Furnis. I am married to a wonderful man and I have two children, eight and five. Um, I have lived in Tilla Valley for eight years. We were in Stanbury for about seven and then we've been here for about two. Um, once I got out here, I thought that we were well actually I used to live in West Jordan when we were growing up and we thought this was the middle of nowhere. We we actually came out here to shoot rabbits and this was the longest drive of my eight-year-old life. So now that I live out here, my dad teases me every day. Um we um sorry I am so excited to be here. Um I love Gransville for all of the experiences that you guys have and the traditions. The traditions are what keeps us so invested in Grantsville. You guys have the circus for the first graders we've already participated in. Um, we are so excited to um to keep doing the traditions, do the prominade when our kids are old enough and do and we go to the social bowl every year. Um, I have lured I call myself the spider of the family. I've lured a sister, a brother, and a dad here. I've only lived for three years and I'm like, "Come on, guys. It's great. Join us." Um, I think there's a difference between um being mad about growth and being able to incorporate growth and still make it work. I don't believe that just because I got here, nobody else can come now. Um, I volunteer at local businesses in the community and I've helped with the Fourth of July parade. I just bought and dug the holes myself for 15 baby trees so I can never move. Um, I am invested in the city. I need you guys to be really good city council members so that I don't ever have to move. My goal is to I can't take the trees with me. So, they need to stay and we need to stay as well. Um, my goal for joining city council is to have a say and to be

involved in bettering my community. Um, I my experience in life has been volunteer member on an HOA board in my last community. Um, I've worked for neurosurgical associates for 10 years. Um, I have time for this job now. My first job right now as a stay-at-home mom. My second is working for Neurosurgical Associates. Um, I have a 5-year-old that just went into kindergarten, so I'm ready to have extra goals and to learn. I'd actually really like the chance to learn about our community. The fact that this is the first time I've been to city council is embarrassing and I should come every time no matter what. Um, my perspective on life is I believe in hard work, trying, putting yourself out there. I want to instill in instill a sense of small town values into our growing town. Growth happens. We just need to be in the right direction that betters and helps the most people. Um, I am ready to learn and give 100%. I want to grow with my community. I love all the events. As I said, I'd love to incorporate more events into our city. Um, daddy daughter dances, stuff like that, Valentine's dances. I'm not sure what kind of growth that can happen that way, but I would love that kind of stuff. Um, the other qualifications I have, I run the 4 after school program at American Fork Junior High. Um, volunteer at schools and at the food bank. And I think that's it. Thank you guys for listening. Have a great day.

Thank you and welcome to city council. It's so exciting. I'm sure you will.

Um, our next applicant, Charles Cypes, mayor, city council. It's been almost a year. We did this uh just about this time last year again, didn't we? Um, fact, I see some familiar faces. They were on the other side of the desk though. Um, thanks guys and mayor. Uh, I'm here because I want to serve. Uh, I put my hat on the ring the last election cycle. Had some family issues come up. Couldn't run very well, so I I didn't perform as well as I know I could have. But hey, things happen and and you move on. Uh, the opening's here. came back. I'm going to keep coming back and eventually either I'll get elected or the citizens will tell me, "Hey, we don't want to hear you." Um either way, it's all good. I bring a balanced approach. Um I'm willing to listen to everybody, form a decision based on the information given, and stand up for it. As a real estate broker of 25 years, I've had to tell clients, "No, I've had to tell people, "Sorry, you didn't get the house." We have to work within our budget. I've managed over a hundred uh independent contractors that all want to do their own thing, all want to lead their own directions. I've managed employees, hiring and firing when I worked in the warehouse. Currently, I work at the post office and the roads and things that sometimes I'm like, how did they get this road in here? Why did they do that? As a city

council and a planner, we kind of need to plan these things out ahead of time so that we can move people around, not just pack them into a subdivision and pack them into a house. We need to have commercial growth. As a business owner, I see us bringing businesses in. I see the improvements that we're making. Can we do more? Maybe. We've got to have those connections. We've got to be willing to reach out, put ourselves out there, and lure in those businesses with our populace. We've got to have the population that the businesses want to come here as well. So, we've got to balance all of those things. Most importantly, we've got to balance the love that we all have of our community, you know? grants for youth baseball. Signups are going on now. Sign up now. Get buddy. You don't cut. Um, but we're we're doing those things and the reason we can do those things is because we care about our community and our community cares about us. So, I don't think there's any applicant on here that doesn't care about our city. I think we all have unique skills and abilities and and the willingness to come here and to present ourselves as opportunity to grow and and giving the city our best because that's what we're here for. Um, I can continue to just ramble on, but the reality is is everybody wants to go home, so let's move on. Thank you. And our last applicant, Clancy Baitman.

Hello everyone. Thank you for your consideration. Um it's a pleasure to be here tonight. I uh Grantsville's got a tender spot in my heart. I've been coming to Grantsville to visit friends since probably the late 90s. Um, we finally moved here, my family and I, back in, oh, it's been nine years ago now. And, uh, I have served in different capacities. Right now, my wife and I, um, coach youth, we were doing volleyball. We've done basketball in the past. Um, I've, uh, served in the capacity of planning and zoning for 14 years, um, for Wendover. Um, I figure it's time to try something new. Um, I've lived in Tula County my entire life and I think my desire to help and serve was from when I served my mission and I went to Washington DC and I think that's what started my thoughts on, hey, we can make a difference if we just put it out there and give it a try. So, I agree with everyone here tonight. Um, I love Gransville City. I want to see it uh continue to be what it is and to see what we can bring it to to become great. Um because it already is great. I want to be able to um add to that greatness and be able to move forward in the future. But uh in reality, I I just love the city and I want to be able to help have a have a say and to overcome it uh any obstacles that we have. I know that there are some issues within the city. I've witnessed some firsthand. Um, and I think you that the current city council does a great job in overcoming some of those things and needs that the um that the citizens citizens have and that they

get brought up. Uh, but I just want to say thank you and u I appreciate it and thanks for all that you guys do.

Thank you. Well, I'm going to guess that all of you out there are really happy that you're not us up here because we have a lot of really, really good applicants. And I don't know if the rest of the council is feeling the same way I am, but this is an overwhelming decision because there are so many good applicants. So, at this time, each of the or each of the council members um not including myself will um has a paper ballot in front of them and they will make their vote and those ballots will be given to Alicia to read and then based on that we will go from there because it could be complicated. It will be complicated.

So, if you have your ballot, could we say anything? Can they say anything? General comment. No questions. Yes. I think that that's completely fine. Go ahead, Jake.

I just I just uh it's it's opportunities like this that makes me grateful uh for the place that I live. Um and uh we have some I've always said in when I ran for council, I always said we had a higher per capita of awesome people in this city and and proof of it tonight. So, I just wanted to thank you for for putting your name in the hat, um, for your love of the community because it's really what makes this place unique and what makes it attractive to to everyone outside of of the city, I think. Um, so, first of all, thank you um for for for putting your name in. Thank you for wanting to make a difference and there's such a need in this community in all levels. I I I hear what you're doing and who you are and sitting here thinking, man, we really could we could use we could use some catering. I'm sure we could use some, you know, all of these all of these talents that our our individual citizens have and being able to try to access them for the benefit of of those around us. So, thank you. Um,

go ahead, please.

All right. Um, so I've been on this side two times interviewing just like you guys and I lost both times. One of them was a tiebreaker. Uh, the other Jake just wiped me out. So, there's no chance on that one. But, uh, I also ran three times and lost three times before I got here. So, I just want to say that if you guys are are if you're serious and you want to be involved and be on the city council, don't give up. Don't be discouraged if you're not chosen. Um, there's also other routes. There's planning and zoning. I served three years on planning and zoning. And I look back at the very first time I ran in 2017, and if I would have won, I would have been like a lost puppy dog. Um, I gained experience through the planning commission and coming to these meetings and I feel like I'm better prepared now after all those losses and tough nights of checking the the election, you know, Tula County website, seeing where I was at or coming to these and not getting the votes that I wanted. But I'm just telling you, don't get discouraged. Keep going. And uh, I mean, just get involved as much as you can. Come ask us questions. And I mean, don't give up if this is something that you truly want to do. Like I said, fourth time was the charm for me. Five or six if you're counting the other interviews I went through, too. So, thank you guys for wanting to serve the community. It's it's it's a big deal. I um commend you guys for that. It's not easy, too. So, thank you guys. And we do have great people in our community. And I don't know which side's harder, that side or this side. Now,

it's our side. It's this side. Jeff or Rat, would you like to make any type of a statement? Just same thing. Just thank you. Um, appreciate having so many good people and I mean um yeah, that's it. Thanks. I think enough's been said. Well, we got a tough decision to make. We do. Can we take a break? I don't know why we can't, Captain. Is there any reason we can't? No, we can't. I'd like to just take a fivem minute break and just collect my thoughts. Just collect your thoughts. There's a lot of thoughts to collect. So, 8:00 straight up. All right. Back at 85. We'll resume at 8:05.

I make a motion that we take a a brief break for five minutes. I'll second. All in favor? I pass.

8:07 and we are we still recording Alicia? Yes. So, okay, we are back to our meeting. Is there something different I needed to say there? No, I'm okay. All right. Sorry. Still learning. Um, we will now have Alicia read the results. I know that this was not easy for those of us up here. So, let's go ahead, Alicia.

Okay, I have mixed them up and I haven't looked at anything. Okay, we have one vote for Cameron Molton, one vote for Gary Merrill, one vote for Britney Skinner, and second vote for Britney Skinner. Okay. So, the way this goes to my understanding is Britney Skinner will move on and we will flip a coin between Cameron Molton and Gary Merrill and then we will vote again. Is Is that correct? Unless you decide.

Unless I choose to decide, but because I would have voted for any of those applicants, I'm going to let the coin do the trick. All right. So, I'm gonna let this drop, but just so you So, somebody has So, bring them up here. Yeah. Okay. Do you guys want to come up and see So, I'm gonna count this side as heads with the eagle. Okay. And that side is tails. Okay. With the badge. Okay. Heads with the eagle. Tails with the badge. I'm just going to let it Yeah. tails or tails? I'll take tails. Tails. Okay. Ready? And it's heads.

Congratulations. Okay, we now are down to two applicants, uh, Britney and Cameron. So, the council will now vote again. Water. All right.

We have one vote for Britney, two votes for Britney, three votes for Britney, and one vote for Cameron.

Okay. Britney, you are our newest city council member. Thank you to all of you applicants and so many of you gave examples of things that um that you would be willing to ser like places where you could be helpful to our community. And I encourage you to please reach out to the council or to myself and offer your volunteerism of ways that you might be willing to help because um I think we can all agree that people volunteering to make all the things happen that happen in Grantsville are because of volunteers. So please please reach out if there's a way that you feel that you can benefit our community. Um at this time we'll have Britney uh come forward and she will be sworn in to the city council. So, just go ahead and raise your right hand and just repeat after me.

I state your name. I, Britney F, having been elected to the office of city council member having been elected to the member of city council member do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support, obey, and defend that I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Utah and the Constitution of the State of Utah and that I will discharge the duties and I will discharge the duties of my office of my office with fidelity. with fidelity. Congratulations.

Thank you. Goodbye. Let's see what's going on.

Y Thank you. Hey, thank you. Thank you. All right. I need a motion to adjurnn. So moved. Is there a second? I'll second. We have a motion by Councilman Butler and a second by Council Member Dalton. All in favor? I. We are adjourned. It is 8:12 p.m. Early.

Yeah. Thanks guys.

Thank you.