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Mail in ballots for the Utah primary elections can be dropped at the Hanksville Town Hall. A voting box is located inside the town office available during clerk office hours until June 23rd. Click here to learn more about What you need to do to vote in Utah primary elections

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The Hanksville Town Council meeting convened its regular session on the 2nd day of June, 2022 in the Hanksville Community Center; meeting commenced at 6:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Jeffren Pei, C. Eric Wells, C. Mona Wells, and C. Morgan Stephens Absent: C. Tanesha Conder and Treasurer Jessica Alvey Employees: Clerk Lisa Wells Public in Attendance: Devin Rios, John Benson and Leita Kingsland with Color Country Animal Welfare Meeting to Order: Mayor Jeffren Pei Pledge: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei Prayer: Lisa Wells Roll Call: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei Motion to approve minutes of previous council meeting : C. Mona Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance Motion to change the order of agenda and move new business first C. Mona Wells; Second C. Mona Wells Aye: All in attendance New Business and Public Comment : Leita Kingsland and John Benson both with Color Country Animal Welfare reporting to the council that the CCAW will have their grand opening June 4 from 1 to 3pm. The offer day care, overnight boarding, rescue, and adoption services. They are asking for a donation from $300 to $500 from Hanksville Town. The mayor will discuss it and will let them know. Council discussed several options to help with the funding request from CCAW and decided to post something on the Hanksville website promoting the animal rescue facility with no financial support. No public comments on the Amended budget for fiscal year 2022 Motion to approve the amended budget for July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 C. Mona Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance Council member Mona Wells : An updated list of veterans is needed from the American Legion for the cemetery. There is a need for new flags to replace some that are worn out for the veteran graves. Council member Tanesha Conder: ABSENT – The mayor would like C. Tanesha Conder to get pricing to repair rodeo chutes. Council member Morgan Stephens: Discussion of spending for this fiscal year on the affordable housing. The need for ac units were discussed. Council member Eric Wells: Discussed the purchase of a fire hydrant. Mayor Jeffren Pei: Discussion on the budget of each council member responsibilities and a few changes to the budget. Motion to approve the budget for July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022 C. Mona Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance A building permit for Red Desert was brought to the clerk’s office for the approval of the council for a 4plex building on the property at 345 S Center, owned by Red Desert. Mayor Pei signed the permit after checking the setbacks of the proposed building. Treasurer Jessica Alvey: ABSENT Clerk Lisa Wells: · Bills presented to council for approval (spreadsheet attached) · Motion to approve bills for payment C. Mona Wells; Second C. Eric Wells Aye: All in attendance. · WEX fuel card to be issued to Eric Wells and a second card for the office for travel by council. Planning Commission : Devin Rios: The goal of the planning commission is to have a revised general plan to the council by the end of July. Tabled Business: NONE MOTION TO ADJOURN : C. Eric Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance Adjourned 7:40pm

The Hanksville Town Council meeting convened its public hearing and regular session on the 2nd day of December, 2021 in the Hanksville Community Center; meeting commenced at 6:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Jeffren Pei, C. Mary Devonshire, C. Chylene Whipple and C. Mona Wells Absent: C. Eric Wells and Treasurer Jessica Alvey Employees: Clerk Lisa Wells Public in Attendance: Sandy Wells, Dennis Lierd, Charity and Jared Jackson, Sue Fivecoat, Stew Baker with American Legion Post 92, and Brennan Rees – Ensign Engineering Meeting to Order: Mayor Jeffren Pei Pledge: Mayor Jeffren Pei Prayer: Lisa Wells Roll Call: Mayor Jeffren Pei Motion to approve minutes of previous council meeting: C. Mary Devonshire; Second C. Mona Wells Aye: All in attendance Report of officers: Council member Mona Wells: Nothing to report Council member Chylene Whipple: The cross-walk lights need to be adjusted and the cross walk needs to be painted. Council discussed the Christmas Tree lighting set for December 6th, everything has been assigned. C. Chylene Whipple wants the record to show that she does not support the location for the veteran’s memorial if placed at the town property by the Affordable Housing units because there is no parking. Council member Mary Devonshire: C. Devonshire will continue to look for grants in this last month of her service as council person. Council member Eric Wells: Absent Mayor Jeffren Pei: Mayor is waiving the rent for Anthony Jones for December at the Affordable Housing apartment #6 due to Anthony contracting Covid and in the hospital, he has been out of work for 3 weeks. The dump trailer has been purchased and maintenance has permission to use the rip rap from the pit across from the ice house on highway 24 to fill in the crossing of Bull Creek by Ernie Robinson’s. Maintenance will look for sidewalk forms, the mayor is waiting for UDOT to do sidewalk on our own on SR24. He would like to start at the grocery store to the post office on the south side of the road. He would also like to add in street lamps. UDOT will be installing a jersey barrier at Bull Creek on SR24. Maintenance will continue to clean up flood debris on the roads. NRCS will be in Hanksville on December 9th to meet with the Mayor and Eric to go through the project funding with them regarding Bull Creek and the dyke south of town to mitigate how the flood presented itself at that crossing. They will also discuss where the Fremont River is cutting closer toward locust lane since the flood. The benefit package that Emergency Water Protection Fund has put in with the County back in October and so the mayor said we qualify for that. Hopefully when the money gets here earl next year, we will use that for this project. Make it known that if there is any dirt or concrete debris from construction, the town would like to send it over the bank at Locust Lane where it is eating out the bank, until a permanent solution can be found. Treasurer Jessica Alvey: Absent Clerk Lisa Wells: · Bills presented to council for approval (spreadsheet attached) · Motion to approve bills for payment C. Chylene Whipple; Second C. Mona Wells Aye: All in attendance. · ARPA money matching funds application has a few preliminary questions that need answered before that application is approved. The original application was missing some details about the sewer lagoon repairs due to the need of planning grant that would outline the project scope and cost. · Stew Baker with American Legion Post 92 presented the mayor and town council with a check for $1000 to be used for the Veteran’s Memorial. This money was raised at a breakfast here in town that collected funds for this project. Tabled items: Council discussed the request from Sue Fivecoat to honor the letter she received in regards to 2 shares from Hanksville Culinary Water System that she owns as outlined in Ordinance #2000-4 and the stock audit dated 3/16/2000. Council agreed that the ordinance did not place a time deadline and so council agreed to waive the fee for 2 water connection fees and 2 impact fees on Lot 5 & 6 in Plat “A” amended Hanksville First Addition. Sue owns both of these lots. Her house is on lot #5 and her son, Drue, will own lot #6 and she will talk to him about getting the water to this lot. The clerk will issue a credit on Sue’s current account for 280 E 80 S for the water connection and impact fee. New Business and Public Comment Brennan Rees – Ensign Engineering has the preliminary design of the road project completed with an updated estimate of the cost. (Note: See estimate attached to the minutes.) Ensign will reach out to some contractors and also advertise it in the paper on January 5, 12 & 19th in 2022, the job will be bid electronically the Qwest CDN. After the bid closes, they will compare bids to the budget of the project and see if adjustments will be needed. Then time will be needed for the contractor to get bonds in place for the job. After the paperwork is complete, Ensign will schedule a closing meeting with CIB and Chamberlain’s office somewhere around the end of February. The project should be ready to begin when it warms up in the spring of 2022. The project is funded by CIB grant of $451,000 and $100,000 in loan. C. Mona Wells – Has talked to several people regarding Hanksville’s dog ordinance. She has had Lee Cartmell volunteer to catch nuisance dogs or any animal. He is willing to donate his time and gas too. Council discussed if the town can just do that or does the position have to be advertised as dog catcher position for the town. Council discussed this new position is not in the budget so there aren’t funds to hire someone. C. Mona Wells is wondering if the town would be willing to buy the equipment needed for a dog catcher and then allow Mr. Cartmell to donate his time. C. Mona’s understanding from the Sheriff’s department is they will take care of vicious dogs and anything other than that, we as a town will take care of ourselves. No decisions were made and the council tabled the issue. Dennis Lierd – spokesperson for Triple R Management principal owners is: Sara Bradbury, Chevaun Black, and Jodi Lierd – this company has purchased 160 acres south of Hanksville Park and would like to annex that into town. Triple R has also purchased 28 acres northeast of town, this property boarders the town boundary as well and they would like to annex that into the town as well. The intentions of this company are to develop these properties for businesses and also subdivide some property into smaller parcels to sell for housing for year-round residency or for temporary get-away properties. Mr. Lierd feels this company will benefit Hanksville and they will be actively promoting these properties to outside businesses. The council and public had discussion on the process of annexation. The Planning commission has not been meeting and it needs to be active in this process. The clerk will invite the current members of the planning commission to next council meeting in January. (NOTE: as per the minutes from April 16, 2020 council meeting the council appointed: Mary Devonshire, Lane Sorenson, and Jeanette Pei to serve with Jared & Shyann Alvey who have been previously appointed. In the next council meeting May 2020 – Mary Devonshire was appointed to the vacant council seat instead of the planning commission because she had submitted her application along with Brittani Sorenson, for a vacant council seat. Brittani was voted in by the council at the April 2020 meeting but prior to the next council meeting she declined the position so the council accepted the application to the council from Mary Devonshire. So currently there are only 4 members appointed to the planning commission but they have never held a meeting.) MOTION TO ADJOURN: C. Chylene Whipple; Second C. Mona Wells Aye: All in attendance Adjourned 7:30pm

The Hanksville Town Council meeting convened its regular session on the 3rd day of February, 2022 in the Hanksville Community Center; meeting commenced at 6:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Jeffren Pei, C. Eric Wells and C. Mona Wells Absent: NONE Employees: Clerk Lisa Wells and Treasurer Jessica Alvey Public in Attendance: Sara Bradbury, Caleb Bradbury, Duke Alvey, Morgan Stephens, Katy & Doug Roberts, Ann & Russ Wells, Curtis & Chylene Whipple, Devin Rios, Marina Germaine, Shyann Alvey, Jan Hunt, Dennis Lierd, Tanesha Conder, and Brennen Rees with Ensign Engineering. Meeting to Order: Mayor Jeffren Pei Pledge: Mayor Jeffren Pei Prayer: C. Eric Wells Roll Call: Mayor Jeffren Pei Motion to approve minutes of previous council meeting: C. Eric Wells; Second C. Mona Wells Aye: All in attendance Report of officers: Council member Mona Wells: Nothing to report Council member Eric Wells: Jones and DeMille have installed a monitoring system in the main wastewater line to capture information. C. Eric Wells will check with JaNell at Rural Water to apply for money from EPA for the sewer project. Also, mayor told him to check with Wayne County Special Service District to apply for matching funds. The annual Rural Water conference will be Feb 28th – March 4, 2022. Eric will be taking the education and exam for Cross Connection Program Administrator Certification as required by the State of Utah. Mayor Jeffren Pei: Emergency Water Protection Grant – the town has applied for this grant and NRCS has set aside $1.2 million in emergency funding for roads damaged by the flood, the bridge at the Bull Creek crossing south of town and sewer pond repairs; Hanksville will need to be responsible for 20% -25% in-kind matching funds. Wayne County has agreed to help with that in materials (gravel, dirt, and rip rap) from BLM lands. The town has to wait until the engineered plans are done before we can start counting in-kind work. Any road clean-up will be part of the in-kind hours. The mayor will approach UDOT about lowering the speed limit on SR24 through town. Treasurer Jessica Alvey: Nothing to report Clerk Lisa Wells: · Bills presented to council for approval (spreadsheet attached) · Motion to approve bills for payment C. Eric Wells; Second C. Mona Wells Aye: All in attendance. · A request has been received by the clerk to read a Hindu prayer remotely at a council meeting. Tabled items: Appoint new town council members: 2 applications for appointment to fill vacancy on the Hanksville Town Council were received and read to the council. The applicants were: Morgan Stephens and Tanesha Conder. Motion to appoint Morgan Stephens and Tanesha Conder to the Town Council Mayor Jeff Pei; Second C. Eric Wells Several members of the public in attendance expressed their willingness to serve on the Hanksville Planning Commission. The ordinance to adopt a planning commission was read. Motion to appoint new planning commission members as follows: Chylene Whipple, Sara Bradbury, Jan Hunt, Katy Roberts, Devin Rios, Shyann Alvey and MaRina Germaine. C. Eric Wells; Second Mona Wells Aye: All in attendance. *NOTE: On 2/10/2022 Mayor Jeffren Pei also appointed Charity Jackson to serve on the Planning Commission. New Business and Public Comment Brennen Rees – Ensign Engineering read the bid tabulation results for the Hanksville Road Improvement Project. CKC Operations, LLC $594,696.40, Harward & Rees $621,376.50 and Nielson Construction $533,000.60. Due to bids over the budget Ensign is taking out the portion of the bid regarding the drainage issue by the firehouse; the low bid with those items removed was Nielson Construction at $471,379.10 Motion to award the contract for Hanksville Roads Improvement Project to Staker & Parson Companies DBA Nielson Construction Mayor Jeff Pei; Second C. Mona Wells Aye: All in attendance Caleb and Sara Bradbury are requesting the Mayor to sign a release of a Public Utility Easement that is attached to their property described as Lot 2 Rookie Subdivision Cont. .38 AC. This easement runs 15’ on their property and 15’ on the adjoining property of Jared and Shyann Alvey. The Bradbury’s have requested from the Alvey’s to sign the release as well. Mayor Jeff Pei denied the request and outlined to Mr. Bradbury further items needed before he would sign the release of the easement. Katy Roberts – Would like the town to update the town website to include her business. She also would like to see the Town of Hanksville purchase a booth at the annual Utah Boat Show and Watersports Expo the cost would be about $1500 for a 10’x10’ space, could be used as a job fair for the town. Also, Katy is requesting that the town print more of the brochures. MOTION TO ADJOURN: C. Eric Wells; Second Mayor Jeffren Pei Aye: All in attendance Adjourned 8:30pm

The Hanksville Town Council meeting convened its regular session on the 6TH day of January, 2022 in the Hanksville Community Center; meeting commenced at 6:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Jeffren Pei and C. Mona Wells Absent: C. Eric Wells and Treasurer Jessica Alvey Employees: Clerk Lisa Wells Public in Attendance: Sara Bradbury Meeting to Order: Mayor Jeffren Pei Pledge: Mayor Jeffren Pei Prayer: Mayor Jeffren Pei Roll Call: Mayor Jeffren Pei Motion to approve minutes of previous council meeting: C. Mona Wells; Second Mayor Jeffren Pei Aye: All in attendance Report of officers: Council member Mona Wells: Nothing to report Council member Eric Wells: Absent Mayor Jeffren Pei: Discussed dogs that have been reported as a nuisance and is there a need to pay a dog catcher. Mayor will talk to Lee Cartmell about catching the dogs and taking them to the animal shelter and the possibility of the town paying his fuel. Since there were no applicants that filed for town council there are 2 vacant positions that have to be appointed. The clerk will advertise the 2 positions and detail the requirements. Approximately 10 hours of service monthly on assigned projects, attend monthly council meetings, be prepared and involved in needs of the town. Learn the duties of serving on the council. All members that had been appointed to the planning commission were invited to attend tonight’s council meeting. The council discussed that since the planning commission that was appointed in April of 2020 has not functioned, they have held no meetings, and they are not in attendance at tonight’s council meeting. The council dissolved the planning commission members and will start again. Clerk will advertise for 5 planning commission board members that are willing to serve, come to the next council meeting. The mayor would like a team of leaders that are willing to re-invest in the Town of Hanksville and lead out on projects like: Welcome to Hanksville signs, Veteran’s Memorial, sidewalk, and other beautification efforts in town. NRCS funding is still in the works and council looked at the possibility of moving the canal on Locust Lane through the hill instead of next to the road to allow the town to move that road closer to the hill since that is the area this is in danger of the river cutting into the bank and gradually undercutting that section. The mayor would also like to petition the EMS flood relief funds for the town for gravel and road base. The mayor asked C. Mona Wells to be in charge of parks and recreation. Also, Eric Wells is considering going through P.O.S.T to be hired on as a part-time deputy sheriff for Wayne County and also keep his job at the town. There is no lighting on the outside of the EMS building due to lights not working, mayor will have maintenance get on this project. Treasurer Jessica Alvey: Absent Clerk Lisa Wells: · Bills presented to council for approval (spreadsheet attached) · Motion to approve bills for payment Mayor Jeffren Pei; Second C. Mona Wells Aye: All in attendance. · Financial report submitted for review by council · Motion to approve Planning Advance grant from Water Quality Board Hardship Grant Fund as authorized at the December 15, 2021 Utah Water Quality Board Meeting in the amount of $36,600 XXXXXXXXX retroactive at next council meeting when there is a full quorum. Tabled items: Time clock app for employees or systems in place to have accountability for everyone on projects that need completed; this can include the council as well as employees. The mayor needs to be able to track work completed. New Business and Public Comment Sara Bradbury - Triple R. Management - The company would like to move forward and they are wondering if they should go through Wayne County to proceed with their plans to develop a subdivision or should they wait for the town and how long is the town going to take to annex their property into the town. The mayor would like to get a new planning commission and hopefully by June could see progress. Sara stated that they would like to connect to the town’s sewer and water system if they could get annexed into the town. The first step for the town is to get the planning commission in place. MOTION TO ADJOURN: C. Mona Wells; Second Mayor Jeffren Pei Aye: All in attendance Adjourned 7:10pm

The Hanksville Town Council meeting convened its regular session on the 3rd day of March, 2022 in the Hanksville Community Center; meeting commenced at 6:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Jeffren Pei, C. Morgan Stephens, C. Tanesha Conder and C. Mona Wells Absent: C. Eric Wells (Attending RWAU conference in St. George) Employees: Clerk Lisa Wells and Treasurer Jessica Alvey Public in Attendance: Sara Bradbury, Katy & Doug Roberts, Curtis & Chylene Whipple, Devin Rios, Jan Hunt, Kelly Taylor, Wendy Pattrick, Stuart & Heidi Dobson, Joey Martinez, and Tyson Hunt Meeting to Order: Mayor Jeffren Pei Pledge: Mayor Jeffren Pei Prayer: Jessica Alvey Roll Call: Mayor Jeffren Pei Swearing in of new officers by Mayor Jeffren T. Pei – New Council members: Morgan Stephens & Tanesha Conder. Motion to approve minutes of previous council meeting: C. Mona Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance Report of officers: Council member Mona Wells: Nothing to report Council member Eric Wells: Absent Mayor Jeffren Pei: Assignments made to council members to be in charge of: · Mayor Pei – Roads · Councilmember Eric Wells – Sewer & Water · Councilmember Mona Wells – Gun Range & Cemetery · Councilmember Tanesha Conder – Parks · Councilmember Morgan Stephens - Buildings Yearly town activity assignments for council members: Ø Easter Egg Hunt – C. Morgan Stephens Ø 4th of July – C. Tanesha Conder Ø Founders Day Celebration – C. Mona Wells Ø Christmas Tree Lighting – C. Eric Wells Mayor assigned C. Mona Wells to meet with Sue Fivecoat – BLM at the gun range to discuss the concerns that the BLM has with the trash and general up keep of the property. Mayor mentions grants the are available to help upgrade it and he would also like to pursue owning the property instead of leasing it from the BLM. Treasurer Jessica Alvey: Reminded council members to plan for future projects in FY 2023 to be in the budget Clerk Lisa Wells: · Bills presented to council for approval (spreadsheet attached) · Motion to approve bills for payment C. Mona Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance. · Megan Pearson & Josh Hartman have submitted an application for housing for apartment #3 because Ryan Atack has given notice that he will be moving out. Anthony Jones who is already a tenant at the housing has expressed a desire to move from apt #6 to anything that opens that has more room as he has children that live with him off and on. The council agreed to allow Anthony to move to apt #3 when is becomes available and then accept the application of Megan & Josh to move into #6 as they are just 2 people. · The Entrada Institute in Torrey has called the clerk’s office and are lining up a few ideas for Hanksville. They would like to donate new trees to be planted at the park. They would also like to offer a music program and a possibility of a 2-panel mural posted somewhere in town. · Informed council of the annual meeting with Six County Association of Governments on Tuesday, March 15th at 9am. All the council is invited. Tabled items: NONE New Business and Public Comment: Kelly Taylor – Has purchased 94-acre farm next to Highway 24 North and has plans to develop to commercial areas of 10ac each only the highway. At the center of the property is a 55-acre operating farm unit which he is going to keep for years into the future because greenery and water is what makes anybody interested in anything and is the lifeblood of the community. He has no intention of going from the farming aspect of Hanksville. His first phase is 14 lots of the 28 lots on the far west side of his property. He has over 150 contacts from all over the area that want a nice piece of ground with irrigation & culinary water, sewer, and power. These people want to hub here and go out into recreation areas around Hanksville. So, his first proposal to the town is 14 lots that would be a combination of them owning the lot, he will offer pressurized irrigation to each lot and it would include an RV pad and a building lot potential so he is proposing ½-acre parcels. He will have very strict covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&R) homeowners association. No junk cars, nothing piles up, just clean and neat. The council will consider Mr. Taylor’s proposal as to whether the town can provide water to his development but his first hurdle is the ground is zoned agriculture so he will have to approach the planning and zoning and request a zoning change to his property. Morgan Stephens – She is presenting as a citizen of the town- She would like her business license approved for Mowgli’s Coffee Shop and Soda Shop She is bringing in a small building that she will put on her property on Star Springs Lane. Her property is in green belt and zoned agriculture so she understands that she will have to take this to planning and zoning and request a zoning change to a portion of her property. She is trying to determine how she can put a commercial building on her agriculturally zoned property. Her shop will be situated within walking distance of both restaurants and is her goal to have traffic pull in off of Hwy 24 onto Star Springs Lane and then back onto Hwy 24 from Star Springs Lane further down the street. Will she need to subdivide her property and get an acre lot zoned commercial so she can put her building on it and operate her business? The council will table approving the business license request until the land use issue is settled. Curtis Whipple – representing Triple R Management – Currently Wayne County is requiring either a water well permit for every lot or a shared well, or if the subdivision is close to a town entity, then a commitment from the town giving access to the municipal water. Triple R understands that it would be their expense to get the water from the town main line and pipe it in to each lot and put in all the fire protection that is required by the County Zoning ordinance. So Triple R is requesting a letter of commitment from the town to access the town water system to provide water to the 1st phase of their proposed subdivision of 20 lots. This 1st phase would be lots along the Henry Mountain access road going to Lonesome Beaver. Mayor would like time to consider if the town has sufficient water supply to cover the town needs and also this request. The issue was tabled. Tyson Hunt - He works for Harness Power and would like access to the electric bills for the past year so he can submit a proposal to the town of Hanksville regarding a solar system proposal to power our maintenance shed, affordable housing units and the community center. The council agreed to provide this information so he can make a proposal. His company offers electric vehicle chargers too. Chylene Whipple would like the cross walk painted and the flashing lights coordinated with school time. Also, highway 24 continues to be a danger for school children on their way to and from school. MOTION TO ADJOURN: C. Morgan Stephens; Second Tanesha Conder Aye: All in attendance Adjourned 8:30pm

The Hanksville Town Council meeting convened its regular session on the 17th day of March, 2022 in the Hanksville Community Center; meeting commenced at 6:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Jeffren Pei, C. Morgan Stephens, C. Tanesha Conder, C. Eric Wells and C. Mona Wells Absent: Treasurer Jessica Alvey Employees: Clerk Lisa Wells Public in Attendance: Sara Bradbury, Chylene Whipple, Dirk and Chevaun Black, Marina Pei, Kelly Taylor, Wendy Pattrick, Meeting to Order: Mayor Jeffren Pei Pledge: Mayor Jeffren Pei Prayer: C. Eric Wells Roll Call: Mayor Jeffren Pei Motion to approve minutes of previous council meeting: C. Eric Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance Report of officers: Council member Tanesha Conder: Nothing to report Council member Eric Wells: Cross connection certification is complete and the back flow prevention program should be implemented by the end of the year. Tyler Moore will be working with Eric to get the SCADA working. Council member Mona Wells: Met with Sue Fivecoat, BLM rep, regarding the gun range, the town has a limited-use permit for the gun range, like the town park, but the gun range permit needs to be updated. BLM concerns with the gun range: an extra road that shouldn’t be there, no garbage cans on site, and no camping should be allowed. C. Mona Wells has a list of the terms and conditions of the property from Sue. As long as this property stays a gun range then the permit is valid. Council member Morgan Stephens: She will inspect each town building and report next council meeting. Mayor Jeffren Pei: UDOT sent information regarding the final plan to put jersey barriers at the Bull Creek crossing of Highway 24. The mayor has sent pictures to UDOT with tourists and local children crossing highway 24 to show the danger of that crossing. A new stop sign is needed by the storage units or a yield sign. Treasurer Jessica Alvey: ABSENT Clerk Lisa Wells: · Bills presented to council for approval (spreadsheet attached) · Motion to approve bills for payment C. Eric Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance. · Lantis Fireworks has increased their prices this year but the council agreed to keep the same package at the additional cost for a total of $6250 for the firework show, an increase of $1290 from previous years. · Regional Growth Summit May 10th – Mayor is requesting council members and P&Z members to attend. · Budget training and prep for budget review next council meeting Planning Commission: Chylene Whipple brought the brochure that the planning commission has prepared that introduces the new committee and outlined the upcoming goal of the commission along with a questionnaire with a short survey to gather views of the town. These will be mailed out to every boxholder in Hanksville. The planning commission is also recommending to the council that a public hearing be held to adopt the current Wayne County Zoning ordinance issued in 2011. Motion to have the planning commission hold a public hearing to get public input regarding adoption of the 2011 Wayne County zoning ordinance: C. Eric Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance Tabled Business: Triple R Management – request commitment from the town to access the town water system to provide water to 20 lots in a new subdivision they are developing outside the town boundary. The council agreed to issue Triple R Management a letter approving their request to access the town water system as long as they understand that the town water ordinance be followed and upon Triple R getting approval of the BLM to grand right-of-way access for the water line. Sara Bradbury – Asked the mayor if the denial letter from the town still stands rejecting the release of the public utility easement on their property now that she has all the signatures of the other parties. The mayor said the denial letter still stands. New Business and Public Comment: Kelly Taylor – Is there anything he needs to know regarding his proposal going forward? He is assuming that his next step is to meet with the planning and zoning when they get functional. He would like to discuss with C. Eric Wells about the sewer and how that would be connected. Motion to hold a closed session as per UCA 52-4-4 to discuss possible litigation and fees Mayor Jeffren T. Pei; Second C. Eric Wells. Roll call vote: Mayor Pei – Aye; C. Tanesha Conder – Aye; C. Morgan Stephens – Aye; C. Mona Wells – Aye; C. Eric Wells – Aye. Public was dismissed. MOTION TO ADJOURN: C. Morgan Stephens; Second Tanesha Conder Aye: All in attendance Adjourned 8:30pm

The Hanksville Town Council meeting convened its regular session on the 7th day of April, 2022 in the Hanksville Community Center; meeting commenced at 6:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Jeffren Pei, C. Morgan Stephens, C. Tanesha Conder, and C. Eric Wells Absent: Treasurer Jessica Alvey and C. Mona Wells Employees: Clerk Lisa Wells Public in Attendance: Curtis & Chylene Whipple, Jeanette Pei, Jaquei Pei, Devin Rios, Marina Pei, Dennis Lierd, Adam Cahoon, and Dan Cahoon Meeting to Order: Mayor Jeffren Pei Pledge: Mayor Jeffren Pei Prayer: C. Morgan Stephens Roll Call: Mayor Jeffren Pei Motion to approve minutes of previous council meeting: C. Morgan Stephens; Second C. Tanesha Conder Aye: All in attendance Report of officers: Council member Tanesha Conder: Nothing to report – There was discussion regarding the 4th of July celebration and it was decided that the gymkhana will be held on July 2nd with the rest of the festivities on July 4th. C. Conder has some ideas and would like to purchase another blow-up slide. Council member Morgan Stephens: The Easter Egg Hunt will be on April 16th at 10am and prior to the hunt there will be a PTA fundraiser breakfast at the firehouse from 8:30 to 9:40am. C. Stephens will get with Eric this week to check buildings. Council member Eric Wells: The SCADA is having internet issues that Eric is working through. Council member Mona Wells: ABSENT – The mayor found a grant through Division of Wildlife Resources that could be an option for the gun range. He will get the application to C. Mona Wells. There are also other outdoors grants that are promoting OHV that could be used. Mayor Jeffren Pei: The mayor met with Nielson Construction and Ensign Engineering and there was a possibility that Nielson would begin crack seal this week but they are holding off until later. The mayor worked with the engineers and the construction company and made some changes in the roads project that are making it possible for 80 South Road to have an overlay. Nielson is doing a UDOT road project on Highway 24 and will use the same material, which is a high-quality material and they will use this on 80 South. Treasurer Jessica Alvey: ABSENT Clerk Lisa Wells: · Bills presented to council for approval (spreadsheet attached) · Motion to approve bills for payment C. Eric Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance. · Budget worksheet was discussed and how to prepare for upcoming budget review for FY 2023. · Luke Wells would like to pitch his ideas to upgrade the town’s website at the next council meeting. Planning Commission: Chylene Whipple educated the council on the discrepancy in the land use designations from the County ordinance of 1999 and the current 2011 County land use ordinance and also what Hanksville is using for land use designation. The council needs to be prepared on land use and how that is designated in the town of Hanksville. Clerk will email to the council the information Mrs. Whipple has gathered. Tabled Business: NONE New Business and Public Comment: Adam and Dan Cahoon – new owners of the Hanksville Inn property. Their intention is to raze the current motel and build 20 luxury cabins on the site; they will begin demolition immediately. They have applied for a business license. Motion to approve a business license for Muddy Creek Mining Company: C. Eric Wells; Second C. Tanesha Conder Aye: All in attendance Jeanette Pei – Years ago businesses used to donate to help pay for the fireworks. There was discussion with the council and the public about gathering donations to help this year since the price of fireworks has gone up. Dennis Lierd mentioned that even though he doesn’t live here full time, he spends most holidays here and others do as well, and would be willing to donate. Putting up donation jars for fireworks was considered. Also, a few amenities at the park were discussed, like shade and maybe portable toilets when there is a big function at the park. MOTION TO ADJOURN: C. Eric Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance Adjourned 7pm

The Hanksville Town Council meeting convened its regular session on the 19th day of May, 2022 in the Hanksville Community Center; meeting commenced at 6:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Jeffren Pei, C. Eric Wells, C. Mona Wells, and C. Morgan Stephens Absent: C. Tanesha Conder and Treasurer Jessica Alvey Employees: Clerk Lisa Wells Public in Attendance: Kelly Taylor Meeting to Order: Mayor Jeffren Pei Pledge: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei Prayer: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei Roll Call: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei Motion to approve minutes of previous council meeting: C. Eric Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance Council member Mona Wells: Nothing to report on the cemetery. C. Mona Wells reviewed the application for grant money to improve the gun range. She is considering lights that could run on solar and cement tables. The grant is due by June 15th and the lease agreement from the BLM office for the gun range property needs to be updated. C. Mona Wells will contact Sue Fivecoat at the BLM office. Council member Tanesha Conder: ABSENT Council member Morgan Stephens: Discussion regarding repairs before this fiscal year ends, she will prioritize the repairs needed and get with maintenance. She updated the council on the progress of the planning commission. They are stilling working on the general plan and they will start working on ordinances sooner than they originally planned. Council member Eric Wells: Nothing to report. Discussed the possibility of moving the fire hydrant that is too low on the Muddy Creek Mining Co property closer to the Shell. C. Eric Wells will look at the required distance range of a fire hydrant and make sure the town would still be in compliance. Mayor Jeffren Pei: Nielson Construction has been moving equipment into town. The mayor will check to see if there is an easement at the end of 80 South through Sue Fivecoat property. Treasurer Jessica Alvey: ABSENT Clerk Lisa Wells: ABSENT · Bills presented to council for approval (spreadsheet attached) · Motion to approve bills for payment C. Eric Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance. · Budget review for FY 2023 and finalize numbers · Electric bill at rock church – discussion to reduce that · WEX card for town to fuel at UDOT fuel pump · The updated website will be going live Planning Commission: ABSENT Tabled Business: NONE New Business and Public Comment: Kelly Taylor – Does the city have any new updates or knowledge along that line of zoning of his property? He would like to know right now what his property is zoned for today. His first step would be to get his property rezoned. He is requesting a zoning hearing to see what is involved and what is requested to get a portion of his property zoned commercial and a portion zoned residential ag, he would like to keep the portion that is watered by the pivot line agricultural. Mayor outlined to Mr. Taylor that his plan must fit the growth outlined in the general plan, land developers will have a time line to finish all roads, utilities installation and there will be fines if it doesn’t get gone as proposed to the council. As of right now the minimum lot size is one acre. If he splits his property into more than 3 lots than he is considered a subdivision and would be under the developer subdivision ordinances. A septic tank can not be installed if the property is within the town boundaries. Kelly will need to consult with his engineer to see what will be needed for him to connect to the town wastewater system. MOTION TO ADJOURN: C. Eric Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance Adjourned 7:00pm

The Hanksville Town Council meeting convened its regular session on the 5th day of May, 2022 in the Hanksville Community Center; meeting commenced at 6:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Jeffren Pei, C. Eric Wells, C. Mona Wells, C. Morgan Stephens, and C. Tanesha Conder Absent: Clerk Lisa Wells Employees: Treasurer Jessica Alvey Public in Attendance: Joe Caligiuri, Dane ?, Chris Hoggatt, Stetson & Terralyn Labrum, and Devin Rios Meeting to Order: Mayor Jeffren Pei Pledge: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei Prayer: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei Roll Call: Mayor Jeffren T. Pei Motion to approve minutes of previous council meeting: C. Eric Wells; Second C. Tanesha Conder Aye: All in attendance Motion to adjust the order of the agenda C. Morgan Stephens; Second C. Tanesha Conder Planning Commission: Devin Rios, P&Z Liaison – The planning commission is working toward completing the General Plan and they are at a point that the commission would like input and are requesting the council attend their next meeting to give input to the planning commission. The planning commission is changing their meeting schedule to weekly in the summer months to help the town out and finish the items they are working on more quickly. The mayor’s recommendation to Mr. Rios is the commission can bring rough drafts to council meeting to get their input, or work directly with C. Morgan Stephens for decisions as she has been attending the planning commission meetings. New Business and Public Comment: Stetson and Terralyn Labrum – new sewer and water hook-up request – They would like to put a house on Chris and Kathryn Hoggatt’s property on 400 S. Center St. Council discussed this and determined the Chris and Kathryn will have to submit the application for a second sewer and water connection; there will be an impact fee, new connection fee for sewer and water, plus the cost of materials for both utilities. Each separate building on a person’s property must have a separate water meter. Joe Caliguiri would like to purchase bulk water; mayor told him to contact the clerk’s office. Council discussed purchasing a second meter for bulk water sales as there has been a need for this in the past. C. Tanesha Conder has talked with several concerned citizens and they would like to reduce the speed limit on highway 24 through town from 40mph to 30mph. Council said this had been approved before but it still needs approval from UDOT. Mayor has been in contact with UDOT and will follow up on this. Report of officers: Council member Mona Wells: Nothing to report – Mayor gave her the application for the gun range grant which is due by June 15. He has worked on it last year and would like C. Mona Wells to go over the application and give input and get this ready to submit. Council member Tanesha Conder: Nothing to report – She has been looking for grants for rodeo equipment. C. Conder is willing to collect funds for the fireworks from all the businesses. Council member Morgan Stephens: An excel spreadsheet has been sent to the clerk and C. Stephens has reviewed the previous costs for the buildings. The mayor has a concern regarding the electric bill at the old church; it was $346 and he is wondering if that is normal for the building and what the use has been of the building; maintenance will check on the thermostat of the building. Also, security lights need to be repaired at the firehouse. Council member Eric Wells: Meters and the ability to read them; maintenance is in the process of buying new radio read meters, in the past it was going to be a collection system by driving by each to meter and this process was cheaper than the other meter reading option. But Peterson Plumbing came and met with Maintenance and they now have a new cellular antenna that is a one-time purchase, not a monthly fee, and every device with a new Zenner meter and antenna is $300. This new system is an easier meter collection for maintenance and an easy access for the clerk. Maintenance will no longer spend hours collecting the readings, they will generate automatically to the clerk. For the consumer, there is an app that you can actually monitor your own meter and it will update every hour. The price difference, they calculated the original system was going to cost around $20,000 to upgrade all of the meters and this new system will cost around $24,000. This won’t be purchased in one chunk but will be a pay as we go. C. Eric Wells would like to purchase one new meter and antenna a month and install them as they are purchased. These systems useful life is about 20 years, it’s a very low maintenance system and easy to hook-up. With every new connection the consumer will pay for this upfront going forward. A new fire hydrant is needed at the Muddy Creek Mining property because the current is too low and needs to be extended and the hydrant is too old to get parts. The town has 2 hydrants in-stock but they are old also and Peterson Plumbing is considering a trade for the 2 hydrants and provide 1 hydrant that is the correct height. Nielson Construction needs bulk water for a project they will be starting soon; they need the price/gallon. The sewer pond is continuing to struggle. Mayor Jeffren Pei: Next week Neilson Construction will be mobilizing equipment for the roads project and they will stage the equipment at the town park. They will use 100 East, 80 South and 100 West roadside to park equipment while the project is in construction. The project has reduced some crack sealing to trade for asphalt on 80 South, if they have any extra from their UDOT project it will be put on the road past the firehouse. The town will install a pipe for the open canal ditch in front of the town housing and by Fern Hunt and she will pay for the cost of the pipe. The mayor would like to purchase sidewalk forms before the end of this fiscal year so the town has the ability to pour sidewalk each year. Maintenance will see how far 10yrds of cement will go to see the length of forms needed. Treasurer Jessica Alvey: Encouraged all council members to go over their budgets and coming up with numbers for next FY. So, any project that you want to do, make sure you think about the project ahead of time and budget for it. The mayor would like to pull the liquor tax that is going to the county and put that in a public safety fund for the town of Hanksville. Clerk Lisa Wells: ABSENT · Bills presented to council for approval (spreadsheet attached) · Motion to approve bills for payment C. Mona Wells; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance. Tabled Business: NONE MOTION TO ADJOURN: C. Morgan Stephens; Second C. Mona Wells Aye: All in attendance Adjourned 6:52pm

The Hanksville Town Council meeting convened its regular session on the 21st day of April, 2022 in the Hanksville Community Center; meeting commenced at 6:00 p.m. Present: Mayor Jeffren Pei, C. Morgan Stephens, and C. Tanesha Conder Absent: Treasurer Jessica Alvey, C. Eric Wells and C. Mona Wells Employees: Clerk Lisa Wells Public in Attendance: Sara Bradbury Meeting to Order: Mayor Jeffren Pei Pledge: Prayer: Roll Call: Mayor Jeffren Pei Motion to approve minutes of previous council meeting: C. Morgan Stephens; Second C. Tanesha Conder Aye: All in attendance Report of officers: Council member Tanesha Conder: Nothing to report Council member Morgan Stephens: Toured the town buildings and has created a spreadsheet with repairs needed. Council member Eric Wells: ABSENT Council member Mona Wells: ABSENT ABSENT Mayor Jeffren Pei: Reminder to council to come prepared to discuss the budget and grants to fund their projects. Mayor would like to propose 1% tourism tax – research the possibility and come with questions. Treasurer Jessica Alvey: ABSENT Clerk Lisa Wells: · Bills presented to council for approval (spreadsheet attached) · Motion to approve bills for payment C. Morgan Stephens; Second C. Tanesha Conder Aye: All in attendance. Planning Commission: No Report Tabled Business: NONE New Business and Public Comment: Luke Wells Illustration & Design – SEO and Web Design Proposal – He proposed to update the website and also design it for search engine optimization (SEO) for Hanksvilleutah.gov to get it ranking when you do a google search. He loves Hanksville and has an interest in making this website to help the community. He has broken the project down into two phases. Phase 1 – cost $2,000 He will build out more content on all the current pages, list out all the local businesses and begin categorizing them, redesign the contact page. build out a list of downloadable documents that users may need to apply for town services. Link the town Facebook page with the website. Phase 2 – cost $2,000 He will build 18 new pages with SEO, design, content and photos with the attractions near Hanksville. The SEO breakdown – keyword research for each page with copywriting. Onsite optimizations for each page that will include meta titles and meta descriptions. He will use Google tools for the sitemap, Google Analytics and Google Calendar. Motion to approve the SEO and Web Design Proposal from Luke Wells Illustration & Design C. Morgan Stephens; Second C. Tanesha Conder Aye: All in attendance. MOTION TO ADJOURN: C. Tanesha Stephens; Second C. Morgan Stephens Aye: All in attendance Adjourned 6:25pm