Laketown Town Council Agenda
January 7, 2026
6:00 PM
Notice is hereby given that the Town of
Laketown Town Council will hold their regularly scheduled meeting at 6:00 PM on
Wednesday January 7, 2026, in the Laketown Town Office located at 10 North 200
East Laketown, Utah.
1.
SWEARING IN OF NEW
MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS
2.
CALL TO ORDER – Mayor
BRANDON WILLIS
3.
OPENING CEREMONY –
TBD
4.
ROLL CALL
5.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
6.
APPROVAL OF PRIOR
MEETING MINUTES
7.
BUDGET REVIEW
8.
APPROVAL OF BILLS
9.
UPDATES FROM CLERK’S
OFFICE (Lisa)
A.
Office will be closed
January 19, 2025 (Martin Luther King Day)
B.
New Office hours
C.
Town dumpster overflowing
D.
Building Permit Report
E.
Continued dot gov transition
F.
Updating the current town
website and cost
10.
TOWN COUNCIL ETHICS
PLEDGE
11.
TOWN COUNCIL
FINANCIAL PLEDGE
The Town Council
will not begin discussion on the following agenda items before 6:30 PM
12.
QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL:
Any
person wishing to comment on any item, not otherwise on the agenda, may address
the town council at this point by addressing the mayor and town council and
giving his or her name and address for the record. Comments should be limited
to not more than three (3) minutes, unless additional time is authorized by the
mayor. Citizen groups will be asked to appoint a spokesperson. This is the time
and place for any person who wishes to comment on non-agenda items. Some items
brought forward to the attention of the town council will be turned over to the
clerk to provide a response outside of the town council meeting.
The Town
Council meeting will be paused at 7:00 PM to hold two scheduled Public
Hearings. Once the Public Hearings have concluded
the Town Council Meeting will resume.
13.
PLANNING & ZONING
COMMISSION - Chairman Duane Robinson
14.
ITEMS OF BUSINESS
A.
Cache Valley Bank –
Authorized check signatures
B.
Mayor Willis - Assign
Council Member to Reconcile Bank Statements
C.
TRT Grant Approval – Park
Bowery and Restrooms
D.
Update Consolidated fee
schedule wording under Planning and Zoning: lot split: fee $200, change lot
split to minor subdivision
E.
Discussion and possible vote
on new ordinance: water impact fees, fee instead of turning over a water share,
and drilling wells within city limits
F.
Update language for minor
subdivisions
G. Discussion on Special Event Permit (Mayor Willis)
15.
COUNCIL BUSINESS:·
Water
Updates – Burdette Weston
·
Roads
& Streets Updates – Kirsten Gash
·
Park
& Recreation Updates - Denise Johnson
·
Rodeo
& Arena Updates - Kris Hodges
16.
MAYOR’S REPORT:
·
Bear Lake Regional Commission Report
·
Any additional Town Business
·
Town Council & Planning & Zoning training from Utah Property
Right Ombudsman
17.
EXECUTIVE SESSION (if
needed)
18.
ADJOURN
NOTE: The Town Council may vote to go into an
executive session pursuant to the Utah Code 52-4-205
On Monday January 5, 2026, at 2:00 PM a copy of the foregoing
notice was posted on the Utah Public Notice website at
http://pmn.utah.gov and on the Laketown website at www.laketownutah.com. A copy was posted in conspicuous view inside and outside the
Laketown Town Office in Laketown, Utah, and inside of the Laketown post office
and at Dee’s Service Station. DATED THIS 5th Day of January 2026 in compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations
(including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this public
hearing should notify the Laketown Town Office at (435) 946-9000, 10 North00
East, Laketown, Utah, on Monday through Wednesday at least three working days prior to
the public hearing. The office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Individuals
with speech and/or hearing impairments may call the Relay Utah by dialing 711.
Spanish Relay Utah 1-888-346-3162.
/S/Lisa Johnson, Laketown
City ClerkPUBLIC
NOTICE
Public Hearing
January 7, 2026
7:00 PM
Notice is hereby given that the Laketown
Town Council will hold two Public Hearings on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at
7:00 PM in the Laketown Office located at 10 North 200 East Laketown, Utah
First Public Hearing
The Laketown Town Council will hold a public
hearing to consider a proposed ordinance that would prohibit the drilling of
new culinary water wells on properties where public culinary water service is
available. The purpose of the proposed
ordinance is to protect the aquifer that supplies Laketown’s public water
system by limiting additional private withdrawals
Under the proposed ordinance, when public culinary
water service is available to property, new residences would be required to
connect to the Laketown culinary water system rather than develop a new private
culinary well.
The public hearing will also include discussion of
costs associated with connecting new homes to the Laketown culinary water
system, including applicable impact fees, connection fees, and any fees in lieu
of dedicating a water share or water right.
Following the first public
hearing a second public hearing will be held
Second Public Hearing
The Laketown
Town Council will hold a public hearing to consider proposed amendments to the
Town’s minor Subdivision Ordinance. The
proposed changes clarify when a small subdivision may be approved without
recording a formal subdivision plat, while still requiring compliance with the
Town’s subdivision review process
The amendments establish specific eligibility criteria for minor
subdivisions, including limits on parcel size and number of lots, restriction
to single-family residential use, and requirements that parcels do not conflict
with planned public streets or utilities. The proposed ordinance also clarifies
application requirements, including a mandatory pre-application meeting,
utility approvals, zoning compliance, and timelines for determining whether an
application is complete.
The intent of the amendments is to provide a clearer and more
efficient approval process for small subdivisions while maintaining protections
for infrastructure planning, water and sewer services, and land-use standards.
The public
is invited to attend and may give written or oral comments during the public
hearings. All public hearing items will
be discussed and/or approved during the Laketown Town Council meeting following
the public hearing.
On Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM a copy of the foregoing
notice was posted on the Utah Public Notice website at http://pmn.utah.gov and on the Laketown website at www.laketownutah.com. A copy was posted in conspicuous view inside
and outside the Laketown Town Office in Laketown, Utah, and inside
of the Laketown post office and at Dee’s Service Station. DATED THIS 23rd Day
of December 2025 In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities
Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary
communicative aids and services) during this public hearing should notify the
Laketown Town Office at (435) 946-9000, 10 North 200 East, Laketown, Utah, on
Monday through Wednesday at least three working days prior to the public
hearing. The office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Individuals with speech
and/or hearing impairments may call the Relay Utah by dialing 711. Spanish
Relay Utah 1-888-346-3162.
/S/Lisa Johnson, Clerk
