Laketown Town Council-Jan. 7, 2026 6:00 PM

 

                                                 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