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The council adopted Municipal Resolution BR2025-04-07B to authorize town officers to add or delete users and transact on town PTIF and bank accounts. The resolution names Mayor Scott Korr, Treasurer Sherry Price and Councilmember Gary Walton as authorized signatories. The council then approved Municipal Resolution DR2025-04-07C appointing Daniel Town Board of Appeals members — Adam Knight, Ryan Simpson and Stephanie Grady — to four‑year terms through Dec. 31, 2028.

The council also approved seven business license renewals listed in the meeting packet (Sonny and Me LLC; Suburban Propane; Full Scope; Simpson Fence; Computer Nerds; Iron Horse Equipment; Daniel Creek Construction). Councilors discussed streamlining renewals so routine renewals with no complaints do not require Planning Commission review, and asked staff to return with an ordinance change to speed processing.

Warrants for February and March were approved; staff noted some late fees and overlapping IT invoices related to provider transitions that are being reconciled. Council approved minutes for multiple previous meetings after minor text corrections. The meeting concluded with the council adjourning to a closed session under Utah Code 52‑4‑205 to discuss a personnel matter.

Votes at a glance
- BR2025-04-07A (fireworks/firearm/open flame restriction): adopted as amended (see separate article).
- BR2025-04-07B (bank signature authorization): approved.
- DR2025-04-07C (Board of Appeals appointments): approved.
- Business license renewals (seven named businesses): approved.
- Warrants (February and March): approved.
- Meeting minutes (multiple dates): approved with corrections.

The council asked staff to prepare an ordinance change to exempt routine license renewals with no complaints from Planning Commission review and to return with a draft for the next meeting.","mediaType","Audio","parentTitle","Town Council Meeting - 2025-04-07 town council AUDIO","oneSentenceSummary","At its April 7 meeting, the council approved administrative resolutions including bank signatories, Board of Appeals appointments, multiple business license renewals and payment warrants; it also approved minutes and closed the meeting for a personnel matter.","taxTitle","Daniel, Wasatch County, Utah","taxId",79976,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":50,"_51":82,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":83,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":84,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6597510,"Daniel council weighs Storm Haven water source, tank costs and trailer‑park hookup options",375,7320000,7695000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3379631-1cb84acccb04ed406b52799656a70075&start=7320&end=7695","/articles/6597510/Utah/Daniel-council-weighs-Storm-Haven-water-source-tank-costs-and-trailerpark-hookup-options","Town staff and council discussed multiple water system items April 7, including source‑protection findings, a potential land offer from Staker Parsons to site a storage tank, and a pending proposal for a trailer park to connect to the Daniel water system.

Town staff reported that routine testing and a source‑protection review for the Daniel water system are current, but the state raised issues in the five‑year source‑protection review that require follow‑up; council members said fencing and other source‑protection measures on the upper spring remain outstanding and will be scheduled for work bids. Storm Haven (the smaller system) and the Daniel system were discussed as a potential consolidated project to provide redundancy and fire protection to subdivisions such as Storm Haven, Tammy Lane and Crazy Acres.

Staker Parsons offered to dedicate roughly one acre on the county side of the highway as a possible tank site. Council members and staff discussed the value of including donated land in grant applications; a council consensus emerged to continue dialogue and indicate interest in principle while making clear the town has no immediate funding to commit. Council members asked staff to return with a more specific cost and funding plan before committing.

Council and staff also discussed a proposal from a privately owned trailer park seeking to connect to the Daniel system. The park\u0000owner\u0000project included a potential Division of Drinking Water grant and engineers\u0000estimates. The town would receive a water right (4 acre‑feet under current plans) but would also pay a modest annual lease to Central Utah Project if the water right is a leased right. Council members expressed concern about accepting a water right that would obligate the town to an annual payment; members asked staff to pursue whether Central Utah Project or other entities would consider gifting the underlying right to the town and asked the owner if the owner could accept payment responsibilities if feasible. Council members also discussed whether the town should install a single meter for the park owner to manage or require individual meters for each unit; legal and operational considerations were unresolved and council asked staff and counsel to research options.

Councilors agreed the town needs a clearer funding strategy for water‑system capital needs. Staff said prior engineering estimates for a full Storm Haven/Daniel consolidation (storage tank, pump house, distribution work) were in the range of multiple hundreds of thousands to over $1 million depending on tank size and scope. Council asked staff to schedule a public hearing to solicit resident input on water‑rate options and a potential long‑term plan for rate increases to fund system improvements and potential grant matches.

No formal contractual commitments were made at the meeting; the council asked staff to continue negotiations with Staker Parsons and the trailer park owner, pursue potential grant or gift opportunities with Central Utah Project and the Division of Drinking Water, and prepare a water‑rate public hearing.","Council members and staff discussed source‑protection work, a potential parcel gift from Staker Parsons for a water tank, and a proposal to connect a trailer park to the Daniel water system; council asked staff to pursue grant/partnership options and to hold public discussion on water‑rate adjustments.",{"_33":86,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":87,"_41":88,"_43":89,"_45":90,"_47":91,"_49":50,"_51":92,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":93,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":94,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6597514,"Neighbors press CMC Ready Mix on night work, dust and site mitigation; company says it addressed subcontractor issues",926,1784000,2710000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3379631-1cb84acccb04ed406b52799656a70075&start=1784&end=2710","/articles/6597514/Utah/Neighbors-press-CMC-Ready-Mix-on-night-work-dust-and-site-mitigation-company-says-it-addressed-subcontractor-issues","Residents and the Daniel Town Council discussed complaints April 7 about CMC Ready Mix operations near Daniel, including late‑night chipping, loader noise, fugitive dust from crushing and concerns about the survival of trees planted on a berm.

Todd Cusick, a CMC Ready Mix representative who attended the meeting to answer questions, acknowledged a recent subcontractor incident when a crew worked late at night with lights and pocketed headlamps. Cusick said the subcontractor has been addressed and that the company has not had repeat problems. He said CMC has policies restricting use of 3000 South for truck access and monitors drivers with GPS; a driver who violated routing rules was no longer with the company.

Neighbors told the council they noticed recurring noise early in the morning (loader buckets and tailgate slamming), visible dust clouds on some crushing days and that trees planted on the berm between the plant and properties looked stressed. Cusick said the company has checked the berm plantings with the subcontractor who installed them and will have the nursery re‑inspect trees. He also said the operation maintains an air‑quality exemption for small source crushing, uses water drop‑points on crushers to control dust, and operates a washout/recycling system that has reduced its expected water consumption.

On crushing and fugitive dust, Cusick said CMC typically reuses or crushes concrete on the Wasatch County side of the property and that crushing volume has been lower than expected. He told the council the air‑quality division came out, inspected the exemption and found the site in compliance; he also described a water spray/drop‑point system on the crusher to suppress dust. Council members asked that subcontractors be reminded to use the water suppression system and to avoid late‑night work.

Neighbors also raised concerns about heavy trucks using 3000 South; Cusick said the company’s policy is to avoid 3000 South and that alternatives lacking access were the reason the company did not site another plant on Erickson Foundation property.

Council members thanked the company for coming and asked staff to continue monitoring complaints; Cusick offered his contact information for follow‑up. The council did not take formal enforcement action at the meeting but asked staff to continue tracking incidents and compliance with routing, dust controls and plant operating hours.","Residents living near CMC Ready Mix told the Daniel council about noise from tailgates and night chipping, fugitive dust from crushing, and distressed landscaping; company representative said the subcontractor issue was addressed and that water drop‑point and other controls are in use.",{"_33":96,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":97,"_41":98,"_43":99,"_45":100,"_47":101,"_49":50,"_51":102,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":103,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":104,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6597518,"UDOT narrows US‑40 planning to two grade‑separated alternatives; Daniel officials seek traffic‑calming protections",2380,3170000,5550000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3379631-1cb84acccb04ed406b52799656a70075&start=3170&end=5550","/articles/6597518/Utah/UDOT-narrows-US40-planning-to-two-gradeseparated-alternatives-Daniel-officials-seek-trafficcalming-protections","UDOT project staff presented an updated alternatives screening April 7 for the US‑40 corridor between SR‑32 and US‑189, telling Daniel Town Council that a revised travel demand model and projected growth required focusing on grade‑separated “free‑flow” options. UDOT said two free‑flow alternatives advanced to the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS).

Craig Hancock, UDOT project manager, said the most recent travel demand model showed significantly more traffic than earlier forecasts, driven mainly by new development to the north and east of Heber City. The increased projected volumes prompted the agency to add free‑flow (grade‑separated) variants to previously considered at‑grade alternatives; UDOT ultimately eliminated options that realigned US‑189 through the sewer‑field area because they provided no net regional mobility benefit, increased impacts and would have raised costs and potential right‑of‑way needs.

UDOT said the two alternatives now carried forward are: Alternative A (adds grade separations and improvements on the existing north‑40 corridor, with interchanges at key crossroads), and Alternative B (a bypass through the Northfields area with interchanges near Potter Lane/College Way and at SR‑32). Project staff said grade separation produced 30–50% better travel times in modelling and would shift more regional truck traffic to the new facility rather than Main Street.

Council members asked how proposed routing would affect local roads in Daniel, particularly whether the existing 189 alignment would remain in place and whether 3000 South would see increased cut‑through traffic. UDOT confirmed that existing local roads would remain; in some alternatives the existing segment of US‑189 would function as a local road with jurisdiction reverting to local authorities (Heber or Wasatch County) and would no longer carry regional through traffic. UDOT said it could not unilaterally decide route designation changes — that decision rests with the Federal Highway Administration and later coordination among state and local jurisdictions.

Daniel officials pressed UDOT on whether the agency would support local traffic‑calming measures to discourage drivers from using 3000 South as an alternative. UDOT said it would raise the concern with regional staff and the Mountainland Association of Governments; the agency noted it is not the final authority on some local funding or B‑ and C‑road requirements but agreed to refer the request to its regional operations/planning staff.

UDOT said it will release a draft EIS in the fall that identifies a preferred alternative; a final record of decision and funding prioritization would follow. Project staff said moving to a free‑flow routing now helps future‑proof the corridor and reduce long‑term impacts associated with retrofitting grade separations later.

UDOT presenters on the project included Craig Hancock (project manager), Susan (environmental manager), Sarah Rygaard (consultant) and communications staff; Hancock encouraged the council and residents to review the alternative screening report posted on UDOT’s project website and engage during the DEIS comment period.

Next steps: UDOT will continue environmental analysis, release the draft EIS this fall, and identify a preferred alternative; local leaders asked UDOT to evaluate support for traffic calming on 3000 South and report back.","Utah Department of Transportation presented results of an alternatives screening for the US‑40/US‑189 corridor and said two grade‑separated (free‑flow) alternatives advanced. Daniel council members asked UDOT to support local traffic‑calming measures to discourage cut‑through traffic on 3000 South.",{"_33":106,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":107,"_41":108,"_43":109,"_45":110,"_47":111,"_49":50,"_51":112,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":113,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":114,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6597524,"Daniel adopts seasonal fireworks, firearm and open-flame restriction effective June 1–Oct. 30",1397,293000,1690000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3379631-1cb84acccb04ed406b52799656a70075&start=293&end=1690","/articles/6597524/Utah/Daniel-adopts-seasonal-fireworks-firearm-and-open-flame-restriction-effective-June-1Oct-30","Daniel Town Council voted April 7 to adopt a municipal resolution that prohibits fireworks and imposes restrictions on recreational firearm discharge and certain open flames in parts of town during the high fire-risk season.

The council approved Municipal Resolution BR2025-04-07A, titled “Amended fireworks, firearm discharge, and open flame restriction,” after debate about the scope and effective dates. The council amended the resolution’s language replacing “now” with dates matching the state’s typical closed-fire season: June 1 through Oct. 30, 2025. The resolution says restrictions apply south of 3000 South inside town limits and directs potential cost recovery for suppression where an individual negligently causes a wildland fire.

The resolution was introduced at the meeting by representatives of the Wasatch County Fire District and discussed at length by council members and residents. Fire officials — including Eric Hales, chief of Wasatch County Fire; Troy Morgan, fire warden; and Clint Dierings, fire marshal — told the council the town must adopt a map and official action by May 1 for fireworks restrictions under state statute; they said local signage and shared enforcement with state and county agencies help alert the public and deter unsafe conduct. Fire officials explained that stage 1 and stage 2 fire restrictions differ: stage 1 typically stops debris and permitted burns and fireworks, while stage 2 is a broader ban that includes no recreational fires or shooting in certain wildland areas.

Several council members and residents raised concerns about a “blanket” prohibition applying to backyard fire pits, agricultural burns or lawful firearm discharge when fire danger is not elevated. Fire officials and council members repeatedly clarified that agricultural burns and permitted ditch or maintenance burns follow separate state rules, and that improved/approved backyard fire pits used responsibly are treated differently from unrestricted open burning.

Council discussion focused on three practical items: (1) the geographic boundary of the restriction inside town (south of 3000 South), (2) whether the resolution should limit only fireworks or also address firearms and open flames, and (3) the effective dates. After discussion, the council replaced the initial “effective now” language with dates that mirror statutory closed-fire season guidelines, settling on June 1–Oct. 30, 2025.

The resolution text also states that a person who negligently, recklessly or unintentionally causes or spreads a wildland fire shall be liable for suppression costs regardless of land ownership. The council and fire district representatives said the provision provides a clearer basis for cost recovery after a costly suppression response, and that local signage and interagency patrols would be used to inform the public and enforce restrictions.

The council’s adoption of BR2025-04-07A completes the town-level action required to adopt the county/district fireworks-restriction map and aligns Daniel’s enforcement window more closely with state and county practice. The fire district indicated it will coordinate signage in partnership with the Utah Division of Natural Resources and county partners.

The council directed staff to file the updated map and resolution with Wasatch County and noted the town may adopt more stringent boundaries if it chooses. The resolution took effect on the council’s approval date as amended. No ordinance change was made — council members described the action as a municipal resolution implementing the district’s map and the state statutory framework.","The Daniel Town Council on April 7 adopted a resolution restricting fireworks, recreational firearm discharge and certain open flames inside town limits during the statutory closed fire season; the council adjusted start and end dates to align with state guidance.","actionData","errors"]

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