Council approves minutes, Arbor Day proclamation and polling locations for 2025 elections

The Clearfield City Council approved three routine items on its agenda: minutes from prior meetings, a proclamation declaring April 25, 2025, as Arbor Day in Clearfield, and Resolution 2025 R-06 approving polling locations and vote centers for the municipal primary on Aug. 12, 2025, and the general election on Nov. 4, 2025.

A council member moved to approve the minutes from the Jan. 20, 2025, work session and the March 25 and April 8, 2025 policy sessions. The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote; the mayor declared the motion unanimous. Council Member Thompson was excused from the evening's meeting.

Mayor Mark Shepherd read an Arbor Day proclamation that recalled the holidays origins and urged citizens to plant trees. A council member moved to approve the proclamation officially declaring April 25, 2025, as Arbor Day in Clearfield and to authorize the mayor's signature. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.

Shersty (city elections staff) presented Resolution 2025 R-06, which designates the City Hall multipurpose room (second floor) as the city's polling location for the upcoming municipal elections. She told the council the county designates vote centers and that, "by law, the election officer is required to designate polling places for each voting precinct in the jurisdiction and obtain the approval of the municipal legislative body for those locations." The county asked for the city's approval by May 14. Council members Roper, Wirth, Rachford and Peterson each answered "Aye" during a roll call, and the mayor declared the vote unanimous.

No legislative debate or amendments accompanied these items; all three passed without recorded opposition.