Meadowtown council cancels Nov. 4 election, declares three unopposed candidates elected

The Meadowtown Town Council on a verbal roll-call vote adopted a resolution to cancel the Nov. 4, 2025 municipal election and declared unopposed candidates elected to the town’s mayor and two council seats.

The resolution, read during the council’s September meeting, names Gary Bishop as mayor and Jim Bexran and Robert H. Bexran as elected to the two vacant council seats. The resolution cites Title 20A-1-206 of the Utah Election Code as authority and directs the clerk to send certified copies to the county clerk and the lieutenant governor’s office.

Council members said the resolution was necessary because, as of the filing deadline stated in the resolution, the named candidates were unopposed and no qualifying write-in candidates had filed. The text the council read states that, “as of 5 PM [06/06/2025], the deadline for filing for a place on the ballot, each person whose name is to appear on the ballot is unopposed,” and that no write-in candidates had qualified by the later deadline cited in the resolution.

In a verbal roll call the council recorded affirmative responses from Councilman Channingstad, Councilmember Sonny Gillis and Councilmember Jim Beckstrand; Councilmember Justin Jensen was absent. The mayor recorded a vote in the affirmative. The council then directed the clerk to submit the resolution to the Miller County Clerk and the lieutenant governor’s office as required by the resolution text.

The council did not take further action on contested races because, according to the resolution, none were on the ballot for these offices. The resolution as adopted includes the names and the certification language read into the record; the document will be filed with the county and state offices named in the resolution.