Mona City Council approves Centricom digging permit, grants short-term rental license contingent on fire inspection and accepts primary canvass

Mona City Council approved several routine and substantive items at its meeting, including a digging permit for fiber-optic service, a short-term rental business license contingent on a fire inspection, regular disbursements, and the official canvass of the Mona City primary election.

The actions matter because they authorize infrastructure work that will extend fiber service into a residential area, formalize a short-term rental under city rules, confirm the city’s election results for the upcoming general election and clear routine financial disbursements.

Council members voted to approve a digging permit requested by B. Jackson Construction and Engineering to allow Centricom to install fiber from the city boundary to 700 South and up Cemetery Lane. The council discussed the route, noting the line comes “from Nephi up to Cemetery Lane,” and approved the permit by voice vote. The motion to approve was moved and seconded; the outcome was recorded as approved by voice vote.

The council granted a business license to Linton's Landings LLC for a short-term rental (basement apartment) after staff described the property as being in a combined-use area near I‑15 and discussed applicable rules. Council members said the license must include payment of transient room tax and a completed fire inspection before the license is finalized. The council approved the license with the contingency that the applicant submit a fire-inspection certificate and other routine application materials.

Council also approved the disbursements shown in the meeting packet and moved to accept the city’s financial reports. Those motions were approved by voice vote.

A separate motion passed to accept the Mona City Primary Election canvass (Resolution 2025‑21). City staff reported election totals from two precincts and identified which candidates will move to the general election: Troy Painter and Randy Christiansen for mayor; Devin Jack Ingram, Tony Openshaw, Troy Gordon Linton and Jennifer Donaldson for city council seats. The city clerk presented a certificate that the canvass was performed and counted in accordance with law; council voted to accept the canvass and sign the paperwork for county submission.

Other procedural approvals included acceptance of meeting minutes and adjournment motions.

Votes at a glance - Digging permit for B. Jackson Construction / Centricom (city boundary to 700 South and Cemetery Lane): approved by voice vote. - Business license — Linton’s Landings LLC (short-term rental, basement unit): approved contingent on fire inspection and payment of transient room tax. - Disbursements / finances: approved by voice vote. - Resolution 2025‑21, Mona City Primary Election Canvass: accepted; certificate to be signed and submitted to the county.

The council did not specify detailed roll-call tallies in the meeting record; approvals were recorded via voice vote and with individual vocal responses (for example, one council member, identified in the record as Amy, announced an abstention on the approval of an earlier work-session minutes item). The short-term rental applicant was told to provide a fire-inspection certificate to staff for filing before final license issuance.

The council’s actions clear the way for fiber installation work to proceed under the city’s permit, allow the short-term rental applicant to complete licensing steps, and finalize the primary election returns for the county.