Votes at a glance: Milford City Council approves budget, appointments and contract signings

Milford City Council on June 3 approved a set of routine and substantive actions, including adopting a tentative budget for fiscal year 2025–26, authorizing signatures for a state treasury bond payment and confirming several personnel and contract items.

The council’s package of motions covered budgeting, utility accounting write-offs, appointments and contract signings. Most motions were adopted by voice vote with the council answering “Aye” when asked; recorded roll-call tallies were not read into the record during the meeting.

Among the motions the council passed, members approved the tentative operating budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and scheduled a public hearing on the final budget for June 17, 2025, at 4 p.m. The council also authorized the mayor and Monica to sign the Utah State Treasury withdrawal request form to make the annual bond payment for the Administrative Building, accepted amendments to a water-use agreement and accepted a donated/constructed water well, appointed a candidate to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and approved personnel actions including hiring a library assistant.

The council also authorized write-offs of three uncollectible utility accounts totaling $872.44 and approved spending from city reserves to cover a list of capital items discussed in the tentative budget (the council indicated it would finalize what specific reserve expenditures to trigger in the coming weeks).

A few items were tabled for additional review. An MOU governing a vending-machine agreement was tabled at the request of the fire district because the district had not yet seen the agreement. Council members also directed staff to research the status and origin of a one-way street designation on 300 North and to return with documentation and a recommended process for any change.

Votes at a glance (motions recorded in the meeting): - Approve consent agenda (finance report, bills and payroll, minutes). Motion carried (voice vote). Mover: Les; second: Scott (as stated in the record). No roll-call tallies provided. - Authorize write-off of uncollectible utility accounts for FY2024–25, total $872.44. Motion carried (voice vote). Mover: Scott; second: Les (as stated in the record). - Authorize mayor and Monica to sign Utah State Treasury withdrawal for Administrative Building bond payment. Motion carried (voice vote). Mover: council member (presenter); second: not specified. - Adopt tentative budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and set public hearing for June 17, 2025, at 4 p.m. Motion carried (voice vote). Mover: council member (presenter); second: council member (recorded). - Table MOU regarding vending machine operation (at request of fire district). Motion to table carried (voice vote). Mover: council member representing fire district; second: not specified. - Appoint Wayne Lowsbury (Wayne Lowsbury spelling appears in packet) to Planning and Zoning Commission (vacancy). Motion carried (voice vote). Mover: Les; second: Gary (as recorded). - Approve bid and authorize $1,700 reimbursement to Sue Harvey for fence repair at Caboose Park boundary (city to pay 50% of $3,400 bid). Motion carried (voice vote). - Approve hiring Lacey Wiseman as library assistant. Motion carried (voice vote). - Approve amendments to water-use agreement and acceptance of new water well; authorize signatures. Motion carried (voice vote). Mover: Terry; second: Les (as recorded).

Where the record did not include a roll-call vote or a full mover/second attribution, the article lists the motion text and the meeting outcome as given by the council (“motion carried,” “tabled”).