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Commissioners approve broadband support, agritourism ordinance and fair book contract; several items tabled
Summary
Box Elder County Commissioners voted to send letters supporting two BEAD broadband applications, approved an agritourism RV-facility ordinance and awarded the fair book contract; the commission also appointed planning commissioners and tabled two Garland annexation-related agreements until April 23.
Box Elder County Commissioners voted during their regular meeting to approve a letter of support for Comcast and Strata Networks’ applications to Utah’s BEAD broadband program, adopt Ordinance No. 6-20 governing RV facilities for agritourism, and award fair book production to the Box Elder News Journal. The commission also approved minutes, ratified a compensation adjustment for an administrative law judge and appointed members to the county planning commission. Two separate property agreements tied to a Garland City annexation were tabled until the April 23 meeting.
Commissioners said the broadband letters simply acknowledge that the companies may operate in unincorporated Box Elder County and do not obligate county funds. “It does not cost county tax dollars any money whatsoever,” a commissioner said while describing the state and federal reimbursement process for BEAD grant projects. The commission approved a motion to provide letters of support for Comcast and Strata Networks’ BEAD…
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