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Votes at a glance: Emery council certifies canvass, adopts cemetery fees, approves utility-rate changes and animal ordinance
Summary
On Nov. 12 Emery Town Council certified election results, approved a cemetery-fee resolution, adopted utility-rate/connection-fee adjustments effective 01/01/2026, approved payment of invoices and adopted an animal-control ordinance. All listed actions passed by voice vote.
Emery Town Council recorded several formal actions during its Nov. 12 meeting. Key outcomes included:
• Invoice payment: Speaker 3 moved that the town pay the bills as listed on the invoice report; Speaker 2 seconded and the council approved by voice vote.
• Election canvass: Council certified and signed the election canvass; the chair read the results and the council approved the certification by voice vote.
• Cemetery fees resolution: Council adopted a resolution setting cemetery fees effective January. The resolution sets resident plot-purchase price at $300 and nonresident at $600; burial open/close fees for residents are $300 weekday and $400 weekend/holiday; nonresident burials are $400 weekday and $500 weekend. The motion passed by voice vote.
• Utility-rate and connection-fee adjustments: Council approved updated utility rates, including a 3% annual culinary rate increase and new connection fees to take effect 01/01/2026; secondary-water rates were left unchanged. The motion passed by voice vote.
• Animal-control ordinance: Council adopted an animal-control ordinance with an added fine schedule to facilitate county prosecution; voice vote approved the ordinance adoption.
Each of the above motions was approved by voice vote; the transcript does not list roll-call tallies or named vote counts.
