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Millard County Commission approves abatement, purchasing card, light pole payment and planning-and-zoning appointments
Summary
At its regular meeting the Millard County Commission approved a 75% ambulance-bill abatement for Cecilia Marquez Ortiz, authorized a $1,000 purchasing card for Sergeant Tyrell Curtis, agreed to pay ongoing electricity for a Highway 6 light pole from the road budget and made planning-and-zoning appointments after candidate interviews.
The Millard County Commission on [date redacted in transcript] approved several routine but consequential items, including a 75% ambulance-bill abatement for a bereaved resident, a personnel purchasing card, ongoing electricity for a highway light and appointments to the county planning-and-zoning board.
Clerk/staff presented an ambulance-abatement application filed by Cecilia Marquez Ortiz for her late husband’s ambulance bill totaling $1,863.93. Staff summarized the affidavit of indigency, reporting household gross income and assets including a home valued at $200,000 and other debts; commissioners discussed applying federal poverty guidelines and several said they were willing to approve up to a 75% abatement. Commissioner discussion culminated in a motion to grant the abatement at 75%, which passed by voice vote.
The commission approved a $1,000 purchasing card for Sergeant Tyrell Curtis after staff said Curtis was promoted into a sergeant vacancy and the card is tied to that position. A motion to authorize the card passed by voice vote.
Commissioners also voted to continue paying the electricity bill for a light pole at 2000 West and Highway 6 (near a veterinary clinic). Staff said prior grant funding had covered the power bills but the grant funds were exhausted; the service runs roughly $150 per year. The board moved to pay the cost from the road budget and the motion passed.
On appointments, commissioners interviewed three candidates for two expiring seats on the planning-and-zoning commission: incumbent John Nye and applicants Craig Stump and Jace Morgan (one applicant participated by phone). Candidates addressed their experience, conflicts of interest and the role of planning and zoning in balancing property rights and orderly development. After discussion the commission voted to appoint John Nye (reappointment) and Ron Larson (as discussed for a seat/alternate configuration) and to keep Shane Church serving as an alternate; staff will notify the applicants.
The board also approved its regular minutes and convened a brief Board of Equalization session to receive an update on state appeals of property-tax decisions. Staff reported most appealed 2024 cases were upheld by the state and that several 2025 appeals have been filed; commissioners asked to receive a list of appealed cases.
The meeting ended after the board recommended scheduling a budget work session to reconcile deferred capital projects and any new procurement decisions.
The commission’s staff will follow up on logistics for the planning-and-zoning appointments and the public hearing for a proposed property transfer near Fillmore Elementary School.
