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Council adopts resolution canceling November election for three uncontested seats; candidates declared elected
Summary
The Meadow council adopted a resolution cancelling the Nov. 4, 2025 municipal election for mayor and two council seats because each office had an unopposed candidate. The council conducted a verbal roll call and will send the order to the county clerk and lieutenant governor.
At its September meeting, the Town of Meadow council adopted a resolution declaring three unopposed candidates elected and canceling the municipal election scheduled for Nov. 4, 2025.
Unidentified Speaker 1 read the resolution aloud, titled “A resolution declaring unopposed candidates for the seat of mayor and 2 vacant council member positions elected, Town Of Meadow, Utah,” and said the order was made pursuant to the town’s authority under the Utah election code as cited in the resolution text. The resolution stated that, as of the filing deadline, the listed offices had no opposing candidates and that no write‑in candidates would be placed on a list for those offices by the later deadline noted in the text. The resolution named Mayor Gary Bishop and two council candidates (Jim Bextran and Robert H. Bextran) as elected by virtue of being unopposed and directed that a copy of the order be sent to the county clerk and the lieutenant governor’s office.
S1 read passages of the resolution at the meeting: “A resolution declaring unopposed candidates for the seat of mayor and 2 vacant council member positions elected… the election previously ordered for 11/04/2025 not be held for these positions and that a copy of this order be sent to the Miller County Clerk and the Lieutenant Governor's Office.” The resolution text, as read, references "title 20A-one-two 0 6 of the Utah election code" as its authority (verbatim from the read text).
The council conducted a verbal roll call. Responses recorded in the transcript were: Councilman Channingstad — yes; Councilmember Sonny Gillis — yes; Councilmember Jim Beckstrand — yes; Councilmember Justin Jensen — absent; and the mayor — yes. The presiding speaker confirmed the resolution would be posted and submitted to the county and lieutenant governor’s offices.
Why it matters: canceling an election and declaring unopposed candidates elected is a formal administrative action that changes the electoral process for the named offices and requires filing with county and state election officials.
Next steps: The council will post the resolution and transmit it to the county clerk and the lieutenant governor as directed in the resolution.
