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Votes at a glance: Emery County commissioners approve routine consent items, contracts and system upgrades
Summary
At its May 6 meeting the Emery County Commission approved the consent agenda and a series of motions including a marching band donation, fraud-risk assessment, America250 logo-use agreement, RFP advertising for an industrial park master plan, a landfill scrap-metal contract, a fair MOU, a switch to CivicPlus mass-notification, a cybersecurity addendum for radios, and a UCA Beyond/Starlink pilot agreement; most motions passed unanimously as recorded.
The Emery County Board of Commissioners approved multiple routine and project-specific items at its May 6 meeting. Highlights of actions taken:
- Consent agenda: Approved (motion and second; recorded votes: Warwood Aye; Leonard Aye; Jensen Aye).
- Marching band support (Item 3): Approved $250 per Emery County student toward travel costs for students invited to perform in Washington, D.C. (motion passed; recorded votes: Warwood Aye; Leonard Aye; Jensen Aye).
- 2025 fraud risk assessment form (Item 4): Approved (motion passed; recorded Aye votes).
- America250 logo-usage agreement (Item 5): Approved local usage agreement following a prior resolution (motion passed; recorded Aye votes).
- Advertising an RFP for an industrial park master plan (Item 6): Approved (motion passed; recorded Aye votes).
- Contract award to Western Metals for the landfill scrap-metal pile (Item 7): Approved award to the single bidder (motion passed; recorded Aye votes). The pile was reported as roughly 116 tons.
- MOU with the Emery County Business Chamber for the 2025 fair (Item 8): Approved (motion passed; recorded Aye votes). Commissioners noted this will be the third year in this particular partnership model.
- Sheriff's Office mass-notification system (Item 9): Approved switching to CivicPlus to manage reverse-911/mass notification; staff reported expected annual savings of roughly $3,000–$4,000 and recommended a push for re-enrollment of residents in the new system (motion passed; recorded Aye votes).
- Patch-management addendum / radio cybersecurity (Item 10): Approved an addendum to extend cybersecurity/remote desktop components for the county's radio deployment; staff said the legislature initially pays for the service and there is no immediate county cost (motion passed; recorded Aye votes).
- Agreement with Utah Communications Authority (UCA) to pilot the Beyond application and Starlink terminals (Item 11): Approved participation in the UCA pilot enabling radios to route via Starlink/Wi‑Fi in areas without conventional coverage; staff noted equipment purchase (~$300–$350) and a recurring Starlink cost (~$50/month) but said the agreement carries no immediate county cost (motion passed; recorded Aye votes).
Each motion was recorded in the meeting minutes and passed by the commissioners present; where individual tallies were read aloud the three commissioners recorded as voting Aye were Warwood, Leonard and Jensen.
