Council approves multiple local business licenses, including tree nursery and pallet manufacturer

Wellsville City Council on Feb. 2 approved a slate of business licenses as applicants described operations and answered council questions about parking, signage, safety and zoning.

Austin Beard told the council he purchased T’s Trees and will operate a low‑cost nursery selling B‑grade trees sourced from Oregon farms; planning and zoning recommended parking inside the lot and signage. Beard said he had purchased signage and planned to manage loading by encouraging customers to use a rear driveway rather than blocking the pavement. The council approved the business license on a motion and directed Beard to complete licensing and zoning fee payments with the city office.

Mark Thompson spoke for multiple applicants. He described Palace of Utah’s pallet manufacturing operation (about 48–50 employees and roughly 15,000 pallets produced weekly), answered questions about on‑site yard storage and production timing, and said full operations at the new site were expected by April. The council approved Palace of Utah’s business license.

Thompson also discussed Casthorn Design’s rotational‑mold chandeliers and said the business produces about 150 chandeliers weekly. For Thompson Long Range, he explained the shooting‑school model, that it books small classes, and that firearms used for instruction are owned by the business and not brought in by clients. He said transfers and sales involving firearms require a federal firearms license (FFL) and that off‑site secure storage is used until class days; the council approved those licenses as well.

Councilors asked about site electrical work, loading zones and how retail sales and taxes would be handled; applicants and staff described permit, zoning and tax processes. All license approvals were passed by voice vote; vote tallies were not recorded in the transcript.