Council authorizes chair to sign water-lease with Magnum after venue change requested

The Lynndyl Town Council voted to authorize the chair to sign a lease with Magnum to lease town water once the contract is amended to require any litigation to be filed in Millard County rather than Salt Lake County.

Chair (S1) introduced the motion, saying he would "make a motion to let you authorize the contract once it's changed," and sought council approval after noting a requested contractual change that would move venue for litigation. Council member (S3) indicated prior discussions had covered whether the contract figures (300 acre-feet listed) matched the town’s actual water supply (the Chair said the town has 400 acre-feet).

Members discussed local precedents: the Chair said Milford City leases water to farmers at "$50 a acre foot" while Magnum is paying "$150" in the proposed deal, and he referenced Lemington’s prior leasing arrangement with Magnum as context for market practice. The Chair also said a single contract item the town asked to change was the litigation venue, which prompted the specific authorization conditioned on that change.

The Chair moved to authorize the signature; the council voiced assent and the Chair confirmed approval. No roll-call vote with full named tallies was recorded in the transcript; vocal "aye" responses were recorded following a standard call for the question.

Nut graf: The authorization allows the town to proceed with a commercial water lease after correcting a venue clause and verifying contract quantities. Council members emphasized the need to confirm acre-feet numbers and the litigation venue before final signature.

Council members also discussed related operational matters during the same conversation: billing and hauling for Birmingham customers, suggestions from Lemington’s manager Chad McPherson that the town should charge more for hauled water, and the town treasurer’s reminder that water and interest tied to the water system are part of an enterprise fund and cannot be used for general town expenses.

The next steps are administrative: finalize the contract language to specify Millard County as the litigation venue, verify the contract’s acre-feet figures against town records, and return the contract for final signature. The council did not specify an effective date in the meeting record.

Ending: The Chair closed discussion and said he would proceed to request the change and then sign the contract once the amendment is received. No additional conditions or amendments were recorded in the minutes provided.