Beaver County commissioners declare local state of disaster over flooding, approve Resolution 2026-12

Beaver County commissioners adopted Resolution 2026-12 on July 21, 2026, declaring a local state of disaster for flooding in Beaver, Utah. Commissioner Brandon Yardley moved to authorize the chair's signature on the resolution; Commissioner Tammy Pearson seconded the motion. Commissioner Wade Hollingshead cast the third affirmative vote and called the motion approved by unanimous roll call.

The minutes record the roll-call tally as Comm. Pearson (aye); Comm. Yardley (aye); Comm. Hollingshead (aye). The resolution text is identified in the minutes as "Declaration of Local State of Disaster Emergency Due to Flooding in Beaver, UT" and is cited by number as Resolution 2026-12. The record shows the commission authorized the chair to sign the resolution; the minutes do not specify additional implementing steps or new appropriations in this entry.

Local property owners Paul Wignall and Mary Wignall and consultant Darin Robinson of Jones & DeMille were listed as having made comments during the meeting; the minutes record that comments were made but do not include verbatim quotations. The emergency meeting was convened at 9:00 a.m. on July 21, 2026 and adjourned after the action was taken.

The record includes an administrative note that some portions of the minutes were edited "with assistance from ChatGPT for formatting and clarity." The minutes do not, in the text provided, state further operational steps, timelines, or requests for outside aid related to the declaration.