• 2025 CF Moto - $15,009.00
• 2025 Honda Pioneer 1000 - $17,599.00

Director Spencer recommends the 2025 CF Moto for $15,009.00. The parties discussed the quotes and warranties. Commissioner Killian made a motion to purchase the CF Moto side-by-side for $15,009 using fund 41. Commissioner Chugg seconded the motion. Commissioner Killian voted aye, Commissioner Chugg voted aye, and Commissioner Miles voted aye. The motion passed.

Weed Control Director Braxton Spencer presented a quote from Rocky Mountain ATV for $3,449.00. He explained that other trailers are around the same price. This trailer is at the same dealership as the side-by-side. The parties discussed the trailer and requested that Director Spencer provide at least three comparable quotes.

Commission Executive Assistant Melissa Hughes presented a list of boards appointed by the Commission. The parties review the boards and members.

Commissioner Killian made a motion to appoint Terry Hughes and re-appoint Dex Winterton and Kevin Rowley to the Duchesne County Water Conservancy District. Commissioner Chugg seconded the motion. Commissioner Killian voted aye, Commissioner Chugg voted aye, and Commissioner Miles voted aye. The motion passed.

Commissioner Killian made a motion to re-appoint Paul Goodrich to the Special Service District #2. Commissioner Chugg seconded the motion. Commissioner Killian voted aye, Commissioner Chugg voted aye, and Commissioner Miles voted aye. The motion passed.

Commissioner Chugg made a motion to re-appoint Rodger Ames, Kim Harding, and Melissa Hughes to the Duchesne County Weed Control Board. Commissioner Killian seconded the motion. Commissioner Chugg voted aye, Commissioner Killian voted aye, and Commissioner Miles voted aye. The motion passed.

Clay Crozier with PLPCO assisted the County in writing the letter in support of the recession of the conservation and landscape health rule. A portion of the letter reads: The Conservation and Landscape Health Rule represents a radical and legally questionable departure from this statutory mandate. By administratively establishing "conservation" as a formal "use" on par with tangible, productive activities, and by creating "conservation leases" that allow for the indefinite idling of vast tracts of land, the rule effectively prioritizes non-use over use. This fundamentally misinterprets FLPMA's intent, which was to balance various productive activities, not to create a novel mechanism for their widespread exclusion. This amounts to an administrative rewriting of federal law, a power reserved for Congress, not a federal agency. This approach threatens to lock up the very resources that sustain our local businesses, support our families, and generate the revenue that funds our schools, roads, and emergency services. The "conservation lease" mechanism is particularly alarming, as it creates a pathway for well-funded special interest groups, potentially with no connection to our community, to effectively control public lands, bypass established public planning processes, and undermine local economies and existing valid rights.

The parties discussed the letter and their support. Commissioner Killian made a motion to approve the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule letter. Commissioner Chugg seconded the motion. Commissioner Killian voted aye, Commissioner Chugg voted aye, and Commissioner Miles voted aye. The motion passed.

The letter to the Department of the Interior, Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs, was signed and sent before the meeting. This letter is in response to the petition for federal recognition submitted by the Affiliated Ute Citizens of the State of Utah (AUC). While Duchesne County acknowledges and respects the history of the mixed-blood Ute