MINUTES OF COMBINED COMMISSION WORKING & REGULAR SESSION
MEETING HELD MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2026, BEGINNING AT 9:00 A.M. IN
DUCHESNE, UTAH
Present –
Commissioner Greg Miles, Commissioner Tracy Killian, Commissioner Jeff Chugg, Deputy Attorney Grant Charles, Public Works Director Mike Casper, Public Works Deputy Director Clint Curtis, Deputy Clerk-Auditor Oaklee Larsen, Emergency Management Director Josh Phillips, Economic Development Assistant Deborah Herron, Clerk-Auditor Chelise Curtis, Community Development Assistant Josh Felter, Human Resource Generalist Tommi Mascaro, Human Resource Payroll & Benefits Administrator Jamie Park, Von Johnson with the Uintah Basin Health Ambulance Service, and Commission Executive Assistant Melissa Hughes is taking the meeting minutes.
Opening Comments
(9:02 a.m.)
Chairman Miles welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Von Johnson said the prayer.
Pledge of Allegiance
(9:03 a.m.)
Discussion & Consideration to Award Bid for the 2000 West Overlay Project
(9:04 a.m.)
Postponed by general consent.
Public Works Update
(9:05 a.m.)
Public Works Director Mike Casper provided an update of ongoing and upcoming work. Upper Red Creek (CR 1) should be completed this week. The fuel pads and containment concrete were poured last week. The fuel tanks were delivered; they are ready to be set. He is working on purchasing buildings in Roosevelt for the road realignment project. The parties discussed relocating them once purchased. The parties discussed a road that needs repair and what material to use. The Commissioners met with FourPoint Resources regarding a proposal to purchase material that the County will not use. The parties discussed the livestock sale, how well it went, and ways to improve it. The parties also discussed the repairs needed in the Admin Building parking lot.
Emergency Management Update
(9:17 a.m.)
Emergency Management Director Josh Phillips gave a weather and fire update. The Little Horse Fire is now 100% contained. It burned 119 acres. The Kings Peak fire is active, and crews are monitoring it closely. Engine 05 is still in Oregon for at least another week. The Altamont Engine 156 is scheduled to leave this week. An evacuation order was sent out; many residents received it, but it was not for our area. Notice was provided that it was a false alarm. They are finishing the mitigation work on Highway 208 and Tabby Mountain.