Council briefed on returned tourism grant, pending criminal-prosecution contract and a new law requiring digitized public forms Staff returned a time-limited tourism grant because the city could not meet deliverables; councilors were notified an RFP for criminal prosecution drew no responses and staff may negotiate with Carbon County, and a recently passed Lehi law requires digitizing public-facing forms for online submission and e-signature.

The city faces challenges as a tourism grant is returned and a key prosecution contract garners no responses, all while a new law pushes for digital transformation of public documents.

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City to review water-treatment consolidation study; spring-line, reservoir and leasing issues on upcoming agendas Staff reported completion of a state-requested study on consolidating the city’s water treatment plant and said the city will meet with Hazen to discuss results; councilors also heard updates on a spring transmission-line procurement issue, a reservoir EIS extension and plans to resume leasing irrigation water locally amid lower predicted flows.

The city is set to review a key study that could reshape its water treatment strategy, but challenges loom on the horizon with procurement and funding issues.

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City staff warn multi-day outage possible to replace worn substation component; temporary-power options costly City utilities staff said parts for a worn substation load tap changer have arrived and that replacing it will require a full outage of the substation for up to four days; staff estimated roughly $300,000 for parts and labor, and a mobile substation quote carried a $480,000 minimum cost, prompting discussion of generator alternatives and timing to avoid disrupting schools and critical services.

A critical substation repair could plunge parts of the city into darkness for up to four days, affecting essential services and sparking debates over costly temporary power solutions.

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