ESCALANTE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AUGUST 4, 2026
REGULAR MEETING/ELECTRONIC MEETING - 6:00 P.M.
ESCALANTE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 65 NORTH CENTER STREET.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: By Invitation
3. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
4.1 Minutes of July 21, 2026 regular meeting.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
Time has been set aside for the public to express their ideas, concerns, and
comments on items NOT on the agenda (two minutes maximum).
6. PLANNING AND ZONING ITEMS
6.1 Planning and Zoning Updates
6.2 Lloyd McCarthy, Dewberry Engineers - Electric Vehicle Charging Station -
480 W Main (C/R)
7. SCHEDULED ITEMS
7.1 Riggin and Charmayne Porter - Sponsorship for the Color Country Rodeo Club
7.2 Landfill Fence Project
8. DEPARTMENT REPORTS
8.1 ADMINISTRATIVE
8.2 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
8.3 FIRE DEPARTMENT
9. COUNCIL REPORTS
9.1 MAYOR MELANI TORGERSEN
Employees, Cemetery & Fire Department
9.2 COUNCIL MEMBER CHAD LYMAN
Water
9.3 COUNCIL MEMBER TARA WOOLSEY
Airport
9.4 COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN COTTAM
Streets & Storm Water Drainage
9.5 COUNCIL MEMBER MARLENE STOWE
Building, Parks & Recreation, Main Street & Clinic
9.6 COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ORME
Sanitation & Landfill
10. UNPAID BILLS
11. TENTITIVE CLOSED MEETING
12. ADJOURNMENT
If necessary a closed meeting may be held in accordance with the Utah Code 52-4-205.
In compliance with the Americans with Disability Act, individuals needing special
accommodations during this meeting should notify Stephanie Steed, City Recorder at (435)
826-4644 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
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CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
The undersigned, duly appointed City Recorder, does hereby certify that the above notice and
agenda was posted on the Utah’s Public Notice Website, https://www.utah.gov/pmn/, Escalante
City Website, https://www.escalanteutah.gov and in two public places within the Escalante City
limits on this 30th day of July, 2026. These public places being 1) Escalante Post Office 2)
Escalante City Office.
/s/ Stephanie Steed
Stephanie Steed, MMC, UCC
City Recorder
