The Richfield City Council minutes, as summarized by The Utah Ledger, name Kip Hansen among the members voting no on 1 agenda item. Minutes do not always record each member's vote, so this list does not show how Kip Hansen voted on other items. On a motion to deny, table or continue, a no vote is a vote against that motion. It is not a score or a rating.
Moved by Councilmember Chappell, seconded by Councilmember Gardner
From council minutes collected by The Utah Ledger; each item links to the meeting page and its official minutes.
Background
Kip Hansen is a Richfield City Council member with a background in agricultural education and business. He earned bachelor’s degrees in agricultural education and animal science from Utah State University in 1983, then briefly taught vocational agriculture at Uintah High School in Vernal. After three decades in agricultural business, he returned to high-school teaching in 2014. An Association for Career and Technical Education profile identified him in 2023 as South Sevier High School’s agricultural science teacher and FFA adviser, and a finalist for its 2024 national community-service award.
At its Oct. 13 meeting Richfield's council adopted a surplus-water ordinance for about 13 users outside city limits, approved an impact-fee deferral on a mayor's tiebreak, and removed a denied tax increase from the budget.
· From Richfield City
AI-generated illustration: The Utah Ledger · Original graphic · The Utah Ledger
Richfield's council adopted a tax rate of .002277 for 2026-27, up from .001721, after a truth-in-taxation hearing. The city's notice said the change would raise property tax revenue about $500,000, or 32.33%, and add $100.92 a year to the city's tax on a $330,000 home.
