Howell City Council: who serves and how to follow it
- Mayor Bruce MorrisMayor
- Josh AndersonCouncil member
- McKenzie SorensenCouncil member
- Rex NessenCouncil member
- Drew SorensenCouncil member
Town Council Meeting: 2nd Tues of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Roster from Howell: Mayor & Council, read on . Terms and schedules change; confirm with the city.
Public meetings in Howell this week
Official notices from the Utah Public Notice Website. An agenda shows what a body plans to consider, not what it decided. Times are Mountain Time. Notices last checked Nov 8, 2026, 7:41 PM.
Resident services & official contacts
- Council notices and meeting records ↗Find Howell council agendas and public-hearing notices; use document titles to identify attachments when category labels differ. Open the official Utah Public Notice listing.
City-specific service links checked Oct. 20, 2026. The linked agency provides current service details.
Choose a task for a short checklist and the official service page. Confirm service boundaries, current fees and registration requirements with the provider.
Official links checked . Schedules and charges can change.
Pay a Howell Town bill
- Check your bill for the due date; the page does not list one.
- Pay online with the Pay Your Bill Now button, mail a check or money order with your coupon to P.O. Box 45, pay in person at the office (cash, check or money order), or use your bank's bill pay.
- Mail at least five to seven business days before the due date to avoid late fees; bank bill pay can take up to seven business days to post.
- Automatic bank draft is listed as coming soon, with no setup fee.
Pay a Howell Town bill: official page ↗
Find out about garbage service and cleanup dumpsters
- The town contracts with IDAWY for solid waste collection, which covers household waste only.
- For non-household waste, the Howell Days event provides yearly cleanup dumpsters, usually in May, at locations around the valley.
- For questions about trash pickup, contact the waste company directly, using the contact details on the page.
- The page does not cover recycling, schedules or fees.
Find out about garbage service and cleanup dumpsters: official page ↗
Make a public records request
- Put your request in writing; it must be written to be valid.
- Either request a form from the government offices and hand deliver or mail it, or send a written request to any government employee by email, fax or letter.
- The office is at 16020 N 17400 W, Suite A, and is open Tuesday and Thursday 4 to 6 pm and every other Friday 9 am to 4 pm.
- The page does not list fees or a response deadline.
Make a public records request: official page ↗
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Howell: the numbers and what's current
The Census Bureau estimates Howell's population at 235 on July 1, 2025, down 0.4% from the 236 in its April 2020 estimates base. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates ↗
Mayor: Bruce Morris. Council: Josh Anderson, McKenzie Sorensen, Rex Nessen, Drew Sorensen. Howell Town: Mayor and Council ↗
The Town Council's next meetings on the town calendar are Nov. 10 and Dec. 8, 2026, from 7 to 9 p.m. Howell Town: calendar of events ↗
From the city
Budget and finances
Checked against the city's own pages on . Dates and schedules change; confirm with the city before you plan around them.
Howell at a glance
Box Elder County · Utah
Howell is a Box Elder County farming town with a different timeline from many of the region’s nineteenth-century settlements. The county’s Bear River Valley history dates its settlement to 1910 and connects its layout and name with the Promontory-Curlew Land Company and Joseph Howell.
The town website offers a present-day view through Howell Days announcements, newsletters, public notices and resources for new residents. These are useful entry points for learning how the community gathers and how its municipal government communicates. The town’s contact page provides a route for questions about local services and the office responsible for a particular request. Howell’s council listing includes agendas whose attachment category can differ from the filename and document type. Open the agenda document and verify the meeting date.
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Sales tax in Howell
The combined sales and use tax rate is 6.65%. Grocery food is taxed at 3.00%, restaurant meals at 7.65% and hotel stays (transient room) at 12.22%. Rates in effect as of Oct. 1, 2026. Source: Utah State Tax Commission: Sales and Use Tax Rates ↗
Places and local character
- Howell’s farming origins ↗In town · The county places Howell in the early twentieth-century development of the valley.
- Howell Days ↗In town · The municipal news page records the community celebration.
Resident essentials
Use the newest organizer announcement for future Howell Days dates and confirm service details with the town.
Government and sources
Municipal directory · Utah municipal boundary data · Roster checked Oct. 19, 2026. Check the linked agency for current services and contacts.
Local guide sources
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