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Latest recorded voteOrdinance setting the pressurized irrigation disconnect and…Approved 5-0 · City Council, Tue, Oct 13

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Through Oct. 13, 2026, the latest meeting with recorded results.

Ordinance setting the pressurized irrigation disconnect and reconnect fee (public hearing) Approved · 5-0City Council, Tue, Oct 13 · Beaver City Council minutes, Oct. 13, 2026 (state public notice site PDF)
Eagle Scout project at the Daughters of Utah Pioneers building Approved · 5-0City Council, Tue, Jul 14 · Beaver City Council minutes, July 14, 2026

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Beaver council agrees new EV charger requests will be told the city lacks capacity
The cost and timeline of a new substation. The minutes give none.
Reporting status as of 2026-10-17
Beaver council favors a FEMA consultant paid on delivery
The Sept. 22 minutes state no fee or percentage for DRMP and record no signed agreement.
Reporting status as of 2026-10-17
Beaver approves about $47,900 water advance for Baker Canyon line, structured as a loan
The minutes do not include the executed agreement or a repayment schedule.
Reporting status as of 2026-10-17

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Beaver: Baker Canyon water line, FEMA consultant and EV chargers →

Beaver council agrees new EV charger requests will be told the city lacks capacity
Beaver's council discussed its electric capacity after losing hydroelectric generation this summer. It decided new electric-vehicle charging requests will be told the city lacks capacity and that developers must provide the infrastructure.
Published October 17, 2026
Beaver council favors a FEMA consultant paid on delivery
After Beaver County declined to share an $8,000-a-month consulting arrangement for federal disaster aid, Beaver's council voiced support for a FEMA specialist paid only when federal funding is delivered. No contract or vote is recorded.
Published October 17, 2026
Beaver approves about $47,900 water advance for Baker Canyon line, structured as a loan
Beaver's council approved a Drinking Water Hardship Fund advance of about $47,900 to plan and engineer repairs to the culinary waterline damaged at the base of Baker Canyon. The agreement is a loan for now; the city intends to seek conversion to a grant.
Published October 17, 2026

City hall

Politics
Beaver City adopts irrigation disconnect fee and weighs disaster recovery hire
The Oct. 13 vote was unanimous. A draft ordinance sets $740 each to disconnect and reconnect pressurized irrigation. The city manager outlined a recovery specialist job and said FEMA is expected to cover about 75% of qualified projects.
Published November 1, 2026 · From Beaver City

Around town

Politics
Federal disaster aid approved for Beaver, Piute counties after fire and floods
A joint assessment found at least $47 million in possibly eligible damage from the Cottonwood Fire and the flooding and mudslides that followed.
Published October 8, 2026 · From Utah Governor's Office news

Beaver City Council: who serves and how to follow it

Mayor Matt RobinsonMayor
Tyler SchenaCouncil member
Lance CoxCouncil member
Randy HunterCouncil member
Hunter HoltCouncil member
David AlbrechtCouncil member

The council meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Past minutes and public notices are linked from the council page.

Public notices on the Utah Public Notice Website ↗

Roster from Beaver City: City Council, read on October 29, 2026. Terms and schedules change; confirm with the city.

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Beaver: the numbers and what's current

The Census Bureau estimates Beaver's population at 3,699 on July 1, 2025, up 3% from the 3,593 in its April 2020 estimates base. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates ↗

Mayor: Matt Robinson. Council: Tyler Schena, Lance Cox, Randy Hunter, Hunter Holt, David Albrecht. Beaver City: City Council ↗

The City Council holds regular meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 30 W. 300 N.; by that schedule the November meetings fall on Nov. 10 and Nov. 24, 2026. Beaver City: City Council ↗

From the city

The city posted the annual Trunk-or-Treat for Saturday, Oct. 31, starting at 5:30 p.m. ↗October 22, 2026 · Beaver City: News & Events
The city is seeking applicants for a Disaster Recovery Specialist, and shared the Five County Association of Governments call for public comment on the draft Five County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan ↗October 22, 2026 · Beaver City: News & Events

Budget and finances

Beaver City: Financial Statements ↗Links the FY 2026 budget worksheet and General Fund financial reports for December 2025, February 2026 and May 2026 (the newest posted), plus a disbursement listing.

Checked against the city's own pages on October 28, 2026. Dates and schedules change; confirm with the city before you plan around them.

Beaver at a glance

Beaver County · Utah

Beaver was settled in February 1856, when a colonization party that had left Parowan, about 35 miles to the south, reached the Beaver River Valley. In March, apostle George A. Smith appointed Simeon F. Howd presiding elder. The first lots were laid out as sixteen ten-acre parcels, and the town was incorporated on January 10, 1867. The first Beaver County court met in Beaver that same year.

Several buildings from the nineteenth century mark the town's growth. The Beaver Co-op store, built in 1872 of black igneous rock, operated as a branch of ZCMI, and the Beaver County Courthouse was built in 1882. In September 1873 the U.S. Army built Fort Cameron nearby, and in 1898 the LDS church opened Murdock Academy in the old fort buildings; it operated until 1922. The city's website is the place to check current meetings and services.

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Sales tax in Beaver

The combined sales and use tax rate is 7.35% (6.35% in unincorporated Beaver County). Grocery food is taxed at 3.00%, restaurant meals at 8.35% and hotel stays (transient room) at 13.92%. Rates in effect as of Oct. 1, 2026. Source: Utah State Tax Commission: Sales and Use Tax Rates ↗

Places and local character

Beaver history ↗In town · The Utah State Historical Society's account of the 1856 settlement, the co-op, the courthouse and Fort Cameron.
Beaver County Courthouse ↗In town · Built in 1882, the courthouse is among the historic buildings the state's history page highlights.

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Beaver City website ↗The city's official site for notices, meetings and services.

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Municipal directory · Utah municipal boundary data · Roster checked Oct. 19, 2026. Check the linked agency for current services and contacts.

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Latest decisions

Open questions in our reporting

Beaver: Baker Canyon water line, FEMA consultant and EV chargers →

Beaver council agrees new EV charger requests will be told the city lacks capacity

Beaver council favors a FEMA consultant paid on delivery

Beaver approves about $47,900 water advance for Baker Canyon line, structured as a loan

City hall

Beaver City adopts irrigation disconnect fee and weighs disaster recovery hire

Around town

Federal disaster aid approved for Beaver, Piute counties after fire and floods