Levan Town

04/20/2026

Water shut off tomorrow Tuesday April 21, @ 9 am on 300 North from 1st East to 1st West prepare for estimated shut off time of 6-8 hours. Sorry for any inconvenience. Crews will be working as quickly as possibly to get it back on.

04/16/2026

If you are interested in learning more about finding remote jobs, USU Extension is coming to Levan on Friday from 10:00-11:30.
Refreshments will be served!

11/26/2025

Edit: estimated repair time is 1:30-2:30pm.

The internet is down. The fiber line running to the town was accidently cut by the construction crew on the ridge road. We are working to find a time frame on when it will be repaired. 😞

10/08/2025

09/22/2025

It has come to our attention that there is a rumor that residents of Levan will pay an extra fee for the lawsuit with the Irrigation Company. We want to dispel that. The legal fees are already in reserve.
In the past, the residents of Levan have subsidized the electric costs of the Irrigation Company and the lawsuit seeks to remedy that.

Thank you for your time.

09/04/2025

Drop boxes for donations for the hygiene kits will be at the Levan Church building. Items requested at this time are brushes, combs, toothbrushes and 3-1 body wash.

08/27/2025

Levan Town
20 North Main, PO Box 40 Levan, UT 84639
Office: 435.623.1959

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE - The Mayor and members of the Town Council of the Town of Levan, Juab County, State of Utah, give notice that a vacancy in the Levan Town Council was created to fill an open position. They invite interested individuals to apply for this council position.

1. The mayor and remaining council members will hold a Meeting on September 11, 2025, to make the appointment to fill the council position, at its regular meeting place, the Levan Town Hall, 20 North Main, Levan, UT at the hour of 7:00 PM.
2. This position will be filled by appointment by the Mayor and Town Council.
3. This appointment will be for the remaining term that ends January 1st, 2026, following the next municipal election in November of 2025.
4. Those interested in applying for the council positions may submit their application to the Town Hall by either putting it in the drop box or email the Clerk at: [email protected] or [email protected] Please contact the office for an application.
5. The deadline for name submission is Wednesday, September 10, 2024, at 12:30 PM
6. Those who submitted their application must attend the Town Council Meeting on September 11th, 2025, at 7:00PM for an interview and the announcement of who will be appointed. This will be an open public meeting.
7. Eligibility for the council position:
• Be a United States Citizen.
• Be at least 18 years old and a registered voter of the municipality.
• Be a resident of the municipality for 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the date of appointment and maintain a principal place of residence within the municipality during the term of office.
• Not be a convicted felon unless the right to hold elective office has been restored.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Levan Town will make reasonable accommodations for participation in the meeting. Request assistance by contacting the Levan Town office at 435.623.1959
I hereby certify that the foregoing notices were posted at the Levan Town Hall, Levan Post Office, Good2Go, and www.utah.gov/pmn on August 27th, 2025.
Christine Carrigan, Clerk

The Official Website of the State of Utah

08/05/2025

This Friday August 8th, 2025. Payments made to Gunnison Valley Animal Clinic. The Town is not charging dog tax/license at this time.

07/23/2025

If you have prepaid for any meal tickets.... Please remember to pick them up from the Town Office today before 12:30. If they are not picked up, they will be available in the prepaid dinner line at the park tomorrow. Please give them your name or whoever purchased them. Thank you.

07/18/2025

On July 3, 2025, Levan Town filed a lawsuit against Levan Irrigation Company and former mayor Robert Shepherd to (1) clarify the water rights and water management between the parties and (2) end the Townspeople’s subsidy of the Company’s power use. The entirety of the complaint is publicly available, but the following is a summary of the allegations.

This lawsuit stems from hydropower and water infrastructure projects dating back to the 1980’s, when Golden Mangelson was mayor of the Town and Shepherd was president of the Company. Over objections of townspeople, the projects were approved and completed at a cost of over $1.2 million, which amounts to $3,529,350 in 2025. As part of these infrastructure projects, in 1985, the Town and the Company entered into the Power Agreement and the Water Agreement, which disproportionately benefitted the Company. Mangelson signed for the Town, and Shepherd signed for the Company.

The infrastructure projects, Power Agreement, and Water Agreement were unpopular and the Town’s new representatives pushed back. A dispute also arose regarding the Town’s right to Rosebush Spring and Cobblerock Spring.

With these issues looming, Shepherd ran for mayor and won the election on November 6, 2001. That same day, while Shepherd was still president of the Company, the Company sued the Town over Town’s claim to Rosebush Spring. As soon as Shepherd became mayor, Mangelson became president of the Company. After assuming office as mayor, and while still a Company board member, Shepherd accepted service of the lawsuit for the Town.

In 2004, to resolve the lawsuit, Mangelson offered a compromise, which was met with skepticism because the terms heavily favored Company. Not only did the Settlement result in the Town giving up its diligence claim to Rosebush, but it declared that the Water Agreement and Power Agreement remained in full force and effect. The Settlement was approved by a vote of 3-2, with Shepherd being the tie-breaking vote. Mangelson signed the Settlement for the Company, and Shepherd signed for the Town.

In 2022, the Town commissioned a study that found the Town had been subsidizing the Company by about $28,000/year based on rates charged under the Power Agreement.

The current lawsuit seeks to invalidate the Water Agreement, Power Agreement, and Settlement because they violate the Utah Constitution and other laws.

Under Article XIII, Section 8, of the Utah Constitution, a municipality may not directly or indirectly lease, sell, alienate, or dispose of any of its water rights and shall preserve and maintain its water rights and sources of water supply. The Settlement violates this provision of the Constitution because the Town gave up certain water rights to the Company.

The Utah Public Officers’ and Employees’ Ethics Act prohibits a public officer from participating in a transaction between a state agency and a business entity of which he is an officer, director, or owner of a substantial interest. The Water Agreement, Power Agreement, and Stipulated Judgment violate this law because Shepherd and Mangelson were some of the largest shareholders in the Company and should have recused themselves. Additionally, Shepherd and Mangelson sat on directly opposite sides of each of these transactions, with Shepherd representing the Company as its president in 1985 and then representing the Town as mayor in 2004. Mangelson just switched places, representing the Town as mayor in 1985 and then representing the Company as its president in 2004.

Utah law also requires utility charges to be just and reasonable and prohibits a public utility from granting any preference or advantage as to rates, charges, service, facilities or in any other respect. The agreements violate these laws by granting the Company preferential reduced rates for power that unjustly and unreasonably subsidizes the Company, at the Townspeople’s expense.

The Water Agreement also required Company to participate in cost-sharing of certain projects and to transfer certain water rights to Town. It has not done so. The lawsuit seeks to remedy this.

These are just a few of the reasons for invalidating the agreements. In sum, this lawsuit seeks to solidify the Town’s right to its water sources and end the wrongful subsidies to the Company. For further information, please review the Complaint and exhibits.