Palmyra considers incorporation

SPANISH FORK (Deseret News) — Residents of tiny Palmyra, an enclave of farms and ranches just north of Spanish Fork, are weighing their options leading to a possible push toward incorporation.

Led by rancher Eldon Neves and bolstered — though not officially backed — by Utah County Commissioners Steve White and Gary Anderson, a handful of Palmyra residents met recently at Riverview Elementary to examine the possibilities of becoming a town.

Both White and Anderson are running for re-election.

Mayor Lynn Gilles of Fairfield encouraged the group, noting how the town west of Eagle Mountain is now in charge of its own destiny and hasn't raised taxes in five years.

"I'd rather be the town of Palmyra than a subdivision of Spanish Fork," Neves said.

The proposed boundaries are 800 West on the east, next to the Spanish Fork-Springville Airport and about two miles west and four miles north, said resident Hayden Dain, who is studying the concept.

Spanish Fork now designates the acreage west of the airport as agricultural and industrial land, but annexation may not happen there for 50 years, Spanish Fork city planner David Anderson said.

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