Garfield County Commissioners Meet In February Garfield County commissioners met Feb. 14 with Commissioners Louise Liston, Maloy Dodds and Clare Ramsay present, along with County Clerk Camille Moore and County Attorney Wallace Lee. Public Safety Facility The final cost breakdown on the new public safety facility in Panguitch Pan-guitch was rescheduled for Feb. 28. The Commission approved the hiring hir-ing of David Roberts, Henrieville; Carmen Isheim, Escalante; and Sidney Sid-ney Fullmer, Panguitch as corrections correc-tions officersdispatchers. They (See COMMISSION on page 3-A) COMMISSION From Front Page were scheduled to begin Peace Officers Offi-cers Standards of Training (POST) on Feb. 22. Bureau of Land Management representatives Bill Booker and Ver-lin Ver-lin Smith presented the Commission Commis-sion with the patent for the 20 acres of land on which the facility is located. lo-cated. Prairie Dogs After reviewing it, the Commission Com-mission unanimously approved a proposed agreement with the Dixie National Forest, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Garfield County for a Prairie Dog Habitat Plan for Garfield County. Garfield County will pay $2000 to be matched with a $32,000 grant. The total $34,000 will be managed by the Forest Service. Keith Day, biologist bi-ologist for the Division of Wildlife Resources, is the contact person for the county. Public Works Business County Engineer Brian Bremner informed the Commission that the ground work for the county's Global Positioning System (GPS) Project has been completed and that the road crews were working on the roads taking off from the Burr Trail. Donation Requests Drill teams from Panguitch and Bryce Valley High Schools had requested re-quested financial assistance to attend state competition. The Commission Commis-sion unanimously approved a $200 donation for each team. The Commission also unanimously unani-mously approved a donation of $750 ($150 for each of five qualifying qualify-ing students) from Escalante High School Social Studies teacher Jim Wilburn's Close-Up Foundation Program under which the students will travel to Washington, D.C. at a cost of $1,300 each. The Commission unanimously (See COMMISSIONon page 4-A) COMMISSION From Page 3-A approved supporting high school sports with $17 for an ad in the Garfield CountyNews and $350 for radio broadcasting of the Region and State Boys Basketball games. Election Canvass The Commission canvassed the results of and counted qualified absentee ab-sentee ballots received after Feb. 8 in the election regarding imposition imposi-tion of a Rural Health Care Sales Tax. Final results: For: 1,003; Against: 104. Final results were unanimously accepted by the Commission: Paunsaugunt Special Service District Scott Walter proposed a special service district for water development develop-ment on his families' property near Hatch. The Commission approved his initial request and granted authorization to begin the process. Mr. Gallian, attorney for the Walters, Wal-ters, will prepare a resolution to be signed by Commissioner Dodds. Division of Wildlife Resources Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Re-sources Biologist Norman McKee presented a check for $302.04 as Payment In Lieu of Taxes for property prop-erty owned by the UDWR in Garfield Gar-field County. Southwest Center 1999 Audit The Commission unanimously accepted the July 1998-June 1999 fiscal year audit for the Southwest Center. Bryce Valley Recreation Complex Marsha Holland, Cannonville, representing a committee to form a youth sports league, requested support sup-port as they seek to secure property to build two baseball fields and a soccerfootball field in Tropic for the Bryce Valley area. The Commission Com-mission committed to provide a letter let-ter of support and a willingness to allow the road department to assist in the project, possibly as an in-kind in-kind match for grant funds. Cooperative Agreement Multi-Use Facility After review, the Commission recommended several changes in the proposed agreement between Garfield Gar-field County and Panguitch City for the construction and management of multi-use facility, after which Attorney At-torney Lee will take the agreement to the Panguitch City Council for its approval. Airport Business The Commission addressed Federal Fed-eral Aviation Administration recommendations rec-ommendations on fees for business at the airport. Proposed fees are $5 for first-time pickups and $2 for each followup pickup each day. Lee was asked to prepare the proposal pro-posal and submit it to the FAA for approval and Greg Pollock and the Commission will meet with businesses busi-nesses which will be impacted by the proposal to explain the policy. State Archives Proposal The county had kept and used a microfilm camera owned by the State Archives for the past several (See COMMISSION on page 5-A) COMMISSION From Page 4-A years. State Archives has asked the county to participate in the Millennium Millen-nium Records Preservation Project by allowing the records of the small communities, special districts, and school districts in Garfield County, Kane and Piute Counties to be microfilmed mi-crofilmed at the Courthouse and allowing al-lowing their records to be stored during the project. The proposal provides for the Recorder's Office to oversee care of the records. Garfield County would hire an employee whose pay would be reimbursed by the state. The Commission gave unanimous approval, with County Recorder Les Barker authorized to negotiate the details of the agreement. agree-ment. County Board Appointments Commissioner Liston: Special Service District-Alvey Wash-Tica-boo; SUPAC; Strategy Committee (GSENM); Utah Lands. Commissioner Ramsay: Boaid of Adjustments, Bryce Canyon Air-RC&D, Air-RC&D, Planning & Zoning, Weed Board, Ambulance. Commissioner Dodds: Hospital Board, Television, Five County AOG, Travel Council, Southwest Health, District Health, MBA, Human Services. Garfield Travel Council, 13 members, two-year terms. John Houston, Panguitch, 123101; Stan Foy, Panguitch, 123100; Sam Dunham, Panguitch, Pan-guitch, 123100; Kenny Miller, Panguitch, 123100; Diane Buffington, Panguitch Lake, 123100; Sharol Bernardo, Escalante, Esca-lante, 123100; LaMar LeFevre, Tropic, 123101; Bob Syrett, Bryce Canyon, 123101; Allen Henrie, Panguitch (County Wide), 123100; Janet Oldham, Panguitch (County Wide), 123100; Linda Mansell, Escalante (County Wide), 123101; Nancy Twitchell, Tropic (County Wide), 123101; Chris McCormick, Cannonville (County Wide) 123100; and Bob Benfield, Panguitch, (Ex-Officio). Library Board Maloy Dodds, Panguitch, Commission; Mack Oetting, Panguitch Pan-guitch City Council, 123101; Phyllis Stewart (vice-chair), Tropic, 123101; Connie Douglas, Tropic, 123101; Victory Crawford, Escalante, Esca-lante, 123100; Janis Henrie (Chair), Panguitch, 123103; and Annette Heywood, Panguitch, 123102. Planning & Zoning Committee Commit-tee Seven Members, three-year terms. Clare Ramsay, Tropic, (Commission); Les Barker, Henrieville, Hen-rieville, (Building Department); Lowell Mecham, Tropic, 123101; Mack Oetting, Panguitch (Panguitch City), 123100; Darol Allred, Hatch, (HatchAntimony), 123102; Marilyn Jackson, Escalante, Esca-lante, (Escalante City), 123100; Reed LeFevre, Tropic, 123100; and Jeanne Harshman, Boulder, 123101. Board of Adjustment Five members, five-year terms. Clare Ramsay, Tropic, Commission; Com-mission; Bruce Fullmer, Panguitch, (Administration); Darol Allred, Hatch, (Planning Committee); Lincoln Lin-coln Lyman, Escalante, 123101;" and Lucile Proctor, Panguitch, 123104. Alternates: Ron Hatch, Panguitch, 123101; Alden Black, Panguitch, 123101; ' Joe Black, Panguitch, 123101; Vickie Schulkoski, Escalante, 123101; Marlene Stowe, Escalante, 123101; Arnold Alvey, Escalante, 123101; and Dale Baldwin, Panguitch, Pan-guitch, 1231 04. Cemetery Districts Antimony: Wayne DeLange, six years, 123100; Jerry Savage, four years, 123102; and Phil Allen, two years, 123100. Cannonville: Vaugn Twitchell, six years, 123100; Anita Fletcher, four years, 12310; J. Robert Ott, four years, 123100 (Georgetown); and Joe Hughes, two years, 123100. Escalante: Sharon Dale Marsh, six years, 123102; Greg Christen-sen, Christen-sen, four years, 123100; and Theron Mitchell, two years, 123100. Hatch: Lamar Barney, six years, 123100; Beth Allred, four years, 123102; and Dorothy Barney, two years, 1231123100. Henrieville: Frank Moore, six years, 123100; Mary Lou Neil-son, Neil-son, four years, 123102; and Derreld Neilson, two years, 123100. Panguitch: David Owens, six years, 123104; Pat Oetting, four years, 123100; and Lucile Proctor, two years, 123102. Tropic: DeVar Pollock, six years, 123100; Gail Miles, four years, 123100; and Berdell Barton, two years, 123100. LivestockFarming Sub-Committee Jack Soper (Chair), Tim West-wood, West-wood, Kirk Chynoweth, Dell LeFevre, Le-Fevre, Kelly Roundy, Paul Man-gum, Man-gum, Eldon Frandsen, Randy Rip-plinger, Rip-plinger, Clane Coleman, Ralph Perkins, Robert Ott, Ron Hatch, Carl Shakespear, Wayne Phillips, Max Stewart. Raandv Hatch. Charles Char-les Francisco, Norman Christensen, Vern Robison, Kenneth Goulding, Jr., Brad Reeve, John Orton, Monte Twitchell, Greg Excell, and Line Chynoweth. Timber Sub-Committee Kevin Frandsen (Chair), Steven Steed, Bill Overall, DeVon Owens, Steve Hatch, Delin Roundy, and Royce Pollock. Water Sub-Committee Dal Liston (Chair), Bill Nelson, Verl Matthews, Bill Cox, Guy Thompson, Danny Perkins, Tom Hatch, Dave Townsend, Franz Shakespear, Brett Chynoweth, Donna Jean Wilson, and Brent Cot-tam. Cot-tam. Mining: Al Foster Wildlife: Rick Sawyer Recreation: Bruce Fullmer Economic Development: Merle Prince. Public Lands Committee: Bill Cox Hospital Issues The committee discussed forming form-ing a governing board for the hospital hospi-tal to consist of nine members: Commissioner-Chair, Hospital Staff Representative, Physician, and two members from each area of the county (six). The Commission scheduled the appointment of board members for its Feb. 28 meeting. Sales Tax Ordinance The Commission voted unanimously unani-mously to impose a 1 percent sales and 'use tax to fund rural county health care facilities in Garfield County. The Commission adjourned at 4:30 p.m.