Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Delta Utah $1800 In out ot county 6 months $1000 (In Advance) Copy 50c Senior Citizens (65 and older) $1500 Brush Wellman employees recognized for dedication and safety by Dawn Carder Brush Wellman is proud of its Utah employees especially those in Delta and rightly so Not only have they been dedicated to their various jobs over the years but they have maintained an credible safety record Their dedication job excellence and safety have not gone unnoticed Early Monday morning March 14 1988 Jack Valiquette Delta Plant Manager assembled the one hundred local employees for an awards ceremony At that time the men and women were formally recognized and commended for achieving a two year no loss time accident record That record translates into 331736 man hours with no time lost for accidents Mr Valiquette expressed his personal pride and appreciation to those assembled saying “It is obvious that we have the potential for accidents to happen To avoid a serious accident for this length of time requires good safety performance by each employee as well as quality programs procedures and facilities provided by your company I want to express my appreciation for your effort Your health and safety are extremely important to us These are the kind of records we like to set” His challenge to all “Let’s all pledge to do our part and work together to make it 3 (years accident free) The ceremony was held by the flagpole in front of the administration building Following Mr Valiquette’s comments three American flag the Brush Wellman flag and a new green safety raised to fly proudly in the breeze Employees and of guests alike said the Pledge Alligiance then went into the daffodil adorned offices for cake and ice cream Each employee received a jacket in recognition of the achieved safety goal According to Mr Valiquette Brush Wellman was the first general industry established in the Delta area Gov Cal Rampton and Robert W Biggs President and Chairman of the Brush Wellman Board were on hand for the ground breaking ceremonies in April 1967 Mill construction began in the spring of 1968 and completed in 1969 at which time work commenced The Delta plant has been in continuous operations ever since The Delta Brush Wellman plant is one of a kind It is the only bery llium operating facility thus the only supplier in the free world It is the only facility capable of processing beryllium contained ore the Taking pride in the company uniqueness of the operation and their personal responsibilities the employees at the Delta site have dedicated years of service The 1988 service awards of USPS County Vol 78 No 38 March 24 1988 Commissioner explains IPAtax status by Dawn Carder Millard County and IPA officials continue to work together in an attempt to both expedite and resolve the protested tax dilemma County Commissioner Mike Styler reports that of the seven or eight points on IPA’s proposed amendments to administrative rules submitted County officials are in agreement with approximately five of the issues The purpose of the administrative rules is to give guidelines of valuation of IPP for the Utah State Tax Commission According to Commissioner Styler one mill is the equivalent of about 0002 on the new county tax rate A Delta taxpayer pays about 70 mills or 0140 to the county levy This money goes to: the city schools (state and local levy) the Mosquito Abatement the District the Hospital District Recreation District the Central Utah the Fire District and the Project District Cemetery Approximately 60 percent of the taxes go to the schools and the city and county each receive about 15 percent (The unincorporated areas in the county pay no money to by Dawn Carder Millard County Commissioner Mike Styler states that he feels his first responsibility is to the people he sen es in the County It is his aim therefore on the to keep everyone proposed hazardous waste incinerator and landfill project Realizing the concerns of many county residents Commissioner Styler said “I hope to answer questions asked about the cinerator and landfill" to Mr Styler waste According brought for disposal comes in mostly in liquid form but there will be some contaminated solids The waste is identified in three categories: things as farm chemicals cleaning fluid (carbon tetrachloride) corrodible— acid batteries BRUSH WELLMAN employees were honored Mr Valiquette informed will be given to seven employees for five years of service fifteen for ten years seven for fifteen years one for twenty years and one for thirty years Next year fourteen employees will be receiving twenty year awards Quite nice gifts are given for years of service to Brush Wellman “Some people have been with Brush — Ted Wilson will announce his canof Utah in didacy for Governor March 26 at Fillmore on Saturday 10:00 am at the State House Museum legislative room Wilson a Democrat will be accompanied by his family and staff Kathy Wilson is the daugther of Joe and Gladys former Carling residents of Fillmore The family tends an invitation to supporters famiand friends visit with them and to ly enjoy a continental breakfast Ted Wilson is a former mayor of Salt Lake City and he is currently Director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah beginning” said Mr “It (the company) has been a stable industry one that has established and maintained good rapport with I believe Brush has the community made major contributions to the community We (community and Brush) thank each other” from the Time to file for County elected positions Michael Millard Counts Styler Commissioner announced that it is time for interested candidates to file for elected county positions The filing period is from March 15 through April 15 1988 Positions open are: one four year County Commissioner term currently held by Abe Johnson one two year County Commissioner term currently held by Warren Jensen the twe year unexpired County Recorder term Prosecution wins first round by Daws Carder Judge George E Ballif granted the prosecution’s motion to quash a motion for a new trial by George Wesley Hamilton The decision according to Warren Millard County Attorney Peterson was handed down on Friday March 18 1988 in the judge's chambers county $1800 out the city) The value of Millard County without IPP is $350000000 The State values IPP at $2500000 IPP however says that the fair valuation is $12 billion Therein lies the problem for the County If the County budget is set according to the State figures and IPP wins its protest the County must pay money back to IPP To avoid overspending Millard County officials have agreed to put the contested taxes (the difference between State and IPP figures) into an escrow with the State of Utah account Treasurer until the protest is settled That means that the County will ONLY spend the unprotested payment At the time the protest is resolved the winning party will receive the escrow money WITH interest IPP taxes have been protested each year Just recently Mr Styler reports an agreement has been reached regarding the 1986 taxes The State and IPP agreed on a $198 billion assessment Combined with $35 million county value the total is $233 billion increas ing the tax base 80 percent 1988 is the first year that all the county districts including the local school district will be on line to receive IPP tax money The monies will be available in November Commissioner Styler explained that Millard County is repaying money loaned by IPP out of bond proceeds For example $28 million dollars were loaned for the Jones Road The payments were spread over fifteen years Each year the County owes 115 of the principal and 115 of the terest However until 1988 when IPP is on the tax roll payments were forgiven Over the remaining years the 11 5th payment plan will be in effect IPP will give out an estimate in the spring that will be beneficial to Millard County Commissioners as they prepare yearly budgets All the officials are trying to work with the State Tax Commission on eliminating discrepancies before setting the budget Mr Styler says there are four state tax commissioners who hopefully will expedite the hearings More information given on hazardous waste incinerator and landfill Ted Wilson will be in Fillmore Saturday Til in m Provo Judge Ballif had sentenced Hamilton to serve an indeterminate term of carceration in the Utah State Prison of not less than five years and possibly to life The sentencing took place on September 16 1987 after a jury had found Hamilton guilty in the murder t of Southern Utah State College Sharon Sant The recent decision by Judge BalLf is a first round win for the prosecution and Millard County Attorney Peterson stated that now “we wait to see how the defense responds” combustible alcohol solvents gasoline Sludge sludge generally comes from oil refineries In New Jersey paint resins contributed to the waste as did solvents used to wash and clean computer components The risks considered minimal by both Rollins Environmental and the commissioners were explained more clearly by Styler Issues of concern discussed were: 1) Contamination-Tcontainers the waste are also contransporting taminated therefore must be handled knowlegeably and carefully ash remaining after in 2) cineration is 90 percent moisture free when taken to the landfill If and this is considered only a rare chance rain water would get into the ash the water might dissolve out some contaminated products if they should occur 3) are automatically caught before causing any damage 4) Transportation Styler considers this to be the biggest risk Rollins assumes responsibility for such accidents all over the country Special regulations and requirements govern transportation of all hazardous waste on the highways Rollins Environmental Services has its main office in New Jersey and it operates hazardous w aste incinerators and landfills in that state and in both Louisiana and Texas When looking for another site Mr Styler explained the company contacted Senator Fred Finlinson in Utah (Utah is centrally located in relationship to the places from which Rollins wants to transport waste) Looking up and down the rail line the first spot chosen was in Iron When that plan did not County materialize attention was focused on Millard County Now that the public information meetings have been held the next step is for Rollins to request conditional use permits (Such requests can be denied if reasons are found to do so) In the event the Lynndyl site is chosen by Rollins decision making is solely in the hands of Lynndyl officials rather than in the hands of the County Commissioners Lynndyl can however contract with the County in writing the conditions for the conditional use permits and subsequently in the enforcement of the guidelines Since a hazardous waste incinerator and landfill will affect all of Millard Commissioner County Styler feels quite strongly that Lynndyl needs to contract with the county in writing and enforcing conditional use permits He further believes that strict guidelines are needed Mr Styler seems to think that the advantages of the Rollins’ proposal to Millard County and its residents far “The outweigh the disadvantages number one benefit" he stated "is jobs Rollins has announced that it plans to hire through Delta Job Service A good tax base is as I see it the next benefit” Mr Styler also feels that this project could open up a whole new market cleaning up contaminated areas Note: There was an error in the March 17 newspaper report 1250 acre feet of water will be need per year for the proposed operation rather than 250 Man sentenced for Oak City rape by Dawn Carder Millard County Deputy Attorney that Dexter Anderson announced Michael Newsome pled guilty and mentally ill to rape in Oak City on March 26 1987 This is a first degree felony Newsome also pled guilty and mentally ill to aggravated burglary According to Mr Anderson a hearing was held in January to determine the degree of Newsome’s illness The judge found that the accused w as suffering mental illness but that the lllnes was in remission Newsome therefore did not meet the criterion for admission to a state mental hospital The court ordered a Eldon Eliason served as report torney for the defense and Dexter Anderson was the prosecuting attorney On Tuesday March 8 at 1:00 p m Judge Christensen sentenced Newsome to prison on two charges Newsome is to serve from five years to life on the rape charge with an additional one year consecutive sentence for use of a firearm On the aggravated burglary charge Newsome was sentenced from five years to life wuh an additional one year consecutive sentence for use of a firearm Newsome is also to pay restitution and to reimburse Millard County for expenses incurred for psychological evaluations Judge Christensen ordered Newsome Michael to prison immediately following the sentencing Planning Commission adopts amendments to Master Plan by Dawn Carder The Millard County Planning Commission met on Monday March 21 1988 at 5 pm to consider the proposed resolution for “adopting certain amendments to the Millard County Master Plan relating to industrial development” Commission members include Leon Smith Chairman Greg Greathouse Robin Smith Bill Rex Stan worth Sam Starley and Commissioner Mike Styler Millard County Attorney Warren Peterson and Delta Ciry Mayor Ruth Hansen were also in attendance Attorney Peterson expressed disap pointment that only three interested citizens attended the meeting Chairman Smith had been prepared to answer questions about the proposed amendment but there as little if any public interest shown The proposed amendments and planation of the Master Plan had been published m the Cbrontde Progress Industrial land use is described and locational considerations are detailed In summary an industry now will identify a desired site then n must go to both the Planning Commission and the County for approval The industry then can do soil and environmental tests in prepamon for applying for a conditional use permit (Thee is a review procedure a pubhc hearing followed by application for the conditional use permit) The County Commissioners scheduled to hold a public hearing on Tuesday March 22 to consider adopThe tion of the zoning amendments Master Plan and ordinances explained Attorney Peterson must be in compliance with each other He further commented that the changes are a “major improvement” over the previously existing document |