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Show Wfcdntrxiay. May 17, 2')00 - Pa THE SAN JUAN RECORD 2 Commission brief County don't think some game. Anna Adair 1 by At the May 15 meeting of the San Juan County Commission, Commissioners: May 17 MonticelloUirport Committee meeting, 8:00 pm, city office. Wednesday May 18 Thursday fl SEUALG Board meeting, I pm, SEUALG Offices, Price. May 22 Monday San Juan County Commission, 10 am, courthouse. May 23 Tuesday School Board meeting, district office in Blanding, 2 pm. Regional Wildlife Advisory Council meeting, 6:30 pm, John Wesley Powell Museum in Green River. Wednesday May 24 Monticcllo and Blanding City Councils meet in their respective of- fices, 7pm. Friday May 26 D Utah Dineh Committee Meeting Navajo Mountain Chapter, 10 am. were going to do that; reported to Walter that the County will be giving the signed an agreement with Bluff Airport back to the BLM, of Land following a letter received the Bureau from the BLM denying the Management for an emergency closure on the Collins countys request to purchase Canyon Road until a public the patent to the airport. The BLM wants the county hearing can be held. The road closure calls for a metal gate to pay back fees before they and fencing to keep the public w'ill issue a patent, which the off of the road, which is located county maintains they will not on Cedar Mesa near Grand do. The county has left the Gulch. The closure also allows option open to purchase the that all parties involved will patent if the back fees are have key access to the gate. dropped and rent is not Kent Walter, BLM Area charged on the airport while Director, said that by signing the patent is being processed; the agreement, it shows the approved the San Juan BLM and San Juan County County policy on trail can work together and find maintenance; common ground; approved the hire of Jason discussed trail mainten- Workman in the sheriffs ance issues with the BLM. department; Commissioners said it was approved a $149,000 their feeling that the county contract with Creamer and wishes to maintain the trails Noble for the Blue Mountain that they believe they have Road project; approved building perownership of under RS2477 for Nicholas Power in mits of rights way. Walter said that the BLM Bluff, and Milton Walston and would like to do environmenMary L. Manley, both in tal documentation before Spanish Valley; and maintenance is done. approved a $1,770 bid for Commissioner IV Lewis said cement work at the Blanding Yoakam from that the county is not in the library Construction. position to wait two or three weeks while you guys play Suit challenges electric system (continued from page 1) and they will not pay the additional S5S.000. City attorneys apparently agreed that the costs were well beyond what the city was responsible to pay. Councilman Clyde Christensen shared his opinion that the city should, Go ahead and close, and let them sue us if they want that. Councilman Doug Allen added that it doesnt make any more sense than us reducing the purchase price by the amount of our time spent working on it. They wouldnt agree to that, so neither should we. Because of the additional costs, the agreement was not signed and a special meeting was scheduled for Friday May 12 to complete the documents. Before the council could sign, a fax was received regarding the lawsuit in process and the purchase documents were set aside. Construction on the band room expansion project at Monticello High School has been delayed for four weeks because of the sale of the Dave electrical system. Electric of Empire Rightley electrical work the that says requires new underground cable installation. He reports that Empire could not schedule the work before May 15 and recommended that the School District contact the City for an alternate plan should the sale of the electric system go through. According to City Manager Trent Schafer, Utah Power and Light was contacted regarding the project, at which time they visited Monticello and evaluated the project within an hour. The work was scheduled to be completed on May 16, the day after the city was supposed to take over the system. Kent Tibbitts, Business Administrator for the San Juan School District, says the was building project scheduled for completion in November, but will be delayed until the utility delays can be settled. Tibbitts adds that Empire Electric has been good to work with, and he understands their hesitancy to begin a project as the sale of the system was so close at hand. Rightley says the work is scheduled to take place May 24. He adds that the project is on a normal schedule and would take this long even if there w'asnt a possible sale of the system, with Empires high seasonal work load. fe0MJVl9SS90M WuQVEs'ojHejAEEKi a Sweatshirts 15 are not destroyers We of resources, we are protectors of rights. Bill Redd Summer Shoe In Summer Shorts $ 0pair Winter Clothes Out OFF 1 &Yeic ifiipmznt Standing For Something by Gordon B. Hinkley UTTER-DAYSCREATIO- NS We don't consider your trespass notices hate mail!" Ty Lewis We have a mandate to facilitate service of the people and you have a mandate to limit it. Bill - Redd Commissioner comments to BLM Area Director Kent Walter, dealing with road and trail issues in San Juan County. 9? Radio man is SBA Journalist of the Year The Utah District Office of the Small Business Administration (SBA) has selected Phil Mueller, president and general manager of KUTA News Radio as the Small Business Journalist of the Year. Mueller and 13 other award winners for Utah were honored at an awards luncheon on May 15. Mueller is in his thirteenth year at KUTA. Recently he has developed the MBB News Network, a statewide network of rural radio stations. Mueller hopes to develop MBB into a nationwide network. 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