Show County City Meet To Review Problem A proposal Wed Wednesday Wednesday closed a widening rift rUt between the City Council of Moab and the Commissioners of Grand County over an i r I F L a a MONK BAILEY ed decision by the Commissioners Commission ers to abandon their partial support of a building and sanitation sani tation inspector Council members and com eom commissioners commissioners missioners met In Joint session yesterday to consider the county county county coun coun- ty action of September 7 1 that hat Would have cancelled the tha arrangement arrangement arrangement ar ar- by which each ach h absorbed absorbed absorbed ab ab- one half halt of the cost of the position The appointment of a sanitarian had been highly commended by state health officials officials of of- and local authorities as ashad ashad ashad had the coo cooperation between the city and county in establishing establishing lishing joint use uso The cooperation will continue following the Wednesday meeting meet meet- ing However Grand county will now pay only twenty five per percent percent percent cent of the positions position's salary and will win turn over to the city revenue revenue rev rev- garnered from building permits The Issues In the meeting were lain on the table when Chairman II n. B. B Evans of the commission stated that the County does docs not need a buildIng building build ing inspector and then continued continued contin contin- on to say I am not at all sure that It needs a sanitarian Mr Evans later expressed firm doubts on the need stating that the State provides im an inspector why p pay a man here Commissioner R. R R R. J. J Miller Sr explained his position on the basis of the small amount of building fees that had been collected collected col col- In the county Mr Miller MUter stated that the county had collected collected col col- col little more than this year while paying out a month as their share In answer to their statements and by way of explanation Mayor K E. E E McDougald told the commissioners that the position po po- po sWon of building inspector had been secondary in considering the position That said sald the Mayor was tacked on so that dual use could be made of the inspector and the fees collected collect collect- ed cd used to defray the overall cost Mr McDougald cautioned caution caution- ed that he would hate to see the situation turned loose We would soon have a mess on our hands The Mayor was wasI joined by Councilman David W. W I Allen who pointed out that economy economy econ econ- I omy was the city's aim also but not if It endangers the health of t the c people ople Allens Allen's statement was in hi re- re E. E state nien h at Im gol going g- g gt t to cutmore cut cui cut cutmore more Wherever I can cut more Dr Paul Mayberry a latecomer late late- corner comer comerto to the meeting concisely and a adamantly stated the need for a sanitarian in lay and medical medi- medi cal terms The councilman since election a firm supporter in inthe inthe inthe of better health practices the t took ok issue with teh ten statement that a sanitarian might not be needed Dr Mayberry May May- Mayberry berry said sald We have a case of Df infectious b hepatitis right now in Moab 1 That's the third case this year and there could have been more without some det det- deterrent being placed on the creation creation cre cre- of health hazards Dr Mayberry continued saying saying saying say say- ing that Because of the network net net- work of carriers Joining the city and county areas irrigation ditches for example much of ot the city problem lem originates in inthe inthe inthe the county The kids love to play in tin those ditches and on the lawn w where ere iere some of ot the water rends lends up th councilman said Dr Mayberry cited cases In the county and In the city where control was needed to prevent the pouring of raw sewage into the ditches Also he said we have other health problems that could get serious Councilman Mayberry concluded ed by saying that changes have under been made pressure Remove that pressure and they'll go back he averred A continual question posed by byboth byboth byboth both parties was that of en Although some reference refer refer- ence lence was ma matte made e to a lack Jack of cooperation cooperation co operation in some quarters no definite statement resulted Th enforcement question led directly to comments on the up up- valley eyesores created by un uninhabited inhabited homes on the flat south of ot town Co Commissioner WInford ord Bunce Bunee explained the predicament pre due to the omission of ot a time limit on the i Improvement of ot the houses bouses to meet county zoning require mats ments The homes heme brought here from another area have been placed on small tracts recently recent recent- ly Iy fele released by the e Bureau of Land Management and nd in their unimproved state have roused the Ire tre of many people This ThU provided another opportunity t for the the City Council to point out th possible deterioration of ot the towns town's approaches without control con The compromise as agreed upon at the minute seemed med to answer the county concern over the small amount of building In their area na and at the same time tone retained a service ice the city cit termed invaluable With th controversy abated somewhat the civic leaders pur sued other courses COureS of ot city coun ty cooperation aimed at trim trim- trimming ruing ming the budgets and providing workable arrangements Mayor McDougald acknowledged a county request that the city pay one dispatcher dJs atcher In the courthouse radio station The request made on the basis of ot joint use by the tha city will wW be taken up in a separate separate separ separ- ate Cit City Council meeting Discussed also alo was the possible poss ible Ibis enlargement of ot cooperation in law enforcement As a way to economize and Improve service it was wu agreed that a study would be made madaj concerning the combining pf cit city and county road maintenance efforts Progress in this diree I tion has been made in the past i |