Show City Council Reviews Offer To Buy Cattle Moab's City Council meeting I in a special session Tuesday even evens ing heard a tentative offer for tor cattle and grazing permits and reviewed contacts from rom other prospective buyers Meeting with the council was a group of local cattlemen seeking i clarification of Forest Service Intentions intentions in In- toward the continuation of the forest permits for grazing The cattlemen asked hat that the city secure some concrete assurance from the Forest Service that the permits after purchase would not note be e cut According to the discussion only about of the acquired cattle are applicable to the permits per per- mils colts as only cattle at or 01 above six months In age may have a permit per per- permit permit mit issued on them Further clarification Is being sought through Forest Se Service officials Offers Offen at this tune time Indicate indicate In in- the permits both forest and Bureau of at Land Management and the cattle caUle will bring somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where between to dollars Offers have taken several I forms torms the greatest Interest being being be be- ling ing expressed in the forest per per- mite mits In other business to come before before be be- fore the council no formal action action ac ae- ac- ac tion Was taken other than thun the hiring of Lament Lamont Christensen as Moab's new police chief A dis- dis of violations of at the trailer ordinance and and state Board of Health requirements was held and protests on itinerant salespersons were heard On the latter point the council recommended that warning signs regarding license requirements be posted at both ends of town Administrator Ellis Foote outlined outlined out out- lined the program for the city employees December 6 16 6 when the annual dinner will be held Pro Pro- Progress gress on the compilation of city ordinances by Attorney A. A Reed Reynolds was reported Participating in the meeting w were re the n newly elected council council- men men Dr Paul Mayberry and G. G R R. R McKee and new mayor K K E. E McDougald The new nevi officials s will wilt participate in future meetings before before- taking office in January Januarys |