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Show Airport ProbfsiTiS Discussed Monday lAf County Commission Meeting arx . Problems at Canyon- ;inds Field were once ; igain brought to the at-;nrion at-;nrion of Grand County 0j:; Commissioners at their ' egular meeting on Mon- ter. -h-port manager Royal loiter appeared before ; j;; he Commission to state hat tar on the newly re-. re-. .--.urfaced parking area las coming through the Tavel cover. He asked :r.-; tat more gravel and a ir.::; 'oiler to mat it down be rxc-cnt to the field. Holter r.&--:dso stated that fire ex-i'5 ex-i'5 -inguishers are badly rrc:: ee.l;i at the -airport and ht this time there is. only 65" ne 20 pound extingusher ; r- vailable. This, stated in:; olter,- would not be adequate ade-quate to extinguish more han a very minor blaze. v .. Other needed addition.? ::o the field include cov-ca5;'rs cov-ca5;'rs for the windows in ;0l'"-;he terminal buildingi to ;r-n ut glare and reduce hoat it:.--uring the summer. Hol-es Hol-es ;:?r also requested a dou-r:-;Ie wide trailer for his .ch '-.ving quarters. The ' Coni-a: Coni-a: ission took all requests ' ini-nder advisement. v:i.:-The Commissioners sign-;i sign-;i an agreement with the o-'-Itah Division of Aeronau-r':'- ties for 107,600 to be used us-ed for improvements to the runway at Canyonlands Field. Commission chairman chair-man liars Pope stated that that work would nor be done immediately since funds from the Four Cor- -ners Regional Commission, were not yet available and also the Federal Aviation Agency had not decided whether or not they would commit funds for the work until a decision as to whether whe-ther or not Frontier Airlines Air-lines will continue to bring large planes to Moab Mo-ab is ' made. If Frontier decides to use smaller aircraft, air-craft, not as large a runway run-way is needed. In other business brought, before the Commission, Dan Johnson, who is a candidate for director of .the CA.P, told the men about the work , of the Community Action Program. Pro-gram. It was agreed to write to the Civil Defense department to let them know that the County has released civil defense money mon-ey set aside for purchase of a radio. The equipment will be purchased through money from the Omnibus Crime Bill. As part of an agreement with Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, the Commission will see that a sign is erected er-ected at the Texas Gulf boat dock which warns that no overnight parking is allowed. An allotment of $75 was given to Donald Don-ald Gragert for gas and oil to move his family to Lovell, Wyoming where he has been told to move to regain his health . The possibility of establishing estab-lishing a park at Elgin was discussed after a request re-quest for this was given by Mac Ellingson of Green River. The Commissioners Commis-sioners also stated that they had no objections to a petition asking for independent in-dependent operation of the dispatch radio, independent independ-ent operation of the jail .and deputization of City officers to work in the County. Finally, the Commission authorized County Attorney Attorn-ey Harry Snow to attend school in Salt Lake City on May 12, to discuss new laws which go into effect. |