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Show SXUJlTQtfy W7QftlrDalir2W7 iAfDiri?obrsh)Dp Son UBMM Representation ih UBAG has been distributed among 15 persons within Uintah, Duchesne and Daggett Counties. Coun-ties. The representation is made up of four from Uintah County Commission, one from Vernal City, three from Duchesne County Commission, two from Roosevelt City, one from Duchesne City, three from Daggett County Commission and one from Manila city. Uintah County representatives have claimed for some time that the representation was unfair for Uintah County, with a population 18,600, to have only five vot wben Purhes" County, with a population of 11,700 has six votes and Daggett County, with a population of only 800, is given four votes on the UBAG board. Another problem causing Uintah County to withdraw from the UBAG group was the difficulty the commissioners commis-sioners had experienced with UBAG director Clinton Harrison. According to the Uintah delegation, Harrison did not give the larger population area the attention at-tention it deserved. At the present time the UBAG staff comprises of about ten persons; a director, two planners, aging director, a CETA coordinator, a Social Sevices director, a financial officer and three secretaries. The main office location for UBAG is in Roosevelt with a small office in Vernal. Ver-nal. The Vernal office has a planner and secretary who shares her time with the Energy Office which has also come under the UBAG structure. The impact of Uintah County's withdrawal from UBAG and the loss of federal and state program support will remain to. be seen. Uintah County officials of-ficials say they will seek direct funding for federal and state projects where available and needed. According to county officials the aging ag-ing and social services functions will be continued on a direct basis. The county officials said reasons for pulling away from UBAG were to get relief from restrictive controls, avoid the high turnover tur-nover of personnel and to be able to operate their own programs more efficiently. |
