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Show Council invites youth into city government A Vernal Youth City Council will be formed to involve youth in city government govern-ment according to a motion passed by the Vernal City Council Wednesday, April 15. The council made the motion to form a Youth Council after Wes Maughn Utah State University, explained to the council details of the youth council. "Youth are a valuable resource which are sometimes forgotten" Maughn told the council. Maughn said that members of the youth council would be elected at the regular voting polls and would be sworn in with adult city council. They would meet twice monthly and once with the regular council. "Bv Betting youth involved," Maughn said "they have a better appreciation ap-preciation for the city." The youth council would have a budget of $50 with the option of generating its own fund. Mayor Samuel Snyder reported that in a meeting a month ago several youth representatives represen-tatives were very receptive to the idea of a youth council. Councilman Jack Seitz made the motion mo-tion to do whatever is needed to get the youth council program going in Vernal. Ver-nal. The motion carried unanimously. Each member of the Youth City Council will be teamed with a member of the Vernal City Council to work in areas of planning, human relations and cultural enrichment. Also at the council meeting a week ago Wednesday, Brent Anderson requested re-quested a letter of intent from the council coun-cil allowing him 20 acre feet of water for a four year period and 20 acre teet thereafter from the Red Fleet aqueduct. Lawrence Siddoway, Uintah Conservancy Conser-vancy District, prior to the meeting, indicated in-dicated to the council that there would be no problems with such an agreement, agree-ment, however the exchange agreement agree-ment would have to be amended. The added costs would be paid by Anderson, and if there is shortage of water, Anderson would have to pay the cost of culinary water instead of for untreated water. Councilman Seitz authorized the attorney at-torney to draw up a letter of intent to allow Anderson the water. His motion passed. In other business the council discussed discuss-ed the recommendations of businessmen on the planter boxes along Main Street. Tuesday of last week acting ac-ting city manager, Kenneth Bassett, met with several businessmen who recommended the city remove the planter boxes but provide a space for a grill and tree, which will be located level with the sidewalk. Kay Olverson, city public works, told the council some of the base cement work on the planters had deteriorated and would be chipped away and replaced for the new planters. The new planter will be level with the sidewalk to avoid damage to doors of cars parked along Main. The city will begin immediately to level the planter boxes. The council approved business licenses for John Morton, Morton Electric; Elec-tric; D. Roger Hacking, Topper Industries; In-dustries; and Ed Christensen, Keyboard Exchange. |