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Show I fDT G,TOoi,u,ArDrD,? p) D S3 ITD "G- Naples City vote called crucial in deciding heated valley water issue Supported by strong voter turn out in the Naples Precinct, which favored Proposition 2, the Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District unof- fjcial election returns favor a second locally owned treatment plant by a vote i Jof468to347. , Voter turn out in other precincts was fair to poor with the vote leaning H toward going with the Central Utah f Water Conservancy District treatment j planttobebuiltatDoc'sBeach. ' Vernal City has already contracted with Uintah Water Conservancy I District for the Central Utah plant, but ' the AVWSID board has been divided on I whether to join with Vernal City in the j CUP plant or to build its own. That I question was answered by the election. "The board said even before the elec- tion, that we'll do our darnedest to do it i the way the people say," said Larry Hacking, district board member. Unofficial election tallies by precinct J were Ashley Precinct No. 14, Proposition Proposi-tion 1, the Central Utah district plant, 92 yes, 51 no; and Proposition 2, a seperate K plant, 52 yes, 75 no. In the Davis r: Precinct, No. 14, 64 said yes and 84 said no to Proposition 1, and 107 said yes and I I 49 said no to Proposition 2. In the Glines Precinct, No. 14, 101 favored Proposi- j tion 1 and 90 voted no; and 93 voted yes , and 86 no on Proposition 2. In the Vernal South Precinct, 18 voted yes and 12 no on Proposition 1 and 11 voted yes and 17 voted no on Proposition 2. With all but the Naples Precinct in, the election favored Proposition 1 by 11 votes, but Naples' large support of Proposition Pro-position 2 swung the election. In the Naples Precinct, 72 favor Proposition Pro-position 1 and 194 voted no; 205 voted yes to Proposition 2 and 62 voted no. "I've got to hand it to the Naples people," AVWSID member Dennis Mott told those from Naples as they reported their election returns. "They really get behind things . ' ' Go-cart accident kills youth, 12 A 12-year-old boy was killed Tuesday night when the go-cart he was riding struck him in the head as it went out of control after hitting a pile of rocks, according ac-cording to the Utah Highway Patrol. , Woodey B. Searle II, son of Mr. and Mrs. Randy Searle, was pronounced dead on arrival at Ashley Valley Medical Center, the UHP said. The accident occurred at 7:48 p.m. as the boy was riding the cart on the family's ranch. The cart went out of control as it struck a four-foot high pile of rocks, according to UHP report. "I am disappointed in the way the election went, but I'm behind the people's vote," Hacking commented. "It's not an easy path building a $2 million treatment plant. It will be a real challenge, but we can lick it," Hacking said. By approving Proposition tl, the Ashley Valley board can now bond for up to $2.5 million to build a treatment plant. Ray Nash, AVWSID clerk, said he had firm committment from municipal bond buyer in Denver to purchase the Ashley Valley District bonds. Nash said it would be up to the board whether they would be General Obligation Obliga-tion Bonds or General Revenue Bonds. The board is expected to approve a bonding resolution during their meeting next week after the ballots are canvas-ed canvas-ed and final tally announced. With the approval of Proposition 2, the district will build and own their own treatment plant and will forego the CUP plant and the valley will have two treatment plants. According to board secretary Ray Nash, the Ashley Valley District's treatment plant can be financed through water connection fees and water service fees without increasing the district's mill levy . Already, the Ashley Valley District is taking $500 from each water connection fee to be used for financing a treatment plant. |