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Show ilQtebolis siiiGatM m .SofiiEiiiasioEaQfs cmIi erts fault as anyones. He said that attempts to call him were often incomplete. He suggested he call into the office to check up on things more often. There is no attempt at-tempt to hide anythng. Roberts said he had been to see the Attorney General and moved that the purchasing purchas-ing agent (which is the County auditor) do all the pur- (Continued on Page 2) Even if the County Commission Com-mission didn't actually bury the hatchet last Thursday, they at least kept it sheathed, sheath-ed, as they tried to work out their differences and get down to the work ahead. Chairman Pryor opened the meeting with a statement Othat if Commissioner Roberts Rob-erts had an axe to grind with him or Commissioner Johnson, to proceed as he saw fit and let the County get back to the job at hand. He said there were decisions to be made and that work must be done while the weather was right to do it. He mainly referred to the two 'forced accounts on the Minersville - Milford road . and resurfacing of the whole road. Commissioner Roberts said he was concerned with the public need to be inform -ed. That's our first job, to inform and do our best to serve those who elected us. Pryor said there is work that needs to be done. I can work with you, if you can work with me. Roberts said that he felt the people needed to have more imput. He cited the fairgrounds track and rodeo arena, stating that the cost of moving dirt, etc., was out of reason for the use it would have. He said, if the fair board, cattlemen, senior citizens and other interested parties and organizations had been contacted, the fairgrounds fair-grounds might have taken a whole different perspective. perspect-ive. He said he felt there was general approval for the building, but people didn't have any imput. He also said he felt the truck could have been bought for $40,000 instead of $51,-000 $51,-000 and had the grader been put out on bids it like lywould have saved the county $2, 500 to $4,000 dollars. He said he didn't know anything about the grader purchase until the lastCommissionmeeting when the bills came up for payment. Johnson said he'd probably feel much the same as Roberts if the situation were reversed. However, both he and Pryor rejected any idea or intent of j wrong doing. ClerW Dotsdn said the problem is as much Rob- brary Board meeting, saying it was suggested that local boards be set up in the com -munities with, their recom -mendations passed on to the Library Board, or the city, whichever had the responsibility responsi-bility in the recommended areas. They authorized $340 for children's books and agreed to request the bookmobile on a one year trial basis. Alta Hickman took the Commission on a tour of the old courthouse and explained ex-plained what is being done as well as urging them to help with funding and C ETA employees em-ployees if possible. An agreement was signed with BLM in conjunction with the sheriffs office patroling and enforcing state and local lo-cal laws on public lands. BLM to pay the county $1500 annually for the service. Treasurer Rondo Farrer discussed the property tax rebate, and circuit breaker, passed in the recent legislature. legis-lature. They plan to attend a meeting May 22 to learn more about it. Grant Esplin met with the board about the weed program pro-gram and recommended Lewis Limb for the job. It was decided to contact Roy Miller about CETA qualifications qualifi-cations before hiring him. Esplin said the stock show was set and it's planned Governor Matheson will be in attendance. Lunch will be provided by the Minersville Miners-ville Legion Auxiliary. It was decided to contact John Riley about the 4 -wheel drive truck for the Sheriffs Sher-iffs office. It's been on order or-der for four months, and if not delivered in 10 days, the contract will be voided and purchase made elsewhere- Burton Myers North Park Estates subdivision plat was accepted. HERE'S MORE ABOUT Commissione rs chasing with ' approval and action. of the board.' . ' , He moved that all new equipment purchases over $5000 be put out for bid, and requested an ordinance with teeth be drawn to hold the Commission to it. He said this was a recommendation recommen-dation of the Attorney General. Gen-eral. There was considerable discussion throughout the day about the wording of the ordinance, and just what penalties should be included. It was finally left to Attorney Christiansen to draw an ordinance or-dinance for consideration at the next meeting. They also agreed to limit purchases by department to $100, unless authorized by the Commission or purchasing purchas-ing agent. Attempts to limit maintenance and repairs to onder $5,000 in the ordi- nance were finally dropped due to complications in emergency situations when equipment was down, and needed. Mayor Young submitted a phone bill for the county court, Milford precinct. He also told the Commission they were eligible for overflight over-flight tax, which could be used in maintaining the Milford Mil-ford airport. Don Stucker and Arlan Jensen discussed road main-, tenance. The county has an agreement to maintain county roads and BLM maintains main-tains others. It was discussed dis-cussed putting all Class D roads in the county under a minimal maintenance program, pro-gram, so they would meet the FLPMA (Organic Act) definition of a road. There are many roads in the county that receive no maintenance' but could be touched up when the crews are in the area at little cost and then meet FLPMA requirements. They agreed to tour the County road system on May 21st. Phyllis Symond introduced Dale Esplin, the new Family Life Coordinator. Russel Mayer and Lee Oertle were reappointed to the Planning Commission. They also approved ap-proved a request from Mel Walker to cross a county road with a water line. Johnson reported on his meeting with Ford-Bacon & Davis about the geothermal feasibility study. They are having some problems getting get-ting certain information. Pryor reported on the Li- |