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Show Withdrew six years ago Iron County rejoins AOG Knight was very vocal in his opposition to the formation of the group and continually expressed ex-pressed the opinion that it simply wasn't necessary, that the power should lie within the hands of local groups. However, he also pointed out that "as long as the association is in place, we should belong to it." Afterwards, Commissioner Com-missioner James L.. Clark, who made the motion to rejoin, said, "The association of governments is not going to go away because Iron County withdrew." He also noted that development, the aging council, weatherization and human services planning. In other business, Garry Jones of A-P Associates, met with the Commission to obtain its blessing for a study he is doing concerning zoning and planning in the County. The study was commissioned com-missioned earlier in the year by the Four County MX Policy Board. The commissioners noted that the County had recently finished a complete overhaul of all its planning documents, and Commissioner Clark, a member of the policy board, pointed out that he had voted against awarding the contract, but they told Jones that he could go ahead and do the study if he wanted. "I think it's an exercise in futility, because we just finished a master plan," said Commissioner Com-missioner Knight. "To come with the study now, after the code is in place, I can see it doing no good." However, Jones pointed out that the study would provide a more long-range feeling toward growth than the development code did; and the commissioners agreed that it could do no harm to go ahead. ' In other business The commission also agreed to pay for $27,440.21 in bad debts incurred at Valley View Medical Center over the past six months by indigent in-digent sick. Although the County recently sold the facility, it is still liable, by law, to provide such help. George Adamson met with the Commission to negotiate a purchase of the oil and mineral rights on land he recently bought in Lund. PAROWAN - Expressing Ex-pressing an opinion that if changes were to be made, the way to make them was belong, the Iron County Commission Monday rejoined the Five County Association of Governments. The County had dropped out of the in-terlocal in-terlocal group, established by Federal law, in 1975, claiming that the association was just another level of government govern-ment and objecting to such. Since then Iron County has contracted with the association for many services, but has not been a member and, thus, has not had any say in decisions. In fact, Executive Director John S. Williams pointed out that the County last year had participated in almost all of the programs the association had to offer, but also noted that the County had not been a member of the decisionmaking decision-making steering committee. com-mittee. "If you want to be a part of making those decisions, the way to do it is by rejoining the association," he said. Commissioner Howard changes could not be made from the outside; and, if Iron County had complaints, it should be on the inside doing something about them. "We're going to work toward making those changes," he said. The Commission will now have to pass a formal resolution to make the action final. Such is expected at the next meeting, said Clark. Programs administered ad-ministered by the association include Color Country Advertising, CETA, economic |