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Show - -j V.V. uiiu inij atira m uie Enoch passes bill to county, says Cedar Council in error ENOCH - The $20,697 bill sent to Enoch from Cedar City for their share of last year's fire protection will be sent to Iron County. The unanimous decision came at the July 7 regular meeting of the Enoch City Council Enoch Mayor Worth Grimshaw read the letter from Cedar Mayor Robert Linford, accompanying the bill, which outlined that 11 percent of the 235 fire responses were within the Enoch City limits. Because of the extra distance required, 15 percent of the fire budget or $20,697 was used in Enoch, according to the letter. Frustrated when the Enoch City Council failed to budget fire protection, Cedar City officials decided to bill Enoch for their portion. Enoch officials feel they have nc obligation for the bill since an agreement was apparently signed with the county, although the agreement hasn't been located, to provide police and fire protection in exchange for Enoch solving water problems in the Spanish Trails, Cotton wood and Garden Park subdivisions. Iron County Commissioner James L. Clark, who was invitred to attend the meeting made no comment on the council's decision but disagreed that the water problem was the county's; it was acting only as a mediator, he said. Mayor Grimshaw, while admitting there have been some misunderstandings misun-derstandings due to lack of communication, com-munication, stated he "would be happy to discuss it with the county, if they want." "We're going to have to work something out this year," Clark stated. In other fire related business, the Council decided to encourage residents to clean up vacant lots or portions of lots by setting aside a day later in the month to burn off Jots, hopefully with the cooperation of the fire department. The Council felt some areas in Enoch are potential fire hazards. Utah Power and Light representative Gayle Adams spoke to the Council about the street light and franchise tax agreements. The franchise tax agreement, enacted for a period of ten years, puts 1 percent of the residential electric revenues back into the city budget. The agreements merely put ' the past arrangements into writing. |
