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Show 6 - OVERDUE TIMES - OCTOBER 15, 1997 TOWN COUNCIL NOTES-OCT 13th MEETING Members present: Mayor Valli Smouse, Dave Wagstaff, Pat Drake, Jayne Smythe and Charlie Kulander. Committee Rep_orts: RoadszValli reported that compressor for road grader has arrived. Jack mentioned that the 10 ft. culvert at the end of Shafer Lane has had its upper end folded in; this could really restrict water flow. Water had no issues with the contract and supported her signature to the contract. Vote: Valli, Jayne, Charlie, and Dave voted to affirm the contract. Pat voted against affirming the contract. (Ed. Note: it is entirely legal for Valli to prohibit discussion by the public of an agenda item. The legal requirement is has been flowing across road on either that the decision be made in an open and legal public meeting so that the public and press can at least witness the proceedings and note how their elected officials voted.) Apmintment of new Town Clerk: side of culvert. Jack reported that the Seven applicants had applied and were POA members at the Annual Meeting interviewed. Dorothy Harding was appointed Town Clerk. Dorothy work— ed for Moab City several years ago and strongly supported spending more money on road/erosion control and fire protection. Fire Ban Lifted: Dave made motion to lift the fire ban by adopting Resolution 97-2. Charlie seconded the motion. Fire Chief Floyd Stoughton supported motion. Dave asked Floyd if anyone had requested a permit to burn during the fire ban; Floyd reported that he had said “no”to requests to burn during the ban. Unanimous vote to lift - the fire ban. Resolution Affirming Castle Valley Inn Bed & Breakfast Contract: [At the Sept. TC meeting, TC members had been surprised to hear that a contract with the CV Inn B&B had been signed by the Mayor and recorded. Two TC members said they expected that the contract would be on the agenda again before approval] Valli introduced this agenda item by stating that “this is not a public hearing, this not here to discuss the contract per se in the public, if the Council wants to do that again, I will certainly do that, but it is not going to be open to the public for discussion.” Jayne moved that the resolution (approving the contract) be adopted as read. Charlie seconded the motion. Dave suggested that the title of the contract be changed to the “Zoning Non—compliance Contract” because the contract does not seem to be in compliance with the CV Zoning Ordinance. After comments by Jayne and Charlie, Dave withdrew his request since the majority supported the existing name. Charlie stated that Valli had given him a copy of the contract before she left and said that if he had any objections to the contract to get back in touch with him and get back to her. He looked through the contract and had no objections and therefore tacitly agreed to the contract. Jayne said that was true for her as well; she Funding for KZlVIU Broadcasts to Ci: Charlie suggested that CV deposit the $700 Town committment to KZMU account for Castle Valley. Jayne suggested getting a letter of agreement from the KZMU board that the money will only be used on the CV project. Irregularities and accounting problems continue to occur. Hertha reported that she had contributed a substantial sum towards the project, but it hadn’t been put in the CV account. Charlie moved that the Town donate $700 to KZMU to be put in the CV translator account. Jayne seconded. Motion passed unanimously. has had experience with the responsi— bilities of being a municipal clerk. CV Scholarship: $1,500 scholarship was awarded to Mary Williams. She will be attending a school of natural healing in Springville. Remodeling Firestation: Dave reported that the sheet rock is up and electricity has been connected. Dave would like to hear from any volunteers interested in helping finish the sheetrock or painting. Office Trailer: Lois reported she has told the office trailer company that the Town wants the $6000, 12’x56’ construction trailer. She expects it to be here by the end of the month. Lois said the Town will need a licensed contractor to connect the trailer to the septic system, electricity, etc. before the Building Inspector can sign off on it. (Septic system has not been installed yet.) Will advertise for a general contractor to supervise work. BLM Land at Front Gate: Charlie still working on it. Resolution and Recording of Castle Valley Watershed Boundaries: Jayne promises it will be done by next meeting. ~ Community Lot Well: Jack reported that a Castleton resident, Jim Salmon, who worked for BBQ had looked at the well situation and felt that if several problems were corrected, there was a chance that a better water sample might be obtained. Dave asked if CV shouldn’t be looking into a community water system. Dave felt that it would be a good idea tojust plan on buying a tank and hauling water for the office trailer. Letter Concerning Unshielded Lights: Valli read final draft of letter. Jayne moved that the letter be sent out to CV residents. Valli seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. POA NOTES OCT 1st BOARD MEETING Members present: Jack Campbell, Ken Drogin and Ray Taylor. Annual Mailing: Some changes from last meeting. Board had agreed to use old-style non-annonymous ballots. POA attorney recommended that ballots be secret (not for legal reasons, but for PR reasons). Annual mailing sent out so that ballots can be processed secretly. Copies of Covenants sent out with Annual Mailing were somewhat messed up by printers-—legal style numbering on margin had one set of digits omitted, rendering the numbering useless—— otherwise text was OK. By-Law amendment to raise $ 1000 limit on capital expenditures was deleted from ballot because POA attorney agreed with previous attorneys’ opinion that this limit did not apply the way we had thought it did. The limit applied to funds raised beyond the annual dues, i.e. an extra assessment. Jack had talked with Ray and Ken about this change before this meeting. Treasurer’s Rewrt: Closing balance $20,106.73. Treasurer’s Report reflects two large changes, $13,000 to the Town for road projects and $20,000 for the purchase of two six month $10k money market certificates from First Security Bank. Jack motioned to approve the Treasures Report. Ken seconded the motion. Motion approved unanimously. Bills presented mainly involved postage and printing for Annual Mailing. Ken made the motion to approve the bills. Jack seconded the motion. Motion approved unanimously. Construction Trailer for Tempor— |