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Continued From A-1 Hope lives at screening mental illnesses start between the ages of 10 and 14, and you’ve got kids going through the education system and their teenage lives with undiagnosed, untreated mental illnesses. What a screening like this does is, if I’m a parent with a child who’s struggling and I see this, all of a sudden my eyes are open to something new.” Hudnall added that people in Summit County should be encouraged to see several organizations and governmental bodies uniting to tackle the issue of mental health, and by extension, suicide. Provo, he said, went from averaging two to three youth suicides a year to a nineyear streak without one because of partnerships like the ones forming in Summit County. Continued From A-1 Attorney appointed The Democratic Party has 30 days to forward up to three qualified nominees. “The County Council ultimately has 45 days to make a decision on the party’s nominees,” Thomas said. “The council will have open interviews because it is a public official.” In order to qualify for county attorney, a nominee must be a citizen of the United States and a licensed attorney who is an active member in good standing of the Utah bar. Generally, the Utah Election Code requires a candidate for county attorney to be a resident of the county for one year prior to the general election. However, with an appointment mid-term, the candidate for county attorney is allowed to become a resident of the county within 30 days after appointment, according to Thomas. Cheryl Butler, chair of the county’s Democratic Party, said while she has received the council’s letter “we are not focusing on the replacement right now.” “We have plenty of time and they have been working with an interim head Continued From A-1 Campsites reported of campsites, but it is unusual for there to be a string of cases like those in recent weeks. The police said officers ordered two men to leave a campsite, described as a transient camp, found on City Hallowned land on the hillside. There were also complaints on the hillside on April 18. On April 27, meanwhile, someone hiking midmorning on or close to the Rail Trail came across people camping and littering, the police were told. The reports sometimes do not become pronounced until the summer as the snow melts and conditions become more amenable to living outdoors. People found living in campsites over the years have told the police they opted for the outdoors for a variety of reasons like a desire to live on the land or an inability to find housing in Park City’s resort-driven rental market. Kirk said the Police Department in the recent cases has offered to transport the people in the campsites to a homeless shelter in Salt Lake City. None of them has agreed to relocate to the shelter, he said. In other instances, nobody was found at a campsite when the police investigated. Kirk said the Police Department and Direct Importer of the World’s Finest Rugs A t t h e H i s t o r i c Vi l l a T h e a t r e “When you have everybody come together, it’s amazing how the resources and the energy really change that paradigm,” he said. “The strength and the power is in the collaboration.” Wiest, for one, is encouraged by the progress that has been made so far. Connect expects to double the participation from last year’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and is aiming to have at least 1,800 people attend the more than a dozen events planned through the beginning of June. “What we’re hoping to achieve is a greater awareness,” she said. “We want to promote a greater understanding of mental health in Summit County, and we’re doing this through these very persuasive speakers who are coming. We’re not just showing a film. We’re bringing people here so people can engage with them and provide resources.” The screening of “Hope Lives: Preventing Teen Suicide in Utah” is scheduled for May 9, at 6 p.m. in the Jim Santy Auditorium at the Park City Library. For more information, visit Connect’s website, connectsummitcounty.org. in that department for some time now,” Butler said. “We are encouraging everyone to give the family their condolences and time to grieve before we even think about a replacement.” An executive committee meeting will be scheduled later this month, Butler said, adding “there will be a public notice announcing we are seeking nominations, as well as a separate notice saying we will have a county convention so our delegates can choose the nominees.” Butler alluded to a promotion from within the county attorney’s office, saying “there are a number of qualified attorneys who are already working there.” But she also acknowledged there are others in the community who may be interested in filling the role. Butler said the notices won’t likely be published until after the services are held honoring Hilder, which will be from noon to 2 p.m. Monday, May 15, in the Santy Auditorium in the Park City Library. An informal memorial gathering will be held at noon, on Wednesday, May 3, in courtroom N-42 at the Matheson Courthouse, located at 450 S. State Street. “Judge Hilder was brilliant. He was a well-respected judge who came with an amazing resume and we were so fortunate to have him,” Butler said. “It will be very difficult to find someone, in my opinion, who will be willing to step up and fill those shoes.” City Hall attorneys are readying an update to municipal rules that will be meant to clarify a law forbidding camping on public property. The police, meanwhile, have also received reports of people staying in the Old Town transit center on Swede Alley. Spending the night in the transit center is prohibited. An officer warned someone on April 25 while someone was found asleep in a restroom at the transit center on April 14. The cases in the transit center follow in the months after a series of similar reports during the winter. In another instance, three people were found sleeping in vehicles in public parking lots along the S.R. 248 entryway. The Christian Center of Park City, which operates a food pantry and works with the homeless, encourages people without places to live in Park City to head to Salt Lake City. Rob Harter, the executive director of the organization, said there are no shelters in Park City while there are resources for the homeless in Salt Lake City. The Christian Center of Park City will pay the bus fare for someone to go to a shelter in Salt Lake City. Someone chooses that option at least once a month, Harter said. “Historically, when the weather gets better, I hear about people camping out around town,” he said, adding that Park City’s housing market is tight even as leaders address the issue. “The demand for housing is not matching the affordable housing.” Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 3-5, 2017 Building chief picked David Thacker has Park City experience By JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record City Hall on Friday said it has hired a onetime Park City Building Department staffer to lead the crucial office at a time when the construction industry continues a post-recession comeback, opting for a person with a background in the Marsac Building and experience in the complexities of developing in Park City. Park City Manager Diane Foster picked David Thacker to be the chief building official from a field of 17 people who sought the position. Thacker is scheduled to start on Monday. Michelle Downard, who led the department on an interim basis, will return to her post as the deputy chief building official upon Thacker’s arrival. He’s coming back with experience coming from a community that has many shared goals,” Anne Laurent Community development director Thacker will return to Park City from Boulder, Colorado, where he was the chief building official and also served as the building services manager for the municipal government there. City Hall said Thacker has spent more than 17 years in the industry, working at the local, state and federal levels. The position in Boulder involved managing personnel, budgeting, developing building and energy codes and enforcing codes. Thacker worked in the Park City Building Department from 2007 until 2012 as a building inspector and a senior plans examiner. He worked in the same roles in Wasatch County for three years ending in 2007. The Continued From A-1 Tell story about grit everybody’s mind.” Conference events will continue on Saturday and Sunday. It costs $129 to attend the three-day workshop, which is designed to help Toastmasters members tell stories in effective ways. “It’s about how to use your story to best impact an audience, whether you’re talking at a social function, or you are speaking to a corporation or five years in the Building Department in Park City were marked first by continued strength in the industry followed by a steep decline in the numbers during the recession. Anne Laurent, the community development director in Park City and the immediate supervisor of the chief building official, said in an interview Thacker’s background in Park City as well as his time as the chief building official in Boulder was attractive to City Hall. “He’s coming back with experience coming from a community that has many shared goals.” Laurent said about Boulder, citing sustainability and quality-of-life goals in that community. Laurent also noted Thacker supports a team approach to government work. Thacker outlined an idea to create a “culture in building that’s growing and taking it to the next level” during the hiring process. “You have to find the right balance between what the codes say . . . but being responsive to the community,” she said. The construction industry in Park City has enjoyed a strong increase in numbers since the depths of the recession, hitting at least $100 million in consecutive years in 2014 and 2015 for the first time since a fouryear string that ended in 2008. The increases have been broad as landowners broke ground on new projects or renovated existing ones. The strength is expected to continue in coming years with the possibility of large projects and smaller ones. In a prepared statement, the city manager said Park City is “fortunate to have a new leader for our building department who knows our building community and our organization.” “In talking with Dave, it is clear to me that his time as chief building official for Boulder, Dave has gained a lot of experience, both about his profession and about leading a strong team,” Foster also said in the prepared statement. The Park Record was unable to contact Thacker. Thacker will succeed Chad Root, who served as the chief building official from mid-2011 until early 2017. The city manager said at the time of his departure Root intended to move to California. any kind of venue,” Lavoie said. Saturday and Sunday’s events include speeches, competitions and banquets. Lavoie said she hopes to see locals attend and learn more about giving speeches, which is a Toastmasters’ goal. “Before I joined, I thought Toastmasters was about giving toasts at an event,” Lavoie said. “It’s really not. It’s more of a speaking club. The point of going to Toastmasters is to learn how to speak more effectively.” The Park City Toastmasters Club meets at 7 a.m. every Tuesday at the Summit County Library. To learn more about club or the conference’s schedule, visit pctoastmasters.com. Get all the latest Park Record updates. BERRETT MoRTgagE FULL SERVICE MoRTagE BRoKER SINCE 1986 A branch office of Welcomes Potter Clark to our teAm! 3092 So. 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