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Show dlu' Page A2 ilimrs3uhrjrnhrut Council members take oaths of office Sheriff asks county to reconsider pay increase by County recommends Shafer Home be placed on historic list Church liy Lina staff On C(iuiit v other l"l. ih sheritls riter night, Grand Tm-sda- Slu nil Jim Nvlaiid the ('ouiitv ('mintll to re t ii nm-iil- hr .1 a ru iit pay in itc.im ne iimiiu iidt il tor elected on'icia!'. in tin JOOl liiniti i L.i't month, the count il rrOM-- the rievt budget and voted lor a tan hike m order to pay tor eountv service' and higher sal.irie-- tor alxiut some eountv employee-- , J i 4 hut percent on average elected olVicnds were budgeted to receive only d erccnt told the council that he had compared his salary w ith Nyl-tn- that of sherilTs around theftate, and said Grand County is still Nyland curacini helund rently earns $U,7Hd, and the .d xri'ent r.use would increase his Me annual salary to asked the council to consider in creasing his pay by at least five jxTcent to bring it in line with I incur no additional responsi-luli- t the Shafer home Dale and W ilda Irish, represent in,' the (Iraad ('ountv Historical Sociitv, asked for the council's in seeking the designation Dale Irish said the Society hopes to raise about $ H (MM) to restore the dilapidated building, hut is seeking historic designation as a first step in prr erv ing it Hut Council Member Al Mela-cxsaid the cost of restoration would likely Ik much higher dont sec how you can restore that place for $100,000. Not a chance," he said Irish told the council he will w little d like to sec inavlx more to make it comparable to other she nil- - m I tah, he -- an! Council im in U rs agreed to reAll We view Nvl.md- - lecpic -- t can -- .cv Is that we'll take .1 look .end see, said Hart la avitt In oilier the council after I, ngthv discussion to .egrex-recommc iid that the .John Shaler liome, an adolie home1 built in 1HM and now located near (Irand ( 'out it v High School, lie designated an historic building and added to tlie National Register of Historic 1 c Places Some council member-worrie- d that hac king the designawould lorn the county to pay tion for restoration and preservaMon of the building Council MciiiU r Jim Iawis agreed to research the question the council signs a letter of support, and the council voted unanimously to hac k the projiosal if that research shows the eountv n s lor .il 1 1 i I spear head the restoration project, and will likedy ask for theeounty. "The buildmgl isn't in all that great sliaH And it isn't the best example of crallmanship. Hut it's some help from Its an of our history." important piece all we've not," Irish said. New council juggles board nominees Continued from I'agc AI d d May tie, with council members Schappert, Ikti v and Langianese voting for the appoint- ments, ae.d la'Wis. Me Needy and voting against Al McIaod did not vote, then said he abstained, believing that an abstention would count as an affirmative vote During the five minute break that followed, Ixav itt asked council mcmliers to review the rules for voting, and they determined that w hen a conn Howi ll momlxT abstains, the vote is not counted ever, tin rules do state that if a council member chooses not to vote, rather than abstain, then the vote is counted as a yes vote. brought this tip now tmeause I honestly cannot remember a time when mi abstention broke the tie," Icavitt said when the council meeting 1 r resumed just thought we needed to clarify this." That clarification led Sihapxrt to call for another vote on the appointments During the third and fi- nal vote, Mil. end, Schappert, Mayberry and Langianese voted to appoint Moore to a one-yea- r slot as the council cancy, Sc i,cpHrt to a two-yea- r and Ho to a two-yea- r vacancy. va- Travel Council Director Delay described the process as unusual," hut said she was happy with the council's selections. They have indicated that they arc interested in getting new people on boards. The y wanted a well rounded hoard, and we wanted a council person on our hoard," Delay said after the vote applicants were excellent. I would have been happy with having any of them appointed ( )n Tuesday night, the council also voted to reappoint Green River resident Hruce Nelson to the Grand All the County Cemetery Maintenance Hoard. Nelson's term had expired at the end of last year. Start the New Year With Franklin Seal staff v riter Council Grand County Clerk Fran Townsend on Tuesday administered the oath of office to two members of the Grand County Council w ho are new, and two who were returning. Al McLeod, Jim Lewis, Jerry McNeeley and Joette Langtanese swore to uphold the office during a brief but formal ceremony Tuesday at noon in the Grand County Council Chambers. Mclicod is returning to office after having served four years Asked how he hoped to accomplish that goal, he replied that he intends to follow up complaints about council votes w ith personal inv Rations to citizens to come to meetings. "Im going to start calling people. Mcljeud, the veteran w ith the most time on the council of the four, said he had a number of things at the top of his personal list. I w ant to make sure that the Atlas tailings, if they start to move it, is done with care because thats going to have a big impact on the community. He was also concerned about the Cloudrock development on Johnsons Up On Top Mesa and about a proposed Utah Department of Transportation study of highway routing alternatives through Moab valley. On renewing his term for the sometimes position, he joked, 1 feel like Im crazy .. .but thats alright. Ive got another four years and I feel like I can get some things done for the high-pressur- e community." representing District 4 and w into that seat last ning November Lewis served on the council from July 1998 to December 1998 after he was appointed to fill a seat vacated by Ray Rene. Lewis ran a write-i- n campaign seat in Nov. 1998 but lost to Susanne Mayberry. I ie won his current seat by resident Castle defeating Va'ley Hill lledden Nov. 7 by a nine-poifor that at-lar- at-lar- nt margin. The councils two new bers Langianese mem- and McNeeley sat through their first meeting as official members Tuesday night. Earlier Tuesday, after the taking-of-oat- 1 Susanne Mavlicrry ahstamed made a motion tn appoint then Langianese Moore Ho That vote turned tn a and SchapHrt, rccomme-ndutio- Thursday, January 4, 2001 ceremony, h Langianese said the project shed most like to see accomplished r term is esduring her care faciltablishing a long-terity in Grand County. The longterm care issue is the one Id really like to focus on. If I accomplish anything in the next four years, my first choice would be to get a long-terfacility going." Hut shes also interested in other issues. One item on Tuesday four-yea- In photo above, new council members prepare to sign oaths of office. Grand County Clerk Fran Townsend, below, far left, administers the oath to two returning members and two new members of the Grand County Council. Swearing to uphold the office on Tuesday in the Grand County Council Chambers, left to right, are: Al McLeod, Jerry McNeeley, Joette Langianese and Jim Lewis. Photos by Franklin Seal. nights somewhat thin agenda that had her curious was the sale of land owned by State Institutional Trust Lands Administration in Castle Valley. McNeeley said if there was only one thing he could accomplish in the next four years it would be to get more citizen participation at council meetings. What I would Teally like to see is most of the voters coming to the county council meetings. County, city ready to OK lighting codes Continued from I'age Al ing it to a first reading before the planning commission, the city planning commission and staff have finished work on theirs and it is slated to go before the city council as soon as certain legal issues are clarified by the citys attorney. The countys ordinance would mainly affect bottom- - and billboards or signs and exterior flood lamps, such as are used to light parking lots and yards. It requires that all such installations focus light downward onto the sign or ground that they are intended to illuminate, and that they utilize shielding or specially focused lenses to keep stray light from traveling onto adjacent properties. back-lighte- All Floor Covering on Sale - Carpet - Vinyl Wood - Ceramic Laminate IJTJTJ d New equipment installed after the ordinance is signed into law would need to meet the code. During the seven years the abatement clause is in effect, all equipment would be grand fathered in, but would be requited to meet the new stan- pre-existi- Power will be out early Sunday a.m. Moab City residents will experience a planned pow er outage during the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 7. Utah Power Moab manager Textures - Berbers - Saxonies Cut Pile Berbers YOUR CHOICE r Plush dard if the light fixtures were ever replaced or substantially changed. At the end of the abatement period, all fixtures would be required to meet the new code. On the face of it, it might seem that come the end of the sunset clause, many lights in the county will still remain out of compliance and that county code enforcers could suddenly find themselves overwhelmed by a Herculean task of bringing all lighting laggards into compliance. Hut County Building In- spector Jeff Whitney says enforcement will be primarily based on complaints, as it is now. Besides, he seemed to think people were generally well disposed to the idea of making a few slight changes to their lights in order to protect the beauty of the night sky. In fact, he and county planning secretary Mary Hofhine said community response has been good, so far. And with seven years in which to make the necessary changes, many installa tions will have already been upgraded. I think the lighting issue in this town will be the least oppositional one. Everyone likes the dark," Ilolhine said. In the best of all possible worlds, seven years from now, we wont have anything whatsoever to do because it will all have been done." But Quality Lighting group member Lance Christy and county planning office staffers say the main thrust of the ordinance is on educating the public and helping them make the changes, not on enforcement. Christy said the volunteer group anticipates possibly making bulk purchases of shields and offering them for sale at a steep discount. Local electricians are being lined up to offer their services at discount rates for making the needed changes. And the group already has a supply of some shields that it is willing to offer for free, Christy said. The dark sky committee has connections to all kinds of lighting fixtures." ... three bedrooms, at least two bathrooms, fenced yard, quiet neighborhood ... can I ... live without the custom caoinets... as long as can move in right away... I Ralph Sharp said the outage, scheduled from 2-- 6 a m., was nec- order to patch in new essary lines that reroute power around in construction along Highway 191 immediately north of the city limits specifically the new Motel 6. I tried a lot of different ways to do this, but when it came down to it, it had to happen," Sharp said. The outage w ill be confined to Moab City and will not affect Spanish Valley residents. Sometimes a month just too long... is The Real Estate Weekly putting a fresh face on rea! estate Times-lndepende- nt |