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Show aim Juaim HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER Vol 68 No 43 FOR SAN Record JUAN COUNTY, UTAH 25 cents December 3, 1986 Property owners included in planning for sewer installation by Marsha Keele Three Blanding property owners will have a say in how a sewer line and pumping station will be installed by the College of Eastern Utah San Juan Center. retiring after 25 years service, and authorized the purchase of 1 ,500 shares of water stock from Kenneth Shumway. A $100 per month raise was r approved for Sam Daisy. A employee, Daisy is responsible for city equipment and the sweeping of Main Street. Daisys raise was granted on the recommendation of the city engineer and the city manager. two-yea- Dan Webb, Bill Cook and Clyde Harvey, all of whom own property adjacent to the college, had expressed concern that the installation would adversely impact their property, which they claim already has been devalued by the raising of a road bed. During a meeting with the city council last week, the men agreed to the installation and will be included in the planning stages. The sewer line and pump, needed to accommodate a student dormitory yet to be built, will be installed south of the parking lot for the science building. The project will be financed by the San Juan Foundation, the fund raising arm of CEU, and engineered to meet city specifications. In other business, the council presented a plaque to John Seeley, city employee who is The council urged Blanding residents to protect and take pride in the citys Christmas lights and decorations. It was reported that some vandalism had occurred shortly after the decorations were put in place. The council is requesting that parents talk to their children about the importance of protecting public, as well as private, property, and - asks anyone observing vandalism of the Christmas decorations to call the police or the city manager. The only council meeting scheduled for December will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10. County department heads request budget increases exceeding $150,000 department heads submitted budget increases totaling over $150,000 to county commissioners on Monday. In spite of a request by the commissioners that no raises be planned for 1987, several departments submitted requests for raises. The sheriffs department requested the largest increase with a proposal that the 1986 budget be increased $110,000 to cover increased salaries, added jail costs, training and uniform County A monolith made of infinite blocks, much like a child's building set, looks as if it is about ready to topple. Alvin Reiner photo BLM advisory councils officially protest proposed expansion of Hovenweep Monument by Carl Eismann Advisory councils for the Moab, Utah and Montrose, Colorado districts of the Bureau of Land Management have gone on record as being opposed to the expansion of Hovenweep National Monument as proposed by the National Park Service. The joint resolution of the advisory councils was written following public hearings in Cortez and Monticello and focused on National Park pol the proposed expansion. They said San Juan County cannot afford a diminished tax base. ment councils, and elected city officials. They said expansion of Hovenweep will adversely impact potentially rich oil and resolution identified the adjacent to the boundaries of use concept. gas prospects within or The county attorney-elec- t re- quested an increase for his icies of prohibiting multiple use within park boundaries. Testifying at the Monticello hearing were representatives from the San Juan County Commission and the San Juan County Development Board, representatives of the Monti-cell- o and Blanding develop- allowances. The joint resolution of the advisory councils was strengthened by a second resolution written by the Moab District BLM Advisory Council. The proposed expansion area as an area of critical environmental concern that should be managed under the multiple secretary and a $5,000 increase for himself. Other items requested by the attorney-elec- t include a $12,000 computer tie-in- increase in senior citizens services, and decreases in the aging, emergency and fire control budgets. The county golf course budget request called for an increase of about $2,000 for maintenance of equipment and utility increases, plus a request for the purchase of a new fairway mower. Increases were requested for three budgets under the control of the Extension Service. They are $10,000 for the fair board, excluding the $3,000 normally appropriated for the Miss San Juan Pageant, and repairs to the fair facilities. The Extension budget request called for a (Please turn to page 6) ; a $4,000 law library appropriation; and, approximately $1,500 for phone connections to his office in Blanding. The commissioners advised the that any raise for attorney-elec- t an elected official would require a public hearing. Services under the jurisdiction of the county administrative assistant project a $5,000 increase in salaries, a slight Budget hearing The San Juan County budget hearing will be held at the Courthouse in Monticello in the courtroom on December 8, at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend. |
