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Show '. ' &- - w At IS i . w r - f, t y & - S v - , " - ' . v Wy. - tr n i V-L " t ' Af y . ' 3tj - 10 9& f ' '' f,P'-? - .5 A if'V-''-; ti X 5ei. . k's?A Four UNDC board members ana executive director step aside 4 lii' " v (jg ii T fj. 4 '- v4 .. t - up; .. .. N - ' y . ; (!' : V1', . vv fcjM t'i .' ''JSW t -. .N - W j - IC- J U r uilli, lnir L'tnh Navajo Board i TU v will be temporarily placed. a will tne eecuta-director- ;. ti Board t re. -- i' 1 , y ! Iky 4MC N'ivnm of Navajo Frank Mountain, Farley of 'wind Po-- . Teec Nio Margaret Buck of Mexican Water, and Andrew Tso of the Anetii Chapter will lx re- OUx.jtk 4'!v.it placed with temporary Heading out through San Juans wonderland. snow-kisse- d Alvin Reiner photo HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH No 52 cents 30 January 29, 1992 Monticello City Council authorizes water bond Monticello City Council authorized this past week issuance of a $150,000 25-ye- ar water st bond. Proceeds from the bond will be used in conjunction with a $477,000 grant from the Community Impact Board to acquire, construct, improve and extend the city culinary system. Issuing the bond was a condition for getting the grant. The bond will not be offered at least until late February, or 30 days following public notice of the citys intent to issue the bond. (See legal notice in this paper.) Some steps already have been taken in the upgrading process. According to Rick Terry, city manager, purchase of 500 additional shares of water rights has been negotiated and two wells drilled at the high school football field each test flowed 100 to 150 gallons per minute. While not impressive by some standards, the flow is unusually good for this area, Terry said. In a related matter, coun- cil discussed cross-connectio- between the culinary system and the city secondary, or irrigation, system. Such connections are illegal and council pondered whether a fine is needed in addition to city policy of turning off all water to properties where such illegal connections are made and not corrected upon due notice. Imposing a fine would require rewriting water ordinances and council decided to continue for the time being with the current policy. Cross connections introduce the possibility of contaminated culinary water from secondary water back-flowhich creates a health hazard for culinary users. In other business, Councilman Rye Nielson said only verification of liability insurance and completion of paper work by the county stands in the way of a management finalizing lease for the golf course. Nielson said a rough draft of the lease cannot be completed until paper work is finished that transfers golf course ownership from the county to the city. Additionally, the city attorney must verify whether a conflict exists if the city carries liability insurance on the golf course and the leasee carries liability insurance on the club house. The city is planning to lease the golf course to L. D. Young of Salt Lake City. The lease will stipulate eitrial period ther a one-ye- or a 90-da- for-prof- wnoilv a it of UNDC, The findings tfo audit prompt Governor d Norman Utan Ban-gerte- to order a freeze trie tru-- t fund r n al- ar y termination clause. Council welcomed an offer from the Monticello High Spanish Club to work on city beautiClub fication projects. spokesperson Philip Garcia said the club decided instead of just having fun to do something to improve the 30-memb- er community. Council-woma- n Bernie Christensen will work with the young volunteers. Council approved a 14x20 foot sign for the municipal the Calvin Black Memorial Airport at Halls Crossing. Council also learned that Second West will be extended north as far as Days Inn, - agreed to investigate a windreport of shield repair businesses operating in the area without a state contractors license, a state tax number, or a city license, out-of-sta- te - learned that signs will be posted to prohibit on the golf course and ball parks, as the machines damage greens and snow-mobilin- - approved the appointment of Rick Terry as the city representative on a state water quality task force with travel and related expenses paid by EPA, - learned that the police department is giving notice before ticketing people who leave on the streets cars that interfere with snow plows, authorized the city manager to prepare a draft design for a city building permit, - learned that Monticello has experienced a 13 percent growth in population since the 1990 census, and, - approved a beer and wine license for a restaurant to be opened in the vacant bowling alley building on Highway 666 East. For current information on road conditions call UDOT toll free airport and learned that airport contract manager Calvin Blake of Midway Aviation also will manage g sprinkler heads, - OUR COMMUNITY Neztsosie will be replaced by Clara Bia of Window Rock, appointed by the board as acting executive direc- An acting board tor. chairman will soon be chosen by the three remaining board members. They are James Dandy representing the Blue The San Juan Record Vol 73 : Jndii'-tni'-- . ternates chosen by their reDick spective chapters. m ; . . i Leo member.--, i 1 I ( L Manheimer .,y 44 no-intere- ..it ji ', r Xu .,t i'.1'1 ' .leu i ND( lur ; r rn.iM gy n.i nt. ,!!,(! :! or 1m:- - im .uni u i it thit'.M f ;i v iw r re a t( d to id : ,1- -r an-mlu-r- M ' in L i ' i ,i -T ' - i & it - Mountain Dineh Community, Alvin Holiday representing the Oljato Chapter, and Lewis Tapaha representing the Red Mesa Chapter. A press release from the board states: On January 20, the Board of Trustees of the Utah Navajo Development Council met in Bland-ing Senator named for SE Utah For the coming two years, Mike Dmitrich, e, represent Southeastern Utah in the Utah State Senwill ate. Dmitrich was appointed this week by Governor Norman Bangerter to take the place of Senator Omar who reBunnell, signed due to health reasons. The appointment is e, subject to confirmation by the Senate. In his former role as state representative, Dmitrich represented Carbon and relative to the recent performance audit of the 37.5 percent Utah Navajo The inforTrust Fund Emery counties and a small part of Grand As a senator he County. will represent District 27: mation provided in the San Juan, Grand, Carbon and Emery counties. . . . au- dit lacks the specificity which would enable the UNDC board to draw definite conclusions as to the conduct of any UNDC officer, board member or em- ployee. Dmitrich's replacement will be selected from a list of nominees submitted by the Democratic Central Committee of his former House district. However, the board feels that the controversy gener- ated by the audit has ously impacted UNDC seriop- erations, particularly in its effort to maintain an adequate level of funding from the state of Utah through the 37.5 percent Utah Navajo Trust funds and the Navajo Nation. This problem requires that changes be made. The release goes on to state that all of the individuals being replaced can regain their positions should they be cleared of all allega- tions of impropriety in a manner satisfactory to the board, and that Dandy, Holiday and Tapaha are not implicated in the audit. The release concludes: The UNDC emphasizes their strong desire to continue providing valuable services to Utah Navajos, and . will do everything possible to make program . . improvements necessary to meet this goal. They know that both President Zah and Governor Bangerter share their desire. In that spirit, they look forward to work- - Council briefs On Wednesday evening, January 22, Blanding City Council voted to accept the low bid from Certified Ford for purchase of a new one-hal- f ton pickup to replace one totaled in a recent acci- dent, - agreed to assist the Southeastern Utah Association of Local Governments by taking telephone calls at the city office for Phil Mueller, SEUALGs local business development specialist, - scheduled a public hearing for February 12 at 7:05 p.m. regarding a request for a $90,000 grant from the Community Im- pact Board to upgrade the fire department, and, - learned that almost $1 million was spent by the private sector in building projects in Blanding during 1991 with $5,288 collected by the city in building permits. |