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Show 1- -1 HKtO i- - 11-5- '' 7' A337. 10'. 'm ,hLT Serving East Juab County Volume 94, No. 43 No vote in November on Special Service District Taxes By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent There will not be a vote to raise property taxes 2 mills to bring money into the newly created special services fire district on the November ballot. Somebody dropped the ball, and as a result, there were not enough days left to legally advertise the proposal, said Gordon Young, Juab County Commission Chair. State law, he said, demands that a proposed tax increase be advertised at least three weeks before the election in the legal notices section of the newspaper. There had been plenty of time to meet the requirement when the special fire district was created. We will have to pull the ballots, said Young. Pat Greenwood, county clerk, said 19 persons had already voted, via absentee ballot. When I take the ballots to the precincts, I will have the ballots opened right there and I will pull the ballots on whether the fire district should be allowed to raise taxes. Greenwood said she would destroy those ballots, just the small ballot included inside the larger ones, on the spot. We did not meet the requirement, said Ike Lunt, commissioner, an oversight occurred and the advertising was not done. Young said the special services fire district board members had been reluctant to hold a special election and wanted to have the election as part of the general election this November. We have been concerned that the number of people who would turn out at a special election might be small and that we would get a largely negative vote. Those who go to special elections are usually ones who are opposed to the proposal, he said. We will have to hold the election fairly soon, in the early part of the year, in order to collect tax increases in 1997, said Young. Juab County Commissioners approved the incorporation of Rocky Ridge as the newest of Juab County's communities on Monday. Attending the commission meeting for the agenda item were several residents of the new community. Kent Allred acted as spokesman for the group. I am the one who submitted the petition, said Allred. The residents of the community preferred to have a mayor and two council members. However, commissioners determined they would need to appoint a mayor and four or five council members. Allred, on recommendation of members of the petitioners, was selected to be a council member. Four others Tom Bronson, Ronald Allred, Darrell Allred, and Marvin Allred Jr., were also appointed by commissioners to serve on the council. See 7bwn on page 2 I - L. 3 3TE :;t- - li Nice Place To Live! Wednesday, October 23, 1996 12 pages Single Copy Price 500 Salt Lake CUP Board member tells CUP Board that Salt Lake is not interested in Juabs CUP Water By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent sion on water transfers from Juab Coun- ty to Salt Lake County. Gerald K. Maloney, president of the Metropolitan Water District and chair A Salt Lake board member ofthe Cen- of the board of directors of the Salt Lake tral Utah Water Conservancy District County Water Conservancy District repBoard said at a board meeting held on resenting Salt Lake County, made the Wednesday that the organization he statement at the CUWCD board meetrepresented did not renew the discus ing on Wednesday. For the first time in the history ofthe Central Utah Water Conservancy District, the board of directors meeting was held in Nephi. We are not interested in the water, said Maloney, who also serves on the board of the Central Utah Water Conservancy district. He said the board of SLCWCD was not interested in taking water allotments nor were they interested in the ideas the environmentalist groups were pushing. This is welcome news to us, said Gordon Young, Juab County Commission chair. The CUP is of great importance to us, this go round is a chance to get much needed water for East Juab County. He said, the commission did not expect, if this water was lost to the county, the county would ever have another chance to develop water resources which were of primary importance to those who lived in East Juab. We cannot emphasize enough the importance of this water to Juab County and its residents. We need the water and have worked, since the organization of CUWCD figr this project, said one-sh- ot Young. Congress may not approve another application, he said. If the water was not brought to Juab County now, said Joseph Bernini, commissioner, then the county would probably never have the resources to develop such a project. In a 1987 meeting between the Salt CONSTRUCTION SITES The northeast section of Nephi is the site of two major construction projects. Above, progress Lake County Water Conservancy Dison the new high school, to the immediately east of the present high school, continues. In the meantime in the same trict (SLCWCD) board and then Convicinity, construction on the new Stake Center, below, appears to be progressing at a neck and neck pace. The new Stake gressman Wayne Owens, this same sugCenter in located on 400 East across from Canyon Hills Health Care Center. gestion was first made, said Maloney. At that time, the SLCWCD board unanimously passed a resolution saying the idea was not feasible, as well as the fact that it is not water they were entitled to and would not support such a proposal, said Maloney. Our board passed a resolution that it was not feasible for us to get the wam ter and we were not entitled to it, he said. At the same time. Congressman Owens suggested the Wallsburg Tunnel, said Maloney. It was explained to him that Provo River could not handle the excess flows without destroying the Blue Ribbon fisheries. Maloney said installation of pipeline along the Provo River would be unacceptable environmentally. Maloney repeated that the environmental comments of late about the agricultural water transfers are not new concepts and were first discussed in the years 1985 through 1987. The decision to keep the Irrigation and Drainage System intact was made at that time, he said. clostimes. several to resuscitated be some had were, moving things in the By Myrna Trauntvein SLCWCD is not part of, nor are they ambuwas Mitchell transferred by et, he said. s an instigator in this recently renewed Correspondent Unfortunately, said Carter, a loaded lance to Primary Childrens Medical Center where he was stabilized and discussion on water transfers from Juab gun had been stored in the closet. County to Salt Lake County, said MalThe gun tipped over and hit the boy treated, said Carter. Kevin Mitchell, 11, Levan was serioney. Mitchell may need some reconstrucously injured in a shooting accident on in the lower lip, he said. He said Dale Gardner, an attorney, in said facial the Ambulance tive The East Juab County future, surgeiy Thursday. Mitchell and a friend were playing in crew was summoned to the home, said Carter. He will be OK, said Carter. He a bedroom at Mitchells home, said Dav- Carter. En route to Central Valley Med- is very lucky to be alive. See Water on page 2 id Carter, Juab County Sheriff. They ical Center, Mitchell quit breathing and 1 boy seriously hurt in accidental shooting Eleven-year-ol- d Times-New- pVant'-t- register to vote? Last days are j22Xfc If you are 18 year of age or older, and want to vote in the November 5th election, you must . register, in person, on Monday, October 28th or Tuesday, October 29th, ; Potential voters must register, on either of those two days, with the registrar fn your : p (!l;Mctfim8a.m. to9p.mh I A, Registrars and their district and address are as follows : Jf: j J.fT - C7 TT' 7 - 2 Nephi 1 Betty Paxman, 95 South 700 East; Nephi 2 Arlene Griffiths, 175 West 00 South; Nephi 3 Betty Motes, 180 West 500 North; Nephi 4T;rryIr-:..- 43 - rtSOONcrth. . , v ' 'V. ' ; Ilsna Dsrisne Pcwkes, 45 East Center.' .7 , 7 ' Levan Kelli Ar'-ar57 South 200 West. ' Lucille Eureka 1 Bigler, C5 West Leadvills Row; Eureka C2 May Crh' ITzin; Eureka 3 Margaret Fennell, 26 East Leadvills. Mammoth- - Cheryl Wahlbcrg, Mammoth. 7 Alim J, Ctar Rt 7: 7 Callao Cl Amy Cabey, Paitaun; Callao . 7- - d, 2-Je- nnifer I tw , Nephi City Fall cleanup starts Monday Nephi City crews will begin picking up debris and items at 8:00 a.m. Monday, October 28th. All items to be hauled away must be placed in piles along the edge of the street before the cleanup begins on Monday. Residents are reminded to take special precaution to keep piles away from low banging branches, power poles, and any other obstacle so that the heavy equipment has ready, and safe, access for loading. Contractors doing construction or demolition may not place material on public property, but must haul it to authorized dump sites. Contractors doing cleanup may not place material on public property without prior written per mission. This project is part of a continuing effort to improve the appearance ofthe community. |