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Show t rc- -2 Frcrt pst one Lvil: an extra $30 for a less than 24 hour notice fee, said Newton. You can set up your inspections by calling Jill Haveron between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, said Newton. In addition, Haveron will check, and has done, she said, the answering machine at the town office. I check the machine daily, she said. Lynn said he had no problem with complying with the demands of the information on the orange sheet and would do so in the fixture, however, he still did not want to pay the fee for the past. I have always given 24 hour notice, he said. Doesn't the building inspector have any extra inspections allowed without charging a fee for them? asked Craig Allred, city council member. Young said he had understood there was one extra inspection included without extra charge. One he built into the program and the regular costs was the plan review. The council voted in favor of not requiring the bills for the extra inspections to be paid until further information was obtained. We will just forget about the bills owed until after next council meeting in September, said Young. Doran Kay, council member, voted No on the motion. The appointment ofJeff Boyd to serve as an alternate building inspector may have been a rash act on the part of the town council and council members agreed they will hold an executive session prior to any future council appointments. We went on the word ofthe appointee that everything was in order, said Kevin Young, mayor. Boyd, he said, had taken the state exams but, in order to be fully licensed, he must also be reviewed by the licensing board for building inspectors. As of the 12th, said Young, they had received his application and his money. The board will meet at the end of the month to determine whether the license should be granted. He has to have the official license before he can do any in- Mona will hold meeting on town stand pip? Ikauntvcin Whsre did a eat cl tmildlng plans go, Mona Council tvanlo to Imoiv, cells in law enforcsmsnt to investigate i s photocop-Times-Ne- Correspondent Correspondent Mona Tbwn Council voted on Tuesday to hold a public hearing to determine what should be done with a water stand pipe at 200 North. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 9, at 6 p.m. and will be held to just one hour. Council meeting will begin on schedule at 7 p.m. and regular said for the city, spections business can be discussed. Young. A set of building plans has come up mmsmg from Mona Town HaH and the council dead- ed to call in the proper law en- forcement authorities to investigate the matter if a further investigation by the council war- rants it. Jill Haveron, building inspection secretary, said there were only a few people who had keys to the file drawer where the plans are kept. Only Greg Newton, Cindy Molyneaux, and I have a key to the file drawer, she We are interested in having In addition, he said, Boyd would be licensed by the state to people attend the meeting so we do inspections for framing, dry can determine whether to keep wall, foundations and concrete. the stand pipe or remove it, said said. He cannot do plumbing and Kevin Young, mayor. Molyneaux keeps her key on He said those planning to at- the electrical inspections. premises. Those are called mechanical tend should come with a helpful Haveron said Newton, the disto inspections, said Allen Ricks, attitude and be prepared and zoning director, cuss problems without name planning council member. and Molyneaux, town secretary, Craig Allred, council member, calling and bad temper. We do were trustworthy and should suggested the council modify the not want this to turn into a com- have a key. A house is being built right appointment of Boyd to allow plaint session, said Young. He saidOxncil members are now him to do the work of inspections using the same plans, said when his appropriate license especially interested in obtaining Haveron. Copies of the plans comes from the state and not public input because one of thq have surfaced in another file, until. We also need to limit his recommendations for solving she said. inspections to the items he is problems with stand pipe usage is to remove the stand pipe. qualified for, said Allred. Council members also agreed Currently, in order to make the with the suggestion Young made stand pipe pay for itself, the then determines how that rating members of the commuthat all appointments be done, in council requires that all those affects said. he nity, must have a the future, after an executive ses- using the facility ISO determines the rating to town. which for the to sion and to draft a policy that key they pay be to used develop advisory propThose who live out of town pay a effect. calculations. insurance erty fee for the key. higher Insurance companies use this The plan, however, is not workto determine what information ing. Some lend the key to others individual residents properthe the on draw and increase Now that the Sesquicentennial Mormon Wagon Train is over water, and others are not careful about ty insurance will cost, said and I am back home in the real world, I want to publicly Young. The homeowners insuruse. for printing all thank Allan and Mariann at The Times-New- s flows with the We would of our stories and progress along the trail. appreciate sugges- ance ebbs and tions of ways the town could findings of the ISO. I also want to thank everyone who came to see us and those A video of the Mona pageant, make the water stand pipe pay who wrote us letters and sent us pictures and articles of the for the water used, said Young. presented at the towns celebraMormon Trail Wagon Train. In the summer, he said, more tion of the coming of the pioneers It was a great experience to drive a team of horses pulling d than 100,000 gallons of water is to Utah, July 24, is available to an wagon 1,200 miles across Nebraska, Wyoming used at the stand pipe site. Young all who are interested in obtainand Utah. ' said that amount of water would ing a copy. Thanks to all who helped along the way and especially The written pageant, by Kathy for allow of addition five the thanks to those who cheered us on. households to the town water Kay of Mona, and played by var-Dale and DaNell Worwood Thank You iron-tire- supply. Nephi During our moratorium on k building imposed because of of water, it is important out who is benefiting from the stand pipe, he said. We want those who are prepared to help with actual problem solving to attend, said the-lac- Letters to the editor policy... to-fin- The Times News welcomes opinions from its readers concerning any subject pertinent to Juab County. Letters should be to the point and must include the writers name, address and telephone number. Letters may not be used to replace advertisements, Cards of Thanks, or to list sponsors or participants to a particular event, Letters to the editor will be not be accepted from any candiate that has filled for political office or from anyone supporting a filed candidate. Anything unsigned, of a libelous nature, or containing defamatory statements will not be considered for publication. All letters must be typed or legibly written, be less than one double spaced type written page in length. Letters are subject to editing. Mail to Letter to the Editor, P.O. Box 77, Nephi, Utah, 84648. Deadline is Monday before 5 p.m. The Editor reserves the right to limit letters on any subject. Allan R. Gibson, Publisher Mariann C. Gibson, Editor Myrna Trauntvein, Correspondent Nephi, Julie Smalley, Correspondent Levan, 623-150- Call (801) 623-052- 5 FAX: (801) 623-473-5 The learned, on Tuesday, that the towns fire rating has improved. Mayor Kevin Young received a letter from ISO (Insurance Services Office, Inc.) advising the rate had been improved from a 10 (the worst rating possible) to a 79 for outside the protected area and from a 9 for the town rating to a 7 rating. ' Improving the fire station, getting the equipment that we needed, made a definite impact, I believe, along with our fire agreements that weve signed in The new classification became 1 of this year. The new classification may result in a decrease in advisory property insurance calculations effective on August ' 3 for subscription, news or advertising INTERNET: gibsontnnebonet.com is published each Wednesday by the Times-New-s (UPSP Publishing Co., 96 South Main, Nephi, Utah 84648. Periodical postage Utah. at POSTMASTER. is paid Nephi, Send address changes to The Times-NewP. O. Bax 77, Nephi, Utah 84648 nmee-Ne- Young. Mona Tbwn Council members the past, in getting the better rating, said Young. 623-019- 5 631-06- s, Deadlines' News and advertising, close of business, Mondayprior to publication. When a holiday falls on Monday, the deadline is the Friday pnor to publication. Subscription prices- Six months, $14 in or out of Juab County, one year; $19 in Juab County $23 outside Juab County, payable in advance. No subscriptions accepted for less than six months Single copy price, 50. Advertising rates available upon request for space 1 for many insured properties within the town and the outside protected area, wrote Ronald D. Kepler, manager of ISO. . The change may affect prop- erties to a degree depending upon the type of building construction, the hazards of occu- pancy and other factors, he said. the Class 7 rating to applied properties in the outside protected area, within 1,000 feet of a hydrant, five road miles of a fires station, and with a needed fire flow of 3,500 gpm or less. Class 9, he said, was for properties within five road miles of a fire station but beyond 1,000 feet of a fire station but beyond 1,000 feet of a fire hydrant . Class 10 applies to properties beyond five road miles of a fire station. The private and public protection at properties in the town and outside the protected area with large fire flows is individually evaluated and may vary from the town classification, said Kepler. A recent visit to Mona was to' gather information needed to determine a public protection classification which may be used to develop advisory property insurance calculations, he said. This rating will have an impact on the insurance rating of individual people in the town, said Young. ISO determines be rated and what a town - Kepler said can see where they have about one month ago, said r Haveron. been cut, pasted and ffile ' was entire an said She Newton. said ied, The architect was paid for the missing. There was a set of that were duplicated but not for fi t pi whid& a theft of services. I think we should table this , f buildi 6 plan8 "You By Myrna Times-New- Wednesday, August 20, 1997 Nephi, Utah and questions are in regard to the recent prop-erty tax increase for Juab Coun- tyNephi. I, like many with whom I have spoken, are extremely upset with the taxation which has been lev-ied down to property owners in Nephi. An increase of any kind was not needed in this county We just and the cities there-ihad one tax increase last year. The increase which has been levied against property owners here is uqjust and ridiculous, especially in light ofthe fact that our county is saddled with one of the lowest economys in the state. We hold one of the lowest income per capita of any county in Utah, yet because a few people from Utah County or the Salt Lake area have decided to move to our rural setting and have been willing to pay prices for housing or land which has been unheard of in any previous year, our illustrious state lawmakers leaders (and I use that term My comments n. loosely) decided that we should be paying the same property taxes as the Salt Lake City area. I have to wonder if our county commissioners andor our county assessor even made any kind of an attempt to enlighten the states lawmakers as to the problems this kind of tax increase would create for residents here See Mona on page 5 in Juab County. I have to wonder if any of these leaders took time to consider those residents of our county or city (or state for that matter) who are on fixed income, hold larger portions of land on which their homes are situated and were purchased in the early years of this century, yet are suddenly burdened by this excessive taxation. I ask, Have our county representatives even made an attempt to meet with state representatives concerning the probable hardships this unwarranted tax will bring for many property owners in Juab County? If not, they should be in the first car going north to do just that I wonder at times if Juab Countys elected officials are working for the citizens of the county and their welfare or for the betterment of Juab County government. In light of the situation with Juab Countys money expenditures over the past couple of years, I have to wonder also how large of a percentage of these taxes will come back into Juab Countys bank account? I ask these questions in The Times-New- s to see ifthe commissioner will address the problem here-iso that the majority of Juabs residents can see their answer, because most residents cannot attend the commission meetings. Dixie Sperry Nephf n, KIOTO Ym o r JV The East Juab Co Water Conservancy District is proposing to increase its property tax revenue. As a result of the proposed increase, the tax on a $89,000.00 residence will be $9.79, and the tax on a business having the same value as the average value of a residence in the taxing entity will be $1 7.80. Without the proposed increase the tax on a $89,000.00 residence would be $0.00, and the tax on a business having the same value as the average value of a residence in the taxing entity would be $0.00. The East Juab Co. Water Conservancy District is proposing to increase its property tax revenue from $0.00 collected last year to $26,007.00 proposed this year an increase of $26,007.00. The 1 997 proposed tax rate is .000200. Without the proposed increase the rate would be .000000. All concerned citizens arc invited to a public hearing on the tax increase to be held cn September 3, 1997 at 8:00 p.m., at the Dietriclo O.'ice, 4 South Main, 2nd Floor, Nephi, Utah. 1 . |