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Show Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place Volume 96, No 46 Wednesday, November 18, 1998 Levan will Lava part f iiao CT.lT's Co help cover Levan's needs By Catina Nichols Times-New- s Correspondent Levan will have two EmergenMedical Technicians ready to service the needs of the town in December. Mike Mann and Shane Luna will have completed training paid for mostly with grant money. Fire Chief Mike Mann stated the city is left with the balance of $250.00 however that cost may qualify for another grant. The trained E.M.T.S will require $1500.00 worth of equipment to make them fully serviceable to the towns citizens. Three oxygen bandages, splints, and backboards are needed. Mann plans to equip the towns brush truck and supply himself and Shane Luna with jump kits. There is no E.M.S. money in the Fire Chiefs budget however grant monies are available to cover half the cost of the equipment. The two E.M.T.s will not be able to cover the town 24 hours a day but will be available as much as possible. Chief Mann told the' town council that to give the town full blown E.M.T. E.M.T.S would be coverage, needed. The town council was not sure if the citizens would want them to pursue that avenue. Mayor Robinson suggested putting that question on the back of the next utility bill for citizen response. Mann said that a majority of the cost can be covered by grants if people in town are willing to volunteer. It will take time to assemble full cy set-up- s, 0 E.M.T. coverage. Chief Mann suggested selling the old fire truck. He feels it does not make enough as a water tanker to justify the expenses. The brakes need work and hydrants in town cover the water needs a fire might pose. However, Levan is responsible for county residents such as Hunts, and those in Mills. The Town Council will wait until spring to take action. The fire house is also in need of an exhaust fan to dispel the smoke odor upon return from a fire. The Town Council and Planning and Zoning Committee want to urge citizens NOT to begin construction of any kind until a building permit is issued. A stop order will be issued if all building requirements arent Keni-son- s, met. Levan on page 2 Single Copy Price OtaOo QgOD's Juab (ScunGy ObaQ Gbc ?5fg cHopaFtaonO obcuDd respond on aOO cxffr&GGttDon acdidGnft Patrick, state fire marshal, to a meeting with commissioners to determine s Correspondent what can be done to raise money for j The state wants Juab County to make funding. certain a fire department engine reShortly after the first of the year sponds to all motor vehicle accidents (1999), all extrications, will be dumped on the fire departments, said Greg where extrication is needed. Commissioners decided to invite Paul Newton, Juab County Fire Marshal. Patrick, said Newton, told firefighters Council; Eugene Poulsen, Eureka City Fire Department; Brett Ostler, Nephi attending a recent meeting the news. There is no way the county can hack City Fire Department; Marvin L. d it (costs), said Ike Lunt, commissionTown Mike Sr., Rocky Ridge Mayor; er. Mann, Levan Fire Department; and Meeting with commissioners at Mon- Kendall West, Rocky Ridge Fire Departdays meeting, in addition to Newton, ment. were Bryce Christensen, Levan City Newton said after the meeting he did some investigating and found there were approximately 200 motor vehicle accidents in the county where the emergency medical extrication crew was called to the scene. This could make a big problem for us and we could end up in a world of hurt, said Newton. If we use the standard rate and figure that five guys would need to be called out it would end up costing the county an extra $60,000 a year. We dont have that kind of money, said Wm. Boyd Howarth, commissioner. We have begun to work on the budcV get for next year and already know how n i tight it is going to be. The county probably already eats a great number of the fees (which individuals should pay for extrication services), said Newton. The worst part of the story, said Newton, was that only three out of five individuals who have accidents on highways had insurance to cover costs. It is work to collect from insurance companies, but Jr at least the costs can be recovered. If there is no insurance, then the county ends up eating the costs. Preparing the incident report forms takes a lot of time and labor, plus most of the time the reports have to be filed within 24 hours, said Newton. It has not, yet, been mandated by the state that fire departments pick up the FALL CHORES Ruth Wetherell ofNephi rakes up the fall leaves Tuesday morning at her home. The weather man is extrication service, said Poulsen, but calling for snow showers on Wednesday and partly cloudy for the rest of the week. Ruth says that this was the 4th time she raked up the leaves and judging from the smoke floating over the community a lot of leaves are being burned. See Fire on page 2 By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- All-re- yA v. V W ) ri m - (SoeuraEy gEdouDc rcaaCio adcOSODGinis Oo raSDpoGd GFOGGDmgc By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Mike Seely, county administrator, and Bob Garrett, county road superintendent, toured the Union Pacific Railroad Crossings in Juab County with Paul L. Hawker, P.E., Associate Utah County Engineer and Assistant State Coordinator of Utah Operation Lifesaver. Following the site visits, Hawker, at Seelys request, wrote his recommendafor the county comtions in letter-formissions review. He recommended that we make some changes to our current crossings, most. ly in signing, said Seely. Hawker suggested we add two W10-- 3 signs on the west frontage road of Interstate-15 at the Rocky Ridge Road, said Seely. The frontage road intersecd traffic warning tion to the a no passing be made into should sign m j east-boun- Mayor Robinson reported that all cemetery data with exception of the last ten years has been entered in the computer and is available through the Internet. The remaining information is being entered into the computer and should be available in a few months. See To Live! zone. "Hiree painted pavement messages at the signs and two stop bars at the crossing should be added, said Hawker. At the Boys Ranch, two new signs on each gravel approach road should be added (W10-1- ) and, if the road is used as access to a new development, the county should have the developer build a new road that is straight, level with the tracks for a distance of fifty feet on each side of the crossing, allows for Four Day Westhsr Forecast Sen cagraung gO Goumfly Gof GafiofiyG ccrfie drainage on both sides of the crossing, and is asphalted all the way back to the frontage road intersection. It is my opinion that the Star Road crossing (three tracks) is a private crossing, said Hawker. One sign (W10-1- ) on the dirt approach road should be added at the Sutherland Road, he said, and another sign added at the 300 SouthMona gravel approach road. Two W10-signs should be added at on both approaches to Lane Cemetery one W10-- 1 sign should and the crossing be added at Burraston Ponds Road. I recommend painted pavement messages and a stop bar on the east approach. Also consider the addition of W10-- 3 signs on the side roads that are located on the railroad said Hawker. Jackson Lane, Meadow Lane and Blackett Road should have painted pavement messages and stop bars. In addition, Meadow Lane and Blackett Road should have a double yellow nopassing zone. Orgo Road needs two W10-- 1 signs added on both approaches to the crossing, said Hawker. Sheep LaneLand Fill Road should have painted pavement messages, stop bars and painted double yellow zone painted lines. At Elwoods Road, Tower Road, and Sign Road (Toms) one W10-- 1 sign should be added in each spot. Also to be considered, said Hawker, are two wlO-- 3 signs cm each of the crossing: on Elevator Road. At Elevator Road Spur there should be two W10-- 1 signs on both approaches. Coal Yard Road requires the addition of one W10-- 1 sign on the west but two additional signs should be considered on the Elevator Road crossing. 1 rights-of-wa- y, For the Mills Crossing (Wash Board), grades of the roads. Hawker quoted the county should consider adding a from The Administrative Rule which sideways W10-- sign and notice the rail- lists UDOT responsibilities for estab4 railroad that the cross buck signs are lo- lishment and regulation of cated on the wrong side of the road. road crossings. At Mills Bridge Road two W10-- 1 sings According the information, approach and one stop sign should be added. Hawker also addressed the countys See Rails on page 2 concern dealing with the approach at-gra- |