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Show Nephi, Utah 'Qlfjc Page 2 Some homes cannot be re- - Mona occupied until utility bills left continues shut-of- f owing are paid to council member. By Myma Trauntvein Meanwhile, the citys Correspondent continues to grow. The utilities that shut-offli- Times-New- s st It is Mona City policy that community continues to grow, when someone moves out of as well. The Monday after the bills a home where a utility bill is owing, someone must pay go out, it is shut off time, said that bill before the home can Allen Pay, city water master. He said the policy was that be occupied again. ifthe resident called the mayCouncil members are wondering the best way to collect or and made arrangements to the bill owing. They have pay the bill, then the water been sending a notice to Juab and gas would not be turned Title Company that the home off. Several people had done has a utility bill owing which must be paid before anyone that, said Lynn. Some folks had gone to a council member can move into the home. to make those arrangements. If we were to file a lien, said Harry Newell, council However, it worked better if member, the bank couldnt the person when to the mayor sell the house until the bill because then he was aware of all the plans made and people was paid. were not accidentally shutOne of the citys advisors, Bill Church, with the League off. Rick Schnurr, council of Cities and Towns, asked council members why they member, suggested the counwere letting the problem get cil put together a notice of to that point. eligibility for utility service He wanted to know why which would list the rules so we werent shutting utilities all would be aware, when they off when people did not pay signed up, what the expectabefore they owed such large tions were. amounts, said Rick Schnurr, are in arears By Myma Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent While Mona City Council cuis continuing to shut-of- f linary water and natural gas service at homes where the bill is seriously in arrears, there are other items that need to be taken into consideration. There are some places where two homes are on one meter or where an apartment building has all the water for the apartments running through one meter, said Rick Schnurr, council member. Those meters needed to be changed so that each home or apartment had its own meter. Otherwise, when a patron is shut-of- f for failure to pay the utility bill, the party that Lack of cold weather causes drop in gas utilities revenue By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent The warm days of January may have seemed good to residents but, in addition to a drought-damage- d water resource, there have been other problems. Warm winter weather has had an adverse effect on gas utilities revenue. The revenue we expected is short of the amount anticipated, said Everd Squire, city treasurer. Since the collection is less than anticipated, will that af- fect my ability to buy 20 more gas meters this spring? asked Doran Kay, council member. He said he thought it was important to keep on with the program the city had adopted of changing some of the me- ters every year. However, each meter cost $43. The older a meter gets, the less accurate it becomes, said Usually the older the meter is the more it favors the customer which means the city looses even more Kay. revenue. The new meters are digital and are easier to read, he Wednesday, February 5, 2003 Users of Monas stand pipe water need to be charged for the privilege By Myma Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Mona needs to have a fee schedule in place for those who want to purchase water from the citys stand pipe. I didnt think we were allowing anyone to use the standpipe except for the fire department, said Darlene Fowkes, council member. I the irrigation company about getting secondary water. If you sell it to one party, you will need to make it available to anyone who wants to purchase it, said Allen Pay, water master. He said the city should either sell the water in a way that can be controlled or else the city should not sell it at thought we agreed to eliminate all other uses. She said she had never approved of culinary water being used for agricultural purposes and thought that those who wanted water from the standpipe, other than the fire department, should approach all. He said you simply cannot select those who will and who will not use it if you allow any use at all. I recommend charging a $50 fee and a fine for people who do not pay, said Pay. Doran Kay, council member, suggested that rather paid their portion of the bill is also shut-ofThat is not fair for the paying customer. Doran Kay, council mem- as part of the rent for each unit. That money could be used to pay the utility bill so that none of the apartments would need to be shut off. Everything needs to be metered, said Allen Pay, water master. All culinary water hookups need to be metered including the city park. One good reason for the f. ber, said the apartments are divided inside, as to plumbing, but only one culinary water line runs to the apartment. Another solution to running a line to each apartment would be to have the landlord collect a set fee p than do that, they should by case basis. Bryce Lynn, mayor, said he thought that was a good idea. Who is still using the standpipe? asked Fowkes. She was told that uses are limited but that some have been allowed to use the water for a short time. One of those users had needed water to spray grass seed in the burned-of- f area where a wildfire had occurred. Large uses, said Pay, are worth keeping track of and are worth collecting the fee. meters, other than keeping track of who uses what, is that it makes it easier to detect leans in underground water systems. Dear Editor, Drill On January 24, 2003, the Juab High School Drill Team took Region for the seventh row. How was this accomplished? It was because of practice, practice, practice. These girls put their heart and soul into each performance, They are a credit to year in a before occupancy permits are issued in Mona place. Failing to have worktheir coach, their parents, ing fire hydrants within the Juab High School, and our The rotation of meters By Myrna Trauntvein means that each year some of Times-New- s Correspondent proper number of feet from community. Fire hydrants need to each other was a violation the meters are changed and Unbelievable time and that prevents any of them be installed in Mona before which could cause people organization go into creating in the town to have to pay a championship team such from getting so old that they people are given occupancy are worthless. permits to move into their higher fire insurance fees. as our ProVita. They are He said Allan Ricks, repreCouncil members agreed new homes. athletes in every sense of the Some of the people living senting the fire department, word. that the rotation program was a good one and agreed in their homes think they had called him and explained Former members of the have fire protection and they how important the hydrants ProVita are now they would like to continue dancing were in providing needed fire with the Snow College dont, he said. it if at all possible. Doran Kay, council memprotection. and the University ber, agreed. He said he had The missing hydrants of Utah Crimson Line. This a concern when they first apneed to be installed within in itself shows the quality proved one of the subdivisions 10 days. and talent that are a result because he thought there Not only should the fire of their experience at Juab should have been improvehydrants be in place before High School. ments planned, calculated residents were allowed to Since I know many of these and bonded for just like they occupy a home, they should, girls personally, I can tell rather than the usual square are in the of the subtechnically, be in place before you that they are as beauti4 divisions majority block dead end. in the community. building began. What if there ful inside as they are on the All roads need to have an need to be were a fire while a home was outside. Way to go, girls!! Improvements diameter turnaround in a timely manbeing built? Sincerely, at the end of any dead end completed ner. All subdivisions should be Mary Carol Goble street so that a garbage truck I have the minutes from required to bond for things Nephi can enter and leave the block one of our meetings a few like fire hydrants so that if without problems, said Bryce months the builder did not get them ago, said Schnurr. Lynn, mayor. He thought that it was in in a timely manner, then Even though a road may clear that those building the city could use the bond just have a temporary end there were told they could money to install them. and will be developed on have a We need to have subdivibuilding permit, but through the block when all no occupancy permit would sions bond for these types of the area is developed, all be given and no one would be items, said Kay. roads need a temporary cul allowed to live in the homes Allen Pay, city water masde sac. until the fire hydrants were ter, said it was important to In addition to garbage co- in place. put in a good line. That was llection, snow removal using All of sudden, they are essential, he said. the large snow plows requires occupancy permits a turning radius large enough getting and living in their homes and Cl i M (1 ! I 4 to prevent the truck from being there is no fire hydrant any stuck in a narrow street closer than there was before, (!4; QnThose big trucks arent alhe said. lowed to back up," said Lynn. Ask your local paper how you can reach over 500,000 . They shouldnt be allowed In the future, all those to move in until the fire hyhouseholds in 50 Utah newspapers in one easy step building on the end of a drant is in, said Harry Newthrough Utah Press Association statewide classified street, whether a developer ell, council member. advertising network. or an individual, will be reIt was true, said Bryce (National placement cul have to de a sac in quired Lynn, mayor, that the city also available through order to accommodate large was in violation because the Utah Press ) 1 V A S S O C A T service vehicles. O N fire hydrants were not in said. Bad-gerett- Even temporary roads must have cul de sac to accommodate service vehicles By Times-New- Myrna Trauntvein s Correspondent Even a road that ends temporarily needs to have a cul de sac built' at the end, Letters to the editor policy... The Times News welcomes opinions from its readers concerning any subject pertinent to Juab County. 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