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Show i i t h-'- 5 ,iilTc'4!0 ! T F Jir Serving East Juab County Volume 101 No 35 A Nice Place To Live! Single Copy Price Wednesday, September 3, 2003 www.nephitimesnews.com Fees for the use of county facilities are now standardized -- xryr' Mona advised to adopt ATV ordinance By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent Times-New- s By Myma Trauntvein Correspondent Times-New- s Mona City Council members decided to accept the advice of Changes in the fees charged for Juab County facilities rentals have been revised and have also been standardized for all users. Juab County Commission- county commissioner, Robert Steele, and adopt a city ordinance for governing ATV travel inside the city. Harry Newell, council member, ers adopted the schedule after working on a revision for several months. It was determined to charge damage, key, and cleaning deposits on some facilities, and to have a resident and use fee schedule. In addition, large groups will be charged at a different rate. We have to take into consideration the use of utilities at the fairgrounds for large group use, said Wm. Boyd Howarth, commission chair. The Nephi City sewer system does not run to the fairgrounds. That county property has a septic system and has to be cared for as any septic drainage system must be. Therefore, large-grouuse met with the commission two w eeks ago and asked if the county would care if the city placed signs along county roads so that it was understood that the city would allow ATV traffic on all streets in the community. Steele is a former mayor of Nephi and has a good knowledge of how cities can operate. I told them I was NOT going to buy 50 signs to post throughout Mona regulating ATV traffic, said Newell. One thing is different about Mona and that is, unlike Nephi, said Newell, farmers and their children need to move along the streets of Mona to go to the fields non-reside- p means that the system needs care sooner. Nevertheless, large groups may rent the cultural hall, the multipurpose building, the recreation building, the big arena, the small arena, and reserve the indoor roping barn for $150 for the first day and $125 per day for each day thereafter. If the multi-purpos- kitchen e is needed it can be reserved for a large group for an additional $50 per day, and the sound system in that building can be reserved for an additional $25 per day. Large groups can also use the sound system in the recreation building, the big arena, and the indoor roping barn for an additional $25 per day. We are charging residents of the county less money to rent facilities than we are charging because our county non-residen- ts residents pay taxes to our county, said Howarth. For that reason, non residents will pay $20 per hour or $150 a day to rent the cultural hall, the multipurpose building, or the FAIRGROUND BUILDINGS The Juab County Commission has set a standard set of rates for Juab County The indoor roping budding at the Juab County Fairgrounds costs users $ 150 per day for one day and $125 each day after. County residents will pay less in fees than groups from out of the county, commissioners stated. Monas finances are in better shape thanks to raise in utility rates By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent Times-New- s Mona Citys finances are in a much better state than they have been in the past thanks to the money which came to the city coffers once the rates for utilities were raised. The city does have some funds which need to be spent this fiscal year, said Greg Ogden, the citys independent auditor. Ogden attended city council meeting to present the audit report for the 2002-200fiscal budget year. 3 The city was required to charge 125 percent of the natural gas bond which was barely recreation building. Residents met in 2002 but, because rates will pay $15 per hour or $100 per were raised to accommodate the requirement, the city is in compliday for those same facilities. ance for 2003," he said. The building Revenues are higher for 2003 kitchen can be rented for an additional $35 per day for resi- than for 2002, said Odgen and, dents and $50 per day for non- at the same time, your expenses are lower. That is a good situation residents. to be in." The sound system in that buildThere had been a $170,000 ining and also in the recreation crease in he said. building, big arena and roping He said thejust one year, not just was increase, barn can be used for $25 per day cash but and was equity pretty for both residents and multi-purpos- e non-resident- s. will pay $15 per day for stalls and residents will pay $10 per day. Corrals will be for rented to per head per day and to Non-residen- ts non-residen- residents for per day. 75-cen- ts ts 50-cen- ts per head Those wishing to use the big arena, for other than large group activities, may reserve the facility for $2 per hour or $48 per day if they are residents, or $5 per hour or $150 per day if they are non- residents. A yearly permit can be obtained from the county clerks office for $50 per person or $100 per family for residents of Juab County. may also obtain the permit for $100 per person or $150 per family. Non-resident- s Those reserving the indoor See Buildings on page 2 See ATV on page 2 amazing. When the city was a town, said Ogden, it was allowed to accumulate a larger percentage of to 75 percent--bu- t unspent funds--uthat is no longer allowed. As p a city, you may only accumulate 5 to 18 percent." They city has amassed $65,000 in the unreserved account which should only be $35,000. The budget, therefore, will need to be opened, a public hearing held, and the money used for items, which are specified by state law, before the budget year is over. The state wants you to spend that money, said Odgen. This year, financiallv speaking, you are doing too good. The increase m revenue, which in previous was much-needefrom raising rates years, came on utilities and from increased growth. You will, probably, need to open the budget for 2004, have a public hearing, and then vote affirmatively so you can spend that money. There were some other find d ings, said Odgen. which the city needed to take to heart this coming year. One was that the city needs to have a written purchasing policy on file. There is a sample policy, there are certain records that are to be kept for a specified amount of time and then destroyed. Odgen suggested the city council contact the state archives for a schedule concerning which records should he said, in the state guidelines be kept indefinitely and when manual w hich the city could copy others could be destroyed. You need to make certain that but it must then be kept on file. The city council should also meters are read correctly the make certain that motions are first time, said Ogden. There and one made for all business and all are quite a few is be 10 to month not there That appeared being assignments. done, said Odgen. percent of the meters which were To me, that seemed quite In the minutes, you can read that such and such was discussed high. Most of the requested and then, later, that such and such was accomplished but there however, were the same as the is no record of a motion and a original read, said Allen Pay, water master. The record of revote. Business needs to be approved reads indicated that the meters and the motions need to be part were being read correctly the first time. of the minutes. In regards to the cash used durTwo areas of the budget did exceed the amount budgeted, he ing the city pioneer celebration, said. The money should have been said Ogden, two people needed to transferred, following a budget be responsible for all cash at all times. hearing and opening of the budto At Hinkley, they recently accounts two to those keep get. that from happening. Under terms of the GovernSee Rates on page 2 ment Findings and Access Act, re-rea- re-rea- Mona still seeking candidate to run for fourth council seat By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent Times-New- member. s While three people signed up to run for seats on the Mona City Council, not enough candidates filed to fill all four eligible seats. If no one registers." said Bryce Lynn, mayor, I will just have to appoint someone to the council in January. Rory Neilscn, recently appointed to the council to fill the vacant seat left when Rick Schnurr resigned, is seeking a four-- ear term. Cory Squire, current member of the council, is also running for election as a four-yea- r council y - 1 I t f Quentin Kay has registered to r term on the run for a two-yea- council. No one has signed up for the fourth seat. A person cannot be elected to the council as a write-i- candidate unless they have previously registered to run as a write-icandidate. Even if a large number of people vote for an individual, that person cannot be officially elected without frst registering. All thoe w anting to run for a council seat have until Oct. 19 to candidates," GOT THE SNEEZES 1 The sagebrush is in bloom in most areas and is register as write-isaid Lyla Spenctr, city recorder. probably the culprit for thSe itchy eyes and runny noses. n n n - . , iY f |