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Show altc5Cxt wiQt oc,T Ec UTAH P&ESS ASSOClATUN 30TW200SSTE4iX OTi UT 4101-127- SALT LAKE 112COA TNC5214 7 II..LIl...l!!l..H..IL.II..t.tl...ll...lll..lt.ulll Serving East Juab County A Nice Place -- Volume 102 No 20 To Live! Single Copy I Viet May 1U.2'M)1 www.nephitimesnews.com Law enforcement officers are conducting a manhunt in Juab County At around 8:00 Monday night, a UUP unit made a traffic stop on a 1907 black Chevy Cavalier at milepost 223, northbound. The two male occupants han from the officer w hen they were asked to get out of the car. into the foothills near the They both ran east of LDS Church Farm. A cooler in the car was searched and found to have been tampered with. Approximately 2 pounds of s cocaine, (worth $100,000) and 3 pounds of (worth $125,000) were found. in the foothills after Because the two were dark, searchers were warned that the pair could be dangerous. They can use boulders or clubs as weapmetham-phetamine- e ons. search began immediately. A UHP helicopter was brought in to aid in the search and continued throughout the night. Help in the search also involved several UHP officers, both local and from Salt Lake City, 2 canine unit from Gunnison Corrections Department, Juab County Sheriffs Department, Nephi City Police, Search and Rescue, DEA drug task force from Salt Lake City. The all night search was unsuccessful. Early Tuesday morning one suspect, Jesus Vega A See SHADES OF THE OLD WEST Apparently, the duah County Slier riff's Department u tie er nploung the good Old lushiotrcd" Horse Posse in the scan h for hr n hug runners in the foothills east of Nephi on Tuesda if the it hit c- th left hi hind u ere urn indication The men bolted to tin tin nfh r being stopped by the Ul IP on anil dr ugs u ere found in tin n elm le HUNT on page 3 - i Residents are urged to observe watering restrictions which are ALWAYS in place By Myrna Trauntvein Tirnes-Neiv- s Correspondent have no date for stopping and starting, said Randy McKnight, city administrator. water than can be held in Resen oir, and more than any water project in Utah has Jor-danell- e The restrictions apply all developed. Because of Utahsarul climate, of the time and there is not a no the matter time. Utahns that start water their landscapes because, separate spring area has seen some recent It used to be that we did extensively to keep them lush and rainstorms, Nephi City is still not apply water restrictions in green. the spring and people are still Most people apply more experiencing drought. For that reason, the city waiting for the hot summer water than needed, said McKcouncil is asking all residents to months expecting that is when night. NOT water during the daylight the restrictions will begin, said Landscapes, often composed hours when the sun is high and McKnight. of plants from vvet- is also is the not That restrictions so, high. evaporation We are asking resident to are always in place. water their lawns during the There is good reason for 10 restrictions until hours since the drought a.m., morning said Chad Brough, mayor. They continues and consumption inshould not water again until 6 creases. p.m. Currently, Utah consumes Over half of the household about 293 gallons per person By Myrna Trauntvein water--isome cases as much per day (gped), second only to Tirnes-Nes ( 'orrespondent as three quarters goes into our Nevada. If Utahns can reduce landscapes. That means waterMona City Council will review one is our consumption of water 25 percent the annual budget the second ing yards efficiently of the best and easiest ways to by 2050, they will conserve the meeting in May rather than at save water. equivalent of 400,000 acre-fee- t the first meeting. Our city water restrictions of water per year. That is more Although state statute requires that a tentative budget for the Even now, in the spring, there is reason to conserve water non-nativ- e ter regions, consume nearly preserve the environment. Withhalf of Utahs municipal water out water conservation, Utahns of supply. Water is the Utahs environment. From lush mountain meadows to harsh desert valleys, w ater holds everything together making the land habitable by people and wildlife. As Utahs population grows, life-bloo- d the strains placed upon the environment and its critical ecosystems will increase. Conserving water will help would have to develop a large volume of new water. The west- ern United States is arid and receives less annual precipitation than the rest of the nation. Next to Nevada, Utah receives the least precipitation - only 13 inches! With conservation, some water development projects can be postponed or delayed by several ears. Monas preliminary budget to be addressed in the third week in May meeting n n per-capit- a year be presented to the council at the first council meeting in May, Even! Squire, city treasurer, and Mayor Bryce Lynn were unaware of the requirement. For that reason, the council will review the preliminary budget the third week of May at the new fiscal Levan accepts tentative budget for 2005 fiscal year By Rebecca Dopp Times-New- s Correspondent Levan Council accepted a tentative budget for the 2005 year. Mayor Bob Shepherd said that they would have to make some amendments to this budget, but that this was a starting point. Added into the budget this year was $41,000 revenue for the ambulance department. It was a jump from last years $16,000. The mayor said it was because the ambulance is bringing in quite a bit more revenue since being operated by the town and also by not being a First Response team. The ambulance is also budgeted to have $41,000 in expenditures. We just hope the rest of the revenue gets here before the end of the fiscal year, Mayor Shepherd said, referring to the ambulances revenue and expenditure proposed amounts being the same. There was no proposed budget for state grants, but the council has been given a few grants and are still applying for more which will play into the final budget. The proposed total revenues is $292,550. The council expects to hold a final budget hearing at the end of the month to make changes. t ffr f i i WORKING ON THE BUDGET - Members of the Mona City Council work on the Citys budget. The Council will review the budget at second meeting in May. second council meeting. Mayor Brvce Lynn was of the impression that he should prepare budget. I will get a budget put together, he said. Either Lynn or Squire or both could prepare a preliminary budget. Mona, like Nephi, is a 3rd Class City because it has a population between 800 and 60,000 residents. A town must have fewer than 1,000 residents. Therefore, in Mona, as a 3rd Class City, the budget officer is the mayor or some person appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council. The budget process follows a prescribed process. The budget officer receives budget requests from each department, according to the Utah League of Cities and Towns Powers and Duties Handbook. In communities where council members serve as the administrator of a particular department, the council member forwards the budget request for that department to the mayor for inclusion in the budget. See Budget on page 2 I I 4 |
