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Show Ekd: 12312002 PRESS 3'J7 SALT W 200 UFA ASSOCIATION - S SUITE Cm LAKE 4006 UT 4101 Fredonia mayoral candidates Page 11 . JITfLl .SLU.l'Si Valley.High School FFA . ..J Page 12 VOLUME 70 NUMBER 30 60c Noel announces candidacy forState Representative in District 73 Kane County resident Mike Noel has announced his Republican candidacy for State Representative in District 73, vowing to take an active interest in federal rural land issues. District 73 encompasses all or part of eight counties including Garfield, Beaver, Wayne, Piute, Kane, Iron, Sevier and Washington. This is an extremely large district covering a vast section . of, the population If the 'fhsre aB'manjrrtkiot's iha t':Power Fuhd had sold its power are flourishing regarding 'the A to its customers for the purKanab City Electric Power De-- : chase price we, as the city, right parfcment and the' subject ofa how would have an additional rsMQ.k 1100,000, :at;.our ' disposal to powerrate frihejpbcketihg f nqnepiw 'use 'on 'behalf of you,; theati-- v VCi; Mayor Kim T.lJctmsbn 'A 37 i fl&qug stioningnfmdi victual ; v: i'ij AA'a ; Qualiilcationi. Let iha put these A A In addition, an absence of reand dl others that are cr may quired reserve andhon'compli- b gcnfratedintq peKpcctye,;t' ance vrithihe Electric Revenue, No ohahaa stdcn tfcatuoaeyA ;Refundir Bonds Ifet Revenue But, in excess of $ 1 , COO, COO has requiieracrithas placed theCity been borrowed io ineet the Aqt risk That public trust has operational expenses and debt beenviolated,forvhateverrea servicevrequirements of ..the':'" sons, is beyond reasonable arKanab City Power 'Fund,', This A gument, 'A'rimuficant burden includes $1,233,000 borrowed will Inevi tably be placed on,' and to date from the Citys Central home by the local residents, Treasury and $300,000 from both as customers of the power Utah Municipal Power Systems ',' system and as residents of the CHAMPS) in'Noy ember' 2001. community. Please read on and YesAthe money was used for allow me to explain. i the benefit of Kanab Power AAThe following is based on the users by providing Rate Study and Other ObservaSystem lower ' rates.' But, those ' who ' tions & Recommendatwns by benefited constitute aproxi Kemp Burdick Hinton & Hall L.C. (CPAs & Advisors), Feb- mately 1300 electric power j ; 7 , , ; ' 4 " ; v ' , a , ' cus-tome- rs (37) outofa dity popu-- ; lation of 3500 citizens. Rate Studyt; Additional AnalyAlso keep in mind that the sis, by Kemp Burdick Hinton & operational expense and debt Hall, February 21, 2002. service money was borrowed ' from all the citizens, not just ;;A :SeemYpR,Page2 1 m; ; if Mike Noel Kanabs other facelift By Rachel Tueller of rural Utah, noted Noel, and Business items from the City it is important that every candi- Councils work meeting session date recognizes that he or she began to spill over into the min-- . will represent not just his home utes of the regularly scheduled county but the entire district of council meeting of February 26, almost 29,000 people. Whoever 2002. The council again spent is elected must be willing to work much time debating issues redirectly with all of the people garding city power concerns. and local city and county gov- Mayor Lawson referred to the ernment throughout the district. With strong ties to southern Utah and the agricultural community, Noel believes one of the primary roles of government is to secure the rights and freedoms of individual citizens, which includes property rights, including grazing rights. When upwards of 90 percent of the land within several of our counties and over 80 percent of See NOEL, Page 14 residents show support for justice court VlayoraddreGGGd power Fredonia ; ; WEDNESDAY MARCH 6, 2002 COLOR COUNTRY'S HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER situation as a "bleeding artery . ... we need to stop the bleeding, the mayor said. The concerns stemmed from recent findings from a utility rate study from Kemp, Burdick, Hinton and Hall. In regards to the city borrowing from other funds to subsidize power rates, council member Tony Wright made it plainly clear that the money had not disappeared. The $1.6 million was used by citizens for a lower power rate, citizens benefitted . Residents packed a March 2 the current Fredonia justice had many concerns about the court support staff to include proposal, public safety was at serving as a county liason in the top of the list. The court Fredonia. This position would being in Page would mean also continue to handle the sup- time away from patrolling the port needs of the Pro Tem and Fredonia area. Having a judge any justice court related matter in person is a great deterrent, necessary. Transfer the handling of the mailings (mostly civil court fines) to Page for processing. Harrison explained the proposal was made after analyzing court volume and face to face judicial time needed to hear the cases. It did not appear that there were enough J ustice Court cases here to warrant having a judge. When Harrison was asked the impetus for the idea, the money was not taken; no profit was made with this rate, said Wright. Wright agreed with the mayors confirmation that the money was used to subsidize power rates to the citizens. The council did seem to be in agreement on one item though; rates would have to be increased to make the she responded money back. . . . ately against moving the J ustice Court to Page, and expressed public hearing to express sup- sincere frustration that an issue port for the continuation of a of this magnitude had not been Fredonia Court Precinct. presented to the affected comCoconino County manager Dora munity sooner. This was the Harrison and Supervisor Paul first time that the public was Babbitt were in attendance to allowed a hearing on the matpresent the proposed Court Pre- ter, which will be voted on at cinct which if the March 7 Board of Superviimplemented, would take effect sors meeting. January 1, 2003. Judge Black presented comHarrisons recommendations pelling case figures contrary to were as follows: Harrisons findings. In addition, Expand the Page Justice Court Black explained that the Precinct to include the current Fredonia court handles cases Fredonia Court Precinct (also more economically than the Page court. In 2000 it cost $70.75 to the Fredonia voting precinct). Serve Fredonias judicial needs handle a case in Fredonia, and through a pro tem appointment $84.03 to handle one in Page. In and contract with the City of 2001, it cost $66.18 a case in Fredonia. It is anticipated that Fredonia, and $91.66 in Page. the municipal court judge would DPS officers expressed handle the justice court cases strong support for the Fredonia court. Officer Mark through contract. the of Expand responsibilities Gilberg said that while they By Dixie Brunner Besides the current efforts to give downtown Kanab a face lift, another cqnstruction company will be working on a very different renovation project. Rafter C Construction was awarded the bid, being the one and only company to offer the city a bid, on remodeling and repair work needed at the old Kanab City Yard and that the origi- nal thought was to extend said Gilberg. Besides, why give it to a less efficient court? Presiding Coconino Superior Court Judge Newton expiessed his feelings against moving the Fredonia court at the February 19 Coconino County Board meeting. He told the Board that the court should not be changed from its present status. KANAB WEATHER FebruaryMarch other services in Fredonia. In the staffs opinion there were other needs unrelated to the Justice Court, said Harrison, but she had no answer when asked for specific services which would be added if the court was moved to Page. But while Harrison considered the proposal a good idea, Fredonia citizens felt quite the See KANAB, Page 3 opposite. Many spoke passion February Precipitation - .09 Courtesy: Frank Swapp Family |