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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY APRIL 5, 2000 Community KCH Auxiliary is coming City honors Sue Jones through again Kanab beautification work natal Resuscitation, Advanced Washington. She also holds the Kane County Hospital (KCH) Cardiac Life Support, Emergency title of Salt Lake City Woman Board Chairman Ted Atherley, Trauma Nursing , Pediatric Life Careerist. Some of the tentative by Laurali Noteman delivered a welcome message to Support. CRNA (Certified Regthe Board on March 22. The istered Nurse Anaesthetist) Kay Auxiliary reviewed the 2000 de- Osteen, KCH's covering CRNA partment equipment list and se- and certified instructor, has lected a few pieces they could ap- agreed to teach the classes. Each prove to purchase for the facility. RN will be allotted an educaPresident Emma Norton and aux- tional allowance with set guideiliary members voted to purchase lines, if the requesting RN has a new vacuum and floor buffer met a minimum of 83 of the training. stripperscrubber for housekeepBoard members announced ing. They also approved purchasing a crash cart and hoyer lift for the benefit package for full time the Skilled Nursing Unit and a employees and longevity wage Central Station Fetal Monitoring increases. All employees, full or system for the Acute Care Unit. part time , are encouraged to pard 40 IK proThe estimated total of these pur- ticipate in a is chases is $23,800. gram. The employee responKCH Board members also ap- sible for contributing a minimum proved the purchase of an infant of 3 of their gross, and an For fetal a monitor with match will KCH isoilette, schedfetal to current the those full time employees, upgrade monitor for an estimated total of uled for a minimum of 32 hours a $33,027. Department heads week, the Board will begin a 1 were asked to create an equip401K, which current with ment list, price will be totally vested. Fulltime quotes, prioritized by need and employees benefit package will have ready for the Board to re- include medical, dental, life and view by Februarys meeting. The long term disability insurance. total financial quotes for the There wall also be a 3 wage highest priority needs was increase on each anniversary $119,675 the second list rang in date, after a performance evaluat $37,815. A third list was ation has been given. Debbie Gillespie, KCH reprecomprised by each department of could use items, or may sentative for the Womens Foneed to be replaced pieces for rum, reported the current planan additional $537,108. The ing stage of year 2000 forum. Board has set a goal to pur- This years theme will be, Enchase, with major assistance lighten Your Life Through through the Auxiliary, necessary Learning. It will be held Aupieces on the top two priority list gust 26, at Kanab High School. for a total of $157,490. The key-not- e speaker will be Director of Nursing Rosalie Jennifer Wall Steiner. Ms Wall Esplin next updated the Board. Steiner holds the honor of being Following the directives of the the first hearing impaired conBoard she has scheduled the fol- testant in the Miss America Pagtraining: Neo eant, representing the state of lowing in-hou- se pre-taxe- bi-wee- 3. non-contributo- ry in-hou- se flER 10 oh. Community Calendar workshops are: body zones, grief dealing with death, menopause osteoporosis, massage and em- powering yourself and your daughter. In his administrative report Mike Sinclair reported, S.B. 59 for by Laurali Noteman and power loops enhancing both March 28, Mayor projects. Platting the roadway Tuesday, Karen Alvey and Council and grading it will allow access member Carol Sullivan privately owned properties awarded Sue Jones with their enabling property owners to appreciation and a plaque, for homes, her time and efforts chairing jn the Planning Commission - the Beautification Committee. Jones has been an active for Food Tax Sales member and leader of the Exemption died in committee. There will be Beautification Committee no further action taken this year. since 1994. Some of the ac- Sinclair also reported, H.B. 69 complishments of the commit- tee under Jones leadership Special District Election Procedure, changes special district have been to upgrade the board member selection to be held in conjunction with the regular general election. This action will add one year to current board member terms. Sinclair went on to report, through the efforts of Purchas- ing Manager Tracy Leigh, Amerinet will be donating 6 used IV fluid pumps. We will use them as back up and secondary pumps when all of our newer pumps are in use, Sinclair stated. The new Dade chemical analyzer has been installed and calibrated. The new system replaces three older pieces of equipment in the Lab, and will preform more functions. Jeanette Johnson, Laboratory Technician, traveled to Delaware for training which is mandated by the company prior to installation and use on site. Some of the year to date stats compared with the same time in 1999 were reported from the financial report. Skilled Nursing is up 102.6, births are up 375, ER visits are up 136.25, inpatient surgeries are up 275, Lab inpatient is up 92.05 with outpatient up 50.95 and ER Lab is up 54.83, outpatient Radiology is up 111.43, CT is up 148.89 and Ultrasound is upl24.24. report Council Member Coleman relayed a request by Evan Callister to establish the r0ad width and design for curb, gutter and sidewalk" at 300 North. The improvements will run between 300 West and Main Council members proved the request for the ap-Christ- Decorations, par- in the master planing provements. of Tea 21 beautification projects and helped with the initial ground work on the Levi Stewart memorial. All entrances to Kanab have been enhanced with trees, land- - scaping or seasonal flowers, due to Jones and her team members. Mayor Alvey commented, This community would not be what it is today without our volunteers. We truly appreciate all that you do. Jones thanked the council with, I have appreciated the challenges and have enjoyed working with the committee members. Council members approved a city dirt road to be established at 1100 South. The dirt road will be just south of Kellys Sinclair and be pushed through to Chile Dr. The city will plat the site, blade the road and fence it on both sides. At this time the city does not have money to chip seal the road but will actively search for fund- in Council Member Wnght ex-two advantages that will eventually be realized by the city are the creation of water KANE COUNTY EYE CAKE Dr. Stuart E Allan 644-571- 7 76 E. 100 So. Kanab Tues. Fri. 9:00 5:00 Eye Teasers Try to figure this out!! im-ticip- Mona Kay Dial requested a conditional use permit for a port a potty business to be located at 1134 s. Powell. She was granted he conditional use permit with be conditions, the port a pot- ties would be keep in storage either in her garage or storage shed, and there could not be any foul odors. A request by Sean and Lynn Giddings was granted to join lots 2097 and 2098 at 1768 S. Lee, in Kanab Creek Ranchos. Council Members approved a request made by Ross Ray to bang a 10 X 8 foot sign over the sidewalk. Ross was not present but his request was approved on ibe condition city ordinances were met Scout Jeff Perkins wasattend- ing the council meeting working toward his citizenship in the community badge, Cotmcil Member Sullivan requested Dick and Sharlotte grewer be awarded their merit increase. Sullivan thanked the couple for their combined efforts to run the airport, They have done a great job. Dickiswork-plame- d ing on the GPS approach and with the chip seal crew as well as, keeping things looking good. She continued with, Both Dick and Sharlotte are good with people. They do a good job for us. There was an increase to grade 9 step E. Council members approved Kemp Burdick to do the fiscal audit for the City. City Man- ager Keith McCallister Last week: Head and shoulders above the rest Look for the answer in the next SUN ate ex- plained Kemp Burdick have preformed well in the past and have begun working with the Kanab Power Board and charge a fare price. 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