Show Serving Utah's Great Pahvant Valley USPS 0 VoL 88 No 7 A&TJSt 27 mi i Tax dollars in action through jail work crew By Derin Phelps Millard County Sheriff Ed Phillips doesn't like to see inmates in his jail just lying around doing nothing As a result inmate is encouraged to any seek to qualify to join one of his two jail work crews The work crews are available to do any community project including church projects Phillips said all projects must be for the public good Work for any govagency an irrigation company and elderly people who can’t do work themPrivate selves is acceptable ernment of the dancers who wilt be compering at the Povt Wow scheduled for Sept 12 at the Millard County Fair Building in' are Above two Delta MTC businesses do not qualify to use the work crews nor do private individuals To qualify to be part of the work crew an inmate must be serving a sentence mates awaiting trials or sentencing may Inmates houses not participate Phillips for the state must have at least a Level 4 of Corrections Classification Department Work crew participants must have been for at least a year and must have a release date less than two years away “It’s the type of a person that's about house— really ready to go into a minimal risk kinds of people yet they're people who still have time to do" Phillips said Inmates who are sentenced to the Millard County Jail are given credit on their sentences for serving on the work crew State inmates cam 40 cents an hour for their time The work crews operate under the authority of the Millard County Conservation Corps “Through the assistance of the County Attorney and the Millard County Commission we’ve set up a corporation(which is) simply the business entity that the funding goes through in order to run the program" the sheriff explained are paid out of the Crew supervisor Conservation Corfs fund not by the Millard County Sheriffs Office Mem Early this month one of he crews waked an several ForoV Service proyocs FiOmarc Holden and Sopm They of the committee that oversees the Corps include Delta Mayor Dale Roper Fillmore Mayor Jer E’ Brinkerhoff Terry Scottora of Fillmore and Sheriff Phillips Phillips ads as die liaison between die jail and the Conserva- bers Conservation 1930s by President Roosevelt's Ovflan Conservation Corps (CCCV The Last Milhrd County crew dewed trails gang into the mounrams Maple Grove Campground was one of the sues “A lotofoa forest cpgromdsaaost all of the moumak trails ant a bt af different projects fov woe coo9raclcdk the fare 20s md early 30S fcr Ink offending wid ocher reasons ia the hoax years have realty deteriorated” Phillips sad Some of the trails hare ocause of regetnban gro About two years ago the Millard County SboifTs Office had a wot ciew ia service for almost a year supervised by a fidl time deputy k coa too much id use fidl time deputies who were on duty to supervise die crew so the program was rarer led latlil die Miilwd Comry Conservation Corps was formed Phillips ad Millard County is the fast county to ase work crews Other combes are kwkmg into forming wort crews sack as Sevier tion Corps He also provides management of the crews In most cases each crew is sheriffs supervised by an deputy “It doesn't necessarily have to be a deputy" Phillips said “Other people c take these crews out We just provide a certain amount of base informational for them to understand the das training and don’ts" Phillips said this is not like a chain gang are not armed and crew memSupervisors bers are considered full trusties They're told before they go out thv if they decide no one will follow to stop them The supervisor the situation to the sheriffs center and appropriate action by deputies will be taken later Each crew is made up of right workers and one supervisor Recipients of work must pay t $15 an hour fee lo help defray the work crews Operational costs The fee includes all crew members and die pervisor If all nine were paid minimum wage at S3 IS an hour it would cost $4633 an hour so the Conservation Corps's rate saves users at least $3133 an hour For an day the savings is $23080 since die total charged per day would be $120 as opposed to $37080 to leave the work area them or try will report dispatch County- Vehicles used to transport mmates we used vans purchased at die Male auct ion Inmates did body work and painted die Phillips hasn't figured out the exact to operate the work crews yet but he guesses the $15 an hour charge covers of the costa “Some of the things they're doing are vans cost many projects get that otherwise would never - k'e pretty much were foe first ones to get into itWhh any degree at aft'" Rullps said “it's aomefomg fow's alums made sense to me It is real bothersome to me to sec people Ihw could be oul dome something good for the public basacaTS just laving wound" Gives foe dunce to work most knows choose to do so Much of the Ford Service wok wil help Millard County 's tmism efforts Many trails bemg cleared can he nsed by ATV riders and hikers A lor of foe wads were rraditionally used to move livestock but are now nsed for rocrenttan “As more of am tnditaamd camp-- ’ grounds parks and reereatun areas are becoming overused and overcrowded SlTerif cf fits Ed PhZfts pants out a mountain trai near Scpo dearsd crews fry one work pocptc are dhxorermg some of these erfaer - Phillips sad According Id foe piaoevsherdl Sucre' been a suhawmal mftm of peeyle iNUnrUlarJ County forrecre-hover foe past two years A Inge pvt of foe newly ?0ti0square males of MJSwd County has been tv outdoor enthusiasts it's now beaig discovered The Fae MJlari Canary has been operating for the fast two months The West UdM crew timed workmc about raw ard a half weeks ago “foe fomk we 'at gnreg work projects and cbrible keep two crews gcin' PhiEgis smi done" Phillips said and Millard Caurttylboking hard at McCornickfor private prison Derin Phelps and Training Corporation Management that oper(MTC) of Ogden a company is conates prisons around the country sidering building a privately operated prison in McComick Millard County Commissioner Tony Dearden said he thinks this would be a good compromise for people who don’t want such a facility next to one of Millard County's many By communities Murphy Marketing Director for his company is looking into purchasing land near the intersection of US Highway 30 and State between Delta 00 about Route Mike MTC said possibly in an area known as the Y Murphy and county officials also looked Power at an area near the Intermountain Project near Delta While no specific area and Fillmore has been officially picked Murphy select McComick would be the thinks spot if the county is to eventually own the buildingMTC has looked at other possible Councations in Carbon and Duchesne Murphy said however that the comin pany has made its major commitment Millard County “We feel that Millard place for it County is the most practical ties state as far as accessibility transportation" Murphy said He County is appealing because it'stentrally located in Utah and has all to be for the and said Millard required by the state The state a major needs a facility close to a hospital as well as local highway and fire services the services law enforcement bottom line is we’re looking in county" Murphy said “We’re putting the thing in the county as far as we know right now so the site that we’re looking to develop is out there at the Y “The the who has propWe’re talking to everybody erty right now We did talk to Don Fullmer” Fullmer has some land in Flowell but Dearden said it’s too close to Fillmore to be considered After Fillmore City resi- dents voted down the prison in a referrendum vote the Millard County Commission promised Fillmore that it would not allow a prison of the city to be built within ten miles of people that talked to me said they would have supported the prison if it had been out of the communities" Dearden said He thinks a McComick site would benefit the entire county because no one community would be impacted more than another There are other communities that have an interest in possibly hosting expressed a correctional facility That includes Kanosh and Lynndyl Murphy said MTC has not talked to anyone from Lynndyl 8 in yet but there was a meeting Aug “A lot Kanosh and a meeting there T uesday night The Aug 8 meeting was on the project to present basic information Murphy said MTC is glad to share information with any Millard County commuin the interested project nity Kanosh officials told Dearden they are interested in the project for its potential economic benefits The town needs upgrades in its water system With growth Kanosh may eventually need a Sewer system Having a major project like a prison in Kanosh may help the town with these and other projects The Delta City Council briefly discussed the possibility of building a prison inside its city limits at Monday night’s regular City Council meeting While the majority of the City Council is not opposed to the project the council decided not to pursue it because there’s no place inside the city appropriate for such a " cility “We’re going to develop the project” Murphy said “MTC will finance the project up front through the course of the bond revenues that would be generated" The Millard County Commission has agreed to allow MTC to use its bonding authority to get money to build the facility Murphy said the prison will initially hold 500 inmates Construction will cost After a year between $ 5 and $20 million of operation the state may ask MTC to expand the facility to 1000 beds An and $5 milbetween cost $3 will pansion lion Here’s the way the financing will work The Millard County Commission will form a Building Authority It will be a separate county entity MTC will put a proposal together to present to foe state The company is competing with at least four other private prison operators who want to build such a facility in other parts of foe state If foe state grants a contract to MTC it will contract with foe Building Authority to construct and operate foe prison not with MTC “If they accept our proposal then foe lease foe project from state will basically foe county” Murphy said The Millard County Building Authority will own and operate foe prison making foe facility tax will act as a subcontractor MTC exempt working for foe Building Authority The Building Authority will allow MTC’s capital markets group to sell bonds on Wall Street Those bonds will be used to build foe prison “The risks are purely on Wall Street" Murphy explained “The bond holders will invest on it There’s no foe debt risk by foe county to The only risk would be if it did default for whatever reason foe county would have a bad bond rating” ' Dearden clarified that the Building Authority would have the bad bond rating not foe county in general “It would not affect any of the bonding that would be required to operate foe county” Dearden said “We just wouldn't be able to go out an build another prison” The state will pay the Building Auamount of money over bond period Some of the money will be used to pay back foe bond some will go to MTC for operating the prison and some will go bade to foe county as a fee in lieu of property tax Murphy said MTC agreed to pay Millvd $200000 per yev County approximately to make up fa lost property taxes that if it builds a MTC has promised it will hue in Millard County prison 0 people mostly from Millard County Murphy said if foe prison expends to thority a certain foe potential perbac foe power was hiil k 14C Sickle sal be wans la see saomfturg move kta the area to acpiacc IFT It leaves Fie doesn't ware bCftnd Carney foey fries toe job The facility is only 40 from a snae prison which starts its aareclioeal officers ora V axac fom$ 12 1000 inmwrs foe anont of jobs nil double ft wifi probably be wefi into foe hi before foe state decides wfcv company wifi get foe to operme a prove prison k Uah The sane is stiS putraig its Request fin Proposal togefoer Mopby it fos ueei to be out scanetsae expects Murphy has promised fov MTC s3 start is correctional officers ant v $10 an hour pfas benefits Dearden believes foe wages wifi be ksgh enough to keep tuck school s kESari County i aiks eaau fomk MTC is very creative on how pat bags dawn” Baton said “As fir as afi I kaow foey could have put S 0 per horn fcr comtxaol o£5oersbut how do we know there's not scanty guards and cenccaonal officers where foey 'll be pmd entry lewd as a leeway giard ad to a correctional offff7” tony be work Barton spvske at a meetKg Satsaday k Several residents epposmg of a prism k Millard County fosassed fwmneal problems wfe having a prison as a member Sens S uckle of foe bkramry sad be boued foe tt ks Imsaacss beemse be tea&zs there he a pmtijaa as 0Ps value to decrease Those have heea rnsmy since jkl f “1 Stepbnne Bason of FtHsHTO Gasas DoefepraV itKtca-vinccwages wifi be foal ksgh She contacted MTCs faciisy a Desert Censer was Kid thv ficcey stars rad CaJsforrra its correctional officers out at per hour wifo a raise la $8 per bow after sx lor Economic Sile Dil k M!ari I facslsses SkUc sad everyone be fas adLed la said they won'! support Milled foe passion as Camay puCmg itself the fending nsfrmeit fur a prrwse pnSENL 1 think foe county has aa ksaes private business V ase JS saidDekifoscrsE Dr Thomas Oandkx 1 don't want a prison here I here have to taro a grrsen wsead safoei Btrm it be a svepnson” Barv stare prisons pey bseser and have haler esnpwyee besefss Sue do prvar prisons She also ssad be? eeserek me sSasww &V worse of foe oQsr pttwbc psgs S baf sd |