Show H utj Ml UTAHPk£33A5SOCUTlUfi 521 E'J(JUJ3SrE 100 5AIT LAKE Cinr L7 S412415b0 w' Etfi '2fJU1 “AGI'DIM 0 ‘0 o Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley 5754 USPS wwwmillardccpcom Brad Bart Whatcott 0 Vol 98 No 18 November 12 2008 Winn 2008 Election Results Approximately 4600 Millard County voters turned out for this year’s election Decisive majorities marked most of the races One squeaker was decided by just six votes Brent Olson prevailed over Mark Huntsman for a seat on the Millard County School Board The voting results are as follows: Cutline: Dean Baker (third from left) discusses a dried-uflowing well in the Snake Valley with interested parties earlier this year The well dried up as the water table lowered due to agricultural pumping It is feared increased pumping will drop the water table an additional 100 feet below current levels Snake Valley water hearings set for 2009 Millard County voters agreed with the majority in the rest of Utah in passing all five Constitution amendments All Judges on the ballot received a majority of votes to be retained Fillmore City Council vacancy Fillmore City will soon appoint a new city councilman Councilman Bcvan Johnson submitted in order to pursue his resignation employment outside of the area Applicants desiring fill the vacancy will tell why they feel they are qualified to take a seat on the city council at the Council meeting on Tues Nov 8 The following people have submitted in filling their names for consideration the vacant seat: Paul Burgess Mike Engstrom Frank Funk Mike Holt Josephine Huntsman James Iris Speakman Larry Peterson Turner Dennis Whitaker and Mike Winget Fillmore City considers weed and garbage law The Fillmore City Council reviewed two proposals for a new ordinance to control weeds and garbage in the city on Tues Nov 4 The ordinance is being considered to of yards help the city enforce posing a nuisance or fire hazard to the community “I am concerned this ordinance could become abusive to the people of this city” said Councilman Gene Larsen Debate over some of the provisions All followed comment Larsen’s to allow a are passed to regulate alfairs in its municipality It was argued that not all boundaries ordinances are rigorously enforced on a daily basis but as it becomes necessary to enforce them when iolations create a problem for others A provision for an appeal in the ordinance where a citation had been issued w as discussed No action was taken on the matter and it will be discussed again at subsequent council meetings ordinances Millard in the middle The Utah Taxpayer a publication of the Utah Taxpayers Association lists Millard County as 15 out of 29 counties e for Effective Tax Rates (ETRs) ETR’s are determined by div iding total real and personal property taxes charged by all tax entities w ithm the county — including school districts cities special service districts and the county itself— by the county’s total assessed ETRs are calculated by the evaluation Utah Taxpayers Association using data from the Utah Tax Commissioa Millard County’s total assessed evaluation is $1882813790 according to the Utah Tax Commission Millard taxes total $18870967— about one cent per dollar valuation Fourteen counties had a higher ETR and 14 counties had a lower ETR than Millard County As to the tax rate the Utah Taxpayers Association ranked Millard County as having the fifth worst'highest county property tax rate in the state The tax rate being 003701 Piute Daggett San Juan and Emery Counties are higher All other county rates are lower than Millard's by Dean Draper Nevada will determine how much water they are willing to allot for underground pumping in the Snake Valley next fall Hearings for the proposed groundwater project in the Snake Valley straddling the Utah Nevada border hav c been scheduled from late September through October 2009 in Carson City NV Utah and Nevada have negotiating as to teams to come to an agreement how any underground water should be divided between the two states Federal law mandates an agreement before any pumping takes place Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) has filed for 52000 ac ft of water from Snake Valley That is almost 17 billion gallons of water to be shipped south per year if the full measure is granted Previous rulings in other basins have shown a tendency to grant about 50 percent of the request That would result in the project pumping about 85 billion gallons of water per year from the Snake Valley The Nevada State F ngineer Tracy Tay lor issued Interim Order No 2 on Oct 28 giv ing his rulings as to protests to be heard and the hearing schedules The Applicant SNWA will present its case for water withdrawal from the Snake Valley from Sept 28 to Oct 2 Public comment will be taken on Oct 9 Attorney Maik Ward will present Millard County’s opposition to the project on Oct 26 and 27 Callao Irrigation Co and Deep Creek Mountains Ranch will argue their case on Oct 29 Other Protestants w ill argue at other times during October SNWA asked the N V State Engineer to consider previous testimony in rulings issued for other basins in Nevada During hearing on July 15 the NV apieliminary State Engineer “noted that some parties applications Millard County and others argued population grow th esU mates were incorrect due to a downturn in the economy and slowed growth rates in Clark County Millard County argued Las Vegas’s need The State Engineer was not denioastrated overruled the protest stating that Las the Colorado River reliance on Vegas’s for 90 of its water supply has incurred a need for water from other sources Arguments were presented that SNWA already has enough water allotted from other basins in Nevada to satisfy the demands of its project 1 he Suite Engineer allows that Protestants “will be allowed to present evidence as to whether the Applicant has justified a need to import in light of the water from another basin fact that substantial quantities of water ” have already been granted Millard County argued the costs of the project are significantly higher than the original $12 billion stated by SNWA Nevada statute does not require a resubmission of projected costs Protestants w rtfuili its financial argument and demonstrate ability to still construct the project Advocates for Community and Environment (ACE) and Millard County argued in the preliminary hearing that SNWA has failed to implement conservation plans that would save 86000 ac ft year 1 he State ngineer ruled in favor of SNWA against the Protestants on this issue Millard County brought up the argument of negative affects regarding air quality should surface vegetation be negatively impacted by the project The State Engineer ruled “Millard County will not be permitted to present an individual case as to air quality The Slate Engineer finds the Ely Shoshone Tribe did identify air quality issues with reasonable certainty" However the State Engineer ruled air quality issues are outside his purview and he w ill not address them SNWA is order by the State Engineer to r model showing provide a potential impacts from pumping 10000 ac ft 25000 ac ft and 50000 ac ft per year for 10 25 50 100 and 200 years at the hearings Public comment will be taken at the Nevada Slate Legislature in Room 1214 at 401 South Carson Street Carson City and at 400 Shadow Lane in Las Vegas on arc Friday Oct 9 2009 Arrangements being considered to take public comment in Ely and Baker N V that same day Those arrangements arc not yet firm Written public comment w ill be accepted through Fri Nov 20 2009 at 901 South Stewart St Suite 2002 Carson City NV 89701 ill be able to “present The Wars World War I wreaked devastation on a scale never seen before Lt Col John NlcCrae's epic poem spawned the “Poppies" used by veterans organizations to help the casualties of w ar The Chrvniile Progress thought readers might appreciate his poem: In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row That maik our place and in the sky The larks still bravely singing Community KUdital fly Scarce heard amid the guns below We are the Dead Short days ago We lived felt dawn saw suaset glow Loved and were loved and now we lie In Flanders fields Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch be yours to hold it high If ye break faith w ilh us w ho die We shall not sleep though poppies grow In landers fields By Lieutenant Colonel John MtCrae MD Canadian Army Ctrtir Mir - Pireveiratt EDImiess Thursday November 13 2008 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Millard County Fair Building - Delta 5®ipy evidence concerning an estimate of the pipeline project cost” SNWA will be allowed to rebut any Salute to All Veterans Peita Hfle&litlhi to the Snake Valley hearing were not considered Protestants to applications during those other hearings and prov ided those persons the opportunity to comment in writing on the requests in the letter” The NV Stale Engineer found SNWA’s of 14 million by projected population 2020 to be realistic and overruled protests disputing the projection 1 he area reached 14 million in 2001 No objecUons were raised regarding water rates demand adequately applications describing the proposed works and intention to construct the project Other and the factors concerning growth control were found not to stop the SNWA’s from Engineer acting regarding r |