Show kk kkkkkkkkkk k k k k k k 10') is lor Mli Ki Mil 4rTir UJMMIKlI- lK SI JOO 04107- - 577’ SMI AKI 'k k k fcl Sll lh GVHS Parent Teacher conference set for today Gunnison Valley High School will be holdParent conference ing their from I to 6 pm on Wednesday October All of the teachers will be located in the girls’ gym for the convenience of the parents Each teacher will have a handout indicating hisher grading policy and class objectives The PTA will also be there to serve refreshments and to collect membership dues ($3) All parents should plan on attending and find out how their sondaughter Is doing academical ly There w be no school for students this day Hospital names new CFO Volume 76 Number 39 Gunnison Uteh 84634 Wednesday Gmismisom tooMsig Only one entry in contest! by Anita Lyons Staff Writer So hr the Gunnison City Council has ceived one entry in the contest to create a logo for the c ity from Gayle Flocken in Centerf eld In a meeting September 24 the council dis- cussed the contest Council Member Rodney Taylor commented that the logo should be basic ”We need to keep it simple enough to put on doors of trucks” Recorder Nancy Lemon suggested that con- testants be notified that the council may “make adjustments to the winning logo as they see fit" Taylor agreed “You get an ideaandbuild on it” Council Member Elizabeth Jensen would like to see a logo that mirrors the en- - they thought of putting I skateboard arena in Gunnison park At the recent convention of the League of Cities and Towns she learned that liability is not a great factor for a city with an arena “They feel like it's a manageable thing” she said When kids use the streets and sidewalks to skateboard liability for the city is m ' ? r Brian C Murray by Anita Lyons Brian C Murray began work as Gunnison Hospital’s Chief Financial Officer last Monday September 5 After spending his career thus far at large hospitals Murray said “I wanted to come down and experience a smaller hospital” At the Salt Lake Regional Medical Center a hospital Murray was the Controller in charge of the Accounting Department and answered to the hospital’s CFO As the CFO and only certified accountant in Gunnison hospital (21 beds) “I’ll have more departments reporting to me” he said Those departments are: The business office medical records purchasing accounts payable and accounts receivable Murray’s biggest obstacle in taking over the CFO position has been learning the hospital’s computer system “I just need to get used to it” he said He’s familiar with computers but used a different system in SLC The largest concern for Murray now is movinghis family from Kaysville to join him While searching for a house he is living with He his wife Lisa’s parents in Ephraim doesn’t mind the commute compared to the Salt Lake City commute he’s used to Brian and Lisa have five children: Candace Alyssa 8 Brianna 6 Clay 3 and Olivia 6 months “It’ll be nice to get everyone back together” said Brian “It’s not fun to be away from them” concern Council Member Boyd Brady said “Some of the worst offenders are residents” The council discussed borrowing a speed monitor for a while (the kind that and flashes on a screen each driver’s tion will fit inside There were twelve applications for the police opening Eight of them were category one officers reported Boyd Brady Four plicants have been select to be interviewed The next CIB board meeting is in Castle speed for him to see) The old folding chairs from the stake cen- - Dale September 2 There the council hopes ter are available to be checked out through the the Gunnison pool project will be moved from list for funding city Because so many chairs were lost when the pending list to the priority no one kept track of the borrowing there will in December Council Member Mark Pickett told counnow be a check out list and Donald Childs is in cil members of a problem with cement trucks charge of it Glade Morley was chosen as the new Ani- - washing out along the sides of city roads He He will begin work commented that there was pile of cement in mal Control Officer front of Woodrow Beck’s house The council October Elizabeth Jensen asked the council what agreed to write both local cement companies a letter about it Commercial questionnaire to help county in reappraisal Last week the Sanpete County Assessors Office mailed a letter and questionnaire to all commercial property owners in the county The information outlined the reappraisal of all commercial property in Sanpete The task is to update property records to provide a more realistic and more accurate is also property market value This reappraisal scheduled as part of a Utah State Legislature mandate that all property in the state be reapand praised once on site every five years updated yearly The primary purpose of the reappraisal of commercial property is the same as the reap“It is praisal of residential and other property essential to have accurate and uniform market values on all property” said County Assessor Steven Kjar He encouraged local property 1 The County assessment roll for 1998 will reflect the commercial update as well as the reappraisal of homes cabins and subdivisions in outlying areas of the North Sanpete School DlStllCt (See Questionnaire Boyd Brady reported that the Police Department had received a $6800 grant to purchase special police supplies Council members congratulated Mayor Steven Buchanan in his appointment to the Board of Directors of the Utah League of Cities and Towns In the Thccouncildiscusscdcitydrainnge master plan of (he city engineer Tim Jones designated where water should drain commented Administrator Limb Rodney Taylor commented that it is probably time ‘‘to spend money to design how it’s going to get there” The pump house at Fayette springs (Bartholomew well) was flooded and the Administrator Limb switches damaged ported that new parts have arrived and work on restoring the pump house is progressing on Page 2) Homecoming of Monday was Expedition Day at Gunnison High School and members Stella Hill’s seventh hour English class were dressed for the occasion Olsen Seth Bunnell Olsen JD Artimesia to right) Joining Hill are (left and Lacey Brown A schedule of other Homecoming activities is on page 10 in today's Gunnison Valley News Deputy questions Sanpete official's trip to Hawaii by Jim Olsen A letter to the editor published in the Mt Pleasant Pyramid on Wednesday September 24 1997 criticized the practice of Sanpete County officials attending conferences on taxpayer’s money This was happening while Sanpete County Sheriffs Deputies were quired to pay for their own required certification The letter written by Gunnison resident Blake Edwards cited the fact that the elected omdlsreceMlyendrfconfi Hawaii He on the other hand was expected t0 pay $ggg for recent certification at the Utah State Post Academy in Salt Lake City “jhe county commissioners budget enough money each year for the elected officials to attend one of two conventions” llene Frischknecht told the Gunnison Valley News “We are allowed to attend either the National or Western Interstate Regional Conference This year it happened to be in Hawaii” she said Edwards took exception that each elected official was lowed to take a spouse or ‘significant other’ on the trip while he was expected to pay $7 for a Christmas dinner he had taken his wife toAccordingto Sanpete County given $374567 in PUT toSecretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt day announced that the Interior Department has sent payments for 1997 totaling $113 million to 24327 local government units across the United States in accordance with the 976 offt 39 cents for mew logo The annual PILT payments are made for Federal lands administered by the BLM theNational Park Service the US Fish and Wildlife Service (all agencies of the Interior Department) the US Forest Service (part of the US Department of Agriculture) and owners and managers to provide specific ac- Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act the to Federal water projects and some military queswhen details responding curate Utah received $93081 59 of that Sanpete for installations tions on the survey “The success of the pro- - County received $374567 compared to Congress appropriates PILT payments each cess will depend on the quality of the informa- $40979 jn 1996 Sevier County received includes popuyear accordingtoaformulathat tion” emphasized Kjar $462384 compared to $47 293 in 996 lation and the amount of Federal land within businesses will not While Bureau 0f Management an agency an affected county These payments are in on information requested lease the be able to give 0f jnterjor Department distributes by Anita Lyons addition to other Federal revenues that the be able to give sales or local With hours to spare Centerfield’s Good the form they may pfiymcnts to eligible units of Federal Government transfers to the States information pertinent market emments each year The payments are - These revenues are derived from commerical Government Party met Tuesday night SepCook the The County lcontrawdwim the loss of tax revenue to activities on Federal Iands such as oil and gas tended to tember 23 to nominate candidates for States and localities raused by the presents of leasingilivestockgrazing and timber harvest- November’s election the inspections ard “"Ration of physical toxemptFederal land within their junsdic- Roland Beck was chosen as mayoral candiing The BLM has distributed more than two to tions billion dollars in PILT payments to local gov- date with Grant Mogle and Lonnie Larson as data relating week of “PILT payments help local governments ernments since these payments began in 977 candidates for council member According to done the The Cook group has successfully completed AU us the District of Columbia M such vjtal services as firefighting Town Recorder Debbie Hansen the voting isals m other coun- severalsimilarmass reappra of construction blank public and have will Puerto Rico Guam and the Virgin Island- sand names protection police ballot will list their ties of the state and are well qualified and schools and roads and op- - arereceivingPlLTfundsforFiscalYearl997 lines next to them TTiey will woric closely with the erations”saidBLMDirectorPatShea“Tliese which ends September 30 The States with Voters will be able to write in their own experienced Assessors Office to implement new commer- payments are oneofthe ways that the Federal counties that collectively receive the largest candidates to represent die Good Citizen Party cial reappraisal procedures Information on coverninent can fulfill its role ofbeing a good amounts are: New Mexico $ll153023Cali- which never met is an will be used strictly for the commerical fomia $11144626 Arizona $9439209 neighbor to !oca communities This Caroline White wife of Jonah White has thefonn Montana unless specified other- $8923334 egpecjaiiy important role for the BLM which Utah $9308159 notified town hall of her intention to run as a property reappraisal Idaho $7719506 and Alaska $6780950 manages more land than any other Federal write-icandidate for the Good Citizen Party Beck Mogle Larson to run for Centerfield mayor council 50 1997 greater Manti Ephraim and Mount Pleasant all have plans to build an arena Jensen said that all four cities could save money by paying an engineer to do plans for all four at once There are some funding sources as well The arena could go in place of the old pool since that area will have to be excavated anyway said trance sign to the city (Progress with Purpose) Jensen Council Member Brian Jensen commented that the city has already paid to put in The The prize is “Anything we can add in that park is a plus” contest deadline is November Next year the lease of the BLM land for the $100 Also at the meeting the council discussed gun range will expire The lease may not be in unless improvements are made at the town roads renewed residential limits on speed site Blane Jensen has agreed to head a comTracey Park contacted the city with a comto improve the range Farmers mittee on about Freeway speeding plaint The council agreed to grant a business Administrator Limb said there was a 30 mph lot sign posted on the road The council decided license to Alvin Hatch for auto sales on the allowed the switch and to Bulldog Den on Main street Hatch met next to take down the sign with the council and told them his plans to speed to 25 mph Recorder Lemon said that if there is no sign restore and rebuild classic cars The council Hatch has posted state speed law in a residential area is only allowed selling on the lot until 25 mph Policemen will be notified of the a building on the site that cars under construc- awl October Frischknecht the county each lowed elected official nearly $2500 for the trip The county used a travel agency to obtain some discounts on motels car rentals and some other items rather than just sign up with the convention group “We obtain valuable training at the convention” Frischknecht said “Some neighboring counties allow their elected officials to attend both the National and Western Regional conferences” Edward’s letter alluded to the fact that he had been required to pay for a week’s certifi- - Jt ted t0 stay at a the acad d cost was $400 “Xhe air conditioning was broken at POST d nearbv mote1 he of trainine allows Edwards to ' of e oins ri e f tier coni trot evident ®en®’an 0 er? min e 'n1Ps°n na ' mg which he knew he would have to pay for was an additional 14UU lrvai ut’c (See Letter on Page 2) |