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Show DODGE CITY NEWS P. O. BOX 224 MILFORD UT 84751 Dodge City N SERVING Sil cents This Is The Final Issue Of © MARCH 3, 1995 News ‘Briefs — 1991 SINCE COUNTY BEAVER WESTERN AND MILFORD ely BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID ' MILFORD, UT -| PERMIT NO. 15 i VOL. V NO. 9 Dodge City News! Limited Time Offer Milford City has some bargain rates for developers - but it's only temporary! Tim Jones, Jones and DeMille Engineering, recommends a sharp increase in fees for water and sewer connections. Until new ordinances can be adopted to set these fees, rates remain $500. for water, $500. for sewer, and $150. for a meter. In a letter to Councilman Dotson, Jones stated, "Milford's connection fees are very low in comparison with other communities around the State. Each new connection should be required not only to cover the cost of connection, but to also pay their share of the capacity that they will require from the system. Such as; supply (well), storage, distribution, collection, and treatment. If they are not required to pay for capacity then you are giving away that part of your system and some day the City will have to purchase more. Connection fees of at least $1,000. each for water service and an additional $1,000. each for sewer service should be considered.” The Milford City Council called a special meeting Monday evening to discuss terms for a proposed 60-unit trailer park with developers Ron Wunderlich, Lary ' Carter, Dick Rollins, and Mark Whitney of Advanced Development. Proposed location is north of the rodeo grounds. Under the existing city ordinance cost for the sixty hookups would be approximately $69,000. The City agreed to credit approximately $22,000. of that figure to the developers for bringing the lines from existing services to their property line. However, Neil Bradshaw asked, "Isn't it the developer's Next week the paper will have a new name. responsibility to run services to their,property?” A citizens advisory committee, charged with the task of devising a new master plan, has been working toward that goal since last fall. Until a new master plan and ordinances defining hookup fees and impact fees has been approved by the City, council members say they intend to stay with existing fees. "We have an ordinance on the books. If you are going to impose other fees for one application you may have a legal problem,” Councilman Sower said. Councilman Dotson motioned that the city allow the development to proceed with $69,000 minus $22,000 credit for building lines. Councilman Sower abstained because of a possible conflict of interest. The motion carried. — Dick Rolls was skeptical. "This will cover the total fees you are going to require from us?" he asked. Whitney asked that it be recorded in the Wilderness A been public scheduled hearing has for March 6 at 5:00. p.m. in the Beaver County Commission Chambers to discuss wildemess areas in the County. BLM and Wilderness Alliance recommendations for area designation are somewhat conflicting in actual amount of acreage in the two areas targeted. Approximately 7,140 of the 42,140 acres in the Wah Wah WSA is in Beaver County. The remainder is in Millard County. The WSA surrounds State lands in Criteria for determining wilderness characteristics includes: naturalness - no noticeable impact of man; solitude; primitive and unconfined recreation, special features. UDOT Pians For '95 the developer says he has paid the fees, and a future council does not and Minersville will receive a new chip and seal overlay. SR 21, west have record of payment." The ten-acre trailer park is being promoted to accommodate workers who reportedly will be moving to the area for employment roads in the _ of Milford between mile posts 40 and 53, is also scheduled for repair in July or August. SR 153 between mile posts 11 and 12, above Dead Man's Turn, is also on with Circle Four Farms related the list. industries. Rob Adams, Circle Four General Manager, was not available to confirm the employment projections. north of Beaver to Wild Cat can be expected. Commissioner Sullivan I-15 joint repairs from brought up the possible future need for an extension of Highway 257 Norman Thompson Named Milford Justice answered that the S.T.LP. funding allotment program works on a Syear cycle, and that new construction is a low priority at this time. "You might consider County County Beaver County will be resurfacing the farm to market Court Justice. Norman Thompson was chosen from a broad spectrum of applicants. He is a Beaver County native, living in Milford for the past 35 years. As a retiree, he has plenty of time to devote to road between Milford and Minersville this summer. Marshall Commissioners held final interviews last Friday: evening for the position of Milford bonding," he suggested. Commissioner to as the height of the tourist season, SR 21 between Milford paid other roads, but he did not specify a location. connection fees. "We don't want another Sunnyside situation where they require County," he said. - Dan Juho, Local Government Projects Engineer, A portion of the 24,000 acre White Rock Wildemess Study Area, on the Utab/Nevada border, is also in Beaver County. , the when may both counties. Sometime during the coming summer, jokingly referred minutes south to Beryl Junction. "We have ' Circle 4 in here now, and we just don't know what to expect. They adding Get The Facts job done. Milford-High School is pleased to host a speaker from the Utah Department of Health to present the latest information about HIV/AIDS. "Ive always been interested, and I think I might be able to help," he said. Thompson expressed a special interest in If you have been wanting to know the facts and get your questions answered, this is a valuable opportunity to do so. young people. Although he firmly Mrs. law, he views the court system as Rebecca Fronberg, believes that offenders should pay the price for transgression of the B.S. CHES will be at the high school March 6. Schedule is: 11:00 to noon - grades 7 & 8 12:45 to 1:40 - grades 9 & 10 1:45 to 2:40 - grades 11 & 12 2:45 to 3:40 - parents, community members and students : more of punish. structured he said. a tool to help than to “Retribution should be. to build the individual,” Respect and traditional values are an apparent part of his philosophy. Thompson and Shad who would like additional information. STUDENTS WILL NEED A PERMISSION SLIP FROM PARENTS IN ORDER TO ATTEND THE PRESENTATION Mrs. Fronberg received Bradshaw, the new Beaver justice, her bachelors degree in health (continued on page 8) 300 miles of Milford. They have eleven grandchildren. were scheduled to attend a 2-day training session in Salt Lake City Norman and Sherrie Thompson have raised six children, all of whom live within |