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Show RASIN STANDARD. January 9. I TINT AH MINUTES FORREGULAR COMMISSION MEETING HELD DECEMBER 18,2000 Commission minute may be edited for space. The official copy of the com- - 2001- - Page 1$ mad so that ha could complete the cloaing. The Commiaaionera, Mr.W and Kria Bancroft from tha aaaeaaora ofilce diacuaaed the issue at length. Motions Cbnumieioiwr Rx motioned pUtt Duchesne County Commiuion teredurethetaxraty$2,500.00ttthe minutceareauailable through thedsrkj eecaptd tax amount) plua penalty andinternet on that amountforpropertyOOauditors office 001-541- Road Itenu-ActlngR- oad Siqiervi-- Jerry referred to the recent enowbll tating that the wind iecauaingaprob-lem with drifting anew in thaTWona area. The plows are keeping busy. Commissioner Rom commented on the iaaue ofthe 2477 roads and the 1903 &1904maps. He would like a oopy ofthe maps aunt to Stephen G. Boyden, Ass ia-tant Attorney General identifying our 2477 roads. (WniaeionerThayneaug- gested to Jerry that h also eend a copy ofthe old to Attorney Boydene ofllce, and also to the BLM. Motion: Commissioner Rosa motion the have Jerry Lisonbee prepare a lettertobeaenttotneAttomeyGeneral's Office identifying the old 1903 & 1904 mapa as principle evidence of roadc and trails in Duchesne County. Commissioner Kappen second. Motion carried. Roll Call Vote mft'tf Ah. Diacuaelon tract Bids-Ja- ck AU Commissioners of Comouter Con- in the Rooeevelt Area. 6 raiioner Kappen second. n4 1(011 Com-- in the Four Division are Bruce Christopherson' . Rod TOP GUYS-Winn- ers Murray and Ray Morris. Motion AUeomnum anr RaaoluMi0aM UmgDuchesm Cotmtyaa OTWtinfAjft. -- H JmtunrCommunlty-KelaMotion: Commiaaionar Kappen motioned adopt Resolution 00-2-9 to ee-tablish Duchesne County aa a 21 Cen- issues are solved, said Raymond FORT DUCHESNE "The Murray, about the water bottlingenterprise above Whiterocks. To th project ia going forward might soon with the building being thrown up 'and tha equipment installed inside. "The water never sees the light till it fills the bottles, "said Murray, and is pure as the project is going to use the overflow ony out of the spring. Ute Bulletin sacred-groun- d tury Community. Commissioner Roes second. Motion carried. Roll Call Vote: All Commissioners voting Aye. Member. Nomination Tri-- - Brd County Continuum of Cara Planning BodrIt?rlaf?K?llr Kelan Kellar ia nominating Cuyton Chides ter for the Continuum of Care MORGAN Followingthe Dec. 5 walkout by teachers in the Morgan School District, several parents claimed they would not send their children to school to make up that day. After Dec. 21 was assigned by the school board as that make-u- p day, parents made good on their claim. At Morgan High School, 37 percent (or some 267 students) decided to take their Christmas vacation as originally scheduled on the district calendar. At the middle school, 3 1 percent (or 201 students) were not in attendance. Morgan County News Planning Board Team Leader. She is also nominating tha Duchesne County Commissioners, and Irena Hansen of tha Chamber of Commerce aa board members. Motion: Commissioner Roes motioned to appoint those mentioned to the Continuum Care. board of Commissioner Kappen second. Motfan Wood Jack presented the list of proposed carr; RoUCflllVotg; AllConHIMBlQIl-bidThere ia some concision as to gn YQtingAH. . . ?oard AP which chipeet on the motherboard is 2001 beat to go with, and which kind waa Clayton informed tlie Commission asked for in the bid reouest Mr.SherrickfeelattMt hie bid ia being that he had not received nny apolica-hoiste- d because of misinterpretation, tionsforthis position. It wrs deemed to He Believes that the bid request was lacking in specifics in the first place. Commissioner Thayne asked Jack for hie recommendation. Jack stated that all ofthe bids were lackingin certain areas, and he feels that the proposal should have been worded differently. His recommendation is with Micron, but they are an out of Basin company, and their warranty service is for next e. pomtment-CfeytonCbide- fter ofthe PENNING WINNERS-Winn- en Morgan Clark, Bryce Barker. 150 Division: Claryn Gardner, MOAB Bureau of Land Management official say theres a 50-6- 0 chance Moab may soon become the site of an expanded regional interagency fire control complex to fight wildlands fires. And though funding for the new facility has not yet been secured, a committee ia looking at potential sites, from the old airport in Spanish Valley, to Canyonlands Field airport, and Times Independent several places in between. RICHFIELD- - In a blow to the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), a federal judge has rejected a petition to close vast areas ofsouthern Utah to vehicle access. Followingsix days of hearings, District Judge Dale A. Kimball denied a preliminary motion Dec. 22 by Sl'WA to ban vehicle use in nine popular recreation areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). But the decision went a step farther by also granting recreational ist's motion to dismiss SUWA's claims regarding the nine areas- .- Richfield Reaper day. Motion: Commissioner Kappen motioned to reject all the bide and to prepare a more specific list cfequipment requirements. All requirements on the list must be included in the bidorthe bid will be thrown out. Commissioner Rose seoond.MotionrarTiad.JBBa Calf Vote pointingsaid persons to two, three, and fouryear twins. Commissioner Mppn AU CmmiMimert voting An. Mr. Sherrirk and Mr. Brennan an second. Motion earned. BdlCallSotE concerned because the bid prices have AU CPHlIlMBIOMn YPtMlg Aye, been disclosed, and feel their level of Approval to Amend Duchesne County service is compromised because ofthis. Enterprise Zone -- Cedar View Area The commission specifically stated Motion: Commissioner Ross motioned that they are after good machines, good to amend the Duchesne County Entertech support and a good price in com- prise Zone to include Cedar Residential Treatment Center. Commissioner puter equipment and software. Tax baues Bob Weat Kappen aeoond. Motion carried. Roll Mr. West stated he was in the preceee Call Vote: All Commissioners voting of closing on a property for a client Ave. There is a problem with the Personal Approval of Deputy County Attorney Roland Uresk 2001 Contract Property that has been attached to the The contract with County Attorney Commission Tex State The property. audited the personal property reported Gillespie and Deputy Attorney Roland in pHflfWMHunfi cTiiixl Ikiii on UraskwatducusMdbythtCoininiMion wd Mr. Uresk. Commissioner Ross thepropeafterctosinguTwunts had stated that hewants in theoontract that fnrilu.uU Thap.rww.1 county is Mr. government get adequate legal not there and property anymore West ia asking that an adjustment be time for tha countys needs. Mr. Uresk assured the commission that he will be TOOELE- - Tooele County Assistant Attorney Alan Jeppesen is good at prosecuting child sex- abuse cases when he decides to prosecute them. The problem is, according to five local residents who testified before a 3rd Judicial District Court Victims Rights Committee on Dec. 20, Jeppesen has a pattern of offering "lenient plea bargains in those cases rather than going to trial. The victims also complained that Jeppesen does not return plume calls and fails to inform them that a plea bargain will be offered to the perpetrator. Transcript Bulletin FALL OFF FOL KS Each member who fal Is ofifhis or her horse during the penning season receives a stick horse made by ilene Fedelleck at the year end dinner. This seasons recipents were: front row, left to right, Rhett Searle, Laura Hadden, Trent Hiatt and back row, Frank Young, Keith Horrocks, Bryce Barker, Dan Thomas, Brett Hancock. SAN JUAN-T- he Utah State Tax Commission has notified San Juan County that the county may have overstepped its bounds when it raised property taxes for the health care district. In December, County Commissioners sop roved the concept of increasing the subsidy to the struggling district by $500,000 a year-.- San Juan Record "Moon Lake Electrics Program makes the cold winters a little warmer. REA availab8 Pam Womack, Uintah Basin Association of Governments This "additional boost" Moon Lake's REA is Fund. The fund was created in 1995 after a revision in Utah State Law allowed cooperatives to retain unclaimed capital credits (patronage) instead of turning the funds over to the State of Utah. These funds are earmarked specifically for helping utility bills. THE WINNERS-Tea- m penning competition saw Lola Searle, Celeste Hancock, Cindy Hancock take Eleven Division awards. for hundreds of families every year. winter hits the Uintah Basin, power becomes more critical than ever. Unfortunately, not everyone can afford this necessity. That's why Moon Lake Electric teamed up with the Uintah Basin Study shows metal ills in children now a crisis ders affecting children. According to the report: Regular pediatricians treat most affected children and report difficulty referring serious patients to mental health specialists, including appointment waits of three to four months. Some communities offer no child mental health services at all. In one study, some children with emotional disorders didnt get proper school services until age 10. Just as for adults, insurance coverage for childrens mental health is spotty. Advocates toid of parents who relinquished custody so their children could receive welfare-funde- d therapy. One juvenile detention center s of study found more than detainees had a psychiatric disorder. Yet the juvenile justice system seldom screens children for treatable illnesses. The report urges mental health training for doctors, teachers, welfare and juvenile justice workers, and better access to care. Satcher said Medicaid is developing community models for mental health services, and that the federal justice and education departments will work with health officials on training. Reprinted uith permission from the Deseret Sews. Association of Governments REA in the HEAT and . When needy families qualify' Program-- for the HEAT (Home Energy Assistance Target) Program. Moon Lake can offer additional assistance through (hit REA a a difference Making Xhen One in 10 children suffers from mental illnesses severe enough to impeir development, the surgeon general said in urging changes to fix what he termed a crisis. A new Wednesday ttys too often children who wind up in jail had mental health problems that went unnoticed or untreated until too late. Fewer than one in five children get treatment for any mental health problems, the report adds. "If children cant learn, cant develop appropriately, then its going to interfere with their whole life," said Surgeon General David Satcher. "nearly it is a crisis." Setchers newest call adds to his report a year ago declaring mental disorders a major undertraated problem for adult and children. It comes amid a recent backlash against one prominent childhood problem, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Lawsuits charge ADHD is overdiagnosed to push the drug Ritalin to children who merely are rambunctious. There is some overtreatment, but also "there are many children who could benefit from medications as well as behavioral treatment," Satcher said, identifying AD HD and depression as leading mental disor residents pay their low-inco- is priceless, and Becky strives to make sure that every qualified consumer receives the available help. The program has been and every year several hundred Ucal families are helped through the Moon Lake very successful, REA fund. Energy Assistance) fund. (Re-idcnti- al The gift of heat in the winter Moon Lake's REA Program: helping hand in the community. This is just one example of what make a co-o- p like Moon Lake Electric unique from other utilities. It is the attiruJe Muon Lakes Becky Lloyd works closely with Pam of helping those Womack of the Uintah Basin Association around us uhen are hard. Governmentfamilies to identify the individual - could Mho benefit rr.o-- t of and from their assistance. P.im explain. HEAT is a federally funded assita-.c- e program that i designed to a- -: times Moon Lake Eiecrnc is eligible 'It tamies meet the rising costs of home meeting the requirements for HEAT assistance. Moors Lake steps in and gives an hearing. aJd'M inal V f r After k i to these struggling families." o ' making th:s area a better place to V y; I 1 1 '" 1 i ' commuted to two-third- jptff J-- j rz c &ss n ;:.er f-- :s ' ., vi c-- . scoot en 6e:- -, I cyd, !:ve. After all. Mere r..:t vour tv'ic.I Lt.I;ty Me're a co-o- p. that makes e.l the J "irence in the Mtr'd. Moon Lake Electric Potter to bring jou the best. and |