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Show • ' The Beaver Press - February 3, 2011 - Page 2 THE BEAVER PRESS USPS074-400 Published every Thursday In Beaver, Utah by The Beaver Press Second Class Postage Paid Beaver, Utah 84713 Marlow L. Draper Sue Draper Publisher/Editor Business Manager Harris to work on the water issues. Jet Fuel . Tabled Reports for Committee The Beaver City Council met at 4:08 p.m. in a regular session at the Beaver City Hall on January 11, 2011. The following members of the Council were present: Mayor Mark Yardley, Council Members Craig Wright, Connie Fails, Chris Smith, Gary Brown, 'and Lynn to the City have romained constant since 2005 for his services. The Little League Fields have been less weedy. He discussed the fertilization of the golf course. Mr. Davidson took pictures of the Golf Course to show the Council his concerns. He has been fertilizing the fairways and tee areas. The SUBSCRIPTION RATES roughs are very rough. Snow In Beaver County $17.00 •;'; % mold has been a problem. Mr. Beaver County Senior Citizen $15.00 > Davidson recommended fertilizOutside Beaver County $20.00 . : i ing the entire course 3 times this year and watering less. He Harris. Also, present are City Postmaster please send change of address to: gave the Council his proposed Manager Brent Blackner and The Beaver Press, Box 351, Beaver Utah 84713 contract for the City parks and City Recorder Anona Yardley. Golf Course. The Council The Opening Ceremony of '• bpress@xmission.com thanked Mr. Davidson for his an . invocation, Pledge of good work. Allegiance, and thought was Phone: 435-438-2891 Fax: 435-438-8804 GRANT APPLICATION conducted by Manager PROGRESS - MIKE BERG Blackner. Council Member Wright CITY COUNCIL MINUTES .. i : Mr. Berg gave an amended Veterans Memorial - Find a grants schedules of pending APPROVED way to pay for a beautiful veter- % Minutes of the previous reggrants to the Council. Most of ans memorial. Names on bricks the grants are in the "waiting for ular council meeting of at the memorial for a fund raiser. approval" process. The end of December 14, 2010 were preGoif Committee - Fill in January is the earliest to know sented. Council Member Wright The Beaver City Council ditches. Improve water system. about the dump truck grant. moved and Council Member met at 2:30 p.m. in a work sesExtend practice green. Improve Harris seconded the minutes be The federal budgets have now sion at the Beaver City Hall on the sign for the course. Golf been set so States will be know approved with typing and gramJanuary 11, 2011. The following Committee meet every month. what kinds of money they will mar corrections. All voted in members of the Council were have for grants. Mr. Berg feels Fire District One - Purchase favor of the motion. None present: Mayor Mark Yardley, that a personal appearance in a new ambulance and update opposed. Council Members Craig Wright, front of the decision bodies to equipment. BILLS APPROVAL Connie Fails, Chris Smith, Gary help the grant process. The ATV Club - Re-designation Bills were presented and Brown, and Lynn Harris. Also, grant application process is very of ATV Trails into Beaver. reviewed by the City Council. present are City Manager Brent subjective at times. The Council Reroute the Paiute Trail into Council Member Brown moved Blackner and City Recorder discussed other possibilities for Beaver. ATV Ordinance in City. and Council Member Fails secAnona Yardley. grants with Mr. Berg. Council Member Harris onded the bills be approved. All Committee Goals NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSISewer - Look into improving voted in favor. None Opposed. Mayor Yardley asked each NESS the Sewer Ponds. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Council Member and Manager Water - Leam more about Historical Committee SCOTT ALBRECHT Biackner for their goals for the the water department. Appointment Chris Kesler Mr. Scott Albrecht met with next year. They are as follows: Parks and Recreation Council Member Fails the Council to review and revisit Manager Blackner More participation in the promoved to add Chris Kesler to the economic development Planning & Zoning - Fill a grams. Maintenance program the Historical Committee. direction of the City and County. position vacancy for the Board. for buildings. Council Member Brown secondMr. Albrecht asked'these quesEach Council Member was Power - Find grants to ed. All voted in favor. None tions about economic developasked to give Mayor Yardley improve the power company opposed ment. 1. What has been done in their recommendations for the Energy Money. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUthe past and what were the position. Mayor Yardley TIONS results. One accomplishment Board of Adjustments Home Land Security Adopt Dog Ordinance was lower rate on Natural gas Mayor Yardley requested recWould like Beaver to remain the Council Member Harris for the City. 2. What is the ommendation for the vacant beautiful community that it is, a moved and Council Member vision for the future? What are positions. Les Gale is the Chair. safe and healthy atmosphere for Fails seconded that Beaver City some goals for the City's future Council Members will submit the people that five here as it adopt the Beaver County Dog with economic development. names. Council Member Harris has always been. Ordinance, Ordinance No. 12Mr. Albrecht would like to focus will contact Les Gale. Training Financial Soundness 14-2010A. Council Members on economic recruiting or will be arranged for the Board Utility companies to grow. Brown, Smith, Fails, Wright, strengthening businesses that upon its completion. Riverside Park - Finish the Harris voted yea by voice vote. are already established in Policy and Procedure park for the children of the comNone opposed. Motion passed. Beaver in order to create more Handbook - Review and update munity. ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMjobs and increase the tax base. the handbook. Council witl Roads - Storm Drainage MITTEE REPORTS He calls it economic gardening. make a draft of manual. plan finished and implemented. --Manager Blackner: This approach. focuses-on the... ; Employee group will review and Parking at the Post Office ! existing business and helps Personnel Manager make recommendations. addressed. analyze management practices Blackner proposed to the Council will adopt. Power - Substation by the and gives recommendations for Council that Robyn Okeson end Cemetery improved. Council Member Brown future growth. There are two her probation time frame and Economic Development Economic Development types of companies; Phase 1 - receive a raise" and put her on Update City website to be more Get Beaver City's name know. New Companies; and Phase 2 - the step program. * Social Media - Have an user and business friendly. Companies that are successful Work on establishing an inviting, easy to operate website and have room to grow. Mr. Council Member Brown: Historical - Council Member for Beaver City. Economic Development Agency Albrecht would like to offer a Brown handed out the draft reswith other County government Water Project - Phase 2 & 4 professional business package olution from Senator Dennis Phase 4 is in the preliminary entities. to business in Beaver County to StowelPs Office for the Council « Finances - Review the bud- stage and will be bid in the early help businesses grow. The to read and make recommendaSpring. The new water tank is get quarterly with Manager Business Center at SUU will has tions if any. ready to have pressure tests Blackner. Put a cap on employa team that can analyze busiCouncil Member Smith: ee health insurance and stay performed. nesses and make recommendaSwimming pool - A rhino Insurances within overall budget. tions. It is called the BEAR pro- floor surface has been installed The cost of the new health Historical Committee and gram and is a free service to and heat is needed inside the Philo T. Farnsworth - State insurance plan will save the City businesses. The City may conpool for the floor to dry. Crews Museum for Philo T. Farnsworth money in the long run. The tract with Beaver County for Mr. are looking for Kerosene considered. Secure items for employees will be able to use Albrecht's services. heaters; The pool will be museum from Monroe and find their sick leave to fund their a place to keep them. Look for WATER PROJECT UPDATE - drained and acid washed tomorHealth Savings Account. A cap row. The maintenance on the historical Main Street Grants. JASON BROWN will be placed on health insurpool will be finished soon. Hospital - Life Flight landing Phase 2 Dennett ance in January, 2012 in the Opera House - Tiles for the pad improvement. Landscaping Construction's contract ended FY2012 budget. Insured will be kitchen and new chairs for the at Long Term Care. Feels that Dec. ,3, 2010 ^but an additional informed of the cap in June, building have been received. the audit should be done quick51 days was added to their con2011. er. tract for bad weather days. They Airport -At the airport committee Update on Construction Race Track - Start date for need to finish the springs that meeting the discussed coordiProjects restroorns. Put up fence close were opened before the storms nating with the hospital on getTabled for Committee to the Hole 7 green with money came. They had no other work ting Jet A fuel at the airport and Reports. raised from Golf for their crews, so they are still heip with Life Flight. The buildBeaver's Birthday Course/Horsemen summer golf working to finish the project by ing contracts are in place and - The theme for Beaver's tournament. Spring. A 6M water line up the three bids for the snow plow Birthday this year is "Beaver is Council Member Smith North Fork is being put in. Two have been received. Still Alive Even Though She is Opera House - Secure a springs will be opened up the Council Member Falls: 155." Many contests have been Problem with deer on the monthly rent from Council on 24th of January. The upgrade planned. A bubble gum blowing Aging. on these springs witl allow better canyon road - Property owners contest at Belknap. The winner Swimming Pool - Have a management There is an addi- need to call Brent Farnsworth if of each class will: compete the regular maintenance schedule tional spring that is being devel- there is a problem. Mayor night of the birthday party. The for the buildings. oped that was not originally Yardley has agreed to help with Third Grade classes will write Airport - Accomplish the essays, "Why I Like Living in included in the project. Sample the billboards for the North and goals set in the 5-year plan. Beaver." Beaver High Students testing needs to be done on the South entrances to Beaver on IFinish the building and buy the will be asked to write poetry. finished springs. The 15. Council Member Wright: snow plow. V I•'•' There will be three dress-up Chtorinator Building is finished. Life Flight - The new life days at the high school, Improve the downtown area Phase 3 - The water tank is finPioneer, Western and Beaver flight helicopter from Dixie - Improve sidewalks^curbs and ished and needs pressure test-, Blue days. A pizza party will be gutters. Look for grants to ing. Final inspections will be Regional Hospital can land in awarded to the class with the accomplish this goal. conducted before the final bill is the parking lot of the* hospital, most participation on the dressbut other aircraft may not have Council Member Falls paid. • " up days. A dance will be held in Veterans Memorial - Recruit Phase 4 - This phase will be the same lift as this new one. the small gym, and refreshyounger veterans to serve on advertised the last of February They are still looking at another ments in the Cafeteria with an with the bid opening in March. site. The land South of the hosthe committee. ice cream sundae bar, birthday '* Improve Downtown 8" pipe wiy, cross the river. The pital was discussed. It is a long cake, and cookies. The Replace some sidewalks. phase includes the pipeline from way from the emergency room Mayor's Youth Council members Baker's Canyon to the Golf to the chopper at that site. It Search for grants, Purchase a will be asked to help serve. street sweeper. Course. It will follow the same would be best for the now to RlvenJlde Park Fish Pond leave the landing pad in the midFinish Landscaping at Long route as the existing pipe. Term Care » BEAVER LAWNSCAPE CON- dle of the road. The DWR will stock the Council Member Harris: * Old Sign Clean up, - > pond with, fish. Beaver County TRACT - BOB DAVIDSON Recreation - The recreation ; Old Vehicle cleanup on City wili help with the parking lot and I : Mr. Davidson began by givdepartment schedules and regstreets - Find a way of having ing the Council some history on banks on the pond. Mayor istration is on the internet. He the City Ordinance'enforced. his business growth. The costs Yardley asked Council Member Minutes of the Beaver City Council . * • • % • ; . - . ' would like the public to know and use the Internef for those purposes. Mayor Yardley: Administration Congressman Chaffetz would like three concerns from the each Council Member for Beaver City. The representative for the Five County Association is Beaver City at present If that is to * continue, all Beaver Council Members would need to have an opportunity to attend those meetings. Mayor Yardley commends the State Road crews on clearing the roads of snow, to Eagle Point. Also the County for their help with snow removal. He thanks the St. George Life Flight Pilot for a wonderful experience to see Beaver from the air on the life flight helicopter. South Utah, t Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming. The Forest Service applies different grazing fees to national grasslands and to lande under its management in the Eastern and Midwestern states and parts of Texas. New Rules for Animal Feeding Operations Will Soon be - ^ Implemented New rules and regulations that affect animal feeding operations (AFOs) and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) will soon be in effect. The target date for ImplementaCouncil. Member Wright tion is Spring, 2011. The new moved and Council Member regulations remove the protecHarris seconded to adjourn the tion against fines and penalties meeting. All voted in favor. None for discharges occurring during opposed. The Council meeting was adjourned at 6:37 p.m. The large storm events unless one next Council meeting will be has a permit. Utah is currently held Tuesday, January 25, 2011 working on three permit options at 4:00 p.m. for producers: the CAFO Permit, CAFO Permit-by-Rule, and an AFO Permit-by-Rule. A key component of any of Ihe permits is the implementation and maintenance of a Nutrient Management Plan (NMP). Utah State University Extension and the Utah AFO/CAFO team* will be conducting workshops on the new regulations. The workshops will The Federal grazing fee for help producers assess their risk 2011 will be $1.35 per animal and need for a permit, and vunit month (AUM) for public explain what is involved with lands administered by the implementing and maintaining a Bureau of Land Management NMP. A workshop will be held and $1.35 per head month (HM) in Beaver onFeb 1, 2011 at the for lands managed by the Forest Timberline Restaurant, (I 15 Service. The 2011 fee is the South Interchange from 10:00 same as last year's. a.m. - 3:00 p.m.. There is no fee An AUM or HM treated as for the workshop and lunch wffl equivalent measures for fee be provided. purposes is the occupancy and Topics to be covered use of public lands by one cow include: Overview of the and her calf, one horse, or five Regulations, Types of Permits, sheep or goats for a month. The Risk Assessment - Should I Get newly calculated grazing fee, a Permit?, Why have a Nutrient determined by a congressional Management Plan?, Key formula and effective on March Components of a Nutrient 1, applies to nearly 18,000 grazManagement Plan, Keeping the ing permits and leases adminisPermit Valid, & Record Keeping tered by the BLM and more than For more information please -&.Q09 permits; administered;; by v "•TOntact Mark Nelson..at the the Forest Service. Beaver County Extension The formula used for calcuOffice. 435-438-6451. lating the grazing fee, which BLM and Forest Service Announce 2011 Grazing Fee was established by Congress in the 1978 Public Rangelands Improvement Act, has continued under a presidential Executive Order issued in 1986. Under that order, the grazing fee cannot fall below $1.35 per AUM, and any increase or decrease cannot exceed 25 percent of the previous year's level. The annually determined grazing fee is computed by using a 1966 base value of $1.23 per AUM/HM for livestock grazing on public lands in Western states. The figure is then calculated according to three factors, current private -grazing land lease rates, beef cattle prices, and the cost of livestock production. In effect, the fee rises, falls, or stays the same based on market conditions, with livestock operators paying more when conditions are better and less when conditions have declined. The 2011 grazing fee of $1.35 per AUM/HM grazing fee applies to 16 Western states on public lands administered by the BLM and the Forest Service. The states are Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Time is the coin of life. Only yon can determine how it will be spent. —CaH Sandbar* #*• It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. —Aristotle ••* *•* The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown. —Albert Einstein The first modern wind turttne was built In Vermont In the early 1940s. YEAH, BUT ITS J7%4 JUST HOTAlR i • i. -c- |