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Show Escalante Council Addresses Numerous Concerns ESCALANTE Escalante town council members considered a variety of community problems and actions during their final May meeting. Arnold Alvey and Darlene Ed-miston Ed-miston who had come to the meeting meet-ing to protest a proposed right-of-way through the Karl Spencer property were informed by the council that it had not been aware the right-of-way involved more than one person's property and that the subject had been removed from the agenda because it would require approval ap-proval of all parties involved. Kim Randel expressed concern to Jimmy's mother Ruth Henrie and are having a large garage built out back. Evelyn Henrie is a native of Marysvale. Glad to have you home folks. The Buck Bulklcys enjoyed a trip to Mesa Verde and other scenic areas ar-eas in Colorado. Shirley said the highway they traveled was so high in the sky that she knows that the white line on it bent over the edge. The Harold Guymons of Tay-lorsville Tay-lorsville and the Tom Judds and Myrtle Judd Shakespeare from up north visited with Fay Lynn and other relatives in town. that the proposed 6-inch sewer line for his future trailer court would not be adequate, and asked for a guarantee guaran-tee from the town that the 6-inch line would work. He was advised that an 8-inch line would cost $1200 for a manhole plus the cost of the pipe. Engineer Phil Leslie explained that the town is responsible for keeping all blockages block-ages out of the main line, but that property owners are responsible for lines on their own property. Sherry Woolsey requested repairs of, or replacement of, the clinic door and repairs of plumbing problems prob-lems at the clinic which the council promised to correct. Council member Blaine Lyman explained new budget cutbacks, noting that each department would have to exercise extra care in planning plan-ning expenditures. Ways to cut costs were discussed as well as additional possible sources of revenue. rev-enue. The council acknowledged that the water department was in special need of additional revenues and that clerk Dorothy Simpson would be sending out delinquency letters along with a copy of the town's or dinance on water to try to collect past-due accounts. Mayor Wade Barney stated that the Farmers Home Administration would be unable to help with costs of construction of the town's metal building, and that without FmHA help, the building would be too costly. He suggested trading for a smaller building and placing it at the lagoon site, if it would fit. Blaine Lyman said he would like to purchase the building for the fire department, even though there would not be sufficient monies to erect it for several years. The item was placed on the followup agenda. Kent Robinson asked the council about the possibility of full-time employment. He said he fell if he were employed full time, he could generate enough revenue to pay his salary. He said he spends most of his allotted lime at present responding to complaints, leaving no time for patrolling unless he docs it on his own time. The matter was placed on the followup agenda for consideration. The council voted not to trade former mayor Mohr Christensen the balance due on his water line for storage of the town's pipe at his property for several years. Christensen Chris-tensen had requested the trade, but the council decided that Christensen had made the decision to store the pipe on his own without any agreement with the town. The council agreed that the town will move the pipe if Christensen does not want it, since the town has no use for it. The council adopted Building Permit Ordinance 1988-1, with three in favor and one undecided. The ordinance stated that a license is not required to work on one's own home, but the work must be inspected by a qualified inspector and meet all requirements. Ron Wooley and Phil Leslie asked to be considered for the town's inspector-position. Kim Randel asked the council if he could contract to clear off the dump. He said it would need to be fenced so that he could keep his equipment at the site. Mayor Barney Bar-ney suggested to Randel that he prepare a proposal for presentation at the next. meeting and requested the clerk to place the item on the next agenda. Council member Stanley Stowe Reported to the council that a tree had fallen on the headhouse at Mountain Springs and broken the gate. He said that the town was losing one-third of the water out of Deep Creek, and that leaves and trash in the line were still causing a loss of up to 50 percent of the water. wa-ter. Leslie said he is still searching for grant monies to re-do the system sys-tem in mat area. Stowe also mentioned possible use of culinary water for watering the cemetery. He said he felt it should be metered and paid for since it requires a lot of water. He said the town owns one and one-half shares of irrigation water which is useless because of lack of water pressure. Mayor Barney said he would discuss irrigation water with Mason Lyman and Doyle Cottam. He asked that the item be placed on the next agenda. The council signed an agreement, needing only Jackie Woolsey's signature, sig-nature, on a future sewer connection for a right of way through her properly. |