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Show Garfield County To Pay Increased SewerWater Rate At Jail Facility PANGUITCH Garfield County Commissioners Maloy Dodds, Clare Ramsay and Dell Le-Fevre Le-Fevre were joined by ClerkAuditor Camille Moore and Attorney Wallace Wal-lace Lee for a full day of county business on Monday, Feb. 26. Board Reports Commissioner Dell LeFevre reported re-ported on the Public Land Users meeting held in Las Vegas the previous pre-vious week. Commissioner Clare Ramsay reported on the open house for the Escalante Senior Citizen Center. Public Works Surplus Property Garfield County Engineer Brian Bremner reported that the county had previously budgeted $90,000 for the purchase of a new grader. The actual price is $9,000 beyond that or $99,547 with the trade in. He requested authority to order that and place their present grader, a 1993 John Deere model, out on surplus bid with a minimum bid of $52,000. A motion was made for Bremner to proceed. Monument Signing Update Bremner told the commission that Attorney Wallace Lee had been in touch with two of the U.S. attorneys, at-torneys, who both are in agreement that a stipulation about the roads in the Monument would be the ideal way to go. They in turn were going go-ing to contact Connie Brooks, the attorney working on this through the. Utah Association of Counties (UAC). It appears that there will be a stipulation drafted and the county will move ahead with that. The commissioners agreed that the stipulation should specify that all the new signs placed by the Bureau Bu-reau of Land Management (BLM), including those on Hole-in-the-Rock road be removed, following through with the thoughts expressed ex-pressed by the commission in their Oct. 9, 2000 letter to Kate Cannon (See COMMISSION on page 3-A) COMMISSION From Front Page because commissioners wanted to reconsider signs previously placed about ATV use. It was further expressed ex-pressed that all signs should come out and no implementation be made until the county and the BLM are together on it. Commissioner Ramsay said he had spoken with a commissioner from Kane County and the BLM is proceeding to put signs up all over their roads. Extension Service Commissioner Maloy Dodds reported re-ported that Utah State University Extension Home Agent Lucile Proctor will be retiring July 1, 2001. The commission will write a letter to USU encouraging them to replace Proctor as quickly as possible. Multi-Events Center Name Proposal ClerkAuditor Camille Moore noted that the Multi Events Center Committee had met. There were a number of submissions for a name for the facility. Epch of the names was reviewed by the full committee of 13-14 people. At first it was the consensus to stay with something that would identify Garfield County but as discussion developed they looked more for marketability. The group selected Canyon Country Complex and will have a logo designed that expresses the Triple C Arena. The commission made a motion to accept the recommendation rec-ommendation of that committee. Panguitch City was to ratify it in their meeting the following night night. Some further discussion was held with Commissioner Dell Le-Fevre Le-Fevre asking, "What is the split on this." Moore answered," Fiftyfifty." "Fifty county and 50 Pan- (See COMMISSION on page 5-A) COMMISSION From Page 3 guitch? asked Le Fevre. "Who picks up the power and all that? Is it 5050 too?" Moore, "The way it will work is Panguitch City is going to manage man-age it. They're going to pay all the bills and we the county are going to pay a flat amount yearly. And if it goes beyond that, they will have to, and they may not want to hear that, but that was kind of the discussion, dis-cussion, they're going to do it. But if they can't handle it, they will come back to the county and we may have to adjust a little then, figures at some point. But for the time being, for the next few years anyway, that's the way it will be." LeFevre, "I just hate to be the devil's advocate but you know that Blackhawk Arena down in Salina doesn't pay it's way." "No we never, this will never pay it's way there's never been any there's no way. What the whole focus behind it was maybe do a little economic development and bring a few more people into the area, to try to service the residents resi-dents of the community and bring things in and stimulate some growth some where. They never will pay their own way those kinds of things...-" Maloy Dodds, "But it is interesting. inter-esting. When we were discussing building this thing, we went down there Salina and visited before we decided to build it, and it was paying pay-ing it's own way. But when we decided de-cided to build it, then it wasn't paying pay-ing it's own way." "And the paying it's own way is kind of the way you look at it," said Moore. "It was maintaining on what they had budgeted for it but if you go to the businesses in Salina, they'll tell you that it saved their bacon." Executive Session By motion, the commission went into executive session on a conference call to deal with pending legislation. Following the session, ny motion they returned to general session. Hospital Issues Garfield Memorial Hospital Administrator Eric Packer gave the commission a breakdown of the costs for operating the outlying clinics connected to the hospital. After discussion, the commission approved a request from the town of Cannonville for an increase in rent for the Bryce Valley Clinic to $225 per month. Landfill Issues Bryce Dalton of Circleville is currently operating a wood waste company south of Circleville. They are working with construction waste material as well. In order to continue the operation, they will need to have a private landfill to dispose of waste remaining after the usable wood products are removed. In order to permit the landfill which will be on private property, the county must give their support for that application. After discussion, the Commission agreed to support that project. Mammoth; Creek Groundwater Study Wayne Thomas and Laurence Parker with the Southwest Utah Public Health Department, made a presentation regarding the study to determine vulnerability of ground water to contamination in the Mammoth Creek and Duck Creek areas of Cedar Mountain. The purpose pur-pose of the study was to provide information in-formation to the county to facilitate wise decisions regarding future development de-velopment of those areas. Thomas informed the Commission Commis-sion that they are trying to secure funding for additional EPA studies in that area. They are asking for help to fund additional studies, including in-cluding a GIS mapping project. The request is for $2,000 over the next two years. A motion was made to give $1,000 to help fund (See COMMISSION on page 6-A) COMMISSION From Page 5 the project. Wayne Thomas updated the Commission on the status of the Bristlecone Water District's project to provide the Bryce Canyon Resort's Re-sort's culinary water. However, no details were provided in the minutes on the update. GRAMA Ordinance Panguitch resident and business owner Harshad Desai expressed his dissatisfaction with the response of the county to numerous requests made of them by fax. The Commission Com-mission and Garfield County Attorney Attor-ney Wallace Lee explained the process proc-ess for making formal requests for information and that requests will not be answered unless they are submitted on the county's GRAMA request form. Garfield Travel Council Harshad Desai also expressed his interest in serving in the future on the Garfield County Travel Council Board. Commissioner Dodds informed in-formed Desai that there are currently no openings on that board. Sewer and Water Fees Panguitch Mayor Jon Torgerson and Panguitch City Manager Allen Henrie came before the commission to discuss renegotiating the water and sewer fees for the jail facility. Torgerson showed a breakdown of the average water and sewer use at that facility over the past year. There was also discussion regarding the frequent blockages in the sewer lines and the possibility of installing install-ing a grinder in the line outside the jail to prevent future problems. After Af-ter discussion, a motion was made to enter into an agreement setting the water and sewer rate at $1,000 per month with voting unanimous. There was also discussion regarding re-garding the participation of the city in the utility costs for the Panguitch Pan-guitch Senior Center. Enhanced-911 Project Coordinator Appointment After discussion, the Commission Commis-sion gave approval to have Bob McCullough complete the addressing address-ing for Antimony Town. Commissioner Com-missioner Dodds will negotiate a contract amount with McCullough and will work with Sheriff Than Cooper to designate an E-9 1 1 Coordinator Co-ordinator to work with the Recorder's Re-corder's office, US West and South Central Communications to keep the system updated. Central Utah Project 206 Funds Antimony Town Request . Commissioner Dodds updated the Commission on the Upper . Sevier River Water Conservancy (See COMMISSION on page 7-A) V i COMMISSION From Page 6 . District. The Upper Sevier Board . recommends that the County make the Antimony Town Project 1 priority for the 206 funds. The Board also recommends that those funds begin to be withdrawn in July of 2002. A motion was made to that effect with voting unanimous in favor. |