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Show Fr' , , -A- -r . - f .... - LVC'i - 1 L-M; lr : ill- . 'V''; ' ' " T I . , '. 'V, V . yj if ;, v'w "' "'V. i"'---, ; J '" J. .,... ...-,,M-.fr '"' l-rtw" Saturday, the Earth gave way under highway u U-14 UDOT District Five Engineers inspect the damage to the Cedar Canyon road eight miles above Cedar City. In the above snapshot Alex Mansour points out the layers of asphalt that have been built up over the years in an effort to keep the sagging road area level. UDOT will attempt to "bench" the area below the road to again make it passable. A motion to rescind an earlier published ordinance establishing the office of auditor at the county level died for lack of a second as the commissioners met Wednesday. The motion, made by Commissioner Com-missioner Cleo Wood, would have made invalid the ordinance before the filing for the office opened the following Monday (the 17th). Wood said he made the motion because "we are starting what w'e are trying to stop-too much government. W e made the wrong move in setting up the office." Commissioner Jim Clark countered Wood, saying the county was growing and the county needs a monthly regular auditing of the money matters mat-ters within the offices of the courthouse. cour-thouse. It is an important office, he stated, and the law requries such regular audits to avoid problems such as has happened in the Assessor's office. Wood contended an independent auditor might take on the more regulr assignment of auditing and it would save the county expenses of establishing the new office. County Clerk-Auditor Clair Hulet also indicated there may be some question concerning the ordinance as it was written. Look for pollution In other action the commission unanimously said they would direct all engineering firms interested in analyzing a sewer system for Cedar Valley to first look at the possible reasons for the pollution of culinary water. Commissioner Clark said he still is unsure what the root cause of the contamination is. The possibility exists, he said, of correcting the problem by finding the source of the pollution rather than incorporating an expensive sewer system. Plus, he said, funds may be more readily available for such a "health-oriented" "health-oriented" study. The county attorney was authorized to draft an ordinance restricting the all-too-often cutting up of county roads to lay pipe or water lines. The commissioners noted the state and many cities have statutes requiring the damaged road to be brought back to standard or suffer the loss of a fee. Clark suggested the attorney require boring under the roads be made first priority in the new regulation, with the specifications on returning the road to normal status as being a second choice. Plea for ambulance A plea was made by Susan Taysom, director of nursing at Valley View Medical Center, for a new ambulance. There is presently no back-up ambulance, am-bulance, she expalined, with the secondary ambulance from Brian Head breaking down almost every time it is used. "We have confidence in the number of transfers we will continue to have," Taysom said. "You can buy it on time and let the service pay for it." Without a new ambulance to upgrade the service, she stated, "the reputation of the county ambulance service will go down the tubes." She suggested a van-type unit from California which comes at a price of $16,800. But, she noted, this is the best price in the area for a new unit. The commissioners indicated they would make a decision on the payment procedures if a new unit is purchased, at their 26th meeting. Reviewed program The commissioners reviewed a public information program from Ralph Mower, public health educator from the Southwest District Health Department. The slide-tape presentation will be shown to civic clubs and schools throughout the area, Mower indicated, as well as background for the various county commissioners. The slide show emphasized the health education aspects of the department, as well as its establishement being separate from the Five County Association of Governments. The commissioners also heard a report on the local activities of the Bureau of Land Management. The BLM officials as directed by the Organic Act, reported on recent activities of the agency which included in-cluded impact studies on livestock grazing, soil productivity identification, iden-tification, wildlife habitat plans, and the process of wilderness identification. iden-tification. In other action, the commission: New Member -appointed Florence Wolfram to the County Planning and Zoning Commission at the recomendation of certain members of the planning group. She will replace LaRue Gardner, who resigned. -heard from Parowan Valley farmers Gayle Wood and Reed Orton who expressed thanks to the commissioners com-missioners for applying a six-month subdivison moratorium. The farmers indicated recent moves to subdivide massive lots of land in the Parowan vaney concerend them. "There is plenty of land to build on without landing right in the middle of agricultural land," they said. Commissioner Seaman said he envisioned the subdivison ordinance (continued on page 3) commission (continued from page 1) undergoing an overhaul shortly. "Putting my John Henry on some of these subdivisions Is the hardest thing 1 do," he stated, expressing his concern. --appointed Rubin Jones to the Southwest District Health Board in the stead of Clair Morris, who is planning to resign. Refused cloudseeding bill --refused a bill for cloudseeding services. The commissioner had earlier opted not to go with the statewide program of cloudseeding. -suggested a meeting between the Cedar City Fire Department and the State Forestry and Fire Control personnel to work out cooperation and relationship between the stage agency and a proposed fire warden for Cedar City. -on a 2-1 vote, authorized the planning to continue for a restructuring restruc-turing of the Enoch Road, Minersville Road intersection near the nortli interchange, issue). -advised the county recorder to collect only recording fees and not examination fees charged the county enginner to developers. The problem came to the surface when a developer refused the examination fee, stating the county should pay it. The commissioners com-missioners contemplated altering the sequence of plat approval to require the examination fee to be paid. -consolidated the Parowan and the Paragonah Justice of the Peace precincts. |