Show County Commission votes to organize independent water conservancy unit Acting on the advice of a appointed fact-finding committee the Board of Commissioners of Duchesne County Tuesday unanimously voted to proceed immediately to organize an independent water conservancy This decision was reached at their semimonthly meeting held in the commission chambers in the TIIE BOARD also accepted the resignation of James R. Hall as county which was a week ago and will become effective November Chairman William reported they have received two applications for the one from Earl and the other from Harlin Hammond of Salt currently an attorney for the Utah Road The two applications were taken under advisement by the board with a decision to be made in two APPEARING before the commission to make a report of the committee's study and and to carry the decision of the county was Leo chairman from North Myton He Indicated to the commission that the com met last Thursday to consider the data they had collected and review the opinions gathered from water users in the It was their feeling that Duchesne County should form its own district and not affiliate with a proposed seven-county group that has been considered for several ACCORDING to William commission not only did the board accept the report of the committee they previously had appointed to make the but they appointed Haueter to serve as their paid executive to proceed with making the necessary plans to get the Duchesne County Water Conservancy district No decision was made on salary for or the tenure of his These incidentals will be decided Haueter was appointed last April to represent Duchesne County on the seven-county committee to study the combined district He has been very faithful in this assignment and has gained considerable experience and information that will make him valuable in the assignment he has The remainder of the committee will be asked to function as an advisory board to give Haueter and the commission the assistance they will DETAILS OF the function of a Water Conservancy District are contained in the Water Conservancy Utah Code as amended by the 1961 Utah State A detailed summary will be compiled and released later outlining the complete functions of the county Briefly the immediate pur- See page 8 9 Conservancy from page pose of the Conservancy District will be to contract with the Bureau of Reclamation in connection with the proposed Central Utah Before any storage reservoirs can be constructed in Duchesne County they have to be approved jointly by the bureau and the county UINTAH COUNTY has had an active Conservancy District in operation for several which is responsible for getting the Project and the Jensen project Both arc phases of the Upper Colorado Development Haueter reported to the committee on Thursday and the Commissioners Tuesday that at least two other counties had indicated to him they would not the proposed larger but would probably form their on the advisory group in addition to Haueter are Frank Bruce A. Hale Leo Mark Charles William Clifton and James E. |