Rich County Commission Meeting

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah.  December 16, 2015. Ocie Frazier requested a business license to work as a mechanic out of his shop on his ranch.  The name of the business will be Ocie Diesel Repair.  Because he will be working with certain types of machinery and fuels, it was noted that he would need to get an inspection from the Woodruff Fire Chief.  Parking will not be a problem.  He was told to pay $25 for a license, and make sure to follow-up with the inspection to know how many fire extinguishers he would need, and where they should be placed.

Robert Johnson from the Bear River Mental Health Organization came and presented the independent audit that has been completed to the Commissioners.  He noted that it was a clean opinion and then went on to explain where and why variations occurred between last year and the current year.  He went over several of the financial statements.

A motion was made and accepted by the Commissioners to approve of the audit as presented.

Blain Hamp from the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands presented the 2016 year budget to the Commissioners.  The budget included several items including suppression money, wardens’ salaries, miscellaneous items, and so forth.  He reported that the past year was a good one with fewer fires than usual.  He also noted that there is currently some logging being done on state land. 

A motion was made to accept the budget between the County and the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands.  It was approved.

Lauriann Wakefield requested a business license to carry out a photography business.  The name of her business will be Little Starling Photography.  She noted that most of her work was done taking pictures of the birds, animals, and lake scenes.  It would be based out of her home, but there would be no parking problems or issues.  Approval was given.  She was asked to take her application into the Clerk’s office and pay the $25 fee for the license.

A memorandum of understanding has been written involving the State, the Bear Lake State Parks, the County, and Garden City concerning the gun range.  As the Commissioners began to go through the memo, they determined that they needed more time to look at this document and decided to put this item on January’s Agenda.  A motion was made and approved to add it to next meeting’s agenda.

A new wider cattle guard was put on a county road over by Crawford Mountain.  It was a replacement of a narrower cattle guard.  This item, however, was a County responsibility.  Mr. Cox requested that Norm Weston contact the company who sold the cattle guard to the Cattle Company and bill the County directly.  Weston said he would take care of this item.