County Resource Plan

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah. February 3, 2016. Brian Carver and Mitch Poulsen reported to the Commissioners.  Poulsen requested that appointments needed to be made for vacancies on the County Planning Commission and the County Variance Board.  After some discussion, two names were presented to Mitch for the Variance Board and one name was submitted for the Planning Commission.  Mitch indicated that he would contact those individuals and asked them to serve.  Their terms would be for a four-year time period.

Brian Carver was present to offer his services to help the County get their Resource Management Plan written.  This plan has been legislated and the deadline is coming up rather quickly.  Carver works for BRAG and has been doing a lot of research and can make some of that data available to the County to assist in completing their plan.

Poulsen said he is willing to write the plan and Carver will provide maps and collected data that has been obtained by the collection technical committee.  The report is actually due in about five months.  However, Poulsen noted that it will probably take up to ten months to complete the plan.  Poulsen asked the County to cover the costs of writing the plan.  The Commissioners noted that money has been put in an account called FLIPCO.  BRAG has access to some of these funds and should be able to reimburse the County for these costs.

A discussion ensued about what items should be included in the Plan.  The state had listed up to 27 different areas that perhaps should be addressed.  However, no real direction has been given to the Counties.  The Counties will need to make the decisions of what to include and what to leave out.

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There are several problems unique in the Rich County that should be included in the plan.  After the plan is written, it will need to go through the County Planning and Zoning Committee for their approval.

The Commissioners made a motion requesting Poulsen begin work on the County Resource Management Plan and move forward as quickly as he can.

A motion was made and passed to reappoint Norman Weston to serve another 4-year term on the Bear Lake Regional Commission.

Lou Jean Argyle appeared before the Commissioners with a list of individuals who are delinquent in paying their property taxes.  She is contacting all those who have not paid their 2011 taxes letting them know that those properties will be placed on the Sheriff’s sale if the taxes are not paid soon. 

There are several properties that are owned by several individuals with an undivided interest.  Some of the owners have paid while others have not.  It is creating a real problem of how to take care of these properties because they legally should be put into the sheriff’s sale, but the Commissioners are concerned about those individuals who have paid their share and will lose everything at the sale.  They asked the treasurer to get letters out to those individuals letting them know what will be happening if  their partners do not pay their share.

Maydi Eastman appeared before the Commissioners requesting two business licenses.  One was for her husband, Darrin, to do work as a handyman.  She would like a license in her name for food distribution.  She currently works for Allyson Pantry Distribution and was told that she probably should have a business license.  The Commissioners approved the request for the two licenses.

The Commissioners made a motion to get an external audit for 2013.  The cost of this audit is not to exceed $35,000.