County Business Discussed

Bobbie Bicknell Coray, reporter

Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah. October 5, 2016.   Commissioner Bill Cox reported on his meetings with the Mosquito Abatement  Association.  He said that there have been some positive tests for West Nile in Utah but none in Rich County.  There was one Zika case but it was believed to have been someone who travelled outside the state.  The mosquito pulls will be tested for both.  But Utah does not have the mosquito species that carries Zika. 

Over 80% of our goods come in on containers and they bring in new species of insects.  The government is trying to monitor the containers  and use mosquito control measures. 

Bill Cox also reported on a   Commissioners Workshop in Vernal which covered a lot of public lands issues.  Resource management plans need to be completed for each county and Rich County needs to spend next year in preparing one.  BRAG has a lot of information which can be used in this and will be a great help.  The county commission will have to appoint a committee to work on this.

Wallace Shulthess, Woodruff, told commissioners about his concern on a property boundary.  He recently had a survey on county road and it showed the road was actually on his property, not county property.  He wants an agreement to allow them to farm the property around the county road as it is his property and he is worried about the future of that property if it is not confirmed as his. 

Woodruff is working on surveying its roads, because some of the old surveys were not done correctly.  Fence lines need to be down the center of proposed roads until further development. Commissioners told Shulthess that his new survey will be recorded.

Parcel numbers will be changed this year  for tax notices according to Lou Jean Argyle, treasurer.  Quite a few people are paying electronically and they may become confused by the change in numbers but in reality the number is similar with only 2 zeros added in the middle of the number to allow for the growth in the county.

Ocie Frazier is putting in three cattle guards on Lewis Ridge Road, Thousand Dollar Ridge Road  and Cut Off Ridge Road and needs county approval.  The county will maintain them.  The guards will be 16 feet wide which allows the roads to be bladed if necessary.  It will be beneficial for several ranchers.  The county will install them but Frazier will pay for them.  The county issued permits for each guard.  The permits are $50 each if they provide the cattle guard.