Rich County Commission Meeting

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

RANDOLPH, Utah.  March 6, 2017. Troy Petersen and his wife appeared before the Commissioners asking that they be granted a license for running the old Camper World campground.  He has recently purchased this campground and would like to continue running the camp ground.  He reported that in the past, the campground was available only to those who had a membership with Camper World.  He, however, will make it an open camp area for anyone needing a place to camp.  The new name will be Bear Lake Venture Park.  He is planning on building a new office area, but will use the existing building until he gets the other completed.  There are 54 camping sites in this area.  His request was approved.

The County Short Term Rental Agreement was discussed.  It was decided to leave the ordinance as it is.  Conditional use permits will be needed in the Beach Front zone so it will be in force primarily along the lake.

There are currently 20 to 24 homes that are short term rentals in the County.  Commissioner Cox said that last week in the legislature it was determined that just because a home is advertised as a short term rental, it may not be being used that way.  Thus, in order to require a license for the short term rental, Mitch Poulsen will be asked to go to the people and prove that they are actually renting out the home.

The motion was made and passed to adopt the short term rental ordinance as written.  Poulsen will be the enforcement individual.  Those individuals who are managers of short term rentals were asked to get their clients into compliance with the County’s ordinance as soon as they can.

Indy Green is currently the president of the Barrel Club.  She asked the Commissioners to get new sprinkler heads on the water system so that the arena will be easier to use.  She noted that a certain amount of water is required in the arena blend in order to make the best use of the arena.  The sprinkler heads no longer turn so that the water doesn’t cover the whole area, only certain strips.  Commissioner Cox noted that he will get in touch with Bruce Dickamore and have him come check the arena blend to make sure it is still up to expectations.  He also said that the commissioners will make sure that the sprinklers work properly.

Green also asked that the commissioners fix the gate by the header box.  Currently there are two little gates that are actually a hazard.  The horses sometimes hit the gates.  She thought perhaps one large gate or no gate at all would be an improvement over the current situation.

The Commissioners noted that they are going to do some work on the arena this spring.  They are planning on getting handrails for some of the bleachers, build a ramp up to the bleachers, and upgrade several other items.  They will put the gates on their list.

Dale Wilson of the Road Department noted that there is a lot of rock that could still be crushed but that he didn’t think they needed much more.  The Commissioners said that he should have them hold off on the crushing.  This spring there will be a greater need for slurry seal and some of the money that would be used for crushing could be used to pay for this seal.

It was noted that there is approximately 18,500 tons of road millings available to the County at the present time.  Dale said that he thought that would be enough to be used on three city streets in Randolph, (about 1.8 miles), 1.4 miles over the hill to the Road Bridge, the Trail Road, and another mile from the bridge over to Brady's.  They would also like to surface the parking lot by the jail.  The surface will be 4 inches deep and 24 feet wide.  The distance for all three areas comes to about 5 miles of road which would require about 18,500 tons of road millings.

Last year they bought 130 loads for two miles on the Wills Road and the Golf Course road.  It cost about $35,000 for these two projects.

The company will charge for hauling the millings.  Going to Woodruff and back will be a bit more expensive than the other loads.  The Commissioners told Wilson to get a proposal from the company for what is available as well as the hauling. 

Kim Wilson came to get exemptions for all of the LDS Church buildings in the County.   The LDS Church has to file every year and have to have it approved every year by motion of the Commissioners.  This was done.

Many of the documents in the Courthouse are scanned.  They have been using a Company called Scanning Revolution.  However, they have been having some problems with getting the work done that is needed.  At least three departments in the Courthouse have documents scanned.  Debbie Ames, Kim Wilson, and Becky Peart all work in offices that do scanning.  They haven’t paid Scanning Revolution yet this year for scanning work.  They would like to buy a program from Brian Johnson.  He will charge the same this year as Scanning Revolution, but the software will be put on the others’ machines, and it will only be a cost this year.  The software will be on their machines from then on, actually saving the County money.  Debbie would need a new printer and special labels.  It would cost less than $500 for those items.  This will put the County online which will be a requirement in the near future.  The Commissioners agreed with their decision and encouraged them to go ahead and purchase the program this year.