Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. May
3, 2017. Last month in a public hearing,
the Bear Lake Water Company, represented by Terry Allen, had asked county
commissioners to take over the water company for Sweetwater, near Garden City,
as a first step in creating a Local Improvement District. If the county rejected the proposal to take
over the water system, which is the size of a municipal water system, the BLWC
would be allowed to apply to become a local improvement district independent of
the county.
The commissioners said that as they have
reviewed the project they realized that they were incapable of being a water
department and that they believed that the county should not be in the water
business in Sweetwater as they were not involved with other water systems. However they would like to help with whatever
is needed to get the Local Improvement District. Norm Weston, commissioner, made a resolution
to decline the request for services.
Now the Sweetwater HOA and the Bear Lake Water Company will
move ahead with forming the Local Improvement District. Allen said the county surveyor needs to sign
off on the survey for the district, so that the survey can be used as the
district boundaries to take to the Lt. Governor’s office for filing. Commissioner Bill Cox said that will be done.
Allen said that at the April 22 BLWC board meeting, it was
voted that the existing water company board members be the board members for
the Local Improvement District. A motion
from the county was needed to approve that. This district board will meet quarterly.
"Private water companies are just disappearing and districts
are taking their place so that they can apply for grants and loans," said Allen
The county moved to approve the existing water company board
and offered assistance in any way they could to the BLWC.
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