County Commission Meeting

Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah.  May 3, 2017.  Randolph resident, Bret Argyle, asked county commissioners for a business license to open a full service feed and supply business with ranching supplies and bulk supplies in Randolph at his ranch.  He feels that his prices will be competitive and should also save local farms and ranches on freight and time. 

Melinda Hislop, interim director of the Bear Lake Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau, said that Bear River Heritage organization didn’t get an application last year for the TRT monies but that they are still reprinting the brochure that they used two years ago.  They are asking for $1,200  from the BLVC advertising budget. They get funding from several counties  and print over 20,000 brochures.  The Bear Lake Rendezvous Chamber of Commerce has also produced a brochure of which the Bear Lake Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau will pay half.

Hislop is acting as interim director, until a new director can be hired.  Currently there are four applicants for the position.

A quagga mussel workshop sponsored by The Bear Lake Regional Council was held this month.  Idaho will help fund the two checkpoints in Utah.  They felt that it didn't make sense to have one at St. Charles, Idaho because Utah station is before North Beach and you can go to North Beach without going to St. Charles, so they will fund the Utah stations.  

Tom Weston said it should be on North Beach with cleaning stations but if not then the Utah checkpoints would work.  A boat owner could go through many checkpoints on their way to Bear Lake. And even though Wyoming checks for quagga,  Utah doesn’t recognize their certificates.  

Weston said, "You could go to many checkpoints, and answer the same questions over and over. There should be someway to not duplicate this."