Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah. February 8, 2018. Mike
Leonhardt, Mayor, noted that the City has not raised the travel per-deim
for a long time. Currently, employees are given 45 cents a mile for
travel. It was suggested that the
Council investigate this item and have it placed on next month’s agenda.
The
Mayor noted that one of the top ten businesses in Utah this year is housed
right here in Garden City. It is called
SDRHelper (Short-Term Rental Helper) and has 22 full-time employees. Leonhardt said that there are more than just
short-term rentals in town. "We have a
high-tech business here that will hopefully encourage others in the high-tech
area to look toward Garden City as a good place to be."
The boardwalk down to the lake on the South end of town has been completed. Hopefully, people will be interested and will
walk down to see how nice it is. There
are a couple of caps that need to be placed on some posts, and the fence on the
south side of the boardwalk still needs to be installed.
Leonhardt said that the state has decided that they will help Garden City with some
funding to pay off the debt that was incurred when the water treatment plant
was mandated by the state to be built by Garden City.
Councilman Darrin
Pugmire said that Third West will be completed this summer. He
attended a meeting held by the State Governor. Bear Lake is considered a real hot spot. There were some recommendations made to try
and get Garden City better prepared for the influx of people that occurs each
summer. The Governor’s number one
priority for this area was to get better access to the marina and to enlarge the
marina. The next item was the
intersections from Highway 89 onto Third West down by the KOA and the
intersection from Buttercup onto Highway 30.
Councilman Howard
Pope wanted to thank Glen Gillies for the work that he has done on the swimming
pool. The pool has been greatly
improved. There is a new handicap lift
available. There is a new furnace, a new
boiler for heating the pool water, and a maintenance schedule is being prepared
for the pool manager and overseer.
Currently,
groups can reserve the pool for $25. Pope felt that this fee should be doubled. Currently the $25 only pays for the pool
manager and two life guards. None of the
other expenses are taken care of with this amount. He also thought that the pool fee for
nonresidents should be at least $85 when they reserve the pool. He also thought that the entrance fee should
also be raised.
Pope noted that there has been good progress made on the pool the last few
weeks. There is still a way to go to
make it more inviting and self-sustaining he reported.
Pope will be going to a trails meeting next week.
There also needs to be more interest in trail maintenance which will be addressed at this meeting.
Pat
Argyle, Councilwoman, said that Raspberry Days plans are moving forward. She reported that a paper plan has been drawn
for development of Heritage Park which includes power and sprinklers. These two jobs will be out to bid soon. Argyle noted that Heritage Park will be used for
Raspberry Days next year. This will be
the last year Raspberry days will use the parking area by the Church.
Ken
Hansen, Councilman, noted that there is a 2” water line at Swan Creek that needs to be
moved. It is currently in a private
right-of-way. It will still have to go
under the bridge. There was not much
interest when the bid was let so that the City may have to do this job
themselves.
A
water pump went out at the water treatment plant. It is currently being rebuilt.
There
is a plan to run some water lines down the new Third West area This needs to be done almost immediately. Also, there needs to be enough crossings
under Third West completed prior to the State putting in the
new road.
The
library is getting new lighting. It will
make the library area much brighter. The library was also able to obtain a 501C
account. This allows the library to
accept donations and hold fund raising activities.
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