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Saturday, March 4, 2023

Rich County Commission Report-You can still watch the proceedings on youtube

 

10:15 Updates from the Bear River Association of Governments-BRAG.

10:30 Kim Wilson, Assessor – Parcel Corrections and Property Tax Refunds: Water’s Edge, Carson & Samantha Ellingford.

10:35 Minutes approved.

10:45 LouJean Argyle, Treasurer – Crawford Mountain Properties 2022 delinquent – will go to the May Tax Sale. This 42,000 acre property is for mining claims only on State and BLM properties and has many investors.

11:00 Candy Cornia, Rich County Conservation District asked for $2,500 for 2023. The money is used for scholarships and a match for other grants. It was approved.

11:15 Scott & Sharon Heiner requested a refund that their property management had paid inadvertently. It was granted.

11:30 Brendan Walker, Lake Effect Landscaping requested a Business License. It was approved upon payment of the license fee.

11:45 Dustin & Jodi Goodwin, requested an application for a building covenant to run with the lot. Mitch will review this application and find out what the responsibility if any is for the county to decide.

12:00 Mitch Poulsen, Bear Lake Regional Director gave direction to the Commissioners on how the County should not have to do any of the building covenants. It is up to the homeowner to contact the HOA and explain what their plans would be. If there are no public easements that need to be reviewed then it is up to the HOA to decide what the next steps would be. That would include contacting the neighbors within a 300’ radius of the property.

Mitch also asked for a match of $25,000 for the Bike Path and a letter from the Commissioners for the grant application. The grant is about $600,000 and will be supported by Outdoor Utah.

1:30 Bryce Nielson, Emergency Management Services Director – discussed the Special Needs Resolution that is available to each person in the County who might need help in an emergency situation.

He also discussed the Spring Run-off Plan.

1:45 Randall Knight, presented the name of Rich Schaefer as a Garden city Fire District Board Member. Approved.

1:50 Dave Enns for Rich county Sanitation presented the information on the needed trucks and track hoe to maintain the County dump.

2:00 Ben Willougby, County Attorney led the discussion of the Rich County Adjoining Landowners Ordinance Pertaining to the Construction and Maintenance of Fences in Rich /count for Agricultural Purpose, for Provisions for Payment by Adjoining Landowners and for the Provision for non-payment.

He talked about the reasoning for Business Licenses and the charges. General contractors do not need another business license if they have one from another entity in the State. Food Trucks also may use their license from another entity. Some businesses are exempt – like Day Care Centers as they are licensed by the State. But if there are problems then that is when the County steps in.  There will be a public hearing in April to try to explain the whys and wherefores.

Next he talked about the fence-in/fence out general policy in Rich County (this will be on a public hearing in April). There is much to think about as Utah is an open range area except in towns and people are responsible if they kill a cow.

A discussion was held on the Rich County Aging Council. Bill suggested the Council hold off until the Legislature defines what the State wants counties to do.

3:30 Commission Business – Discussion on Collecting Sales Tax on the Short term Rentals. Some of the Big companies collect the sales tax and some do not.

3:40 Motion was made to appoint the new Rich County Chairman. Sim Weston was appointed.

4:00 Meeting Adjourned.

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