(Your Editor would like to encourage you to listen to the Meeting on You Tube. It is still available)
10:00 Mike Scott from United Fleet Services presented what
his company could do for Rich County as far as locating and outfitting new
vehicles and the coverage of said vehicles.
10:30 Garden City Fire District represented by Randall
Knight and Rich Schaeffer reviewed the activities of the Fire District.
The meeting began at 7:15 to allow time for late Public
attendees and two board members to attend.
The board attendees were Randall Knight, Doug Pincock and
Rich Schaeffer. Barbara Turnbow and
Michael Lasswell were absent. Chief
Wahlberg and CPA Tiffany Wahlberg were also present. No Public attendees.
The agenda was approved and followed as written and
posted on the Public Meeting Notice site and the three normal locations in
town.
Last months minutes were approved as written. The House keeping position was finally filled
and the person will start working Jan 2024.
The 2023 Budget was reviewed and modified slightly.
The Public Hearing for Inspection Fee increase from $50
to $75 was opened and immediately closed because there was no public
attendees. The board unanimously
approved the increase and it will start Jan 2024.
The Public Hearing for the proposed 2024 budget was
opened and immediately closed because there were no public attendees. After some modifications the proposed budget
was unanimously approved. The board
approved increasing the training budget and to bring the Fire Chief’s salary
more inline with the Utah state Fire Chief’s average salary.
For the last two years the board has been looking for an
affordable location for an additional fire station to be built in the next 10
years to meet the forecast population growth.
A purchase agreement was signed to purchase a 1 acre lot at 2525 S.
Sweetwater Parkway within 30 days after a survey and tax ID has been assigned
and recorded.
There were the fallowing incidents:
2 CO, 1 Propane, 3 Fire Alarms, 13 Medicals and
approximately 200 STR & business inspections
The meeting was adjourned after accepting the monthly
bills and signing the required checks.
10:45 Deputy Sheriff, Jared Johnson shared the problems of
trying to collect data from daily activities on personal phones. He had
estimates from phone companies of how much it would cost to have department
phones set up to run the data through to the Sheriff’s office. The
Commissioners agreed that it was a good idea to set up department phones. They
were waiting to hear from the Sheriff before agreeing to go ahead with
department phones.
11:00 Bryce Nielson, the head of Emergency Management, asked
the Commissioners what they would like him to do to fulfill his obligation to
the County. He suggested a shorter version of the Emergency Management Booklet
and asked if they wanted hard copies. Commissioner Jonathan Lee suggested he
put the shortened book on the County website. He talked with the Commissioners
about each town having their own Emergency Management Plan. Garden City has Dan
Kurek as their Emergency Manager. The State has recommended that each town in
Utah assign someone to oversee emergencies.
11:15 Shawn Milne, Director of Regional Development for Brag
reviewed the appointments for the County Economic Opportunity grants. Local
members of the committee will be Jordan Parry, Nikki Weston, Eric Wamsley, Sim
Weston, and Kam Jarman, They will review the grant applications.
11:45 The County was asked to make a Resolution to support
the installation of a Pioneer Memorial Plaque paid for by the Daughters of the
Utah Pioneers, which will name the early pioneers to Rich County. UDOT has
given permission for the Memorial to be placed at the Rest Area near Rendezvous
Beach. The motion was made and approved to support the Resolution.
11:50 The Commissioners appointed Mike Madsen and Craig Lamborn to 4 year terms for the Bear Lake Service District.
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