SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING May 5, 2008 The regular meeting of the San Juan County Commission was held at 10:00 A.M. in the Commission Room at Monticello, Utah. Present: Bruce Adams, Chairman Kenneth Maryboy, Vice Chairman Lynn Stevens, Commissioner Rick Bailey, SJC Administrator Norman L. Johnson, SJC Clerk/Auditor Dawn Shaw, SCJ Deputy Clerk Attendees: Marilyn Boynton, Cyndi Eldredge, Howard Randall, Charlie DeLorme, Evan Lowry, Mike Lacy, Galen Headley A motion to approve the minutes of April 28, 2008, with corrections, was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Mike Lacy - SJC Sheriff Mike presented procurement requests for a PMI Cascade Model 200 Max Litter in the amount of $878.94 and a Model 200 Max Advance Rescue Litter in the amount of $758.94, both from Urban H.A.R.T. Rescue Inc. A motion to approve the requests was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Evan Lowry - SJC Planning Evan updated the Commissioners about the meeting in Towaoc tomorrow between the BIA, the Ute Mountain Utes and the BLM to discuss roads and wild and scenic rivers. The Commissioners, Evan, Rick Bailey, and Lynn Laws will all be attending this meeting. Charlie DeLorme - SJC Ec. Development Charlie presented a procurement request to purchase used Office Furniture in the amount of $700 from Brandon Ipson. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Cyndi Eldredge - SJC Personnel Cyndi presented a request to hire Maryanna Hutnik as the full time La Sal Senior Center -1- Director, a Step 40 position. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Cyndi presented a request to hire Jesse Procter as a full time Laborer with the Monticello Road Department, a Step 33 position, with Trevor Pipkin as the alternate. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Cyndi presented a request to hire Mathew Coppin as the part time temporary Weed Sprayer, a Step 33 position, with Scott Toomey as the alternate. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Cyndi presented requests to increase Bruce Bushore from a Step 117 to a Step 132 and Marsha Shumway from a Step 97 to a Step 114. A motion to approve the requests was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Rick Bailey - SJC Administrator Rick presented the Dog Control Draft Ordinance. Following a discussion with Sheriff Lacy the Commissioners asked Rick to put it on next weeks agenda for approval. Rick presented a proposed Draft Ordinance concerning Large Public Assemblies. He stated that when Moab/Grand County schedules events they are often in SJC. Officials from SJC do not know about it until the day the event is taking place. This ordinance would require them to update SJC on what is occurring in the area and acquire a permit. Rick discussed a letter he received from the Executive Director of the State DOC saying that 80 State Inmates can be moved to our PSB. Commissioner Stevens asked Rick and Sheriff Lacy if the State DOC went to the State Legislature and asked to get the 80 beds already approved moved from Garfield County to SJC. Sheriff Lacy said there is a need for more inmate beds but the beds in the letter are the ones Garfield County turned down. Rick requested permission to move forward with preparation efforts to get funds and approval to expand the jail an additional 200 beds. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Rick stated that there were not funds budgeted for the PSB expansion in 2008 and presented a request to use the $250,000 approved for the Fairground Planning to go to the expansion project until other funds come in. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. -2- Rick presented two building permits for signature and approval. James Brandt - Residence - North Old Hwy, East of Monticello Boyd Weeks - 4 Cabins - Mustang Mesa, East of Blanding A motion to approve the building permits, provided all appropriate signatures are in place was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Rick presented the "Request for Proposal" for the Navajo Utah Chapters regional water plans and analysis of the existing public water system upgrade. Navajo Water Resources put it together, with some changes having been made by him. Rick stated that at the last meeting UNTF held they allocated funding to come to the County for the water study and for roads. Rick reported on the SITLA land sale in La Sal discussed at last weeks Commission Meeting. The land for sale is "Land Locked", meaning there is no way onto the property except by air. They are hoping one of the surrounding property owners is interested in purchasing the land. Rick also stated that there have been six applications for right of ways over SITLA land for seismic surveys near Lisbon Valley, saying there should not be a problem there. Rick requested that the Commission make an official appointment of Doug Allen, Mayor of Monticello, to be Monticello's representative on the Transportation District Board. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Bruce Adams seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Commissioner Maryboy was absent for the vote. Rick presented two out of state travel requests to Las Vegas for Haz Mat Training. One on June 24 & 25 for up to four people and one November 3-6 for eight to ten people. A motion to approve the requests was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Rick presented an agreement from National Park Service to provide funding to the County for cooperative emergency operations in SJC National Parks in the amount of $1500. A motion to sign the agreement was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Rick presented the UDOT proposed Rural Functional Class System Map to the County Commission. He feels we need to object to any change in classification. The Commission agreed with the objection. Open Time and Other Business Linda Larsen, SJC EMS, reported to the Commission that SJC EMS will be awarded the Utah Incident of the Year Award on May 19th in Sandy. The award is for the response to the bus crash in January by all units of the County EMS system. The Commission congratulated Linda and the -3- entire crew for the deserved award. Several Bluff residents and property owners expressed their concern over the proposed Bluff Sewer System stating that "It just doesn't work" and they want a solution that is "adequate for future growth and financially responsible." 12:00 Executive Session A motion to go into Executive Session to discuss Personnel Issues was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. 12:34 End Executive Session A motion to go out of Executive Session was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy declared the motion carried. Commissioner Bruce Adams was absent for the vote. Adjourn 12:35 -4-