SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING March 14, 2011 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 Chair Phil Lyman, Commissioner Rick Bailey, SJC Administrator Norman L. Johnson, SJC Clerk/Auditor Dawn Shaw, SJC Deputy Clerk Attendees: Jerry McNeely, Larry and Carla Sorrell, Neil Joslin, Cyndi Eldredge, Marilyn Boynton, Nick Sandberg, Bob Turri, Jeff Nielson, Howard Randall, Lynn Stevens, George Rice, Frank and Sue Morrell, Linda Larson, Arlan Henderson, Lynn and Carol Martin, Mike Martin, Scott Mitchell, Carol Van Steeter, Tammy Gallegos, Ruth Randall, Ruth Mattox, Kelly Pehrson, Bill Boyle, Jeff Nielson, Doug Allen, Elizabeth Van Steeter, Wesley Tanner, Edwin Hawkins, Cleal Bradford A motion to approve the minutes of February 28, 2011 was made by Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy. Commissioner Phil Lyman seconded the motion. None opposed. Vote unanimous. Cyndi Eldredge – SJC Personnel Cyndi presented a request to hire Scott Burgess and Aaron Kartchner as EMT-I Transport Responders. Both are full time Step 134 positions. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy. Commissioner Phil Lyman seconded the motion. None opposed. Vote unanimous. Walter Bird – SJC Assistant Attorney Walter reported to Commissioners that the Lisbon Valley Mine requested waiving the subordination agreement with the County so they can purchase six off highway trucks. They will continue to make payments to the County and when the trucks are paid for they will be subject to the lien. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy. Commissioner Phil Lyman seconded the motion. None opposed. Vote unanimous. Norman L. Johnson – SJC Clerk/Auditor Norman reported to Commissioners that Greg Williams with the Desert Rock Music Festival has requested special use beer license permit for May 26-29, 2011. Norman explained that they have done this for two prior years and the Sheriff has stated there is no problem with his office. A motion to approve the request was made Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy. Commissioner Phil Lyman seconded the motion. None opposed. Vote unanimous. Norman presented a request to approve a Beer License renewal for the San Juan River Kitchen. A motion to approve was made by Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy. Commissioner Phil Lyman seconded the motion. None opposed. Vote unanimous. Norman reported to Commissioners LaMar Sayer, with the USTC, has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and has asked that SJC Commissioners adopt a proclamation to make April Parkinson’s prevention month. A motion to approve was made by Commission Kenneth Maryboy. Commissioner Phil Lyman seconded the motion. None opposed. Vote unanimous. Norman reported to Commissioners that it has recently come to his attention than in order for non county entities to meet in the Conference or Commission Rooms they need to have insurance. They could supply a binder from their entity stating they have insurance or they could purchase TULIP Insurance from UCIP. After a discussion Commissioners asked that Norman and Rick work on this. Howard Randall – SJC Assessor Howard reported to Commissioners that the issue of how to tax the Westwater area came up. He stated that it could be taxed as real or personal property. Commissioners decided to table the issue until Commissioner Maryboy has a chance to ask the residents how they’d like to handle it. Open Time and Other Business Larry Sorrell, SJC Resident, reported to Commissioners that he would like information on how much Economic Development has contributed to Blue Hill, the Jeep Safari and other activities of a like nature. Commissioners and Norman stated they would get the figures to him. Lynn Stevens, SJC Resident, reported to Commissioners that the CIB requested that the SJC Municipal Building Authority be the grant applicant for the $85,000 request from the Blanding Cemetery District. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Phil Lyman. Commissioner Bruce Adams seconded the motion. None opposed. Vote unanimous. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy was absent for the vote. Tammy Gallegos, SJC Administrative Assistant, reported to Commissioners that the Aging Waiver Service Budget will go up by $141,000 thereby increasing the case load numbers. Rick Bailey – SJC Administrator Rick presented a request to re-up the contract with Utah Navajo Revitalization Fund for the Navajo Mountain water system. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Phil Lyman. Commissioner Bruce Adams seconded the motion. None opposed. Vote unanimous. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy was absent for the vote. Rick presented a procurement request for repairs to the jail to control water seepage issues. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Phil Lyman. Commissioner Bruce Adams seconded the motion. None opposed. Vote unanimous. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy was absent for the vote. Rick reported to Commissioners that the attorney, Shawn Welch, they have working on the Salt Creek issue is moving to another law firm and recommended that the county continue using him. Commissioners agreed with this. Jerry McNeely – SJC Liaison Jerry reported to Commissioners on the various projects he has been working on including meeting with SITLA, the BLM and CIB. Nick Sandberg – SJC Planning Nick reported to Commissioners that the BLM has talked about re-routing trails at Recapture Canyon. Marilyn Boynton – SJC Resident Marilyn reported to Commissioners that she had been working on the process of property taxes vs. property values. She stated she would like to get clarification so that “everyone” had the correct information. Commissioners asked that she set up a meeting with Norman. Adjourn 12:00 P.M. 3