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NOVEMBER 10, 1986
The San Juan County Commission met in regular session on November 10, 1986 at the hour of 10 a.m. at the San Juan County Courthouse, Monticello, Utah.
The following members were present: Commissioner Black, Chairman
Commissioner Bailey Commissioner Holliday
Minutes of the November 3, 1986 Commission Meeting were approved on the motion of Commissioner Holliday and seconded by Commissioner Bailey. UNANIMOUS.
MI-VIDA MINE ROYALTY DUE
Gail Johnson, clerk, presented the Commission a check for $211.14 of royalty due from the Mi-Vida Mine. The total pounds produced to date is 10,248.
LONG CANYON POINT - ROAD - MAX DALTON
The Commission received a letter from Max Dalton describing the history of the Long Canyon point road. Mr. Dalton requests that this road be a private road. The Commission will give a copy to Bruce Halliday, county attorney, to follow up on this.
HILL-BURTON OBLIGATIONS - NURSING HOME
Rick Bailey, Administrative Assistant, reported that the Hill-Burton obligations on the Nursing Home needs to be worked out to provide a clear title. Mr. Bailey said that Mrs. Maxine Frost, Southeastern Title Company, asked if the county was willing to sign a hold harmless agreement to assure the buyer that the obligations would not affect the nursing home. The Commission said they would sign the agreement.
PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING - VERNAL
Rick Bailey, Administrative Assistant, reported that he and Sheriff Wright visited the jail facility in Vern&l and then met with the Motorola people in Salt Lake last week.
FIRE WARDEN CONTRACT POSITION
Rick Bailey reported that he received a draft copy of a Contract for a Fire Warden from Mike Grosjean, the Regional Manager of State of Utah Natural Resources. Mr. Bailey said he would review it and invite Mr. Grosjean to meet with the Commission to discuss it.
SAND & GRAVEL APPLICATION
The Commission received a sand and gravel permit application from "A Very Hot Production, Inc." to remove material for use in the production of a movie. The land is located in San Juan County in Section 3: SW4NW4, and Section 4: SE4NE4, NE4SE4, T27S, R21S, SLB&M. The Commission said there is no problem with the approval of the permit.
CANYONLANDS NEEDLES DISTRICT - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
The Commission received a copy of a letter to Carl Eisemann from Peter L. Perry, Superintendent of the National Park Service of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. The letter says they appreciate the interest shown by San Juan County in having a cooperation effort in the development planning for the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. (Congress approved $495,000 for planning in the Needles.) Mr. Perry says they will designate a National Park Service planning team and there will be opportunities for public input. The Commission asked Commissioner Bailey to write a letter to Mr. Perry stating that this committee work with them in the development as a local government partner and not only as a public or interest group.
HOVENWEEP EXPANSION - NATIONAL BLM ADVISORY COUNCIL
Commissioner Black reported that the Moab District BLM Advisory Council will be meeting on November 20 in Moab. The council will be visiting the Hovenweep area to meet with the counterpart in Colorado Thursday evening to discuss the proposal made by Environmental groups and the Park Service to enlarge Hovenweep National Monument in both Utah and Colorado. Then on Thursday night the council will stay in Monticello and meet at the BLM offices Friday morning. (The public is invited to give input.) Commissioner Black suggested that San Juan County submit a statement opposing the expansion.
NACO BOARD MEETING IN MIAMI
Commissioner Black reported that he attended a NACo board meeting in Miami last week. The board adopted a budget, approved some steering committee appointments and set the cities for the 1989, 1990 and 1991 conventions.
EMPLOYEE RAISE - RICK BAILEY
Commissioner Bailey said that after reviewing the information on the employee job evaluations from Jack Tanner, UAC, he would like to make a motion that Rick Bailey, Administrative Assistant, be raised to grade 21 step 4, effective November 1. Commissioner Holliday seconded the motion. UNANIMOUS.
RETIREMENT EMPLOYEES - NEW NON-CONTRIBUTORY PLAN
Commissioner Bailey reported on the county employee meeting that was held last Wednesday night to discuss the county adopting the new retirement non-contributory system. Bonnie Sweat, Utah State Retirement Board, gave a presentation and all the employees that were present agreed that the county should go with the new non-contributory system. New employees would automatically be on the new system and present employees would have six months to decide whether to stay with the old plan or change to the new non-contributory system. Commissioner Bailey made the motion that the San Juan County Commission adopt the new non-contributory system effective January 1, 1987. Commissioner Holliday seconded the motion. UNANIMOUS. A second motion was made by Commissioner Bailey that the 2.65% amount the county will save on the new system be contributed to the employees 401K retirement plan. Commissioner Holliday seconded the motion. UNANIMOUS. This does not include the Law Enforcement employees and Health Care employees and does not change them. The total contribution rate for the new system is 7% of salary as opposed to 9.65% in the present contributory system, providing a savings of 2.65%. In addition, by converting to the new plan, those employees who retire from the system will have their benefit increased by 4% to 8% because of the use of the three-year final average salary in the benefit calculation.
SAN JUAN HISTORICAL COMMITTEE
Commissioner Bailey made the motion that the Commission appoint Tom Austin to the San Juan County Historical Committee upon their recommendation. Commissioner Holliday seconded the motion. UNANIMOUS.
ROAD YARD IN MONOMENT VALLEY
Commissioner Bailey reported that Doug Pehrson, county engineer, received a letter from State of Utah Natural Resources regarding the proposed land sale to San Juan County in Monument Valley. (The land would be used for a road yard.) Mr. Stan Baker, land specialist, states that the land is not available at the present time but suggests the Commission submit a letter of interest to the state. A letter of interest
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would not constitute "first rights" to a sale, it would have to be approved by the Utah State Land Board. Commissioner Bailey said he would follow up on this with the legal description and explain that the county wants to use it public purposes.
EXECUTIVE SESSION - SOCIAL SERVICES
At 2:00 p.m. the Commission went into an executive session with Bruce Shumway, Social Services, to discuss personnel problems.
NANCY PATTERSON ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE
Commissioner Black wrote the following letter to Congressman Nielson responding to his letter:
November 4, 1986
Honorable Howard C. Nielson Member of Congress 1229 Longworth Building Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Howard:
Thank you for your letter of October 24th, with respect to a proposal for designating the Nancy Patterson Archeological site as a National Monument.
In your letter you concur with our conditions 1, 2, and 3; but have concerns with conditions 4 and 5.
Condition 4 is that any artifacts removed be displayed only in San Juan County and that none leave the County. The condition is important because nearly all artifacts excavated by archeologist and government agencies are still being removed from San Juan County and always have been, even though there is a State Museum in Blanding that was specifically built so items from San Juan County could be displayed here.
We would agree that items could be taken out of the County for temporary display in other museums. We believe any studies should be funded and studied in facilities already here than being sent out.
Condition 5 would provide that management of Natural Bridges, Hovenweep and the proposed new National Monument and the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park be from an office located in San Juan County.
As you know, San Juan County has almost 20 percent of its land area set aside for preservation and protection in the form of a National Park, two National Monuments, and most of a National Park.
All of these are presently managed from Park Services offices outside of San Juan County and two of them are from outside the State of Utah. The only Park Service presence in the County is a small information office in Monticello which presently has only two employees.
Hovenweep National Monument is managed from Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado which is 51 miles away compared with Monticello which is 61 and Blanding which is 39 miles. Natural Bridges National Monument is only 40 miles form Blanding and 60 miles from Monticello, but 114 miles from Moab from where it is managed. The Needles section of Canyonlands National Park is only 46 miles from Monticello, 66 miles from Blanding, but is 74 miles from Moab where it is managed.
Because of the foregoing, we believe a management office could be located in San Juan County personnel be transferred from Mesa Verde and Moab for management of these Park Service areas and another National Monument and actually save taxpayers money in addition to better serving the Park visitors.
If there is further information we can provide, please advise. We appreciate your interest in this matter
Sincerely,
/s/ Calvin Black Calvin Black, Chairman San Juan County Commission
CC: Senator Jake Garn Senator Orrin Hatch Congressman James Hansen Governor Norman Bangerter
HALLS CROSSING AIRPORT - FAA & UDOT
Commissioner Black received a copy of a letter from Wayne W. Flaherty, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, to Monte Yeager, Utah Department of Transportation regarding the Halls Crossing Airport Site Selection and Master Plan. Mr. Flaherty said it is FAA's goal to support the best site for development of the airport and asked Mr. Yeager to cooperate with them in this. Mr. Flaherty asked for a copy of inventory, facility requirements, etc. from UDOT.
BILLS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT
Susan Whetstone travel SLC Historical 183.80
Direct Safety Company supplies Emergency services 133.65
Cannon Associates Inc up to Date Social Security Facts 32.00
Different Strokes supplies golf pro shop M 146.27
Thomas L. Kyle bail refund citation #11117 75.00
Janet McNeil restitution theft Kee Calvin Cly 90.00
George F. Hawkins partial refund bail 86DWR484 25.00
Michail G. Hawkins partial refund bail 86DWR483 25.00
Deseret Mortuary services rendered 170.00
Jay Dee Harris supplies road dept 145.29
Snyder Computer Center supplies extension office 216.85
Wild Rivers Expenditions jet boat-recover body Lake Powell 100.00
Sun Brite trial base gallon cleaner Library M 42.00
Alan's Body Shop supplies road dept 177.88
Arnold Machinery Company parts for road dept 575.19
Black Oil Company antifreeze road dept 397.18
Blanding City Justice Court Neal Lester/Sheriff report 50.00
Cate Equipment Company parts, supplies road dept 196.97
Century parts for road dept 39.12
Chevron USA Incorporated gas purchased R.Bond 9.94
M.V. Christensen hauling road dept 1,232.00
Computerware Data Prod., Inc supplies Treasurers office 280.95
HF Cosby Jr. hauling road dept 1,443.75
Day-Timers, Inc. supplies Rick Bailey 19.69
Delwes Company, Inc. supplies aging dept 118.25
Diesel Service & Sales Company supplies for road dept 19.13
Don's Welding & Metal Shop repairs for fire control 120.00
Federal Signal Corporation supplies Sheriffs dept 1,007.89
Frito-Lay, Inc. vending machine supplies 20.37
W.W. Grainger, Inc. supplies road dept 85.05
Grand Tire Company, Inc. tires for road dept 2,068.23
Great Basin Trucks, Inc. supplies road dept 1,051.00
Hafer's Incorporated parts, supplies road dept 180.56
Harbor Freight Salvage Company pipe wrenches road dept 13.95
Honest Dollar Construction hauling road dept 1,636.25
Intermountain Battery supplies road dept 336.00
Kensley, George oil pit fire #61 17.60
Mega Corporation freight charges road dept 5.16
Kenneth Miller hauling road dept 1,520.75
Monticello City Justice/Peace S.O. Collections 215.00
Motor Parts Pro Mart Home Cntr supplies Golf Pro Shop 95.32
National 4-H Council supplies extension office 86.68
Navajo Times advertising elections 264.60
Office Outpost office supplies Treasurer 103.67
Performance Products supplies road dept 61.60
Phillips Petroleum Company gas purchased Sheriff 9.00
P&M Repair Service repairs road dept 3.63
The Reliable Corporation supplies purchasing dept 71.07
San Juan County gas purchased Weed & Control 25.22
San Juan County Ext. Office petty Cash 16.68
San Juan County Hospital meals served 597.00
San Juan County Treasurer petty cash 60.77
S.J. County 12th Circuit Court Charlotte Hutchins 40.00
The San Juan Record supplies clerk's office 155.72
San Juan School District supplies road dept 22.00
Saveway Automotive supplies road dept 517.08
Shilo Inn-Salt Lake City travel Steve Stovall 35.00
Dayne Shumway Const hauling road dept 1,501.50
Skelton, Incorporated gravel crushed Lem's Draw 32,917.50
State Information System Serv. teleprocessing/sheriff dept 318.83
Elaine Stovall matron sheriffs dept 70.48
Steve Stovall Ogden (Prisoner) 22.00
Laverne Tate Supplies & Travel 32.00
Taylor & Company audit for December 31,86 1,550.00
Tek Shop repair typewriters 237.00
Texaco Refining & Marketing Inc gas purchased ext. & fair 53.10
Theatre Candy Dist.Company Inc supplies Senior Cit 290.65
United States Welding Inc sylrnt Road dept 170.40
University of Utah supplies Historical societ 15.95
Utah Dept of Employ Security Scott Davis 8-23,9-6 342.57
Utah Local Gov't Ins Trust county insurance 14,438.20
Utah Navajo Industries supplies dept of aging 75.42
Utah Power & Light Company utilities recreation dept 38.76
Utah State Attorney General Jimmy Manheimer/Pay deduct 24.70
Viking Office Products, Inc. supplies purchasing dept 40.95
Steven E. Warren, M.D. Colleen Arkansas (Sheriff) 15.00
Western Office Products office supplies clerk 15.63
Wheeler Machinery Company parts road dept 1,465.76
White Mesa Ute Council meals served for October 297.50
S. Rigby Wright travel expenses 75.65
Mike Young Inc. repairs sheriffs dept 59.70
ADJOURNED
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m.
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Calvin Black, Chairman Karen Halls, deputy clerk