Huntington City readies for Heritage Days celebration

By Alice Wadley
Staff Writer

Huntington City met for their monthly council meeting on June 21. The city approved business licenses for Gagon Family Medicine and the Swamp Dog.
The council passed ordinance 6-2017, concerning the cemetery. If you receive your mail at the Huntington post office you are considered a resident of Huntington for burial purposes. Decorations for Memorial Day may be placed the immediate Friday before Memorial Day and must be removed by 10 a.m. the first Sunday following Memorial Day. No vehicles are permitted on the grass areas of the cemetery.
The council passed resolution 4-2017, concerning a fee for transferring of cemetery plots. The fee will be $10 per certificate. If researching ownership takes more than two hours, an additional fee of $30 will apply.
Ordinance 5-2017 was passed. It is an ordinance updating the Huntington City general plan. Resolution 3-2017 was passed. It is requesting Rocky Mountain Power assistance with replacing the old sodium vapor street lights with LED lights. Each time a sodium vapor street light goes out, the city will report the outage. RMP will replace the old lights with an LED light. Huntington City is one of the pilot programs for this program and it has saved the city a lot of money by switching to the LED lights.
A public hearing was held to discuss the fiscal year 2018 budget. The total revenue was $735,950. Expenditures: General government – $215,000. Public safety – $85,050. Highways and public improvements – $156,550. Parks, recreation and public safety – $201,350. Debt service – $78,000. The capital projects fund is $141,958. Utility fund revenue is $399,350 and the expenditure is $438,957. The secondary fund revenue is $49,000 and expense is $41,115. The perpetual care fund is $20,400. The council passed the proposed budget.
Mayor Hilary Gordon gave her report. She appreciates all of the hard work everyone does for Heritage Days. The rodeo will be this weekend. The location of the best shot has been moved. The council will serve the ice cream and the dinner for Heritage Days.
Councilman Leonard Norton, reported he attended the LEPC meeting. There are a few issues with dogs. We will enforce the ordinance when it comes to dogs whether the resident agrees with it or not.
Councilwoman Laneea Cowley, reported the youth council has been very busy during the summer. They put flags out at the cemetery for Memorial Day. They will help with the concessions at the rodeo.
Councilman Joe Ward, thanked the youth council for placing the flags at the cemetery. He has received several compliments on how nice the city looks. The city should look into getting a power washer for the fire department.
Councilman LaMar Guymon has been talking to the owner of Genco. He is interested in cleaning up the North side of Huntington. He can work with planning and zoning to coordinate the clean up.
Councilman Mark Justice has received complaints about weeds in the sidewalk cracks. If it is in front of your property, clean out the weeds from the cracks. There are still a few problems with drainage around the city when it rains. Councilman Justice will contact UDOT concerning the problem areas. UDOT put in the sidewalks in these areas.
They have been very good to work with to fix the issues. A group of volunteers worked today to set up the batting cages. There is still some work to be done.