Commission Meeting

By Phil Fauver
Staff Writer

The Emery County Commission meeting was held Oct. 3, with Commissioner Kent Wilson being absent as he was on assignment to Moab.
Commissioner Kent Wilson was appointed as Vice Chairman of the Emery County Commission.
Jordan Leonard of the Travel Bureau asked for the approval of providing $3,500 Travel, Recreation and Tourism funds for marketing the MECCA Bike Club Festival. The MECCA Bike Club will match those funds. The Fall Festival event was held Sept. 22-24 at the wedge overlook with more than 80 riders and their families participating. There are two festivals held each year, one festival in the spring and another in the fall. Some of the people attending this event came from as far away as Texas, Arizona and Idaho. They enjoyed riding the trails along the San Rafael River, into the Buckhorn wash area and the rims at the wedge overlook. Approval was granted to provide $3,500.
The commission signed a memorandum of understanding for the travel bureau to move forward with projects from the Utah Cooperative Marketing Program-Round 2017 50/50 grant funding.
The Emery County Travel Bureau asked the State Department of Tourism for the funding of three separate projects. They were awarded a total of $88,420 for those projects. The commission agreed to send a letter of support to the US Forest Service supervisor about a proposed South Fork lease modification to add about 800 acres to two existing leases to be mined by the Sufco company. It is estimated there’s about 600 million tons of coal in that 800 acres. It is stipulated that the water resources are to be monitored closely. This is directly west of where they are currently mining. The portal is not in Emery County however we have Emery County workers at that mine and a good portion of the coal comes to Emery County for the power plant.
The commission will provide a letter of support for the Green River Fire and EMS new building. Green River has applied for funding to build a new Fire and EMS building. The Emery County Commission is in support of Green River applying for this funding.
Approval was given for the Emery County EMTs that live in Green River to get their flu shots at the Green River Medical Center.
Every year the sheriff’s office receives Tax Funds from the beer tax to pay for a list of things used by law enforcement such as overtime costs, incarceration costs and enforcement costs. This list was approved. The commission approved giving full-time employees and or their spouse a $25 visa gift card for participating in the Healthcare Bluebook Teledoc enrollment seminar to be held on Nov. 9. The spouse of a full-time employee will receive a $25 visa gift card for participating in the Whole Wellness Clinic on one of these dates Nov. 1-3. The Green River employees may attend the Healthcare Bluebook Teledoc enrollment seminar on Nov. 3, 2017.
Approval was given for the Board of Equalization Commission adjustment phase 2 Lyman family farms being switched from locally assessed to state assessed property.