AGENDA – Notice of the regular meeting of The Board of County Commissioners  of Emery County Utah.

Date: September 18, 2018 at 3:00 P.M. in the Emery County Administration Building at 75 E Main Street, Castle Dale, Utah.

Emery County Board of Commissioners:
Lynn Sitterud, Chairman
Paul Cowley
Kent Wilson

-Pledge of Allegiance/ Invocation-

(Note to the public: The consent agenda consists of item(s) that are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted in the form of one motion. Any items can be removed from the consent agenda and heard in its regular order at the request of any commissioner.)

CONSENT AGENDA
Items to be pulled for discussion by the Board will be placed first on the list of discussion items. All other consent agenda items will be approved in one motion.

1. Approval of check edit list, requisitions, and dispositions.

2. Approval of September 04, 2018 Commission Meeting Minutes.

3. Approval to give Sarah Jensen, Assistant Librarian in Ferron, a 3% wage increase for successful completion of her 6 month orientation period. Effective 9-24-18.

4. Approval to hire Mitchell Horton as a full time Equipment Operator/Driver I with full benefits. Wage Grade 16

5. Approval for a cell phone stipend and credit card for Vanessa Justesen, Victim Advocate.

Discussion Items – Items that require discussion before approval by motion.

1. Items pulled from the consent agenda.

2. Awarding of monthly Safety Incentive Visa Gift Cards.

3. Presentation by Amanda Leonard regarding Joes Valley Press Release.

4. Discuss/Approve/Deny Emery County Beer Tax Funds Annual Report for State FY 2018.

5. Discuss/Approve/Deny acceptance of award of the Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) Division of Emergency Management (DEM) FY 2018 State Homeland Security Grant (SHSP) covering the performance period from September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2021 together with Articles of Agreement.

6. Discuss/Approve/Deny Cooperative Agreement between Emery County and Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands for noxious weed control within jurisdictional areas.

7. Discuss/Approve/Deny Board of Equalization (BOE) closure.

8. Discuss/Approve/Deny BOE changes for 2018.

9. Discuss/Approve/Deny veteran, blind and homeowner’s tax credit abatements.

10. Discuss/Approve/Deny low income tax abatement for Ryan Cowley.

11. Discuss/Approve/Deny low income tax abatement for Millie Ellett.

12. Discuss/Approve/Deny low income tax abatement for Lynn Olson.

13. Discuss/Approve/Deny request from the American Legion for a monetary donation to the Veterans Monuments being placed at Ferron City Park.

14. Discuss/Approve/Deny contract between Emery County and John Van Wagoner for musical services for the Joe’s Valley Bouldering Fest.

15. Discuss/Approve/Deny MOU between Emery County and Price BLM for operation of the trail cat for trail maintenance.

16. Randy Johnson-Government Matters, LLC Report.

17. Commission/Elected Officials Report.

18. Adjourn