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MINUTES
BOX ELDER COUNTY
COMMISSION
JULY 27, 2004
The Board of County
Commissioners of Box Elder County, Utah met in a work session at the County
Courthouse, 01 South Main Street in Brigham City, Utah at 8:00 a.m. on JULY
27, 2004. The following members
were present:
Suzanne R. Rees Chairman
Clark N. Davis Commissioner
Scott Hansen Commissioner
LuAnn Adams Recorder/Clerk
The following items
were discussed:
1. Fire Department
Update – Greg Martz
2. Assignment Review –
Commissioners
3. Staff Reports
4. Correspondence
5. ATK Thiokol,
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)-Reactive Material Disposal Operations – Garth
Day
The work session
adjourned at 8:59 a.m.
The regular session
was called to order by Chairman Rees at 9:00 a.m. with the following members present,
constituting a quorum:
Suzanne
R. Rees Chairman
Clark N. Davis Commissioner
Scott Hansen Commissioner
LuAnn Adams Recorder/Clerk
Chairman Rees
offered the prayer.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
THE MINUTES OF THE
REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 20, 2004 WERE APPROVED ON A MOTION AS WRITTEN BY COMMISSIONER HANSEN, SECONDED BY CHAIRMAN REES AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.
AGENDA: ATTACHMENT
NO. 1
Members of the Tourism Tax
Advisory Board were introduced as Bob Davis, Chairman; Steve Atwood, Roland
Bringhurst, Beth Gurrister, Jay Hardy, Commissioner Clark Davis, Ann Jeppsen,
Kris Swensen, Dave Maynard and Diane Tanner.
Joan Hammer and Susan Thackeray are the staff for the Board.
Chairman Bob Davis said the
Board appreciated the opportunity to present the ideas. The Tourism Development Fund has the
following purposes: (1) To increase
tourism in Box Elder County (2) To assist new tourism projects (3) To help
profit or non-profit organizations develop new tourism projects (4) To increase
the advertising exposure of Box Elder County outside of the County (5) To
involve more people and organizations in tourism promotion. Mr. Davis said they received 19 applications
for funds in the amount of $172,000.
The applicants had to meet the purposes and they had a point system to
determine the value of the requests and how to best distribute the money. The Board narrowed the applications down to
15 for a total amount of $55,432.00.
MOTION: A motion was
made by Commissioner Davis to approve
the recommendation of the Tourism Tax Advisory Board for the TRCC Grant
Applications as listed (See Attachment No. 2 – TRCC Grant Applications.)
in the amount of $55,432 that is consistent with the 20% allocation in the 2004
Budget. Chairman
Rees seconded the motion and the motion carried 2-1 with Commissioner
Hansen abstaining from voting.
SETTING DATE & TIME FOR TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING ON 2004 PROPERTY TAX INCREASE APPROVED DECEMBER, 2003 – ROGER HANDY
County Auditor Roger Handy recommended setting a public hearing for the 2004 property tax increase on August 17 at 7:00 p.m. Mr. Handy noted there are some differences in the current advertisement from the advertisement last December. Based on the information in December the indication was a 24% increase. The final numbers are a 20% increase.
MOTION: A motion was
made by Commissioner Davis to set the
date and time for the truth in taxation public hearing on the 2004 property tax
increase for August 17 at 7:00 p.m. Commissioner Hansen seconded the motion, and
the motion unanimously carried.
WARRANT REGISTER –
COMMISSIONERS
The warrant register was signed, and the following claims
were approved for payment: Claims
number 32442 thru 32501 in the amount of $306,446.02. Claim number 31842 was voided.
ASSIGNMENT REVIEW -
COMMISSIONERS
The Commissioners reviewed assignments.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
MOTION: At 9:56 a.m. a motion was made by Commissioner Davis to move into an executive
session to discuss the character, professional competence or physical or mental
health of an individual. The motion was
seconded by Commissioner Hansen, and
the motion was unanimously carried.
MOTION: At 10:27 a.m. a motion was made by Commissioner Davis to reconvene into regular Commission Meeting. Commissioner
Hansen seconded the motion, and regular Commission Meeting was
reconvened.
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Commissioner Hansen explained that in the executive session there was
discussion on the character, professional competence and physical and mental
health of an individual.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made
by Commissioner Hansen to adjourn. Commissioner
Davis seconded the motion, and the meeting adjourned at 9:28 a.m.
ADOPTED AND
APPROVED
in regular session this____day of
August 2004.
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Suzanne R. Rees,
Chairman
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Clark N. Davis,
Commissioner
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Scott Hansen,
Commissioner
ATTEST:
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LuAnn Adams,
Recorder/Clerk