FIRE CHIEF • Bruce Rowley, left, will replace
Mike Mann as Levan Town Fire Chief in April 2000
By Sherie Partridge
Times-News Correspondent
Levan Town Council approved Bruce Rowley to replace
Mike Mann as Fire Chief as of April 1, 2000. Mike Mann
reported that the volunteer firefighters voted Bruce Rowley
to be the new fire chief and now the council needed to vote
him in. Bruce Rowley will also be acting on the Fire Board
as of April 1, 2000. Council member Craig Worwood thanked
Mike Mann for the many years of outstanding work he has done
for the town.
•Mike Mann reported that the Fire District Board
is in the process of putting together an operating budget
for 2002 to receive a certified tax rate to put on the
ballots in the fall. If voters approve the tax rate the
district will go forward with what they have planned. At
that time the district would need access to the fire
department office and the town building. Mann asked Mayor
Robinson if the town would be willing to either rent the
building to the fire district or they could lease it to
them. Mann suggested to exchange the lease of the building
for maintenance on the First Responder Unit and to pay for
further training of First Responders. Also, at that time the
fire district would operate the fire department and take
care of the fire trucks and take over the bond payment on
the new fire truck. Mayor Robinson said that something could
be worked out with the fire district.
•Mike Mann reported that there would be an open
burn for a 30-day period starting April 1. Yard trash can
only be burned at that time. Permits will need to be picked
up either from the city offices, Mike Mann or Bruce
Rowley.
•Council Member Craig Worwood told residents that
if a resident requests an old water hook-up to be moved, the
resident asking for the change will need to pay for it to be
done.
Paul Mangelson asked why he was charged $500.00 when
he had done most of the work himself and also helped the
Levan Town employees to move the water meter.
Mayor Robinson explained that when a request is made
the resident is responsible because there was a water meter
already in place. Mangelson's bill was discounted
$250.00.
Farrell Wankier also asked about a bill that he had
received from Levan Town. Wankier explained that he was
using the existing well and just wanted to be fair to the
town before he started using the water.
Jason Worwood, town employee, said that he had
discussed with Wankier what needed to be done and everything
was all right at the time.
Wankier explained that he is not complaining about the
bill of $225.00, he was only curious why he was getting
charged when the well was not moved.
Mayor Robinson said that the reason was because the
well had been abandoned. The council agreed that there needs
to be an ordinance in place to cover abandoned and unused
services. Janet Cater said that there was an ordinance in
place already. Mayor Robinson told council to find the
ordinance so that they would be familiar with what should be
done. Mayor Robinson told Wankier that they would discuss
his bill after council meeting. •Nick Jones is doing a
project for Sterling Scholar. He will be making a bike rack
to place at the park. He asked council members if the town
could help him cover materials that he would need to make
the bike rack.
Mayor Robinson asked what the costs would be. Nick
stated around $83.10 for steel and $56.82 for paint.
Farrell Wankier told council members that he would
personally pay half if the town would cover the other half.
Everyone was in favor of the idea.
•Rachelle Bryan reported that business licenses
have not been picked up for the year 2000.
Mayor Robinson stated that if the licenses are not
picked up that the person in business is operating without a
license. A letter will be sent out reminding residents that
the licenses need to be picked up and paid for.
•A business license was issued to Kyle Carter to
operated Eagle Eye Web Designer from his home.
•Council member Ryan Aagard was concerned about a
sinking trench that was dug by U.S. West Communications to
run a phone line. The trench needed to be filled in.
Mayor Robinson stated that U.S. West has been called
and that they should be called again.
Brent Aagard suggested that the town should just go
ahead and fill the trench.
Town employee Shawn Bryan told council members that if
the town does that, U.S. West might think that the town will
cover them every time. That is why we need to call them one
more time and let them know that if it is not filled within
a couple of days, the town will fill the trench and send
them a bill.
•Council Member Ryan Aagard stated that he had
been approached by Chad Ballow about how his dogs were
disposed of.
Ballow explained to council members that he was mad
that his dogs had been shot after being at the kennel.
Mayor Robinson said that he is sorry about his dogs
but they were held for four days, without any dog tags or
identifications tags.
Ballow asked why they had to be shot.
Mayor Robinson stated that he had called the Human
Society and they told him that it is not illegal to shoot an
animal. Mayor Robinson said that the town has tried to
contract with Nephi City for an animal control officer and
with a Nephi veterinarian to euthanize the animals. The vet
agreed to do that, but after a few animals were done, he
declined because he can not put a healthy animal to
death.
Steve Jensen told council members that they went to
the home where the kennel is located and could not find
anyone home for four days.
Mayor Robinson asked if anyone has tried to contact
any council members or employees of the town to see if the
dogs were being held at the kennel. No one had been
contacted.
Brent Aagard told council members that Council member
Craig Worwood knew who the dogs belonged to. Why couldn't he
be neighborly and tell Ballow that the town was holding his
dogs. He also asked why didn't they use Farrell Wankier's
pit to shoot the dogs at instead of going up to the
canyon.
Town employee Jason Worwood stated that he did not
want to shoot the dogs while someone was there.
One resident asked why they couldn't have been held
longer.
Mayor Robinson explained that the town had collected
$1,000.00 last year in dog tag fees. That money has already
been used up for hosing and disposing of dogs during the
year. The fee to house the dogs was $30.00 each per day.
After 4 days the total is $120.00 each. There is no money to
house the dogs any longer than that. When dogs are housed
and identified as to who the owner is, the owner is
responsible for the fees.
Mayor Robinson told Ballow that in this case he
wouldn't be charged. The question was asked as to why the
dogs did not have dogs tags on to identify the owner.
•Planning and Zoning has approved two building
permits. Marilynn Worwood wants to build a shed and Brian
Huntsman wants to build a house.
The Planning and Zoning will be sending out two
violation letters. One to Morey Trailer Court because Verl
Wilkey has not inspected some trailers before they were
occupied. The second one to Golden Mangelson because the
road in his subdivision was not complete.
•Council member Rod Wankier has had some
residents complain to him about a garbage problem in the
Morey Trailer Park. The complaints were that there are not
enough garbage cans for the residents there, and the garbage
is ending up in the ditch. Everyone in the trailer park
should have their own garbage can and should be charged the
monthly fee.
•The next council meeting will be held Mar. 15 at
7 p.m. A public hearing will be held that same night at 6
p.m. to discuss changing lot sizes to one-half acre.
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