By Rebecca Dopp
Times-News Correspondent
The Levan Town Council met Wednesday, June 5, 2002 to
discuss several important issues. There were few people
in attendance and council member Paul Mangelson was
absent.
•Roger Jorgensen came before the council to
ask for support in supplying power from an existing line
on Canyon Road to his property that he just purchased in
order to build a house. He said that he contacted Utah
Power and Light and they would issue a letter stating
that they would approve Levan Town to supply power from
the existing line.
Mr. Jorgensen said that his motivation was mostly
about cost. To run power from UP&L's line would be
very costly, he stated. Rod Wankier said that there were
no ordinances prohibiting the town from extending power
outside of city limits.
Mayor Bob Shepherd asked Mr. Jorgensen if he would
be willing to sign a document that would allow this
property to be annexed into Levan if that situation ever
arose. Mr. Jorgensen said he would be willing to do
that.
The council said that this issue would have to go
through Planning and Zoning before they could make a
motion to grant Mr. Jorgensen this power and that they
would vote on this item at the next meeting.
•At the January 2 meeting the council
addressed the need for a financial program that would
handle the town's accounts such as utility billing and
the general ledger. The council was deferred from buying
a program earlier because of the cost and the state of
the town's finances.
They readdressed the need for a program and decided
that they would eventually have to buy something to
handle the accounts. The council decided that they would
purchase the Caselle Financial Program which would cost
about $16,200 which includes the programs, training and
conversion. Mayor Shepherd said that they would have to
pay $7,400.00 as a down payment, but that would include
training and conversion. They could also be put on a
payment plan.
Rod Wankier made a motion to purchase the Caselle
program and Ryan Aagard seconded the motion. A unanimous
vote was made. A big selling point was that Caselle is a
local business out of Spanish Fork and that Nephi City
and Mona are already using the program, therefore
technical support would be close at hand.
•The council voted to contribute $50.00 to the
Ute Stampede Baby Contest.
•Levan Town needs to remove the trees on the
west side of the cemetery before September. Jason Worwood
said that he would contact UP&L about dropping their
power lines so he could drop all the trees at the same
time.
•A .32 acre of property on 1st N. and between
2nd and 3rd W. was for sale in the Times-News and the
county acquired it and deeded it to Levan. The council
voted unanimously to pay $30.00 for the deed.
•Council members concerns:
Rod Wankier expressed his concern about a rut at
the city park that is causing problems and needs to be
filled. He will talk to the irrigation company about
taking care of the problem.
He also asked if the council members would be
willing to purchase fireworks for the 24th of July
celebration. He said it would cost about $500.00 for 68
fireworks which would include the fireworks and the tubes
to shoot them off. The Nephi City and Levan fire
departments would come and help shoot the fireworks. Mr.
Wankier said he would donate his July paycheck to have
fireworks at the celebration. The other council members
said they would also donate their paychecks saving the
town from having to pay for it. The only concern was the
fire conditions.
Mayor Shepherd wanted to commend all those who made
the cemetery look so nice for Memorial Day. Those
responsible were Lachelle Aagard, the 4-H Club and the
Boy Scouts.
Ralph Brooks reported that 20 ash trees were
donated to the city and that they need to be planted
soon. Mr. Wankier stated that there was a need for trees
on the west side of the park and the east side of the
ball diamond. Mr. Wankier said he would contact the wards
and get the young men to help plant the trees. "We'd be
glad to have them," he said, "as long as I can find
somebody to help plant them." The fact that they weren't
Chinese Elms was greatly appreciated by the council.
The next meeting will be July 10 at 8:00 p.m.
