SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING April 6, 2009 The regular meeting of the San Juan County Commission was held at 10:00 A.M. in the Commission Room at Monticello, Utah. Present: Bruce Adams, Chairman Kenneth Maryboy, Vice Chair Lynn Stevens, Commissioner Rick Bailey, SJC Administrator Norman L. Johnson, SJC Clerk/Auditor Dawn Shaw, SJC Deputy Clerk Attendees: Larry Sorrell, Jerry McNeely, Susan Taylor, Phil Lowe, Charlie DeLorme, Steve Jensen, Cyndi Eldredge, Tammy Gallegos, Howard Randall, Evan Lowry A motion to approve the minutes of March 23, 2009 was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Phil Lowe – SJ Hospital Administrator Mr. Lowe introduced himself to Commissioners saying he is the new administrator for San Juan Health Care. Commissioners welcomed him on board and said they were excited to get the opportunity to work with him. They did request Mr. Lowe come back bi-annually and update them on the goings on at the hospital and clinics. Cyndi Eldredge – SJC Personnel Cyndi presented a request to hire Allison Yamamoto as the Monticello Library Assistant with Betsy Kelley as the alternate. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Tammy Gallegos – Administrative Assistant Tammy presented two contracts from CSBG in the amount of $27,000 for approval and signature. She explains that these supplement the meal program in the aging department. A motion to approve the contracts was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Steve Jensen – SJ Counseling Mr. Jensen thanked Commissioners for all their help at the last legislative session and for being such firm supporters of the counseling center. Charlie DeLorme – SJC Ec. Development Charlie presented a request to approve a SJC Farm Days Grant in the amount of$3,000. Charlie reports that when the original grant form was filed out it failed to disclose other monies they had received from the county in the amount of $2,000. Charlie said that if this grant is approved he would like to request a letter of explanation on where the funding will be used. A motion to approve the request for the grant and asking for a letter in return was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Charlie presented three out of state travel requests. One to Singapore, South Korea, and Japan for ITB Asia in the amount of $6,100, one to Miami, FL for a travel trade show in the amount of $1,350 and one to Los Angeles/San Francisco, CA to meet with Japanese Tour Operators in the amount of $1,530. A motion to approve all three travel requests was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Charlie reported to Commissioners on his ITB Berlin/France trip saying that it went very well. He states that there does not seem to be any decline in interest in tourism to the San Juan County area and says that the non-stop flight from Salt Lake to Paris is a huge benefit. Norman L. Johnson – SJC Clerk/Auditor Norman presented a beer license for renewal from Cow Canyon Trading Post. A motion to approve the beer license was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Rick Bailey – SJC Administrator Rick reports that there will be a public hearing held in La Sal to discuss the Energy Queen Mine. Dennison Mines would like to get a permit and reopen the mine but have been met with some protests. He also reports that Bob Turri has requested to be replaced on the Planning and Zoning Commission. Rick presented a procurement request for a 22-35 ton Air Hydraulic Lift in the amount of $924.75 from Snap-On for the road department. A motion to approve the request was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Commission Reports Commissioner Maryboy reported on his trip back to D.C. stating that Evan helped a lot in coaching him on talking points to bring up before he left. He felt the trip was successful. He plans to attend a Navajo Nation special session tomorrow and Wednesday. He plans to attend and has invited the other Commissioners to Bluff for an Easter Dinner at the senior center on Thursday. Commissioner Stevens reports that he attended a Southeast Utah Health District Board Meeting in Price the last week of March. This week he plans to attend a SPEAR meeting Tuesday night to discuss the RMP and Wednesday Representative Matheson’s office will be here for a transportation round table. Commissioner Adams reports that the economic summit in Salt Lake last week went well. He states that the Regional RAC Board is receiving nominations and asked for those in attendance to spread the word to people they feel would be interested. 11:35 A.M. - Executive Session A motion to go into executive session, to discuss personnel issues, was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. 11:50 A.M. – End Executive Session A motion to go out of executive session was made by Commissioner Lynn Stevens. Commissioner Kenneth Maryboy seconded the motion. None opposed. Commissioner Bruce Adams declared the motion carried. Adjourn 11:55 A.M. 1