March 2, 2015

COMMISSIONERS’ PROCEEDINGS        

          March 2, 2015

          Commissioners Doug Tucker, John Grewell, and John Prinkki were present.

    8:30 Pledge of Allegiance.

     Commissioner Tucker moved to accept Treasurer Cash Report for February 2015; Commissioner Grewell seconded; motion carried.

     Frank Jarvenpaa, Rosemary Pennington, and Becky Grey met with Commissioners for Public Comment period. Mr. Jarvenpaa and Ms. Pennington discussed a letter they received from the Floodplain Administrator (CTA) regarding violations related to portapotties on lots in the Western Ranch Estates Subdivision.

     9:00 Commissioner Grewell moved to address weed district employee salary increase requests when annual salary increases are considered; Commissioner Tucker seconded; motion carried.

    10:00 Planning Director Brent Moore met with Commissioners for the Growth Policy update. Julie Holzer, Albert Brown, Annette Anderson, Richard Anderson, Diann Fischer Larson, Eleanor Gurrero, and Becky Grey were also present. Mr. Moore noted that the Carbon County Planning Board passed a Resolution recommending approval of an update to the 2009 Growth Policy. To solicit public imput on the Growth Policy Update, the Planning Board held a number of community meetings and conducted two Public Hearings on December 16, 2014 and January 20, 2015. Since the January Public Meeting, one public comment was received from Jackie Kuhl, EI Project Engineer with Great West Engineering on behalf of Town of Fromberg: “Fromberg is currently under an Administrative Order on Consent from DEQ and is in the process of planning a major rehabilitation project for their wastewater treatment system in order to meet both current and future regulatory discharge limitations.” Commissioners made their final corrections to the Growth Policy Update.

     Commissioner Grewell moved to adopt Resolution 2015-02 Growth Policy as amended in this meeting; Commissioner Tucker seconded; motion carried.

    Commissioners thanked The Planning Board for all their hard work.

    Adjourned