Storm
water ordinance on Hyrum's agenda for new year
By Heather Williams
December 3, 2004 | HYRUM -- A storm
water utility must be added to the ordinances of the
city soon after the new year.
"The ordinance creates one more utility for the city,
a storm water utility. Things in here will make considerable
changes in the way we do things. To make a separate
utility we need funding, so it will add one more line
to the utility bill," said Brent Jensen, city administrator.
Jensen said the goal of the discussion in council
meeting is to have the ordinance adopted soon after
the new year.
"We have been mandated to have storm water and storm
water ordinances. This is a major unfunded mandate,"
Mayor Gordon Olson said.
In other business, Hanna Thompson, a member of the
community, reported on a wind power monitor located
at the entrance to Blacksmith Fork Canyon. Olson said
Thompson was collecting data so the city could explore
the possibility of electricity generated by wind power.
Thompson said she would check the wind power monitor,
called an anemometer, once a month since last November.
The anemometer was placed 20 meters high (66 feet),
but a windmill would be placed 50 meters high so the
estimated wind speed would be higher. She also said
that having wind-generated power would supply educational
benefits to the community and surrounding schools.
"We're not going to put up a windmill next month,
but we'll take this data and keep researching our options,"
Olson said.
"I think it's a very worthwhile effort and I thank
you for doing it. I think we'll end up doing it in the
future," Councilman Tom Labau said to Thompson.
"This is just a little ripple in the water. Maybe
it will spread out," Thompson said of the data she presented
to the council.
The council approved a lease agreement with Cache
County Emergency Medical Service Authority. The lease
allows CCEMS non-exclusive use of the Hyrum fire station
for the annual amount of $12,000.
The council also heard a report from Fred Burr from
Wiggins and Co. on the 2003-2004 audit report.
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