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Fire department gets new equipment

By Linda Petersen
CEDAR FORT — Thanks to a swap with Unified Fire, the fire department will be getting a water tender, a brush truck and a bunker truck. At its February 20 meeting, Fire Chief Steven Bowman reported to the town council that Unified Fire had approved the swap for the town's Can Am (side by side truck). With these additions, the town will now have two fire trucks, a brush truck and a water tender, he said.

Bowman also told them seven recruits have graduated from their training and have joined the fire department. The department will have another open enrollment period later this year for new recruits, he said.

Mayor David Gustin told the council that, at his request, Eagle Mountain Mayor Tom Westmoreland had that city's road department supervisors and employees perform an inspection of Cedar Fort's roads and had provided him with a report of their condition and suggested improvements that could be used to budget funds for roads.

Gustin said he has become concerned that the community center is located on land that is leased from the Bureau of Land Management. That lease expires in nine years. Gustin said that as the town is investing grant funds to improve the community center, he did not want to see the community center be demolished after that nine years if the BLM did not renew the lease. He is reviewing the process of the town purchasing that property (12.5 acres) in that case or if the BLM decided to sell the land. The cost is fairly inexpensive and the land would be a great asset for the town to acquire, he said.

At the same meeting, council members reported on their specific assignments:
Councilmember Richard Stark reported that a new account has been opened for the Cedar Valley Activities Committee. The town has an open position for a town treasurer, he said.

Councilmember Ellen Cibula let the council members know the town has received a commercial business license application from Open Loop Energy, LLC, a hydraulic repair services company.

Councilmember Harold Draper has been investigating what grants are available to fund safe sidewalks for local elementary students. He discovered that to receive any kind of funding the sidewalks or potential sidewalks would need to be located on town-owned property the grant money cannot be used on a state-owned road or highway. Draper said the elementary school has a Student, Neighborhood Access Program for safe walking pathways but it does not address the needs of students who live on the east side of SR73

Cemetery sexton Howard Anderson told the council he had organized a work project to consolidate five versions of the cemetery maps into one cemetery map. The project, which would take four to six hours would be done on March 3 or March 10 and he was hoping to get 10 to 12 volunteers, he said.

Town council meetings have been changed to 6 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month.
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