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FOUR IN A ROW • The Juab High School softball team nabbed a region title for the 4th year in a row by defeating Carbon 7-2 in an away game. Members of the team are front row, Estefany Whiting, Kaitlyn Sperry, Taelyn Ballow, Kloie Park, Maddi Myers and Reggie Myers. Back, Head Coach Tina Squire, Shyanne Gray, Hannah Holden, Keanna Williams, Makalya Sanders, Raygen Newton, Stormie Gee, Ashlyn Dansie, Kathryn Bennett, and Assistant Coach Andy Williams. Photo courtesy of Tina Squire

LIST OF JUAB COUNTY CANDIDATES FOR JUNE 26TH

GOP PRIMARYJUAB COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICEDouglas Scott AndersonCraig B. RyanJUAB COUNTY CLERK/AUDITORAlaina E. LofgranGayle Leslie PainterJUAB COUNTY COMMISSION SEAT: BJolene JacksonRichard K. HansenMichael James Kramer

NO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WILL BE HELD.ONLY REGISTERED REPUBLICANS CAN VOTE IN THE

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

SPRING GOLFING SEASON IS UPON US • Above, golfers seem to be having a great time on Monday morning at Canyon Hills with the high’s in the 70’s and 80’s. The weatherman is calling for a few clouds and showers on Friday and Saturday, but with highs from 84 today to 50’s and 60’s for the rest of the week, we think you can put away your snow shovel for the season.

County residents will have chance to weigh in on community sports park and recreation center

By Myrna Trauntvein

Times-News Correspondent

A Nephi Recreation Survey will be available to all resi-dents of Juab County. Nephi City council members reviewed the questions to be asked at a work session held following the regular council meeting on Tuesday. Council members agreed that the questions to be asked would obtain the information that the city needed. “Nephi Recreation provides recreation for all Juab County residents,” said John Bradley, Nephi Recreation Director. “Nephi Recreation will be trav-eling around Juab County to administer paper copy surveys and answer any questions the public might have.” The schedule is: Mona City Hall, May 17 (7-9 p.m.); Ne-phi City Park/ Movie in the Park, May 18 (before movie at dusk); Mona Elementary, May 21 (6-8 p.m.); Nephi City Hall, May 21 (7-9 p.m.); Nephi Old Mill Park, May 22 (10 a.m.-12 p.m.); Juab Senior Center Lunch, May 22; Nebo Market, May 23 (5-7pm); Levan Town Hall, May 24 (5-6:30pm); Ne-phi Swimming Pool, May 25 (1-5pm); and Nephi Volleyball Tournament/Track Meet/Base-ball & Softball Team Pictures. Additional paper copies are available at Nephi City Hall 21 E 100 N/ Recreation Office 475 E 800 N in Nephi or at www.nephirecreation.com. “People wishing to fill out the online copy can directly visit our website,” said Brad-ley. “The last day to submit a survey is May 31.” For more information call John Bradley 435-623-1004 or email jhbradley@nephi.utah.gov. “Due to the growth of the county, Nephi City Council would like input from all Juab County residents on the po-tential of a community sports park and recreation center,” said Bradley. “This space could

See Recreation on page 12

Nephi City adopts tentative budget and sets date for public hearing

By Myrna Trauntvein

Times-News Correspondent

The Nephi City budget is well on its way to being adopt-ed but a public hearing needs to be held first. The public hearing on the budget will be held on May 15 at 7 p.m. in the city council chambers. The council, by unanimous vote, adopted the tentative budget for the coming year at a council meeting on Tuesday night. “By state law, each year the staff is required to present at or before the first meeting in May a tentative budget,” said Seth Atkinson, city adminis-trator. The city’s budget document

containing the tentative bud-get can now be found under the Finance Department on the city website. Atkinson said that he was happy to have the budget avail-able to the public on the city website. Navigation through the various funds is found on the left sidebar on the site. The General Fund Depart-ments are found under the General Fund Summary link. Atkinson and Lisa Brough, finance director, had worked to get the numbers together. He said that he had made a goal to have the budget num-bers all there for the tentative budget. “This is one of the most im-portant documents the city has,” said Atkinson. “I have al-ways loved the budget.”

He said that the budget mes-sage contains many of the pri-orities identified by the council in the budget retreat sessions. “The assumptions behind the budget will be discussed in the work session following the regular meeting,” he said. The information shared on the website, he said, would al-low viewers to see the Nephi City Budget Document for the Fiscal Year 2019, the Home Departments Finance Budget 2018-19, the Budget Document 2018-19 and the Budget Mes-sage for the Fiscal Year 2019. “In several priority set-ting sessions in February and March, the city council identi-fied desired outcomes for the coming fiscal year,” said At-kinson. “This priority setting aids staff in allocating limited resources toward these out-comes.” The Budget Document is the financial summary for fund-ing the operations, capital im-provements, and priorities for Nephi City.

Some of the major priorities for the city in the 2019 fiscal year for the General Fund are: street Improvements in new subdivisions, create a plan for repairing and updating the 13 bridges in the city, funding for the Victim Advocacy Group, part-time administrative as-sistant for the Police Depart-ment, savings for new streets equipment, swimming pool Improvements, funding for a children’s librarian, purchase of leaf blower for cemeteries, freeway exit sign improve-ments, golf course equipment purchases and a design for a cremation garden. “The state basically restricts cities from accumulating more than 25 percent of general fund revenues for their general fund balance,” said Atkinson. “So, although the state keeps a ‘rainy day’ fund for the pur-poses of weathering economic

See Budget on page 2