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Hyrum starts Neighborhood Watch, commits money to ice rink
By Kathryn
Summers
HYRUM -- Criminals, beware! Hyrum's Neighborhood Watch is finally a reality. Cache County Sheriff's Deputy Dennis Larson reported on the successful start-up of the program at the City Council meeting Nov. 4. Representing the Hyrum Public Safety Committee, Larson came before the council to request money for signs and decals to advertise to people coming into Hyrum that the city has an active Neighborhood Watch program. He said people in the community are excited and interested in the program. "It's been a goal of mine to see that we're organized into Neighborhood Watch [groups]," said Mayor Gordon Olson. Even if the signs do not deter criminals, they will definitely serve as reminders to Hyrum residents to be aware and watch for crimes or suspicious behavior, Olson said. Larson said Hyrum has been trying to get the Neighborhood Watch going for about 10 years. The mayor and sheriff made a public safety committee to finally get the program started. The council voted to allocate $380 five large aluminum Neighborhood Watch signs, 10 smaller signs, and 700 small reflective decals for mailboxes and windows. The signs will be posted throughout the community and at the main entrances to Hyrum. Tana Wardle asked the council to discuss her concerns about litter at construction sites. She was especially concerned about the litter on Highway 101 in Blacksmith Fork Canyon. She said contractors don't clean up their garbage and the wind blows it everywhere. It makes the town look ugly and it's not fair to homeowners and the community, Wardle said. She asked the council to made contractors responsible for their garbage. She suggested each builder have a dumpster on site. The council agreed with her and unanimously voted to change the city policy so each construction site is required to have a dumpster. A statement will be added to the building permit form requiring a dumpster. Buildings under construction will also be required to get dumpsters. Janet Borg, director of the non-profit Bridgerland Community Ice Arena, asked the city to donate the money from a 1/64 of 1 percent state sales tax to the ice arena proposed to be built in North Logan. City Recorder Stephanie Fricke said the sales tax was passed by the Utah Legislature 10 years ago to build facilities for the Olympics. The state said where the money would go and what it would be used for. The 10 years are up and the money from the tax now goes back to the cities. Most cities didn't remember they would be getting the money from the tax, so they didn't budget it in. The Bridgerland Ice Arena has been asking cities in Cache Valley to donate the money to the ice arena. The council agreed that the ice rink is a worthy cause, so it agreed to give $7,234 a year for 10 years to the ice arena. The mayor said it's not a new tax, but since they didn't budget it is, the money may as well go to the ice arena instead of the city. In other business, the council talked about semi-tractor trailer parking
problems in Hyrum but didn't vote on anything, and proclaimed Nov. 21-28
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