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Sheriff, commissioners report on school safety training, conservation easements and recent trip to the capital
Summary
During elected officials reports, the county sheriff described a school professional development day with safety and mental-health instruction, and Commissioner Warwood raised record-keeping concerns tied to conservation easements and a historic Price River water right.
During the Emery County Commission’s elected officials reports, the sheriff described a professional development day at the county high school where deputies and partners provided training for teachers, aides, maintenance staff and others on topics related to school safety.
The sheriff said instructors covered about nine different topics, including school safety, tactical medicine and de-escalation. A mental health professional spoke about the effects of violence on mental health, a group called 4 Corners taught de-escalation and the session included basic firearms topics, the sheriff said.
Commissioner Warwood reported concerns about certain conservation easements being structured in a way that is creating “a tremendous workload for our county recorder.” He said some easements parcel property into more than 200 half-acre parcels, requiring extensive verification of legal descriptions. Warwood also said he had researched a water right conveyed with one of those easements on the Price River and described it as an old right dating to about 1869.
Separately, commissioners said they traveled to the state capital last Friday to meet with Congressman Kennedy to discuss county issues. The commission noted that the Utah Association of Counties (UAC) “day on the hill” is scheduled for the following day; commissioners invited concerns about any bills so they could raise them during that event. The commission also said an amendment to the state open meetings law took effect in January and that it affects commissioners’ ability to meet together under certain conditions.
Other remarks included a note that a Tactical Response Team (TRT) is preparing and planning for the Olympics, a brief advisory about parking conditions on the hill and a general request that residents report incidents to the sheriff’s office. No formal actions or votes were taken during the elected officials reports portion of the meeting.
