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County drill team performances throughout the year See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S THURSDAY February 1, 2018 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 124 No. 71 $1.00 Tooele County Median Home Sales Price 2008-2017 $250,000 County home prices take $225,000 $200,000 another big jump in 2017 TIM GILLIE That marks the sixth con- agent with Equity Real Estate. turn in the number of homes $175,000 STAFF WRITER secutive year home sales prices “The inventory of homes sold throughout the county in The median price of a have increased in the county. for sale is still low,” she said. 2017, according to Barnes. home sold in Tooele County The demand for homes still “We have more buyers than “We can’t sell homes if we $150,000 reached $227,000 in 2017, exceeds the supply in Tooele homes.” don’t have them to sell,” she a 10.7-percent increase from County, driving prices up, While the low inventory of said. 2016, according to data from according to Mindy Barnes, homes has caused prices to The number of home sold $125,000 the Wasatch Front Regional president of the Tooele County go up, the lack of inventory 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Multiple Listing Service. Association of Realtors and an is to blame for a slight down- SEE HOME PAGE A5 ® IN GRANTSVILLE: Can city council really do much about allegations? Municipal code limits ability to restrict power of mayor or other elected offi cials STEVE HOWE STAFF WRITER The Grantsville City Council held a special meeting with a closed door session on Jan. 19 to discuss personnel. After the hour-long meeting, which Grantsville City Mayor Brent Marshall did not attend, the City Council issued a three FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO sentence statement. A flock of starlings fly over a home off of Burmester Road. One resident says the birds are a nuisance. “Due to matters that have come to our attention, we as a City Council, are taking appropriate action,” the state- ment said. “The City Council Hordes of starlings make takes this matter seriously, and values our employees and citizens. We will not comment publicly on personnel issues.” Burmester their winter home An article in the Jan. 18 edi- Grantsville City Mayor tion of the Salt Lake Tribune Brent Marshall MARK WATSON included allegations of mis- STAFF WRITER conduct against Marshall by force a mayor to resign or Massive flocks of star- former employees, residents impeach them, though other lings invade land and air and other elected officials. The states allow it. The state of around Burmester Road article alleges Marshall hand- Missouri, for example, allows near Grantsville each winter, cuffed a former Grantsville the impeachment of mayors according to a homeowner in zoning and planning admin- and since 2013, at least two the area. istrator using zip ties as a mayors have been subjected Burmester resident Dale joke, and pushed a former city to impeachment, according to Swindle said thousands of recorder into a chair after she media reports. birds roost in several trees on attempted to leave while he City councils in Utah can his property every winter and yelled at her over a dispute remove any power, duty or leave “deposits” on his truck related to a contract negotia- function of the mayor under parked outside his home. tion. Title 10, Chapter 3b, Section “They are a pain in the neck The question is: What can 104 — which include remit- because they are so messy,” a city council in the state of ting fines or forfeitures or Swindle said. “I have a lot Utah do about a mayor facing release a person in violation of of elm trees and olive trees allegations of misconduct? a municipal ordinance. But the and they’re up in those trees. The powers are fairly limited, state municipal code prohibits When I come out of the house, looking at the state’s municipal a city council from removing a they take flight in a massive code. FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE A city council in Utah can’t SEE ALLEGATIONS UVPAGE INDEX A7 ® Officials are looking into a possibility of whey fertilizer attracting more starlings to Burmester. SEE STARLINGS PAGE A9 ® The Sun Rise Set FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Friday 7:38 a.m. 5:48 p.m. Saturday 7:37 a.m. 5:49 p.m. Sunday 7:36 a.m. 5:51 p.m. Monday 7:35 a.m. 5:52 p.m. Tuesday 7:34 a.m. 5:53 p.m. Wednesday 7:33 a.m. 5:54 p.m. F Sa Su M Tu W Th Thursday 7:32 a.m. 5:56 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Friday 8:40 p.m. 9:09 a.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Stockton TownVery High; 11+ CouncilExtreme aims to select new mayor Saturday 9:47 p.m. 9:44 a.m. Sunday 10:52 p.m. 10:16 a.m. Monday 11:54 p.m. 10:47 a.m. ALMANAC STEVE HOWE his decision to step down. Thomas Karjola is among the applicants Tuesday none 11:18 a.m. A shower in the Statistics for the week ending Jan. 31. Hall by 11 a.m. Wednesday to be eligible Mild with intervals of Mostly cloudy and Mild; mostly cloudy, Mild with timesSTAFF of WRITERIntervals of clouds and Sunshine and patchy Wednesday 12:55 a.m. 11:50 a.m. morning; rather TemperaturesThe newly selected mayor will serve for mayor and is serving as mayor pro to be selected for interim mayor. Thursday 1:53 a.m. 12:25 p.m. clouds and sun mild then high clouds clouds and sun sunshine clouds cloudy The Town of Stockton may have a a High/Lowtwo-year past interim week term prior 61/24 to the tem in Whitney’s absence. During his previous two terms as Last New First Full new mayor following a special meeting municipalNormal high/low election past week in 2019. 40/23At that At the Jan. 24 Stockton Town Council mayor, Whitney oversaw a number of 53 38 52 40 53 41 51 35 53 37 56 32 55 37 Average temp past week 40.0 Thursday night at 7 p.m. point,Normal the average mayor temp past will week again be 31.5 elected to special meeting, Karjola said he would changes and improvements to the town, TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Former Stockton Mayor Mark Whitney a Dailyfour-year Temperatures term. High Low still vote on the interim mayor selec- including updating the town’s website Feb 7 Feb 15 Feb 23 Mar 1 Shown is Friday’s weather. resigned effective noon on Wednesday, During tonight’s meeting, the Town tion despite being a candidate — over and the upstairs of the town hall. Town ©2018; forecasts and graphics Temperatures are Friday’s provided by highs and Friday night’s only a month into his third term in Council will interview all candidates Whitney’s objections. codes were also updated, as well as the lows. office. Whitney cited health concerns before discussing and selecting the Applicants had to submit written Stockton Mayor and spending more time with family in new interim mayor. Town Councilman statements of interest to Stockton Town SEE STOCKTON PAGE A7 ® Mark Whitney UTAH WEATHER Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Logan BULLETIN BOARD B6 Grouse 47/36 Wendover PrecipitationINSIDE (in inches) Creek 57/32 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point CLASSIFIEDS C7 48/34 56/34 56/35 54/40 Ogden Stansbury Park Wendover girls Dry weather HOMETOWN A10 51/38 Erda 55/40 trounce Tintic in continues OBITUARIES A8 Vernal Grantsville 54/38 Pine Canyon Salt Lake City 44/26 56/39 42/31 0.00 0.33 1.09 1.41 1.09 1.41 basketball throughout the SPORTS B1 Tooele 55/41 Bauer 53/38 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal 54/38 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D state Provo Roosevelt 53/38 See B1 50/30 52/34 See Stockton Snowfall (in inches) See A2 Price complete 54/38 53/34 Nephi forecast Rush Valley 54/36 54/37 Ophir on A9 48/33 Delta Manti 55/33 53/35 0.0 10.0 19.0 Green River Last Month Season 58/31 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 55/35 54/30 Moab 52/31 SNOWPACK Hanksville 58/34 Beaver 59/32 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 55/28 Ibapah 53/35 53/31 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Wednesday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 5.8 5.3 2.6 St. George 56/28 55/35 Average 11.3 10.2 6.0 69/40 Kanab 64/30 Eureka Percent of average 51% 52% 43% 45/31 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY February 1, 2018 LUNAR ECLIPSE FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTOS A rare super blue blood moon on Wednesday morning was visible across much of the United States unless clouds got in the way. Many viewers in Northern Utah did not get much of a glimpse of the moon through the clouds. However, in the West Desert near Aragonite in Tooele County, the lunar eclipse turned the moon a rusty shade and it was briefly visible after 6 a.m.