Stallions shut out Hunter See A6 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S THURSDAY August 5, 2021 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 128 No. 20 $1.00 Emergency Management reports flood damage COURTESY TOOELE COUNTY A conceptional rendering of the proposed hotel for the Millpond Plaza. Second Millpond development put on hold Applicant and County Council member request delay for more ‘negotiations’ TIM GILLIE Commission Chairman Scott EDITOR Jacobs said that the applicant Stansbury Park residents for the CUP had requested that that showed up for the County the agenda item be tabled to Planning Commission meeting allow for further negotiation on Tuesday night to hear the with the county. fate of a proposed extend-stay Jacobs also read from a CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO hotel in their community left letter from Council Council Posh Floral cleans up after Sunday evening’s flash flood on Vine Street in Tooele City. without an answer. Member Jared Hamner: “I At the request of the appli- am the representative of cant and a County Council Stansbury Park. I have heard member the Tooele County from my citizens on this sub- Preliminary report shows 2.7 inches of rain in Settlement Canyon on Sunday Planning Commission tabled ject ... in discussion with the TIM GILLIE ment infrastructure,” said Whitehouse. to apply for disaster relief, according action on a request by Derald applicant he has respectfully EDITOR Anderson for a conditional use requested discussion so the Whitehouse emphasised that it is Whitehouse. So far the Tooele County Emergency permit for an extended stay applicant and Tooele County important for property owners to report “We can’t promise or guarantee Management has received reports of hotel on property in Stansbury can have an opportunity to flood related damage to the county. any assistance will be available or flood related damage from 125 locations Park’s Mill Pond Plaza. further negotiate the devel- “The state Department of Emergency approved,” Whitehouse said. “But we throughout the county as a result of The CUP was scheduled as opment of this property...” Management is looking at combining need the damage reported so we can Sunday night’s storm. the first action item on the The planning commission the damage from flooding in Enoch and send in an accurate report.” Most of those reports have come from agenda following the approval then unanimously voted to Cedar City with the damage in Salt Lake Flood damage can be reported to the residences in a widespread area includ- of meeting minutes. and Tooele County to apply for a decla- county at the website tcem.org, accord- ing Tooele City, Stockton, South Rim, However, as the agenda ration with the federal government to ing to Whitehouse. Rush Valley, Grantsville and other areas, reached that point, Planning SEE PROPERTY PAGE A8 ® make funding available to help with the If approved, assistance comes in three according to Bucky Whitehouse, TCEM damage,” Whitehouse said. forms: help for critical public infrastruc- director. Countywide, TCEM needs to docu- ture, individual assistance for home- “89% of the reports are residential, ment $256,000 in flood related dam- 5% are businesses, and 2% are govern- age that is not covered by insurance SEE FLOOD PAGE A8 ® Sheriff makes Tooele County works with partners case for bonus to create mental health crisis team pay for deputies Specially trained team is part of the County’s effort to improve, expand crisis intervention services TIM GILLIE TIM GILLIE one unexpected departure EDITOR EDITOR when a deputy’s wife found a Tooele County citizens that Loss of staff and lengthy job opportunity in Alaska and experience a mental health training time has the Tooele moved. Another deputy that crisis now have a new option County Sheriff’s Office down was hired didn’t pan out in the for help. seven deputies and the sheriff academy. The department lost County officials announced is asking for a retention bonus one deputy to a local agency the launch of a Mobile Crisis to temporarily stem the loss. and one to Salt Lake, all strictly Outreach Team on Tuesday. Tooele County Sheriff Paul related to pay, Wimmer said. MCOT is a crisis team spe- Wimmer discussed his plan to And now the department cially trained to serve people offer a $500 bonus to depu- has two that are nearing retire- experiencing a mental health ties, jail officers, and dispatch ment and two others on a list crisis by traveling directly to employees to put a stop to the for potential jobs in another the individual in need to pro- “perfect storm” that has seen agency. vide immediate help, accord- the number of deputy sheriffs “Salt Lake pays a new ing to Gary Dalton, Tooele dwindle drastically, he said. untrained deputy $27 an County human services direc- “I’m looking for a bit of a hour,” Wimmer said. “And tor. stop gap to a perfect storm in we’re a little under $20 an “When an individual faces the Sheriff’s Office,” he said. hour. That’s a $7 an hour dis- a mental health crisis, they “We’ve never found ourselves crepancy ... West Jordan pays often unnecessarily end up this far down in manpower. $5 an hour more than Tooele in the hospital or jail because We’re running 30% down in County and employee benefit COURTESY TOOELE COUNTY road deputies.” Valley Behavioral Health’s Mobile Crisis Outreach Team rallies around their new MCOT car on Wednesday Wimmer explained he had SEE BONUS PAGE A8 ® afternoon. SEE CRISIS PAGE A8 ® WEATHER FORECAST INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD A8 CLASSIFIEDS B6 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY More state OBITUARIES A5 firefighters SPORTS B5 head out of town 97 83 86 93 90 89 88 See A2 64 58 63 63 62 63 62 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY August 5, 2021 Utah Department of Health release school COVID-19 guidelines TIM GILLIE The governor or the UDOH The guidelines for physi- EDITOR must provide a 24-hour notice cal distancing state: “Schools Four days after Gov. Spencer to the state Legislature before should implement physical Cox said he won’t ask for issuing an order of constraint. distancing as much as possible a mask mandate for public An order requiring masks is an to protect children who are schools, the Utah State Health order of constraint. too young to be vaccinated. Department announced their A local health department This means to stay at least 6 recommendations for schools, must provide 24-hour notice feet away from other people which strongly recommends to their county elected offi- who are not fully vaccinated. wearing a mask when indoors. cials before declaring a public However, studies showed phys- Along recommending masks health emergency or issuing an ical distancing of only 3 feet when indoors, the UDOH order of constraint. in a classroom can be effec- guidelines state: “Parents may The state legislature or the tive when other prevention always choose to have their county legislative body may measures are taken, including child wear a mask at school overturn a public health order mask wearing.” if they want. In areas where and an order of constraint. Quarantine recommenda- there is no mask requirement, There is a 30-day maximum tions following school expo- the decision to wear a mask at time limit on an initial public sure allow for people exposed school remains optional.” health emergency or order of to return to school without The UDOH guidelines are constraint. The Legislature or quarantine if they are fully vac- designed to comply with new elected county officials must cinated or if both people were state laws about mask man- be provided 10 days notice wearing masks or if they have dates and emergency orders — if the UDOH or local health tested positive for COVID-19 in who can issue them, for what, department requests an exten- the last 90-days or if the per- for how long, and who can sion of a public health emer- son exposed was wearing an repeal them. gency or order of Constraint. SHUTTERSTOCK N95 or KN95 mask. Under bills passed in special All new public health emer- The Utah Department of Health recommends masks for children inside public buildings. The UDOH guideline satte and general sessions during gencies and orders of con- that local health departments the pandemic local public straint must follow the require- With those new laws in one 12 years and older and COVID-19, staying home when and school districts should school and public state school ments of Senate Bill 195. mind, the UDOH recommends strongly recommending masks sick, physical distancing and work together, using local officials and boards can’t All schools in Utah must what they call “layered pre- for people when indoors. cohorting — keeping students data, to decide quarantine and require masks for attendance provide at least 4-days of in- vention strategies” for public Other layers include tak- together in the same groups, protective measures for stu- at school, at school sponsored person instruction per week, schools. ing protective measures improving ventilation, hygiene dents and school staff in their activities, or to be on school according to other newly Those layers include encour- including quarantining after practices, and cleaning and area. grounds or facilities. approved legislation. aging vaccinations for every- a school exposure, testing for disinfection. [email protected] Third Utah EMAC Utah’s hospitals Deployment of the feeling the strain of Year Leaves Thursday latest COVID wave Some firefighters just returning from Oregon redeploy to Montana SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — ers more than a year into the Twenty-two firefighters fill- fire apparatus from Unified Utah’s hospitals are feeling punishing pandemic.” ing the third Utah Emergency Fire Authority, West Valley the strain as coronavirus Intensive-care units Management Assistance City, Lone Peak, Weber, and cases increase, the vast around the state have Compact assignment of West Jordan Fire Departments.