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2-2-21 Transcript Bulletin TOOELETRANSCRIPT Stallions 3-pointers help S win over Buffs T C S See A10 BULLETIN TUESDAY February 2, 2021 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 127 No. 71 $1.00 New addiction treatment facility opens in Tooele City CEILLY SUTTON first opened in 1993 with STAFF WRITER locations in Utah and has now A new addiction treatment come to Tooele County to offer and mental health facility another option for varying has opened up in Tooele City addiction and mental health offering unconventional, yet conditions. seemingly effective methods to “This is about the overall treat both addiction issues and future of our county,” said mental health problems. Palmer who was at one time a MATR Behavioral Health, patient at MATR. “The things which stands for “Measures of that come with addictions, Affect Theoretically Relative” mental health problems, and has opened up at 58 South homelessness are a huge bur- FILE PHOTO Main Street in Tooele City. den on our society. Addiction Levi Hanna and Samantha Blackburn perform a routine check on Skydive Utah’s plane at the Erda Airport. A ribbon cutting and wel- affects everyone. For me, it coming ceremony was held on is more of a greater vision of Jan. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. where we are going in the and many community mem- county. I believe that the chal- bers attended. lenges we face, we can con- Open houses planned for “Residents of the county front them and we can improve and most people in the drug them dramatically.” and court system say they are Palmer said that MATR is thankful for more options,” willing to work with city offi- said Randy Palmer, outpatient cials, business owners, and Tooele Valley airport overlay director for MATR Behavioral even competitors to improve Health. “For a long time, the condition of the county there were only one or two and its residents. If adopted, new restrictions may apply in airport area options in the county to treat MATR will use unconven- addictions and mental health. tional but effective methods TIM GILLIE People need a choice where to to treat mental health patients EDITOR get treatment.” The Salt Lake Department of Airports wants Tooele County MATR Behavioral Health SEE FACILITY PAGE A12 ® to adopt an airport overlay zone for their airport in Erda. Two open houses will be held in February to consider the proposed overlay zone. One meeting will be on Feb. 3 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The other meeting will be on Feb. 10 from noon to 1:30 p.m. The meetings will be conducted by Zoom from the County Council Chambers in the Tooele County Building. The link to the meetings are at the end of this story. There will be a presentation on the proposed overlay plan followed by an answers and questions session. Public com- ments will also be accepted. The Tooele County Planning Commission discussed the proposed airport overlay with the Salt Department of Airport FILE PHOTO staff and their planning consultants during two public meet- The Tooele Valley Airport on Erda Way is owned and operated by Salt ings in November 2020. Lake City. Salt Lake City has requested that Tooele County adopt an airport overlay zone to protect airspace for the airport. The proposal now includes changes made as a result of those discussions and public input received. new buyers are aware of their proximity to the airport and If adopted, the overlay zone would restrict land uses, the air space it needs to operate, according to the SLC airport including height and use restrictions, in defined areas sur- department and its consultants. rounding the airport, beyond the normal land use zones The proposed overlay boundaries include five different CEILLY SUTTON/TTB PHOTO already in place. zones with increasing restrictions as they get nearer to the A ribbon cutting for MATR Behavioral Health at 58 S. Main St., Tooele, was The overlay zone, once in place, would not only protect held Friday. MATR is an addiction treatment and mental health facility. the airport, it would also make sure property owners and SEE AIRPORT PAGE A12 ® Wardle champions diversity of thought and return to civility TIM GILLIE EDITOR Tooele County Council District 1 is represented by Scott Wardle. Wardle may be new to the County Council, but he is a 15-year veteran of the Tooele City Council. Born in Sandy, Utah in 1970 to a family of all boys, Wardle attended Alta High School. His wife Courtney also attended Alta High School, but the two didn’t meet until they both BEAUTIFUL TOOELE SUNSET attended a Latter-day Saint Scott Wardle Courtesy of Jenine Gillie singles ward later. Wardle fell in love with “Debate is actually what Last night's brilliant red sunset brings to mind the mariners adage “Red sky at night, debate in high school. He attri- brought me to college — col- sailors delight, red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.” butes his attending college to his love for debate. SEE WARDLE PAGE A12 ® BULLETIN BOARD A7 CLASSIFIEDS A6 THS girls and OBITUARIES A8 CORONAVIRUS TRACKER SHS boys win OPEN FORUM A4 region swim SPORTS A10 Data as of February 1, 2021. Source: Utah Department of Health titles TOOELE COUNTY- Known Cases: 5,933 UTAH- Known Cases: 347,208 See A11 Hospitalizations: 175 • Deaths: 23 Hospitalizations: 13,515 • Deaths: 1,668 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY February 2, 2021 Utah Legislature takes a look at voting procedures Ranked choice voting, delaying party switching, and selecting presidential electors based on the national popular vote under consideration TIM GILLIE race a candidate could win choice voting be used in regu- clarifies that a rezone of a tion officer report an estimate earliest day that ballots may EDITOR with 34% of the vote. This can- lar primary elections for state single parcel or group of par- of the total number of ballots be mailed to voters to 28 days County clerks and auditors didate would advance to the and county when the number cels of land is a land use law in custody of the election offi- before the election instead of are watching legislation during general election representing of candidates is greater than when it comes to determining cer that remain to be counted. 21 days. the 2021 general session of the their party, even though two- two. how many signatures need to House Bill 196, sponsored House Bill 246, sponsored state legislature that may affect thirds of the primary voters did House Bill 174, sponsored be gathered to put a referen- by Rep. Merrill Nelson, by Rep. Steve Christiansen, cre- voting procedures in counties, not vote for them. by Rep. Adam Robertson, dum on a ballot. The bill also R-Grantsville, provides that ates the Utah Ballot Measure according to Tooele County Several voting methods R-Provo, allows municipalities provides a way for a referen- the judicial retention section Board and requires the board clerk Marilyn Gillette. allow a way of advancing a to choose different methods dum to be placed on the ballot of a ballot includes a statement to prepare a ballot information Currently 15 bills have candidate from primary, only of conducting instant runoff in the year the referendum is directing voters sto the Judicial statement for statewide initia- been introduced in the state after they received a major- voting. filed. Performance Evaluation tives, referendums, and consti- Legislature that are related to ity — more than 50% — of the House Bill 75, sponsored House Bill 70, sponsored by Commission’s website. tutional amendments. voting. votes. by Rep. Jeffrey Stenquist, Rep. Dan Johnson, R-Logan, House Bill 197, sponsored Senate Bill 49, sponsored by The bills getting the most Some of those options R-Draper, allows a municipal requires the creation of a sys- by Rep. Jordan Teuscher, Sen. Curtis Bramble,R-Provo, attention by the county clerks include a seperate runoff elec- legislative body to choose to tem to track all ballots and R-South Jordan, requires that allows a municipality to choose and auditors are the bills tion, a rank choice vote — vot- participate in an instant runoff allow a voter to receive either in even-numbered years, a to permit a voter to vote by related to primary elections ers indicate their rank prefer- voting pilot project. a text or email notification of form to change party affiliation electronic means approved and majority versus plurality ence of candidates instead of Other legislation affecting their status of their ballot. or for an unaffiliated voter to by the municipality’s election of votes. selecting just one candidate, voting include: House Bill 104, sponsored affiliate with a party received officer. With candidates able to use and an approval election — House Bill 12, sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Pitcher, after Jan. 1 will take effect on Senate Bill 121, sponsored the petition method to get on a voters vote for as many candi- by Rep. Mike Winder, R-West R-Salt Lake City, creates an the day after that year’s pri- by Sen. Derek Kitchen, pro- primary ballot, county election dates as they want, no ranking, Valley City, codifies a process address confidentiality pro- mary election. vides that state presidential officers are seeing more pri- and the candidate with the for the timely removal of gram for eligible voters. House Bill 203, sponsored electors are to be based on the mary elections with more than most votes wins. deceased voters from the offi- House Bill 173, sponsored by Rep. Brian King, D-Salt Lake candidate who receives the two people running under the House Bill 127, sponsored cial register of voters.
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