Buffs volleyball shines at Dixie See A7 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S TUESDAY September 1, 2020 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 127 No. 27 $1.00 Temple subdivision petition not certified Petition sponsors Temple Subdivision Petitions Verified Signatures pursue legal Needed Submitted Over/Under options until rezone Council District #1 441 407 -34 Council District #2 452 555 103 withdrawal is official Council District #3 477 749 272 Council District #4 592 789 197 TIM GILLIE EDITOR Council District #5 483 476 -7 While the Church of Jesus Total 2445 2976 531 Christ of Latter-day Saints has Source: Tooele County Clerk Aug. 26, 2020 stated they will withdraw the rezoning request for the resi- dential portion of their temple While Gillette was able to petition needed enough valid project, the referendum to verify more than the total signatures in four of the five repeal the rezone moves for- required signatures of Tooele districts. ward — at least until the with- County registered voters, the Gillette verified 2,976 total drawal is formally made by the number fell short in two of the signatures, 2,445 were needed. Church and accepted by the five county council districts. There were 660 signatures that Tooele County Commission. Along with a minimum were not verified. Tooele County Clerk Marilyn number of total signatures, Gillette listed the cause for Gillettte announced on Aug. 26 state law requires a minimum not verifying signatures as; that the petition to place the number of signatures from at 345 were not registered to vote repeal of County Ordinance least 75% of the county’s dis- in Tooele County, 147 had bad 2020-16 on a ballot did not tricts. addresses, 98 with information CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO meet the legal requirements of With five County Council Signs on state Route 36 promoting an opportunity to sign the petition for the referendum that would repeal the the law to be certified. Districts in Tooele County, the SEE PETITION PAGE A5 ® rezone for the Temple Subdivision. Tooele County Initial Unemployment Claims 2018-2020 Four Week Moving Average Tooele County’s 800 2020 2019 2018 700 County erred 600 unemployment 500 400 300 in petition 200 rate drops for 100 0 3rd consecutive Week 1 Week 12 Week 22 Week 32 Week 42 Week 52 signature month 2020 Unemployment, U.S, Utah, Tooele requirements 15% United States Utah State ‘Utah economy is rebounding with 12% Tooele County Acknowledging their error, county vigor,’ says state economist will not enforce higher requirement 9% TIM GILLIE TIM GILLIE Tooele County Clerk EDITOR EDITOR Marilyn Gillette said she Tooele County’s unemployment statistics for July showed a 6% Tooele County made an consulted with the County slight improvement over June, according to the Department error when they told referen- Attorney and the state of Workforce services. dum sponsors for the Tooele Lieutenant Governor’s office Tooele County’s July unemployment rate was 5.4% com- 3% Valley Temple Subdivision and was told that a rezone of pared to 5.7% for June, according to a DWS report. Planned Community rezone a piece of property was a local With a workforce of 33,827 people, Tooele County’s July that they needed 9.5% of the law, because a land use law is unemployment rate of 5.4% means there were 1,838 people 0% signatures of active voters reg- defined in state code as “a law in Tooele County out of work and actively looking for a job. Jan Feb March April May June July istered in the county, or 2,445 of general applicability.” Tooele County’s unemployment rate hit a new peak of verified signatures. That interpretation, it turns 10.5% in April 2020, leaving 3,528 Tooele County residents But, they are sticking with out, was “most likely” not unemployed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. sixth consecutive week of less than 100 claims since the four- that number for that referen- correct, according to a legal While the July 2020 unemployed number of 1,838 is week average of new claims in Tooele County climbed to 771 dum. opinion from Tooele County almost half of April 2020’s 3,538, it is twice the January 2020 for the week ending March 29. Utah State Code requires Attorney Scott Broadhead unemployed number of 919 when the County’s unemploy- The four-week average of new claims remains above his- a petition with signatures of dated August 13, 2020. ment rate was 2.7%. torical trends for Tooele County with the average for the same 9.5% of the active voters for Broadhead said the At the unemployment height of the Great Recession, unem- week of 2019 and 2018 at 23 and 34 respectively. a referendum to overturn a error was discovered as he ployment in Tooele County reached 8.6% in November 2009. Statewide, the number of people that have stopped request- “local law” and 16% for a ref- helped Rep. Merrill Nelson, Tooele County’ four week moving average of new unem- erendum to overturn a “land ployment claims was 60 for the week ending Aug. 16, the SEE UNEMPLOYMENT PAGE A5 ® use law.” SEE SIGNATURE PAGE A5 ® COVID19 UPDATE Two hospitalized and no deaths in county individuals who have been County Health Department updating COVID-19 website info tested and were positive 7.9%. CEILLY SUTTON positive cases of the virus with of Tooele County. The state Health STAFF WRITER 33 hospitalizations and no Statewide 659,855 people Department is reporting Currently Tooele County has deaths. have been tested for the virus 51,860 estimated recovered had 692 positive cases of the There may be at least two as of Aug. 31, with 52,107 cases and 7,7711 active cases virus with 33 hospitalizations Tooele County residents cur- positive cases reported, 3,093 as of Aug. 30 as of Aug. 31, according to a rently receiving hospital care, people hospitalized, and 407 The Tooele County Health report released by the Tooele according to Amy Bate with COVID-19 deaths, according Department will soon be County Health Department. the health department. These to the Utah Department of updating their website with As of the last report, on Aug. local COVID-19 patients may Health. 27, Tooele County had 673 be receiving treatment outside This makes the percent of SEE HOSPITALIZED PAGE A5 ® BULLETIN BOARD B4 CLASSIFIEDS B6 National Guard OBITUARIES A6 CORONAVIRUS TRACKER lends a helping OPEN FORUM A4 hand SPORTS A7 Data as of September 1, 2020. Source: Utah Department of Health See A2 TOOELE COUNTY- Known Cases: 697 UTAH- Known Cases: 52,403 Hospitalizations: 33 • Deaths: 0 Hospitalizations: 3,110 • Deaths: 409 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY September 1, 2020 Health department to distribute new COVID-19 care packages Packages will have information and essential COVID-19 supplies COURTESY TOOELE ARMY DEPOT CEILLY SUTTON Individuals can write who Tooele Army Depot got a little help accomplishing its mission from STAFF WRITER they are wearing their masks the Utah National Guard’s 118th Transportation Battalion. The Tooele County Health for in the blank space. Department will start a cam- The county Health paign called “Tooele County Department will distribute the Depot partners Cares — Prevent COVID-19.” care packages, beginning with The campaign, which was the most vulnerable popula- created by Amy Bate from the tions — which includes high- with Utah National health department, will include risk individuals, the homeless, a care package with a booklet and those with mental disabili- containing information on ties. Guard for real-world COVID-19, masks, thermom- “We will be working to get eters, hand sanitizer, gloves, these out to our clients that and two magnets. participate in our drive through munitions mission “My deputy director said that meal program,” Bate said. “We JEREMY LAIRD “It gave our employees the we should do a community- are going to also be working CONTRIBUTING WRITER opportunity to meet the peo- wide campaign,” Bate said. “I with the food pantry, so they Tooele Army Depot — ple they serve,” said Glenda looked into it and I thought, can work with families that are TEAD— got a little help Bender, chief of Planning and ‘Okay, what is it people need to struggling and they may not accomplishing its mission Support, TEAD. “The train- know?’ I gathered a lot of infor- have access to information or from the very Warfighters it ing closes the strategic to mation and tried to present it in some of the supplies that come typically serves. tactical gap.” an easy format.” in the package.” The Utah National Guard’s Capt. Sorensen and TEAD Bate said that her favorite The Health Department 118th Transportation staff planned the mission for part of the campaign are masks also plans on working with the Battalion spent their yearly more than a year. About half- that say “Tooele County cares. I training on TEAD getting way through, the COVID-19 wear this mask for ___.” SEE CARE PAGE A6 ® real world experience in pandemic struck forcing both transporting munitions. The the 118th and TEAD to reas- 118th is one of the newest sess how to accomplish the Guard units, and the part- mission. nership between TEAD and “Both the TEAD com- the company was a win for mander and 118th com- everyone involved. mander put in policies and Grantsville man who served in World “This is the first oppor- procedures meant to protect tunity we had [for train- the Civilian workforce and ing], and I wanted to make the Soldiers,” said Sorensen. it a real-world mission,” “Make it so our Soldiers are War II would be 100 on Wednesday said Capt.