TOOELE Stansbury TRANSCRIPT finishes 5th at state See A10 DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS BULLETIN THIS SUNDAY MORNING • NOVEMBER 3, 2019 THURSDAY October 31, 2019 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 126 No. 44 $1.00 County accepts 2020 tentative budget without tax increase Tripp says county can’t go long without an increase, but is in trend of spending less TIM GILLIE “There was a lot of team- EDITOR work and a studious effort by Tooele County has a tenta- department heads,” she said. tive 2020 budget with reduced “We asked for a 1.5% reduc- A ghostly couple stand guard with a crew of pirate skeletons in the front yard of a home on the eastside of Tooele on 1310 North. general fund spending. tion and some doubled that. The Tooele County Some couldn’t, but we had an Commission voted to accept explanation.” the 2020 tentative budget The amended 2019 budget as presented by the Tooele calls for $56.5 million in rev- When it comes to Halloween, County Auditor during its enue and expenses, but after meeting Tuesday night at the reducing the budget by $18.5 Tooele County Building. million in one-time revenue for The 2020 general fund the sale of Utah Motorsports tentative budget calls for a bal- Campus, the 2019 budge low- some traditions never change anced $36.9 million in revenue ers to $38 million. The 2020 and expenses without any tax budget shows $36.9 million for increases, according to County the 2020 budget. Auditor Alison McCoy. The 2019 budget also used VIEWPOINT “We are sensitive to what is $5.3 million from the general going on in the valley and at fund balance to balance the this time we are not request- budget. The 2020 budget pro- PHOTOS FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE ing any kind of tax increase,” poses the use of $4.1 million McCoy said. “The downside of of the general fund balance to All Hallow’s Eve, that is there will be no infla- balance the budget. tionary adjustment for our County Commissioner from ancient festivals budget this year.” Shawn Milne said he was “not McCoy explained that keen on seeing the fund bal- to social media department heads were asked ance drop.” to reduce their spending by DEVAN GOWANS 1.5%. SEE BUDGET PAGE A6 ® STAFF WRITER Editor’s note: The front page is normally reserved for news, but in light of Halloween, we’re bending the rules for this com- mentary on the holiday. I’m no social scientist, but generational theory is one of my favorite topics to discuss Stockton, Vernon with people. Skeletons and jack o’lanterns greet visitors to this Halloween Explained simply, genera- house on Broadway near Copper Canyon Elementary School. tional theory is the study of candidates are behavior patterns by specific generations born in the U.S. — like Baby Boomers and Millennials — and how they disqualified for are affected and respond to historical and social events as a group. My father, Steve Gowans, missing deadline was born in 1970, which makes him a member of Generation X. He often helps TIM GILLIE to entertain my thoughts on EDITOR Last week some candidates SEE TRADITIONS PAGE A6 ® were announced as winners before the election. This week two candidates have been dis- qualified before the election. David Nutzman, a write-in candidate for Stockton Town mayor, and Michael Cheatham, a candidate for Vernon Town Council, did not file a cam- paign finance statement seven days before the election as required by state code. State code requires that if a Bathed in an eerie purple candidate fails to “timely file a David Nutzman lights a home (above) on campaign finance statement,” Valley View Drive in the the election official is to “if an alternative and directs the Overlake neighborhood practicable, remove the candi- election official to: “If remov- in Tooele with mock date’s name from the ballot by ing the candidate’s name from headstones and spooky blacking out the candidate’s the ballot is not practicable, apparition is ready for Halloween. A devious name before the ballots are inform the voters by any prac- skeleton (left) hauls a delivered to voters.” ticable method that the candi- load of leaves and bones In this case removing the date has been disqualified and at a home in Tooele. name from the ballot is not that votes cast for the candi- practicable because they have date will not be counted ...” already been mailed. Also After receiving notice from Nutzman’s name, as a write-in the town clerks involved that candidate, does not appear on the two candidates did not A simple ghost adds a ghoulish feel the ballot. file their financial statements, as one of many swaying in the wind State code considers that in the front of a home on Lindy Way possibility and provides for SEE CANDIDATES PAGE A6 ® INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B5 CLASSIFIEDS B8 The Field UDOT plans Winter driving HOMETOWN B1 Whisperer I-80 closures tips OBITUARIES A8 See B1 See A2 See A2 SPORTS A10 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY October 31, 2019 Closures, detours set for I-80 at Lake Point this weekend Crews will be demolishing original SR-36 bridge structure DEVAN GOWANS Once the westbound bridge is complete, STAFF WRITER it will be wide enough to take two lanes of The demolition of the old exit 99 flyover traffic in each direction. Eastbound and west- bridge at Lake Point will cause a temporary bound traffic will switch onto the new west- closure of Interstate 80 and detours this bound bridge while crews remove and replace weekend. the eastbound bridge, expected to happen in I-80’s east and westbound lanes at exit late summer 2020. The temporary bridge will 99 will be detoured from 8 p.m. Saturday be removed, then once the eastbound bridge to 7 a.m. Sunday as road crews demolish is complete, traffic will be back to its normal the original state Route 36 bridge struc- configuration in late Fall 2020, Samuel said. ture, according to the Utah Department of According to Samuel, unexpected nation- DEVAN GOWNS/TTB PHOTO Transportation. wide organizational changes within Union Firefighters with the North Tooele County Fire Department spray a water wellhead that was damaged during a I-80 westbound traffic will be detoured at Pacific Railroad delayed agreements needed small brush fire that occured Wednesday, Oct. 31., on Gundersen Circle. exit 99 and onto SR-36 through Grantsville for the project to conduct work on and near City to reconnect to I-80, and I-80 eastbound railroad facilities. Those agreements, on hold traffic will be detoured at exit 99 into Lake since Winter 2018, were made in August Point and onto the SR-36 off-ramp to I-80 via 2019, Samuel said. Private well damaged in the SR-36 on-ramp, said Courtney Samuel, The exit 99 and Blackrock flyover bridge UDOT Region 2 Senior Communications projects are underway to accommodate popu- manager. lation growth in Utah, said UDOT Region Erda brush fire Wednesday “We are expecting minimal traffic impacts Two Planner Grant Farnsworth in a report to associated with the closure and the detour to Tooele City. Grantsville shouldn’t add more than 5 min- “As Utah’s population grows, so does its Fire started by welder constructing a metal fence utes to a driver’s commute,” Samuel said. transportation needs,” he said. “Every four As part of the project, a third southbound years, the Utah Department of Transportation DEVAN GOWANS fence around the perimeter “The most significant dam- lane has opened on SR-36 from the off-ramps updates its Statewide Rural Long-Range STAFF WRITER of a home under construc- age occurred to the next-door to Sunset Road. This will move more traffic Transportation Plan for rural areas. This plan A welder’s torch caused a tion was the cause of the fire, property owner’s wellhead and through the signal at Saddleback Boulevard, forecasts transportation needs over the next fire in Erda Wednesday that Willden said. so they’re currently without easing backups on I-80 because of the 30 years and identifies a list of projects meant burned land and damaged a “When crews arrived, the water so they’re working to get reduced queue, according to UDOT’s project to address those needs, strengthen Utah’s private well, a fire official said. contractor next door was driv- that resolved,” Willden said. summary web page. economy and enhance our quality of life.” Firefighters with North ing around the perimeter of “The fire melted the plastic A third southbound lane will also be con- Samuel noted that winter weather plays Tooele Fire District and the the fire with their [utility vehi- pipe on a pump and it blew off structed on SR-36 from Hardy Road to Sunset a large role in construction timelines, as the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, cle] attempting to create a fire so water was coming out of the Road, Samuel said. projects are weather-sensitive and tempera- and State Lands responded to break for us,” Willden said. wellhead.” At another nearby bridge project, crews tures that drop below freezing delay paving the brush fire at Gundersen “The fire was started by Willden emphasized the are currently preparing to build a temporary and pile driving operations. Circle. the welder of the property. danger that fire hazards pose bridge over Union Pacific railroad tracks “Winter is usually our down season for NTFD received the fire call They were installing a metal even in winter months. just south of the I-80 eastbound bridge near construction projects, but we are trying to at 2:21 p.m.