2019 Christmas 2019 coloring book ChristmasB inside! COLORING OOK TOOELETRANSCRIPT S For Children 12 & Under T C S Enter by THURSDAY SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT DEC 19! BULLETIN THURSDAY November 21, 2019 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 126 No. 50 $1.00 After recount, Graf is still the winner In narrow race, Tony Graf wins seat on Tooele City Council by 3 votes over incumbent Dave McCall TIM GILLIE vote getters won a seat on the EDITOR council. It’s over — again. At the close of ballot count- A recount of ballots cast ing on election eve, McCall on Nov. 5 has confirmed that held a seven vote lead over the winner of the third seat Graf for the third slot on the on Tooele City Council is Tony city council. Graf. The count was 2,226 for The results of the recount McCall and 2,219 for Graf. were announced at Wednesday After additional mail in night’s Tooele City Council ballots and provisional bal- Student teacher and project coordinator Gabrielle Barton works at home washing and sorting through donations meeting. lots were counted on Nov. 7, Wednesday night. Kids and Adult winter gear will be given away Friday at Overlake Elementary from 5-7p.m. The results of the recount McCall’s victory margin shrunk put Graf at 2,249 votes with to one vote with him at 2,243 the next nearest candidate, and Graf at 2,242. incumbent Dave McCall, at The initial final vote count, OVERLAKE ELEMENTARY COAT DRIVE 2,246. approved Monday morning, PHOTOS SUE BUTTERFIELD In the City Council race, put Graf ahead of McCall by voters had six candidates to choose from and the top three SEE GRAF PAGE A7 ® Tooele residents reminded of street parking rules with Emalee Mick (above), a member of the National Junior Honor Society from Clark N. Johnson Junior High is one of the mem- coming snow bers helping out at Overlake Elementary’s winter warmup giveaway. Averie Barker and Donnovan Mick (right) help fill up the No overnight parking on streets until April 1 donation box at Overlake Elementary. DEVAN GOWANS official duties.” STAFF WRITER City snow plow drivers can’t According to extended remove snow from the city forecasts from the National public rights-of-way if there Weather Service, Tooele City’s are cars and trucks parked in first snowfall of the season may their way and individuals may arrive early next week. be ticketed if their vehicle is City Council OKs park projects for In an announcement hindering the removal of snow, released on Nov. 1 via its according to the announce- official website, Tooele City ment. sidewalks, playground equipment reminded residents of city ordi- “We find that people park- nances and guidelines pertain- ing on the roadways during the ing to winter roadway parking, winter months is a huge prob- DEVAN GOWANS Park and Gleneagle Park, located at for this park. It’s one of the older parks shoveling and snowblowing. lem and it’s a problem every STAFF WRITER 202 W. DiMaggio Drive in Overlake and in the city and it does not have a com- According to Tooele City year,” said Tooele City Police The Tooele City Council approved 971 N. 600 West, respectively. pleted pathway around it.” Ordinance 10-3-6, “no person Chief Ron Kirby. “In most agreements for the completion of The resolution was presented by In the agreement England shall park a vehicle on any cases, we ticket the vehicles’ a three park projects with exist- Tooele City Parks and Recreation Construction is to furnish and install street between the hours of owners that are in violation ing contracts at a business meeting Director Darwin Cook. approximately 5,600 feet of 6-foot-wide 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. of any day with this ordinance unless the Wednesday. “I’m excited to be here this eve- sidewalk along the western and eastern from Nov. 1 through March owners are not present to relo- The first park project presented to ning to enter into an agreement with perimeters of Elton Park, approximately 31. This provision does not cate the vehicles.” the City Council was a walkway for England Construction to complete the 250 square feet of 5-foot-wide connect- apply to authorized emergency Elton Park at 400 N. Broadway and walking path for Elton Park,” Cook vehicles in the performance of SEE RULES PAGE A7 ® playground replacements for Parker’s said. “This is going to be a great feature SEE PROJECTS PAGE A7 ® Call for donations and nominations begin Benefit Fund The 42nd annual Tooele Transcript involved an 89-say stay at University received proceeds are presented to Bulletin Christmas Benefit Fund is now Medical Center’s Newborn Intensive the individual or family on or before accepting nominations and donations. Care Unit in Salt Lake City. Christmas. 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Zoey’s premature birth in 2015, which cash or make other contributions. All SHUTTERSTOCK.COM INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B5 CLASSIFIEDS B8 Tim points out Hot Soup, Tooele County HOMETOWN B1 the obvious Warm Hearts football season OBITUARIES A8 See A6 fundraiser photos SPORTS A10 See A4 See B1 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY November 21, 2019 YELLOW DOTS FOR SENIORS SUE BUTTERFIELD/TTB PHOTOS Boy Scout Matthew Jorgensen explains the Yellow Dot program to Lydia Castillo (above) and Tony Peshell (right) at the Tooele Senior Center SUE BUTTERFIELD/TTB PHOTO Wednesday morning. The yellow sticker placed on your windshild alerts first Using the Yellow Dot system, a sticker placed on your windshild to alert responders to check for contact and medical information found in the glove first responders to check for contact and medical information found in box if the occupant is unable to respond. the glove box if the occupant is unable to respond. County planning commission OKs CUP for flower business in Erda But neighbors say business doesn’t fit in rural residential area TIM GILLIE “In the RR-5 zone, agricul- and foremost, that just can- EDITOR tural businesses are a condi- not happen. I think if they live A future Erda resident has tional use,” said Trish Waltz, here, maybe we could revisit been given the go ahead to Tooele County planning staff it.” operate an agricultural indus- in the staff report on the CUP The applicant, Kindy try or business from her prop- request. Griffeth, said that she’s not erty in an east Erda residential County planning staff planning a big business. neighborhood. recommended that the CUP “There’s not going to be any The Tooele County Planning approval include, as a condi- traffic,” she said. “I just grow Commission approved a condi- tion of approval, that the flowers. It won’t be any differ- tional use permit Wednesday business be restricted to the ent from having a big vegetable The Tooele County Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for the highlighted lot. that allows a wholesale grow- growing and distribution of cut garden. We have no special ing and distribution of cut flowers. equipment, except a tractor Property Rights Ombudsman, the emotional public clamor without further approval of the flowers on a 5-acre lot on They also recommended and other people have a trac- taught the planning commis- found in most public hearings.” planning commission. Moyle Lane. that the CUP include as a con- tor. I will be cutting the flow- sion in a training session four After the public hearing and An amendment to limit the The lot is in the Arrowhead dition a requirement that when ers and making deliveries from years ago that when uses are discussion of the CUP among years to apply for a residence subdivision, which is zoned the flowers are harvested, the back of my pickup truck to listed as conditional in a zone, the planning commission, com- from four years to three years RR-5, rural residential with a shipments will be made dur- local grocery stores or florists. it is saying it is OK to have missioner John Wright made by Commissioner Butterfeld 5-acre lot minimum, according ing typical business operating It’s just a hobby and I want to these uses in the zone but it a motion to approve the CUP was approved. to a staff report. hours of Monday through recoup some of my expenses.” might require conditions to with conditions. Commissioner Ryan During the planning Friday between the hours of Erda resident Joyce mitigate negative impacts. Wright’s conditions included Sorensen added a restriction of commission meeting, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with limited Jacobsen also opposed the If it is impossible to miti- limiting the operation to no more than five employees to Commissioner Lynn Butterfield shipments on Saturdays as CUP.