TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S THURSDAY July 2, 2020 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 127 No. 10 $1.00 Wardle front-runner for County Council seat Tooele City Council Chairman holds almost a substantial lead over County Commissioner Shawn Milne in half of the votes tallied for County Council the race to be the Republican name on the general election TIM GILLIE hold, voters will have denied a ballot for the new County EDITOR current County Commssioner’s Council. With a little over 6,500 bal- bid to transition to the new Wardle has 47.9% of the lots counted on election night County Council and two for- votes. Milne is in second place and another 2,500 in quar- mer school district employees in the three-way race with antine waiting to be counted, will face each other in the gen- 28.7%. Political newcomer Al Bottema Sandy Critchlow Bob Gowans Shawn Milne Sarah Patino Scott Wardle Tooele County Clerk Marilyn eral election for a seat on the Sarah Patino has 23.4% of the Gillette released the unofficial Tooele County School District votes. will be counted next week, vote-by-mail and no voter There were 150 votes cast election results at 10 p.m. on Board of Education. There are around 2,500 according to Gillette. assistance centers other than on Election Day during the Tuesday evening. Tooele City Council ballots in quarantine due to Gillette notes that this was drive up voting at the County If Tuesday night’s results Chairman Scott Wardle holds the COVID-19 pandemic that an unusual election, with all Building. SEE SEAT PAGE A7 ® UDOT studies northeast Tooele County traffic flow Website shows study, plans, collects feedback CEILLY SUTTON in a Northeast Tooele County STAFF WRITER Transportation Study. The Utah Department of The study includes draft Transportation is request- goals and objectives and an ing the community’s feed- interactive map where indi- back with traffic challenges viduals can view the area. between Mills Junction and To view the study and leave state Route 201. feedback for UDOT, Tooele According to UDOT offi- County residents can visit cials, the corner of the moun- netooelecountystudy.udot. tain from Mills Junction — the utah.gov. SR-36 and SR-138 intersection “The Northeast Tooele — to SR-201 is a pinch point County Transportation Study for traffic. is an important step to iden- To address this issue, UDOT tify long-term transportation is seeking feedback to better solutions for this section of connect Tooele and Salt Lake the county. Tooele County will DECORATING FOR THE Counties. not look the same in the next From public comment 10-20 years with the contin- received during recent studies, ual population growth in the FOURTH OF JULY they have been able to create area and gathering commu- draft goals and objectives for nity feedback will hopefully CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTOS their study, along with a list of springboard us into working transportation needs identi- towards a unified plan once Tooele City employees decorated City Hall for the Fourth fied by the public, according those solutions are identified,” of July. The city sponsored a patriotic porch decorating contest as part of their Fourth of July events this year. to UDOT officials. stated Courtney Samuel, with UDOT has also identified UDOT. potential solutions to the issue [email protected] New Resource Center operator brings thrift store to Tooele City TIM GILLIE Switchpoint is the new con- working in the store and EDITOR tractor taking over operation doing other things around the There’s a new store in town of the Food Bank, Community resource center,” Johnson said. for old things. Resource Center, and the “And they can use that credit Next week, Friends of domestic violence shelter. They to buy what they need.” Switchpoint will open “Tooele started July 1. The thrift store will be Thrift” in the building near the The Thrift Store is part located at 34 S. Main Street in southwest corner of Vine and of the Switchpoint program Tooele, while the Community Main Street, south of Veteran’s and philosophy, according Resource Center, including a Memorial Park. to Christy Johnson, direc- Food Pantry, is located next “We’ll be ready in one tor of the Tooele Community door at 38. S. Main Street. week,” said Carol Hollowell, Resource Center. Along with the Food Pantry, Switchpoint’s executive direc- Along with serving as a the Resource Center will pro- tor. thrift store open to the public, vide case management for Hollowell was standing in the store will help supply cloth- clients, designed to lift them front of a huge pile of used ing for the county’s homeless out of poverty, according to clothing brought in from St. and people living in poverty, Johnson. TIM GILLIE/TTB PHOTO George to prime the shelves of according to Johnson. “The resource center will Christy Johnson, director Tooele Community Resource Center; Carol Hollowell, Switchpoint executive director; Tooele Thrift as the store pre- “The resource center’s David Dangerfield, Friends of Switchpoint president, stand in front a truck load of used clothing unloaded by pares for its grand opening. clients will earn credit for SEE STORE PAGE A7 ® Tooele High School student body officers. Hallowell says Tooele Thrift will be ready to open in a week. INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B3 CLASSIFIEDS B4 Public land fire ARCA Menards OBITUARIES A6 warnings Series West See A2 doubleheader See A7 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY July 2, 2020 Tooele City extends state of emergency until Aug. 6 gency would also allow the tive bids. This will also enable this. I am opposed to this,” Emergency state allows certain benefits for city, business city to be able to purchase us to do that.” he said. “I would recommend equipment quickly if needed Standing before the coun- that if we do take care of this, CEILLY SUTTON declared a state of emergency ordinance and obtain more without having to obtain cil, Winn had a few thoughts that the sign ordinance, we STAFF WRITER and encouraged Tooele City business. three bids on dollar amounts to add. immediately start working on Members of the Tooele to do the same. “This will allow us to over 5,000. “We hope that there is not the enforcement mechanism City Council, along with the On April 15, members of continue the suspension of “This will also give us the any other emergency dur- to change it, so that it is sus- mayor, talked about extend- the council voted to extend the enforcement of the sign opportunity to suspend the ing this time that we have pended throughout the end ing the local state of emer- the emergency until June 30. ordinance and that gives our purchasing policy,” Winn to respond to but if there of the year. My comment is gency in the city during the The mayor has the power businesses an opportunity to said. “If there is anything that happens to be and things get very simple and that is, we City Council’s work meeting to declare a state of emergen- put up those temporary signs is over the $5,000 amount worse, this will give us the are no longer in a state of Wednesday evening. cy in a city for 30 days, after and leave them up,” Winn normally we would get three ability to act quickly and effi- emergency.” During the meeting, mayor which it must be voted on by stated. “I know that our busi- competitive bids but if we ciently,” Winn said. At the meeting a vote was Debbie Winn presented the the city council, according to nesses have suffered greatly have to buy P.P.E (personal During the meeting City taken and all of the mem- idea to the City Council. state code. due to this COVID-19 issue protective equipment) and Council chairman Scott bers of the council except for On May 18, the mayor Extending the local emer- and we want to give them we see a really good deal, we Wardle stated that he was Wardle voted to extend the declared a local state of emer- gency until Aug. 6 would con- every opportunity to suc- want to be able to purchase opposed to extending the local state of emergency until gency for 30 days. This is tinue to allow for businesses ceed.” that in an emergency and not local state of emergency. Aug. 6. after the County Commission to disregard the city’s sign Extending the local emer- have to get the three competi- “I understand why we do [email protected] State public lands fire officials Two men charged worried about fire and fireworks with vehicle theft ‘It is illegal to possess or ignite fireworks on state or federally administered lands’ in Tooele TIM GILLIE Currently firefighters are for the short-term in the lower Ostler. CEILLY SUTTON EDITOR responding to an all-time high elevations where many people “Although the Traverse, STAFF WRITER State and federal public land number of preventable, human live, work and recreate, accord- Avenue R, Turn Key and Two men have been agencies are making one last caused fires, according to Utah ing to Ostler. Catfish fires in northern Utah charged with vehicle theft plea before the Fourth of July Interagency Fire. “Fire restrictions are already were ignited by fireworks, when a truck with firearms weekend, encouraging people Utah Interagency Fire in place in many areas of please be careful where you was stolen from a 7-Eleven to enjoy the outdoors — with includes the Bureau of Land Utah,” he said.